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 Clarinets Apart ensemble pieces for clarinets In Position for cello Pacific Bolero for violin, cello and piano Soliloquy for clarinet The Man Who Sold Goldfinches for (mezzo-)soprano and cello The Woman at the Store opera in one act