Work The Library at the End of the World musical Year: 1990 · Duration: 1h 30m Instrumentation: voices, chorus, piano, synthesiser, violin, percussion Year: 1990 Duration: 1h 30m Instrumentation voices, chorus, piano, synt... Dorothy Buchanan Composer Composer: Dorothy Buchanan About Work About Commissioned note Commissioned by Court Theatre as 1990 Commission. Text note Book and lyrics by Margaret Mahy Related tags New Zealand Text Related works Cello Duet for two cellos Fugue for the Forties for flute and horn Pacific Bolero for violin, cello and piano Sonata for violin and piano The Birds Began to Sing for unaccompanied SATB and SSA choirs Whispering into the Wind for voice and piano