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Composer: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

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Listing of musical settings by opus [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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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 opus order (without opus first, alphabetic)

Fog (Text: Carl Sandburg)
Live in the Sun (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *

op. 5. 3 Odes of Solomon
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

op. 7. How I adore thee (Text: Alan Hovhaness after Bliss Carman) * ENG
op. 19. Angelic Song [x]
op. 24.
no. 1. Yar Nazani (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 2. Vaspooragan (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*

op. 29. Layla (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) [x]
op. 31. 2 Shakespeare Sonnets
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

op. 32.
no. 1. Starlight of Noon (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 2. O World (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) ITA

op. 33. Love Songs of Hafiz
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) *

op. 34. Christmas Song (Text: Sir John Bowring)
op. 74. 4 Songs
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]*

op. 84. 2 Songs
no. 1. Black Pool of Cat (Text: Jean Harper) *
no. 2. Innisfallen (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

op. 95. 3 Songs
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]*

op. 126. The stars (Text: Henry David Thoreau) [x]
op. 139. O Lady Moon (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti)
op. 141. Anabasis (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) ENG GER FRE LAT
op. 153. Dawn at Laona
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) *

op. 156. The moon has a face (Text: Robert Louis Stevenson)
op. 238. 4 Songs
no. 1. Gurge Dikran [x]
no. 2. Gantznin Orern (Text: Hovhannes Tumanyan) [x]
no. 3. Dulhey, Dulhey [x]
no. 4. Old Dome of Ararat (Text: Alan Hovhaness after Avetik Isahakian) [x]*

op. 239. The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains
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]*

op. 242. 4 Songs
no. 1. Distant Lake of Sighs (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 2. Under a Byzantine Dome (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 3. In early dawn time (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 4. From high Armenia mountains (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *

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

op. 274. 3 Sasa Songs
no. 1. Where's my Cat? [x]
no. 2. Melancholy Cat [x]
no. 3. Sasa's Tarantella [x]

op. 370. Love's Philosophy (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) FRE
op. 391. The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)
no. 1. Distant Age (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 2. The Day (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 3. Their Ways (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

op. 400. A friendly mountain (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*

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