# List of compositions by John Corigliano

This is a list of compositions by John Corigliano sorted by genre, date of composition, title, and scoring.
| Genre | Date | Title | Scoring | Notes |
| Opera | 1991 | The Ghosts of Versailles | for soloists, chorus and orchestra | in 2 acts; libretto by William M. Hoffman Metropolitan Opera version (1991) Standard version (1995) |
| Film score | 1980 | Altered States | | |
| Film score | 1985 | Revolution | | winner of the 1986 BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award |
| Film score | 1998 | The Red Violin | | winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Original Music Score |
| Orchestral | 1965 | Elegy | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1965 | Tournaments | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1971, 1976 | Voyage | for string orchestra | from L'Invitation au Voyage for a cappella chorus; arranged 1976 |
| Orchestral | 1972, 1974 | Gazebo Dances | for orchestra | original version for piano 4-hands; orchestrated 1974 |
| Orchestral | 1972, 1974 | Overture to the Imaginary Invalid from Gazebo Dances | for orchestra | original version for piano 4-hands; orchestrated 1974 |
| Orchestral | 1981 | Promenade Overture | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1981 | Ritual Dance | for orchestra | from the film score Altered States |
| Orchestral | 1981 | Three Hallucinations | for orchestra | based on the film score to Altered States |
| Orchestral | 1985, 1986 | Fantasia on an Ostinato | for orchestra | original version for piano solo; orchestrated 1986 |
| Orchestral | 1987 | Campane di Ravello (Bells of Ravello), A Celebration Piece for Sir Georg Solti | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1988 | Symphony No. 1 | for orchestra | winner of the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition winner of the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition movement III adapted as Of Rage and Remembrance |
| Orchestral | 1994 | To Music | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1997 | DC Fanfare | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 2000 | Phantasmagoria, Suite from The Ghosts of Versailles | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 2000 | Symphony No. 2 | for string orchestra | winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| Orchestral | 2000 | The Mannheim Rocket | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 2004 | Midsummer Fanfare | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 2007 | Jamestown Hymn | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 2011 | Lullaby for Natalie | for orchestra | orchestral arrangement of the original for violin and piano |
| Concertante | 1968 | Concerto | for piano and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 1971, 1983 | Voyage | for flute and string orchestra | from L'Invitation au Voyage for a cappella chorus; arranged 1983 also chamber versions for flute with piano, or harp, or string quintet |
| Concertante | 1975 | Concerto | for oboe and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 1975 | Aria | for oboe and string orchestra (or string quintet) | adapted from the Oboe Concerto: movement IV |
| Concertante | 1977 | Concerto | for clarinet and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 1977, 1995 | Soliloquy | for clarinet and orchestra | adapted from the Clarinet Concerto; also for clarinet and string quartet |
| Concertante | 1982 | Pied Piper Fantasy, Concerto | for flute and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 1992–1993 | Troubadours, Variations | for guitar and chamber orchestra | |
| Concertante | 1997 | The Red Violin: Chaconne | for violin and orchestra | also for violin and piano |
| Concertante | 1999 | The Red Violin, Suite | for violin and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 2003 | Concerto "The Red Violin" | for violin and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 2007 | Conjurer, Concerto | for percussionist and string orchestra with optional brass | Winner of the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo |
| Concertante | 2020 | Triathlon, Concerto | for saxophonist and orchestra | |
| Band | 1965 | Elegy | for wind ensemble | original version for orchestra; transcribed by Christopher Anderson (2012) |
| Band | 1965 | Tournaments | for wind ensemble | original version for orchestra; forthcoming transcription by Christopher Anderson (2013) |
| Band | 1972, 1974 | Gazebo Dances | for wind ensemble | original version for piano 4-hands; arranged 1974 |
| Band | 1988 | Tarantella from Symphony No. 1 | for wind ensemble | original version for orchestra; arranged by Jeff Gershman (2001) |
| Band | 1997 | DC Fanfare | for wind ensemble | original version for orchestra; arranged by Mark Spede (2001) |
| Band | 2004 | Circus Maximus, Symphony No. 3 | for large wind ensemble | also calls for players in the balcony, and marching band which moves around the audience |
| Band | 2011 | Lullaby for Natalie | for wind ensemble | original version for violin and piano - based on orchestral version; arranged by Peter Stanley Martin under the supervision of the composer (2012) |
| Chamber music | 1962–1963 | Sonata | for violin and piano | winner of the 1964 Festival of Two Worlds prize for chamber music |
| Chamber music | 1971, 1983 | Voyage | for flute and piano, or harp, or string quintet | from L'Invitation au Voyage for a cappella chorus arranged for flute and piano by Mark Starr (1988) arranged for flute and harp by Valerie Vonpechy Whitcup (1988) arranged for flute and string quintet by Clare Hoffman (1988) |
| Chamber music | 1972, 2003 | A Black November Turkey | for 2 violins, viola and cello | original version for chorus; arranged 2003 |
| Chamber music | 1975 | Scherzo | for oboe and percussion | adapted from the Oboe Concerto: movement III |
| Chamber music | 1977 | Soliloquy | for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello | adapted from the Clarinet Concerto; also for clarinet and orchestra |
| Chamber music | 1993 | Fanfares to Music | for brass ensembles (on- and off-stage) | |
| Chamber music | 1993 | Phantasmagoria (on Themes from The Ghosts of Versailles) | for cello and piano | |
| Chamber music | 1993–1994 | Two Works for Antiphonal Brass | for brass ensemble | |
| Chamber music | 1994 | Antiphon | for brass ensemble | 2 versions: for 8 or 10 instruments |
| Chamber music | 1994 | How Like Pellucid States, Daddy. Or Like a...an Engine | for 4 bassoons | |
| Chamber music | 1995 | String Quartet | for 2 violins, viola and cello | winner of the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition |
| Chamber music | 1996 | Fancy on a Bach Air | for cello or viola | |
| Chamber music | 1997 | The Red Violin: Chaconne | for violin and piano | also for violin and orchestra |
| Chamber music | 1999 | The Red Violin Caprices | for violin | |
| Chamber music | 2000 | Utah Fanfare | for brass ensemble and percussion | |
| Chamber music | 2003 | Snapshot: Circa 1909 | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 2010 | Lullaby for Natalie | for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 2010 | Stomp | for violin | employs scordatura tuning |
| Chamber music | 2016 | Lucy's Aria from The Lord of Cries | for string quartet | |
| Keyboard | 1959 | Kaleidoscope | for 2 pianos | |
| Keyboard | 1972 | Gazebo Dances OvertureWaltzAdagioTarantella | for piano 4-hands | also versions for orchestra and band 3. arranged for solo piano by Dolores Fredrickson (1992) |
| Keyboard | 1976 | Étude Fantasy | for piano | |
| Keyboard | 1978 | Étude No. 1 | for piano left-hand | revised 2007 |
| Keyboard | 1985 | Fantasia on an Ostinato | for piano | also orchestrated |
| Keyboard | 1991 | O God of Love from The Ghosts of Versailles | for organ | arranged by Richard Wayne Dirksen (2000) |
| Keyboard | 1997 | The Red Violin: Anna's Theme | for piano | |
| Keyboard | 1997 | Chiaroscuro | for 2 pianos tuned a quarter tone apart | |
| Keyboard | 2007 | A Birthday Cakewalk | for piano 4-hands | |
| Keyboard | 2008 | Winging It | for piano | |
| Vocal | 1959 | Petit Fours, Song Cyclette Upon Julia's ClothesThe TurtleUne allée du LuxembourgThe Ancient Mariner (verse 1) | for voice and piano | 1. words by Robert Herrick 2. words by Ogden Nash 3. words by Aloysius Bertrand 4. words by Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Vocal | 1965 | The Cloisters, 4 Songs Fort Tryon Park: SeptemberSong to the Witch of the CloistersChristmas at the CloistersThe Unicorn | for voice and piano or chamber orchestra | words by William M. Hoffman 3. also for mixed chorus and piano |
| Vocal | 1970 1999, 2003 | Poem in October | for tenor and chamber ensemble for tenor and chamber orchestra | words by Dylan Thomas version with chamber orchestra 1999, revised 2003 |
| Vocal | 1971 | Wedding Song | for medium voice and melody instruments, keyboards or guitar | words by William M. Hoffman |
| Vocal | 1972 | Creations, Two Scenes from Genesis The Creation of the WorldThe Creation of Adam and Eve | for narrator and orchestra | |
| Vocal | 1988 | 3 Irish Folksong Settings The Salley GardensThe Foggy DewShe Moved through the Fair | for voice and flute | words by W. B. Yeats, Padraic Colum and anonymous |
| Vocal | 1991, 1992 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Arias and Excerpts Aria of the Worm Figaro was Supposed to Return the Necklace: Beaumarchais' Aria Samira's Aria: Cavatina and Cabaletta They Are Always With Me: Marie Antoinette's Aria They Wish They Could Kill Me: Figaro's Aria As Summer Brings a Wistful Breeze Come Now My Darling O God of Love: Sextet | for voice(s) and piano for tenor and piano for baritone and piano for mezzo-soprano and piano for soprano and piano for baritone and piano for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano for 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano for 3 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors and piano | words by William M. Hoffman |
| Vocal | 1994 | Jack and Jill | for voice and piano | words by William M. Hoffman |
| Vocal | 1996 | Liebeslied | for vocal quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and piano 4-hands | words by the composer |
| Vocal | 1997–2008 1997 2001 2008 | Metamusic, 3 Songs for Theatre (also known as 3 Cabaret Songs) DodecaphoniaMarvelous Invention (Songbook for a New Century)End of the Line | for mezzo-soprano and piano | words by Mark Adamo |
| Vocal | 1999 | Vocalise | for soprano, electronics and orchestra | |
| Vocal | 2000 | Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Prelude: Mr. Tambourine ManClothes LineBlowin' in the WindMasters of WarAll Along The WatchtowerChimes of FreedomPostlude: Forever Young | for soprano and piano for soprano (amplified) and orchestra | orchestrated 2003 winner of the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition 7. also for soprano and chorus a cappella |
| Vocal | 2001 | Irreverent Heart | for tenor and piano | words by Yip Harburg |
| Vocal | 2003 | Shatter Me, Music | for soprano | words by Rainer Maria Rilke adapted by Mark Adamo |
| Vocal | 2005 | One Sweet Morning | for voice and piano | words by Yip Harburg; also for female chorus |
| Vocal | 2010 | One Sweet Morning | for mezzo-soprano and orchestra | words by Czesław Miłosz, Homer, Li Bai and Yip Harburg |
| Choral | 1959, 2011 | Upon Julia's Clothes from Petit Fours | for female or mixed chorus and piano | words by Robert Herrick; arranged 2011 |
| Choral | 1960 | Fern Hill | for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (or chamber ensemble) | words by Dylan Thomas revised 1965 with full orchestra revised 1999 with chamber orchestra |
| Choral | 1962 | What I Expected Was... | for mixed chorus, brass ensemble and percussion | words by Stephen Spender |
| Choral | 1965 | Christmas at the Cloisters | for mixed chorus and piano | words by William M. Hoffman original version from The Cloisters for voice and piano |
| Choral | 1971 | L'Invitation au Voyage | for soloists and mixed chorus a cappella | words by Charles Baudelaire in translation by Richard Wilbur |
| Choral | 1972 | A Black November Turkey | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Richard Wilbur; also for string quartet |
| Choral | 1976, 1999 | A Dylan Thomas Trilogy Author's Prologue, Part IFern HillAuthor's Prologue, Part IIPoem in OctoberPoem on His Birthday | for baritone, tenor, boy soprano (or countertenor), mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Dylan Thomas; revised 1999 5. also for baritone and mixed chorus a cappella |
| Choral | 1976 | Psalm No. 8 | for mixed chorus and organ | |
| Choral | 1991 | Of Rage and Remembrance, Chaconne | for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, male chorus, cellos, double basses and chimes | words by William M. Hoffman based on the 3rd movement of Symphony No. 1 |
| Choral | 1994 | Amen | for antiphonal double chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 2000 | Forever Young from Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan | for soprano and chorus a cappella | words by Bob Dylan |
| Choral | 2005 | One Sweet Morning | for female chorus a cappella | words by Yip Harburg; also for voice and piano |
| Choral | 2005 | Salute | for mixed chorus with kazoos, brass and percussion | |
| Choral | 2011 | Upon Julia's Clothes | for female chorus or mixed chorus and piano | words by Robert Herrick |
| Choral | 2014 | Meditation | for male chorus and violin | |