Libby Larsen

American composer

Elizabeth Brown Larsen (born December 24, 1950) is a contemporary American classical composer. Along with composer Stephen Paulus, she is a co-founder of the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American Composers Forum.

A former holder of the Papamarkou Chair at John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, Larsen has also held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • A Lover’s Journey
  • A Lover’s Journey: I. In the Still Garden
  • A Lover’s Journey: II. St. Valentine's Day
  • A Lover’s Journey: III. Will you, nill You
  • A Lover’s Journey: IV. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
  • A Simple Gloria
  • Argyle Sketches
  • Argyle Sketches: No. 1. Etude
  • Argyle Sketches: No. 2. Berceuse
  • Argyle Sketches: No. 3. Fugato
  • Argyle Sketches: No. 4. Ayre
  • Collage: Boogie
  • Deep Summer Music
  • How It Thrills Us
  • I It Am
  • I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm
  • Late in the Day
  • Late in the Day: I. The Ant and the Grasshopper
  • Late in the Day: II. Clinging
  • Late in the Day: III. Traveling
  • Missa Gaia
  • Missa Gaia: I. Introit: Within the Circles of Our Lives
  • Missa Gaia: II. Kyrie: Mother, Sister, Blessed, Honored
  • Missa Gaia: III. Gloria: Pied Beauty
  • Missa Gaia: IV. Credo: Speak to the Earth and It Shall Teach Thee
  • Missa Gaia: V. Benediction: Eagle Poem
  • Perineo
  • Reasons for Loving the Harmonica
  • Ring the Bells
  • Ringeltänze: Christmas Carol‐Dances: I. Welcome Yule
  • Sarabande
  • Solo Symphony (Symphony no. 5)
  • Solo Symphony (Symphony no. 5): I. Solo-solos
  • Solo Symphony (Symphony no. 5): II. One Dancer, Many Dances
  • Solo Symphony (Symphony no. 5): III. Once Around
  • Solo Symphony (Symphony no. 5): IV. The Cocktail Party Effect
  • Songs of Youth and Pleasure
  • Songs of Youth and Pleasure: I. Song for a dance
  • Songs of Youth and Pleasure: II. Pluck the fruit and taste the pleasure
  • Songs of Youth and Pleasure: III. Kisses
  • Songs of Youth and Pleasure: IV. Hey Nonny No!
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese: I. I Thought Once how Theocritus Had Sung
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese: II. My Letters!
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese: III. With the Same Heart, I Said, I'll Answer Thee
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese: IV. If I Leave All for Thee
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese: V. Oh, Yes!
  • Sonnets From the Portuguese: VI. How Do I Love Thee?
  • Symphony "Water Music"
  • Symphony "Water Music": I. Fresh Breeze
  • Symphony "Water Music": II. Hot, Still
  • Symphony "Water Music": III. Wafting
  • Symphony "Water Music": IV. Gale
  • Tango
  • You
  • You: I. You, here…now…
  • You: II. You, now…know
  • You: III. You, know…who, are
  • You: IV. You, here…need
  • You: V. You, here…are know, love