List of compositions by Libby Larsen

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The following is a chronological list of compositions by Libby Larsen, divided into genre groups.

List of works

=Opera=

  • Some Pig (1973)

:: Children's opera in one act{{cite book|last1=Griffel|first1=Margaret Ross|title=Operas in English: A Dictionary|date=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8272-0|page=461|edition=Revised|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8bQAwAAQBAJ&dq=Libby+Larsen+some+pig&pg=PA461|accessdate=11 May 2016|author-link=Margaret Ross Griffel}}

  • Moon Drop (1976 & 1980)

::full evening performance with water slides, tapes, and costumes

  • The Silver Fox (1979)

:: Family opera in one act; John Olive, libretto

::two-act chamber opera; libretto by Patricia Hampl

::full-length music drama; libretto by Libby Larsen

::one-act opera; libretto by Walter Green

::full-length music drama in two acts; libretto by Bonnie Grice

::full-length opera with orchestra; libretty by Chas Rader-Shieber

  • Barnum's Bird (2000)

::chamber choral opera in two acts; libretto by Bridget Carpenter

  • Dreaming Blue (2002)

::opera in one act for child actor, SATB soloists, children's chorus, rhythm chorus, and drumming group; libretto by Libby Larsen

  • Every Man Jack (2006)

::chamber opera, based on the life of Jack London; libretto by Philip Littell

  • Picnic (2009)

::opera in three acts based on the play by William Inge; libretto by David Holley

=Orchestral=

  • Weaver's Song & Jig (1978)

::chamber orchestra and string band

  • Pinions (1981)

::violin concerto with chamber orchestra

  • Deep Summer Music (1982)

::full orchestra

  • Overture: Parachute Dancing (1983)

::full orchestra

  • Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1) (1985)

::full orchestra

  • Coming Forth Into day (Symphony No. 2) (1986)

::soprano solo, baritone solo, SATB chorus, full orchestra; various texts

  • What the Monster Saw (1987)

::full orchestra, optional slides, adapted from the opera Frankenstein.

  • Collage: Boogie (1988)

::full orchestra

  • Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1988)

::C trumpet and full orchestra

  • Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow (1989)

::flute, harp, chamber orchestra

  • Tambourines! (1991)

::full orchestra

  • The Atmosphere as a Fluid System (1992)

::solo flute, percussion, string orchestra

  • Marimba Concerto: After Hampton (1992)

::solo marimba, full orchestra

  • Piano Concerto: Since Armstrong (1992)

::solo piano, full orchestra

  • Symphony No. 3: Lyric (1992)

::full orchestra

  • Overture for the End of a Century (1994)

::full orchestra

  • Song-Dances to the Light (1994)

:: SA chorus, Orff instruments, full orchestra (or piano); text by young people

  • Ring of Fire (1995)

::full orchestra

  • Blue Fiddler (1996)

::full orchestra

  • Fanfare: Strum (1996)

::orchestra, no strings

  • Roll Out the Thunder (1997)

::full orchestra

  • Spell On Me That Holy Hour: Overture to Tsvetaeva (1997)

::full orchestra

  • All Around Sound (1999)

::full orchestra, cued CD; text by John Coy

  • Solo Symphony (Symphony No. 5) (1999)

::full orchestra

  • String Symphony (Symphony No. 4) (1999)

::string orchestra

  • Still Life With Violin (2000)

::solo violin and full orchestra

  • Fanfare: Sizzle (2001)

::full orchestra

  • Brandenburg for the New Millennium (2002)

::trumpet, marimba, electric guitar, amplified harpsichord, and string orchestra

  • Song Concerto (2005)

::saxophone (alto and soprano) and chamber orchestra

  • Bach 358 (2008)

::full orchestra

  • Evening in the Palace of Reason (2008)

::string orchestra, solo string quartet

  • Encircling Skies (2009)

::double choir, full orchestra, full wind ensemble, three marimbas, three pianos

  • Sacred Vows (2009)

::tenor, baritone, narrator, SATB chorus, full orchestra; text by U Sam Oeur

  • The Moabit Sonnets (2011)

::two sopranos, tenor, bass, chamber orchestra; text by Albrecht Haushofer, trans. M.D. Herter Norton

  • Six or Seven Dances (2024)

::string orchestra and harp

=Band=

  • Grand Rondo (1988)

::concert band

  • Sun Song (1991)

::concert band

  • Brass Flight (1996)

::brass choir

  • Concert Dances (1996)

::concert band

  • Short Symphony (1996)

::concert band

  • Hambone (1999)

::concert band

  • Strut (2003)

::concert band

  • River Fanfare (2004)

::British brass band

  • An Introduction to the Moon (2005)

::symphonic wind ensemble, tuned water glasses, recorded voice, eight collaborative improvisations

  • Cri de Coeur (2009)

::solo euphonium and wind ensemble

=Instrumental=

  • Circular Rondo, Canti Breve (1974)

::oboe and guitar

  • Three Pieces for Treble Wind and Guitar (1974)

::treble winds and guitar

  • Piano Suite (1976)

::solo piano

  • Impromptu (1998)

::flute, clarinet, and bassoon

  • Corker (1979)

::clarinet and percussion

  • Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977)

::solo bassoon

  • Tango (1978)

::solo guitar

  • Bronze Veils (1979)

::trombone, two percussion

  • Saraband: In profane style (1979)

::solo guitar

  • Cajun Set (1980)

::guitar and string trio

  • Scudding (1980)

::solo cello

  • Black Roller (1981)

::flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola (featured), and cello

  • Aubade (1982)

::solo flute

  • Four on the Floor (1983)

::violin, cello, contrabass, piano

  • Sonata In One Movement on Kalenda Maya (1983)

::solo organ

  • Up Where the Air Gets Thin (1985)

::cello and contrabass

  • With Love & Hisses (1985)

::double woodwind quintet.

::Accompanies the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Love and Hisses."

  • Juba (1986)

::cello and piano

  • Song Without Words (1986)

::clarinet and piano

  • Astonishing Flight of the Gump (1987)

::flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano

  • Black Birds, Red Hills (1987)

::clarinet, viola, and piano

  • Fantasy on Slane

::organ and flute

  • Kathleen, as she was (1989)

::oboe and harpsichord

  • Aspects of Glory (1990)

::solo organ

  • Xibalba (1990)

::bassoon and percussion

  • Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger (1991)

::flute, oboe, viola, cello, and keyboard

  • String Quartet Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger (1991)

::string quartet

  • Dancing Solo (1994)

::solo clarinet

  • Fanfare for the Women (1994)

::solo trumpet

  • Slang (1994)

::clarinet, violin, and piano

  • Concert Piece for Tuba & Piano (1995)

::tuba and piano

  • Blessed be the Tie That Binds (1996)

::solo organ

  • Blue Third Pieces (1996)

::flute or clarinet and guitar

  • Brass Flight (1996)

::brass choir

  • Holy Roller (1997)

::saxophone and piano

  • Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus (1997)

::solo organ

  • Brazen Overture (2000)

::brass quintet

  • Mephisto Rag (2000)

::solo piano

  • Neon Angel (2000)

::violin, cello, clarinet (or saxophone), flute, piano, percussion, and cued CD

  • Three for the Road (2000)

::violin, cello, and piano

  • The Atmosphere as a Fluid System (also known as "Sky Concerto) (2001)

::flute and orchestra

  • Barn Dances (2001)

::flute, clarinet, and piano

  • Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (2001)

::violin, cello, and piano

  • Viola Sonata (2001)

::viola and piano

  • Licorice Stick (2002)

::clarinet and piano

  • On a Day of Bells (2002)

::solo organ

  • Argyle Sketches (2003)

::solo guitar

  • Bid Call (2003)

::alto saxophone, cello

  • Fanfare for Humanity (2003)

::brass ensemble

  • Firebrand (2003)

::flute/piccolo, violin, cello, and piano

  • Pocket Sonata (2003)

::oboe, alto saxophone, violin, cello, marimba/vibraphone, and piano

  • Bee Navigation (2004)

::solo clarinet

  • Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)

::tenor steel drum and chamber ensemble

  • For Two (2004)

::four-hand piano

  • Gavel Patter (2004)

::four-hand piano

  • Pealing Fire (2004)

::carillon

  • Penta Metrics (2004)

::solo piano

  • Wait a Minute (2004)

::saxophone quartet

  • Yellow Jersey (2004)

::B♭ clarinet duet

::woodwind quintet and piano

  • Fanfare for a Learned man (2005)

::brass quintet

  • Now I Pull Silver (2005)

::amplified flute and prepared CD; text by A. E. Stallings

  • Slow Structures (2005)

::flute, cello, and piano

  • Song Concerto (2005)

::saxophone and chamber orchestra

  • Trio in Four Movements (2005)

::four movements

::flute, violin, and harp

  • Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2006)

::bassoon and piano

  • Engelberg: Trio for Brass and Organ (2006)

::trumpet, horn in F, trombone, and organ

  • He Arose: A Fanfare for Easter (2006)

::organ, two trumpet, two trombone, optional horn

  • The Adventures of Wonderboy: Issue One (2008)

::bass, sampler, narrator, cartoons, strings

  • Double String Quartet, J.S.B. (2008)

::double string quartet

  • Quartet: She Wrote (2008)

::string quartet

  • Ricochet (2008)

::two marimbas

  • Ricochet (piano) (2008)

::solo piano

  • Downwind of Roses in Maine (2009)

::flute, B♭ clarinet, and mallet percussion

  • Over, Easy (2009)

::violin, viola, cello, and piano

  • In Such a Night (2010)

::two violas and recorded voice; text by William Shakespeare

  • Like Blind Men Tapping in the Dark (2010)

::one marimba, two performers

  • Rodeo Queen of Heaven (2010)

::clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

  • Ursa (2010)

::tuba and wind ensemble

  • 4 ½: A Piano Suite (2016)

::solo piano

=Choral=

  • Eine Kleine Snailmusik (1978)

::SA and contrabass; text by May Sarton

  • All Shall Be Well (1979)

::SA, soprano solo, soprano recorder, triangle, and keyboard; text by Libby Larsen

  • Dance Set (1980)

::SATB, clarinet, cello, percussion, piano; textless

  • Double Joy (1982)

::SATB divisi, handbells, organ; text by Michael Thwaites

  • In a Winter Garden (1982)

::SATB, soprano and tenor solos, chamber orchestra; text by Patricia Hempl

  • Everyone Sang (1983)

::SATB, harp, two percussion; text by Siegfried Sassoon

  • Ringeltanze (1983)

::five movements

::SATB, handbells, string orchestra; medieval French text

  • A Creeley Collection (1984)

::five movements

::SATB, flute, percussion, piano; text by Robert Creeley

  • Welcome Yule (1984)

::TTBB and strings

::TTBB, tenor solo; text by Paul Verlaine

::SATB and organ; text by Nathan Everett

  • Peace, Perfect Peace (1985)

::SATB a cappella; text from Isaiah 26:3, Edward Bickersteth

  • We Celebrate (1985)

::SATB, piano or organ; text by John Cummins

  • Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me (1985)

::SSA, mezzo-soprano and tenor solos; text from MS09.38 Trinity College

  • Clair de Lune in Blue (1986)

::SATB jazz choir, piano; textless

  • Songs of Youth and Pleasure (1986)

::four movements

::SATB a cappella; Renaissance text

::SSAAA, finger cymbals, synthesizer, organ; text by St. Francis of Assisi

  • A Garden Wall (1987)

::unison choir, keyboard, Orff instruments, 7 speaking roles, and congregation

  • Refuge (1988)

::SSAA a cappella; text by Sara Teasdale

  • The Settling Years (1988)

::three movements

::SATB, woodwind quintet, piano, percussion; 20th century biographical texts

  • Three Summer Scenes (1988)

::SATB, optional youth choirs, full orchestra; texts by William Carlos Williams, Lloyd Frankenburg, and Maurice Lindsay

  • How it Thrills Us (1990)

::SATB a cappella; text by Rainer Marie Rilke

  • I Am a Little Church (1991)

::SATB and organ; text by e.e. cummings

  • Alleluia (1992)

::SATB a cappella

  • Deck the Halls (1992)

::TTBB, five soloists, piano, handbells

  • Eagle Poem (1992)

::SATB, four-hand piano; text by Joy Harjo

  • Missa Gaia—Mass for the Earth (1992)

::SATB, SSA, soprano solo, oboe, strings, four-hand piano

  • Mother, Sister, Blessed Holy (1992)

::SATB, four-hand piano

  • Pied Beauty (Glory to God) (1992)

::SATB, four-hand piano; text by Gerard Manley Hopkins

  • God As Ribbon of Light (1993)

::SATB and organ; text by Sr. Mary Virginia Micka

  • Canticle of Mary (1994)

::SSA, four-hand piano or chamber orchestra; text from the Magnificat and Gregorian hymnal

  • A Choral Welcome (1994)

::SATB divisi, keyboard or orchestra; text by G. Galina

  • I Just Lightning (1994)

::SSAA and percussion; text by María Sabina

  • Little Notes on A Simple Staff (1994)

::SATB and piano; text by Siv Cedering

  • Fanfare & Alleluia (1995)

::SATB, brass, handbells, chimes, and organ

  • I Arise Today (1995)

::SATB and organ; text from St Patrick's Breastplate

  • I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm (1995)

::SATB and organ; text by St. Francis of Assisi

  • Invitation to Music (1995)

::SATB and string quartet, string orchestra, or piano; text by Elizabeth Bishop

  • Seven Ghosts (1995)

::five movements

::SATB with soprano solo, brass quintet, piano, and percussion; 20th century biographical texts

  • Today, This Spring (1995)

::three songs

::SA and piano; text by Emily Dickinson, Charles Wilson, and Jan Kimes

  • Eleanor Roosevelt (1996)

::SATB with soprano and mezzo-soprano solos, speaker, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion; text by Sally M. Gall

  • So Blessedly It Sprung (1996)

::SATB, oboe, viola, and harp; text from 12th century poetry by Adam of Saint Victor

  • I Find My Feet Have Further Goals (1997)

::SATB a cappella; text by Emily Dickinson

  • Love Songs (1997)

::SATB and piano; text based on love songs by American woman poets

  • May Sky (1997)

::SATB divisi, a cappella; text by Tokuji Hirai, Neiji Ozawa, Reiko Gomyo, and Suiko Matsushita

  • Reasons for Loving Harmonica (1997)

::SATB and piano; text by Julie Kane

  • Density of Light (1998)

::SATB, treble choir, brass; text by Thomas H. Troeger

  • Ring the Bells (1998)

::SSA children's chorus and piano; text by M.K. Dean

  • Stepping Westward (1998)

::SSA, handbells, oboe, and marimba; text by Denise Levertov

  • Sweet & Sour Nursery Rhymes (1998)

::SATB and french horn; text by Eugene Field and traditional

  • By a Departing Light (1999)

::SATB a cappella, text by Emily Dickinson

  • Day Song (1999)

::SSA a cappella; text by N. F. S. Grundtvig, and Libby Larsen

  • Is God, Our Endless Day (1999)

::SATB a cappella; text by Julian of Norwich

  • A Salute to Louis Armstrong (1999)

::from choral suite Seven Ghosts.

::SATB divisi and piano; text by Louis Armstrong

  • To a Long Loved Love (1999)

::SATB, string quartet; text by Madeleine L'Engle

  • Four Valentines: A Lover's Journey (2000)

::four movements

::six-voice male a cappella; text by James Joyce, William Shakespeare, and Karl Joseph Simrock

  • Falling (2000)

::SATB chorus, SATB quartet, SAT trio, trumpet, piano, and percussion; text by James Dickey

  • How To Songs (2000)

::SSA (children's) chorus

  • Lord, Before This Fleeting Season (2000)

::SATB a cappella; text by Maryann Jindra

  • Psalm 121 (2000)

::SSAA divisi a cappella; text from and by Psalm 121, Patricia Hennings, and John Muir

  • Touch the Air Softly (2000)

::SSAA a cappella; text by William Jay Smith

  • The Witches Trio (2001)

::SSAA a cappella; text by William Shakespeare

  • If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking (2001)

::SSA, woodwind quintet, percussion, and strings; text by Emily Dickinson

  • Jack's Valentine (2001)

::SSAA; text by Aldeen Humphreys

  • The Ballerina and the Clown (2002)

::SSA and harp; text by Sally Gall

  • Flee We to Our Lord (2002)

::SATB a cappella; text by Julian of Norwich

  • Come Before Winter (2003)

::SATB, baritone solo, orchestra or piano; text by Arthur Mampel

  • I It Am: The Shewings of Julian of Norwich (2003)

::SATB divisi, soprano, countertenor, baritone, and chamber orchestra; text by Julian of Norwich

  • Womanly Song of God (2003)

::SSAA divisi a cappella; text by Catherine de Vinck

  • A Young Nun Singing (2003)

::SSA a cappella; text by anonymous, Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Idea Vilarino

  • Cry Peace (2004)

::SATB divisi a cappella; text adapted by Libby Larsen

  • Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (2004)

::two or three-part, solo voice, and piano; traditional text

  • Natus Est Emmanuel (2004)

::SSAA divisi a cappella; anonymous text from Piae Cantiones

  • Praise One (2004)

::SATB, SATB favori, orchestra; text adapted by Libby Larsen from Psalms 146, 147, 148, and 150

  • The Shepherds and the Angels (2004)

::SATB, soprano and baritone solos, organ and brass ensemble; text from Luke 2:8-20

  • Giving Thanks (2005)

::SSAA and string quartet; text by Chief Jake Swamp

  • God So Loved the World (2005)

::SATB a cappella; text from John 3:16-17

  • I Dream of Peace (2005)

::SATB and percussion; text by children of former Yugoslavia

  • The Nothing That Is (2005)

::SATB, baritone solo, three speaking voices and chamber ensemble; text adapted by Libby Larsen

  • The Summer Day (2005)

::SSAA and string quartet; text by Mary Oliver

  • Western Songs (2005)

::SATB a cappella; text from American Folksongs

  • Of Music (2006)

::SSAA and four-hand piano; text by Emily Dickinson

  • The Blackbird (2007)

::TTBB and piano; text by Wallace Stevens

  • Crowding North (2007)

::three pieces

::SATB, guitar, flute, oboe, bassoon, and string quartet

  • Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg (2007)

::SATB, organ, handbells; text by Mechthild of Magdeburg

  • I Lift My Eyes to the Hills (2007)

::SATB, handbells, organ; text from Psalm 121

  • Novum Gaudium (2007)

::SATB a cappella; text from and by Ecce Novum Gaudium and Angelus Emittitur

  • A Simple Gloria (2007)

::SATB a cappella; text by M. K. Dean

  • Whitman's America (2007)

::SATB a cappella; text by Walt Whitman

  • To Sing (2008)

::SSA and piano; text by Kasey Zitnik

  • A Book of Spells (2009)

::SSAA and piano; text by Z. E. Budapest

  • Free, Fearless, and Female (2009)

::SSAA and marimba; text by Judy Belski, Anonymous Pampa Poem trans. by W. S. Merwin, and Anna Swir

  • Celebration Mass-Lutheran Edition (2010)

::SATB choir, congregation, organ, and optional handbells, brass quintet/quartet and percussion/timpani; text from traditional Lutheran liturgy

  • Chain of Hope (2010)

::SATB, baritone, actress, piano; text from various letters and writings regarding Frederick Douglass; libretto by Libby Larsen, Kathleen Holt and Jeanne Soderberg

  • Concord Fragments (2010)

::SSAA, oboe, clarinet and piano; text adapted by Libby Larsen

  • Arctic Spring (2011)

::SATB chorus and string quartet or piano; text by Tom Sexton

  • Celebration Mass-Catholic Edition (2011)

::SATB choir, congregation, organ; text from traditional Catholic liturgy

  • If Music Be the Food of Love (2011)

::SATB; text by Henry Heveningham

  • Matineé: The Fantom of the Fair (2014)

:: soprano, baritone, violin, cello, piano with animated slideshow by Toni Lindgren based on Paul Gustavson's 1939 comic book of the same name - première April 6, 2014, Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MassachusettsProgram notes: 36th Annual Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young, The Rivers School Conservatory, April 4–6, 2014{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ29GmXGodw

|title=Libby Larsen: Fantom of the Fair (world premiere)

|website=YouTube

|date=April 24, 2014

}} - At the end of the video clip Larsen herself comes on stage to congratulate the performers.

=Voice=

  • Saints Without Tears (1976)

::soprano, flute, and bassoon; text by Phyllis McGinley

  • Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (1978)

::soprano, flute, guitar, and harp; text by Rainer Maria Rilke

  • Cowboy Songs (1979)

::soprano and piano; text by Anonymous, Belle Starr, and Robert Creeley

  • Three Rilke Songs (1980)

::high voice and guitar; text by Rainer Maria Rilke

  • A Verse Record of my Peonies (1980)

::tenor, tape, and percussion; text by Masaoka Shiki

  • Before Winter (1982)

::baritone and organ; text by Arthur Mampel

  • Me (Brenda Ueland) (1987)

::soprano and piano; text by Brenda Ueland

  • Songs From Letters (1989)

::soprano and piano or chamber ensemble; text by Calamity Jane

  • When I Am An Old Woman (1990)

::soprano and piano; text by Jenny Joseph

  • Sonnets From the Portuguese (1991)

::soprano and chamber ensemble or piano; text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  • How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves (1992)

::soprano and piano; text from the Chinook Psalter

  • Perineo (1993)

::baritone and piano; text by Roberto Echavarren

  • Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers (1994)

::mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano; text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hilde Doolittle, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • Mary Cassatt (1994)

::mezzo-soprano, trombone, orchestra and slides; text from the historical narrative and letters of Mary Cassatt

  • Margaret Songs (1996)

::soprano and piano; text by Willa Cather and Libby Larsen

  • Chanting to Paradise (1997)

::soprano and piano; text by Dickinson

  • Lord, Make Me An Instrument (1997)

::tenor and piano; text by St. Francis of Assisi

  • The Ant and the Grasshopper (1998)

::soprano and piano; text by Jeanne Shepard

  • Late in the Day (1998)

::soprano and piano; text by Jeanne Shepard

  • Songs of Light and Love (1998)

::soprano and chamber ensemble; text by May Sarton

  • Love After 1950 (2000)

::five movements

::mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rita Dove, Julie Kane, Kathryn Daniels, Liz Lochhead, and Muriel Rukeyser

  • My Antonia (2000)

::high voice and piano; text by Willa Cather

  • Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (2000)

::five movements

::soprano and piano; text by Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr

  • Hell's Belles (2001)

::four movements

::mezzo-soprano and handbells; text by Tallulah Bankhead, Billie Jean King, Gertrude Stein, and Nursery Rhyme

  • Jazz at the Intergalactic Nightclub (2001)

::tenor and piano; text by Thomas McGrath

  • Notes Slipped Under the Door (2001)

::soprano, solo flute and orchestra; text by Eugenia Zukerman

  • Raspberry Island Dreaming (2002)

::mezzo-soprano and full orchestra; text by Joyce Stuphen and Patricia Hampl

  • Raspberry Island Dreaming (Piano/Vocal) (2002)

::mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Joyce Stuphen and Patricia Hampl

  • De Toda la Eternidad (2003/2005)

::soprano and wind ensemble or piano; text by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz

  • I Love You Through the Daytimes (2003)

::baritone and piano; ancient Egyptian text

  • This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony (2003)

::soprano and string quartet; text by Dima Hilal and Sekena Shaben

  • Fern Hill (2004)

::solo tenor; text by Dylan Thomas

  • A Pig in the House (2004)

::tenor and piano; Alvin Greenburg

  • Sifting Through the Ruins (2005)

::mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano; text by Hilary North, anonymous, Alicia Vasquez, Martha Cooper, and Ted Berrigan

  • Take (2006)

::soprano and piano; text by Margaret Atwood

  • Center Field Girl (2007)

::soprano and piano; text by Michele Antonello Frisch

  • A Quiet Song (2007)

::baritone and piano; text by Brenda Ueland

::written in memory of Bruce Carlson of the Schubert Club

  • Righty, 1966 (2007)

::soprano, flute, and piano; text by Michele Antonello Frisch

  • Within the Circles of Our Lives (2007)

::soprano, baritone, and wind ensemble; text by Wendell Berry

  • Far in a Western Brookland (2008)

::tenor and piano; text by A. E. Housman

  • Forget Me Not (2008)

::soprano and tenor duet and piano; anonymous text from Cupples and Leon Given book of poems

  • This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony, Orchestral Version (2008)

::soprano, percussion I, II, III, celeste, and string orchestra; text by Dima Hilal and Sekeena Shaben

  • Song (2009)

::solo soprano; text by e.e. cummings

  • The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes (2010)

::baritone and prepared piano; text by H. H. Holmes aka Herman Mudgett

References

[http://libbylarsen.com/index.php?contentID=218 "Libby Larsen: Works"], accessed 03/21/2011.