Vivian Fine

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Compositions

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Information on premieres and durations is from Vivian Fine: A Bio-Bibliography,
by Judith Cody, Greenwood Press, 2002.

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1929

Solo for Oboe

 

1930

Four Pieces for Two Flutes*

Trio in Three Movements for Violin, Viola, and Violoncello*

 

1931

Four Polyphonic Piano Pieces

 

1933

Divertimento for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, and piano

Four Songs* for soprano and string quartet

 

1937

Piece for Muted Strings (Elegiac Song) for string orchestra, also arr. for flute and string orchestra

Prelude for String Quartet*

The Race of Life for piano and percussion; also arr. for orchestra

 

1938

Dance Suite for orchestra: 2232, 4221, timpani, percussion, piano, harp, strings

Opus 51 for piano and percussion

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and Her Reply for women’s chorus

 

1939

Four Lyric Pieces for Voice and Piano for contralto or mezzo soprano and piano

They Too Are Exiles for piano duet

Tragic Exodus for baritone and piano

 

1940

Four Elizabethan Songs* for medium high or medium voice and piano

Suite in E Flat* for piano

Three Pieces for Violin and Piano*

 

1941

"Epigram" and "Epitaph: upon the death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife" for contralto and piano

Five Preludes* for piano

Music for Study for piano

 

1942

Sonatina for Oboe and Piano*

 

1943

Rhapsody on a Russian Folk Song for piano

Songs of Our Time for medium high or medium voice and piano

 

1944

Concertante for Piano and Orchestra*

 

1946

Capriccio for Oboe and String Trio*

 

1947

The Great Wall of China for soprano, flute, cello, and piano

Second Solo for Oboe*

There is a Garden in Her Face for soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano

 

1951

Divertimento for Violoncello and Percussion

 

1952

Sinfonia and Fugato* for piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano*

Variations for Piano

 

1953

Psalm 13 for women’s chorus, baritone solo and piano or organ

Variations for Harp

 

1956

A Guide to the Life Expectancy of a Rose* for soprano, tenor, and chamber ensemble (flute, violin, cello, clarinet, and harp)

 

1957

String Quartet

 

1959

Valedictions for chorus, soprano, tenor, and ten instruments

 

1960

Alcestis* for orchestra with piano and harp

 

1961

Duo for Flute and Viola*

Fantasy for Cello and Piano*

 

1962

Morning for mixed chorus, narrator, and piano or organ

 

1963

The Confession* for soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, and piano

 

1964

Dreamscape for percussion ensemble, 3 flutes, cello, piano, and lawnmower

Melos for double bass

Song of Persephone for Solo Viola*

 

1965

Concertino for Piano and Percussion Ensemble* for piano, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, 3 tom-toms, and timpani

My Son, My Enemy for string quartet, piano, and percussion

 

1966

Chamber Concerto for Cello and Six Instruments* for solo cello, oboe, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano

Four Piano Pieces

 

1967

Quintet for Trumpet, String Trio, and Harp

 

1969

Paean* for brass ensemble (six trumpets, six trombones), female chorus, and narrator (tenor)

 

1971

Sounds of the Nightingale for soprano, women’s chorus, and chamber orchestra

Two Neruda Poems* for mezzo-soprano and piano

 

1972

Concerto for Piano Strings and Percussion (One Performer)*

Missa Brevis*

 

1973

The Flicker* for flute

 

1975

Meeting for Equal Rights 1866* a Cantata for Chorus, Orchestra, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Narrator
Teisho* for eight solo singers or small chorus and string quartet

 

1976

The Nightingale* for mezzo soprano, accompanying herself on percussion

Romantic Ode for string orchestra with solo violin, viola and cello

Sonnets for Baritone and Orchestra

 

1977

The Women in the Garden* a chamber opera for five singers and nine instruments

 

1978

Momenti* for piano

Quartet for Brass*

 

1979

For a Bust of Erik Satie: A Short Mass for soprano, mezzo soprano, narrator, and chamber ensemble (flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, cello, and double bass)

Lieder for Viola and Piano*

Nightingales-Motet for Six Instruments for flute, oboe, violin, 2 violas, and double bass

 

1980

Music for Flute (alto flute), Oboe (English horn), and Cello*

Oda a las Ranas for women’s chorus, flute, oboe, cello and percussion

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano*

 

1981

Gertrude and Virginia: a Dialogue between Gertrude Stein and Virginia Woolf, using their own words for soprano, mezzo soprano, clarinet, piano, double bass, and percussion (2 players)

 

1982

Double Variations for Piano Solo*

Drama for Orchestra*

Toccatina*

 

1983

Canticles for Jerusalem* for mezzo- soprano and piano

 

1984

Ode to Henry Purcell* for soprano and string quartet

Poetic Fires for orchestra

Quintet for Violin, Oboe, Clarinet, Cello and Piano

 

1985

Aegean Suite* for piano

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day* for chorus, string orchestra, and two trumpets

 

1986

Inscriptions* for two voices and piano

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano*

Toccatas and Arias for Harpsichord*

 

1987

After the Tradition* for orchestra

Dancing Winds* for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon)

Emily's Images* for flute and piano

The Human Mind for voice and piano

In Memoriam: George Finckel for four cellos or multiples thereof

Light in Spring Poplars for mixed chorus, soprano, viola, and piano

Ma’s In Orbit for violin, double-bass, percussion, and piano

Toccatas and Arias for Piano

 

1988

Asphodel* for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, and piano

L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes for piano, clarinet, bass, percussion

Five Victorian Songs* for soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, and cello

The Garden of Live Flowers* for soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano

The Triple Goddess for concert band

 

1989

Discourse of Goatherds for bass or tenor trombone

Madrigali Spirituali* for trumpet and string quartet

 

 

1990

Portal* for violin and piano
Songs and Arias* for French horn, violin, and cello

 

1991

Canciones y Danzas* for guitar, flute, and cello

Four Victorian Songs* (1991) for piano and voice (arrangement of Five Victorian Songs)

Hymns* for two pianos, French horn, and violoncello

Songs of Love and War* for soprano and chamber ensemble (violin, oboe, bassoon, percussion, and piano)

 

1993

Canticles from the Other Side of the River* for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, and piano

Memoirs of Uliana Rooney* for soprano, two baritones, two female voices as chorus, and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion) (chamber opera)