Choral
- The Prairie, cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra (1943); text by Carl Sandburg
- Tell This Blood for mixed chorus (1945); text by Aaron Kramer
- Adon Olom (The Lord of All), psalm for mixed chorus, cantor and organ (1948)
- Behold, I Build a House, cantata for chorus and organ (1950); Biblical text
- A Parable of Death for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra (1952); text by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Psalms for mixed chorus and small orchestra (or 2 pianos) (1955–1956)
- The Fragments of Archilochos for countertenor, male and female speakers, 4 small choirs, optional mixed chorus, guitar, mandolin and percussion (1965); text by Archilochus
- Three Airs for Frank O'Hara's Angel for soprano, male speaker, female chorus, flute, piano and percussion (1972); text by Frank O'Hara, V. R. Lang
- Lamdeni (Teach Me) for mixed chorus and plucked and beaten sounds (1973); text from Hebrew sources
- American Cantata for soprano, tenor, female speaker, male speaker, double chorus, orchestra (1976, revised 1977); texts by the composer and Arieh Sachs
- "Then the Rocks on the Mountain Began to Shout," Charles Ives for 5 mixed voices or a cappella chorus (1977–1978); text by Walt Whitman
- With Music Strong for mixed chorus and orchestra (1979); text by Walt Whitman
- De Profundis for mixed chorus (1983)
- Sanctus for mixed chorus and orchestra (1994)
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