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Composer: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

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Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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See Opus Order

Song Cycles, Symphonies, etc.

2 Shakespeare Sonnets, op. 31

no. 1. When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes (Text: William Shakespeare) ITA
no. 2. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (Text: William Shakespeare) RUS ITA

2 Songs, op. 84

no. 1. Black Pool of Cat (Text: Jean Harper) *
no. 2. Innisfallen (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

3 Odes of Solomon, op. 5

no. 1. No way is hard (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG
no. 2. As the work of the husbandman (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG
no. 3. As the wings of doves (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG

3 Sasa Songs, op. 274

no. 1. Where's my Cat? [x]
no. 2. Melancholy Cat [x]
no. 3. Sasa's Tarantella [x]

3 Songs, op. 95

no. 1. Describe me (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 2. Green stones (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 3. Fans of blue (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

4 Songs, op. 74

no. 1. Pagan Saint (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
no. 2. Lullaby of the Lake (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
no. 3. I heard thee singing (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*
no. 4. Raven River (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*

Dawn at Laona, op. 153

no. 1. Prelude (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 2. Vision of Dark Places (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 3. The hosts flew white (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 4. Motionless breath (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *

Love Songs of Hafiz, op. 33

no. 1. Hafiz, like Lord Krishna, darting (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 2. Hafiz is a Merry Old Thief (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 3. O flowing of my tears (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 4. Hafiz wanders, weeping (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 5. Day of Hafiz' vision (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 6. O Love, hear my cry (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 7. Where is my Beloved? (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 8. Love for the soul (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *

Symphony no. 24, "Majnun", op. 273

no. 1. Majnun
no. 2. Letters in the sand (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
no. 3. The distracted lover (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
no. 4. The sword-wind
no. 5. Majnun answered (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
no. 6. The beloved
no. 7. The celestial beloved
no. 8. Majnun's love song (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
no. 9. The mysterious beloved (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG

The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains, op. 239

no. 1. Kurd Isakin (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 2. Lalezar (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 3. Nashkhoonag (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 4. Sirds e numan mer haireni lerrneroon (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 5. Akh, hoor e, hoor e, sirdus (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*

The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper), op. 391

no. 1. Distant Age (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 2. The Day (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 3. Their Ways (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in our database, in alphabetic order

A friendly mountain, op. 400 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Akh, hoor e, hoor e, sirdus, op. 239 no. 5 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Anabasis, op. 141 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG GER FRE LAT
Angelic Song, op. 19 [x]
As the wings of doves, op. 5 no. 3 (in 3 Odes of Solomon) (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG
As the work of the husbandman, op. 5 no. 2 (in 3 Odes of Solomon) (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG
Black Pool of Cat, op. 84 no. 1 (in 2 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) *
Christmas Song, op. 34 (Text: Sir John Bowring)
Day of Hafiz' vision, op. 33 no. 5 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Describe me, op. 95 no. 1 (in 3 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Distant Age, op. 391 no. 1 (in The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Distant Lake of Sighs, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 1 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Dulhey, Dulhey, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 3 [x]
Fans of blue, op. 95 no. 3 (in 3 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Fog (Text: Carl Sandburg)
From high Armenia mountains, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 4 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Gantznin Orern, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 2 (Text: Hovhannes Tumanyan) [x]
Green stones, op. 95 no. 2 (in 3 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Gurge Dikran, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 1 [x]
Hafiz is a Merry Old Thief, op. 33 no. 2 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Hafiz, like Lord Krishna, darting, op. 33 no. 1 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Hafiz wanders, weeping, op. 33 no. 4 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
How I adore thee, op. 7 (Text: Alan Hovhaness after Bliss Carman) * ENG
I heard thee singing, op. 74 no. 3 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*
In early dawn time, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 3 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Innisfallen, op. 84 no. 2 (in 2 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Kurd Isakin, op. 239 no. 1 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Lalezar, op. 239 no. 2 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Layla, op. 29 (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) [x]
Letters in the sand, op. 273 no. 2 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
Live in the Sun (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Love for the soul, op. 33 no. 8 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Love's Philosophy, op. 370 (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) FRE
Lullaby of the Lake, op. 74 no. 2 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
Majnun, op. 273 no. 1 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
Majnun answered, op. 273 no. 5 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
Majnun's love song, op. 273 no. 8 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
Melancholy Cat, op. 274 no. 2 (in 3 Sasa Songs) [x]
Motionless breath, op. 153 no. 4 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Nashkhoonag, op. 239 no. 3 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
No way is hard, op. 5 no. 1 (in 3 Odes of Solomon) (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG
O flowing of my tears, op. 33 no. 3 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
O Lady Moon, op. 139 (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti)
O Love, hear my cry, op. 33 no. 6 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
O World, op. 32 no. 2 (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) ITA
Old Dome of Ararat, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 4 (Text: Alan Hovhaness after Avetik Isahakian) [x]*
Out of the Depths (Psalm CXXX -- A Song of Ascents), op. 141 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG GER FRE LAT
Pagan Saint, op. 74 no. 1 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
Prelude, op. 153 no. 1 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Raven River, op. 74 no. 4 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*
Sasa's Tarantella, op. 274 no. 3 (in 3 Sasa Songs) [x]
Sirds e numan mer haireni lerrneroon, op. 239 no. 4 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Starlight of Noon, op. 32 no. 1 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
The beloved, op. 273 no. 6 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
The celestial beloved, op. 273 no. 7 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
The Day, op. 391 no. 2 (in The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
The distracted lover, op. 273 no. 3 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
The hosts flew white, op. 153 no. 3 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
The moon has a face, op. 156 (Text: Robert Louis Stevenson)
The mysterious beloved, op. 273 no. 9 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) ENG
The stars, op. 126 (Text: Henry David Thoreau) [x]
The sword-wind, op. 273 no. 4 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
Their Ways, op. 391 no. 3 (in The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Under a Byzantine Dome, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 2 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Vaspooragan, op. 24 no. 2 (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Vision of Dark Places, op. 153 no. 2 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes , op. 31 no. 1 (in 2 Shakespeare Sonnets) (Text: William Shakespeare) ITA
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought , op. 31 no. 2 (in 2 Shakespeare Sonnets) (Text: William Shakespeare) RUS ITA
Where is my Beloved?, op. 33 no. 7 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Where's my Cat?, op. 274 no. 1 (in 3 Sasa Songs) [x]
Yar Nazani, op. 24 no. 1 (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*

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* indicates that a text cannot (yet?) be displayed on this site because of its copyright status.