Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Information about the composer Alan Hovhaness and his symphonies.
A prolific American composer whose works include 67 symphonies. A recommended starting point is his Symphony No. 50.
Symphonies (complete):
In numeric order (major works in bold):
Symphony No. 1 (Exile) - 1936, 1970
Symphony No. 2 (Mysterious Mountain) - 1955
Symphony No. 5 - 1953, rev.1960
Symphony No. 6 (Celestial Gate) - 1959
Symphony No. 7 (Nanga Parvat) - 1959
Symphony No. 8 (Arjuna) - 1947
Symphony No. 9 (Saint Vartan) - 1949
Symphony No. 10 (Vahaken) - 1944, rev. 1965
Symphony No. 11 (All Men Are Brothers) - 1960, rev.1969
Symphony No. 12 (Choral) - 1960
Symphony No. 13 (Ardent Song) - 1954, rev.1960
Symphony No. 14 (Ararat) - 1960
Symphony No. 15 (Silver Pilgrimage) - 1962
Symphony No. 16 (Kayagum) - 1962
Symphony No. 17 (Symphony for Metal Orchestra) - 1963
Symphony No. 18 (Circe) - 1963
Symphony No. 19 (Vishnu) - 1966
Symphony No. 20 (Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain) - 1968
Symphony No. 21 (Etchmiadzin) - 1968
Symphony No. 22 (City of Light) - 1970
Symphony No. 24 (Majnun) - 1973
Symphony No. 25 (Odysseus) - 1973
Symphony No. 28 (Armenian II.) - 1976
Symphony No. 32 (The Broken Wings) - 1977
Symphony No. 39 (Lament) - 1978
Symphony No. 46 (To The Green Mountains) - 1980
Symphony No. 47 (Walla Walla, land of many waters) - 1980
Symphony No. 48 (Vision of Andromeda) - 1981
Symphony No. 49 (Christmas Symphony) - 1981
Symphony No. 50 (Mount St. Helens) - 1982
Symphony No. 52 (Journey to Vega) - 1983
Symphony No. 53 (Star Dawn) - 1983
Symphony No. 57 (Cold Mountain) - 1983
Symphony No. 58 (Symphony Sacra) - 1985
Symphony No. 60 (To The Appalachian Mountains) - 1985
Symphony No. 62 (Oh Let Man Not Forget These Words Divine) - 1987-88
Symphony No. 63 (Loon Lake) - 1988
Symphony No. 64 (Agiochook) - 1989-90
Symphony No. 65 (Artstakh) - 1991
Symphony No. 66 (Hymn to Glacier Peak) - 1992
Symphony No. 67 (Hymn to the Mountains) - 1992