Works: "five symphonies (No. 4 winning a 1944 Pulitzer Prize); "Merry Mount" (opera, Metropolitan Opera commission); "Lament for Beowulf"; "Mosaics" (Cleveland Orchestra commission); "Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings"; "Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings"; "Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings" (UNESCO commission); "Elegy" (Koussevitzky Foundation commission); "Song of Democracy" (National Education Association centennial, Music Educators National Conference 50th anniversary commission); "Chorale and Alleluja"; "Drum Taps"; "String Quartet" (Coolidge commission); "Concerto de Camera"; "Piano Concerto in G" (Koussevitzky Foundation commission); "Summer Seascape" (New Orleans Philharmonic commission); "Fantasia on a Theme of Youth"; "For the First Time".