1937– · American

Glass, Philip

The most commercially successful minimalist composer, whose operas Einstein on the Beach and Akhnaten and the film score Koyaanisqatsi have reached millions worldwide.

Opera (11)

EinsteinBeach
Einstein on the Beach (opera)1975–76
Satyagraha
Satyagraha (opera)1979
Akhnaten
Akhnaten (opera)1983
Orphee
Orphée (opera)1993
TheVoyage
The Voyage (opera)
Galileo
Galileo Galilei (opera)
WaitingBarb
Waiting for the Barbarians (opera)
InPenalCol
In the Penal Colony (chamber opera)
TheTrial
The Trial (opera)
MakingRep
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (opera)
Marriages
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (opera)

Symphony (12)

Sym1
Symphony No. 1 'Low' (after Bowie/Eno)1992
Sym3
Symphony No. 31995
Sym5
Symphony No. 5 'Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya'1999
Sym8
Symphony No. 82005
Sym2
Symphony No. 21994
Sym4
Symphony No. 4 'Heroes'1996
Sym6
Symphony No. 6 "Plutonian Ode"
Sym7
Symphony No. 7 "Toltec"
Sym9
Symphony No. 9
Sym10
Symphony No. 10
Sym11
Symphony No. 11
Sym12
Symphony No. 12 "Lodger"

Violin Concerto (2)

ViolinConc1
Violin Concerto No. 11987
ViolinConc2
Violin Concerto No. 2 'American Four Seasons'2009

Piano Concerto (1)

PianoConc
Piano Concerto 'After Lewis & Clark'2004

Piano Piece (4)

EtudePiano
Études for Piano (10 études)1991–94
GlassworksPiano
Glassworks (piano and ensemble)1981
MetamorphPiano
Metamorphosis (5 pieces)1988
MadRush
Mad Rush (piano)

Minimalist Work (2)

MusicInFifths
Music in Fifths1969
MusicInSimilar
Music in Similar Motion1969

Film Score (2)

Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi (film score)1982
Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi (film score)1988

String Quartet (8)

StringQ2
String Quartet No. 21983
StringQ5
String Quartet No. 51991
StringQ3
String Quartet No. 3 'Mishima'1985
StringQ1
String Quartet No. 1
StringQ4
String Quartet No. 4 "Buczak"
StringQ7
String Quartet No. 7
StringQ8
String Quartet No. 8
StringQ9
String Quartet No. 9 "King Lear"

Song (1)

SongsLiquid
Songs from Liquid Days (voice and ensemble)

Concerto (5)

ConcFant
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
ConcSax
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
PianoConc2
Piano Concerto No. 2 "After Lewis & Clark"
PianoConc3
Piano Concerto No. 3
ViolinConc3
Violin Concerto No. 3 "Quasi una ciaccona"

Orchestral (3)

Kundun
Kundun (film score)
TheHours
The Hours (film score)
Mishima
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (film score)