Ballet

• The Fisherman and His Soul (1956)
  
• Ballade (1958)
  
• The House of Atreus (1963)
  
• ‘AND' for T.V. (1969)
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Mime

• The Merman of Orford (1978)
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Opera

• The Fool (Chamber 1951)
  
• Louis Riel (Music Drama, 3 acts, 1967)
  
• Death of Enkidu (Chamber 1977)
  
• A Midwinter Night's Dream (Children's 1988)
  
• Mario and the Magician (1992)
  
• Serinette (Folk, Music Drama, 3 acts, 1992)
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Theatre

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960 and 1985)
  
• Jig for a Gypsy (1974)
  
• MacBeth (Electroacoustic 1984)
  
• Medea (Electroacoustic 1998)
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Film and T.V.

• The Homeless Ones (1955)
  
• Faces of Canada (1956)
  
• Saguenay (1958)
  
• The Gift (1965)
  
• Images of Canada - 6 part series (1972-75)
  
• The Garden and the Cage (1980)
  
• Movement (1961)
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Orchestra

• Sketches for Orchestra (1946)
  
• Slow Movements for Strings (movement 2 of String Quartet No. 1) (1946)
  
• Lament and Primeval (1946)
  
• Scherzo for Strings (1947)
  
• North Country Suite (1948)
  
• Symphony No. 1 (1051)
  
• Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra (1952)
  
• Passacaglia and Fugue (1954)
  
• Little Suite for String Orchestra on Canadian Folk Songs (1955) Fantasia for Orchestra (1958)
  
• Lyric for Orchestra (1960)
  
• Movement for Orchestra (1961)
  
• Symphony for Woodwind, Brass and Percussion (1961)
  
• Five Concepts for Orchestra (1961)
  
• Stereophony for Orchestra (1963)
  
• The Picasso Suite (1964)
  
• Those Silent, Awe Filled Spaces (1978)
  
• Variations (1979)
  
• Elegy, Transformation, Jubilation: in memoriam four Suicides (1981)
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Soloist with Orchestra

• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1947)
  
• Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (1949)
  
• Piano Concerto Na. 2 (1956)
  
• Five Songs for Dark Voice (1956)
  
• Concertante for Violin, String Orchestra, and Percussion (1982)
• Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (1984)
  
• ‘Of Memory and Desire'(1993)
  
• Piano Concerto No.3 (1996)
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Chamber

• Duo (1943)
  
• String Quartet No.1 (1943)
  
• Suite for Percussion (1947)
  
• Mime (1947)
  
• Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (1948)
  
• Woodwind Quintet (1948)
  
• String Quartet No. 2 (1950)
  
• Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello (1950)
  
• Sonata No. 1 for Violin and. Piano (1953)
  
• Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1955)
  
• Movement for Woodwind Quintet (1957)
  
• String Quartet No. 3 (1959)
  
• Sonata for Guitar (1959)
  
• Theme for Variations (1954)
  
• Etching - The Vollard Suite (from The Picasso Suite) (1964), for solo flute
• Improvisation (1969)
  
• Music for Solo Violin (1974)
  
• Zen, Yeats and Emily Dickinson (1975), for soprano, flute, piano, actress and actor
  
• Movement for String Quartet (1983)
  
• Fanfare to J.S.B. (1984)
  
• Chura-Churum (1985), for 8 singers, 3 percussion, flute, harp and piano
  
• 11 Miniatures for Oboe and Piano (1992)
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Piano

• Strangeness of Heart (1942)
  
• Etudes (1943), ms
  
• Flights of Fancy (1944), ms
  
• Dark and Light (1944), ms
  
• 5 Piano Sonatas (1945-57)
  
• Three Sonnets (1946)
  
• Solitude (1947), ms
  
• Four Primitives (1949), ms
  
• Fugues for Piano (1951)
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Choir

• ‘Where Do We Stand, 0 Lord?' (1955)
  
• Two Songs for the Coming of Spring (1957)
  
• ‘God the Master of This Scene' (1962)
  
• Gloria (1962)
  
• ‘The Wonder Song' (1963)
  
• Crucifixion (1966)
  
• Five Songs from the NewFound1and Outports (1968)
  
• Kyrie (1970-72)
  
• Trois chansons de la Nouvelle-France (1976)
  
• Three Limericks (1980)
  
• ‘Song of Praise' (1984)
  
• ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas' (1976)
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Voice

• ‘Stillness' (1942)
  
• Three Songs to Poems by Walt Whitman (1946), for medium voice and piano
• ‘A Bunch of Rowan' (1948), for medium voice and piano. Text by Diana Skala
  
• ‘A song of Joys' (1947)
  
• Three Simple Songs (1953), for mezzo soprano and piano. Text by Michael Fram
  
• ‘Conversation Piece' (1957), for high voice and piano. Text by Michael Fram
  
• Twelve Miniatures for Voice and Instrumental Trio (1964), for soprano, recorder/ flute, viola da gamba/cello, spinet/piano. Text from traditional Japanese Haiku
  
• Evocations (1966), for medium voice and piano. Text by Harry Somers
  
• Kuyas from Louis Riel (1967), for soprano, flute and percussion.
• Voiceplay (1971), for singer/actor. Text by Harry Somers.
  
• Love-In-Idleness (1976), for soprano, piano and stage props. Text by Shakespeare
  
• Shaman's Song (1983), for voice (any range) and prepared piano. Text from phonetic and Inuit sources
  
• The Owl and the Pussy Cat (1988), for soprano, mezzo, tenor and piano
  
• The Pelican Chorus (1993), for soprano, tenor and piano
  
• Abstemious Asses, Zealous Zebras and Others (1994), for mezzo, tenor and piano
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The last three constitute ‘The Birminal Trilogy,' wurble inventions by Edward Lear, boshed to music by Harry Somers. (Harry Somers)

Known Writings

• ‘The Agony of Maurice Lowe: a Replay', Canadian Forum, vol 35, Sept. 1955
• Analysis of Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, CMC Centre Study Course - No, 1, Toronto 1961
• ‘Stereophony for Orchestra' Music Across Canada, vol 1, Mar. 1963
• ‘Composer in the School: A Composer's View', Mcan, 19, May 1969
  
• ‘A Letter from Rome', CMB, 1, Spring-Summer 1970
  
• ‘Harry Somers' Letter to Lee Hepner', CMB, 3, Autumn-Winter 1971
• ‘How "Music for Solo Violin" was Born', CMB, 10, Spring- Summer 1975
• ‘Dr. Somers replies,' News from the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, vol 6, Summer 1976
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