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 Magnificat for mezzo-soprano, choir, flute and brass ensemble Nostalgic: Step By Step for E flat clarinet and piano Prayer (Our Father) for unison voices and piano (with violin obbligato) Song Without Words for piano trio The Call of the River for mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, SATB choir, narrators and... The Daughters of the Late Colonel opera in one act