List of compositions by Frederic Rzewski

• The Persians (1985)
• The Triumph of Death (1987–88)

• Nature Morte, for small orchestra (1964)
• A Long Time Man, for piano and orchestra (1979)
• Satyrica, for guitar, double bass, piano, synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion, and symphony band (1983)
• Una Breve Storia d'Estate, for three flutes and orchestra (1983)
• Scratch Symphony (1997)
• Movable Types (1999)

• Speculum Dianae, for any eight improvisational players (1964)
• Selfportrait, for any player (1964)
• Prose Pieces, for improvisational ensemble (1967–68)
• Les Moutons de Panurge, for any number of melody instruments (1968)
• Last Judgment, for trombone or any number of unison trombones (1969)
• Second Structure, for improvisational ensemble (1972)
• Song and Dance, for flute, bass clarinet, double bass, and vibraphone (1976)
• Thirteen Instrumental Studies, for a variable ensemble (1972–77)
• Moonrise with Memories, for bass trombone and ensemble (1978)
• Three Pieces, for soprano saxophone, trombone, and piano (1979)
• Aria, for flute (1981)
• Pennywhistlers, for recorder (1981)
• Wails, for bass clarinet, piano, and two percussion (1984)
• Lost and Found, for any player and percussion (1985)
• To the Earth, for any player and percussion (1985)
• Spots, for any four players (1986)
• Don't Have it Today, for any player and double bass (1986)
• The Lost Melody, for clarinet, piano, and two percussion (1989)
• Roses, for flute, clarinet, trumpet, tuba, violin, cello, accordion, and percussion (1989)
• Aerial Tarts, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and two percussion (1990)
• Whangdoodles, for hammer dulcimer, violin, and piano (1990)
• Shtick, for clarinet (1990)
• Knight, for cello (1992)
• Holes, for any four to eight players (1993)
• Crusoe, for any four to twelve players (1993)
• Histories, for four saxophones (1993)
• Whimwhams, for marimba and string quartet (1993)
• Family Scenes, for flute, three saxophones, French horn, three trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, double bass, and piano (1995)
• When the Wind Blows, for flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flügelhorn, trombone, guitar, double bass, and piano (1996)
• Spiritus, for four recorders and percussion (1997)
• ForHanns, for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano (1998)
• Trio, for violin, cello, and piano (1998)
• Main Drag, for any nine players (1999)
• Cradle Rock, for flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flügelhorn, trombone, guitar, double bass, for piano (1999)
• Pocket Symphony, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion (2000)
• 96, for five players (2003)
• Hard Cuts for piano and ensemble (2011)
• Words for string quartet (2018)

Fall of the Empire, for solo percussionist, spoken word and multi percussion (2007)

• Requiem, Part 1, for speaker, male chorus, Jew's harp, piano, organ, tubular bells, bull-roarer, woodblock, and radio (1963–67)
• Struggle Song, for mixed chorus (1973)
• Le silence des Espaces Infinis, for female chorus, any player, seven orchestral groups, and tape (1980)
• Stop the War!, for mixed chorus (1995)
• Stop the Testing!, for mixed chorus (1995)

• Jefferson, for voice and piano (1970)
• Freud, for voice (1970)
• Coming Together, for speaker and variable ensemble (1971)
• Attica, for speaker and variable ensemble (1972)
• Struggle Song, for voice and variable ensemble (1973)
• The Price of Oil, for two voices, eight amplified pipe ensembles, and any two similar ensembles (1980)
• Snacks, for voice, mixed chorus ad libitum, and any ensemble ad libitum (1981)
• Antigone-Legend, for voice and piano (1982)
• Songs, for voice and piano (1973–83)
• Mayakovsky, for speaker, piano, and string quartet (1984)
• Mary's Dream, for soprano, contrabass clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion (1984)
• Force, for two speakers, any two wind instruments, any two plucked instruments, two noisemakers, and weigher ad libitum (1985)
• The Waves, for speaker and variable ensemble (1988)
• Tinkleberries, for voice and any number of players (1980–90)
• The Burghers of Rostock, for voice and piano (1992)
• Snippets, for speaker and piano (1994)
• Logique, for voice, flute, cello, and piano (1997)

• Chain of Thought (1953)
• Tabakrauch (1954)
• Preludes (1957)
• Poem (1958)
• Introduction and Sonata, for two pianos (1959)
• Study 2 (Dreams) (1961)
• Falling Music (1971)
• No Place to Go but around (1974)
• 36 Variations on 'The People United Will Never Be Defeated!' (1975)
• Four Pieces (1977)
• Squares (1978)
• North American Ballads (1978–79)
  • Dreadful Memories
  • Which Side are You on?
  • Down by the Riverside
  • Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
• The Housewife's Lament, (originally for harpsichord rewritten for piano) (1980)
• A Machine, for two pianos (1984)
• Eggs (1986)
• Steptangle (1986)
• The Turtle and the Crane (1988)
• Mayn Yingele (1988)
• Fantasy (1989)
• Bumps (1990)
• Ludes (1990–91)
• Sonata (1991)
• De Profundis (1991–92)
• Andante con Moto (1992)
• A Life (1992)
• Night Crossing with Fisherman, for two pianos (1994)
• Fougues (1994)
• The Road (1995–2003)
  • Turns (1995)
  • Tracks (1996)
  • Tramps (1997)
  • Stops (1998)
  • A Few (1999)
  • Travelling with Children (1999)
  • Final Preparations (1999–2002)
  • The Big Day Arrives (2002–03)
• It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad, Ballade No.5 (1997, revised 2004, adapted from A Long Time Man)
• Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (2003)
• Cadenza (2003)
• Dust (2003)
• Nanosonatas (2006-2010)
• Dear Diary for speaking pianist (2014)
• Dreams, Part I (2014)
• Dreams, Part II (2015)
• Songs of Insurrection (2016)

• Zoologischer Garten, for tape (1965)