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
All For You	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Years From Now	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
I'm Through	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Crazy For You	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Parlors	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Funny New Feeling (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book I: I. Ballad for Billie I	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book I: III. Breakfast Song	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book II: I. Ballad for Billie II	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Piano Quintet	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Two Emmanuel Motets Part I (Wherefore I Put Thee in Remembrance)	See work details	A Cappella	View sheet music Work & edition details
Two Emmanuel Motets Part II	See work details	A Cappella	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ave Verum Corpus	See work details	A Cappella	View sheet music Work & edition details
Summer	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Free	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Brazil	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
All At Once	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spring Took Me By Surprise	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Can't We See	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Eyes	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Parties	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Variations 1-15	See work details	Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
But Mary Stood	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Clouds	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
It's True,I Went To The Market	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Why Mira Can't Go Back To House	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
I'm Doing Fine (Harbison/Horwitz)	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book I: II. Late Air	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book II: II. Song	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Milosz Songs	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Introduction	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Earth's Answer	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Voice Of The Ancient Bard	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
GREEN LIGHT, THE	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
On an Unwritten Letter	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ave Maria	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasy-duo	See work details	violin	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Clouds	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Why Mira Can't Go Back To Her Old House	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mottetti Di Montale	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Music When Soft Voices Die	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Quintet For Winds	See work details	Flute Bassoon Horn 1 more instruments Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
San Antonio Sonata	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata For Oboe, Cor Anglais And Bassoon	See work details	Oboe Bassoon	View sheet music Work & edition details
Twilight Music	See work details	violin Horn	View sheet music Work & edition details
Piano Sonata No.2	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.