List of works by Giacinto Scelsi

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Below is a list of works by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988). A asterisk (*) indicates that the piece has appeared on recording in the United States.

1 First period (1929-1948)
2 Second period (1952-1959)
3 Third period (1960-1969)
4 Fourth period (1970-1985)

[edit] First period (1929-1948)

Chemin du coeur (for violin and piano) - 1929;
Rotative (Symphonic poem for three pianos, winds and percussion) - 1929;
- (version for 2 pianos and percussion) - 1938;
40 Preludes (for piano) - 1930-40;
6 Pieces from "Paralipomeni" (for piano) 1930-40;
Dialogo (for cello and piano) - 1932;
Sinfonietta (for orchestra) - 1932;
Tre canti di primavera (for voice and piano) - 1933;
L'amour et le crane (for voice and piano) - 1933;
Tre canti (for voice and piano) - 1933;
Suite No. 2 (for piano) - 1934;
Toccata (for piano) - 1934;
Poems (for piano) - 1934/39*;
Sonata (for violin and piano) - 1934;
Concertino (for piano and orchestra) - 1934;
Trio No. 1 (for violin, cello and piano) - 1936;
Preludio, Ariosa e Fuga (for orchestra) - 1936;
Suite No. 5 (for piano) - unknown;
Suite No. 6 "I Capricci di Ty" (for piano) - 1938/39;
Hispania (Triptych for piano) - 1939;
Sonata No. 1 (for piano) - unknown;
Sonata No. 2 (for piano) - 1939;
Sonata No. 3 (for piano) - 1939;
Sonata No. 4 (for piano) - unknown;
Trio No. 2 (for violin, cello and piano) - 1939;
Variations (for piano) - 1940;
Variations and Fugue (for piano) - 1941;
Ballata (for cello and piano) - 1943;
String Quartet No. 1 - 1944*;
- (version for string orchestra) - 1962;
Introduction and Fugue (for string orchestra) - 1945;
La Nascita del Verbo (Cantata for mixed chorus and orchestra) - 1948

[edit] Second period (1952-1959)

Suite No. 8 "Bot-Ba: Evocation of Tibet with its monasteries on high mountain summits: Tibetan rituals, prayers and dances" (for piano) - 1952*;
Quattro Illustrazioni "Four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu" (for piano) - 1953*;
Cinque incantesimi (for piano) - 1953*;
Suite No. 9 "Ttai: A succession of episodes which alternatively express time - or more precisely, time in motion and man as symbolized by cathedrals or monasteries, with the sound of the sacred 'Om'" (for piano) - 1953*;
Piccola suite (for flute and clarinet) - 1953;
Suite No. 10 "Ka: The word 'ka' has many meanings, but the principle one is 'essence'" (for piano) - 1954*;
Pwyll (for flute) - 1954*;
Three studies (for Eb clarinet) - 1954;
Preghiera per un ombra (for Bb clarinet) - 1954;
Divertimento No. 2 (for violin) - 1954;
Yamaon (for bass voice and alto sax, baritone sax, contrabassoon, double bass, percussion) - 1954-58;
Action Music (for piano) - 1955;
Divertimento No. 3 (for violin) - 1955*;
Divertimento No. 4 (for violin) - 1955;
Coelocanth (for viola) - 1955*;
Hyxos (for alto flute in G, 2 gongs and cow-bell) - 1955;
Suite No. 11 (for piano) - 1956;
Four Pieces (for trumpet) - 1956*;
Three Pieces (for saxophone or bass trombone) - 1956*;
Four Pieces (for horn in F) - 1956;
Ixor (for reed; Bb clarinet, oboe) - 1956*;
Divertimento No. 5 (for violin) - 1956;
Three Studies (for viola) - 1956;
Three Pieces (for trombone) - 1957*;
Trilogy "Triphon, Dithome, Ygghur" (for cello) - 1957-61/65*;
Rucke di guck (for piccolo and oboe) - 1957;
String Trio - 1958*;
I presagi [The Forebodings] (for 10 instruments, brass and percussion) - 1958;
Tre canti popolari (for 4-voice mixed choir) - 1958;
Tre canti sacri (for 8-voice mixed choir) - 1958*;
Kya (for Bb clarinet solo, and seven instruments) - 1959*;
Quattro pezzi su una nota sola [Four pieces each on a single note] (for chamber orchestra) - 1959*

[edit] Third period (1960-1969)

Ho "Four Songs" (for soprano voice) - 1960;
Wo-Ma (for bass voice) - 1960;
Hurqualia "A Different Realm" (for large orchestra, with amplified instruments) - 1960*;
String Quartet No. 2 - 1961*;
Aion "Four Episodes in one Day of Brahma" (for orchestra) - 1961*;
Taiagaru "Five Invocations" (for soprano voice) - 1962;
Riti "Ritual March" (version for Achilles, for four percussionists) - 1962;
- (version for Alexander, for tuba, double bass, contrabassoon, electric organ & percussion) - 1962;
- (version for Carl the Great, for cello and 2 percussionists) - 1967;
Khoom "Seven episodes of an unwritten tale of love and death in a distant land" (for soprano voice, horn, string quartet & percussion) - 1962*;
20 Canti del Capricorno (for soprano) - 1962-72*;
String Quartet No. 3 - 1963*;
Hymnos (for large orchestra) - 1963*;
Chukrum (for string orchestra) - 1963*;
Xnoybis "The ability of energy to ascend to the spirit" (for violin) - 1964*;
String Quartet No. 4 - 1964*;
Yliam (for female choir) - 1964;
Duo (for violin and cello) - 1965*;
- (version for violin and double bass) - 1977;
Anahit "Lyric Poem on the name of Venus" (for violin and 18 instruments) - 1965*;
Anagamin "The one who is faced with a choice between going back and refusing to" (for 12 strings) - 1965;
Ko-Lho (for flute and clarinet) - 1966*;
Elegia per Ty (for viola and cello) - 1958/66*;
Ohoi "The Creative Principles" (for 16 strings) - 1966;
Uaxuctum "The Legend of the Maya City which destroyed itself for religious reasons" (for 4 vocal soloists, ondes martenot solo, mixed choir and orchestra) - 1966*;
Ko-Tha "Three Dances of Shiva" (for guitar) - 1967;
- (version for double bass) - 1972;
- (version for six-string cello) - 1978*;
Manto I, II, III (for viola and female voice) - 1967;
Ckckc (for soprano voice and mandolin) - 1967;
Natura renovatur (for 11 strings) - 1967;
Tkrdg (for 6-voice male choir, electric guitar and percussion) - 1968;
Okanagon "Okanagon is like a rite, or if you will, like grasping the heartbeat of the Earth" (for harp, tamtam & double bass) - 1968*;
Konx-Om-Pax "Three aspects of sound: as the first motion of the immovable, as creative force, as the syllable 'om'" (for mixed choir, and orchestra) - 1969*;

[edit] Fourth period (1970-1985)

Il est grand temps (for voice) - 1970;
Meme si je voyais (for voice) - 1970;
Three Latin Prayers (for voice) - 1970*;
Antifona "on the name of Jesus" (for male choir) - 1970*;
Nuits (2 pieces; for double bass) - 1972*;
Pranam I "In memory of the tragic losses of Jani and Sia Christou" (for soprano voice, 12 instruments & tape) - 1972;
L'ame ailee (for violin) - 1973*;
L'ame ouverte (for violin) - 1973*;
Arc-en-ciel (for two violins) - 1973*;
Sauh I & II (for two female voices) - 1973;
Sauh III & IV (for four female voices) - 1973;
Pranam II (for nine instruments) - 1973*;
Voyages (2 pieces; for cello) - 1974*;
Et maintenant c'est a vous de jouer (for cello and double bass) - 1974;
Kshara (for two double basses) - unknown;
To the master "Two improvisations" (for cello and piano) - 1974;
Manto "per quattro" (for voice, flute, trombone and cello) - 1974;
In Nomine Lucis (2 pieces; for electric organ) - 1974*;
Aitsi (for electronically prepared piano) - 1974*;
- (version as String Quartet No. 5) - 1985*;
Pfhat "A flash... and the sky opened!" (for mixed choir and large orchestra) - 1974*;
Maknongan (for low-voice instrument: double bass, contrabassoon, etc) - 1976*;