A la par, for percussion & piano (1986).  New York: Peer Music.  Commission: Whitney Museum.  Duration: 13:30.

CD: Chris Lamb, percussion; Virginia Perry Lamb, piano (1992/X/21).  CRI CD 662 (1994, Indígena). Liner notes: K. Robert Schwarz, 23p. (Spanish translation: Jorge Covarrubias).

CD: Kathleen Murray, piano; Dane Richeson, percussion.  CRI CD 823 (1999, A la par).  Liner notes: Dominique-René de Lerma and Robert Schwarz.  18p.

CD: Thamyris Ensemble; Tania Léon, conductor.  ACA 20064 (c2003; A city called heaven).

Ajiaco, for guitar & piano.

CD: Schanzer/Speach Duo.  Avant 02.

Arenas d’un tiempo, for clarinet, cello & piano (1992).  Commission: New York State Music Teachers Association.  Duration: 12:00

Ascend, for brass ensemble & percussion (1983).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: 4431; 3 percussion.  Commission: Queens Symphony.

At the fountain of Mpindelela.  Première: 2000; New York; Merkin Concert Hall; Africa! Spirit ascending.

Axon, for violin & interactive computer.  Commission: Mari Kimura.  Première: Hong Kong; Mari Kimura, violin.

Batá, for orchestra (1985, rev. 1988).  New York: Peer Music, 1996.  Instrumentation: 2222 (piccolo; English horn, bass clarinet); 2221; 2 percussion, harp, piano, celeste; strings.  Commission: Bay Areas Women’s Philharmonic.  Dedication: “to my father.”  Duration: 7:00.

CD: Louisville Orchestra; Lawrence Leighton Smith or Lee Luvisi, conductor (1993/XII/03)  Louisville LCD 010 (1995).

CD: Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra; David Snell, conductor.  Atma ACD 22199 (1999).

Batéy, for countertenor, SSTTB & percussion, by Tania León and Michel Camillo (1989).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: Tania León, Michel Camilo.  Commission: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble.  Duration: 30:00.

CD: O. Ponce, F. Charlston, J. Passaro, percussion; Western Wind Vocal Ensemble; Puntilla and New Generation; Tania León, conductor.  CRI CD 662 (1994, Indígena).  Liner notes: K. Robert Schwarz, 23p. (Spanish translation: Jorge Covarrubias).

Canto.  Première: 2000; Tom Buckner, baritone; Continuum.

Carabali, for orchestra (1991)  New York: Peer Music.  Duration: 15:58.  Commission: Cincinnati Symphny Orchesta.  Instrumentation: 2222, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon (piccolo); 4331; timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano, celeste; strings.  Duration: 17:00.

CD: Louisville Orchestra; Gunther Schuller or Lee Luvisi, conductor (1993/XII/03.  Louisville LCD 010 (1995).

Carmencita, opera by George Bizet and Tania León (1978).  1.All together like one man; 2. Are you ready?; 3. Cabo e, by Ricardo Ray; 4. Carmencita, I adore you; 5. Dance; 6. Envia rayos y centellas, by Carmen Rosario; 7. Feeding your head; 8. Follow me to Guttenberg; 9. Follow our plan; 10. Hard to get; 11. I'll take you by the  hand; 12. Just a flower; 13. Let's move slowly; 14. Lilo's place; 15. Move your ass; 16. Osa's song; 17. Return to me; 18. Si tu me quisieras; 19. Take me the way I am; 20. A tender kiss; 21. Wallop that ball.  Text: Manuel Martin, Jr.  Première: 1978/V/19; New York, Intar Theatre, (24 performances); Marshall Blake; Giovanni Cotto; Brenda Feliciano; Carole Garcia; Felipe Gorostiza; Joey Infante; Adriane Maura; Rosane Michele; Lorena Palacio; Carmen Rosario; Liz Rosner; Miguel Sierra; Raymond Taylor; Walter Valentino; Tania L‚on, conductor.

Concerto criollo, for piano, timpani & orchestra (1977).  New York: Peer Music.  87p. Commission: National Endowment for the Arts.  Instrumentation: 2222; 4430; percussion; strings.  Première:1980/VIII/13; New York, Lincoln Center; Alison Dean, piano; Brooklyn Philharmonia; Tania León, conductor.  Duration: 20:00.

Crossings, for brass dixtour (1992).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: 1441.  Commission: City University of New York.  Duration: 1:00.

2 Cuban songs, for SSSAAATTTBBB; arr. by Tania León.  [1.] Drume negrita, by == Grenet; [2.] El manisero, by == Simons.  New York: Peer Music.  Commission: Chanticleer.  Duration: 6:00.

De color, for violin & marimba (1997).  New York: Peer Music.  Commission: Marimolin.  Duration: 15:00.

De memorias, for ==.  Première [?]: 2004/III/18; New York, Lincoln Center for the Performing arts, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio;  Imani Winds.

De-orishas, for SSTTB & countertenor (1982).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: Betty Neals.  Commission: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble.  Duration: 11:00.

CD: Western Wind.  Newport Classic NPD 855-7 (1991, Satires, ballads, and bop).

Desde …, for orchestra.  Commission: Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the American Composers Orchestra.  Première: 2001/III/18; New York; Carnegie Hall; American Composers Orchestra; Dante Anzolini, conductor.

Dougla, for ballet (1974).  New York: Peer Music.  Choreography: Geoffrey Holder.  For the Dance Theatre of Harlem.  Instrumentation: 2 flutes & percussion.  Duration: 20:00.

Drumming, for percussion & orchestra.  Commission: Miami Lioght Project, New World Symphony, Miami Dade Community College, Arizona State University.  Première: 1997; Miami; Miami Light Project and the New World Symphony.

Duende, for chamber ensemble.  Commission: Fest der Kontinente, for the 80^th birthday of György Ligeti.  Première: members of the Berlin Philharmoniker.

El manisero; The peanut vendor.

CD: Chantecleer.  Teldec (Wondrous love).

Haiku, ballet for narrator & chamber ensemble.  (1973).  New York: Per Music.  Instrumentation: flute, bassoon, 5 percussion.  Commisioned by the Dance Theatre of Harlem.  Duration: 25:00.

Heart of ours; a piece, for tenor, men’s chorus, flute, 4 trumpets & 2 percussion (1988).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: R. Sandecki, Native American source.  Commission: Vietnam Veterans’ Theater Company.  Duration: 8:00.

Hebras d’luz, for viola, electrified.  Commission: Martha Mooke.  Première: New York, Greenwich House Arts, North River Series; Martha Mooke, viola.

Hechizos, for chamber orchestra (1995).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: 1110 (piccolo), bass clarinet (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); 1110; 2 percussion, piano (celeste, harpsichord), guitar; 1111.  Commission: Ensemble Modern.  Duration: 15:00.

Horizons, for orchestra.  Première: 1999/VII; Hamburg; Hammoniale Festival; NDR Symphony Orchestra; Peter Ruzicka, conductor.

Indígena, for chamber orchestra (1991).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: 1111; 1100; percussion; 2111.  Commission: New York City’s Town Hall.  Duration: 8:00.

CD: Continuum Chamber Ensemble [Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; M. Butler, oboe; David Gresham, clarinet; S. Heineman, bassoon; D. Grabois, horn; Richard Kelley, trumpet; E. Charlston, percussion; Cheryl Selzer, piano; Mark Steinberg, S. Kanin, violin; N. Katz, viola; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; V. Kioulaphides, double bass] Tania León, conductor (1993/VI/04).  CRI CD 662 (1994, Indígena).  Liner notes: K. Robert Schwarz, 23p. (Spanish translation: Jorge Covarrubias).

Ivo, Ivo.  Première: Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater; Sequitur.

Journey, for high voice, flute & harp (1990).  New York: Peer Music.  Commission: Jubal Trio.  Duration: 6:00.

CD: Jubal Trio [Christine Schadeber, soprano; Sue Ann Kahn, flute; Susan Holles, harp]. CRI SD 738 (1997).

Kabiosile, for piano & orchestra (1988).  New York: Peer Music.  Commission: American Composers Orchestra.  Instrumentation: 2222 (piccolo, Enhlish horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon); 4230; timpani, 2 percussion; strings.  Première: 1988/XII/4; New York, Carnegie Hall; Ursula Oppens, piano; American Composers Orchestra; ==, conductor.  Duration: 6:30..

La ramera de la cueva, incidental music for the play by Matio Pena (1974).

La Tina, for piano.  Première: 2004/III/21; New York, Merkin Concert Hall.

Latin lights, ballet.  Première: 1983/I/22; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Charles Moore Dance Theatre; Brooklyn Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble; Tania León, conductor.

Love after love, fur soprano & marimba.  Text: Derek Walcott.  Commission: Mary Sharp Cronson.  Première: New York, Guggenheim Museum.

Maggie Magalita, for instrumental sextet (1980).  New York: Peer Music.  Incidental music to the play by Wendy Kesselman.  Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, 2 percusion, piano, guitar.  Commissioned: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  Duration: 25:00.

Mística, for piano.  Commission: Ursula Oppnes.  Première: Chicago, DePaul Concert Hall; Ursula Oppens, piano.

Momentum, for piano (1984).  New York: Peer Music, 1986 (01-085919-501).  8p.  Commission: Womens Composers Congress of Mexico.  Written for Yolanda Liepa; dedication: Joan Tower.  Duration: 7:50.

CD: Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano.  Leonarda LE 334 (1994, Character sketches; solo piano works by 7 American women).

New York, for piano & orchestra.  Première: 1988/XII/4; New York, Carnegie Hall; American Composers Orchestra.

Or like a …, for baritone, violocello & percussion.  New York: Peer Music.  Text: John Ashbery.  Commission: WNYC.  Duration: 15:00.

¡Paisiamos semos; we’s hillbillies!, for guitar (1984).  New York: Peer Music, 1986.  Duration: 4:06.

CD: Ana Maria Rosado, guitar.  Albany Records TROY 087 (1992, We’ve got [poly]rhythm).

Para viola y orquesta (1994).  Instrumentation: 2222 (piccolo, alto flute, bass clarinet, contrabassoon); 2210; timpani, 2 percussion, celeste; strings.  Commission: Meet the Composer, Reader’s Digest.  Duration: 18:00.

Parjota delaté; from T to J, for instrumental quintet (1988).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano.  Commission: Da Capo Chamber Players.  Duration: 4:30.

CD: Continuum Chamber Ensemble [Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; David Gresham, clarinet; Mark Steinberg, violin; Maria Kitsopoulos, violoncello; Cheryl Selzer, piano]; Tania León, conductor (1993/VI/04).  CRI CD 662 (1994, Indígena).  Liner notes: K. Robert Schwarz, 23p. (Spanish translation: Jorge Covarrubias).

----- for woodwind quartet & piano (1990).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon.  Written for the Netherlands Wind Ensemble.

Permutation seven, for instrumental sextet (1981).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello.  Commission: Lincoln Center Institute.

Pet’s suite, for flute & piano, with percussion (1979).  New York: Peer Music, 1979.  23p. & part.  1. Kitten and Scrubbles; 2. Bonnie; 3. Ulfa and Muffin; 5. Ketty … Delilah … Henry; 6. Mei San; 7. Dulcie, Jeremy; 8. Mellow waltz; 9. Prince; 10. Bottons and Smaller.  Commission: Composers’ Forum.  Duration: 20:00.

4 Pieces, violoncello (1983).  New York: Peer Music, 1996.  Duration: 12:00.

2 Preludes, piano (1966).  1.Sorpesa  2. Pecera.

----- Bryn Mawr: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1992 (Black women composers, ed. by Helen Walker-Hill) p52-53.

Pueblo mulato; 3 songs on poems of Nicolas Guillén, for soprano & instrumental quintet (1987).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: Nicolas Guillén.  Instrumentation: oboe, guitar, percusion, piano, double bass.  Commission: Cornucopia Chamber Ensemble.  Duration: 12:00.

CD: Voices of Chicago.  CRI Exchange CD 773 (1998, Voces americanas).

Rabiosile, for piano & orchestra (1988).  New York: Peer Music, 1988.  Première: 1988/XII/4; New York, Carnegie Hall; American Composers Orchestra.  Duration: 8:00.

Rezos, for SATB.  Text: Jamaica Kincaid.  Commission: Terry Knowles and Marshall Rutter, for the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Rituál, for piano (1987).  New York: Peer Music, 1987 (01-088127-501).  11p.  Commission: Affiliate Artists, Inc.  Dedication: Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook.  Duration: 7:00.

CD: Clemens Leske, piano (1992).  CRI CD 662 (1994, Indígena).

CD: Karen Walwyn, piano.  Albany TROY 266 (1997, Dark fires; 20^th-century music for piano).

CD: Martha Marchena, piano.  Albany TROY 242 (1997, Sonoric rituals, rarely performed Latin American piano music).

Saóko, for brass quartet (1997).  New York: Peer Music.  Commission: South Florida Composers Alliance, Center for Cultural Collaboration International, for the Meridian Arts Ensemble.  Duration: 9:00.

Scourge of Hyacinths, opera in 2 acts, for 3 tenors, 3 baritone, bass, 3 speakers & chamber ensemble. (1994).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: Tania Léon, after the radio play by Wole Soyinka.  Commission: Munich Biennale for New Music Theater. Award: BMW Prize as the best new opera of the Biennale.  Insrumentation: 1011 (p, alfl; E^b cl, bcl; cbn); alto saxophone (tenor saxophone); 1110 (cornet; 3 percussion, piano; solo strings  Première: Robert Wilson, stage designed; Tania León, conductor.  Duration: 90:00.

----- Oh Yemanja; mother’s prayer.

CD: Dawn Upshaw, soprano.  Nonesuch 79458 (The world so wide).

sin normas ajenas, for instrumental dixtour (1994).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: 1110 (piccolo); 2 percussion; 2110.  Commission: U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture.  Duration: 12:00.

Singin’ sepia, for soprano, clarinet, violin & piano (4 hands).  New York: Peer Music (1996).  Text: Rita Dove.  Commission: Continuum Ensemble.

Sol de doce, for SSSAAATTTBBB (1997).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: Romance del sol de doce, by Pedro Mir.  Commission: Chamber Music America, Pew Chartiable Trust,  and Chanticleer.  Dedication: Louis Botto, founder of Chanticleer.  Première: 1997/IV/11.  Duration: 7:00.

Spiritual suite, ballet (1976).  Commission: 41^st Eucharistic Congress.  Dedication: Martin Luther King.  Première: 1976; Marian Anserson, narrator.

7 Spirituals, for baritone & orchestra (1995).  New York: Peer Music  Instrumentation: 2111 (piccolo); 2211; 2 percussion, piano; strings.  Written for the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Son sonora, for lute & guitar (1993),  New York: Peer Music.  Commissioned: Duologue.  Duration: 15:00.

The beloved, ballet for two dancers, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violoncello & double bass (1972).  New York: Peer Music.  For the Dance Theatre of Harlem.  Choreography: Judith Hamilton.  Instrumentation: 1111; piano; cello, double bass.  Duration: 10:00.

DVD: Dance Theater of Harlem.  The beloved [choreography: Lester Horton];  Fall River legend  [choreography: Agnes de Mille]; Troy game [choreography: Robert North]; John Henry [choreography: Arthur Mitchell].  Chicago: Facets Video (DV65940), 1990  Duration: 117:00.

VHS: Chicago: Facets Multimedia, 1990 (S12215).

The golden windows, for chamber orchestra (1982).  New York: Peer Music.  Incidental music to the play by Robert Wilson.  Commission: Byrd Hoffman Foundation.  Instrumentation: flute, oboe (piccolo, alto flute, English horn); trumpet; percussion; harpsichord; piano; strings.  Duration: 30:00.

The Mozambique project, ballet, by Tania León and Donald Byrd.

To and fro, for medium voice & piano (1990).  New York: Peer Music.  Text: Alison Knowles. Commission: International Society for Contemporary Music.  Duration: 8:40.

Tones, ballet for piano & orchestra (1970).  New York: Peer Music.  Instrumentation: 2219; 1011; timpani, 2 perc, strings.  Commission: Dance Theatre of Harlem.  Première: New York, Avery Fisher Hall; Tania León, piano; Symphony of the New World; Kermit Moore, conductor. Duration: 18:00.

Variation, piano.  Première: 2004/V/2; Kalamazoo MI, Dalton Music Center, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival; Gilbert Kalish, piano
 

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