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John Biggs: Chronology of compositions


PART 1: BY DATE & OPUS NUMBER
1955

Pastorale - opus 1
With rue my heart is laden - opus 2
1957
Woodwind Trio - opus 3
1958
Concerto for Oboe & String Orchestra - opus 4
Rounds for Brass - opus 5
1959
Credo - opus 6
Meditabor - opus 7
Meditation - opus 8
Theme and Variations - opus 9
Three Songs - on Poems of Leone Adams - opus 10
Triple Concerto - opus 11
Two Motets - opus 12
1960
Gloria (from Mass for 2 equal voices) - opus 13
Liturgical Sonata - opus 14
Scherzo - opus 15
Toot Suite - opus 16

1962
Four Hymns - opus 17
Silent Night - opus 18
The Thank You Round - opus 19
1963
Dialogue - opus 20
1964
Passacaglia - opus 21
Songs on Ancient Texts - opus 22
Symphony No. 1 - opus 23
Three Songs from Catullus - opus 24
Tre Canzoni - opus 25
1965
A Christmas Canticle - opus 26
Aria and Toccata - opus 27
1967
Concerto for Viola, Woodwinds, & Percussion - opus 28
Paul RevereŐs Ride - opus 29
1968
Foreground Music - opus 30
Hymn of Thanksgiving - opus 31
Invocation - opus 32
Something Spoken in the Night - opus 33
Studies in Texture - opus 34
1969
Birds - opus 35
Invention for Flute & Tape - opus 36
Invention for Piano & Tape - opus 37
1970
Beth Gelert - opus 38
Invention for Viola & Tape - opus 39
On the Brink - opus 40
When Love is Kind - opus 41
1971
Invention for Organ & Tape - opus 42
1972
Bon Jour, Mon Coeur - opus 43
Overture to a Puppet Show - opus 44
Two Chorales - opus 45
1973
Epitaph - opus 46
Invention for Cello & Tape - opus 47
1974-76
Three Sonatinas - opus 48
1975
Canticle of Life - opus 49
1976
Nocturne - opus 50
1977
Train - opus 51
Variations on a Theme of Shostakovich - opus 52
1978
Little Suite - opus 53
Love Songs in the Round - opus 54
1979
Nuages - opus 55
Soliloquy from Plante Earth - opus 56
1980
The One Minute March - opus 57
1981
American Folk Song Suite - opus 58
Twelve Little Etudes - opus 59
1982
Three Short Pieces - opus 60
1984
Carol for the birth of Christ - opus 61
Japanese Fables - opus 62
1985
Excursions - opus 63
Fantasy for Wind Octet - opus 64
Song from Mr. Wilde - opus 65
Songs of Laughter, Love, and Tears - opus 66
1986
Concert Suite - opus 67
Eccentricities - opus 68
Suite for Christmas Day - opus 69
1987
Canto sobre la muerte de Silvestre - opus 70
Concerto for Violin & Classical Orchestra - opus 71
Magnificat - opus 72
Saraband - opus 73
Song of Sorrow - opus 74
1988
Concerto for Orchestra - opus 75
1989
Down on the Farm - 76
Invention for Violin & Tape - opus 77
Two Russian Folk Songs - opus 78
1990
Celebration - opus 79
A Garland of Southern Song - opus 80
Mass for Our Time - opus 81
A Song for Chanukkah - opus 82
1991
Cantata Rustica - opus 83
Quartet for Strings - opus 84
Sea Lyrics - opus 85
Symphony No. 2 - opus 86
1992
Pastiche - opus 87
Three Preludes - opus 88
1993
Medieval Dance Suite - opus 89
Salutation - opus 90
1994
A Renaissance Bouquet - opus 91
The Web of Life - opus 92
1995
The Ballad of William Sycamore - opus 93
Medieval Dance Fantasy - opus 94
1996
Celestial Flame - opus 95
Concerto for Cello & Chamber Orchestra - opus 96
Fantasy on a theme of Rameau - opus 97
1997
Ave Vini Clari - opus 98
Bethlehem Down - opus 99
Pater Noster - opus 100
Songs for Baritone and Cello - opus 101
1998
Ernest Worthing - opus 102
1999
Sousaphernalia - opus 103
2000
HobsonŐs Choice - opus 104
2001
Black Waltz of a Gossiping Diva - opus 105
2002
States of Mind - opus 106
2003
Please donŐt rain on my tuba - opus 107
Soft Shoe - opus 108
2005
Meditations and Digressions - opus 109
This Tiny King - opus 110
2006
A Song, A Prayer, A Voyage - opus 111
2009
Cowboy Miniatures - opus 112
Cowboy Suite - opus 113
A Gentle Rain - opus 114
Two Songs (on poems of Perie Longo) - opus 115
2011
Double Reed Concerto - opus 116
2012
Sonata for Cello and Piano - opus 117
Summer's End - opus 118
2013
Hymn to the Nativity - opus 119
2015
Saraband, Fandango, & Quick Step - opus 120
A Jolly Wassail Bowl - opus 121
2017
Rondeau - opus 122
Remembrance - opus 123
Escapade - opus 124
2020
Fantasy on a theme of Al Jolson



PART 2: BY TITLE & DATE
American Folk Song Suite - 1981
Aria and Toccata - 1965
Ave Vini Clari - 1997
Ballade of William Sycamore - 1995
Beth Gelert - 1970
Bethlehem Down - 1997
Birds - 1969
Black Waltz of a Gossiping Diva - 2001
Bon Jour, Mon Coeur - 1972
Cantata Rustica - 1991
Canticle of Life - 1975
Canto sobre la muerte de Silvestre - 1987
Carol for the Birth of Christ - 1984
Celebration - 1990
Celestial Flame - 1996
A Christmas Canticle - 1965
Concerto for Cello & Chamb. Orch. - 1996
Concerto for Oboe - 1958
Concerto for Orchestra - 1988
Concerto for Viola - 1967
Concerto for Violin - 1987
Concert Suite - 1986
Cowboy Miniatures - 2009
Cowboy Suite - 2009
Credo - 1959
Dance Suite
Dialogue - 1963
Double Reed Concerto - 2011
Down on the Farm - 1989
Eccentricities - 1986
Epitaph - 1973
Ernest Worthing - 1998
Escapade - 2017
Excursions - 1985
Fantasy for Wind Octet - 1985
Fantasy on a theme of Al Jolson - 2020
Fantasy on a theme of Rameau - 1996
Foreground Music - 1968
Four Hymns - 1962
A Garland of Southern Song - 1990
A Gentle Rain - 2009
Gloria - 1960
HobsonŐs Choice - 2000
Hymn of Thanksgiving - 1968
Hymn to the Nativity - 2013
Invention for Cello & Tape - 1973
Invention for Flute & Tape - 1969
Invention for Organ & Tape - 1971
Invention for Piano & Tape - 1969
Invention for Tuba & Tape - 1985
Invention for Viola & Tape - 1970
Invention for Violin & Tape - 1989
Invocation - 1968
Japanese Fables - 1984
A Jolly Wassail Bowl - 2015
Little Suite - 1978
Liturgical Sonata - 1960
Love Songs in the Round - 1978
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - 1987
Mass for Our Time - 1990
Medieval Dance Fantasy - 1995
Medieval Dance Suite - 1993
Meditation - 1959
Meditations and Digressions - 2005
Meditabor - 1959
Nocturne - 1976
Nuages - 1979
The One Minute March - 1980
On the Brink - 1970
Overture to a Puppet Show - 1972
Passacaglia - 1964
Pastiche - 1992
Pastorale - 1955
Pater Noster - 1997
Paul RevereŐs Ride - 1967
Please donŐt rain on my tuba - 2003
Quartet for strings - 1991
Remembrance - 2017
A Renaissance Bouquet - 1994
Rounds for Brass - 1958
Rondeau - 2017
Salutation - 1993
Saraband - 1987
Saraband, Fandango, & Quick Step - 2015
Sea Lyrics - 1991
Scherzo - 1960
Silent Night - 1962
Soft Shoe - 2003
Soliloquy from Planet Earth - 1979
Something big as the sky - 1995
Something spoken in the night - 1968
Sonata for cello & piano - 2012
A Song, A Prayer, A Voyage - 2006
A Song for Chanukkah
Song from Mr. Wilde - 1985
A Song for Channukah - 1990
Song of Sorrow - 1987
Songs for Baritone & Cello - 1997
Songs of Laughter, Love, & Tears - 1985
Songs on Ancient Texts - 1964
Sousaphernalia - 1999
States of Mind - 2002
Studies in Texture - 1968
Suite for Christmas Day - 1986
Summer's End - 2012
Symphony No. 1 - 1964
Symphony No. 2 - 1991
The Thank You Round - 1962
Theme and Variations - 1959
This Tiny King - 2005
Three Preludes - 1992
Three Short Pieces - 1982
Three Sonatinas - 1974 - 75 - 76
Three Songs - 1959
Three Songs from Catullus - 1964
This Tiny King
Toot Suite - 1960
Train - 1977
Tre Canzoni - 1964
Triple Concerto - 1959
Twelve Little Etudes - 1981
Two Chorales - 1972
Two Motets - 1959
Two Russian Folk Songs - 1989
Two Songs (on poems of Perie Longo) - 2009
Variations on a theme of Shostakovich - 1977
The Web of Life - 1994
When Love is Kind - 1970
With rue my heart is laden - 1955
Woodwind Trio - 1957