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List of compositions by Dane Rudhyar

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A list of works by the composer Dane Rudhyar.

Sources:[1][2][3]

Compositions

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Orchestral works

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  • Trois Poëmes Ironiques (1914–1919)
  • Vision Végétale (1914–1919)
  • Four Symphonic Poems (For Métachorie) (1914–1919)
  • Dithyrambs (1919)
  • Soul Fire (1920)
  • Unfoldment (1920)
  • Syntony #1 (From the Unreal Lead Us to the Real), a symphonic trilogy (1919–1921)
  • The Warrior, a tone poem for piano and orchestra (1920)
  • The Surge of Fire (Symphonic Trilogy), for small orchestra (1921–1923)
  • Five Stanzas, for string orchestra (1926)
  • The Human Way (1927)
  • Ouranos, for chamber orchestra (1927)
  • Sinfonietta, transcribed from a piano sonatina (1928, rev 1979)
  • Threnody (1929)
  • Hero Chant (1930)
  • Desert Chant (1932)
  • Eclogue (1934)
  • Epithalamium (1934)
  • Threshold of Light (1934)
  • Emergence, for string orchestra (1948)
  • Triphong (1948, rev 1977)
  • Dialogues (1950–57, rev 1977)
  • Thresholds, orchestrated in 1975 by George Champion (1954–1955)
  • Poems of Youth, trilogy for orchestra (1921–1933, entirely rewritten 1983–1984)
  • Cosmic Cycle, trilogy for large orchestra (1981)
  • Encounter, a dramatic sequence in five scenes for piano and orchestra (1977)
  • Out of the Darkness (Syntonic Drama in Five Acts) (1982)

Chamber music

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  • Three Melodies, for flute, piano and cello (1918, rev 1974)
  • Piano Quintet (1919)
  • Three Poems, for violin and piano (1919–1920)
  • Three Songs (without words), for flute, violin and piano/harp (1919)
  • Violin Sonata (1920)
  • Dark Passage, for string quartet (1941)
  • Solitude, string quartet (transcribed from Tetragram #4, for piano) (1926)
  • Barcarolle, for violin and piano (1954)
  • Allehuia, for carillon (1976)
  • Nostalgia, for alto flute, piano, and three strings (1979–83)
  • Advent (String Quartet #1) (1978)
  • Crisis and Overcoming (String Quartet #2) (1979)

Piano works

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  • Trois Poëmes (1913)
  • Cortège Funèbre (1914)
  • Tango D'Antan (1914)
  • Mosaics, a tone cycle (1918)
  • Dithyrambs (1919)
  • Spanish Rhythms, for a dance drama (1920)
  • Catharsis (1923)
  • Moments, 15 tone poems (originally 22) which later became the first three Pentagrams (1924–26)
  • Granites: Three Paeans (1925-27)
  • Tetragram #1, The Quest (1920)
  • Tetragram #2, Crucifixion (1926)
  • Tetragram #3, Rebirth (1927)
  • Tetragram #4, Adolescence (1925)
  • Tetragram #5, Solitude (1927)
  • Tetragram #6, Emergence (1929)
  • Tetragram #7, Tendrils (1924)
  • Tetragram #8, Primavera (1928)
  • Tetragram #9, Summer Nights (1967)
  • Pentagram #1, The Coming Forth (1924)
  • Pentagram #2, The Enfolding (1924)
  • Pentagram #3, Release (1926)
  • Pentagram #4, The Human Way (1926)
  • Syntony (1919–34, rev 1967)
  • Thresholds (1954–55)
  • Theurgy (Tone Ritual in Five Movements) (1976)
  • Transmutation (1976)
  • Autumn (1977)
  • Three Cantos (1977)
  • Epic Poem (1978)
  • Rite of Transcendence (1981)
  • Processional (1983)

Vocal music

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  • Trois Chansons de Bilitis, for contralto and harp (1918, rev 1981)
  • Trois Poëmes Tragique, for contralto and piano (1918, rev 1979)
  • Poem (1918)
  • Commune, for baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano (1929)
  • Nazaria, scenic music for the "Pilgrimage Play" for piano (1922)
  • Affirmation (1930, rev 1981)
  • Two Affirmations (1931)
  • Three Invocations, for baritone and piano (1939–41)

References

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  1. ^ "Dane Rudhyar: Musical, Artistic & Written Works". Rudhyar Archival Project. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Dane Rudhyar - ACE Publications". American Composers Alliance. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Ertan, Deniz (2009). Dane Rudhyar: His Music, Thought, and Art. University of Rochester Press. pp. 247–248.