List of compositions by Henry Cowell

This is a list of compositions by Henry Cowell.

Pieces by date of composition

• Anger Dance (1914; orig. Mad Dance)
• Sonate for cello and piano (1915)
• Dynamic Motion (1916; frequently misdated 1914)
• For Unaccompanied Cello (1919)
• 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)
• Ensemble for String Quintet and Thunder Sticks (1924)
• 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)
• Saturday Night at the Firehouse, for orchestra (1948)
• Persian Set (1957)
• Homage to Iran (1957)