Philip Glass

Score and part for Flute and Piano. Commissioned by Susan Charlotte.

Facades was originally written in 1981 to accompany a scene in the cult film 'Koyaanishqatsi'. The scene, of New York's Wall Street on a Sunday morning, was eventually cut from the film, but the title...

Taoist Sacred Dance is a work by Philip Glass for Flute and Piano. Dedicated to Sat Hon and the Ancient Taoist Practice Society, Inc, the work received its premiere on November 19th 2003 at Interfaith...

The Not-Doings of an Insomniac Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Colli...

Four arrangements for percussion quartet from the composer's composition that draws inspiration from the Amazon waters with tones of classical, new age and jazz. Third Coast Percussion is a Grammy-win...

The Windcatcher was originally written for Flute and Piano intended for an uncompleted short film project, and was later transcribed as this Saxophone Sextet arrangement. The set of parts for 2x Sopra...

In the past two decades years, American composer Philip Glass has become a prominent and unique figure in the international music world. Writing operas, orchestral and choral works and music for film,...

An instrumental movement by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. This short interlude is the second of five Knee Play pieces used to punctuate the Oper...

Violinist Maria Bachmann and pianist Jon Klibanoff premiered Philip Glass' three-movement work Sonata For Violin And Piano on February 28th 2009, at Whitaker Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The pi...

A movement from Einstein on the beach for solo soprano and organ.

An opera in four acts for ensemble, chorus and soloists in full score.

Remarkably for a work by Philip Glass, the Cello Concerto No 1, or Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, conforms broadly to the three-movement form of classic concerti, with fast-slow-fast tempi. This co...

The Concerto is dedicated to Dennis Russell Davies and Paul Zukofzky, who present the first performance. The orchestral accompaniment consists of two flutes (one doubling as piccolo), two oboes, E-fla...

This is the Full Score of Philip Glass's wonderful Violin Concerto No. 2 'American Four Seasons', arranged for Violin and Orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Toronto Symphony Orchestra and London...

Glassworks was originally written as a commission for CBS Records in 1981. Philip Glass' music is frequently described as minimalist, though he prefers the term theatre music. He is considered one of...

A3 Score for Symphony No. 9 by Philip Glass.

In the past two decades years, American composer Philip Glass has become a prominent and unique figure in the international music world. Writing operas, orchestral and choral works and music for film,...

Song cycle by Philip Glass for piano and voice. Lyrics by Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson. Piano reduction with words. Suitable for advanced pianists.

This piece, featuring variable instrumentation, is part of Philip Glass's earlier experiments in minimalsism and stasis. However, unlike previous works of static repetition, this piece gradually adds...

Another Look at Harmony is a project started in 1975. The approach has been to link directly rhythmic and harmonic structure. In doing so, easily audible root movement (chords or 'changes') was chosen...

Another Look at Harmony is a project started in 1975. The approach has been to link directly rhythmic and harmonic structure. In doing so, easily audible root movement (chords or 'changes') was chosen...

An opera in four acts for ensemble, chorus and soloists in full score from minimalist composer Philip Glass. It is Glass's first and longest opera, taking approximately five hours to complete, with no...

Another Look at Harmony is a project started in 1975. The approach has been to link directly rhythmic and harmonic structure. In doing so, easily audible root movement (chords or changes) was chosen i...

Philip Glass was approached by timpanist Jonathan Haas to write a timpani concerto for himself nearly ten years before Glass was finally able to get down to it. The timpani concerto 'grew up' into a d...