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  Chronological List of Works by Vivian Fine
1929 Solo for Oboe
1930 Four Pieces for Two Flutes
Trio for Strings for violin, viola, and cello
1931 Four Polyphonic Piano Pieces
1933 Four Songs for soprano and string quartet
Divertimento for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, and piano
1937 Piece for Muted Strings (Elegiac Song) for string orchestra, also arr. for flute and string orchestra
Prelude for String Quartet
The Race of Life for piano and percussion; also arr. for orchestra (1955)
1938 The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and Her Reply for women’s chorus
Dance Suite for orchestra: 2232, 4221, timpani, percussion, piano, harp, strings
Opus 51 for piano and percussion
1939 Four Lyric Pieces for Voice and Piano for contralto or mezzo soprano and piano
Sonatina for Oboe and Piano
They Too Are Exiles for piano duet
Tragic Exodus for baritone and piano
1940 Four Elizabethan Songs for medium high or medium voice and piano
Suite in E Flat for piano
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano
1941 Five Preludes for piano
Epigram and Epitaph: Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton’s Wife (1941) for contralto and piano
1943 Rhapsody on a Russian Folk Song for piano
Songs of Our Time for medium high or medium voice and piano
1944 Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
1946 Capriccio for Oboe and String Trio
1947 The Great Wall of China for soprano, flute, cello, and piano
Second Solo for Oboe
There is a Garden In Her Face for soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano
1951 Divertimento for Violoncello and Percussion
1952 Variations for Piano
Sinfonia and Fugato for piano (from Variations for Piano)
Sonata for Violin and Piano
1953 Variations for Harp
Psalm 13 for women’s chorus, baritone solo and piano or organ
1956 A Guide to the Life Expectancy of a Rose for soprano, tenor, and chamber ensemble (flute, violin, cello, clarinet, and harp)
1957 String Quartet
1959 Valedictions for chorus, soprano, tenor, and ten instruments
1960 Alcestis for orchestra with piano and harp
1961 Duo for Flute and Viola
Fantasy for Cello and Piano
1962 Morning for mixed chorus, narrator, and piano or organ
1963 The Confession for soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, and piano
1964 Melos for double bass
Song of Persephone for Solo Viola
Dreamscape for percussion ensemble, 3 flutes, cello, piano, and lawnmower
1965 My Son, My Enemy for string quartet, piano, and percussion
Concertino for Piano and Percussion Ensemble for piano, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, 3 tom-toms, and timpani
1966 Four Piano Pieces (1966)
Chamber Concerto for Cello and Six Instruments for solo cello, oboe, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
1967 Quintet for String Trio, Trumpet and Harp
1969 Paean for brass ensemble (six trumpets, six trombones), female chorus, and narrator (tenor)
1971 Two Neruda Poems for mezzo-soprano and piano
Sounds of the Nightingale for soprano, women’s chorus, and chamber orchestra
1972 Concerto for Piano Strings and Percussion (One Performer)
Missa Brevis for Four Cellos and Taped Voice
1973 The Flicker for flute
1975 Teisho for eight solo singers or small chorus and string quartet
1976 Sonnets for Baritone and Orchestra
Meeting for Equal Rights 1866, a Cantata for Chorus, Orchestra, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Narrator
Romantic Ode for string orchestra with solo violin, viola and cello
The Nightingale for mezzo soprano, accompanying herself on percussion
1977 The Women in the Garden for five singers and nine instruments (chamber opera)
Three Buddhist Evocations for violin and piano(a version of Teisho)
1978 Quartet for Brass
Momenti for piano
1979 For a Bust of Eric Satie for soprano, mezzo soprano, narrator, and chamber ensemble (flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, cello, and double bass)
Nightingales-Motet for Six Instruments for flute, oboe, violin, 2 violas, and double bass
Lieder for Viola and Piano
1980 Music for Flute, Oboe, and Cello
Oda a las Ranas (1980) for women’s chorus, flute, oboe, cello and percussion
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1980)
1981 Gertrude and Virginia for soprano, mezzo soprano, clarinet, piano, double bass, and percussion (2 players)
1982 Drama for Orchestra 4*4*4*4*, 6421, bass trombone (1), timpani, percussion(3), piano, harp, strings
Double Variations for piano
Toccatina for piano
1983 Canticles for Jerusalem for mezzo- soprano and piano
1984 Ode to Henry Purcell for soprano and string quartet
Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano
Poetic Fires for large orchestra
1985 A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day for chorus, string orchestra, and two trumpets
Aegean Suite for piano
1986 Inscriptions for two voices and piano
Toccatas and Arias for Harpsichord
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
1987 Ma’s In Orbit for violin, double-bass, percussion, and piano
Emily’s Images for flute and piano
Dancing Winds for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon)
In Memoriam: George Finckel for four cellos or multiples thereof
Light in Spring Poplars for mixed chorus, soprano, viola, and piano
Toccatas and Arias for Piano
After the Tradition (1987) for orchestra 2*2*22*, 2110, timpani, percussion (1), strings
The Human Mind (1987) for voice and piano
1988 The Garden of Live Flowers for soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano
Five Victorian Songs for soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, and cello
L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes for piano, clarinet, bass, percussion
Asphodel for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, and piano
The Triple Goddess (1988) for concert band
1989 Discourse of Goatherds for bass or tenor trombone
Madrigali Spirituali for trumpet and string quartet
Songs and Arias for French horn, violin, and cello
1990 Portal for violin and piano
1991 Songs of Love and War for soprano and chamber ensemble (violin, oboe, bassoon, percussion, and piano)
Canciones y Danzas for guitar, flute, and cello
Hymns for two pianos, French horn, and violoncello
Four Victorian Songs for piano and voice (arrangement of Five Victorian Songs)
1993 Canticles from the Other Side of the River for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, and piano
1994 Memoirs of Uliana Rooney for soprano, two baritones, two female voices as chorus, and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion) (chamber opera)


Vivian Fine Biography

A selected discography

Comments on Vivian Fine (selected quotations)

Two published interviews with Vivian Fine