Alphabetical List of Compositions
A – B
– C – D – E – F
– G – H – I – J
– K – L – M – N
– O – P – Q – R
– S – T – U – V
– W – X – Y – Z
- 'Ah! how ephemeral',
from The Wise Virgins
Suite
- arranged for two pianos (arr.
Goehr, 1960)
- All
this time, carol for mixed chorus (1970)
- Anniversary
Fanfare, for brass and percussion (1973)
- Anon.
in love, six songs for tenor and guitar, or small orchestra (1960,
orch. 1971)
- arranged for voice and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1990)
- Antiphon,
anthem for mixed chorus and organ (1977)
- arranged for choir, brass and
organ (arr. Palmer, 1990)
- As
You Like It, music for the film (1936)
- A
Poem for Orchestra, with soprano solo (arr. Palmer, 1989)
- arranged for soprano and
chamber ensemble (arr. Watson, 1997)
- Suite
for Orchestra, with optional mixed chorus (arr. Davis, 1987)
- Under
the Greenwood Tree, song for voice (or unison voices) and piano
(1936)
- arranged for soprano and
orchestra (arr. Douglas, 1936)
- 'Ass Face', from Façade
- Ballet — a new
Pas de deux, ballet based on Siesta
(chor. Ashton, 1972)
- Ballet — a Pas de deux,
ballet based on Siesta (chor.
Ashton, 1936)
- Ballet
Music from Escape Me Never, for orchestra (1934/35)
- arranged for piano solo (arr.
Walton, 1935)
- 'Bank Holiday', from Façade
- Battle
of Britain, music for the film (1969)
- Suite
for Orchestra (arr. Matthews, 1984–5)
- arranged for military band
(arr. Hingley, 2002)
- 'March and Siegfried Music',
arranged for brass band (arr. Watson, 1995)
- A
Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1990)
- BBC
Shakespeare Series Title Music, for orchestral winds and percussion
(1977)
- The
Bear: An Extravaganza in One Act (1965–7)
- Beatriz's
Song, for contralto and string orchestra (1942)
- arranged for organ solo, as 'Romanza'
(arr. Palmer, 1996)
- arranged for voice and guitar
(arr. Quine)
- arranged for voice and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1991)
- Belshazzar's
Feast, for mixed choir, baritone solo and orchestra (1930–1)
- 'Black
Mrs. Behemoth', from Façade
- A
Birthday Fanfare, for trumpets and percussion (1981)
- The
Boy David, incidental music for the play (1935) – lost
- Britten
Improvisations, for orchestra (1969)
- Bucolic
Comedies, five songs for voice and six instruments (1923–4) – lost
- 'By
the Lake', from Façade
- Call
Signs for Granada TV, for orchestra (1962)
- Cantico
del sole, for unaccompanied mixed voices (1973–4)
- Cantus firmus, ballet based
on The Wise Virgins
Suite (chor. Brabants, 1970)
- Capriccio
burlesco, for orchestra (1968)
- Cello
Concerto (1955–6)
- arranged for cello and piano
(arr. Douglas, 1957)
- 'Charge and Battle', from Henry
V Suite, arranged
for brass band (arr. Wills)
- Children's Suite, for oboe
and piano, arranged from Music
for Children (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Child's
Song, for voice and piano (1918)
- Chorale
Prelude on Herzlich thut mich verlangen, by J. S. Bach, freely
arranged for piano solo (1931)
- Chorale
Prelude on Wheatley, for organ solo (1916)
- Christopher
Columbus, incidental music for the radio play (1942)
- Beatriz's
Song, for contralto and string orchestra (1942)
- arranged for organ solo, as
'Romanza' (arr. Palmer, 1996)
- arranged for voice and
guitar (arr. Quine)
- arranged for voice and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1991)
- Cantata,
for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra (arr. Davis, 1988)
- A
Musical Journey, for speakers, soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra
(arr. Davis, 2002)
- Suite,
for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1987)
- 'Clown Argheb's Song', from Façade
- Concerto
for Cello and Orchestra (1955–6)
- arranged for cello and piano
(arr. Douglas, 1957)
- Concerto
for Viola and Orchestra (1928–9, rev. 1961)
- arranged for viola and piano
(arr. Pratley, 1930)
- arranged for viola and piano
(arr. Wellington, 2002)
- Concerto
for Violin and Orchestra (1938–9)
- arranged for violin and piano
(arr. Reizenstein, 1941)
- Concerto
for Violoncello and Orchestra (1955–6)
- arranged for cello and piano
(arr. Douglas, 1957)
- 'The Contrast', from A
Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
- Coronation
Te Deum, for double mixed chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, and
military brass (1952)
- arranged for choir and organ
(arr. O'Brien, 1977)
- arranged for choir and organ,
with optional brass (arr. Preston/Blatchly, 1982)
- arranged for choir, brass and
organ (arr. Naylor)
- arranged for choir, brass and
organ (arr. Palmer, 1989)
- 'Country
Dance', from Façade
- arranged for flute and piano (arr. Palmer,
1992)
- Crown
Imperial: Coronation March, for orchestra (1937, rev. 1963)
- arranged for amateur orchestra
(arr. Stone, 1969)
- arranged for brass band (arr.
Wright, 1995)
- arranged for brass, organ and
percussion (arr. Palmer, 1989)
- arranged for military band (arr.
Duthoit, 1937)
- arranged for organ solo (arr.
Murrill, 1937)
- arranged for piano duet (arr.
Murrill, 1949)
- arranged for piano solo (arr.
Walton, 1937)
- arranged for reduced orchestra
(arr. Tausky, 1967)
- arranged for small orchestra and
piano (arr. Greenbaum, 1937)
- arranged for young concert band
(arr. Bocook)
- That we may never fail,
for chorus and orchestra (arr. Sandford, 1948)
- 'Daphne', from Façade
- 'Dark Song', from Façade
- 'Death of Falstaff', from Two
Pieces from Henry V (1943–4)
- arranged for organ solo (arr.
Ley, 1949)
- Devoirs de vacances, ballet
based on Music for Children
(chor. Taras, 1949)
- 'Diomede!', from Troilus
and Cressida
- Dreaming
Lips, music for the film (1937)
- Dr.
Syntax: A Pedagogic Overture, for large orchestra (1920–1) – lost
- Duets
for Children, for piano duet (1940)
- [for arrangements, see Music
for Children below]
- Duettino,
for oboe and violin (1982)
- Façade:
An Entertainment, for reciter and six instruments (1921–7, rev. 1942)
- arrangements
for concert band (arr. O'Brien, 1969)
- arrangements for piano solo
(arr. Douglas, 1942/8)
- arrangements for two pianos
(arr. Murrill, 1934/50)
- Façade
2: A Further Entertainment, for reciter and six instruments
(1977–8)
- Façade, ballet based on Façade
(chor. Kemp, 1983)
- Façade: Ballet in One
Act, ballet based on Façade (chor.
Ashton, 1972)
- First
Suite for Orchestra (1926)
- Five Pieces, arranged for guitar
quartet (arr. Goss)
- Four Dances, arranged for small
orchestra, or strings and piano (arr. Goehr, 1939)
- Prologue, for reciter and six
instruments (ed. Hunter)
- Second
Suite for Orchestra (1938)
- arranged for piano duet
(arr. Lambert, 1939)
- Seven Pieces, for clarinet and
piano (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Six
Songs to Poems by Edith Sitwell, for voice and chamber ensemble or
piano (arr. Palmer, 1989)
- Suite, for brass quintet (arr.
Gout)
- Suite,
for chamber ensemble (arr. Palmer, 1987)
- Suite, for harmonica and
orchestra (arr. Douglas, 1958)
- Third
Suite for Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1991)
- Three Pieces, for flute and
piano (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Three Pieces, for harmonica and
piano (arr. Douglas, 1959)
- Three
Songs, for voice and piano (1931–2)
- 'Fain would I change that note',
from Anon. in love
- Familien-Album, ballet based
on Façade:
First Suite for Orchestra (chor. Cranko, 1961)
- Fanfare
for a Great Occasion, for brass and percussion (arr. Sargent, 1964)
- Fanfare
for Your National Theatre, for brass and percussion (1974)
- 'Fanfare', from Façade
- Fanfares
for Salute to the Red Army, for brass and timpani (1943)
- Fantasia
concertante, for two pianos, jazz band and orchestra (1923–4) – lost
- Finale for Variations
on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellinger's Round), for string orchestra (1953)
- The
First of the Few, music for the film (1942)
- The
First Shoot, ballet for the revue Follow the Sun (1935) – lost
- Five
Bagatelles, for guitar solo (1970–1)
- Five Pieces from Façade,
arranged for guitar quartet (arr. Goss)
- For
All the Saints, hymn tune (1916)
- The
Foreman Went to France, music for the film (1942)
- The
Forsaken Merman, for soloists, women's chorus and orchestra (1916)
- Four Dances from Façade,
arranged for small orchestra, or strings and piano (arr. Goehr, 1939)
- 'Four
in the Morning', from Façade
- 'Fox-trot',
from Façade
- Funeral
March from Hamlet, for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
- Galop final,
for Music for Children (1949,
orch. Palmer)
- 'Glide gently', from A
Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
- Gloria,
for soloists, double mixed chorus and orchestra (1960–1)
- God
Save the Queen, arranged for orchestra, or mixed chorus and
orchestra (1953, 1955, 1961)
- 'Gone Dry', from Façade
- Granada
TV: Prelude, Call Signs, and End Music, for orchestra (1962)
- Hamlet,
music for the film (1947)
- Henry
V, music for the film (1943–4)
- 'Death of Falstaff', arranged
for organ solo (arr. Ley, 1949)
- A
Shakespeare Scenario, for speaker, mixed chorus, children's choir
(optional), and orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1988)
- arranged for speaker,
optional women's chorus, and chamber ensemble (arr. Watson, 1993)
- Suite for Brass Band (arr.
Watson, 1995)
- Suite
for Chorus and Orchestra (arr. Sargent, 1945)
- Suite
for Orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
- arranged for wind band (arr.
Phillips, 1976)
- 'Charge and Battle',
arranged for brass band (arr. Wills)
- Suite
for Organ (arr. Gower, 1996)
- 'Touch her soft lips and part',
arranged for flute and piano (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Two
Pieces for Strings (1943–4)
- arranged for oboe and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1992)
- arranged for organ solo
(arr. Farrington, 2001)
- arranged for piano duet
(arr. Rutter, 1972)
- Herzlich
thut mich verlangen: Chorale Prelude, by J. S. Bach, freely arranged
for piano solo (1931)
- Hindemith
Variations, for large orchestra (1962–3)
- A
History of the English-Speaking Peoples: March, for orchestra (1959)
- 'Holy Thursday', from A
Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
- 'Hornpipe',
from Façade
- 'How can I sleep?', from Troilus
and Cressida
- 'Lady, when I behold
the roses', from Anon. in love
- Lai,
for piano solo (1944) – lost
- 'The Last Galop', from Façade
- A
Litany, anthem for mixed chorus (or treble voices) (1915/16, rev.
1930)
- 'Long
Steel Grass', from Façade
- 'Lord, hear my longing', from The
Wise Virgins Suite
- 'The Lord Mayor's Table', from A
Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
- Love
laid his sleepless head, song for voice and piano (1918)
- 'Lullaby
for Jumbo', from Façade
- A
Lyke-wake Song, for voice and piano (1918)
- Macbeth,
incidental music for the play (1941–2)
- Magnificat
and Nunc dimittis, for mixed chorus and organ (1974)
- Major
Barbara, music for the film (1940–1)
- Make
we joy now in this fest: Old English Carol, for mixed chorus (1931)
- 'The
Man from a Far Countree', from Façade
- 'March and Siegfried Music', from Battle
of Britain Suite,
arranged for brass band (arr. Watson, 1995)
- March
for A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, for orchestra
(1959)
- March for Concert Band, arranged
from Granada
Prelude (arr. Vinter, 1965)
- 'Mariner
Man', from Façade
- 'Mazurka', from Façade
- Medley
for Brass Band (1979–80)
- Memorial
Fanfare for Henry Wood, for large orchestra (1945)
- Miniatures for Wind Band, Sets 1 and
2, arranged from Music for
Children (arr. Wiggins, 1974)
- Missa
brevis, for mixed chorus and organ (1965–6)
- Music
for Children, for orchestra (1940–1)
- arranged for brass band (arr.
Hindmarsh, 1995)
- arranged for piano solo (arr.
Douglas, 1949/50)
- Children's Suite, for
oboe and piano, (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Galop final, (1949, orch.
Palmer)
- Miniatures for Wind Band (arr.
Wiggins, 1974)
- Six Pieces for Brass Ensemble
(arr. de Jongh, 1964)
- 'Trumpet Tune', arranged for
trumpet and piano (arr. Driver, 1954)
- Two Pieces for Manuals, for
organ solo (arr. Gower, 1996)
- 'My love in her attire', from Anon.
in love
- 'O stay, sweet
love', from Anon. in love
- 'Old
Sir Faulk' (Fox-trot), from Façade
- Orb
and Sceptre: Coronation March, for orchestra (1952–3)
- arranged for brass band (arr.
Ball, 1979)
- arranged for military band (arr.
Richardson, 1953)
- arranged for piano solo (arr.
Douglas, 1953)
- arranged for organ solo (arr.
Gower, 1996)
- arranged for organ solo (arr.
McKie, 1953)
- arranged for reduced orchestra
(arr. Douglas, 1953)
- 'Overture', from Façade
- O.W., ballet based on Viola
Concerto and The Quest (chor.
Layton, 1972)
- Partita
for Orchestra (1957)
- Passacaglia,
for cello solo (1979–80)
- The
Passionate Shepherd, song for tenor and ten instruments (1920) – lost
- Piano
Quartet (1918–21, rev. 1975)
- 'Polka',
from Façade
- 'Popular
Song', from Façade
- arranged for two pianos (arr.
Seiber, 1939)
- arranged for flute and piano (arr.
Palmer, 1992)
- Portsmouth
Point: Overture, for orchestra (1925)
- arranged for piano duet (arr.
Walton, 1925)
- arranged for reduced orchestra
(arr. Lambert, 1932)
- 'Praise be to God', from The
Wise Virgins Suite
- Prelude
and Fugue: The Spitfire, for orchestra (1942)
- Prelude
for Orchestra: Granada (1962)
- Prelude:
Richard III, for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
- arranged for military band (arr.
Richardson, 1973)
- Prologo
e fantasia, for orchestra (1981–2)
- Prologue, from A
Wartime Sketchbook, arranged for organ solo (arr. Gower, 1996)
- Prologue to Façade,
for reciter and six instruments (ed. Hunter)
- Put
off the serpent girdle, partsong for women's voices (1949–50)
- 'Rhyme', from A
Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
- Richard
III (1955)
- Prelude,
for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
- arranged for military band
(arr. Richardson, 1973)
- A
Shakespeare Scenario, for orchestra and optional speaker (arr.
Palmer, 1989)
- A
Shakespeare Suite, for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
- arranged for military band
(arr. Bunyon, 2002)
- Three
Pieces for Organ (1955)
- arranged for oboe and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Roaring
Fanfare, for brass and percussion (1976)
- 'Romanza' (Beatriz's
Song), from Christopher
Columbus
- arranged for clarinet and piano (arr.
Palmer, 1992)
- arranged for organ solo (arr.
Palmer, 1996)
- Romeo
and Juliet: Ballet in Two Tableaux, by Constant Lambert (orch.
Walton, 1925–6)
- Rondet
de carol, for piano solo (1944) – lost
- Salome,
ballet based on Symphony No. 1 (chor.
Leclair, 1971)
- Salute to Sir Robert Mayer on his 100th
Birthday, revised as Introduction
to the National Anthem (1979–80)
- Salute
to the Red Army: Fanfares, for brass and timpani (1943)
- Scapino:
A Comedy Overture, for orchestra (1940, rev. 1949)
- 'Scotch
Rhapsody', from Façade
- 'See what his love can do', from The
Wise Virgins Suite
- 'Serenade', from Façade
- Set
me as a seal upon thine heart, anthem for mixed chorus (1938)
- Seven Pieces, for clarinet and
piano, arranged from Façade (arr.
Palmer, 1992)
- 'Sheep may safely graze', from The
Wise Virgins Suite
- Siesta,
for small orchestra (1926)
- arranged for piano duet (arr.
Walton, 1928)
- arranged for two pianos (arr.
Bennett, 1977)
- Sinfonia
concertante, for orchestra with piano obbligato (1925–7, rev.
1943)
- arranged for two pianos (arr.
Douglas, 1947)
- arranged for two pianos (arr.
Walton, 1928)
- 'Sir
Beelzebub', from Façade
- Six Pieces for Brass Ensemble,
arranged from Music for
Children (arr. de Jongh, 1964)
- Six
Songs to Poems by Edith Sitwell, for voice and chamber ensemble, or
piano (arr. Palmer, 1989)
- 'Slowly it all comes back', from Troilus
and Cressida
- 'Small Talk', from Façade
- 'Something
Lies beyond the Scene', from Façade
- A
Son of Heaven, incidental music for the play (1924–5) – lost
- Song ('Love
laid his sleepless head'), for voice and piano (1918)
- A
Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, six songs for soprano and piano, or
small orchestra (1962, orch. 1970)
- Sonata
for String Orchestra (1971)
- Sonata
for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Sonata
for Violin and Piano (1947–50)
- Spitfire
Prelude and Fugue, for orchestra (1942)
- arranged for brass band (arr.
Crees)
- arranged for brass ensemble
(arr. Howarth, 1977)
- Fugue, arranged for military
band (arr. Wallace, 1970)
- Prelude, arranged for organ solo
(arr. Morrell, 1966)
- Prelude, arranged for military
band (arr. Bashford, 1966)
- 'Springing Jack', from Façade
- The
Star-Spangled Banner, arranged for orchestra (1955)
- A
Stolen Life, music for the film (1938)
- String
Quartet No. 1 (1920–2)
- String
Quartet No. 2 in A minor (1945–6)
- 'Switchback', from Façade
- Symphony
No. 1, for orchestra (1932–5)
- arranged for piano duet (arr.
Murrill, 1937)
- Symphony
No. 2, for large orchestra (1957–60)
- 'Tango-Pasodoblé',
from Façade
- 'Tarantella',
from Façade
- Tell
me where is fancy bred, partsong for soprano and tenor soloists,
three violins and piano (1916)
- That we may never fail,
arranged for chorus and orchestra from Crown
Imperial (arr. Sandford, 1948)
- Theme
for Improvisation, for organ solo (1936)
- Theme
for Variations, for cello solo (1970)
- Three
Arias from Troilus and Cressida, for soprano and orchestra (1961)
- Three Pieces, for flute and piano,
arranged from Façade (arr. Palmer,
1992)
- Three Pieces, for harmonica and
piano, arranged from Façade (arr.
Douglas, 1959)
- Three Pieces, for oboe and piano,
arranged from Richard III (arr.
Palmer, 1992)
- Three
Pieces for Organ, from Richard III (1955)
- arranged for oboe and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Three
Sisters, music for the film (1969)
- Three
Songs, for voice and piano (1931–2)
- 'Through
Gilded Trellises', from Façade
- Title
Music for the BBC Shakespeare Series, for orchestral winds and
percussion (1977)
- 'To couple is a custom', from Anon.
in love
- Toccata
for Violin and Piano (1922–3)
- 'Touch her soft lips and part', from
Henry V (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- arranged for flute and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1992)
- 'Trams', from Façade
- Tritons,
song for voice and piano (1920)
- The
Triumph of Neptune: English Pantomime in Ten Scenes, by Lord Berners
(orch. Walton, 1926)
- Troilus
and Cressida: An Opera in Three Acts (1947–54, rev. 1963, 1972–6)
- 'Trumpet Tune', from Music
for Children, arranged for trumpet and piano (arr. Driver, 1954)
- Tunes for
My Niece, for piano solo (1940)
- The
Twelve: An Anthem for the Feast of Any Apostle, for SATB soli, mixed
chorus, and organ, or orchestra (1965)
- Two Pieces for Manuals, for organ
solo, arranged from Music
for Children (arr. Gower, 1996)
- Two Pieces, for oboe and piano,
arranged from Henry V (arr. Palmer,
1992)
- Two
Pieces for Strings, from Henry V (1943–4)
- Two
Pieces for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1992)
- Two
Pieces for Violin and Piano (1948–50)
- Two
Pieces from Henry V, for string orchestra (1943–4)
- arranged for oboe and piano
(arr. Palmer, 1992)
- arranged for organ solo (arr.
Farrington, 2001)
- arranged for piano duet (arr.
Rutter, 1972)
- Under
the Greenwood Tree, song for voice (or unison voices) and piano
(1936)
- arranged for soprano and
orchestra (arr. Douglas, 1936)
- 'Wapping Old
Stairs', from A Song
for the Lord Mayor's Table
- A
Wartime Sketchbook, arranged for orchestra from various film scores
(arr. Palmer, 1990)
- arranged for brass band (arr.
Hindmarsh, 1995)
- Prologue, arranged for organ
solo (arr. Gower, 1996)
- Went
the Day Well?, music for the film (1942)
- What
cheer?: A Christmas carol, for unaccompanied mixed voices (1961)
- 'What God hath done is rightly
done', from The Wise Virgins
Suite
- Wheatley:
Chorale Prelude, for organ solo (1916)
- Where
does the uttered Music go?, for unaccompanied mixed voices (1945–6)
- 'The White Owl', from Façade
- The
Winds, song for voice and piano (1918)
- 'The Wind's Bastinado', from Façade
- The
Wise Virgins, ballet on one act, after music by J. S. Bach (1940)
– lost
- complete version (arr. Lane,
2003)
- Suite
(1940)
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