Canon
Where to start with Daugherty
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralMetropolis Symphony
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ChamberDead Elvis, for bassoon, clarinet, trumpet, trombone,violin, double bass and percussion
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VocalMount Rushmore, for choir, organ and orchestra
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OrchestralDeus Ex Machina, for piano and orchestra
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OrchestralFire and Blood, for violin and orchestra
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OrchestralBells for Stokowski, for symphonic band
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OrchestralBizarro for symphonic winds and percussion
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OrchestralBrooklyn Bridge, for band
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OrchestralDesi, for band
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OrchestralFlamingo, for large ensemble
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OrchestralGhost Ranch
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OrchestralHell's Angels, for bassoon quartet and orchestra
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ChamberJackie's Song, for cello and chamber ensemble
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OrchestralLadder to the Moon, for violin and band
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OrchestralLe Tombeau de Liberace, for piano and orchestra
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Daugherty's catalogueMost Popular
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Metropolis Symphony5 movements named after Superman characters
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Dead Elvis for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble
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Fire and Blood for violin and orchestra
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Desi for clarinet and orchestratribute to Desi Arnaz
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Niagara Falls for solo accordion
Most Acclaimed
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Metropolis Symphony
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UFO for percussion and orchestra
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Oh Lois! for violin and orchestra
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Trail of Tears for flute and orchestra
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Bells for Stokowski for orchestra
Most Weird
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Dead Elvissolo bassoon dressed in Elvis costume is the soloist; musically quotes ”Amazing Grace” and Berg’s Violin Concerto
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Jackie O (opera)opera about Jackie Kennedy with characters including Maria Callas and Andy Warhol
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Strut for brass quintet
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Ghost Ranch for orchestrainspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico
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Time Pieces for piano and orchestra
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 35
- Orchestral
- ● Metropolis Symphony
- Deus Ex Machina, for piano and orchestra
- Fire and Blood, for violin and orchestra
- Bells for Stokowski, for symphonic band
- Bizarro for symphonic winds and percussion
- Brooklyn Bridge, for band
- Desi, for band
- Flamingo, for large ensemble
- Ghost Ranch
- Hell's Angels, for bassoon quartet and orchestra
- Ladder to the Moon, for violin and band
- Le Tombeau de Liberace, for piano and orchestra
- Lost Vegas, for wind band
- MotorCity Triptych
- Motown Metal, for brass ensemble and percussion
- Niagara Falls, for symphonic band
- Philadelphia Stories, for orchestra
- Radio City: Symphonic Fantasy on Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Raise the Roof, for timpani and symphonic band
- Raise the Roof, for timpani and symphonic band
- Red Cape Tango, for band
- Rosa Parks Boulevard
- Route 66
- Sunset Strip
- Sunset Strip, for orchestra
- The Gospel According to Sister Aimee, for organ and orchestra
- Time Machine
- UFO, for percussion and symphonic band
- Chamber
- Dead Elvis, for bassoon, clarinet, trumpet, trombone,violin, double bass and percussion
- Jackie's Song, for cello and chamber ensemble
- Snapl for chamber ensemble
- Spillville Variations on a Theme by Dvorák: Var. 8 Crystal, for flute, viola and guitar
- Timbuktuba, for euphonium and ensemble
- Vocal
- Mount Rushmore, for choir, organ and orchestra
- What's that spell, for 2 sopranos and ensemble