Principal Works
- Symphonies
- Symphony No. 1 (1942) withdrawn
- Symphony No. 2 (1944) (Gershwin Memorial Award, 1945) withdrawn
- Symphony No. 3 (completed May 17, 1946, his doctoral dissertation. Premiered February 1947 by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Walter Hendl.)
- Symphony No. 4 The Cycle (1947–8) (Chorus & orchestra)
- Symphony No. 5 (1950) (commissioned and premiered by the Dallas Symphony and Walter Hendl)
- Symphony No. 6 (1953)
- Symphony No. 7 Variation-symphony (1964, pub. 1967)
- Symphony No. 8 (1973)
- Symphony No. 9 (1981)
- Other orchestral works
- Folk Overture (1945)
- Fantasia for String Orchestra (1947)
- Concertato Moby Dick (1952)
- Cello concerto (1956)
- Piano concerto (1958) (Premiered by Eunice Podis, piano, with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra)
- Canto (pub. 1965)
- Flute concerto (1983)
- Concert Band works
- Canzona for band (1951)
- Piano
- Five pieces (1950)
- Piano sonata (1963)
- Choral Works
- A Song of the Palace (1948)
- Christmas Story (1949)
- Chamber works
- String quartet #1
- String quartet #2 (1951)
- Sonata concertante, for violin and piano (1956)
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