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 Cashmere High School Song for SSATB choir with keyboard accompaniment Echoes and Reflections for mixed chamber quartet Herod for SATB choir Mary Magdalene and the Birds for mezzo-soprano and clarinet Miss Brill opera in one act Wellington College School Song for unison voices and orchestra