WORKS FOR CHORUS, VOICE AND/OR PIANO

All pieces available from MusiCreate Publications, except where noted. Email trc@thomascabaniss.com for more information.

Behold the Star
(1999, 2003)
SATB and Harp or Piano
Published by Boosey & Hawkes (see Publisher for info)
SSA & Piano available from musiCreate
Duration 3'
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Watchman
TTTB
Duration 3'
Text adapted from a Sea Island spiritual

A Lad That is Gone
TTBB
Duration 3'
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson

Bright is the Ring of Words
TTBB
Duration 1:30
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson

Only Believe
SATB and Piano (also with bass and drums)
for the Young People's Chorus of NYC
Duration 3'
Text adapted from a Sea Island spiritual

I Dream a World
SATB and Piano (full concert band arrangement also available)
for the Young People's Chorus of NYC and the Interschool Orchestras Concert Band
Duration 4'
Text by Langston Hughes

On a Christmas Night
SATB
Duration 3'
Text by Langston Hughes

Shepherd's Song
SATB or SATB & Piano
Duration 4'
Text by Langston Hughes

The Christmas Story
SATB or SATB & Piano
Duration 3'
Text by Langston Hughes

Christmas Eve: Nearing Midnight in New York
SAB or SSA & Piano
Duration 3'
Text by Langston Hughes

A Christmas Hymn
Text by Richard Wilbur
SATB and Organ/Piano
Published by European American Music (see Publisher for info)
Duration 5'

Rounds
Texts by various authors
a cappella

Three Sabbaths
(2 Oboes. Strings, SATB Chorus)
Duration 18'
Columbia University Bach Society, David Rosenmeyer, conductor, 2006
Text by Wendell Berry

Four Songs by Stevenson
Voice & Piano
Duration 10'
   The Infinite Shining Heavens
   Spring-Song
   Romance
   She Rested by the Broken Brook

Peace Is Mine
Text by Evelyn Lowe
Voice & Piano
Duration 3'
This song was written as part of a community engagement collaboration between Respond, Inc. and The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2006.

Lovesong
Text by Rainier Marie Rilke; translation by the composer
SATB
Duration 4'

Te amo, no te amo
Medium voice and piano
Text by Pablo Neruda (in Spanish)
Duration 3'

O du herrliche, himmlische Frau
from The Sandman, based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
High voice and piano (in German)
Duration 3'
Text adapted by Douglas Langworthy from Hoffmann

My lenses are ground
from The Sandman, based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Baritone and piano (in English)
Duration 3'
Text by Douglas Langworthy and David Herskovits

Up Then, You Virgins
from Penthesilea, a hardly begun opera on a play by Heinrich von Kleist
High voice and piano
Duration 5'
Text adapted by Douglas Langworthy from von Kleist

My Song Is a Fire
Medium voice and piano
from Denmark Vesey
Duration 4'

A Stone at a Window
Baritone and piano
from Searching for Kristallnacht
Duration 2'
Text adapted by the composer from Bernard Malamud

O What Is That Sound
Text by W.H. Auden
Voice & Piano
Duration 3'

When Winter's Done
Tenor, Soprano & Harpsichord
from The Barber of Seville
Text by Beaumarchais; translation by Michael Feingold
Duration 4'

Song of Fraternization
Song of Solomon
Song of the Hours
Song of the Great Capitulation
from Mother Courage
Text by Bertolt Brecht; translation by Ralph Manheim
Duration 10'

Song of the Center
I Shall Be Waiting For You
from Mother Courage
Text by Bertolt Brecht; translation by W.H. Auden
Duration 6'

Lullabies
Texts by the composer
Duration 12'
Three Lullabies for Kate (Far Away Child, December Child, So Sleepy), for Nicholas Aaron, for Lucy Hee-Yun, for William Asher, for Daniel Adams

Little Song
(Fl, Cl, Ob, Hn, Hp, Vln, 2 Vlas, Vc, Unison children's voices)
Text by Langston Hughes
Duration 4'
New York Philharmonic Teaching Artist Ensemble, 2004

Mechanicals
Piano four hands
Four short pieces from dance works for choreographer Hilary Easton
Duration 8'

Sketches of Venasque
Piano solo
Six short pieces inspired by a village in the South of France
Duration 8'

Fanfare & Dance
Piano solo
Duration 2'
Jacquelyn Helin, 1991

Prelude & Dance
Piano solo
Commissioned by the Renee B. Fisher Foundation, 1993
Duration 4'

Circle Dance
Piano solo
From Tatlin's Tower
Duration 3'