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 Autograph - David for cello In Position for cello It Began with a Pony salon opera in one act Oedipus Rex for TTBB choir, SATB choir and quartet Scottish Folk Song Settings for piper and string orchestra Two Folk Melodies for saxophone ensemble