Composer

John Harbison

American composer

b. 1938

95 works and musical collections

Born: 1938
Birthplace: Orange
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

John Harbison — American composer. John Harbison was born in 1938 in Orange. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.

Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; conductor; university teacher
Education: Harvard University; Eliot House
Career institutions / employers: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters; American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Notable works: Mottetti di Montale; Odysseus
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Rome Prize; Pulitzer Prize for Music; Arts and Letters Award in Music; Heinz Award
VIAF ID: 88565365
ISNI: 0000000078398160
GND ID: 11945615X
Library of Congress ID: n81047961
MusicBrainz ID: 395b38fd-2bba-47c3-82fb-d01ec7726316

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Voice, Piano, Choir, A Cappella, Clarinet
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Sleepsong/Baseline Ballad	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Where Did You Go? (J.Harbison)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
I'm Leavin' It All to You (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Remember the Old Days (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
It Happens Every Day	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dreaming of You (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
I'm Remembering a Night in Rio	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Could End Up Loving You Tonight (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Cool (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Big Orange Moon	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
In Old Berlin	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
So Many Other Things	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Songs America Loves To Sing	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Aria: the Finale & Epilogue (Variation 15)	See work details	Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
String Quartet No. 3	See work details	violin	View sheet music Work & edition details
Kind of in Love (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Blowing A Bundle On You (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
What to Say	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
I'm In Your Hands	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
To Be With You	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Green Light	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio No. 2	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto For Bass Viol And Orchestra	See work details	Double Bass	View sheet music Work & edition details
By the Shore (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Can't Believe It (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Who Can Say? (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
O Magnum Misterium (Short Setting)	See work details	A Cappella	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerning Them Which Are Asleep	See work details	A Cappella	View sheet music Work & edition details
Talk To Me	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Round The Bend	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
At Quarter After	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Like Spring	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Same title as publication	See work details	Piano Cello Oboe 2 more instruments violin Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
Don't Go, Don't Go (J.Harbison)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
All I Was Doing Was Breathing	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Saturday Night to-Do (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Strange (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book II: III. 'Dear, My Compass...'	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Piano Concerto (Harbison J)	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ah! Sun-flower	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Devine Image	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
This Love	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
So Long	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Told You So	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sweet Pretty Baby (Douce Dame Jolie)	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Waitin' for Someone	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
In Over My Head	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Christmas Again	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 88565365.