Xenakis was one of the major figures of 20th-century music, composing some 150 works for orchestra, instruments, voices, stage, and electronics.
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Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Pithoprakta, for 49 musicians 1955 10:15 Orchestral
Metastasis, for 60 musicians (Anastenaria, Part 3) 1953 07:59 Orchestral
Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano 1963 18:56 Chamber Music
Pléïades, for 6 percussionists 1978 31:01 Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music
Mists, for piano 1981 12:34 Keyboard
Waarg, for 13 musicians 1988 15:48 Chamber Music
Persephassa, for 6 percussionists 1969 28:19 Chamber Music
Mikka, for violin 1971 04:11 Chamber Music
Oresteïa, for children's chorus, chorus & 12 musicians 1965 49:22 Choral
Concret PH, for 2-track tape & at least 4 loudspeakers 1958 02:31 Electronic/Computer Music
Dikhthas, for violin & piano 1979 13:05 Chamber Music
ST/4, for string quartet 1956 11:13 Chamber Music
ST/10, for 10 musicians 1962 12:20 Chamber Music
Keren, for trombone 1986 06:39 Chamber Music
Jalons, for 15 musicians 1986 15:33 Chamber Music
Medea, for male chorus, hand-held cymbals & 5 musicians 1967 22:49 Choral
Nuits, for 12 voices 1967 09:41 Choral
Nomos Alpha, for cello 1966 15:53 Chamber Music
Palimpsest, for 11 musicians 1979 11:34 Chamber Music
Mikka "S", for violin 1976 04:41 Chamber Music
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1950s - 1990s

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20th Century, Contemporary

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