Lukas Foss

List of Works

OPERA

Griffelkin: Opera in three acts (1956) 120'
Solo soprano (13), mezzo-soprano (4), alto, tenor, baritone (2), bass (2) voices; SATB chorus; 2/2/2/2; 2/2/1/1; timp., perc., pno., cel.; str.
libretto by Alastair Reid

Introductions and Goodbyes: Opera in one act (1959) 9'
Solo baritone voice; SATB chorus;
fl., cl., bn.; hn.; pno., hp. (optional); str. libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti
(pno./vocal reduction available for sale: O4193)

The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: Opera in one act (1949) 45'
Solo mezzo-soprano, tenor (2), baritone (2), bass (2) voices; SATBB Chorus; 1/1/2/1; 1/2/1/1; perc., pno.; str.

ORCHESTRA AND STRING ORCHESTRA

American Fanfare for Orchestra (1990) 4'
2/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., hp., pno., (opt. org.); str.
score available for sale: PCB131

Baroque Variations (Complete) (1967) 25'
3/2/3/1; 3/3/2/2; perc. (4), elec. pno., elec. gtr., elec. org., hpschd., cel.; str.
score available for sale: O4760 [all movements]) (last movement available in aleatoric or non-aleatoric version)

Baroque Variations No. 1: On a Handel Larghetto (1967) 8'
3/2/3/1/a. sax (opt.); 3/3/0/0; perc., elec. pno., elec. org., elec. gtr.; str.

Baroque Variations No. 2: On a Scarlatti Sonata (1967) 7'
2/2 (opt. recorder)/0/0; 2/2/0/0;
perc.(3), cel., hpschd.; str.

Baroque Variations No. 3: On a Bach Prelude (Phorion) (1967) 10'
3/2/3/1; 3/3/1/1; a. sax, perc. (4), elec. pno., elec. org., elec. gtr.; str.
available in aleatoric or non-aleatoric version

Elegy for Anne Frank from Symphony No. 3 (1991) 7'
Picc./1/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; Perc. (3), Hp., Pno./Cel.; Str.

Elytres (1964) 10'
Solo flute, violin (2); vln. (3); perc. (3), pno. (2), hp.
score available for sale: O4633

Exeunt (1982) 18'
2/2/2/2; 4/2/3/1; timp., perc. (3), hp., pno., elec. gtr.; str.
score available for sale: PCB124

For Aaron (2002) 13'
chamber ensemble/orchestra

Geod (1969) 25'-75'
SATB chorus (opt.); 1/a. fl./0/eng. hn./2/b. cl./3; 4/2/3/0; perc. (4), hp., org.; str.; folk instruments selected according to country of peformance
score available for sale: O4894

Griffelkin. Suite (1986) 25'
picc./2/2/2/2; 2/2/1/b. cl./1; timp., perc., pno.; str.

Griffelkin. Parade (1955) 3'
picc./1/2/1/b. cl./2; 2/2/2/1; timp., perc., pno.; str.

Night Music for John Lennon (Prelude, Fugue, and Chorale) (1981) 15'
Solo brass quintet; 1/1/1/1; 1/1/1/0;
perc., pno., elec. gtr.; str.
score available for sale: PCB121

Ode (1944) 10'
picc./2/2/eng. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., pno., hp.; str.
study score available for sale: SC15

Phorion: from Baroque Variations (fully realized/non-aleatoric version) (1994) 10'
picc./2/2/2 (cl. 2 dbl. Eb cl. [opt.])/1; 2/2/1 (or t.)/0; perc. (3), elec. pno., elec. org., elec. gtr.; str.

Quintets for Orchestra (1979) 15'
2/2/eng. hn./2/b. cl./2; 3/3/3/1; timp., perc., elec. org.; str.
score available for sale: PCB115

Symphony of Chorales (1958) 31'
picc./2/2/eng. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., pno., mandolin, hp.; str.

Symphony No. 3 ("Symphony of Sorrows") (1991) 28'
picc./2/2/eng. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. (3), org., pno. (or cel.; 1 or 2 players), hp.; str.
score available for sale: PCB132

Symphony No. 4 ("Window to the Past") (1995) 30'
2 (picc.)/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. 4), pno., hp., harmonica or accordian (opt.); str.

SOLO INSTRUMENT AND ORCHESTRA

American Landscapes for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra (1989) 26'
Solo guitar; 1/1/1/1; 1/1/1/0; perc.(2), pno., hp., str.

Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra (1999) 14'
solo vlc.; 1/0/2 (b. cl.)/1; 1/2/2/0; perc.; pno.; str.

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1988) 20'
Solo clarinet; 1/1/1/0; 1/1/1/0; perc. (1 or 2), pno.; str. (or str. quintet)

Cello Concert for Cello and Orchestra (1966) 28'
Solo cello; 0/0/0/0; 2/1/1/0; perc., pno., org.; str.
solo vlc. part available for sale: O4903; study score: SC33

Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (1949) 34'
Solo piano; 3/2/3/3/t. sax.; 4/3/1/1; timp., perc., pno.; str.
two pno. reduction available for sale: O3838

Elegy for Anne Frank (1989) 5'
Solo piano; narrator (opt.); 0/0/2/2; 1/1/1/1; perc.; str.)
score available for sale: PCB127

For Toru (1996) 10'
Solo flute; string quintet or string orchestra
score and parts available for sale: PCB134

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (1995) 24'
Solo piano; 2/2/2/2; 2/2/2/0; timp., perc. (2), hp.; str.

Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1985) 20'
Solo flute; 1/1/1/1; 1/2/1/0; timp., perc., hpschd. (opt.), hp.; str.
fl./pno. reduction available for sale: PCB126

Solo Observed (1982) 16'
Solo piano; 1/0/1/1; 1/1/1/0; str.

Three American Pieces for Solo Violin, or Flute and Orchestra (1944) 13'
No. 1 Early Song; No. 2 Dedication; No. 3 Composer's Holiday
Solo violin, or flute; 1/0/1/1; 1/1/0/0; timp., perc., pno.; str.
vln./pno. reduction available for sale: O5186; fl./pno. reduction: O5192; solo clarinet version created by Stoltzman - for his exclusive use.

Solo Transformed (2000) 16'
solo pno; 2/1/2/1; 1/2/0/0; perc. (1 or 2); str.

VOICE AND ORCHESTRA

Song of Anguish (1945) 19'
Solo baritone voice; picc./2/2/2/b. cl./ 2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. (3), pno., cel., hp.; str.
study score available for sale: SC8

Song of Songs for Voice and Orchestra (1946) 31'
Solo soprano voice; picc./2/2/eng. hn./2/ b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/2/0; timp., perc., hp.; str.
pno./vocal score available for sale: O3661
(study score available for sale: SC14)

Time Cycle (1960) 22'
Solo soprano voice; 2/0/2/0; 2/2/1/0; timp., perc., hp.; str.
text: W. H. Auden, A.E. Housman, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche
(study score available for sale: SC19;
pno./vocal reduction: O4282b)

CHORUS AND ORCEHSTRA (or Instruments)

Fragments of Archilochos, The (1965) 10'
Solo contertenor voice; male and female speakers; 4 small choruses; SATB chorus (opt.); mandolin, gtr., perc. (3)
score available for sale: O4652

Parable of Death, A (chamber version) (1952) 32'
Narrator; solo tenor voice; SATB chorus; perc., pno., org.; str.
text: Rainer Maria Rilke
(vocal score available for sale: O3835)

Psalms (1956) 13'
SATB chorus; 0/0/0/0; 2/1/1/0; timp., org., pno. (2), hp.; str.
-or-
SATB chorus; 2/0/2/1; 2/1/1/0; timp., pno. (2), hp.; str.
pno./vocal reduction available for sale: O4034

Sanctus (1994) 10'
SATB chorus; 2/2/2/2; 2/2/1/0; perc. (2); str.

With Music Strong (1979) 28'
SATB chorus; 2/2/eng. hn./2/b. cl./2; 3/3/3/1; timp., perc., org.; str.
text: Walt Whitman

BAND AND WIND ENSEMBLE

American Fanfare (band version) (1990) 5'
fl. (2 or 4), ob. (2 or 4), cl. (2 or 4), bn. (2 or 4); hn. (4), trp. (3), trb. (3), t.; cb., timp., perc. (3), amp. pno., synth. (or elec. org), elec. gtr. (or amp. hp.)

For 24 Winds (1966) 12'
fl. (2), a. fl., ob. (2), eng. hn., cl. (2) (opt. Eb cl.), b. cl., bn. (2), cbn., a. sax., t. sax., b. sax (opt. sub. w/ 3 hn.); hn. (2), trp. (3), trb. (3), t.
score

available for sale: O4701

Griffelkin. March (1989) 4'
picc., fl. (2), ob. (2), eng. hn., cl. (2), b. cl., bn. (2), cbn., hn. (4), trp. (3), trb. (3), t.; timp., perc.
score and parts available for sale: J731

Military Marches/Suite for Wind Orchestra () 10'
Picc./2/2Eb Cl./2/2/Cbn.;4/4/2/1;Perc. (4)

CHAMBER MUSIC

Brass Quintet (1978) 15'
Brass quintet

Celebration (1999) 16'
Brass quintet; orchestra

Curriculum Vitae with Time Bomb (1980) 9'
Solo percussion; taped or live accordian

Echoi (1963) 28'
cl.; vlc.; perc., pno.
score available for sale: O4450

MAP. A musical game for four virtuoso performers plus tapes (1970) 45'-90'
unspecified instrumentalists or vocalists (4); referee; tape recorder (and operator)
score available for sale: PCB109

Music for Six (1978) 15'
Any six treble clef instruments

Non-Improvisation; based on Bach's D minor Concerto (1967) 9'
cl.; perc. (opt.), pno. (or hpschd.), elec. org.; vlc.;

Paradigm (1968) 18'
perc./conductor (1 person); elec. gtr. (or sitar); 3 undefined instruments
score available for sale: O4861

Percussion Quartet () 16'
perc. (4)
complete set available for sale: PCB125

Round a Common Center for Chamber Ensemble (1979) 13'
Solo mezzo-soprano voice (opt.); narrator (opt.); pno.; vln. (1 or 2), vla., vlc.
complete set available for sale: PCB123

Solo Observed (chamber version) (1982) 16'
Solo piano; vib. (or mar.), hp. (or vlc.), org. (or accordian)

String Quartet in G (1947) 20'
String quartet
study score available for sale: O4242
(parts available for sale: O4242a)

String Quartet No. 4 (1999) 14'
String quartet
written for Muir String Quartet

String Quartet No. 5 (2000) 18'
vn. (2), va., vc.

Tashi (1986) 18'
cl.; pno.; vln. (2), vla., vlc.
score available for sale: PCB130

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1978) 17'
Solo soprano (or mezzo-soprano) voice; fl.; perc., pno.
text: Wallace Stevens
(study score available for sale: PCB114)

Time Cycle (chamber version) (1960) 22'
Solo soprano voice; cl.; perc., pno.; vlc.
score and parts available for sale: O4282; pno., full score: O4282a; pno./vocal reduction: O4282b

CHORUS

De Profundis (1983) 12'
SATB chorus, a capella

Psalms (1956) 13'
SATB chorus; pno. (2)

Then the Rocks on the Mountain Began to Shout (1978) 15'
SSATB chorus, a capella

SOLO INSTRUMENTAL

Capriccio (a ballet) (1946) 5'
vlc.; pno.
available for sale: O5043

Central Park Reel (1989) 10'
vln., pno.
available for sale: PCB128

Composer's Holiday (1956) 3'
Solo violin, or flute; 1/0/1/1; 1/1/0/0; timp., perc., pno.; str.
vln./pno. reduction available for sale: O5044; solo clarinet version created by Stoltzman - for his exclusive use.

Curriculum Vitae with Time Bomb (1980) 9'
Solo percussion; taped or live accordian

Fantasy Rondo (1946) 8'
Solo piano

Four Etudes (1967) 15'
Solo organ

Four Two-Part Inventions (1938) 8'
Solo piano

Grotesque Dance (1938) 3'
Solo piano

Scherzo Ricercato (1953) 4'
Solo piano

Solo for Piano (1981) 14'
Solo piano
also available for sale: PCB122

Three American Pieces (1944) 13'
No. 1 Early Song; No. 2 Dedication; No. 3 Composer's Holiday
vln./pno. reduction available for sale: O5186; fl./pno. reduction: O5192; solo clarinet version created by Stoltzman - for his exclusive use.

War and Peace for Organ (1995) 9'
Solo organ

VOICE AND PIANO

Where the Bee Sucks (Ariel's Song from "The Tempest") (1940) 3'
Solo medium high voice; pno.