George Crumb Compositions (Alphabetical listings)
• Ancient Voices of Children for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin,
harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players) *(1970)
• Apparition for soprano and amplified piano *(1979)
• Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet *(1970)
• Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) for amplified piano (four hands)
*(1979)
• Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player),
and off-stage glass harmonica (two players) *(1976)
• Easter Dawning for carillon *(1992)
• Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) for orchestra *(1967)
• Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano *(2001)
• Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
*(1965/66)
• Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass
flute, and harp *(1986)
• Five Pieces for piano *(1962)
• Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) for violin and piano *(1964)
• The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook II) for baritone, guitar and
percussion (one player) *(2009)
• Gnomic Variations for piano *(1981)
• A Haunted Landscape *(1984)
• An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) for amplified flute and percussion
(three players) *(1985/86)
• An Idyll for the Misbegotten, transcription for horn *(1997)
• A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II) for solo female (or male)
voice, amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2003)
• A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 for piano *(1980)
• Lux Aeterna for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion
(two players) *(1971)
• Madrigals, Books I-II, for mezzo-soprano, flute, percussion, harp, contrabass
*(1965)
• Madrigals, Books III-IV, for mezzo-soprano, flute, percussion, harp, contrabass
*(1969)
• Makrokosmos, Volume I for amplified piano *(1972)
• Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano *(1973)
• Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) for guitar and percussion *(1998)
• Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and
percussion (two players) *(1974)
• Night Music I for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists *(1963,
revised 1976)
• Night of the Four Moons for alto, alto flute/piccolo, banjo, electric cello, and
percussion *(1969, revised 1976)
• Otherworldly Resonances for two pianos *(2003)
• Pastoral Drone for organ *(1982)
• Processional for piano *(1983)
• Quest for solo guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, double bass, and percussion
(two players) *(1990, revised 1994)
• The River of Life (American Songbook I) for solo female voice, amplified
piano and percussion quartet *(2003)
• The Sleeper for soprano and piano *(1984)
• Sonata for solo cello *(1955)
• Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death for baritone, electric guitar, electric
double bass, amplified piano/amplified harpsichord, and two percussionists
*(1968)
• Star-Child for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell
ringers, and large orchestra *(1977, revised 1979)
• Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II) for female voice and amplified piano
*(2009)
• Three Early Songs for voice and piano *(1947)
• Unto the Hills (American Songbook III) for solo female voice, amplified piano
and percussion quartet *(2001)
• Variazioni for large orchestra *(1959)
• Voices from a Forgotten World (American Songbook V) for two solo voices
(male & female), amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2007)
• Voices from the Heartland (American Songbook VII) for two solo voices (male
and female), amplified piano and percussion *(2010)
• Voices from the Morning of the Earth (American Songbook VI) for two solo
voices (male & female), amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2008)
• Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for electric flute, electric cello, and
amplified piano *(1971)
• The Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV) for solo female voice,
amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2004)
• The Yellow Moon of Andalusia (Spanish Songbook III) for mezzo-soprano and
amplified piano *(2012)
• Yesteryear, A vocalise for Mezzo-Soprano, Amplified Piano and Percussion (2
players) *(2005, revised 2013)
• Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) for two amplified pianos *(1987/88)
George Crumb Compositions (Chronological listings)
• Three Early Songs for voice and piano *(1947)
• Sonata for solo cello *(1955)
• Variazioni for large orchestra *(1959)
• Five Pieces for piano *(1962)
• Night Music I for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists *(1963,
revised 1976)
• Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) for violin and piano *(1964)
• Madrigals, Books I-II, for mezzo-soprano, flute, percussion, harp, contrabass
*(1965)
• Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
*(1965/66)
• Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) for orchestra *(1967)
• Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death for baritone, electric guitar, electric
double bass, amplified piano/amplified harpsichord, and two percussionists
*(1968)
• Madrigals, Books III-IV, for mezzo-soprano, flute, percussion, harp, contrabass
*(1969)
• Night of the Four Moons for alto, alto flute/piccolo, banjo, electric cello, and
percussion *(1969, revised 1976)
• Ancient Voices of Children for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin,
harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players) *(1970)
• Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet *(1970)
• Lux Aeterna for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion
(two players) *(1971)
• Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for electric flute, electric cello, and
amplified piano *(1971)
• Makrokosmos, Volume I for amplified piano *(1972)
• Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano *(1973)
• Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and
percussion (two players) *(1974)
• Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player),
and off-stage glass harmonica (two players) *(1976)
• Star-Child for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell
ringers, and large orchestra *(1977, revised 1979)
• Apparition for soprano and amplified piano *(1979)
• Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) for amplified piano (four hands)
*(1979)
• A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 for piano *(1980)
• Gnomic Variations for piano *(1981)
• Pastoral Drone for organ *(1982)
• Processional for piano *(1983)
• A Haunted Landscape *(1984)
• The Sleeper for soprano and piano *(1984)
• An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) for amplified flute and percussion
(three players) *(1985/86)
• Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass
flute, and harp *(1986)
• Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) for two amplified pianos *(1987/88)
• Quest for solo guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, double bass, and percussion
(two players) *(1990, revised 1994)
• Easter Dawning for carillon *(1992)
• An Idyll for the Misbegotten, transcription for horn *(1997)
• Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) for guitar and percussion *(1998)
• Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano *(2001)
• Unto the Hills (American Songbook III) for solo female voice, amplified piano
and percussion quartet *(2001)
• A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II) for solo female (or male)
voice, amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2003)
• Otherworldly Resonances for two pianos *(2003)
• The River of Life (American Songbook I) for solo female voice, amplified
piano and percussion quartet *(2003)
• The Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV) for solo female voice,
amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2004)
• Yesteryear, A vocalise for Mezzo-Soprano, Amplified Piano and Percussion (2
players) *(2005, revised 2013)
• Voices from a Forgotten World (American Songbook V) for two solo voices
(male & female), amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2007)
• Voices from the Morning of the Earth (American Songbook VI) for two solo
voices (male & female), amplified piano and percussion quartet *(2008)
• The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook II) for baritone, guitar and
percussion (one player) *(2009)
• Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II) for female voice and amplified piano
*(2009)
• Voices from the Heartland (American Songbook VII) for two solo voices (male
and female), amplified piano and percussion *(2010)
• The Yellow Moon of Andalusia (Spanish Songbook III) for mezzo-soprano and
amplified piano *(2012)