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STAGE: Die Menschen (4 act opera, libretto by the composer, after Walter Hasenclever), 1969; Der Dibbuk (3 act opera, libretto by the composer, after Shlomo An-Ski), 1993; Before Breakfast (1 act opera, libretto by the composer, after Eugene O'Neill), 1998
ORCHESTRAL: Requiem (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, orchestra, 1954; Oda a la tierra (text by the composer), 2 speakers, orchestra, 1958; Tríptico, 1959; La noche de cristal (symphony, text from a traditional Jewish prayer), tenor, male chorus, orchestra, 1961; Eróstrato, 40 percussion, 1962; Amatorias (text by Vicente Huidobro), tenor, string orchestra, 1963; De profundis, soprano, alto, tenor, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, string orchestra, 1963; Invocación (text by the composer), soprano, speaker, orchestra, 1964; Nueva York, 1965; Visiones, 12 strings, 1966; Epitafio para Hermann Scherchen, 1967; Kaddish, cello, orchestra, 1967; Jeremias (text from the Bible), mixed chorus, string orchestra, 1968; Amereida, 1965-69 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Llaqui [elegy, text by Javier Heraud], speaker, orchestra, 1965; Memento [text by Javier Heraud], soprano, orchestra, 1967; Ecce Homo [text by the composer], alto, orchestra, 1969); Serenata, small orchestra, 1970; Babi Yar, piano, percussion, string orchestra, 1971; Tel-Aviv, 1971; In Eius Memoriam, 1973; Monumentum (text by the composer), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, orchestra, 1973; Akiba ben Yosef (cantata, text by Recha Freier), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1974; Homenaje a Neruda (text by the composer), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1975
ORCHESTRAL: Rising Night after Night (cantata, text by Abba Kovner), soprano, tenor, bass, speaker, children's chorus, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1977; Trilogy, 1976-78 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Prelude to a Drama, 1976; Lux in tenebris, 1977; Canticum, 1978); Adieu (text by Arthur Penn), mezzo-soprano, small orchestra, 1982; Ode (text from liturgical sources), mixed chorus, trombone, harp, piano, organ, harmonium, celesta, percussion, string orchestra, 1983; Laude (text from Psalm 130), mixed chorus, organ, small orchestra, 1984; Amerindia, 1982-85 (each of its five sections may be performed separately: Preludio, orchestra, 1982; Los heraldos negros [text by César Vallejo], speaker, orchestra, 1983; Sacsahuamán, orchestra, 1983; Era el crepúsculo de la iguana [text by Pablo Neruda], speaker, orchestra, 1985; Yo vengo a hablar [text by Pablo Neruda], speaker, orchestra, 1983); Balada, violin, orchestra, 1985; Exequiae (text by the composer), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1986; Elegy, 1988; Laudatio, 1988; Kaleidoscope, 1989; Prelude, 1990; Exhortatio, 1991; Polyphony VII, 1991; Salmos (text from the Bible [Spanish translation]), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1991
ORCHESTRAL: Carrera (text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, orchestra, 1993; Sealed Room, small orchestra (12 players), 1993; I will lay mine hand upon my mouth, 1994; Silvestre Revueltas (oratorio, text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, 9 mixed voices, small orchestra, 1994; Absalom, large orchestra, 1996; Dark Night, string orchestra, 1997; De profundis, string orchestra, 1997; Mahnmal – Memorial, for chamber ensemble, 1999; The Sacrifice of Isaac I (text from the Bible [Hebrew translation]), tenor, bass, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999; The Sacrifice of Isaac II (text from the Bible [German translation]), tenor, bass, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999; Evocación, small orchestra, 2000; Meditaciones, small orchestra, 2000; In memoriam Jorge Peña (text by the composer), speaker, orchestra, 2001; Dedalus, large orchestra, 2000; Dedalus death, large orchestra, 2000; Adagio, small orchestra, 2002; Vox clamantis in deserto, 2002; And death shall have no dominion, large orchestra, 2003; Expectra, 2003; Sunrise, 2004; Sunset, 2004; Introitus, large orchestra, 2005; Job, large orchestra, 2005; L´inferno, large orchestra, 2005; In memoriam G. Ligeti, large orchestra, 2006; The voice of the wind, large orchestra, 2006; Constellations, for orchestra, 2006; Eros & Thanakos, for large orchestra, 2007
CHAMBER MUSIC: Elegía, flute/clarinet, string quartet, 1952; Drei Liebeslieder, Soprano and piano, 1952; Trio, flute, cello, piano, 1955; Cuarteto mixto, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 1956; Concierto para seis instrumentos, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, timpani, xylophone, 1957; Cuatro Miniaturas, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1957; In memoriam, clarinet, percussion, 1957; Isla negra, flute, 1959; Soliloquios, clarinet, harp, guitar, cello, piano, celesta, vibraphone, 2 percussion, 1961; Eclosión, ensemble (8 players), 1967; Cuarteto de cuerdas, string quartet, 1967; Hexáforos, 6 percussion, 1968; Interludio, guitar, 1968; Quinteto, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1968; Sexteto, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, xylophone, percussion, 1969; Lyrik, (text: chinese), sopran and percussion, 1969; Trigon, violin, cello, piano, 1971; Kolot – Voices, harp, 1971; Invention, flute, piano, 1975; Images, 8 strings, 1978; Eclipse, bass clarinet, ensemble, 1983 (the cadenza may be performed separately)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Piano Quartet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1988; String Quartet, 1988; Five Pieces for Harp, 1990; Shadows II, ensemble, 1990; In memoriam Luigi Nono, viola, cello, double bass, 1991; Arabesque, for Traversflute, 1991; In memoriam, cello, piano, percussion, 1996; Threnos, flute, viola, percussion, 1996; Septimino, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 1998; Seven Nocturnes, violin, piano, 1998; Three Dialogues, 2 violins, 2000; Meditations, flute, obeoe, bass clarinet, violin, cello, contrabass, 2000; Evocasión, chamber ensamble, 2000; Duetto, for two harps, 2000; Quartet, string quartet, 2001; Bakasha, (text by Karmi) for voice, flute, obeo, harp, 2001; Partita, for oboe solo, 2002; Transparencias, for flute in G, English horn, bass clarinet, harp, violin, cello, contrabass, 2002; Prayer, for violin solo, 2002; Serenata, for mandolin solo, 2002; Secret Garden, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, harp, 2003; Coming back to life, Tango, violin, piano, 2003; Trio, violin, viola, cello, 2003; Quartet, flute, oboe, clarinet and basson, 2004; Partita, for clarinet solo, 2004; Quintet, flute, oboe, clarinet, basson and horn, 2004; Sextet, oboe, basson, violoncello, 3 percussions, 2004; Septet, flute, oboe, clarinet, basson, violin, viola, cello, 2004; Intermezzo, for mandolin quartet, 2004; Inventions, for Clarinet, Oboe and Cello, 2004; Resonances, Trio, violin, cello, piano, 2005; Tocatta, for piano and percussion (1 player), 2005; Two songs (text by Dylan Thomas), for soprano and clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, cello, 2005; Two songs (Text by W. Blacke and Walter Sawage-Landor) for voice, clarinet, violin and cello, 2006
CHORAL: Canciones de amor (text by Pierre Louÿs), speaker, mixed chorus, 1957; Caupolicán (epic narrative, text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussion, 1958; Three Hebrew Pieces (text from the Bible), mixed chorus, 1966; Imprecasiones (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 1968; Requiem for Choir a Cappella, mixed chorus, 1968; Eli, Eli, lama azavtnai (text from the Bible), 12 mixed voices, 1970; Nacht (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 1979; Der heilige Sand (text by the composer), choir acapella 1980; Missa in Nomine Bach (text from the Mass), mixed chorus, ensemble (8 players), 1984; Bereshit (text from the Bible), children's chorus, 1985; An den Knaben Elis (text by Georg Trakl), mixed chorus, 3 percussion, 1992; Laudate, mixed chorus, 1995; Three psalm and a prayer, (text from the Bible), 2004; Libera me Domini, choir a capella (text from the Mass), 2004
VOCAL: Drei Liebeslieder (text by Georg Trakl), voice, piano, 1953; Zwei Lieder vom Tode, voice, piano, 1954; Epitafio a Vicente Huidobro (text by Vicente Huidobro), soprano, flute, xylophone, vibraphone, percussion, 1955; Tres Poemas (texts by Federico García Lorca, Vicente Huidobro), voice, piano, 1955; Cantata negra (text by Blaise Cendrars), tenor, piano, 6 percussion, 1958; Dos Salmos (text by Georg Trakl), alto, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, 1962; Zwei Lieder (text by Georg Trakl), tenor, harp, celesta, vibraphone, percussion, 1962; Zwei Lieder (text by Georg Trakl), tenor, piano, 1962; Tres Canciones de amor, tenor, piano, 1963; Tres versos del capitán (text by Pablo Neruda), tenor, 6 percussion, 1966; Estudiante baleado (text by Fernando Rojas), voice, piano, 1967; Lyrik (text by Else Lasker-Schüler), soprano, 5 percussion, 1969; Grabstein für Else Lasker-Schüler (text by Else Lasker-Schüler), countertenor, 5 percussion, 1998; Lamento (text by Heinrich Heine), countertenor, ensemble, 1998; Si muero (text by Federico García Lorca), speaker, flute, harp, organ, 1998; The Song of Sorrow (text by Giuseppe Ungaretti), soprano, French horn, harp, cello, 2002; Four Songs, (text by D. Thomas, Paul Celan, Paul Eluard, Pablo Neruda), voice, clarinet, fagot, horn, harp, violin, cello, 2003
PIANO: Seis Miniaturas, 1952; Tres Trozos, 1952; Ocho Estructuras, 1955; Cinco Piezas, 1956; Actus, 1972; Trilogy, 2 pianos, 1990; Toccata, 1991
ORGAN: Christus im Holocaust, 2001
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Nacimiento, tape, 1956; Citizen 1230316, tape, 1976
GRAPHIC/MULTIMEDIA: Constellation I, any player, 1969; Arcanos, percussion, 1971; Constellation II, string orchestra, 1971; Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast Du mich verlassen (text from the Bible [German translation]), 3 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, 3 basses, 1971; Meshulash – Triangle, violin, viola, cello, 1971; Acting, orchestra, 1972; Actions for Piano, 1972; An Anna Blume (text by Kurt Schwitters), soprano, alto, baritone, 1972; He engraves signs into the heavenly sphere (text by Gershom Sholem), voice, percussion, 1972; Hommage to Picasso (text by Gertrude Stein), voice, 1972; Vera la morte (monodrama, text by Cesare Pavese), voice, percussion, 1972; Ballade (text from a Tamil source), voice, Celtic harp, 1973; Documenta 73, 1973 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Signals, 2 pianos; De profundis [text by Carlos de Rokha], voice, tubular bells; Momentum [text from an anonymous source], voice, piano, organ, celesta, 3 percussion); Tetralog, 1972-74 (each of its four sections may be performed separately: Music for Piano and Winds; Music for Piano and Strings; Music for Piano and Percussion; Music for Piano and Voice); Eleven Tombstones (texts by Bertolt Brecht, Dylan Thomas, anonymous sources, the Bible), alto, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion, tape, 1974; Ritual, percussion, 1974; Dadayamasong (text by Franz Mehring), soprano, any saxophone, piano, percussion, 1975; Three Structures and One Scene (texts from Kabbala sources, Gertrude Stein, Kurt Schwitters), mixed chorus, percussion, tape, 1975
GRAPHIC/MULTIMEDIA: Aria (text by Ethel Rosenberg), voice, 1976; Chanson (text by Paul Éluard), voice, tam-tam, 1976; Golem (text by the composer), 7 mixed voices, tape, 1976; Schatten, 7 violins, 7 celli, 7 double basses, 7 tubular bells (+ 7 gongs) (1 player), 1976; Annabel Lee (text by Edgar Allan Poe), any voice, tape, 1977; Missa Sine Nomine, 1977 (each of its eleven sections [all with slide projections] may be performed separately: Bereschít bará elohím et haschamáim weét haáretz [text from the Bible], 2 mixed choruses, percussion; Kyrie eleison, large mixed chorus; Lied [text by George Grosz], speaker, organ; Gloria, large mixed chorus, 4 gongs [1 player]; Chile [text by the composer], 20 mixed voices; Credo, speaker, large mixed chorus, organ, 4 bass drums [1 player]; Benedictus, 36 mixed voices, 4 suspended cymbals [1 player]; Ich komme [text by Vladimir Mayakovsky], 36 mixed voices; Dona nobis pacem, large mixed chorus; Babel [text from the Bible], 6 sopranos, 6 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses; Epilog [text from the Bible], speaker, small mixed chorus, large mixed chorus, organ, 4 percussion); Sound Poem (text by Hugo Ball), alto, piano, 1977; Trilogy (texts by Paul Éluard, Franz Mehring), tenor, percussion, ensemble, 1977; Palindrom (vocalise), female chorus, 1979; Deutschland, ein Wintermärchen, for Choir, Speaker, Soloist, Piano, and percussion ensemble, 1979
GRAPHIC/MULTIMEDIA: Der schwarze Gott (text by Klabund [Alfred Henschke]), female chorus, flute, harp, organ, 1980; Gilgul, piano, 1980; Toccata, percussion, 1983; A man between stones, 4 stones (+ percussion) (1 player), 1987; Five Graphic Works, 1985-90 (each of its sections may be performed separately: Prelude [vocalise], mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta; Für Klavier; Motu propio, mixed chorus, percussion; Voices [vocalise], mixed chorus; Choral [text from the Bible], mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, percussion); Am Grabs Kafka (text by Franz Kafka), female voice (+ crotales), slide projections, 1997; Greise sind die Sterne geworden – eine moderne Passion (texts by Heinrich Heine, Georg Trakl, Else Laske-Schüler, Mascha Kaléko, Erich Fried, M. Gaztrum, Novalis, the Bible), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, 3 percussion, 1997
(Last update on 28.03.2007)