List of compositions by Henry Cowell

This is a list of compositions by Henry Cowell.

Pieces by date of composition

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  • Anger Dance (1914; orig. Mad Dance)
  • Dynamic Motion (1916; frequently misdated 1914)
  • Three Irish Legends (1922)
  1. The Tides of Manaunaun (1917; frequently misdated 1911 or 1912)
  2. The Hero Sun (1922)
  3. The Voice of Lir (1920)
  • Five Encores to Dynamic Motion (1917)
  1. What's This?
  2. Amiable Conversation
  3. Advertisement
  4. Antinomy (rev. 1959)
  5. Time Table
  • The Trumpet of Angus Og (1918–24)
  • Fabric (1920)
  • Vestiges (1920)
  • The Sword of Oblivion for string piano (ca. 1920–22)
  • Exultation (1921)
  • Six Ings (1922)
  1. Floating
  2. Frisking
  3. Fleeting
  4. Scooting
  5. Wafting
  6. Seething
  • Piece for Piano with Strings (1923; for solo string piano, despite possibly confusing title)
  • Aeolian Harp for string piano (ca. 1923)
  • A Rudhyar (1924)
  • The Harp of Life (1924)
  • The Snows of Fuji-Yama (1924)
  • The Banshee for string piano (1925)
  • Slow Jig (1925)
  • The Leprechaun (1928)
  • Two Woofs (1928)
  • Euphoria (1929)
  • Fairy Answer (1929)
  • Two Pieces (1930)
  1. Lilt of the Reel
  2. Tiger
  • Sinister Resonance for string piano (ca. 1930)
  • Ostinato Pianissimo (1934) for xylophone soloist and percussion ensemble
  • Deep Color (1938)
  • Rhythmicana (1938)
  • High Color (ca. late 1930s–early 1940s)
  • Elegie (for Hanya Holm) (1941)
  • Persian Set (1957)