Flute, viola and harp are the instruments of a chamber music grouping that have become common through the establishment of ensembles that feature this set of instruments and have enjoyed new compositions written for the set. The first major composition written for the instruments was the Sonate pour flûte, alto, et harpe (1915) by Claude Debussy; Debussy had set out to compose a set of chamber works for "diverse ensembles," as distinguished from more common groupings like string quartet or piano trio. Though other composers have written chamber works that feature harp, this set of instruments has gained a repertoire, which places it among other established genres of the twentieth century such as the "Pierrot ensemble" (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, with frequently added percussion or voice).
For standard flute, viola and harp unless otherwise noted
| Composer | Title | Publisher |
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| Samuel Adler (b. 1928) | Triolet (1989) | C.F. Peters |
| Luna Alcalay (b.1928) | un sogno à tre (1990) | Music Information Centre Austria |
| Paul Archbold (b.1964) | Disenchanted Voices (1989) | |
| Xavier Armenter (b.1965) | Fantasía (2007) | Clivis Publicacions |
| Jan Bach (b.1937) | Five Penny Poems for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp (2005) | Meadow Music; words by Penny Walker Bosselmann |
| Henk Badings (1907–1987) | Trio No.10 for alto flute, viola, and harp (1977) | Donemus |
| Sándor Balassa (b.1935) | Fűzérke (Little Garland), Op.51 (1994) | |
| Ian Balfour (b.1924) | Trio (2006) | Scottish Music Centre |
| Claude Ballif (1924–2004) | Trio, Op.43 No.1 (1969) | Éditions Choudens |
| Milton Barnes (1931–2001) | Classical Cat (1999) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Harbord Street (1991) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Tango 99 (2000) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Pierre Bartholomée (b.1937) | Et j'ai vu l'âme sur un fil...elle dansait (2000) | Quindicesima Publishing |
| Arnold Bax (1883–1953) | Elegiac Trio (1916) | Chester Music Ltd. |
| Sally Beamish (b.1956) | Between Earth and Sea (1997) | Scottish Music Centre |
| Louis-Noël Belaubre (b.1932) | Les Romances de Gai Savoir, Op.37 | Louis-Noël Belaubre website |
| Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984) | Chamber Music (מוסיקה קאמרית) (1978) | Israeli Music Publications |
| Richard Rodney Bennett (b.1936) | Sonata after Syrinx (1985) | Novello & Co. Ltd. |
| Moisès Bertran (b.1967) | Sonatina líquida (2006) | Clivis Publicacions |
| Harrison Birtwistle (b.1934) | Dinah and Nick's Love Song (1994) | Universal Editions |
| Herbert Blendinger (b.1936) | Tre Impressioni (3 Impressions) for flute (bass flute), viola and harp, Op.26 (1976) | Orlando-Musikverlag |
| Konrad Boehmer (b.1941) | Nuba (1998) | Tonos Musikverlags |
| Edward Bogusławski (1940–2003) | Impromptu (1972) | Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Agencji Autorskiej |
| Jacques Bondon | Le Soleil multicolore (1970) | Éditions Max Eschig |
| Salvador Brotons (b.1959) | Ad Infinitum (1976, revised 1991) | Clivis Publicacions |
| Gerard Brophy (composer) (b.1953) | Charm (1995) | Australian Music Centre |
| Linda Buckley (b.1979) | all collisions end in static (2003) | |
| Caleb Burhans (b.1980) | Keymaster (2005) | Burning Hands Publishing |
| Dieter Buwen (b.1955) | liberamente e rubato (2004) | Edition Gamma |
| César Cano (b.1960) | Presagios y azar, Op.44 (2000) | Polyhymnia Ediciones Musicales; César Cano website |
| Frits Celis (b.1929) | Trio, Op.13 (1977) | CeBeDeM |
| Mahir Çetiz (b.1977) | Sabah Sabah [Early Morning] (2010) | |
| Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) | Trio (1940) | |
| Brian Cherney (b.1942) | Music for a Summer Wedding (2000) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Anna Clyne (b.1980) | Beware Of (2007) | |
| Barry Conyngham (b.1944) | Streams (1988) | Australian Music Centre |
| Alain Craens (b.1957) | Oase (2001) | CeBeDeM |
| Donald Crockett (b.1951) | Short Stories (1995) | MMB Music; Lauren Keiser Music Publishing |
| Costas Dafnis | Cerisy's Sphinx (2006) | |
| Jean-Michel Damase (b.1928) | Trio (1947) | Éditions Henry Lemoine |
| Jean-Luc Darbellay (b.1946) | Asia (2008) | Tre Media Musikverlage |
| Claude Debussy (1862–1918) | Sonate pour flûte, alto, et harpe, L.137 (1915) | |
| Caspar Diethelm (1926–1997) | Jadis, Ballet Suite, Op.297 (1993) | |
| Franco Donatoni (1927–2000) | Small II (1993) | Ricordi |
| Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986) | Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, Op.3 (1928) | Éditions Durand |
| Ross Edwards (b.1943) | Mobile (1965) | Australian Music Centre |
| Cenk Ergun | An (2005) | |
| Eberhard Eyser (b.1932) | Espresiónim (1993) | Swedish Music Information Centre |
| Trädgårdsmästare sökes (Gardener Wanted) for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp (2004) |
Swedish Music Information Centre | |
| Alfred Felder (b.1950) | Nachtgesang (Night Song) (1993) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Claude Ferrier (composer) (b.1963) | Cinq-chronique (1994–1995) | Claude Ferrier at Musinfo |
| Fabrizio Festa (b.1960) | Confinia noctis, E71 (1998) | |
| Ronald Finch (1920–1992) | Capriccio (1955–1956) | |
| Michael Finnissy (b.1946) | Untitled Piece in Memory of Igor Stravinsky (1971) | Tre Media Musikverlage |
| Bjørn Fongaard (1919–1980) | Trio (1971) | Music Information Centre Norway |
| Malcolm Forsyth (b.1936) | Intimacies (1977, 2000) | Counterpoint Music Library Services; Canadian Music Centre |
| Dorothea Franchi | Suite | |
| Andrew Frank (b.1946) | Sonata da Camera II (1985) | Mobart Music |
| The Way You Hear It Is the Way You Sing It (1991) | Margun Music | |
| Isadore Freed (1900–1960) | Trio (1940) | |
| Harry Freedman (1922–2005) | Touchpoints (1994) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Jay Anthony Gach (b.1975) | Tre Ecloghe (1984) | |
| Chunhe Gao (b.1959) | Trio (2006) | Müller & Schade |
| Fritz Geißler (1921–1984) | Trio (1979) | |
| Harald Genzmer (1909–2007) | Trio (1947) | C.F. Peters |
| Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892–1965) | Concertato (1941) | Rugginenti Editore |
| Antonio Giacometti (b.1957) | De Jonio (A Metaphysics of the Sea) (2003) | Éditions Delatour |
| Anthony Girard (b.1959) | Entre le souffle et le murmure (Between Breath and Murmur) (2009) | Anthony Girard website |
| Arsenio Giron (b.1932) | Suite (1983) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Srul Irving Glick (1934–2002) | Trio (1988) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Joost van de Goor (b.1956) | ...when only the moon rages... (2005) | Joost van de Goor website |
| Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931) | Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten (The Garden of Joys and Sorrows) for flute, viola, harp and narrator (1980) |
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| Rico Gubler (b.1972) | Network (1997) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Daron Hagen (b.1961) | Harp Trio (1988–1989) | E.C. Schirmer Publishing |
| Adolphus Hailstork (b.1941) | As Falling Leaves (2002) | Theodore Presser Company |
| Jeffrey Harrington | Oneiromancer | |
| Gygr | ||
| Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson (b.1966) | Five Portraits for alto flute, viola and harp (2008) | Íslenzk Tónverkamiðstöð |
| Ross Harris (b.1945) | Trio (1973) | Centre for New Zealand Music; Ross Harris website |
| Lars Hegaard (b.1950) | 13 Short Pieces (1990) | Edition Samfundet |
| Philippe Hersant (b.1948) | Trio (2000) | |
| Trois Nocturnes (2001) | Éditions Durand | |
| Stanley M. Hoffman (b.1959) | Trio in One Movement | Fatrock Ink Music Publishers |
| Klaus K. Hübler (b.1956) | Kunst (Art) (1998) | Tre Media Musikverlage |
| Stephen Jaffe (b.1954) | Offering (1998) | Theodore Presser Company |
| Pertti Jalava (b.1960) | While You Were Sleeping, I opened the Door... (2010) | |
| André Jolivet (1905–1974) | Petite suite (1941) | Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques |
| Mischa Käser (b.1959) | Sechs Stücke (Six Pieces) (1992) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Georg Katzer (b.1935) | Mi (1987) | |
| Armin Kaufmann (1902–1980) | Trio, Op.90 (1967) | |
| Nigel Keay (b.1955) | Terrestrial Mirror (2004) | Centre for New Zealand Music |
| Rudolf Kelterborn (b.1931) | Monodie II (1977–1990) | Hug Musikverlage |
| Callum Kenmuir (b.1945) | Doriana (1992) | Scottish Music Centre; Callum Kenmuir website |
| Michael Kibbe (b.1945) | Trio, Op.99 (1989) | Fatrock Ink Music |
| Valeri Kikta (b.1941) | Nocturne (Ноктюрн) (1979) | |
| Trio in Honor of M. N. Yermolova (Трио в честь М. Н. Ермоловой) (1985) | ||
| Herman David Koppel (1908–1998) | Patchwork, Op.106 (1981) | Edition Samfundet |
| Miroslav Kubička (b.1951) | Písně o skryté kráse (Songs of Hidden Beauty) for alto, flute, viola and harp (1976) | Český Hudební Fond; words by Jan Riedlbauch |
| Lukas Langlotz (b.1971) | Vacua for piccolo, viola and harp (1997–1998) | Lukas Langlotz at Musinfo |
| Libby Larsen (b.1950) | Trio in Four Movements (2005) | Libby Larsen website |
| Marc Lavry (1903–1967) | Suite concertante, Op.348 (1966) | |
| Ian Lawson (composer) | Isca (2007) | |
| Henri Lazarof (b.1932) | Harp Trio "The Litomar" (2004) | Merion Music; Theodore Presser Company |
| René Leibowitz (1913–1972) | Sonatina, Op.69 (1966) | Mobart Music |
| John Anthony Lennon (b.1950) | Serpent (2007) | Fatrock Ink Music Publishers |
| Fred Lerdahl (b.1943) | Imitations (6 Études) (1979) | Mobart Music |
| Malcolm Lipkin (b.1932) | Trio (1982) | |
| Jonathan Lloyd (b.1948) | Like Fallen Angels (1986) | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Patrick Loiseleur | Celtic Melodies (2006) | |
| Bruno Louchouarn | Rapprochement (2000) | |
| Alain Louvier (b.1945) | Envols d'écailles (1987) | Éditions Alphonse Leduc |
| Ami Maayani (b.1936) | Improvisation variée (1966) | |
| Trio (1969); revision of Improvisation variée | Lyra Music Co. | |
| Serenade, Op.25 (1980); arrangement of Beethoven's Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major (1801) |
Lyra Music Co. | |
| Andrew MacDonald (b.1958) | Pleiades Variations, Op.45 (1998) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Robert Martin (composer) (b.1952) | Chrysolith for alto flute (doubling piccolo), viola and harp (1977) | Merion Music; Theodore Presser Company |
| Martin Matalon (b.1958) | Formas de Arena (2001) | Gérard Billaudot |
| William Mathias (1934–1992) | Zodiac Trio (1975) | Oxford University Press |
| Thomas K. J. Mejer (b.1961) | Le chant des livrées (The Song of the Delivered) (1992) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Gregory Mertl (b.1969) | Madra's Musings (2005) | Four Glimpses Music |
| Laurent Mettraux (b.1970) | Trio, M. 569 (1997–1999) | |
| Arthur Meulemans (1884–1966) | Sonate (1948) | CeBeDeM |
| Krzysztof Meyer (b.1943) | Hommage à Nadia Boulanger, Op.17 (1971; new version 1991) | Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Agencji Autorskiej |
| Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) | Adieu, Cantata for voice, flute, viola and harp, Op.410 (1964) | words by Arthur Rimbaud; Elkan-Vogel Co. |
| Marjan Mozetich (b.1948) | Goodbye My Friend (2002) | Canadian Music Centre |
| A Veiled Dream (1977) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Jan Müller-Wieland (b.1966) | Drei Gedichte von Birgit Feusthuber for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp (1996) | Hans Sikorski |
| Lior Navok (b.1971) | Veiled Echoes (2000) | |
| Maria Newman (b.1960) | The Pied Piper | Maria Newman Website |
| Tage Nielsen (1929–2003) | Salon (1984) | Edition Samfundet |
| Per Nørgård (b.1932) | Billet Doux à Madame C. for alto flute, viola and harp (2005) | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
| Emmanuel Nunes (b.1941) | Impromptu pour un voyage II (1974–1975) | Éditions Jobert |
| Satoshi Ohmae (b.1943) | Time Tracing, Op.131 (2004) | Fatrock Ink Music |
| Vivienne Olive (b.1950) | And the Willows Drowse and Sleep (2002) | Furore Verlag |
| Christopher Painter (b.1962) | Vanishing Light, Op.62 (2006) | Oriana Publications |
| Roman Palester (1907–1989) | Trio (1985) | |
| Yiannis Papaioannou (1910–1989) | Night (Νυχτερινό) (1937) | |
| Pastorale (Παστοράλε) (1938) | ||
| Romanesca (Ρομανέσκα) (1938) | ||
| Ödön Pártos (1907–1977) | Invenzione a tre, Homage to Debussy (1977) | Israel Music Institute |
| Robert Paterson (b.1970) | Embracing The Wind (1999) | Bill Holab Music |
| Wilma Paterson (b.1944) | Casida De La Rosa (1977) | Scottish Music Centre |
| Ernst Pfiffner (b.1922) | Terzettino per Thebas (1996) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Trio sine nomine (1992) | Édition Musicale Suisse | |
| Walter Piston (1894–1976) | Souvenir (1967) | Associated Music |
| Liduino Pitombeira (b.1962) | The Hollow Earth, Op.70b (2002) | Liduino Pitombeira website |
| Andreas Pflüger (b.1941) | Méditation profonde (2003) | |
| Teresa Procaccini (b.1934) | Trio, Op.124 (1990) | Edizioni Edi-Pan |
| Bernard Rands (b.1934) | "...sans voix parmi les voix..." (1995) | Helicon Music Corporation |
| Günter Raphael (1903–1960) | Sonatina, Op.65 No.1 (1948) | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971) | Suite (1968) | Oxford University Press |
| Karel Reiner (1910–1979) | Repliky (Replicas) (1973) | Český Hudební Fond |
| Jean-Marie Rens (b.1955) | Trio (1991) | CeBeDeM |
| Michèle Reverdy (b.1943) | Les Jeux de Protée (1984) | Éditions Salabert |
| Marga Richter (b.1926) | Düsseldorf Concerto for flute, viola, harp and small orchestra (1981–1982) | |
| Dennis Riley (b.1943) | Apparitions (1983-1984) | C. F. Peters |
| Adam Roberts (composer) | Surface Tension (2003) | |
| Ladislas de Rohozinski (1886–1938) | Suite brève (1921) | Éditions Maurice Senart |
| Vicente Roncero (b.1960) | del murmullo (2004) | Vicente Roncero website |
| Niels Rosing-Schow (b.1954) | Spectre du temps (2004) | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
| Trio (1983) | Edition Wilhelm Hansen | |
| Rudolf Růžička (b.1941) | Trio (1963) | Rudolf Růžička at the Czech Music Information Centre |
| Kaija Saariaho (b.1952) | New Gates (1996) | Chester Music Ltd. |
| Rhian Samuel (b.1944) | Through Windows and the Balustrades Beyond (1998) | Stainer & Bell |
| Bogusław Schaeffer (b.1929) | Trio for flute, viola, harp and tape (1966) | |
| Josef Schelb (1894–1977) | Kammermusik "Harfentrio" (1948) | Josef Schelb website |
| Martin Schlumpf (b.1947) | Trio (1970) | Martin Schlumpf website |
| Gary Schocker (b.1959) | Go To Sleep (2000) | Theodore Presser Company |
| Summer Morning, Summer Afternoon (2006) | Falls House Press | |
| Aleksandr Shymko (b.1977) | The Book of Night Secrets (Книга таємниць ночі) (2005) | Aleksandr Shymko website |
| Leo Smit (1900–1943) | Trio (1926) | Donemus |
| Johannes Maria Staud (b.1974) | Sydenham Music (2007) | |
| Ben Steinberg (b.1930) | Suite (1981) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Three Songs (1975) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| David Stock (b.1939) | A Vanished World (1999) | MMB Music |
| Atli Heimir Sveinsson (b.1938) | Springsongs I-IV and Minning (Manuela in Memoriam) (2006) | Iceland Music Information Centre |
| Minning II (Manuela in Memoriam) for bass flute, viola and harp (2006) | Iceland Music Information Centre | |
| Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) | And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind (1992) | Schott Japan |
| Hilary Tann (b.1947) | From the Song of Amergin (1997) | Oxford University Press |
| Jiří Teml (b.1935) | Dvě folklórní studie (2 Folklore Studies) (1999) | Český Hudební Fond |
| Zelená flétna (The Green Flute), Melodrama on Verses of Miroslav Florian for reciter, flute, viola and harp (1983) |
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| Johannes Paul Thilman (1906–1973) | Aspekte | Edition Peters |
| David Evan Thomas (b.1958) | A Healing Benediction (2003) | Fatrock Ink |
| In the Blue Glen (2004) | Fatrock Ink | |
| Jason Treuting | I Am Not (Blank) (2007) | |
| George Tsontakis (b.1951) | Lullaby of Crete for soprano, flute, viola and harp (1999) | |
| Dmitri Tymoczko | Cathedral (2005) | |
| Chinary Ung (b.1942) | Child-Song (Version III) for alto flute, viola and harp (1985) | C.F. Peters |
| Janika Vandervelde (b.1955) | Genesis III (1985) | |
| Giulio Viozzi (1912–1984) | Trio (1960) | Edizioni Musicali G. Zanibon |
| Hans Vogt (1911–1992) | Trio (1951, 1989) | |
| Martin Wendel (b.1925) | Trio, Op.8 (1956) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Ernst Widmer (1927–1990) | Cosmofonia IV, Op.164 (1988) | Ernst Widmer at Musinfo |
| James Wilson (1922–2005) | Consequences, Op.169 (2004) | |
| Geoffrey Winters (b.1928) | Tapestry, Op.85 | Oxford University Press |
| René Wohlhauser (b.1954) | Quantenströmung (Quantum Current), Ergon 23 (1996) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Benjamin Yusupov (b.1962) | But in Vain, Op.44 (1997) | Hans Sikorski |
| Eric Zeisl (1905–1959) | Arrowhead, Trio (1956) | Doblinger Verlag |
| István Zelenka (b.1936) | J'insiste for alto flute, viola and harp (1997) |