List of compositions by Giacinto Scelsi
This is a list of compositions by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988). An asterisk (*) indicates that the piece has appeared on recording in the United States.
First period (1929–48)
- Chemin du coeur (for violin and piano) - 1929;
- Rotative (Symphonic poem for three pianos, winds and percussion) - 1929;
- (version for 2 pianos and percussion) - 1938;
- 40 Preludes (for piano) - 1930–40;
- 6 Pieces from "Paralipomeni" (for piano) 1930–40;
- Dialogo (for cello and piano) - 1932;
- Sinfonietta (for orchestra) - 1932;
- Tre canti di primavera (for voice and piano) - 1933;
- L'amour et le crane (for voice and piano) - 1933;
- Tre canti (for voice and piano) - 1933;
- Suite No. 2 (for piano) - 1934;
- Toccata (for piano) - 1934;
- Poems (for piano) - 1934/39*;
- Sonata (for violin and piano) - 1934;
- Concertino (for piano and orchestra) - 1934;
- Trio No. 1 (for violin, cello and piano) - 1936;
- Preludio, Ariosa e Fuga (for orchestra) - 1936;
- Suite No. 5 (for piano) - unknown;
- Suite No. 6 "I Capricci di Ty" (for piano) - 1938/39;
- Hispania (Triptych for piano) - 1939;
- Sonata No. 1 (for piano) - unknown;
- Sonata No. 2 (for piano) - 1939;
- Sonata No. 3 (for piano) - 1939;
- Sonata No. 4 (for piano) - unknown;
- Trio No. 2 (for violin, cello and piano) - 1939;
- Variations (for piano) - 1940;
- Variations and Fugue (for piano) - 1941;
- Ballata (for cello and piano) - 1943;
- String Quartet No. 1 - 1944*;
- (version for string orchestra) - 1962;
- Introduction and Fugue (for string orchestra) - 1945;
- La Nascita del Verbo (Cantata for mixed chorus and orchestra) - 1948
- Trio (for vibraphone, marimba and percussion) - 1950
Second period (1952–59)
- Suite No. 8 "Bot-Ba: Evocation of Tibet with its monasteries on high mountain summits: Tibetan rituals, prayers and dances" (for piano) - 1952*;
- Quattro Illustrazioni "Four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu" (for piano) - 1953*;
- Cinque incantesimi (for piano) - 1953*;
- Suite No. 9 "Ttai: A succession of episodes which alternatively express time - or more precisely, time in motion and man as symbolized by cathedrals or monasteries, with the sound of the sacred 'Om'" (for piano) - 1953*;
- Piccola suite (for flute and clarinet) - 1953;
- Suite No. 10 "Ka: The word 'ka' has many meanings, but the principal one is 'essence'" (for piano) - 1954*;
- Pwyll (for flute) - 1954*;
- Three studies (for Eb clarinet) - 1954;
- Preghiera per un'ombra (for Bb clarinet) - 1954;
- Divertimento No. 2 (for violin) - 1954;
- Yamaon (for bass voice and alto sax, baritone sax, contrabassoon, double bass, percussion) - 1954–58;
- Action Music (for piano) - 1955;
- Divertimento No. 3 (for violin) - 1955*;
- Divertimento No. 4 (for violin) - 1955;
- Coelocanth (for viola) - 1955*;
- Hyxos (for alto flute in G, 2 gongs and cow-bell) - 1955;
- Suite No. 11 (for piano) - 1956;
- Four Pieces (for trumpet) - 1956*;
- Three Pieces (for saxophone or bass trombone) - 1956*;
- Four Pieces (for horn in F) - 1956;
- Ixor (for reed; Bb clarinet, oboe) - 1956*;
- Divertimento No. 5 (for violin) - 1956;
- Three Studies (for viola) - 1956;
- Three Pieces (for trombone) - 1957*;
- Trilogy "Triphon, Dithome, Ygghur" (for cello) - 1957–61/65*;
- Rucke di guck (for piccolo and oboe) - 1957;
- String Trio - 1958*;
- I presagi [The Forebodings] (for 10 instruments: 9 brass and percussion) - 1958;
- Tre canti popolari (for four-voice mixed choir) - 1958;
- Tre canti sacri (for eight-voice mixed choir) - 1958*;
- Kya (for Bb clarinet solo, and seven instruments) - 1959*;
- Quattro pezzi su una nota sola [Four pieces each on a single note] (for chamber orchestra) - 1959*
Third period (1960–69)
- Ho "Four Songs" (for soprano voice) - 1960;
- Wo-Ma (for bass voice) - 1960;
- Hurqualia "A Different Realm" (for large orchestra, with amplified instruments) - 1960*;
- String Quartet No. 2 - 1961*;
- Aion "Four Episodes in one Day of Brahma" (for orchestra) - 1961*;
- Taiagaru "Five Invocations" (for soprano voice) - 1962;
- Lilitu (for female voice solo) - 1962;
- Riti "Ritual March" (version for Achilles, for four percussionists) - 1962;
- (version for Alexander, for tuba, double bass, contrabassoon, electric organ & percussion) - 1962;
- (version for Carl the Great, for cello and 2 percussionists) - 1967;
- Khoom "Seven episodes of an unwritten tale of love and death in a distant land" (for soprano voice, horn, string quartet & percussion) - 1962*;
- 20 Canti del Capricorno (for soprano) - 1962–72*;
- String Quartet No. 3 - 1963*;
- Hymnos (for large orchestra) - 1963*;
- Chukrum (for string orchestra) - 1963*;
- Xnoybis "The ability of energy to ascend to the spirit" (for violin) - 1964*;
- String Quartet No. 4 - 1964*;
- Yliam (for female choir) - 1964;
- Duo (for violin and cello) - 1965*;
- (version for violin and double bass) - 1977;
- Anahit "Lyric Poem on the name of Venus" (for violin and 18 instruments) - 1965*;
- Anagamin "The one who is faced with a choice between going back and refusing to" (for 11 strings) - 1965;
- Ko-Lho (for flute and clarinet) - 1966*;
- Elegia per Ty (for viola and cello) - 1958/66*;
- Ohoi "The Creative Principles" (for 16 strings) - 1966;
- Uaxuctum "The Legend of the Maya City which destroyed itself for religious reasons" (for 4 vocal soloists, ondes martenot solo, mixed choir and orchestra) - 1966*;
- Ko-Tha "Three Dances of Shiva" (for guitar) - 1967;
- (version for double bass) - 1972;
- (version for six-string cello) - 1978*;
- Manto I, II, III (for viola and female voice) - 1967;
- Ckckc (for soprano voice and mandolin) - 1967;
- Natura renovatur (for 11 strings) - 1967;
- Tkrdg (for 6-voice male choir, electric guitar and percussion) - 1968;
- Okanagon "Okanagon is like a rite, or if you will, like grasping the heartbeat of the Earth" (for harp, tamtam & double bass) - 1968*;
- Konx-Om-Pax "Three aspects of sound: as the first motion of the immovable, as creative force, as the syllable 'om'" (for mixed choir, and orchestra) - 1969*;
Fourth period (1970–85)
- Il est grand temps (for voice) - 1970;
- Même si je voyais (for voice) - 1970;
- Three Latin Prayers (for voice) - 1970*;
- Antifona "on the name of Jesus" (for male choir) - 1970*;
- Nuits (2 pieces; for double bass) - 1972*;
- Pranam I "In memory of the tragic losses of Jani and Sia Christou" (for soprano voice, 12 instruments & tape) - 1972;
- L'âme ailée (for violin) - 1973*;
- L'âme ouverte (for violin) - 1973*;
- Arc-en-ciel (for two violins) - 1973*;
- Sauh I & II (for two female voices) - 1973;
- Sauh III & IV (for four female voices) - 1973;
- Pranam II (for nine instruments) - 1973*;
- Voyages (2 pieces; for cello) - 1974*;
- Et maintenant c'est à vous de jouer (for cello and double bass) - 1974;
- Kshara (for two double basses) - unknown;
- To the master "Two improvisations" (for cello and piano) - 1974;
- Manto "per quattro" (for voice, flute, trombone and cello) - 1974;
- In Nomine Lucis (2 pieces; for electric organ) - 1974*;
- Aitsi (for electronically prepared piano) - 1974*;
- (version as String Quartet No. 5) - 1985*;
- Le réveil profond (for double bass) 1977;
- Pfhat "A flash... and the sky opened!" (for mixed choir and large orchestra) - 1974*;
- Maknongan (for low-voice instrument: double bass, contrabassoon, etc.) - 1976*;
- Dharana (for Cello and Double Bass) - 1986*;