This list is a copy from the one included in the book Music by Philip Glass written by Philip Glass.
1965
Music for Play (Beckett). For two soprano saxophones.
Music for Ensemble and Two Actresses. For wind Sextet and two speakers.
Piece for Chamber Orchestra
1966
String Quartet
1967
Strung Out. For solo amplified violin.
Music in the Shape of a Square. For two flutes
In Again Out Again. For two pianos.
One plus one. For amplified tabletop.
1968
Two Pages. For electric keyboards (later, PGE)
Music for the Red Horse Animation (Breuer). For the Mabou Mines Theater.
Grradus. For solo soprano saxophone.
How Now. For piano or ensemble.
1969
Music in Contrary Motion. PGE.
Music in Fifths. PGE
Music in Similar Motion. PGE.
Music in Eight Parts. PGE.
1970
Music for Voices. For the Mabou Mines Theater.
Music with Changing Parts. PGE.
1971-1974
Music in Twelve Parts. PGE.
1975
Another Look at Harmony, Parts One & Two. PGE.
Music for The Lost Ones (Beckett). For the Mabou Mines Theater.
Music for The Saint and the Football Player (Thibeau & Breuer). For the Mabou Mines Theater.
1975-1976
Einstein on the Beach,opera in four acts. For PGE, vocal soloists
and chorus. Created with Robert Wilson.
1977
Dressed Like an Egg (Akalaittis; based on writing of Colette). For the Mabou Mines Theter.
Forth Series Part One. For chorus and organ. Comissioned jointly bt the Holland Festival and Festival Saint-Denis (Paris)
North Star. Music for the documentary film Mark Di Duvero, Sculptro by Francois de Menil and Barbara Rose.
1978
Fourth Series Part Two. For solo organ same as Dance #2 from Dance, see listing for 1979.
Fourth Series Part Three. For violin and clarinet. Written for the radio adaptation of Constance DeJong's novel Modern Love.
Modern Love Waltz. Written Constance DeJong's performance from her novel novel Modern Love. (A chamber ensemble arrangement of this was made by Robert Moran.)
1979
Fourth Series Part Four. For solo organ. Comissioned by Bremen Radio. (Later adapted by Lucinda Chlids for her dance company and renamed Mad Rush.)
Dance. PGE. In five parts combining film, live and recorded music. A collaboration with choreographer Lucinda hilds and sculptor/painter Sol LeWitt.
1980
Satyagraha, opera in three acts. For orchestra, chorus and soloists. Commisioned by the City of Rotterdam for the Netherlands Opera.
A Madrigal Opera. For six voice, violin and viola. Commissioned and presented at the Holland Festival, 1980.
1980
Music in Similar Motion. New orchestration for chamber orchestra.
Glassworks. Recording for the CBS Masterworks.
1982
Habeve Song. For soprano, clarinet and bassoon.
Koyaanisqatsi. For the Western Wind Ensemble, Albert de Ruiter (solo bass), chorus and Orchestra. A film produced and directed by Godfrey Reggio for the institute for Regional Education.
The Photographer. Originally for chamber orchestra, then PGE. A music theatre piece written with director/author Rob Malasch and commissioned by the Holland Festival, 1982.
1983
Akhnaten, opera in three acts. For orchestra, chorus and soloists. Commissioned by the Stuttgart State Opera.
the CICIL warS (Rome Section), opera with prologue and three Scenes. With Robert Wilson. Commissioned by the Rome Opera.
Music for Cold Harbor (Dale Worsley and Billy Raymond). Tape. For the Mabou Mines Theater.
Glass Pieces. For orchestra. Ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins for the New York City Ballet from existing music.
1984
Music for Company (Beckett) String quartet commissioned by the Mabou Mines Theater.
the CICIL warS (Cologne Section). With Robert Wilson. Commissioned by the Cologne State Opera.
Music for Mishima. Tape. A film written by Paul and Leonard Schrader; directed by Paul Schrader.
The Olympian. For chorus and orchestra. Commissioned by the 1984 Olympic committee for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
The Juniper Tree, opera in two acts for chamber orchestra, small chorus and soloists. Based on the tale by the Brothers Grimm, written with composer Robert Moran and author Arthur Yorinks. Commissioned by the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge,
Massachussets.
1985
Songs from Liquid Days, Song cycle recorded for CBS Masterworks, written with lyricists Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Paul Simon and Suzanne Vega.
A descent into the Maelstrom. PGE. Dance/theter work based on the story by Edgar Alla Poe, with writer/director Matther Maguire and choreographer Molissa Fenley. Commisioned for the Australian Dance Theater by the Adelaide Festival.
Mishima Quartet. For string quartet. Extracted from the Mishima film score.
1985-1986
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, opera in three acts, for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Written with author Doris Lessing and bases on her novel of the same name. Comissioned by the Houston Grand Opera.
1986
In the Upper Room. Tape. A dance work written for and comissioned by Twyla Tharp.
Phaedra. Tape. A ballet score based on the Mishima film music. Conceived and choreographed by Flemming Findt and comissioned by the Dallas Ballet.
1987
Pink Noise. A collaborative acoustic installation by Philip Glass and Richard Serra. For the Ohio State University Gallery of Fine Arts, Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Written for Paul Zukovsky and Deniis Rusell Davis. Comissioned by American Composers' Orchestra. Premiere: April 4, 1987, Carnegie Hall.
Cadenzas for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 (K. 467). Comissioned by Rudolph Firkusny.
The Light. Symphonic work. Comissioned by Michelson-Morley Centennial Celebrations for the Cleveland Orchestra; Christophg von Dohnanyi, Music Director.
Powaqqatsi. For large orchestra, children's choir and mixed ensembles. A film by Godfrey Reggio for the Institute of Regional Education.
The fall of the House of Usher. Chamber opera in two acts. Based on the Story by Edgar Allan Poe, libretto by Arthur Yorinks. Comissioned by the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachussets, and the Kentucky Opera Association.
1988
Music for A Thin Blue Line. Chamber orchestra. A film by Earl Morris.
Planet News. Solo piano music for the poet Allen Ginsberg.
A Thousand Airplanes, science fiction music drama. For the PGE and one actor. Written with autor David Hwang and artist Jerome Sirlin.
NOTE: The above list does not include a variety of samller pieces written for friends and informal occasions - works not mean for public use, usually not available apart from the original score, and not performed beyond the occasion for which they were intended.
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