Editing Anthony Davis (composer) (section)

== Works==
=== Orchestral ===
*''Wayang V'' (Piano Concerto, 1984)
*''Maps'' (Violin Concerto, 1988)

(These two works were released on Gramavision 18-8807-1, a 12" [[LP album|long playing record]], with Davis as soloist in the piano concerto and dedicatee Shem Guibbory as soloist in the violin concerto. In each, the [[Bill McGlaughlin|William McGlaughlin]] led the [[Kansas City Symphony|Kansas City Symphony Orchestra]].)

*''You Have the Right to Remain Silent'' (Clarinet Concerto, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music-cms.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/regular_faculty/anthony-davis/index.html|title=Anthony Davis|website=Music-cms.ucsd.edu|access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>
*''Amistad Symphony'' (2009)

=== Stage ===
* ''[[X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X]]'' (1986), libretto by [[Thulani Davis]]
* ''Under the Double Moon'' (1989), libretto by Deborah Atherton
* '' Tania'' (1992), with libretto by [[Michael John LaChiusa]], about [[Patricia Hearst]] and events following her kidnapping by the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]]
* ''Amistad'' (1997/revised 2008),<ref name="revised"/> with libretto by [[Thulani Davis]], about a case of an 1839 slave mutiny on a Spanish ship that reached the US Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the [[Mende people|Mende]], freeing them<ref name="Misses">{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Tim |title='AMISTAD' MISSES THE BOAT |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/12/01/amistad-misses-the-boat/68e26cd1-fbdb-488d-bbc2-20b71d06915a/?noredirect=on |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=July 3, 2019 |date=December 1, 1997}}</ref>
* ''[[Wakonda's Dream]]'' (2007), with libretto by [[Yusef Komunyakaa]], about a contemporary [[Ponca]] family in Nebraska, and the spiritual journey of their son
* ''Lilith'' (2009), with libretto by [[Allan Havis]], explores a figure from Jewish mythology, sometimes said to be Adam's first wife, set in modern times
* ''Lear on the 2nd Floor'' (2012), with libretto by Allan Havis, shifts the story of [[King Lear]] to feature a woman neuroscience researcher who has [[Alzheimer's disease]], and her relationships with her three daughters and her late husband Mortimer, the Fool.
* ''[[The Central Park Five (opera)|The Central Park Five]]'' (2019), with libretto by [[Richard Wesley]]. It premiered on June 15, 2019, by the Long Beach Opera Company in California.<ref name="midgette"/>