John Corigliano

Biography by Michael Rodman

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Corigliano music is essentially post-Romantic, but he is a genuine eclectic, using a wide range of contemporary techniques to meet his expressive ends.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Symphony No. 1	1988	40:39	Symphony
Ghosts of Versailles, opera	1991	02:35:13	Opera
Gazebo Dances, for piano, 4 hands	1972	14:33	Keyboard
Sonata for violin & piano	1963	22:27	Chamber Music
Pied Piper Fantasy, concerto for flute & orchestra	1982	37:16	Concerto
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra	1977	28:49	Concerto
Voyage, for flute & string orchestra	1983	07:44	Concerto
Poem in October, for tenor, flute, oboe, clarinet, string quartet & harpsichord (or tenor & chamber orchestra)	1969	17:10	Vocal Music
Fantasia on an Ostinato, for piano	1985	12:07	Keyboard
Elegy, for orchestra	1965	08:13	Orchestral
Fern Hill, for mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra	1960	16:15	Choral
Phantasmagoria (on themes from "The Ghosts of Versailles"), for cello & piano	1993	16:16	Chamber Music
Kaleidoscope, for 2 pianos	1959	05:41	Keyboard
Tournaments, overture for orchestra	1967	11:41	Orchestral
L'Invitation au Voyage, for chorus	1971	06:49	Choral
Troubadours, variations for guitar & orchestra	1993	23:22	Concerto
Concerto for Piano	1968	32:04	Concerto
Etude Fantasy, for piano	1976	17:57	Keyboard
The Cloisters, song cycle for voice & orchestra	1965	06:17	Vocal Music
Summer Fanfare (Echoes of Forgotten Rites), for orchestra	1982	05:57	Orchestral