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John Harbison

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John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. Harbison won the prestigious BMI Foundation's Student Composer Awards for composition at the age of sixteen in 1954. He studied music at Harvard University, where he sang with the Harvard Glee Club, and later at Princeton. He is an Institute Professor of music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a former student of Walter Piston and Roger Sessions.

Top songs

  1. Symphony No. 4: I. Fanfare
  2. I. Affetuoso, poco inquieto
  3. Mirabai Songs: I. It's True, I Went to the Market
  4. Variations: Piano Alone
  5. Mirabai Songs: III. Why Mira Can't Go Back to Her Old House
  6. Variations: Fughetta
  7. Variations: Violin And Clarinet Alone
  8. Mirabai Songs: IV. Where Did You Go?
  9. Mirabai Songs: V. The Clouds
  10. Mirabai Songs: VI. Don't Go, Don't Go
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  1. Requiem, Pt. 2: IX. Sanctus
  2. Variations: Clarinet, With Piano
  3. Variations: Violin, With Piano
  4. Mirabai Songs: II. All I Was Doing Was Breathe
  5. Variations: All Three
  6. Mirabai Songs: V. Clouds
  7. String Quartet No. 5: Ripensamento
  8. Variations: Passacaglia
  9. Variations: Waltz
  10. 4 Songs of Solitude: Song 1
  11. Symphony No. 1: I. Drammatico
  12. Rubies (After Thelonius Monk's Ruby, My Dear)
  13. Variations: Symbol
  14. Variations: Piano, With Violin And Clarinet
  15. Remembering Gatsby
  16. Symphony No. 1: II. Allegro sfumato
  17. 4 Songs Of Solitude: Song 3
  18. Variations: Aria
  19. Words from Paterson, Part I
  20. Symphony No. 1: IV. Tempo giusto
  21. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: I. Con moto, rubato
  22. Twilight Music: Ossessivo
  23. 4 Songs of Solitude: Song 2
  24. Piano Sonata No. 1
  25. Mirabai Songs: II. All I Was Doing Was Breathing
  26. 4 Songs of Solitude: Song 4
  27. Twilight Music: Antiphon: Tempo Giusto
  28. Twilight Music: Adagio, Cantabile
  29. Twilight Music: Con Moto, Flessibile
  30. Variations: Finale and Epilogue
  31. John Harbison-Duo for flute and piano- Fanfare
  32. Piano Trio No. 1
  33. Symphony No. 4: II. Intermezzo
  34. Symphony No. 4: V. Finale
  35. Symphony No. 4: IV. Threnody
  36. Symphony No. 4: III. Scherzo
  37. Wind Quintet: I. Intrada: Moderato
  38. Symphony No. 3: III. Militante
  39. Simple Daylight, Simple Daylight
  40. No. 2. —
  41. Song 4
  42. Symphony No. 3: I. Sconsolato
  43. Symphony No. 3: IV. Appassionato
  44. II. Fuga - Burletta
  45. Simple Daylight, Somewhere a Seed
  46. Words from Paterson, Part II
  47. Symphony No. 1: III. “Paesaggio” (“Landscape”) - Andante
  48. Symphony No. 3: II. Nostalgico
  49. Oboe Concerto: 1. Aria
  50. Piano Trio No. 2 “Short Stories”: I. Tale
  51. Harbison: Mirabai Songs: No. 5, Clouds
  52. Symphony No. 2: I. Dawn (Luminoso)
  53. Symphony No. 2: III. Dusk (Poco largo, lambente)
  54. Symphony No. 3: V. Esuberante
  55. Simple Daylight, Japan
  56. I. Tale
  57. Full Moon in March: Fanfare
  58. Double Concerto, "To the Memory of Roman Totenberg": II. Notturno. Adagio
  59. Piano Quintet, Overture
  60. For Violin Alone: III. Air
  61. Piano Quintet, Capriccio
  62. Symphony No. 5: I. Con fuoco (Miłosz, “Orpheus and Eurydice”)—
  63. Confinement
  64. Duo for Flute & Piano
  65. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: III. Andante
  66. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: II. Allegro brillante
  67. Symphony No. 2: II. Daylight (Con brio, non pesante)
  68. Ulysses: Act 1, Scene 2, Circe
  69. Simple Daylight, Odor
  70. Simple Daylight, Your Name
  71. I. Preludio
  72. Finale and Epilogue
  73. Piano Quintet, Intermezzo
  74. Piano Quintet, Purletta
  75. The Flight Into Egypt
  76. Symphony No. 2: IV. Darkness (Inesorabile)
  77. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  78. Simple Daylight, The Wild Irises
  79. I Know You Rider
  80. Requiem, Pt. 1: III. Sequence II. Tuba mirum
  81. Requiem, Pt. 1: II. Sequence I. Dies irae
  82. Book I: No. 1. Ballad for Billie (I)
  83. Olympic Dances: I. Prelude
  84. Olympic Dances: IV. Finale
  85. Wind Quintet: II. Intermezzo: Allegretto lusinghando
  86. Ulysses: Act 1, Prelude, Ulysses' Voyage Begins
  87. The Great Gatsby Suite: I. Allegro Moderato
  88. Full Moon in March: The Attendants' First Song
  89. Full Moon in March: The Queen's Dance, first part
  90. 3 City Blocks: No. 1. Fervent and resolute

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