List of Completed Compositions
- Toys (1919), song for soprano and piano
- Angels (1921), for muted brass. (Originally for six trumpets. In 1940, Ruggles rescored the work for trumpets and trombones.)
- Men (1921), for orchestra
- Vox Clamans in Deserto (1923), for soprano and orchestra
- Men and Mountains (1924), for orchestra
- Portals (1925), for string orchestra
- Sun-Treader (1931), for large orchestra - at 16 minutes, Ruggles' longest and best-known work
- Evocations (1943), a set of four pieces, existing in two versions, for orchestra and for solo piano
- Organum (1947), for orchestra
- Exaltation (1958), his last completed work, a hymn dedicated to the memory of his wife.
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