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John Harbison is one of America's most prominent composers. His music is distinguished by its exceptional resourcefulness and expressive range. He has written for every conceivable type of concert performance, ranging from the grandest to the most intimate, pieces that embrace jazz along with the pre-classical forms of Schutz and Bach, the graceful tonality of Prokofiev, and the rigorous atonal methods of late Stravinsky. He is also a gifted commentator on the art and craft of composition and was recognized in his student years as an outstanding poet. Today, he continues to convey, through the spoken word, the multiple meanings of contemporary composition. Harbison was born in Orange, New Jersey on 20 December 1938 into a musical family. He was improvising on the piano by five years of age and started a jazz band at age 12. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard University and earned an MFA from Princeton University. Following completion of a junior fellowship at Harvard, Harbison joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where, in 1984, he was named Class of 1949 Professor of Music and, in 1994,The Killian Award Lecturer in recognition of "extraordinary professional accomplishments"; he has also taught at CalArts and Boston University and is currently on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival. In 1991, he was the Mary Biddle Duke Lecturer in Music at Duke University, with a publication forthcoming from Duke University Press. Additional information on John Harbison can be found at http://www.schirmer.com/composers/harbison_bio.html

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Ave Maria	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:02:30
Trio sonata for keyboard	Keyboard		00:05:00
Trio Sonata for violin, viola, and cello	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:05:00
Trio sonata for oboe, English horn, and bassoon	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:05:00
Trio Sonata for two clarinets in B-flat and bass clarinet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:05:00
Trio Sonata for soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:05:00
Symphony No. 1	Orchestra		00:23:00
Symphony No. 2	Orchestra		00:20:00
Cello Concerto	Orchestra		00:25:00
Piano Concerto	Orchestra		00:24:00
Parody Fantasia	Keyboard		00:07:00
Incidental Music for Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"	Orchestra		00:12:00
Andante con moto for Piano and Cello	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Psalm 137 for chorus (from Four Psalms)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Sonata for Viola	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Waltz-Passacaglia	Orchestra		00:01:00
Milosz Songs	Orchestra	2006	00:30:00
But Mary Stood	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2005	00:16:00
Canonical American Songbook	Orchestra	2005	00:15:00
Concerto for Bass Viol	Orchestra	2005	00:25:00
Umbrian Landscape With Saint	Orchestra	2005	00:20:00
Symphony No. 4	Orchestra	2004	00:27:00
Crane Sightings (Eclogue For Solo Violin And Strings)	Orchestra	2004	00:18:00
Darkbloom: Overture for an Imagined Opera	Orchestra	2004	00:07:00
Abraham	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2004	00:06:00
My Little Children, Let Us Not Love In Word	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2004	00:04:00
Ain’t Goin’ To Study War No More	Orchestra	2003	00:03:00
Cucaraccia and Fugue	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:05:00
Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:17:00
Violist’s Notebook, Book I	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2003	00:12:00
Violist’s Notebook, Book II	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2003	00:10:00
We Do Not Live to Ourselves	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2002	00:05:00
Aria: Song for the Rainy Season	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:10:00
String Quartet No. 4	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:20:00
Requiem	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2002	00:55:00
Sonata No. 2	Keyboard	2001	00:23:00
Songs America Loves to Sing / Variations on Common Tunes	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:23:00
North and South	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2001	00:15:00
Partita	Orchestra	2001	00:17:00
Chaconne	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:00:00
On an Unwritten Letter	Keyboard	2000	00:07:30
Six American Painters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:15:00
Six American Painters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:12:00
Saliscendi Bianco (The White Swallow)	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:18:00
Gatsby Etudes	Keyboard	1999	00:00:00
Great Gatsby	Opera/Theater	1999	02:40:00
I Remember Long Ago (from “The Great Gatsby”	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:00:00
Everyone Was Here (Gatsby’s Aria from the Great Gatsby)	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:00:00
Five Years Ago, I Knew Them Both (Jordan’s Aria from The Great Gatsby)	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:00:00
The Great Gatsby	Opera/Theater	1999	02:40:00	The Great Gatsby
Four Psalms	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1999	00:40:00	Four Psalms
Where is the Old, Warm World? (Daisy’s Aria from “The Great Gatsby”)	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:00:00
Waiting (Myrtle’s Aria from “The Great Gatsby”)	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:00:00
Primavera di Sottoripa	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:15:00
Fanfare for a Free Man	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:01:00
Evening (Der Abend)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1997	00:01:30
Olympic Dances	Band	1996	00:17:00
Chorale cantata	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1996	00:00:00
Veni Creator Spiritus	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1996	00:02:00
Flute Concerto	Orchestra	1995	00:17:00	Flute Concerto
Chorale Cantata	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1995	00:10:00
Recordare, from “Requiem of Reconciliation”	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:08:00
Juste Judex, from “Requiem of Reconciliation”	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:06:00
Flashes and Illuminations	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1995	00:16:00
Emerson	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:14:00
December 1	Orchestra	1995	00:04:30
Communion Words	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1994	00:03:00
Concerning Them Which Are Asleep	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1994	00:07:00
Concerto for Flute	Orchestra	1994	00:18:00
San Antonio: Sonata	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:14:00
San Antonio	Band	1994	00:12:00
Thanks Victor	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:06:00
Three City Blocks	Band	1993	00:15:00
Concerto for Cello	Orchestra	1993	00:26:00
String Quartet No. 3	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:22:00
Most Often Used Chords (Gli Accordi Piu Usati)	Orchestra	1993	00:18:00
O Magnum Mysterium (long setting)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1992	00:06:00
Inventions for a Young Percussionist	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1992	00:08:00
Inventions for a Young Pianist	Keyboard	1992	00:05:00
Fourteen Fabled Folksongs	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:14:00
Variations in First Position	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:05:00
Flute of Interior Time	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:02:00
O Magnum Mysterium (short setting)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1991	00:03:00
Symphony No. 3	Orchestra	1991	00:24:00
Rewaking	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:19:00
David’s Fascinating Rhythm Method	Orchestra	1991	00:02:00
Concerto for Oboe	Orchestra	1991	00:20:00
Ave Verum Corpus	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1991	00:06:00
Between Two Worlds	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:29:00
Oboe Concerto	Orchestra	1991	00:20:00
He Shall Not Cry	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:00:00
Six Motets	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1990	00:00:00
Fanfares and Reflection	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:05:00
Two Emmanuel Motets	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1990	00:09:00
Words from Paterson	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:27:00
Nocturne	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:05:00
Im Spiegel	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:03:00
Little Fantasy	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:04:00
November 19, 1828	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:16:00
Suite for solo cello	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1988	00:08:00
Simple Daylight	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:16:00
Fantasy-Duo for violin and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:14:00
Simple Daylight	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:16:00
Christmas Vespers	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:27:00
Concerto for Double Brass Choir and Orchestra	Orchestra	1988	00:20:00
Concerto for Viola	Orchestra	1988	00:22:00
Three Wise Men	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:16:00
Two Chorale Preludes for Advent	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:08:00
Minuet: from Four More Occasional Pieces	Keyboard	1987	00:00:00
Anniversary Waltz: from Four More Occasional Pieces	Keyboard	1987	00:00:00
String Quartet No. 2	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:26:00
Violin Concerto	Orchestra	1987	00:28:00
Four More Occasional Pieces	Keyboard	1987	00:15:00
Natural World	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:15:00
Rot und Weiss	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:03:00
Sonata No. 1 (In Memoriam Roger Sessions)	Keyboard	1987	00:16:00
Music for Eighteen Winds	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1986	00:10:00
Fanfare for Foley’s	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1986	00:02:00
Flight into Egypt, Sacred Ricercar	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1986	00:14:00
The Flight into Egypt, Sacred Ricercar	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1986	00:14:00
Flight into Egypt	Unknown	1986	00:14:00
Concerto for oboe, clarinet & strings	Orchestra	1985	00:00:00
Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings	Orchestra	1985	00:14:00
Remembering Gatsby	Orchestra	1985	00:08:00
Four Songs of Solitude	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1985	00:15:00
Remembering Gatsby (Foxtrot for Orchestra), reduced orchestration	Orchestra	1985	00:07:00
Twilight Music	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1984	00:17:00
String Quartet No. 1	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1984	00:11:00
Two-part invention : from Four occasional pieces	Keyboard	1983	00:00:00
Ulysses	Orchestra	1983	01:25:00
Variations	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:23:00
Mirabai Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:17:00
Exequien for Calvin Simmons	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:05:00
Mirabai Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:17:00
Overture: Michael Kohlhaas	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:04:00
Organum for Paul Fromm	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:04:00
Piano Quintet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:23:00
Due Libri	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:23:00
Mottetti di Montale	Orchestra	1980	00:55:00
Concerto for Violin	Orchestra	1980	00:28:00
Snow country: Cantilena	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1979	00:12:00
Snow Country	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1979	00:12:00
Samuel Chapter	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1978	00:12:00
Gospel Shout: from Four Occasional Pieces	Keyboard	1978	00:00:00
Quintet for Winds	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1978	00:23:00
Concerto for Piano	Orchestra	1978	00:24:00
Three Occasional Pieces	Keyboard	1978	00:10:00
Full moon in March : opera in one act	Opera/Theater	1977	00:00:00
Full Moon in March	Opera/Theater	1977	00:33:00
Diotima	Orchestra	1976	00:20:00
Flower-Fed Buffaloes	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:19:00
Moments of Vision	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1975	00:24:00
Nunc Dimittis	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1975	00:09:00
Book of Hours and Seasons	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1975	00:20:00
Three Harp Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1975	00:10:00
Winter's Tale: opera in two acts	Opera/Theater	1974	00:00:00
Elegiac Songs	Orchestra	1974	00:20:00
Amazing Grace	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1972	00:08:00
Five Songs of Experience on Poems of William Blake	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1971	00:19:00
Incidental Music from Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”	Orchestra	1971	00:12:00
Kürze	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1970	00:11:00
Bermuda Triangle	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1970	00:09:00
Piano Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1969	00:07:00
Serenade in two movements for six players	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1968	00:11:00
Music When Soft Voices Die	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1966	00:03:00
Confinement	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1965	00:15:00
Duo for flute and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1961	00:00:00
He Shall Not Cry	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1959	00:02:00
Two Prayers for Male Voices	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1955	00:00:30
Capriccio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1954	00:03:30
(There’s A) Big Orange Moon	Keyboard	1952	00:01:00

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