List of compositions by Aaron Copland

Before 1920

• Night for voice
• A Summer Vacation for voice
• My Heart is in the East for voice
• Three Sonnets for piano
• My Head is in the West for voice

  1920–1929

• Old Poem for voice
• The Cat and the Mouse for piano
• Pastorale for voice
• Honkytonk Blues
• Three Moods for piano
• Four Motets for mixed voices
• * Help us, O Lord
• * Sing ye Praises to our King
• * Have Mercy on us, O My Lord
• * Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
• Piano Sonata in G Major
• Petit Portrait for piano
• Alone for voice
• Passacaglia for piano
• Cortege Macabre for orchestra
• As It Fell Upon a Day for voice, flute, and clarinet
• Movement for String Quartet
• Symphony for organ and orchestra
• Grohg; ballet
• Dance Symphony for orchestra
• Music for the Theatre for orchestra
• Two Choruses for chorus
• Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra
• Two Pieces for violin and piano
• Sentimental Melody for piano
• Four Piano Blues for piano
• Poet's Song for voice and piano
• Vocalise No.1 for voice
• Symphony No.1 for orchestra
• Two Pieces for String Quartet
• Two Pieces for String Orchestra
• Symphonic Ode for orchestra
• Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme for violin, violoncello, and piano
• Shall we gather by the river

  1930–1939

• Piano Variations
• Miracle at Verdun
• Elegies for violin and viola, later partially used as "Subjective" for Statements
• Short Symphony for orchestra
• Love your neighbor as your self
• Statements for orchestra
• Into the Streets May First for chorus
• What Do We Plant? for chorus
• Sunday Afternoon Music for piano
• The Young Pioneers for piano
• El Salón México for orchestra
• What McCarthy Sowed for chorus, orchestra, and tape
• Sextet for clarinet, two violins, viola, violoncello, and piano
• The Second Hurricane; high school opera
• Prairie Journal, originally called Music for Radio for orchestra
• Waltz and Celebration for concert band
• Billy the Kid; ballet
• An Outdoor Overture for orchestra
• Lark for chorus
• The City; film score
• Of Mice and Men; film score
• From Sorcery to Science; incidental music for puppet play

  1940–1949

• Quiet City for trumpet, cor anglais, and string orchestra
• Our Town; film score
• John Henry for orchestra
• Piano Sonata
• Episode for organ
• Arrangement of An Outdoor Overture for concert band
• Lincoln Portrait for narrator and orchestra
• Arrangement of Lincoln Portrait for concert band
• Rodeo; ballet
• Fanfare for the Common Man for brass and percussion
• Las Agachadas for chorus
• Music for the Movies for orchestra
• Danzón cubano for two pianos
• Arrangement of Danzón cubano for orchestra
• Song of the Guerillas for orchestra
• Sonata for Violin and Piano
• The North Star; soundtrack
• Appalachian Spring; ballet
• Arrangement of Appalachian Spring for orchestra
• Letter from Home for orchestra
• Midday Thoughts for piano
• Jubilee Variations for orchestra
• The Cummington Story; film score
• Symphony No. 3 for orchestra
• In the Beginning for mezzo-soprano and chorus
• Midsummer Nocturne for piano
• The Red Pony; film score
• Clarinet Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra with harp
• The Heiress; soundtrack
• Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for orchestra

  1950–1959

• Quartet for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano
• Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson for medium voice and piano
• #Nature, the gentlest mother
• #There came a wind like a bugle
• #Why do they shut me out of Heaven
• #The world feels dusty
• #Heart, we will forget him
• #Dear March, come in!
• #Sleep is supposed to be
• #When they come back
• #I felt a funeral in my brain
• #I've heard an organ talk sometimes
• #Going to Heaven!
• #The Chariot.
• Old American Songs First set for voice and piano
• #The Boatmen's Dance
• #The Dodger
• #Long Time Ago
• #Simple Gifts
• #I Bought Me a Cat
• Old American Songs Second set for voice and piano
• #The Little Horses
• #Zion’s Walls
• #The Golden Willow Tree
• #At the River
• #Ching-A-Ring Chaw
• Arrangement of Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for organ
• Dirge in the Woods for voice and piano
• The Tender Land; opera
• Canticle of Freedom for chorus and orchestra
• Variations on a Shaker Melody for concert band
• Fantasy for piano
• Orchestral Variations for orchestra
• Arrangement of The Tender Land for orchestra
• The World of Nick Adams; soundtrack
• Dance Panels, ballet

  1960–1969

• Nonet for 3 violins, 3 violas, and 3 cellos
• Something Wild; soundtrack
• Connotations for orchestra
• Down a Country Lane for piano
• Danza de Jalisco for two pianos
• Arrangement of Down a Country Lane for orchestra
• Emblems for concert band ; orchestral transcription D. Wilson Ochoa
• Music for a Great City for orchestra
• In Evening Air for piano
• Signature: C B S Playhouse for orchestra
• Inscape for orchestra
• Arrangement of Variations on a Shaker Melody for orchestra
• Inaugural Fanfare for orchestra
• Happy Anniversary for orchestra

  1970–1990

• Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
• Duo for flute and piano
• Threnody No.1: In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for flute, violin, viola, and cello
• Three Latin American Sketches for orchestra
• Night Thoughts: Homage to Ives for piano
• Threnody No.2: In Memoriam Beatrice Cunningham for flute, violin, viola, and cello
• Midday Thoughts for piano
• Proclamation for piano
• Proclamation for orchestra