List of compositions by Larry Thomas Bell
The following is a complete list of compositions by the American composer Larry Thomas Bell. It was originally compiled by the composer and his wife, the musicologist Andrea Olmstead, cross-referenced with the works listed in his website[1] and The Grove Dictionary of American Music.[2]
| Opus no. | Year | Title of work | Instrumentation | Other information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1970 | Novelette | string quartet | ||
| 1a | 1970 | Novelette | string orchestra | ||
| 2 | 1971 | Domination of Black | five solo voices SSATB | text by Wallace Stevens | |
| 3 | 1971 | Continuum | orchestra | ||
| 4 | 1972 | Mirage | flute and piano | ||
| 5 | 1973 | Eclogue | quartet AATB | ||
| 6 | 1973 | String Quartet no. 1 | string quartet | ||
| 7 | 1974 | Variations | solo piano | ||
| 8 | 1975 | Reality is an Activity of the Most August Imagination | mezzo-soprano and piano | text by Wallace Stevens | |
| 9 | The Poems of Our Climate (unfinished) | mezzo-soprano and piano | text by Wallace Stevens | ||
| 10 | 1977 | Grand Sonata | piano four hands | ||
| 11 | 1976 | Three Movements for Solo Cello | solo 'cello | ||
| 12 | 1979 | Caprice for solo cello | solo 'cello | ||
| 13 | 1979–1981 | The Idea of Order at Key West | soprano, violin, large string orchestra, and percussion | text by Wallace Stevens | |
| 14 | 1981 | Prologue and The End of the World | chorus SATB | texts by Archibald MacLeish | |
| 15 | 1983 | Miniature Diversions | solo piano | ||
| 16 | 1982 | String Quartet no. 2 | string quartet | ||
| 17 | 1983 | Fantasia on an Imaginary Hymn | 'cello and viola | ||
| 18 | 1984 | Sleep Song | violin and piano | ||
| 19 | 1984 | Incident | baritone and piano | text by Countee Cullen | |
| 20 | 1984 | Four Sacred Songs | soprano and piano, also version for mezzo-soprano | old hymn tune texts: “There is a Fountain,” “Take the Name of Jesus With You,” “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus,” “Spirit of Love Descend Upon My Heart” | |
| 21 | 1984 | Revivals | solo piano | ||
| 22 | 1985 | First Tango in London | solo piano | ||
| 23 | 1985 | Sacred Symphonies (Symphony no. 1) | orchestra | ||
| 24 | 1985 | Celestial Refrain | solo guitar | ||
| 25 | 1986 | River of Ponds | 'cello and piano | ||
| 26 | 1986 | The Evangelical | two pianos four hands | ||
| 27 | 1986 | A Sacred Harp | solo harp | ||
| 28 | 1987 | The Black Cat | narrator, 'cello, and piano | text by Edgar Allan Poe | |
| 29 | 1987 | In Memory of Roger Sessions | solo violin | ||
| 30 | 1988 | The Parable of the Parabola | solo piano | ||
| 31 | 1987 | The Book of Moonlight | violin and piano | ||
| 32 | 1988 | Concerto for Oboe and Five Instruments | oboe solo, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano | ||
| 33 | 1989 | Piano Concerto | piano solo and chamber orchestra | ||
| 34 | 1990 | Piano Sonata no. 1 | solo piano | ||
| 35 | 1991 | Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony | narrator/violin and piano | text by Lewis Thomas | |
| 36 | 1992 | Piano Quartet | piano, violin, viola, and 'cello | ||
| 37 | 1992 | Blues Theme with Variations | two pianos four hands | ||
| 38a | 1991 | What Goes Around Comes Around | flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, 'cello, and piano | ||
| 38a | 1991 | What Goes Around Comes Around | orchestra | last movement of Op. 40 | |
| 39 | 1992 | Quintessence | woodwind quintet | ||
| 40 | 1994–1996 | Idumea Symphony: Symphony no. 2 | orchestra | ||
| 41 | 1994 | Four Pieces in Familiar Styl | two violins | ||
| 42 | 1995 | A Cry Against the Twilight, madrigal for 5 voices | SSATB | text by Wallace Stevens | |
| 43 | 1996 | Mahler in Blue Light | alto saxophone, 'cello, and piano | ||
| 44 | 1997 | Song and Dance, divertimento for chamber orchestra | chamber orchestra | ||
| 45 | 1997 | Sentimental Muse, concerto for bassoon and orchestra | bassoon solo and orchestra | ||
| 46 | 1993–1998 | Reminiscences and Reflections, 12 preludes and fugues | piano solo | ||
| 47 | 1997 | Short Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 3) | wind ensemble | ||
| 48 | 1998 | Harmonium | brass quintet | ||
| 49 | 1999 | Two Haiku | soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano | texts by Santoka and Issa | |
| 50 | 1999 | Immortal Beloved | mezzo-soprano and piano | texts from letters by Beethoven | |
| 51 | 1999 | Caprice no. 2 | solo flute | ||
| 52 | 1900 | Harmony in Blue and Silver | orchestra | ||
| 53 | 2000 | Ten Poems of William Blake | soprano and piano | texts by William Blake | |
| 54 | 2000 | Caprice no. 3 | solo alto recorder | ||
| 55 | 2000 | Songs of Innocence and Experience | children's chorus and orchestra | texts by William Blake | |
| 56 | 2000 | Caprice no. 4 | solo marimba | ||
| 57 | 2001 | Caprice no. 5 | solo alto saxophone | ||
| 58 | 2001 | Shakespeare Sonnets | tenor or soprano and piano | texts by William Shakespeare | |
| 59 | 2001 | Hansel and Gretel | narrator and orchestra | texts from a Grimm fairy tale | |
| 60 | 2001 | Four Lyrics | trumpet and piano | ||
| 61 | 2003 | Piano Sonata no. 2, Tala | solo piano | ||
| 62 | 2002 | Just As I Am | violin and piano | ||
| 64 | 2002 | Songs of Time and Eternity | soprano and piano | texts by Emily Dickinson | |
| 65 | 2003 | Suite from "Hansel and Gretel" | solo piano | ||
| 66 | 2003 | Tarab | double 'cello quartet | ||
| 67 | 2003 | Four Chorale Preludes | solo piano | ||
| 68 | 2004 | Spirituals, chamber symphony for ten players | instrumental chamber ensemble | ||
| 69 | 2004 | Liturgical Suite | solo organ | ||
| 70 | 2011 | The Triumph of Lightness, concerto for cello and orchestra | solo 'cello and orchestra | ||
| 71 | 2004 | String Quartet no. 3 | string quartet | ||
| 72 | 2005 | Elegy | solo piano | ||
| 73 | 2005 | Caprice no. 6 | solo clarinet and optional percussion | ||
| 74 | 2005 | Pop Set | double bass and piano | ||
| 75 | 2005 | Caprice no. 7 | solo vibraphone/narrator | text from "Ovid": Echo and Narcissus | |
| 76 | 2005 | Dark Orange Partita | solo viola | ||
| 77 | 2005 | Dark Orange Concerto | solo viola and winds | ||
| 78 | 2006 | Encores | double 'cello quartet | ||
| 79 | 2006 | Dream Within a Dream | soprano and piano, also version for mezzo-soprano | texts by Whitman, Blake, Poe, Dickinson, and Arnold | |
| 80 | 2005 | Chorale Prelude: "Holy Ghosts" | wind ensemble | ||
| 81 | 2005 | Cabaret Songs for a musical (unfinished) | |||
| 82 | 2006 | Music of the Spheres | solo piano | ||
| 83 | 2006 | Piano Sonata no. 3, Sonata Macabre | solo piano | ||
| 84 | 2006 | Serenade no. 1 | guitar trio | ||
| 85 | 2006 | Poems | trumpet and piano | ||
| 86 | 2006 | Autumnal Raptures | tenor and harp | texts by Elizabeth Kirshner | |
| 87 | 2008 | Chorale Fantasia on Unchanging Love | soprano, alto, tenor, and bass soli, chorus and piano | text by Romulus Linney | |
| 88 | 2006 | Unchanging Love | brass quintet and organ | ||
| 89 | 2007 | David and Old Ironsides | narrator and orchestra | text by Constance Leeds | |
| 90 | 2007 | Holy Ghosts, opera in two acts | 24 singers and five-piece electric ensemble | libretto by Andrea Olmstead based on the play by Romulus Linney | |
| 91 | 2007 | Remembering Al | solo piano | ||
| 92 | 2007 | Exaltations of Snowy Stars | mezzo-soprano and piano | texts by Elizabeth Kirshner | |
| 93 | 2007 | Duet from Holy Ghosts | soprano, tenor, and piano | ||
| 94 | 2008 | Contempo: 10 pieces for piano duet | four-hand piano | ||
| 95 | 2008 | Caprice no. 8 | solo trumpet | ||
| 96 | 2008 | Fifteen Two-Part Inventions | solo piano | ||
| 97 | 2009 | Partita no. 1 | solo harpsichord | ||
| 98 | 2009 | Serenade no. 2 | alto recorder, 'cello, and harpsichord | ||
| 99 | 2009 | In a Garden of Dreamers | baritone and harpsichord | texts by Elizabeth Kirshner | |
| 100 | 2009 | The Fragrant Pathway of Eternity | soprano and guitar | texts by Elizabeth Kirshner | |
| 101 | 2010 | The Seasons, a cantata | soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, harp, piano, harpsichord, and guitar | combination of opp. 86, 92, 99, 100, and 108 | |
| 102 | 2010 | Partita no. 2 | solo harpsichord | ||
| 103 | 2010 | Psalm 1 | SATB chorus and organ | Psalm text: King James Version | |
| 104 | 2010 | Psalm 23 | tenor and baritone soloists and organ | Psalm text: King James Version | |
| 105 | 2010 | Psalm 150 | soprano and organ | Psalm text: King James Version | |
| 106 | 2010 | Psalm 96 | SATB chorus and organ | Psalm text: King James Version | |
| 107 | 2010 | Baroque Concerto | alto recorder, harpsichord, 'cello soloists, and strings | ||
| 108 | 2010 | The Echolocations of Cellos | soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone voices, harp, piano, harpsichord, and guitar | text by Elizabeth Kirshner | |
| 109 | 2010 | Piano Etudes Book 1 | solo piano | ||
| 110 | 2010 | Cello Suite | 'cello and harpsichord (figured bass) | ||
| 111 | 2010 | Serenade no. 3 | trumpet, tenor saxophone, and piano | ||
| 112 | 2011 | Serenade no. 4 | clarinet, violin, and piano | ||
| 113 | 2011 | Emersonia | SATB chorus a capella | text by Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| 114 | 2011 | Revels: 10 songs | baritone and piano | texts by Ben Jonson | |
| 115 | 2011 | INGS | solo piano | ||
| 116 | 2011 | Lyric Preludes | solo piano | ||
| 117 | 2012 | Fancies: 5 songs | tenor and piano | texts by Thomas Campion | |
| 118 | 2012 | Preludes sans Mesurés avec Fugues | solo harpsichord | ||
| 119 | 2011 | The Book of Blues: 4 songs | baritone and piano | texts by Larry Bell | |
| 120 | 2013 | Songs of Reconciliation | soprano and orchestra or piano | texts by Tran Nhan Tong and Walt Whitman | |
| 121 | 2013 | Invocation | congregational singers and piano | ||
| 122 | 2013 | Dazzling Duo | tenor saxophone and piano | ||
| 123 | 2014 | First Piano Sonatina | solo piano | ||
| 124 | 2014 | Gathering Music | solo organ | ||
| 125 | 2014 | At the River | soprano and orchestra or piano | ||
| 126 | 2014 | Spirit of Love | orchestra | congregational singers and piano | |
| 127 | 2015 | Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias | solo piano | ||
| 128 | 2015 | Now Shall My Inward Voice Arise | SATB choir | text by Isaac Watts | |
| 129 | 2015 | And Am I Born to Die? | SATB choir | text by Charles Wesley| | |
| 130 | 2015 | Second Elegy | trumpet and piano | ||
| 131 | 2015 | I'm Just a Poor Wayfaring Stranger | SATB choir | ||
| 132 | 2015 | Nine Variations on We Shall Overcome | solo piano | ||
| 132a | 2016 | Nine Variations on We Shall Overcome | solo organ | ||
| 133 | 2015 | Remembering Fay | trumpet and orchestra | ||
| 134 | 2014 | Song of the Open Road | alto saxophone and strings | ||
| 135 | 2015 | First Book of Prayers | solo piano | ||
| 136 | 2016 | Response No. 1: The Oversoul | tenor and baritone voices and organ | text by Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| 137 | 2016 | Water Music | baritone voice, double bass, and piano | text by Langston Hughes | |
| 138 | 2016 | Newtown Variations | viola and piano | ||
| 139 | 2016 | Response No. 2: The Idea of Democracy | tenor and baritone voices and organ | text by Abraham Lincoln | |
| 140 | 2016 | Response No. 3: Is not this the fast that I have chosen? | tenor and baritone voices and organ | text from Isaiah 58: 6–12 King James Version | |
| 141 | 2016 | Serenade no. 5 | clarinet choir | ||
| 142 | 2016 | Hymn arrangements: 1. Come, Ye Thankful People Come; 2. Wake Now My Senses, and 3. We Sing Now Together | congregational singers, brass quintet, and organ | ||
| 143 | 2017 | First Harpsichord Sonata | solo harpsichord | ||
| 144 | 2017 | Once to Every Soul and Nation | SSA choir | text by James Russell Lowell | |
| 145 | 2017 | Canons for the Young | solo piano | ||
| 146 | 2017–2020 | Piano Etudes Book 2: 12 Polyrhythmic Studies | solo piano | ||
| 147 | 2017 | Mass A6 | six voices SSSAAA | ||
| 148 | 2017 | Prelude and Fugue in f minor | solo organ | ||
| 149 | 2017 | Gaslight | baritone and piano | text by Larry Bell | |
| 150 | 2017 | Prelude and Fugue in d minor | solo organ | ||
| 151 | 2017 | Sonata Sacre | baroque flute and harpsichord | ||
| 152 | 2017 | Adagio sostenuto, slow movement from V. Persichetti Symphony for Band arranged for solo piano | solo piano | ||
| 153 | 2018 | Harmony in Blue and Silver | wind ensemble | ||
| 154 | 2018 | The Lone Wild Bird | alto and piano | text and melody adapted from William Walker's tune “Prospect” from Southern Harmony, 1835 | |
| 155 | 2017 | Dona Nobis Pacem | string quartet | ||
| 156 | 2018–2019 | Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues | solo piano | ||
| 157 | 2018 | Clearing the Clouds from Our Minds | 5 percussion instruments, 6 players | ||
| 158 | 2019 | Domenica a Filicudi | soprano, viola, and piano | text by Deborah Collins | |
| 159 | 2019 | Halcyon Song | voice, 'cello, and piano | text by Larry Bell | |
| 160 | 2019 | Awake Our Souls, Away our Fears | congregational singers, brass quintet, and organ | text by Isaac Watts | |
| 161 | 2017 | Thou God of Love | SATB choir | text by Isaac Watts | |
| 162 | 2019 | O God, Our Help in Ages Past | SATB choir | text by Isaac Watts | |
| 163 | 2019 | Blest Are the Sons of Peace | SATB choir | text by Isaac Watts | |
| 164 | 2019 | Thou God of Love, Thou Ever Blessed (second version) | SATB choir | text by Isaac Watts | |
| 165 | 2020 | Piano Sonata no. 4 | solo piano | ||
| 166 | 2020 | Piano Sonata no. 5, A Landscape of Small Ruins | solo piano | ||
| 167 | 2019 | The Harp at Nature's Advent | SATB choir | text by John Greenleaf Whittier | |
| 168 | 2020 | Terza Rima, 12 Variations on “Awake our Souls, Away our Fears,” | solo piano | ||
| 169 | 2019 | A Hymnbook for Congregational Singing | congregational singers | combination of opp. 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, and 167 | |
| 170 | 2020 | Symphony no. 4 | soprano, tenor, baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and organ | texts: Psalm 96, Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 150 King James Version | |
| 171 | 2020 | Piano Sonata no. 6 | solo piano | ||
| 172 | 2021 | Cantata The Bell | soprano solo, SATB chorus, violin, flute, and 'cello | text by Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| 173 | 2021 | Song cycle Parables of Love and Death | alto and tenor soloists and piano | texts by Emily Dickinson | |
| 174 | 2021 | Piano Sonata no. 7 Southern Meditations | solo piano |