| Compositions
by date Extant
works are in green, lost works in white |
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| c1892 ?1895-96 |
Canadian boat song I shot an arrow Longfellow Wanderer's night song Goethe trans Morley Today and tomorrow Gunby Hadath song Gunby Hadath |
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| ?1896 | Anthem text unknown | |
| c1899 | Requiem | bar, chor, orch |
| c1900-02 | Tragic prelude | orchestra |
| ?1902-03 | Pantalon
and Columbine op2 later inc in English Suite 1 |
small orch |
| ?1902-04 | English suite 1 op12 [six mvts] two mvts taken from Pantalon and Columbine |
orchestra - 25˝´ |
| ?1903-04 | Legende op4 | orchestra |
| ?1903-04 | String quartet movements | |
| 1903 | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? op5 Shakespeare | SATB |
| 1903 | Burlesque variations on an original theme op3 [theme+7vars] full score lost, rediscovered 1974 |
orchestra - 28˝´ |
| 1904-06 | Hero and Leander op8 [symphonic poem] | orch lost by Sir Thomas Beecham |
| ?1904-06 | Three songs op6: Sorrow song Samuel Daniel The message Donne Farewell Bishop Heber |
alto or baritone, piano alto or baritone, piano alto or baritone, piano |
| 1904 | For valour op7 [concert overture] first version; rev 1906 |
orchestra - 12˝´ |
| c1904 | Psalm
23 op9 FS lost, reconstructed 1944-45 |
tenor, SATB chor, orch - 15˝´ |
| 1905 | By the waters of Babylon op11 rev 1908-09. FS lost. VS arr Gillian Ward Russell (1974) using organ |
bar, SATB chor, orch -
25´ |
| 1905 | Stars of a summer night op1 Longfellow | SSAATTBB |
| 1906-07 | work | cello, piano |
| ?1906-07 | Let God arise Psalm 68 | soli, chor, orch |
| 1906 | Little sleeper op13a Hafiz trans Richard le Galliene (orig Soliloquy upon a dead child Cumberland) rev 1972 | tenor or soprano, piano |
| 1906 | Four dramatic poems
op13b: Day and night Cumberland When I lie ill Cumberland If I could speak Cumberland lost prob Cumberland |
tenor, piano tenor, piano tenor, piano |
| 1906 | A faery song op13c Yeats | mezzo, piano |
| 1906 | Soul
star Helen Bantock (orig Philip Marston - lost) Lullaby of an infant chief Scott Come o'er the sea Moore In a fairy boat Weller Tell me, thou soul of her I love op13d/1 Thomson Twilight op13d/2 unknown, poss Longfellow |
SATB SATB SATB rondel, SSAA SATB lost |
| 1906 | Carmilhan op14 [dramatic ballad] Longfellow | soli, chor, orch |
| 1907-08 | A fantastic
symphony revised 1908-09, as 'Humorous legend on Three blind mice ' [3 mvts] 1914 split into separate works (see next two pieces) |
orchestra dismantled |
| 1907 | Fantastic variations on an old rhyme Rev 1912. Orig mvt 1 of dismantled 'A fantastic symphony' |
orchestra - 11˝´ |
| 1907 | Scherzo and
slow movement Orig middle mvts of dismantled 'Fantastic symphony' |
orchestra |
| 1907 | The vision of Cleopatra op15 [tragic poem] Cumberland FS lost |
SMAT soli, SATB chor, SATB semichor, orch - 40´ |
| 1908-09 | The soldier's dream Campbell | voices, orchestra |
| 1908-09 | work Scott | chorus, orchestra |
| 1908 | Festal dance Orig mvt 4 of dismantled 'A fantastic symphony' |
orchestra - 6˝´ |
| 1908 | Fairies' song Cumberland (orig Philip Marston - lost) | SSAA |
| 1910 | In memoriam [tone poem] | orchestra - 20´ |
| 1910 1910 |
Why
dost thou wound and break my heart? Herrick The night piece Herrick |
tenor, piano tenor, pno (or orch?) (FS lost) |
| 1910 | The mad maid's song Herrick | mezzo, pno |
| 1910 | Daybreak Longfellow | SATB |
| 1911-12 | Doctor Merryheart [Comedy overture 1] | orchestra - 17˝´ |
| 1912 | Three Herrick pieces: Go, happy rose Requiem for the rose The hag |
SSAA, orchestra SSAA, orchestra - 9˝´ SSAA, orchestra - 2˝´ |
| 1913-14 | Pilgrimage to Kevlaar [ballad] Heine trans Todhunter | chor, orch |
| 1914 | The maiden and the flower garden [children's operetta] Cumberland | voices, piano |
| 1914 | Three dances arr from The maiden and the flower garden |
small orch |
| 1914 | The
blossom Blake The mountain and the squirrel Emerson The little black boy Blake The chimney sweeper Blake Piping down the valleys wild Blake The lost doll Kingsley What does little birdie say? Tennyson The fly Blake Robin redbreast |
voice, piano unison for children, piano unison, piano unison, piano unison, piano voice, piano unison, piano unison, piano unison, piano |
| 1914 | Grace
for a child Herrick Ye spotted snakes Shakespeare He was a rat anon Summer has come, little children Cumberland Goodbye to summer Allingham The lamb Blake And will he not come again? Shakespeare The moon Cumberland The river Cumberland The little boy lost Blake The little boy found Blake If I had but two little wings Coleridge A song of willow Shakespeare The white lily MacDonald Violets Herrick Laughing song Blake Infant joy Blake Pastoral: the shepherd Blake Spring - sound the flute Blake The dream Blake The echoing green Blake A child's prayer M Bethan-Edwards |
SA, piano SSAA SATB SA, piano SA SSA, piano SSAA, piano SA, piano SA, piano SA, piano SA, piano SA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano also SA, piano SSA, piano SSA, piano SA, piano |
| 1914 | The knight's leap A gipsy song Ben Jonson Clown's song Shakespeare The legend of Altenahr Marching along The sweetest dream The owl Will you buy any rope? Sympathy Hie upon hielands trad ballad The sands of Dee Kingsley Love's remorse Meg Merrilies Keats The curate and the mulberry-tree |
partsong SSAA partsong male voices partsong partsong female voices partsong partsong male voices SATB partsong? men's voices partsong |
| 1914 | Red May [military march] | orchestra |
| 1915 | English suite 2 »Night portraits« [6 mvts] | orchestra |
| 1915 ?1915 |
The
fairy palace Drayton O mistress mine Shakespeare |
SSA, piano partsong |
| 1915 | Legend | orchestra |
| 1915 | work | orchestra |
| 1916 | Razamoff
[symphonic drama] unfinished |
orchestra |
| 1916 | Three illuminations [3 mvts] | piano, optional speaker |
| 1916 | Three comedy
dances [3 mvts] arrs of Three illuminations (1916) |
orchestra |
| 1917-29 | The tigers [Burlesque opera in a prologue and three
acts] composer [orig 'The grotesques'], comp 1917-19, orch 1921-22 & 1928-29 |
soloists, chor, orch - c 3h |
| Derived works
(1921-22): Symphonic variations on Has anybody here seen Kelly? Wild horsemen [symphonic dance] Green pastures [symphonic dance] Gargoyles [symphonic dance] Lacryma [symphonic dance] Shadow dance Fanfare from The grotesques |
orchestra - c10´ orchestra - c10´ orchestra - c10´ orchestra - c10´ orchestra - c10´ orchestra - c10´ piano |
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| 1918 | When
the sun goes down Temple Keble On parting Temple Keble Love is a merry game Temple Keble |
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| 1918 | The phantom wooer Beddoes | SATB |
| 1918 | Two scenas CR Barber | bar, pno or orch |
| 1918-19 | Renunciation
Temple Keble Lady Ellayne Temple Keble The defiled sanctuary Blake |
medium voice, piano medium voice, piano medium voice, piano |
| 1919-20 | Four
miniatures Two of these from songs |
piano - 9˝´ |
| 1919 | The
land of dreams Blake The birds Blake When icicles hang by the wall Shakespeare Care-charmer sleep Samuel Daniel Ah! County guy! Scott A wish The poet's dream On a poet's lips I slept Shelley Music when soft voices die Shelley Call for the robin redbreast Webster Sonnet: my lute Drummond Hymn to Diana Jonson |
voice, piano alto or bar voice, piano voice, piano voice, piano serenade for equal voices 2 voices, piano voice, piano song song song voice, piano voice, piano |
| 1919 | Pack
clouds away Heywood Absence anon Under the greenwood tree Shakespeare Spring, the sweet spring Nash It was a lover and his lass Shakespeare Fear no more the heat of the sun Shakespeare Mine be a cot beside the hill Rogers [see 1925] Fair pledges of a fruitful tree Herrick To daffodils Herrick |
SSA, piano SSAA SSA SA SSA SATB SA, piano SA, piano SA, piano |
| ?1919 | Legend | violin, piano - 6˝´ |
| 1919-21 | English suite 3 [5 mvts] | orchestra - 18´ also arr piano - lost |
| 1919-21 | Take, O take those lips away Shakespeare | voice, piano |
| ?1919-27 | Symphony 1 in D minor »The Gothic« [Part 1: 3 mvts; Part 2: 3 mvts, Te Deum] |
SATB soli, 4 SATB chors, child chor, 4 brass bands, v large orch - 105´ |
| 1920-21 | The soul of steel CM Masterman | voice, piano |
| 1921-25 | Tales of olden times [3 mvts] | small orch lost |
| 1921 | Full fathom five Shakespeare | SSAA, piano |
| c1922-23 | Since
love is dead Bowles I know, and you! Bowles Go, happy rose Herrick A proposal The twilight house Bowles Stars of destiny Where shadows flee Far from thee Taylor |
song song voice, piano song song song song song |
| ? early 20s | overture inspired by Buster Keaton - unfinished |
orchestra |
| 1924 | Introit Amen | SATB |
| 1924 | Choral canons: O happiness, celestial fair Hannah More Sweet solitude Hannah More Shall I then be spared? Hannah More Vital spark of heavenly flame Pope |
SATB SATB SATB SATB |
| 1924 | Double fugue in E flat | piano - 15´ |
| 1924 | Prelude and fugue in C minor | piano - 8˝´ |
| 1924 | Prelude and fugue in D minor/major | piano - 9˝´ |
| 1924 | English suite 4 »Kindergarten« [9 mvts] | orchestra - 14´ |
| 1925 | Blow,
blow thou winter wind Shakespeare Come away, death Shakespeare Mine be a cot beside the hill Rogers |
SATB, piano TbarB, piano SA, piano |
| ?1926 | At candlelight Gunby
Hadath Without you Gunby Hadath Song of betrothal Gunby Hadath |
song song song |
| 1930-31 | The
battle song Only short score survives. Realised John Pickard 1997 |
brass band |
| 1930-31 | Symphony 2 in E minor [4 mvts] | large orchestra - 48´ |
| 1931-32 | Symphony 3 in C sharp minor [4 mvts] | 2 pnos, large orchestra - 53˝´ |
| 1932-33 | Symphony 4 in C major »Das Siegeslied« Psalm 68 [3 mvts] | soprano, 2 SATB chor, v large orch - 48´ |
| ?1933 | Prelude | soprano, double chor |
| 1934 | Violin
concerto [1] only short score cptd |
violin, orch |
| 1934 | Prelude:
John Dowland's fancy first mvt of projected 'John Dowland suite' |
piano - 3˝´ |
| 1935 | Violin
concerto [2] [3 mvts] based in part on lost Violin concerto [1] (1934) |
violin, orch - 38´ |
| ?1935 | work | organ |
| 1937 | Symphony 5 »Wine of summer« Lord Alfred Douglas [1 mvt] | baritone, orchestra - 21´ |
| 1937-44 | Prometheus
unbound [lyric drama] Shelley [2 acts] Comnposed Nov 37 to Aug 39 & Nov 41 - Sep 1944. FS lost |
7S 3M 5A 5T 2bar 3B soli, 2 SATB chor, SATB and SSAA semichors, v large (?) orch - c 4h |
| ?1944 | Legend | cello/bass clar, piano |
| ?1947 | Adagio e
dolente fragment |
cello, piano |
| ?1947 | Dierdre of the
sorrows [opera] Synge unfinished, destroyed |
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| 1948 | Symphony 6 »Sinfonia
tragica« [1 mvt] 21 Feb 1948, derived from music for Dierdre of the sorrows (?1947) |
orchestra - 19´ |
| 1948 | Symphony 7 in C major [4 mvts] | orchestra - 40˝´ |
| 1948 | The tinker's wedding [Comedy overture 2] | orchestra - 7´ |
| 1949 | Symphony 8 in Bb minor [1 mvt] | orchestra - 23´ |
| 1950-51 | Turandot, prinzessin von China [music drama in 3 acts] Schiller | soloists, orchestra - c 2˝h |
| Derived works Three pieces from Turandot (1962) Turandot suite [assembled MacDonald] [6 mvts] Minuet and funeral march [tr MacDonald] |
orchestra orchestra piano |
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| 1951 | Symphony 9 in A minor [3 mvts] | orchestra - 27´ |
| 1951-52 | The Cenci [music drama in 8 scenes] Shelley | soloists, orchestra - 105´ |
| Derived works Preludio tragico Flourish 2 Fanfares [arr MacDonald] |
orchestra 4 trumpets brass |
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| 1953 | English suite 5 »Rustic scenes« [4 mvts] | orchestra - 22´ |
| 1953-54 | Symphony 10 in C minor [1 mvt] | orchestra - 20´ |
| 1954 | Symphony 11 [3 mvts] | orchestra - 29´ |
| 1954 | Elegy [symphonic poem] | orchestra - 14´ |
| 1955-56 | Faust [music drama in a prologue and 4 acts] Goethe | soloists, orchestra - c 2˝h |
| Derived works Prelude to Act II Gretchen songs Cathedral scene Abend Night ride of Faust and Mephistopheles |
orchestra soprano, orch sop, bass soli, SATB chor, orch orchestra orchestra |
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| 1957 | Symphony 12 [1 mvt] | orchestra - 12´ |
| 1957 | Agamemnon [music drama in one act] Aeschylus | soloists, orchestra - 39´ |
| 1959 | Symphony 13 in C major [1 mvt] | orchestra - 18´ |
| 1959-60 | Symphony 14 in F minor [1 mvt] | orchestra - 21˝´ |
| 1960 | Symphony 15 in A major [1 mvt] | orchestra - 20˝´ |
| 1960 | Symphony 16 [1 mvt] | orchestra - 17˝´ |
| 1960-61 | Symphony 17 [1 mvt] | orchestra - 14´ |
| 1961 | Symphony 18 [3 mvts] | orchestra - 15˝´ |
| 1961 | Symphony 19 in E minor [3 mvts] | orchestra - 19´ |
| 1962 | Symphony 20 in C# minor [3 mvts] | orchestra - 25˝´ |
| 1962 | The jolly miller [Comedy overture 3] | orchestra - 4˝´ |
| 1963 | Symphony 21 in Eb major [4 mvts] | orchestra - 28´ |
| 1964 | Cello concerto [3 mvts] | cello, orchestra - 20˝´ |
| 1964 | Concerto for orchestra [1 mvt] | orchestra - 15´ |
| 1964 | Symphonic
movement destroyed |
orchestra |
| 1964-65 | Symphony 22 »Symphonia brevis« [2 mvts] | orchestra - 9˝´ |
| 1965 | Symphony 23 [2 mvts] | orchestra - 13˝´ |
| 1965 | Symphony 24 in D major [1 mvt] | orchestra - 17´ |
| 1965-66 | Symphony 25 in A minor [1 mvt] | orchestra - 25´ |
| 1966 | Symphony 26 [2 mvts] | orchestra - 16˝´ |
| 1966 | Symphony 27 in C major [3 mvts] | orchestra - 22´ |
| 1967 | Symphony 28 in C minor [4 mvts] | orchestra - 15´ |
| 1967 | Symphony 29 in Eb major [4 mvts] | orchestra - 19˝´ |
| 1967 | Oedipus
Coloneus [opera] Sophocles, trans Sir George Young unfinished |
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| 1967 | Symphony 30 in Bb minor [2 mvts] | orchestra - 15˝´ |
| 1967 | Festival
fanfare [orig 'Fanfare for the orchestral brass'] |
brass - 1˝´ |
| 1968 | Symphony 31 [1 mvt] | orchestra - 13´ |
| 1968 | Legend »Ave atque vale« [»Hail and farewell«] | orchestra - 10´ |
| 1968 | Symphony 32 in Ab major [4 mvts] | orchestra - 22˝´ |
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