List of compositions by Frederic Rzewski

This is a list of compositions by Frederic Rzewski .

Stage

• The Persians (1985)
• The Triumph of Death (1987–88)

Orchestral

• Nature Morte, for small orchestra (1964)
• A Long Time Man, for piano and orchestra (1979)
• Satyrica, for guitar, double bass, piano, synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion, and symphony band (1983)
• Una Breve Storia d'Estate, for three flutes and orchestra (1983)
• Scratch Symphony (1997)
• Movable Types (1999)
• Bring Them Home!, for two percussion, two pianos and orchestra (2004), arranged for two percussion and two pianos
• Piano Concerto, for piano and orchestra (2013)
• A Dog's Life, for piano and orchestra (2014)

Chamber

• String Quartet (1955)
• Trio, for flute, trumpet and piano (1956)
• Pfi, for 2 flutes, percussion, cello and piano (1963)
• Speculum Dianae, for any eight improvisational players (1964)
• Prose Pieces, for improvisational ensemble (1967–68)
• Les Moutons de Panurge, for any number of melody instruments (1968)
• Last Judgment, for trombone or any number of unison trombones (1969)
• Second Structure, for improvisational ensemble (1972)
• Song and Dance, for flute, bass clarinet, double bass and vibraphone (1976)
• Thirteen Instrumental Studies, for a variable ensemble (1972–77)
• Moonrise with Memories, for bass trombone and ensemble (1978)
• Three Pieces, for soprano saxophone, trombone and piano (1978-81)
• Wails, for bass clarinet, piano and two percussion (1984)
• Spots, for any four players (1986)
• Don't Have it Today, for any player and double bass (1986)
• The Lost Melody, for clarinet, piano and two percussion (1989)
• Roses, for flute, clarinet, trumpet, tuba, violin, cello, accordion and percussion (1989)
• Aerial Tarts, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and two percussion (1990)
• Whangdoodles, for hammer dulcimer, violin and piano (1990)
• Holes, for any four to eight players (1993)
• Crusoe, for any four to twelve players (1993)
• Histories, for four saxophones (1993)
• Whimwhams, for marimba and string quartet (1993)
• Family Scenes, for flute, three saxophones, French horn, three trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, double bass and piano (1995)
• When the Wind Blows, for flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flügelhorn, trombone, guitar, double bass and piano (1996)
• Spiritus, for four recorders and percussion (1997)
• For Hanns, for flute, clarinet, cello and piano (1998)
• Trio, for violin, cello and piano (1998)
• Main Drag, for percussion and eight or more players (1999)
• Cradle Rock, for flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flügelhorn, trombone, guitar, double bass and piano (1999)
• Pocket Symphony, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2000)
• 96, for five players (2003)
• Bring Them Home!, for two percussion and two pianos (2004), arranged from two percussion, two pianos and orchestra version
• Fortune, for four speaking violists (2005)
• Snaps, for piano and string quartet (2005)
• Spoils, for various instrumentations (2005)
• Natural Things, for clarinet, saxophone, 2 percussion, violin, cello and piano (2007)
• Knight, Death, and Devil, for alto flute, bass clarinet, percussion, three violins, viola, two cellos and piano (2007-08)
• Blah!, for eight wind players (2009)
• Flowers 2, for alto saxophone, xylophone and piano (2009)
• Reeds, for oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon (2009)
• Brussels Diary, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2010)
• Hard Cuts, for piano and ensemble (2011)
• 16 Sneakers, for several violas (2012), or for viola
• Notasonata, for violin and piano (2015)
• Satires, for violin and piano (2015)
• Demons, for violin and piano (2017)
• Words, for string quartet (2018)

Instrumental

• Selfportrait, for any player (1964)
• Last Judgement, for trombone (1969)
• Aria, for flute (1981)
• Pennywhistlers, for recorder (1981)
• Lost and Found, for speaking percussionist (1985)
• To the Earth, for speaking percussionist (1985)
• Shtick, for clarinet (1990)
• Knight, for cello (1992)
• Honk, for tuba (2004)
• Mollitude, for flute (2006)
• Fall of the Empire, for solo percussionist, spoken word and multi percussion (2007)
• 16 Sneakers, for violas (2012), or for several viola

Choral

• Requiem, Part 1, for speaker, male chorus, Jew's harp, piano, organ, tubular bells, bull-roarer, woodblock, and radio (1963–67)
• Struggle Song, for mixed chorus (1973)
• Le silence des Espaces Infinis, for female chorus, any player, seven orchestral groups, and tape (1980)
• Stop the War!, for mixed chorus (1995)
• Stop the Testing!, for mixed chorus (1995)
• Ode to the Deserter, for mixed chorus and accompaniment (2013)

Vocal

• Jefferson, for voice and piano (1970)
• Freud, for voice (1970)
• Coming Together, for speaker and variable ensemble (1971)
• Attica, for speaker and variable ensemble (1972)
• Struggle Song, for voice and variable ensemble (1973)
• Nothing Changes, for voice and piano (1976)
• The Price of Oil, for two voices, eight amplified pipe ensembles and any two similar ensembles (1980)
• Snacks, for voice, mixed chorus ad libitum, and any ensemble ad libitum (1981)
• Antigone-Legend, for voice and piano (1982)
• Egyptian Songs, for voice and piano (1982)
• Songs, for voice and piano (1973–83)
• The Liar, for voice and piano (1983)
• Mayakovsky, for speaker, piano, and string quartet (1984)
• Mary's Dream, for soprano, contrabass clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion (1984)
• Force, for two speakers, any two wind instruments, any two plucked instruments, two noisemakers and weigher ad libitum (1985)
• Chains, for speaker and 3 - 4 players (1986)
• Love Song, for voice and any player (1987)
• The Waves, for speaker and variable ensemble (1988)
• Tinkleberries, for voice and any number of players (1980–90)
• The Burghers of Rostock, for voice and piano (1992)
• The Love of Money, for voice and piano (1993)
• Snippets No. 1, for speaker and piano (1994)
• Logique, for voice, flute, cello, and piano (1997)
• Happy Birthday, for voice (1999)
• No More War, for eight voices (2005)
• Snippets No. 2, for speaker and piano (1994-2006)

Piano

• Chain of Thought (1953)
• Tabakrauch (1954)
• Preludes (1957)
• Poem (1958)
• Introduction and Sonata, for two pianos (1959)
• Study I (1961)
• Study II (1961)
• Falling Music (1971)
• No Place to Go but around (1974)
• 36 Variations on 'The People United Will Never Be Defeated!' (1975)
• Four Pieces (1977)
• Squares (1978)
• North American Ballads (1978–79)
  • Dreadful Memories
  • Which Side are You on?
  • Down by the Riverside
  • Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, also for two pianos (1980)
• The Housewife's Lament, (originally for harpsichord rewritten for piano) (1980)
• A Machine, for two pianos (1984)
• Eggs (1986)
• Steptangle (1986)
• The Turtle and the Crane (1988)
• Mayn Yingele (1988)
• To His Coy Mistress, for singing or speaking pianist (1988)
• Fantasia (1989)
• Bumps (1990)
• Ludes (1990–91)
• Sonata (1991)
• De Profundis (1991–92)
• Andante con Moto (1992)
• A Life (1992)
• Night Crossing with Fisherman, for two pianos (1994)
• Fougues (1994)
• It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad, Ballade No.5 (1997, revised 2004, adapted from A Long Time Man)
• Michael Bakunin, Rentier, for speaking pianist (2000)
• When the Wind Blows, for two pianos (1996-2002)
• The Road (1995–2003)
  • Turns (1995)
  • Tracks (1996)
  • Tramps (1997)
  • Stops (1998)
  • A Few (1999)
  • Travelling with Children (1999)
  • Final Preparations (1999–2002)
  • The Big Day Arrives (2002–03)
• Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (2003)
• Cadenza (2003), for Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58 by Beethoven
• Dust (2003)
• Spells (2004)
• Second Hand, for piano left hand (2005)
• Rubinstein in Berlin, for speaking pianist (2008)
• 10 War Songs (2008)
• Flowers 1, for speaking pianist (2009)
• Nanosonatas (2006-10)
• Etude (2010)
• 3 Piano Pieces (2011)
• Dear Diary, for speaking pianist (2014)
• Winter Nights (2014)
• Dreams, Part I (2014)
• Dreams, Part II (2015)
• Songs of Insurrection (2016)
• Saints and Sinners (2016)
• Ages (2017)
• 8 Nocturnes (2017)
• 6 Movements (2019)
• America: A Poem (2020)
• The Naked Truth (2021)

Other

• Zoologischer Garten, for tape (1965)