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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) DUT 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]*

Three Madrigals , op. 258

no. 1. The Pencil of the Holy Ghost
no. 2. My sorrow is my love
no. 3. They all laugh

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) *
My sorrow is my love, op. 258 no. 2 (in Three Madrigals)
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 Pencil of the Holy Ghost, op. 258 no. 1 (in Three Madrigals)
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]*
They all laugh, op. 258 no. 3 (in Three Madrigals)
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) DUT 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.