Composer

Alan Hovhaness

1911–2000 · American

51 catalogued orchestral works — all with instrumentation confirmed against a source.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1936Symphony No. 1, op. 17 “Exile”2 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — hp — str25'
1955Symphony No. 2, op. 132 “Mysterious Mountain”3 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 5 3 3 1 — tmp — hp cel — str19'
1956Symphony No. 33 3 3 3 — 5 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — str
1958Symphony No. 4Form B: wind orchestra (no str) — 3fl 2ob+ca 2cl+bcl 2bn+cbn — 4hn 2tpt 4tbn tba — tmp+4 — hp
1959Symphony No. 61 1 1 1 — 1 1 0 0 — tmp+1 — hp — str
1959Symphony No. 7wind orchestra: 3 3[1.2.eh] 2 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp — no str
1960Symphony No. 113 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — str
1960Symphony No. 152 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — 3 perc (no tmp) — hp — str
1960Symphony No. 9Form B: a.sax — 1hn 4tpt 1tbn — tmp+2 — pf — str (no fl/ob/cl/bn, no tuba, no hp)
1966Symphony No. 193 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+6 — 2hp cel — str
1968Symphony No. 20concert band: picc fl / ob eh / Eb-cl 3Bb-cl alto-cl bass-cl contra-cl / bn / AATB sax / cornets-tpt 4hn 3tbn euph tuba / db — tmp+4
1968Symphony No. 212 tpt — tmp+2 — str
1970And God Created Great Whales, op. 2293[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — 4perc — 2hp — str12'
1971Symphony No. 22, op. 236 “City of Light”3 2 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp — str30'
1972Symphony No. 24 · chorussolo tenor, solo vln, 1 tpt — str + SATB chorus
1973Symphony No. 251 1 1 0 — 1 1 1 1 — tmp+1 — str
1975Symphony No. 263 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — str
1976Symphony No. 293 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — str
1976Symphony No. 31str
1978Symphony No. 363 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp — str
1978Symphony No. 38fl — tpt — str
1978Symphony No. 39solo gtr — 3 3 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — str
1979Symphony No. 42— 2tpt — tmp+2 — str
1980Symphony No. 44fl ob — tpt — tmp+1 — str
1981Symphony No. 463fl 2ob 2cl 2bn — 4hn 3tpt 3tbn tba — tmp+3 — hp — str
1981Symphony No. 473fl 3ob 2cl 2bn — 4hn 3tpt 3tbn tba — tmp+3 — hp — str
1982Symphony No. 483 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — str
1982Symphony No. 49str
1982Symphony No. 50, op. 360 “Mount St. Helens”3 3 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — str28'
Symphony No. 101 1[eh] 1 1 — 1 1 1 0 — tmp+1 — hp — str
Symphony No. 12 · chorus1 fl — 0 2 0 0 — tmp+2 — hp — str + SATB chorus [ad lib. waterfall recording]
Symphony No. 131 1(eh) 1 1 — 1 0 0 0 — tmp+1 — hp — str
Symphony No. 14wind orchestra: 5(2pic) 3 6 3 — 6 6 6 1 — 6 perc (no str)
Symphony No. 16hp — tmp+2 — str + 6 Korean instruments
Symphony No. 176 fl, 3 tbn, 5 metal perc (no str)
Symphony No. 182 2 2 2 — 2 2 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp cel — str
Symphony No. 23large band: 2(pic) 1 7 1 / 3 sax / 2hn +2 bar-hn / 2 tpt / 3 tbn / tuba / db — tmp+4 — antiphonal brass choir II ad lib.
Symphony No. 271 1 0 0 — 1 1 0 0 — tmp+1 — str
Symphony No. 281 0 0 0 — 0 1 0 0 — tmp — str
Symphony No. 301 1 0 0 — 0 1 0 0 — str
Symphony No. 321 1 1 0 — 1 1 0 0 — 1 — str
Symphony No. 331 0 1 0 — 0 1 1 0 — 1 — str
Symphony No. 34b.tbn solo — str
Symphony No. 352 orchestras — I: Korean ah-ak ensemble; II: 3 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 2 — tmp+4 — hp — str
Symphony No. 372 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — hp — str
Symphony No. 40— hn 2tpt tbn tba — tmp — str
Symphony No. 41— hn 2tpt tbn — str
Symphony No. 43ob — tpt — tmp — str
Symphony No. 452fl 2ob 2cl 2bn — 4hn 2tpt 3tbn — tmp+1 — 2pf — str
Symphony No. 52 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp cel — str
Symphony No. 81 1[eh] 1 1 — 1 0 0 0 — tmp — pf — str

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