List of compositions by Alan Hovhaness

This is a list of compositions by Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000), ordered by opus number.For a general discussion of the problems with the numbering and dating of Hovhaness's compositions see http://www.hovhaness.com/hovhaness-works-foreword.html.For a list of works without opus numbers (so-called "uncataloged works") see http://www.hovhaness.com/hovhaness-works-uncataloged.html. Composition dates shown in Roman font are as given at Hovhaness.com,Anon., "The Alan Hovhaness Web Site: The Online Resource for the American Composer": Alan Hovhaness List of Works: Opus Catalog (online edition at http://www.hovhaness.com/hovhaness_works.html). while conflicting dates from KunzeKunze, Eric (comp.), Alan Hovhaness: A Discography (8 March 1911 – 21 June 2000: In Memoriam). Victoria, British Columbia: University of Victoria, 2010. (Online edition at https://hovhaness.com/HovDiscog_2018.pdf). or New GroveArnold Rosner and Vance Wolverton. "Hovhaness [Hovaness], Alan [Chakmakjian, Alan Hovhaness]". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers. are shown in italics. Similarly, instrumentation shown in Roman font is as given at the Hovhaness.com website. Several place names and other names in composition titles are linked to disambiguation pages rather than to specific Wikipedia articles, because Hovhaness did not specify which "Wildcat Mountain", for instance, had been intended.Indeed, Hovhaness may have simply liked a name without having in mind any specific reference at all.

Op. 1, No. 1: Oror [Lullaby] (violin and piano) (1922?; rev 1926) Op. 1, No. 2: Suite for violin and piano (1927) Op. 2, No. 1: Monadnock [Fantasy for orchestra] ([2222 4331, timpani, strings) (1936; 1935, rev. 1938 per Kunze; 1935, rev. 1936 per New Grove) Op. 2, No. 2: Storm on Mt. Wildcat (originally titled Boreas and Mt. Wildcat) [Fantasy for orchestra] (2222 4331, timpani, percussion, strings) (1931, rev. 1936; 1931 only, per Kunze) Op. 3: Trio No. 1 in E Minor (for violin, cello, piano) (1935) Op. 4: Missa Brevis (bass, SATB choir, strings, organ) (1936; 1935 per Kunze) Op. 5: Three Odes of Solomon (medium voice and piano) (1937; 1935 per Kunze) Op. 6, No. 1: Toccata and Fugue (piano solo) (Toccata 1969, Fugue 1935; 1935, Toccata rev. 1970 per New Grove) Op. 6, No. 2: Toccata and Fugue on a Kabardin Tune (piano solo) (1951) Op. 7: How I Adore Thee (medium voice and piano) (1936) Op. 8: String Quartet No. 1 [Jupiter] (1936) Op. 9: Piano Quintet No. 1 (1926, rev. 1962) (New Grove also assigns op. 9 to the first of Two Suites for piano, 1936) Op. 10: Three Preludes and Fugues (piano solo) (1935) [originally published as Op. 5] Op. 11: Sonata for violin and piano (1937) Op. 12: Sonata Ricercare (piano solo) (1935) Op. 13: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (oboe (or flute) and bassoon) (1935, rev. 1959; rev. 1957 per Kunze) Op. 14: Tapor [Processional for band] (1948) (New Grove gives title Tapor No. 1, and also assigns op. 14 to the second of Two Suites for piano, 1936) Op. 15: Suite for band (1948) (New Grove says 1949, but also assigns op. 15 to a Fantasy for piano, 1936) Op. 16: Fantasy for piano (1952) (New Grove says 1953) Op. 17, No. 1: Cello Concerto (cello, orchestra [2222 4330, timpani, harp, strings]) (1937; 1936/70 per Kunze) [originally published as Op. 27] Op. 17, No. 2: Symphony No. 1 Exile Symphony (orchestra 2222 4331, timpani, harp, strings]) (1937; 1936/72 per Kunze) Op. 18: Variations and Fugue (orchestra [3322 4331, timpani, percussion, harp, glockenspiel, strings]) (1963; "or 1964" per New Grove) Op. 19: Angelic Song (cantata for soprano (or tenor), horn, strings) (1934/1947; later incorporated into Op. 425) Op. 20, No. 1: Nocturne (harp solo) (1937, rev. 1961) Op. 20, No. 2: Nocturne (flute and harp) (1956) Op. 20a: Lament (voice and piano) (1936) (Only New Grove includes this) Op. 20b: Lament (piano) (1937) (Only New Grove includes this) Op. 21: Suite in D Minor (English horn and bassoon) (1933) Op. 22: Mystic Flute (piano solo) (1937) Op. 23: Makiko Suite (oboe and bassoon) (1949) Op. 24, No. 1: Yar Nazani (The Lover Who Desired to Please) (voice and piano) (1938) Op. 24, No. 2: Vaspooragan (voice and piano) (1938) Op. 25: Lament (clarinet solo) (1935) Op. 26: Behold, God is My Help (SATB chorus and organ (or piano) (undated)Op. 26: New Grove lists Op. 26 as "Suite no. 1 for orchestra", a title not otherwise found listed either at the Hovhaness website or in Kunze. Op. 27: O Lord God of Hosts (SATB choir, organ (or piano), and 2 trumpets, 2 trombones ad lib.) (undated; 1968 per Kunze) Op. 28: O Lord, Rebuke Me Not (SATB choir and organ (or piano)) (undated; 1968 per Kunze) Op. 29: Layla (medium voice and piano) (1935) Op. 30: Bagatelles ["4 Bagatelles for string quartet"] (1966) Op. 31:Op. 31: New Grove lists Op. 31 as "Hymn to Shasta", a title not otherwise found listed either at the Hovhaness website or in Kunze. Two Shakespeare Sonnets (voice and piano) (1939; rev. 1942 per Kunze) Op. 32, No. 1: Starlight of Noon (voice and piano) (1947) Op. 32, No. 2: O World (bass voice (or tenor or baritone or trombone) and piano) (1960) Op. 33: Love Songs of Hafiz (medium voice and piano) (1936/67) Op. 34: Watchman, Tell Us of the Night ["Christmas Song"] (soprano and organ (or piano); or bass voice, SATB chorus, organ (or piano); or bass voice, SATB chorus, oboe, clarinet, strings) (1927, rev. 1962) Op. 35: The Lord's Prayer (SATB chorus and organ (or piano)) (1962) Op. 36: Two Ghazals (piano solo) (1933, rev. 1966; 1931 [in error]Op. 36: What Kunze refers to in error as being 1931 is Dance Ghazal, which is not one of these "Two Ghazals", Op. 36, but instead is Op. 362, a different work. The "Two Ghazals" in Op. 36 are indicated by Hovhaness as 1) Andante espressivo and 2) Andante, per Koch International Classics 3-7288-2H1 (Marvin Rosen, piano, 1994), CD tracks 18–19 <http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=13162&album_group=14>. Compare Dance Ghazal on Koch International Classics 3-7195-2H1 (Marvin Rosen, piano, 1992), CD track 1 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=9666, or Crystal Records CD-813 (Wayne Johnson, piano, 1991), CD track 7 (http://www.crystalrecords.com/Hovhaness.html (both of which use the superseded Op. 37a catalog number rather than the recataloged Op. 362). Also see footnote for Op. 362.), rev. 1966 per Kunze Op. 37: Vijag (2 pianos) (1946) Op. 38: Mazert Nman Rehan (Thy Hair is Like Basil Leaf) (piano solo) (1944) Op. 39: Artinis (Urarduan: Sun God) (piano solo) (1945) Op. 40a: Psalm and Fugue (strings) (1940)Op. 40a: Both Hovhaness.com and Kunze agree on the 1940 date for this work. However, Hovhaness specialist Marvin Rosen in his text notes to Koch International Classics 3-7289-2 states with self-contradiction: "Psalm and Fugue, Opus 40a, written in 1958 ... was often used to open concerts organized by the composer during World War II." Op. 40b: Alleluia and Fugue (strings) (1940) Op. 41: Protest and Prayer (tenor, TTBB chorus, organ (or piano)) (1967) Op. 42: I will Rejoice in the Lord (SATB chorus and organ (or piano) (undated) Op. 43: 12 Armenian Folk Songs (piano solo) (1943) Op. 44: Celestial Fantasy (strings) (1935/44) Op. 45: Armenian Rhapsody No. 1 (percussion and strings) (1944) Op. 46: Let Us Love One Another (SATB chorus, tenor (or baritone) ad lib., and organ (or piano)) (1941/62) Op. 47a: Varak (violin and piano) (1944) Op. 47b: Arshalouis [Arshalouis (Dawn)] (violin and piano) (1939–43) Op. 48: LousadzakOp. 48: "The work's title is an invented Armenian word which translates roughly to "'dawn of light,' meaning a kind of spiritual dawn or spiritual journey" (Hovhaness)." [Coming of Light/Dawn of Light] (concerto for piano and strings) (1944) Op. 49: Khrimian Hairig (trumpet and strings) (1944, rev. 1948)Op. 49: dates are per booklet notes to Koch International Classics 3-7289-2. Hovhaness.com gives only 1944, Kunze gives only 1948. Op. 50: Elibris [God of Dawn of Urardu] (concerto for flute and strings) (1944) Op. 51: Armenian Rhapsody No. 2 (strings) (1944) Op. 52, No. 1: Lousnag Kisher [Moonlit Night] (piano solo) (1943) Op. 52, No. 2: Lullaby [aka Slumber Song] (piano solo) (1951; 1956 per Kunze) Op. 53, No. 1: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (voice, SATB chorus, organ (or piano)) (1922/35) Op. 53, No. 2: Tzaikerk [Evening Song] (flute, violin, drums, strings) (1945; 1944 per Kunze) Op. 54, No. 1: Invocations to Vahakn (piano and percussion) (1945) Op. 54, No. 2: Hakhpat (sonata for piano and percussion) (1946/51) Op. 55, No. 1: Vanadour [Armenian God of Hospitality] (piano solo) (1945) Op. 55, No. 2: Farewell to the Mountains (piano solo) (1946) Op. 56, No. 1: Chahagir [Torch-Bearer] (viola solo) (1944) Op. 56, No. 2: Yeraz [The Dream] (violin solo) (undated; 1946 per Kunze) Op. 56, No. 3:Op. 56, No. 3: Kunze designates this as Op. 56, No. 4, apparently from multiple recordings; he omits a No. 3. Hercules (soprano and violin) (1959) Op. 57, No. 1: Anahid: The Mother Goddess [Fantasy] (flute, English horn, trumpet, timpani, percussion, strings) (1944–45; 1944 per Kunze) Op. 57, No. 2: Vosdan (flute, trumpet, timpani, strings) (1945, rev. 1948) Op. 58: Sharagan and Fugue (brass choir) (1947) Op. 59: Is There Survival? [King Vahaken (ballet suite)] (0040 a sax 0400, timpani, 3 percussion) (1949) Op. 60: MihrOp. 60: Kunze gives this title as Mihr (Ancient Armenian Fire God), which description differs somewhat from Wikipedia's entry on Mithra/Mihr. (2 pianos) (1945) Op. 61: Divertimento [Vahan] (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (or 4 clarinets)) (1947) Op. 62: Etchmiadzin (opera for 4 sopranos and 3 baritones soli, 2 SA choruses, SABar chorus, orchestra [flute, English horn, trumpet, 2 Chinese drums, 4 Burmese gongs, sistrum of tiny bells, strings]) (1946) Op. 62b: Prayer of Saint Gregory [intermezzo from the opera Etchmiadzin] (trumpet and strings (or trumpet with band, piano, or organ, or organ solo)) (1946) Op. 63: Greek Rhapsody No. 1 (piano solo) (1944) Op. 64: Achtamar (piano solo) (1947; 1948 per Kunze) Op. 65: Avak the Healer (cantata for soprano, trumpet, strings)Op. 65: Kunze also lists an "Op. 65(2), Avak Symphony (1946–49)". (1945–46) Op. 66, No. 1: Kohar (flute, English horn, timpani, strings) (1946) Op. 66, No. 2: Agori Op. 66, No. 2: Possibly Aghori? (flute, English horn, bassoon, trumpet, timpani, strings: concerto based on material from the opera Etchmiadzin, Op. 62) (1946) Op. 67: Saris (violin and piano) (1946) Op. 68: Sing Aloud (SATB chorus) (1951) Op. 69: Sanahin (partita for organ) (1951–66) Op. 70: Five Fantasies for brass choir (1967) Op. 71: Haroutiun [Resurrection] (trumpet and strings) (1948) Op. 71a:Op. 71a: The Hovhaness.com website indicates that Op. 71a is a reduction for trumpet and piano, in place of strings, of the identical 10-minute playing length as Op. 71. In booklet notes to Koch International Classics 3-7221-2H1, CD track 3 (timing 3 1/2 minutes; no opus numbers indicated), Hovhaness writes "Haroutiun (Resurrection) ... contains both an aria and a fugue. Only the first movement is presented in this recording. The work [is] scored for trumpet and strings ..." Kunze correctly identifies this as being the excerpted aria, with strings, labeling it Op. 71(1) rather than Op. 71a, which he does not list. Haroutiun [Resurrection] (trumpet and piano) (1948) Op. 72: Canzona and Fugue (horn, 2 trumpets, trombone (or tuba) (1967) Op. 73, No. 1: Khirgiz Suite (violin and piano) (1951) Op. 73, No. 2: Shatakh [Çatak] (violin and piano) (1947) Op. 74, No. 1:Op. 74: The Hovhaness website makes no reference to Nos. 2, 3, 6, 7, or further numbers, or to an overall title; however, Kunze labels Op. 74 as Demilune (9 Songs), listing these same four as Nos. 1–4. Pagan Saint (voice and piano) (1947; 1948 per Kunze) Op. 74, No. 4: Lullaby of the Lake (voice and piano) (1947; 1948 per Kunze)