List of compositions by Larry Thomas Bell

The following is a complete list of compositions by the American composer Larry Thomas Bell. It was originally compiled by the composer and his wife, the musicologist Andrea Olmstead, cross-referenced with the works listed in his website[1] and The Grove Dictionary of American Music.[2]

Opus no. Year Title of work Instrumentation Other information
1 1970 Novelette string quartet
1a 1970 Novelette string orchestra
2 1971 Domination of Black five solo voices SSATB text by Wallace Stevens
3 1971 Continuum orchestra
4 1972 Mirage flute and piano
5 1973 Eclogue quartet AATB
6 1973 String Quartet no. 1 string quartet
7 1974 Variations solo piano
8 1975 Reality is an Activity of the Most August Imagination mezzo-soprano and piano text by Wallace Stevens
9 The Poems of Our Climate (unfinished) mezzo-soprano and piano text by Wallace Stevens
10 1977 Grand Sonata piano four hands
11 1976 Three Movements for Solo Cello solo 'cello
12 1979 Caprice for solo cello solo 'cello
13 1979–1981 The Idea of Order at Key West soprano, violin, large string orchestra, and percussion text by Wallace Stevens
14 1981 Prologue and The End of the World chorus SATB texts by Archibald MacLeish
15 1983 Miniature Diversions solo piano
16 1982 String Quartet no. 2 string quartet
17 1983 Fantasia on an Imaginary Hymn 'cello and viola
18 1984 Sleep Song violin and piano
19 1984 Incident baritone and piano text by Countee Cullen
20 1984 Four Sacred Songs soprano and piano, also version for mezzo-soprano old hymn tune texts: “There is a Fountain,” “Take the Name of Jesus With You,” “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus,” “Spirit of Love Descend Upon My Heart”
21 1984 Revivals solo piano
22 1985 First Tango in London solo piano
23 1985 Sacred Symphonies (Symphony no. 1) orchestra
24 1985 Celestial Refrain solo guitar
25 1986 River of Ponds 'cello and piano
26 1986 The Evangelical two pianos four hands
27 1986 A Sacred Harp solo harp
28 1987 The Black Cat narrator, 'cello, and piano text by Edgar Allan Poe
29 1987 In Memory of Roger Sessions solo violin
30 1988 The Parable of the Parabola solo piano
31 1987 The Book of Moonlight violin and piano
32 1988 Concerto for Oboe and Five Instruments oboe solo, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
33 1989 Piano Concerto piano solo and chamber orchestra
34 1990 Piano Sonata no. 1 solo piano
35 1991 Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony narrator/violin and piano text by Lewis Thomas
36 1992 Piano Quartet piano, violin, viola, and 'cello
37 1992 Blues Theme with Variations two pianos four hands
38a 1991 What Goes Around Comes Around flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, 'cello, and piano
38a 1991 What Goes Around Comes Around orchestra last movement of Op. 40
39 1992 Quintessence woodwind quintet
40 1994–1996 Idumea Symphony: Symphony no. 2 orchestra
41 1994 Four Pieces in Familiar Styl two violins
42 1995 A Cry Against the Twilight, madrigal for 5 voices SSATB text by Wallace Stevens
43 1996 Mahler in Blue Light alto saxophone, 'cello, and piano
44 1997 Song and Dance, divertimento for chamber orchestra chamber orchestra
45 1997 Sentimental Muse, concerto for bassoon and orchestra bassoon solo and orchestra
46 1993–1998 Reminiscences and Reflections, 12 preludes and fugues piano solo
47 1997 Short Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 3) wind ensemble
48 1998 Harmonium brass quintet
49 1999 Two Haiku soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano texts by Santoka and Issa
50 1999 Immortal Beloved mezzo-soprano and piano texts from letters by Beethoven
51 1999 Caprice no. 2 solo flute
52 1900 Harmony in Blue and Silver orchestra
53 2000 Ten Poems of William Blake soprano and piano texts by William Blake
54 2000 Caprice no. 3 solo alto recorder
55 2000 Songs of Innocence and Experience children's chorus and orchestra texts by William Blake
56 2000 Caprice no. 4 solo marimba
57 2001 Caprice no. 5 solo alto saxophone
58 2001 Shakespeare Sonnets tenor or soprano and piano texts by William Shakespeare
59 2001 Hansel and Gretel narrator and orchestra texts from a Grimm fairy tale
60 2001 Four Lyrics trumpet and piano
61 2003 Piano Sonata no. 2, Tala solo piano
62 2002 Just As I Am violin and piano
64 2002 Songs of Time and Eternity soprano and piano texts by Emily Dickinson
65 2003 Suite from "Hansel and Gretel" solo piano
66 2003 Tarab double 'cello quartet
67 2003 Four Chorale Preludes solo piano
68 2004 Spirituals, chamber symphony for ten players instrumental chamber ensemble
69 2004 Liturgical Suite solo organ
70 2011 The Triumph of Lightness, concerto for cello and orchestra solo 'cello and orchestra
71 2004 String Quartet no. 3 string quartet
72 2005 Elegy solo piano
73 2005 Caprice no. 6 solo clarinet and optional percussion
74 2005 Pop Set double bass and piano
75 2005 Caprice no. 7 solo vibraphone/narrator text from "Ovid": Echo and Narcissus
76 2005 Dark Orange Partita solo viola
77 2005 Dark Orange Concerto solo viola and winds
78 2006 Encores double 'cello quartet
79 2006 Dream Within a Dream soprano and piano, also version for mezzo-soprano texts by Whitman, Blake, Poe, Dickinson, and Arnold
80 2005 Chorale Prelude: "Holy Ghosts" wind ensemble
81 2005 Cabaret Songs for a musical (unfinished)
82 2006 Music of the Spheres solo piano
83 2006 Piano Sonata no. 3, Sonata Macabre solo piano
84 2006 Serenade no. 1 guitar trio
85 2006 Poems trumpet and piano
86 2006 Autumnal Raptures tenor and harp texts by Elizabeth Kirshner
87 2008 Chorale Fantasia on Unchanging Love soprano, alto, tenor, and bass soli, chorus and piano text by Romulus Linney
88 2006 Unchanging Love brass quintet and organ
89 2007 David and Old Ironsides narrator and orchestra text by Constance Leeds
90 2007 Holy Ghosts, opera in two acts 24 singers and five-piece electric ensemble libretto by Andrea Olmstead based on the play by Romulus Linney
91 2007 Remembering Al solo piano
92 2007 Exaltations of Snowy Stars mezzo-soprano and piano texts by Elizabeth Kirshner
93 2007 Duet from Holy Ghosts soprano, tenor, and piano
94 2008 Contempo: 10 pieces for piano duet four-hand piano
95 2008 Caprice no. 8 solo trumpet
96 2008 Fifteen Two-Part Inventions solo piano
97 2009 Partita no. 1 solo harpsichord
98 2009 Serenade no. 2 alto recorder, 'cello, and harpsichord
99 2009 In a Garden of Dreamers baritone and harpsichord texts by Elizabeth Kirshner
100 2009 The Fragrant Pathway of Eternity soprano and guitar texts by Elizabeth Kirshner
101 2010 The Seasons, a cantata soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, harp, piano, harpsichord, and guitar combination of opp. 86, 92, 99, 100, and 108
102 2010 Partita no. 2 solo harpsichord
103 2010 Psalm 1 SATB chorus and organ Psalm text: King James Version
104 2010 Psalm 23 tenor and baritone soloists and organ Psalm text: King James Version
105 2010 Psalm 150 soprano and organ Psalm text: King James Version
106 2010 Psalm 96 SATB chorus and organ Psalm text: King James Version
107 2010 Baroque Concerto alto recorder, harpsichord, 'cello soloists, and strings
108 2010 The Echolocations of Cellos soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone voices, harp, piano, harpsichord, and guitar text by Elizabeth Kirshner
109 2010 Piano Etudes Book 1 solo piano
110 2010 Cello Suite 'cello and harpsichord (figured bass)
111 2010 Serenade no. 3 trumpet, tenor saxophone, and piano
112 2011 Serenade no. 4 clarinet, violin, and piano
113 2011 Emersonia SATB chorus a capella text by Ralph Waldo Emerson
114 2011 Revels: 10 songs baritone and piano texts by Ben Jonson
115 2011 INGS solo piano
116 2011 Lyric Preludes solo piano
117 2012 Fancies: 5 songs tenor and piano texts by Thomas Campion
118 2012 Preludes sans Mesurés avec Fugues solo harpsichord
119 2011 The Book of Blues: 4 songs baritone and piano texts by Larry Bell
120 2013 Songs of Reconciliation soprano and orchestra or piano texts by Tran Nhan Tong and Walt Whitman
121 2013 Invocation congregational singers and piano
122 2013 Dazzling Duo tenor saxophone and piano
123 2014 First Piano Sonatina solo piano
124 2014 Gathering Music solo organ
125 2014 At the River soprano and orchestra or piano
126 2014 Spirit of Love orchestra congregational singers and piano
127 2015 Fifteen Three-Part Sinfonias solo piano
128 2015 Now Shall My Inward Voice Arise SATB choir text by Isaac Watts
129 2015 And Am I Born to Die? SATB choir text by Charles Wesley|
130 2015 Second Elegy trumpet and piano
131 2015 I'm Just a Poor Wayfaring Stranger SATB choir
132 2015 Nine Variations on We Shall Overcome solo piano
132a 2016 Nine Variations on We Shall Overcome solo organ
133 2015 Remembering Fay trumpet and orchestra
134 2014 Song of the Open Road alto saxophone and strings
135 2015 First Book of Prayers solo piano
136 2016 Response No. 1: The Oversoul tenor and baritone voices and organ text by Ralph Waldo Emerson
137 2016 Water Music baritone voice, double bass, and piano text by Langston Hughes
138 2016 Newtown Variations viola and piano
139 2016 Response No. 2: The Idea of Democracy tenor and baritone voices and organ text by Abraham Lincoln
140 2016 Response No. 3: Is not this the fast that I have chosen? tenor and baritone voices and organ text from Isaiah 58: 6–12 King James Version
141 2016 Serenade no. 5 clarinet choir
142 2016 Hymn arrangements: 1. Come, Ye Thankful People Come; 2. Wake Now My Senses, and 3. We Sing Now Together congregational singers, brass quintet, and organ
143 2017 First Harpsichord Sonata solo harpsichord
144 2017 Once to Every Soul and Nation SSA choir text by James Russell Lowell
145 2017 Canons for the Young solo piano
146 2017–2020 Piano Etudes Book 2: 12 Polyrhythmic Studies solo piano
147 2017 Mass A6 six voices SSSAAA
148 2017 Prelude and Fugue in f minor solo organ
149 2017 Gaslight baritone and piano text by Larry Bell
150 2017 Prelude and Fugue in d minor solo organ
151 2017 Sonata Sacre baroque flute and harpsichord
152 2017 Adagio sostenuto, slow movement from V. Persichetti Symphony for Band arranged for solo piano solo piano
153 2018 Harmony in Blue and Silver wind ensemble
154 2018 The Lone Wild Bird alto and piano text and melody adapted from William Walker's tune “Prospect” from Southern Harmony, 1835
155 2017 Dona Nobis Pacem string quartet
156 2018–2019 Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues solo piano
157 2018 Clearing the Clouds from Our Minds 5 percussion instruments, 6 players
158 2019 Domenica a Filicudi soprano, viola, and piano text by Deborah Collins
159 2019 Halcyon Song voice, 'cello, and piano text by Larry Bell
160 2019 Awake Our Souls, Away our Fears congregational singers, brass quintet, and organ text by Isaac Watts
161 2017 Thou God of Love SATB choir text by Isaac Watts
162 2019 O God, Our Help in Ages Past SATB choir text by Isaac Watts
163 2019 Blest Are the Sons of Peace SATB choir text by Isaac Watts
164 2019 Thou God of Love, Thou Ever Blessed (second version) SATB choir text by Isaac Watts
165 2020 Piano Sonata no. 4 solo piano
166 2020 Piano Sonata no. 5, A Landscape of Small Ruins solo piano
167 2019 The Harp at Nature's Advent SATB choir text by John Greenleaf Whittier
168 2020 Terza Rima, 12 Variations on “Awake our Souls, Away our Fears,” solo piano
169 2019 A Hymnbook for Congregational Singing congregational singers combination of opp. 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, and 167
170 2020 Symphony no. 4 soprano, tenor, baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and organ texts: Psalm 96, Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 150 King James Version
171 2020 Piano Sonata no. 6 solo piano
172 2021 Cantata The Bell soprano solo, SATB chorus, violin, flute, and 'cello text by Ralph Waldo Emerson
173 2021 Song cycle Parables of Love and Death alto and tenor soloists and piano texts by Emily Dickinson
174 2021 Piano Sonata no. 7 Southern Meditations solo piano
  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Olmstead, Andrea (2013), "Bell, Larry Thomas", in Garrett, Charles Hiroshi (ed.), The Grove Dictionary of American Music, New York: Oxford University Press