List of works by Henry Cowell

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The table below gives the following information for works by Henry Cowell (where applicable):

• HC number — From William Lichtenwanger's catalog
• Title — as used on IMSLP.
• Tempo — Exactly as written on the score.
• Key — the principal key of the work, if any.
• Date — the year(s) of composition, where known.
• Scoring — the instrumentation used.
• Genre — as used by IMSLP's categorization system.
• Notes — including references to related works, and publication information.

HC No.	Title	Tempo	Key	Date	Scoring	Genre	Notes
1	The Waves			1907	Melodic line only	Songs	Pencil draft incomplete. Unpublished.
2	The Golden Legend	Sustained		1908-9	Piano	Pieces	Unpublished
3	Lulaby	Largo - "Running lightly"		1910	Piano	Lullabies	Notes ran into another page, which is now lost
4	Fragments for Piano	Cantabile		1910	Piano	Pieces	Unpublished
5	Waltz	Dreamily - Poco lento		1910	Piano	Waltzes	Unpublished and unfinished
6	Dirge	Adageo		1910-11	Piano	Pieces	Adagio misspelled and sharps are in the wrong order in the key signature. Unpublished.
7	Dirge	Adageo non troppe		1910-11	Piano	Pieces	Pencil sketch, very sparse. Unpublished.
8	Fragments	Vivace/Presto ; Allegro agitato ; Maestoso ; Allegro		1910-11	Piano	Pieces	Unpublished
9	The Wierd Night	Presto ; Adagio ; Andante tranquil ; Legato e dolciss		1910-11	Piano	Pieces	Unpublished
10	The Night Sound	Adagio		1910-11	Piano	Sonatas	Unpublished
11	The Dinosaur's Skirt Dance	Molto allegro		1911	Piano	Pieces	Large note-heads suggest a possible earlier dating of this piece. Unpublished.
12	Funeral March	Adagio		1911	Piano	Funeral marches	Measure 16 completes the theme. Unpublished.
13	Lento	Lento quasi Andantino	D major	1910-11	Piano	Lentos	Unpublished
14	March			1911	Piano	Marches	Unpublished
15	Rippling Waters	Presto		1911	Piano	Waltzes	3 miniature waltzes written on large orchestral paper. Unpublished
16	Sonata	Largo ; Adageo ; Allegro ; Adageo		1911	Piano	Sonatas	Unfinished after measure 31. Unpublished
17	Waltzes and other sketches			1911	Piano	Waltzes	Continues the pattern of No.15. Unpublished
18	Andantino	Andantino	B♭ major	1911-12	Piano	Andantinos	Unpublished
19	Etude	Moderate	C major	1911-12	Piano	Studies	Dating uncertain; it could be earlier. Unpublished
20	The Moonlight Forest	Andantino con expressive		1911-12	Piano	Pieces	Various fragments. Unpublished
21	The Rag Waltz	Allegro		1911-12	Piano	Waltzes	Pencil sketch. Unpublished
22	Ghoul's Gallop	Allegretto		1912	Piano	Pieces	Many rests, and static repetitions. Unpublished.
23	Lento	Lento	E major	1912	Piano	Lentos	Unpublished
24	Piano Quartet	Allegro		1912	3 Violins, piano	Pieces	Pencil draft on large orchestral score paper. Unpublished
25	Quasi Fuga	Allegretto con moto		1912	Piano	Fugues	Dedicated to Mrs. Robinson. Unpublished
26	Sonata	Allegro		1912	2 Pianos	Sonatas	Pencil draft incomplete on page 3. Unpublished
27	Opus I	Allegretto con moto		1912	Piano	Pieces	Only nos. 27/2 and 27/4 are known from surviving copies
28	Spring Song			1912	Piano	Pieces	Unpublished
29	Nocturne	Andante con moto		1913	Piano	Fugues	Complete on page 4. Unpublished
30	Freak de concert	Allegro		1913	Piano	Pieces	Dedicated to Dr. Jaime De Angulo. Unpublished
31	Polish Dance	Presto		1913	Piano	Dances	Pencil draft complete on page 4
32	Prelude No.2	Lento		1913	Piano	Preludes	Unpublished
33	Prelude No.1 after the Style of Bach	Andante		1913	Piano	Preludes	Dedicated to Dr. Blodgett
34	Valse lente	Andante		1913	Piano	Waltzes	Pencil draft incomplete after measure 31
35	Bersuse	Lento		1913	Piano	Berceuses	Pencil draft complete. It was dedicated to Clara Malcolm. A listing can be found in worldcat.
36	Fairys Dance No.3 in a Popular Style	Presto e delicato sempre		1913	Piano	Dances	This was Cowell's first work to be mentioned in a review
37	Invention quasi Bach, a tre voce	Andante con moto		1913	Piano	Inventions	See Worldcat listing
38	Brownie's Dance	Molto allegro		1913	Piano	Dances	See Worldcat listing
39	Romance	Presto e delicato sempre		1913	Piano	Romances	No copy known
40	Savage Suite	Presto e delicato sempre		1913	Piano	Suites	This was Cowell's first work to be mentioned in a review