The following is a list of compositions by

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

Works for the Philip Glass Ensemble

* ''600 Lines'' (1967) * ''How Now'' for ensemble (also for piano, 1968) * ''Music in Fifths'' (1969) * ''Music in Similar Motion'' (1969) * ''Music with Changing Parts'' (1970, recorded 1973) * '' Music in Twelve Parts'' (1971–1974) * ''Another Look at Harmony'', Parts 1 and 2 (1975) * ''North Star'' (1977) * ''Dance'' (Dance 1, 3 and 5, 1979, with

Lucinda Childs Lucinda Childs (born June 26, 1940) is an American postmodern dancer/ choreographer and actress. Her compositions are known for their minimalistic movements yet complex transitions. Childs is most famous for being able to turn the slightest mov ...

and

Sol LeWitt Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he pref ...

) * ''

Glassworks Glass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. It has been done in a variety of ways during the history of glass. Glass container ...

'' (1981) * ''A Descent into the Maelstrom'' (based on the short story by

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...

, 1985) * ''Orion'' (2004) * ''Los Paisajes del Rio'' (2008)

Operas

* ''

Einstein on the Beach ''Einstein on the Beach'' is an opera in four acts composed by Philip Glass and directed by theatrical producer Robert Wilson, who also collaborated with Glass on the work's libretto. The opera eschews traditional narrative in favor of a formali ...

'' for the

Philip Glass Ensemble The Philip Glass Ensemble is an American musical group founded by composer Philip Glass in 1968 to serve as a performance outlet for his experimental minimalist music. The ensemble continues to perform and record to this day, under the musical d ...

(1975–1976, with Robert Wilson) * ''

Satyagraha Satyagraha ( sa, सत्याग्रह; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone w ...

'' (1978–1979, premiered in 1980, libretto by Constance DeJong) * '' Akhnaten'' (1983, libretto by Philip Glass and Shalom Goldman) * '' The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down'', Act V – The Rome Section (1983, with Robert Wilson, libretto by Robert Wilson and Maita di Niscemi, including texts by

Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (; 65 AD), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca was born in ...

) * ''

The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 ''The Making of the Representative for Planet 8'' is a 1982 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing. It is the fourth book in her five-book ''Canopus in Argos'' series and relates the fate of a planet, under the care of the benevolent galactic e ...

'' (1985–1986, premiered in 1988, libretto by

Doris Lessing Doris May Lessing (; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British-Zimbabwean novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remain ...

, after her fourth novel from ''

Canopus in Argos ''Canopus in Argos: Archives'' is a sequence of five science fiction novels by Nobel laureate author Doris Lessing, which portray a number of societies at different stages of development, over a great period of time. The focus is on accelerate ...

'') * '' The Voyage'' (1990, premiered in 1992, libretto by

David Henry Hwang David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays '' FOB'', '' Golden Child'', and '' Yellow ...

) * '' White Raven'' (1991, premiered as ''O Corvo Branco'' in 1998, with Robert Wilson, libretto by Luísa Costa Gomes) * ''The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five'' (1997, libretto by Doris Lessing, after her second novel from ''

'') * ''

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...

'' (2002, libretto by

Mary Zimmerman Mary Zimmerman (born August 23, 1960) is an American theatre and opera director and playwright from Nebraska. She is an ensemble member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company, the Manilow Resident Director at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinoi ...

and

Arnold Weinstein Arnold Weinstein (June 10, 1927 – September 4, 2005) was an American poet, playwright, and librettist, who referred to himself as a "theatre poet". Weinstein is best known for his collaborations with composer William Bolcom, including the ope ...

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Waiting for the Barbarians ''Waiting for the Barbarians'' is a novel by the South African writer J. M. Coetzee. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series ''Great Books of the 20th Century'' and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffr ...

'' for voices, chorus and orchestra (2005, after the

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ...

) * '' Appomattox'' (2007, libretto by

Christopher Hampton Sir Christopher James Hampton ( Horta, Azores, 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' based on the novel of the same name and the film ...

) * ''

Kepler Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws o ...

'' (2009, libretto by Martina Winkel, including texts by

Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws ...

and

Andreas Gryphius Andreas Gryphius (german: Andreas Greif; 2 October 161616 July 1664) was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque ...

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The Perfect American ''The Perfect American'' is an opera in two acts composed in 2011–12 by Philip Glass. It is an adaptation of the Peter Stephan Jungk novel, ', a fictional work that re-imagines Walt Disney in his later years as a power-hungry racist. It was co ...

'' (2011, based on the book about

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

Peter Stephan Jungk Peter Stephan Jungk (born December 19, 1952, in Santa Monica, California) is an American German-speaking novelist. Life Jungk is the son of futurologist Robert Jungk. He grew up in the United States and after 1957 in Vienna. From 1968 to 1970 he ...

, premiered at the

Teatro Real The Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) is an opera house in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de Oriente, opposite the Royal Palace of Madrid, Royal Palace, and known colloquially as ''El Real'', it is considered the top institution of the performing a ...

, Madrid, on January 22, 2013) *''Spuren der Verirrten'' (The Lost) (2013, Libretto in German adapted by Rainer Mennicken after the play ''Spuren der Verirrten'' by

Peter Handke Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored t ...

, premiered 12 April 2013 at the , Austria) *''Circus Days and Nights'' (2021. Librettists David Henry Hwang and circus director Tilde Björfors based on a collection of poems by American poet

Robert Lax Robert Lax (November 30, 1915 – September 26, 2000) was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt. After a long period of drif ...

. Premiered on Malmö Opera‘s main stage with live music to a live audience and livestreamed worldwide May 29, 2021, thru June 13, 2021.)

Chamber operas, music theatre

* ''A Madrigal Opera'' for six voices, violin and viola (1980) * ''

The Photographer ''The Photographer'' is a three-part mixed media performance accompanied by music (also sometimes referred to as a chamber opera) by composer Philip Glass. The libretto is based on the life and homicide trial of 19th-century English photographer ...

'' for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1982, based on the life of

Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge (; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first ...

) * '' The Juniper Tree'' (1984, with

Robert Moran Robert Moran (born January 8, 1937) is an American composer of operas and ballets as well as numerous orchestral, vocal, chamber and dance works. Life A native of Denver, Moran studied twelve-tone music privately with Hans Apostel in Vienna an ...

, libretto by Arthur Yorinks) * ''

The Fall of the House of Usher "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in ''Burton's Gentleman's Magazine'', then included in the collection ''Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'' in 1840. The short story ...

'' (libretto by Arthur Yorinks after the

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

, 1987) * ''

1000 Airplanes on the Roof ''1000 Airplanes on the Roof'' is a melodrama in one act by Philip Glass which featured text by David Henry Hwang and projections by Jerome Sirlin. It is described by Glass as "a science fiction music drama". The work was commissioned by the D ...

'' for voice and ensemble (text by

, 1988) * ''

Hydrogen Jukebox ''Hydrogen Jukebox'' is a 1990 chamber opera featuring the music of Philip Glass and the work of beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Its name is taken from a phrase coined by Ginsberg, from his 1955 poem Howl. History Of the project, Glass said: In ...

'' for voices and ensemble (

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

, 1990) * '' Orphée'' for voices and

chamber orchestra Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numbe ...

(1991, after

the film The Film is a 2005 Indian thriller film directed by Junaid Memon also produced along with Amitabh Bhattacharya. The film stars Mahima Chaudhry, Khalid Siddiqui, Ananya Khare, Chahat Khanna, Ravi Gossain, Vaibhav Jhalani and Vivek Madan in lea ...

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the su ...

and premiered in 1993) * '' La Belle et la Bête'' for voices and the Philip Glass Ensemble or chamber orchestra (1994, after

by Jean Cocteau) * '' Les Enfants terribles'' (1996), Dance Opera for voices and three pianos (1996, after

's 1929 novel and the 1950 film by

Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are ''Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956), '' Le Doulos'' (1962), ''Le Samouraï'' (196 ...

) * ''The Witches of Venice'', children's opera-ballet (1997) * ''

Monsters of Grace ''Monsters of Grace'' is a multimedia chamber opera in 13 short acts directed by Robert Wilson, with music by Philip Glass and libretto from the works of 13th-century Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi. The title is said to be a reference to Wilson's ...

'',

chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...

for the

(1998, with 3D digital footage directed by Robert Wilson, libretto from works of

Jalaluddin Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

) * ''

In the Penal Colony "In the Penal Colony" ("") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the ...

'' for voices and string quintet (2000, libretto after the short story by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

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The Sound of a Voice ''The Sound of a Voice'' is a 1983 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's fifth play, it is an original ghost story inspired by Japanese folk stories, films, and Noh theater. The play was first produced as part of the production ''S ...

'' for voices and chamber ensemble including a

pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rang ...

(2003, libretto by

) * ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' (german: Der Process, link=no, previously , and ) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and pr ...

'' (2014, for voices and chamber orchestra; libretto by Christopher Hampton, based on the

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Works for solo piano or electric organ

* ''How Now'' for piano or electric organ (1968) * ''Two Pages'' for piano or electric organ (1968) * ''Music in Contrary Motion'' for electric organ (1969) * ''Another Look at Harmony, Part 3'' for electric organ (1975) * ''Knee Play 4'' for piano (1975, from ''Einstein on the Beach'') * ''Modern Love Waltz'' for piano (piano version of ''Fourth Series, Part Three'', 1978) * ''Mad Rush'' for piano or electric organ (originally ''Fourth Series, Part Four'', 1979) * ''Opening'' for piano (1981, from ''Glassworks'') * ''The Olympian'' for piano (1984) * Cadenza for

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

's Piano Concerto No. 21 (K. 467, 1786) (1987) * ''Wichita Vortex Sutra'' for piano (1988, later included in ''Hydrogen Jukebox'') * ''Metamorphosis'' for piano (1988, see album '' Solo Piano'') * ''The French Lieutenant Sleeps'' from ''The Screens'' for piano (1989) * ''Night on the Balcony'' from ''The Screens'' for piano (or

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

, 1989) * ''Tesra'' for piano (1993) * ''12 Pieces for Ballet'' for piano (1993) * ''Etudes'' for piano, Volume 1 (1994–1995) * ''The Joyful Moment'' for piano (1998) * ''Truman Sleeps'' (1998, from the film ''

The Truman Show ''The Truman Show'' is a 1998 American psychological satirical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir, produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, and Adam Schroeder, and written by Niccol. The film stars Jim Carrey as Truma ...

'') * ''Dreaming Awake'' for piano (2003, written and recorded by Glass as a benefit for Jewel Heart) * ''A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close'', two movements for piano (2005, Etudes 11 and 12 of Volume 2) * ''Etudes'' for piano, Volume 2 (2012) * ''Distant Figure – Passacaglia'' (2017) * ''First Piano Sonata'' (2019)

Works for solo piano, arranged by others from various sources

* ''Trilogy

Sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

'' for piano (1975/1979/1983, from ''Einstein'', ''Sathyagraha'' and ''Akhnaten'', arranged by Paul Barnes in 2001) * ''Closing from "Mishima"'' for piano (1984, transcribed by

Michael Riesman Michael Riesman is a composer, conductor, keyboardist, and record producer, best known as Music Director of the Philip Glass Ensemble and conductor of nearly all of Glass' film scores. Biography Michael Riesman studied composition with Peter Stea ...

) * ''Anima Mundi'' for piano (1991, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''Selections from "A Brief History of Time"'' for piano (1991, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''The Orphée Suite'' for piano (1991, transcribed by Paul Barnes in 2000) * ''Candyman: Helen's Theme and more'' for piano (1992, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * Overture from ''La Belle et la Bête'' for piano (1994, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''Jenipapo: No. 14'' for piano (1995, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''Epilogue from Monsters of Grace'' for piano (1998, transcribed by Paul Barnes in 2001) * ''Dracula'' for piano (1998, transcribed by Michael Riesman in 2007) * ''Naqoyqatsi: Primacy of Number'' for piano (2002, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''The Fog of War'' for piano (2002, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''Music from the Hours'' for piano (2002/2003, transcribed by Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly) * Concerto No. 2 "After Lewis and Clark" for piano (2004, transcribed by Paul Barnes) * ''Neverwas Set'' for piano (2005, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''"Life in the Mountains" from "The Illusionist"'' for piano (2006, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''Notes on Scandal: I knew her'' for piano (2006, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''No Reservations Combine'' for piano (2007, transcribed by Michael Riesman) * ''Prophecies from Koyaanisqatsi'' for piano (2015, transcribed by

Anton Batagov Anton Batagov (born October 10, 1965) is a Russian pianist and post-minimalist composer. "One of the most significant and unusual figures of Russian contemporary music", according to 'Newsweek's Russian edition in 1997, Batagov is an influential ...

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Works for two or more pianos

* ''In Again Out Again'' for two pianos (1967) * ''Six Scenes from Les Enfants Terribles'' for two pianos (1996, transcribed by Maki Namekawa and

Dennis Russell Davies Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist, He is currently the music director and chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic. Biography Davies studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard Sch ...

) * ''Four Movements for Two Pianos'' (2008) * ''Two Movements for Four Pianos'' (2013)

String quartets

* String Quartet No. 1 (1966) * String Quartet No. 2 ''Company'' (1984, composed for a dramatization of

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's novella) * String Quartet No. 3 ''Mishima'' (1985) * String Quartet No. 4 ''Buczak'' (1989, dedicated to Brian Buczak and commissioned by

Geoffrey Hendricks Geoffrey Hendricks (July 30, 1931 in Littleton, New Hampshire – May 12, 2018) was an American artist associated with Fluxus since the mid 1960s. He was professor emeritus of art at Rutgers University, where he taught from 1956 to 2003 and was ass ...

) * String Quartet No. 5 (1991) * ''Bent'' for String Quartet (1997) * ''Dracula'' for string quartet (or piano and string quartet) (1998, music for the 1931 film) * String Quartet No. 6 (2013) * String Quartet No. 7 (2014) * String Quartet No. 8 (2018) * King Lear (music for the Broadway production)(2019)

Chamber music (other than string quartets)

* Brass Sextet (1962–1964) * ''Play'' for two saxophones (1965, music for Samuel Beckett's play) * ''Music for Ensemble and Two Actresses'' for wind sextet and two speakers (1965) * ''Head On'' for violin, cello and piano (1967) * ''Music in the Shape of a Square'' for two flutes (1967) * ''Two Down'' for two saxophones (1967) * ''Best Out of Three'' for three clarinets (1968) * ''Music in Eight Parts'' for two soprano saxophones, viola, cello and three electric organs (1969) * ''Fourth Series Part Three'' for violin and clarinet (1978) * ''Opening'' from ''Glassworks'' for piano, cello and percussion (1981) * ''Façades'', for two saxophones (or flute and clarinet) and string ensemble (1981) * ''Prelude to

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and

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(1984, for the play by

) * ''Music from The Screens'' for chamber ensemble (1989/1991, from a collaboration with Foday Musa Suso) * ''Passages'' for chamber ensemble (1990, from a collaboration with

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

) * ''The Orchard'' (from ''The Screens'') for cello and piano (plus optional percussion) (1989) * ''Love Divided By'' for flute and piano (1992) * ''In the Summer House'' for violin and cello (1993, music for the play by

Jane Bowles Jane Bowles (; born Jane Sydney Auer; February 22, 1917 – May 4, 1973) was an American writer and playwright. Early life Born into a Jewish family in New York City on February 22, 1917, to Sydney Auer (father) and Claire Stajer (mother), Jane ...

) * Saxophone Quartet (1995; also orchestral version, see ') * ''Tissues'' (from ''Naqoyqatsi'') for cello, percussion and piano (2002) * ''Taoist Sacred Dance'' for piano and flute (2003) * ''Music from The Sound of a Voice'' for

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, violin, cello and percussion (2003) * Sonata for Violin and Piano (2008) * ''Pendulum'', movement for violin and piano (2010) * Duos for violin and cello (2010–11, arranged from Double Concerto for Violin and Cello) * ''Annunciation'', piano quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and piano (2018) * ''Perpetulum'', percussion quartet (2019)

Chamber music (other than string quartets), arranged by others

* ''The Windcatcher'' for saxophone sextet (1992/2002, arranged from 'Love Divided By' by

Nico Muhly Nico Asher Muhly (; born August 26, 1981) is an American contemporary classical music composer and arranger who has worked and recorded with both classical and pop musicians. A prolific composer, he has composed for many notable symphony orchestras ...

) * String Sextet (1995/2009, adapted from Symphony No.3 by Michael Riesman)

Works for solo instruments (other than piano)

* ''Strung Out'' for amplified violin (1967) * ''Gradus'' for soprano saxophone (1968) * ''Arabesque in Memoriam'' for flute (1988) * ''France'' from ''The Screens'' for violin (1989) * ''Melodies'' for saxophone (1995) * ''Songs and Poems No. 1 for Solo Cello'' (2005–2007) * ''Songs and Poems No. 2 for Solo Cello'' (2010) * ''Partita for Solo Violin'' (2010–2011) * ''Orbit'' for solo cello, for

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and

Lil Buck Charles "Lil Buck" Riley (born May 25, 1988) is an American dancer, actor and model from Memphis, Tennessee who specializes in a style of street dance called jookin. He gained popularity after director Spike Jonze used his cell phone to record ...

, April 2, 2013,

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, Manhattan * ''Partita for Solo Double Bass (The Not Doings of an Insomniac)'' (2015)

Symphonies

* Symphony No. 1 (1992) based on ''

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David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

* Symphony No. 2 (1994) * Symphony No. 3 (1995) for string orchestra * Symphony No. 4 (1996) based on '' "Heroes"'' by David Bowie * Symphony No. 5 (1999) ''Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya'' for soloists, chorus and orchestra * Symphony No. 6 (2002) '' Plutonian Ode'' for soprano and orchestra * Symphony No. 7 (2005) ''

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'' for chorus and orchestra * Symphony No. 8 (2005) * Symphony No. 9 (2011) * Symphony No. 10 (2012) * Symphony No. 11 (2017) * Symphony No. 12 (2019) based on '' Lodger'' by David Bowie * Symphony No. 13 (2022) * Symphony No. 14 (2021) ''Liechtenstein Suite'' for string orchestra

Other works for orchestra

* ''Piece for Chamber Orchestra'' (1965) * ''Music in Similar Motion'' for chamber orchestra (1969, orch. in 1981) * ''Company'' for string orchestra (1983; orchestral version of String Quartet No. 2 ''Company'' (1983), see ''String quartets'') * ''Glass Pieces'' for orchestra (1983, orchestral versions of "Funeral" from ''Akhnaten'' and ''Floe'' and ''Facades'', for Jerome Robbins' ballet) * ''Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten'' for orchestra (1983) * ''the CIVIL warS – the Cologne Section'' for orchestra with optional mixed chorus (1984) * ''Two Interludes from the CIVIL warS – the Rome Section'' for orchestra (1984) * ''Runaway Horses from Mishima'' for string orchestra and harp (1985) * ''In the Upper Room'' for chamber orchestra (1986, music for

Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp (; born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. Fr ...

's dance piece) * ''Phaedra'' for string orchestra and percussion (1986) * '' The Light'', a Symphonic Portrait for orchestra (1987) * ''The Canyon'', a Dramatic Episode for orchestra (1988) * '' Passages'' for chamber orchestra (1990, a collaboration with Ravi Shankar) * ''Mechanical Ballet from The Voyage'' for orchestra (1990) * ''Suite from Orphée'' for chamber orchestra (1991, compiled by

The Knights ''The Knights'' ( grc, Ἱππεῖς ''Hippeîs''; Attic: ) was the fourth play written by Aristophanes, who is considered the master of an ancient form of drama known as Old Comedy. The play is a satire on the social and political life of clas ...

in 2013) * Concerto Grosso for chamber orchestra (1992) * ''Three Pieces from The Secret Agent'' for orchestra (1995) * ''Days and Nights in

Rocinha Rocinha (, ''little farm'') is the largest favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one ...

'', Dance for orchestra (1997) * ''DRA Fanfare'' for orchestra (1999) * ''Dancissimo'' for orchestra (2001) * ''Icarus at the Edge of Time'' for narrator and orchestra (2010) * ''Harmonium Mountain'' for orchestra (2011) * ''Black and White Scherzo'' for orchestra (2011, movement 6 of Symphony No.10) * ''Overture 2012'' for orchestra (2012) * ''King Lear Overture'' for orchestra (2019) * ''Alice'' ballet for orchestra (2022)

Works for orchestra, orchestrated by others

* ''Modern Love Waltz'' for chamber orchestra (1978, orch. by

in 1979) * ''The Thin Blue Line'' for string orchestra (1988, arr. by Michael Riesman) * Overture to ''La Belle et la Bête'' for string orchestra and piano (1994, arr. by Michael Riesman) * ''Life: A Journey Through Time'' in seven sections for orchestra (2006, orch. by Michael Riesman, from ''The Secret Agent'', ''Les Enfants Terribles'', ''Dracula'' and other works, for the visuals by ''Frans Lanting'') * Overture from ''La Belle et la Bête'' for string orchestra (2007, arr. by ) * ''Four Pieces from "Dracula"'' for string orchestra and piano (2007, arr. by Viktor Kopytko)

Other works for orchestra, with chorus and solo voices

* ''

Koyaanisqatsi ''Koyaanisqatsi'' (), also known as ''Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance'', is a 1982 American experimental film, experimental non-narrative film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by R ...

: Life out of balance'' for chorus, ensemble and orchestra (1982, performance version 2009) * ''The Olympian: Lighting of the Torch and Closing'' for orchestra and chorus (1984) * '' Itaipu'', a symphonic portrait for chorus and orchestra in four movements (1989) * ''Persephone (T.S.E.)'' for orchestra and chorus (1994, music for a theatre work by Robert Wilson) * ''Songs of

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'' for baritone and chamber orchestra (1997) * ''Psalm 126'' for orchestra and chorus (1998) * ''The Passion of

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

'' for chorus and orchestra (2006)

Concerti and other works for solo instruments and orchestra

For piano

* Piano Concerto No. 1 ''Tirol'', for piano and string orchestra (2000) * Piano Concerto No. 2 ''After

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'', for piano,

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, and orchestra (2004) * Piano Concerto No. 3, for piano and string orchestra (2017)

For violin

* Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 (1987) * ''Echorus'' for two violins and string orchestra (1995, version of the Etude No. 2 for piano) * Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, "The American Four Seasons" (2009)

For cello

* Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.1 (2001) * Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 ''Naqoyqatsi'' (2002/2012)

For harpsichord

* Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (2002)

For multiple soloists

* ''Facades'' for two saxophones (or flutes) and string orchestra (1981) * Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1995) *

Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra The Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra is a double timpani concerto written by Philip Glass in 2000. It is paired with the Cello Concerto on ''Vol. I'' of Glass' '' Concerto Project'', a set of eight concerti by the composer. A typic ...

(2000) * Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (2010) * Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (2015)

Works for solo instruments and orchestra, arranged or orchestrated by others

* ''Closing from "Glassworks"'' for piano and string orchestra (1981, arr. by Michael Riesman) * ''Passages'' for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1989, three movements arranged in 2001 by Dennis Russell Davies) * ''Dracula: Suite'' for string orchestra and piano (1998, arr. by Michael Riesman, 2007) * Suite from '' The Hours'' for piano, strings, harp and celeste (2002, arr. in 2003 by Michael Riesman of Glass's music for the film ''The Hours'') * ''Orphée Suite'' from the opera ''Orphée'' for flute, strings and percussion (2017, arr. by James Strauss) * ''Flute Concerto'' for flute and orchestra – transcription from Violin Concerto n. 1 (2017 arr. by James Strauss)

Vocal works

* ''Music for Voices'' (1970) * ''Habeve Song'' for soprano, clarinet and bassoon (1982) * ''

Songs from Liquid Days ''Songs from Liquid Days'' is a collection of songs composed by composer Philip Glass with lyrics by Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson. Glass began the project scoring lyrics by Byrne and then thought to collaborate with ad ...

'' for voices and ensemble (texts by

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Suzanne Vega Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter best known for her folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s, releasing four singles that entered the ...

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

and

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

, 1985) * ''De Cie'' for four voices (1988) * ''Ignorant Sky'', Song (1995, for

) * ''The Streets of Berlin'', Song (1997, for

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

) * ''Planctus'', Song for voice and piano (1997, for

Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first se ...

) * ''In the Night Kitchen'' for voices and chamber ensemble (2005, text by

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He became most widely known for his book ''Where the Wild Things Are'', first published in 1963.Turan, Kenneth (October 16, 200 ...

) * ''Book of Longing'' for solo voices and chamber ensemble (2007, texts by

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

)

Works for chorus

* ''Haze Gold'' for chorus (1962, text by

Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg ...

) * ''A Clear Midnight'' for chorus (early 1960s, text by

) * ''Spring Grass'' for chorus (early 1960s, text by

) * ''Another Look at Harmony, Part IV'' for chorus and organ (1977) * Three Songs for chorus a cappella (1984, texts by

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

and

Raymond Lévesque Raymond Lévesque (October 7, 1928 – February 15, 2021) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet from Quebec. One of the pioneers of the ''chansonnier'' tradition in Quebec, he was best known for writing " Quand les hommes vivront d'amour", on ...

)

Works for organ

* Dance No. 2 for organ (originally ''Fourth Series, Part Two'', 1978) * ''Dance No. 4'' for organ (1979) * Mad Rush for organ (originally ''Fourth Series Part Four'', 1979) * ''Voices'' for organ,

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and narrator (2001)

Music for the theatre

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for stage works: * ''

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'' (

, 1965) * ''The Red Horse Animation'' (

Lee Breuer Esser Leopold Breuer (February 6, 1937 – January 3, 2021) was an American playwright, theater director, academic, educator, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist. Breuer taught and directed on six continents. Career Breuer was a founding co-artistic ...

, 1968) * '' The Lost Ones'' (Beckett, 1975) * ''

Cascando ''Cascando'' is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in French in December 1961, subtitled ''Invention radiophonique pour musique et voix'', with music by the Franco-Romanian composer Marcel Mihalovici. It was first broadcast on France ...

'' (Beckett, 1975) * ''The Saint and the Football Player'' (Thibeau and Breuer, 1975) * ''Dressed Like an Egg'' (for

Mabou Mines Mabou Mines is an experimental theatre company founded in 1970 and based in New York City. Founding and history Mabou Mines was founded by David Warrilow, Lee Breuer, Ruth Maleczech, JoAnne Akalaitis, and Philip Glass, at the house of Akalaitis an ...

, 1977) * ''Cold Harbor'' (Dale Worsley and

Bill Raymond William Joseph Raymond (born September 9, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, theater and radio drama since the 1960s. Career He is featured in the second and fifth seasons of the HBO drama ''The Wire'' as "The Gree ...

, 1983) * ''

Company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...

'' (Beckett, 1984) * ''

Worstward Ho "Worstward Ho" is a prose piece by Samuel Beckett. Its title is a parody of Charles Kingsley's ''Westward Ho!''. Written in English in 1983, it is the penultimate novella by Beckett. Together with '' Company'' and ''Ill Seen Ill Said'', it was ...

'' (Beckett, 1986) * ''

The Screens ''The Screens'' (french: Les Paravents) is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. Its first few productions all used abridged versions, beginning with its world premiere under Hans Lietzau's direction in Berlin in May 1961.Dichy (1993, xxv) and ...

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, 1990, with

Foday Musa Suso Foday Musa Suso (born 9 December 1953, in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot. Griots are the oral historians a ...

) * ''

Cymbeline ''Cymbeline'' , also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in British Iron Age, Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerni ...

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, 1991) * '' Henry IV, Parts One and

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'' (Shakespeare, 1992) * ''In the Summer House'' (

, 1993) * ''

Woyzeck ''Woyzeck'' () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil Fr ...

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, 1993) * ''

The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then wen ...

'' (2001) * ''Beckett Shorts'' (Beckett, 2007) * ''

The Bacchae ''The Bacchae'' (; grc-gre, Βάκχαι, ''Bakchai''; also known as ''The Bacchantes'' ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. ...

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, 2008) * ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as a ...

'' (

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' ( ...

, 2016) * ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...

'' (

, 2019)

Dance scores

* ''Dance'' (1979, with

and

, see works Ensemble and Organ) * ''Glass Pieces'' (1983, for

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

, see orchestral works) * ''In the Upper Room'' (1986, for

, see orchestral works) * Music for ''Mysteries and What's So Funny'' (1991, for David Gordon) * ''Heroes Symphony'' (1996, short version of Symphony No. 4, for

)

Film and television scores

* ''

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Conrad Rooks Conrad Rooks (December 15, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri – December 27, 2011 in Massachusetts) was an American writer, director and producer most well known for his 1972 filmed adaptation of Hermann Hesse's novel '' Siddhartha''. Early lif ...

, 1966, music by Ravi Shankar, Glass as music supervisor) * ''

Inquiring Nuns ''Inquiring Nuns'' is a 1968 Kartemquin Films production directed by Gordon Quinn and Gerald Temaner. The documentary film features Sisters Marie Arne and Mary Campion, two young Catholic nuns who visit a variety of Chicago locales to ask people ...

'' (

Gordon Quinn Gordon Quinn is Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films and a 2007 recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 45 years and has produced or dire ...

, 1968) * '' North Star: Mark di Suvero, Sculptor'' (François de Menil and

Barbara Rose Barbara Ellen Rose (June 11, 1936December 25, 2020) was an American art historian, art critic, curator and college professor. Rose's criticism focused on 20th-century American art, particularly minimalism and abstract expressionism, as well as S ...

) (1977) * ''Sesame Street Cues'' (1979) SCAP Title Code: 498083802*

Godfrey Reggio Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films. Life Reggio was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to an old and distinguished Louisiana family descended from Francesco M. de Reggio, an Italian noblem ...

's trilogy ''

'' (1982), ''

Powaqqatsi ''Powaqqatsi'', also known as ''Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation'', is a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio's experimental 1982 film, ''Koyaanisqatsi''. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilog ...

'' (1988) and ''

Naqoyqatsi ''Naqoyqatsi'', also known as ''Naqoyqatsi: Life as War'', is a 2002 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and edited by Jon Kane, with music composed by Philip Glass. It is the third and final installment in the Qatsi trilogy. ...

'' (2002) * '' Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' (

Paul Schrader Paul Joseph Schrader (; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first received widespread recognition through his screenplay for Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). He later continued his collabo ...

, 1985) * ''

Hamburger Hill ''Hamburger Hill'' is a 1987 American war film set during the Battle of Hamburger Hill, a May 1969 assault during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) "Screaming Eagles" on a ri ...

'' (

John Irvin John Irvin (born 7 May 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's ''Tinker Tai ...

, 1987) * '' The Thin Blue Line'' (

Errol Morris Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of its subjects. In 2003, his documentary film '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara ...

, 1988) * ''

Mindwalk ''Mindwalk'' is a 1990 feature film directed by Bernt Capra, adapted from his short story based on '' The Turning Point'', a nonfiction book by physicist Fritjof Capra, his brother. Plot The film portrays a wide-ranging conversation among three ...

'' (Bernt Amadeus Capra, 1990) * ''

A Brief History of Time ''A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes'' is a book on theoretical cosmology by English physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers who had no prior knowledge of physics. I ...

'' (Errol Morris, 1991) (biopic based on Stephen Hawking's popular physics book) * ''

Anima Mundi The ''anima mundi'' (Greek: , ) or world soul is, according to several systems of thought, an intrinsic connection between all living beings, which relates to the world in much the same way as the soul is connected to the human body. Although ...

'' (

, 1992) * '' Candyman'' (Bernard Rose, 1992) (based on

Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the ''Books of Blood'', which established him as a leading h ...

's short story, ''The Forbidden'') * '' Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' (

Bill Condon William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American director and screenwriter. Condon is known for writing and/or directing numerous successful and acclaimed films including '' Gods and Monsters'', ''Chicago'', '' Kinsey'', ''Dreamgirls'', ' ...

, 1995) * ''Jenipapo'' (Monique Gardenberg, including a song written for

, 1995) * ''

The Secret Agent ''The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907.. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). ''The Secret Agent' ...

'' (

, 1996) * '' Bent'' (

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, 1997) * ''

Kundun ''Kundun'' is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. Te ...

'' (

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, 1997) (

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nomination) * ''

'' (

Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He's known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ''Gallipoli'' (1981), ''Witness ...

, 1998) (three original tracks, as well as material from ''Powaqqatsi'', ''Anima Mundi'' and ''Mishima'') * ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...

'' (1998) (re-release of

Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...

's 1931 film starring

Bela Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...

) * ''Shorts'' (

Michal Rovner Michal Rovner ( he, מיכל רובנר; born 1957), also known as Michal Rovner Hammer, is an Israeli contemporary artist, she is known for her video, photo, and cinema artwork. Rovner is internationally known with exhibitions at major museums, ...

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat ( fa, شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957 in Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and th ...

Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the ...

and

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, 2001) * ''The Baroness and the Pig'' (Michael Mackenzie, 2002) * '' The Hours'' (

Stephen Daldry Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received three ...

, 2002) (Academy Award nomination, BAFTA win) * ''

The Fog of War ''The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara'' is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfa ...

'' (Errol Morris, 2003) (an interview of

Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the Lis ...

, former U.S. Secretary of Defense) * '' Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry'' (2004) * ''

Secret Window ''Secret Window'' is a 2004 American psychological thriller film starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella ''Secret Window, Secret Garden'' by Stephen King, featuring a musical score ...

'' (

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, 2004) * '' Taking Lives'' (D.J. Caruso, 2004) * '' Undertow'' (

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, 2004) * ''

Neverwas ''Neverwas'' is a 2005 Canadian-American fantasy drama film, written and directed by Joshua Michael Stern in his directorial debut. It stars Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte, William Hurt, and Jessica Lange. It was first s ...

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, 2005) * ''Night Stalker'' (2005, theme music for the TV Series by

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) * ''

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'' ( Stephen Hopkins, 2006) (rejected) * ''Chaotic Harmony'' (Sat Chuen Hon, 2006) * ''

Roving Mars ''Roving Mars'' is a 2006 American IMAX documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Mars Exploration Rovers, ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity''. The film uses few actual photographs from Mars, opting to use computer generated ...

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, 2006) * '' The Illusionist'' (

Neil Burger Neil Norman Burger (born November 22, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary ''Interview with the Assassin'' (2002), the period drama '' The Illusionist'' (2006), '' Limitless'' (2011), and the sci-fi action film '' ...

, 2006) * '' A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash'' (2006) * ''

Notes on a Scandal ''Notes on a Scandal'' (''What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal'' in the U.S.) is a 2003 novel by Zoë Heller. It is about a female teacher at a London comprehensive school who begins an affair with an minor (law), underage pupil. Heller sai ...

'' (2006) (Academy Award nomination) * '' No Reservations'' (Scott Hicks, 2007) * ''

Cassandra's Dream ''Cassandra's Dream'' is a 2007 thriller drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Filmed in the United Kingdom, it was released in 2007 in Europe and in January 2008 in the United States. It was developed as a British-French-American co-p ...

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, 2007) * ' (Laurent Charbonnier, 2007) * ''

Transcendent Man ''Transcendent Man'' is a 2009 documentary film by American filmmaker Barry Ptolemy about inventor, futurist and author Ray Kurzweil and his predictions about the future of technology in his 2005 book, '' The Singularity is Near''. In the film, ...

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, 2009) * ''Rebirth'' (Jim Whitaker, 2010) * ''Mr. Nice'' (Bernard Rose, 2010) * ''

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'' (Wagner de Assis, 2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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, 2011) * ''They Were There'' (Errol Morris, 2011) * ''

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, 2017) * ''

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Arrangements

* ''Icct Hedral'' for orchestra (1995, from the electronic track by

Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...

) * ''Sound of Silence'' for piano (2005, from the song by

)

Other works

* ''One Plus One'' for amplified tabletop (1967) * ''Long Beach Island, Word Location'' (1969, sculpture, a collaboration with Richard Serra) * ''

The Late Great Johnny Ace "The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a song by Paul Simon, which appears on his 1983 '' Hearts and Bones'' album. History The song initially sings of the rhythm and blues singer Johnny Ace, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot injury in 1954. Folklore ...

'',

coda Coda or CODA may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Movie coda, a post-credits scene * ''Coda'' (1987 film), an Australian horror film about a serial killer, made for television *''Coda'', a 2017 American experimental film from Na ...

to the song from Paul Simon's ''

Hearts and Bones ''Hearts and Bones'' is the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was released in 1983 by Warner Bros. Records. Background The album was originally intended to be called ''Think Too Much'', but Mo Ostin, president ...

'' (1983) * ''Pink Noise'', acoustic installation (1987, with Richard Serra) * ''Brown Piano'', ''Martingala'', ''Double Rhythm'', ''Boogie Mood'', ''Sax'', ''Variation'': alarm bleeps for Swatch wristwatches (1994, some with

Jean-Michel Jarre Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanie ...

) * ''

Aguas da Amazonia is a 1993–99 musical composition by the American contemporary classical composer Philip Glass. Its first recording was performed by the Brazilian instrumental group Uakti. Originally composed as a dance score for a ballet company of Belo Ho ...

'' (arranged and performed by Uakti from ''12 Pieces for Ballet'', 1993/1999) * ''Spoleto Fanfare'' (2006), for

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Transcriptions

In 2012,

Lavinia Meijer Lavinia Meijer (born February 12, 1983) is a South Korean-born Dutch harpist.Lavinia Meijer
official site ...

, a Korean-born Dutch

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

ist, released the album ''Metamorphosis / The Hours'' with works from Philip Glass, transcribed for harp by Meijer and approved by Glass.

References

External links

Alphabetical list of Philip Glass' works on his website
* {{Portal bar, Classical music Glass, Philip

Works for the Philip Glass Ensemble

Operas

Chamber operas, music theatre

Works for solo piano or electric organ

Works for solo piano, arranged by others from various sources

Works for two or more pianos

String quartets

Chamber music (other than string quartets)

Chamber music (other than string quartets), arranged by others

Works for solo instruments (other than piano)

Symphonies

Other works for orchestra

Works for orchestra, orchestrated by others

Other works for orchestra, with chorus and solo voices

Concerti and other works for solo instruments and orchestra

For piano

For violin

For cello

For harpsichord

For multiple soloists

Works for solo instruments and orchestra, arranged or orchestrated by others

Vocal works

Works for chorus

Works for organ

Music for the theatre

Dance scores

Film and television scores

Arrangements

Other works

Transcriptions

References

Further reading

External links