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List of compositions by Gustav Holst
Holst.
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Gustav Holst
The works are categorized by genre, H. catalogue number
(A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst’s Music by Imogen
Holst, London, Faber Music Ltd., 1974), opus number,
date of composition and title.
Sources
• Holst, Imogen (1974), A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav
Holst’s Music, London, Faber Music Ltd.
References
[1] ^ Foreman, Lewis (2006). Notes to The Praise of King
Olaf - Holst’s Complete Music for Military Band CD,
Specialist Recording Company Ltd. [1]
[2] ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Gustav Holst",
2006, Britannica.com webpage: Britannica-GHolst.
[3] Newsome, Roy (1995). Doctor Denis - The Life and
Times of Dr. Denis Wright, Egon Publishers.
[4] Notes to The Mystic Trumpeter study score, Novello
& Company, London.
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Genre H. Opus Date Title Scoring Notes
Opera 007 001 1895 RevokeThe Re- Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz
voke Hart
Opera 021 1896 IdeaThe Idea Children’s Operetta
Opera 060 011 1902 Youth’s Musical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by
ChoiceThe the composer
Youth’s Choice
Opera 089 023 1899–1906 Sita Opera in 3 acts based on the sto-
ry of Rama and Sita from the Ra-
mayana
Opera 096 025 1908 Sāvitri Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto
by the composer based on the
episode of Savitri and Satyavan
from the Mahābhārata
Opera 150 039 1918–1922 Perfect FoolThe Comic Opera in 1 act; libretto by
Perfect Fool the composer; revised as a ballet
1922
Opera 156 042 1924 At the Boar’s Opera in 1 act; libretto by the
Head composer based on William
Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1
and Part 2
Opera 176 050 1929–1930 Wandering Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto
ScholarThe Wan- by Clifford Bax founded on an
dering Scholar incident in Helen Waddell’s The
Wandering Scholars.
Ballet 149 1921 LureThe Lure, or
The Moth and
the Flame
Ballet 150 039 1918–1922 Perfect FoolThe 1922 revision of the opera; li-
Perfect Fool bretto by the composer
Ballet 163 045/1 1926 Golden GooseThe Choral Ballet; for chorus and or-
Golden Goose chestra; founded on the tale of
the Brothers Grimm, adapted by
Jane M. Joseph
Ballet 164 045/2 1926–1927 Morning of the Choral Ballet; for chorus and or-
YearThe Morning chestra; words by Steuart Wilson
of the Year
Incidental 1905 Stratford Revels
music
Incidental 094 1905 Nabou, or Kings
music in Babylon
Incidental 0101 027a 1909 Vision of Dame Masque; music for the play by
music ChristianThe Vi- Frances Ralph Gray
sion of Dame
Christian
1. Prelude
2. First Chorus:
"Knowest
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thou not the
warning"
3. Hymn: "Oh
let us render
thanks to God
above"
4. Choral Dance:
"How shall
we tell of
him"
5. Finale
Incidental 102 027b 1909 Stepney Chil- for orchestra
music dren’s Pageant
Incidental 102a 027b 1909 Song of LondonA for unison chorus from the incidental music for
music Song of London and piano Stepney Children’s Pageant; words
by G. K. Menzies
Incidental 114 1910 Praise of King for chorus and mili- Part 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of
music OlafThe Praise of tary band London[1]
King Olaf
1. Trumpet Calls
2. First Battle
Music
3. The Raven
Song
4. Biarkamal
5. Second Battle
Music
6. The Praise of
King Olaf
Incidental 122 1910 Philip the King Incidental Music to the play by
music John Masefield
Incidental 143 1918 Sneezing for mezzo-soprano
music CharmThe Sneez- and orchestra
ing Charm
1. Prelude
2. Song
3. Ballet
Incidental 146 1920 Choruses from for unison voices, for the play by Euripides in
music the Alcestis of flutes 33 flutes and translation by Gilbert Murray
Euripides 77 Cho- harp
ruses from the
Alcestis of Euripi-
des
1. O Paian Wise!
2. Daughter of
Pelias, Fare
Thee Well
3. Oh, a House
That Loves
the Stranger
4. Ah Me!
Farewell
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5. Advance,
Advance
6. I Have
Sojourned in
the Muses’
Land
7. There Be
Many Shapes
of Mystery
Incidental 1921 St. Martin’s
music Pageant
Incidental 170 1927 Coming of for soprano, tenor, Incidental music for a Mystery
music ChristThe Com- baritone, bass, mixed Play
ing of Christ chorus, trumpet, pi-
1. First Song of ano, organ and string
the Host of orchestra ad libitum
Heaven
2. Song of the
Four Angels
3. Second Song
of the Host of
Heaven
4. First Song of
the Kings
5. Second Song
of the Kings
6. The
Antiphonal
7. The Song of
the Coming of
Christ
Incidental 180 1930 Passing of the for unison male cho- for the play by George Moore
music EssenesThe Pass- rus
ing of the
Essenes: 2 Chants
1. In the Lord
Put I My
Trust
2. All the
Powers of the
Lord
Incidental 1933–1934 Song of
music SolomonThe
Song of Solomon
Film score 184 1931 BellsThe Bells directed by Harcourt Temple-
man
Orchestral 1891 Intermezzo for orchestra
Orchestral 031 1897 Winter IdyllA for orchestra
Winter Idyll
Orchestral 041 1898 Suite in G minor for string orchestra
Orchestral 042 007 1899 Walt Whitman for orchestra Overture
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Orchestral 043 010 1899, 1912 Suite de ballet in for orchestra revised 1912; originally Op. 8
E? major
1. Danse
rustique
2. Valse
3. Scène de nuit
4. Carnival
Orchestral 047 008 1899–1900 Symphony in F for orchestra originally Op. 10
major "The
Cotswolds"
1. Allegro con
brio
2. Elegy (In
Memoriam
William
Morris)
3. Scherzo
4. Finale
Orchestral 054 1903? Greeting for orchestra original version for violin and
piano
Orchestral 066 013 1903 Indra for orchestra Symphonic Poem
Orchestral 086 021/1 1906, 1907 Songs of the West for orchestra revised 1907
Orchestral 087 021/2 1906, 1907 Somerset Rhap- for orchestra revised 1907
sodyA Somerset
Rhapsody
Orchestral 088 022 1906 Songs without for chamber orches- No. 2 also for small military band
Words 22 Songs tra
without Words
1. Country Song
2. Marching
Song
Orchestral 107 029/1 1909–1910 Beni Mora: Orien- for orchestra
tal Suite
1. First Dance
2. Second Dance
3. Finale: In the
Street of
Ouled Naïls
Orchestral 1910 Morris Dance for orchestra
Tunes
Set I
1. Bean Setting
2. Laudnum
Bunches
3. Country
Gardens
4. Constant Billy
5. Trunkles
6. Morris Off
Set II
1. Rigs o’
Marlow
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2. Bluff King Hal
3. How d’ye do,
sir?
4. Shepherd’s
Hey
5. The Blue-
eyed Stranger
6. Morris Off
Orchestral 108 029/2(29/ 1911 Phantastes, Suite for orchestra withdrawn, originally Op. 29 No.
2) in F major 2
1. Prelude
2. March
3. Sleep
4. Dance
Orchestral 118 029/2 1912–1913 St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra dedicated to the orchestra at St
1. Jig Paul’s Girls’ School; Finale is an
2. Ostinato arrangement of 4th movement
3. Intermezzo in Second Suite.[2]
4. Finale: The
Dargason
Orchestral 125 032 1914–1916 PlanetsThe Plan- for orchestra and fe- original version for 2 pianos
ets male chorus
1. Mars, the
Bringer of
War 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee,
2. Venus, the My Country"
Bringer of
Peace
3. Mercury, the
Winged
Messenger
4. Jupiter, the
Bringer of
Jollity
5. Saturn, the
Bringer of Old
Age
6. Uranus, the
Magician
7. Neptune, the
Mystic
Orchestral 126 033 1915 Japanese Suite for orchestra
1. Prelude: Song
of the
Fisherman
2. Ceremonial
Dance
3. Dance of the
Marionette
4. Interlude:
Song of the
Fisherman
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5. Dance under
the Cherry
Tree
6. Finale: Dance
of the Wolves
Orchestral 151 040/1 1922 Fugal OvertureA for orchestra
Fugal Overture
Orchestral 172 047 1927 Egdon Heath (Ho- for orchestra title taken from Thomas Hardy’s
mage to Thomas fictitious area Egdon Heath
Hardy)
Orchestral 1928 Nocturne from for string orchestra
"A Moorside
Suite"
Orchestral 1928 Fugue à la Gigue for orchestra original work Fugue in G major,
BWV577 by Johann Sebastian
Bach; arrangement by Holst; also
for band
Orchestral 178 052 1930, 1931 Hammersmith for orchestra original for military band; or-
1. Prelude chestral version (1931) pre-
2. Scherzo miered at the same 1931 concert
as William Walton’s Belshazzar’s
Feast
Orchestral 185 1932 Jazz-Band Piece for orchestra revised by Imogen Holst as
(Mr. Shilkret’s "Capriccio" (1967)
Maggot)
Orchestral 190 1933 Brook Green for string orchestra
Suite with flute, oboe and
1. Prelude clarinet ad libitum
2. Air
3. Dance
Orchestral 190a 1933 Gavotte for string orchestra originally intended for Brook
with flute, oboe and Green Suite
clarinet ad libitum
Orchestral 192 1933–1934 Scherzo for orchestra part of an unfinished Symphony
Band Three Folk Tunes for small military
band[1]
Band 088 022 1906 Marching Song for small military No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words
band
Band 105 028/1 1909 First Suite in E- for military band
flat
1. Chaconne
2. Intermezzo
3. March
Band 106 028/2 1911 Second Suite in F for military band
1. March: 1. also known as Three Folk Tunes
Morris Dance, or March on Three Folk Tunes
Swansea
Town, Claudy
Banks
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2. Song Without
Words: "I’ll
Love My
Love"
3. Song of the
Blacksmith
4. Fantasia on
the Dargason
Band 1928 Fugue à la Gigue original work Fugue in G major,
BWV577 by Johann Sebastian
Bach; arrangement by Holst; also
for orchestra
Band 0173 1928 Moorside SuiteA for brass band unfinished transcription for mil-
Moorside Suite itary band by Holst (Scherzo and
1. Scherzo 38 bars of Nocturne)[1]; The
2. Nocturne whole work transcribed by Gor-
3. March don Jacob in 1952 and Denis
Wright in 1937[3]
Band 0178 052 1930 Hammersmith for military band also for orchestra (1931); pre-
1. Prelude miered by the US Marine Band
2. Scherzo on 17 April 1932[2]
Concertante 074 019/1 1905 Song of the for violin and orches-
NightA Song of tra
the Night
Concertante 075 019/2 1911 Invocation for cello and orches-
tra
Concertante 152 040/2 1923 Fugal ConcertoA for flute, oboe (or 2
Fugal Concerto violins) and string
1. Moderato orchestra
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
Concertante 175 049 1929 Double Concerto for violins 22 violins
1. Scherzo and orchestra
2. Lament
3. Variations on
a Ground
Concertante 191 1933 Lyric Movement for viola and small dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis
orchestra
Chamber 1893 Theme and Vari- for violins 22 violins,
music ations viola and cello
Chamber 1894 Air and Varia- for violins 22 violins,
music tions viola, cello and piano
Chamber 1894 Duo Concertante for trombone and or-
music (Duet) gan
Chamber 1894 String Trio in G for violin, viola and
music minor cello
Chamber 008 002 1896 Fantasiestücke for oboe, 2 violin, vi- revised as 3 Pieces in 1910
music 1. March ola and cello
2. Minuet
3. Scherzo
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Chamber 008a 002 1896, 1910 Pieces 33 Pieces for oboe, 2 violin, vi- 1910 revision of Fantasiestücke
music 1. March ola and cello
2. Minuet
3. Scherzo
Chamber 009 1896 Variations for oboe, clarinet,
music bassoon, violin, viola
and cello
Chamber 010 1896 Sextet in E minor for oboe, clarinet,
music bassoon, violin, viola
and cello
Chamber 011 003 1896 Quintet in A mi- for oboe, clarinet,
music nor horn, bassoon and pi-
1. Allegro ano
moderato
2. Scherzo,
Allegro
vivace
3. Adagio
4. Allegro con
brio
Chamber 023 1897 Scherzo for violins 22 violins,
music 2 violas and cellos
Chamber 1901–1902 Solos 66 Solos: for violin
music Nos. 1-5
Chamber 051 1902? Lied ohne Worte for violin and piano
music
Chamber 052 1903? Spring SongA for violin (or cello)
music Spring Song and piano
Chamber 053 1903 LandlerLändler for violins 22 violins
music and piano
Chamber 054 1903? Greeting for violin and piano also for orchestra
music
Chamber 055 1904? Maya for violin and piano
music
Chamber 056 1904? Valse-Étude for violin and piano dedicated to Marie Hall
music
Chamber 067 014 1903 Quintet for for flute, oboe, clar-
music Winds in A? ma- inet, horn and bas-
jor soon
1. Allegro
moderato
2. Adagio
3. Minuet (in
Canon) and
Trio
4. Theme and
Variations:
Poco allegro e
cantabile
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Chamber 093 1906 Scottish Airs 77 for violins 22 violins,
music Scottish Airs viola, cello and piano
Chamber 135 036 1916 Phantasy Quartet for violins 22 violins,
music on British Folk viola and cello
Songs
Chamber 158 1925 Terzetto for flute, oboe and vi-
music 1. Allegretto ola
2. Un poco
vivace
Organ 1891 Voluntaries 4 4 for organ
Voluntaries
Piano 1892 Arpeggio Study for piano
Piano 1893 Introduction and for piano 4-hands
Bolero
Piano 005 1895 Dances for piano 4-hands
1. Allegretto
2. Ländler
Piano 006 1899 Duet in D major for piano 4-hands
Piano 050 1901 Pieces 22 Pieces for piano
(Deux Pièces)
1. Fancine
2. Lucille
Piano 125 032 1914–1916 PlanetsThe Plan- for pianos 22 pianos also orchestrated
ets
1. Mars, the
Bringer of
War 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee,
2. Venus, the My Country"
Bringer of
Peace
3. Mercury, the
Winged
Messenger
4. Jupiter, the
Bringer of
Jollity
5. Saturn, the
Bringer of Old
Age
6. Uranus, the
Magician
7. Neptune, the
Mystic
Piano 153 1924 Toccata for piano founded on the Northumbrian
pipe-tune "Newburn Lads"
Piano 154 1924 Piece for for piano
YvonneA Piece
for Yvonne
Piano 165 046/1 1926 Chrissemas Day for piano founded on a tune from North
in the Morning Countrie Ballads
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Piano 166 046/2 1927 Folk Song Frag- for piano founded on a tune from North
ments 22 Folk Countrie Ballads
Song Fragments
(2 Northumbrian
Folk Tunes)
1. O! I Hae Seen
the Roses
Blaw
2. The
Shoemakker
Piano 179 1930–1932 Pieces 22 Pieces for piano
1930 1. Nocturne
1932 2. Jig
Vocal 1891 HarperThe Harp- for voice and piano
er
Vocal 1891 Die Sprode for voice and piano
Vocal 1891–1892 There Is Dew for for voice and piano
the Flow’ret
Vocal 1892 I Come from for voice and piano
Haunts of Coot
and Hern
Vocal 1892 Sing Heigh-Ho! for voice and piano 1st setting
Vocal 1893 Anna-Marie for voice and piano
Vocal 1893 Lake and a Fairy for voice and piano 1st setting
BoatA Lake and a
Fairy Boat
Vocal 1893 There Sits a Bird for voice and piano
on Yonder Tree
Vocal 1893 White Lady’s for voice and piano
FarewellThe
White Lady’s
Farewell
Vocal 1890s Exile of ErineThe for voice and piano
Exile of Erine
Vocal 04 1895, 1897 O Lady, Leave for baritone and pi- original version (1895) for mixed
That Silken ano chorus a cappella; words by
Thread Thomas Hood
Vocal 014 004 1896–1898 Songs 044 Songs for voice and piano
1. Slumber-Song 1. words by Charles Kingsley
2. Margrete’s 2. words by Henrik Ibsen in
Cradle-Song translation by William Archer
3. Soft and 3. words from Heinrich Heine
Gently 4. words by Robert Bridges
4. Awake, My
Heart
Vocal 017 1897 Song to the for voice and piano words by George MacDonald
Sleeping Lady
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Vocal 019 1901–1902 Ballade of Prince for voice and piano words by Fritz Hart
EricThe Ballade
of Prince Eric
Vocal 025 1897 Lake and a Fairy for voice and piano 2nd setting; words by Thomas
BoatA Lake and a Hood
Fairy Boat
Vocal 026 1897 Sing Heigh-Ho! for voice and piano 2nd setting; words by Charles
Kingsley
Vocal 027 1897 Airly Beacon for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 028 1890s Twin Stars Aloft for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 029 1890s Day of the for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
LordThe Day of
the Lord
Vocal 032 1897 Not a Sound But for voice and piano words by George MacDonald
Echoing in Me
Vocal 033 1898 Whether We Die for voice and piano words by George Meredith
or Live
Vocal 034 006 1898, 1900 Ornulf’s DrapaÖr- for baritone and or- revised 1900; words by Henrik
nulf’s Drapa chestra Ibsen in translation by William
Archer
Vocal 035 1890s Autumn Song for voice and piano words by Robert Bridges
Vocal 036 1898 My Joy for voice and piano words by Robert Bridges
Vocal 037 1890s Draw Not Away for voice and piano words by William Morris
Thy Hands
Vocal 038 1890s I Scanned Her for voice and piano
Picture
Vocal 039 1890s Two Brown Eyes for voice and piano
Vocal 044 1898–1899 Bhanavar’s La- for voice and piano words by George Meredith
ment
Vocal 045 1890s Ah, Come, Fair for voice and piano words by Walter E. Grogan
Mistress
Vocal 1900 She Who Is Dear for voice and piano words by Walter E. Grogan
to Me
Vocal 062 1903 Prayer for LightA for voice and piano words by Eric Mackay
Prayer for Light
Vocal 063 1904 Dewy Roses for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 064 1903 Song of the for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Woods
Vocal 065 1902–1903 To a Wild Rose for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 68 015 1902–1903 Songs 066 Songs for baritone and pi-
1. Invocation to ano 1. words translated from Rig Ve-
the Dawn da by the composer
2. Fain Would I 2. words by anonymous
Change That 3.~5. words by Thomas Hardy
Note 6. Words by Robert Bridges
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3. The
Sergeant’s
Song
4. In a Wood
5. Between Us
Now
6. I Will Not Let
Thee Go
Vocal 069 016 1903–1904 Songs 066 Songs for soprano and pi-
1. Calm Is the ano 1. words by Alfred, Lord Ten-
Morn nyson
2. My True Love 2. words by Philip Sidney
Hath My 3. words by anonymous
Heart 4. words by Nicholas Breton
3. Weep You No 5. words by William Blake
More, Sad 6. words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Fountains
4. Lovely Kind
and Kindly
Loving
5. Cradle Song
6. Peace
Vocal 071 018 1904, 1912 Mystic Trumpe- for soprano and or- revised 1912; setting of the poem
terThe Mystic chestra "From Noon to Starry Night" by
Trumpeter, Sce- Walt Whitman; Colin Matthews
na notes that while Holst had not
yet developed a musical style of
his own, this early work shows
"conviction and individuality",
and has "few parallels in British
music of this period".[4]
Vocal 072 1904–1905 Darest Thou Now, for voice and piano words by Walt Whitman
O Soul
Vocal 077 1890s Now Sleep and for voice and piano words by James Mabbe after Fer-
Take They Rest nando de Rojas
Vocal 079 1900s To Hope for voice and piano words by anonymous
Vocal 083 1906–1908 Folk Songs from for voice and piano folk song arrangements by Holst
Hampshire 1616
Folk Songs from
Hampshire
1. Abroad as I
Was Walking
2. Lord
Dunwaters
3. The Irish Girl
4. Young Reilly
5. The New-
mown Hay
6. The Willow
Tree
7. Beautiful
Nancy
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8. Sing Ivy
9. John
Barleycorn
10. Bedlam City
11. The Scolding
Wife
12. The Squire
and the
Thresher
13. The Happy
Stranger
14. Young Edwin
in the
Lowlands Low
15. Yonder Sits a
Fare Young
Damsel
16. Our Ship She
Lies in
Harbour
Vocal 084a 1906–1907 Stu Mo Run for voice and piano Scottish folk song; arrangement
by Holst
Vocal 084 1906–1914 Folk Songs 99 for voice and piano folk song arrangements by Holst
Folk Songs
1. Sovay
2. The Seeds of
Love
3. The Female
Farmer
4. Thorneyfield
Woods
5. Moorfields
6. I’ll Love My
Love
7. Claudy Banks
8. On the Banks
of the Nile
9. Here’s Adieu
Vocal 095 1907 Heart Wor- for voice and piano words by Alice M. Buckton
shipsThe Heart
Worships
Vocal 090 024 1907–1908 Hymns from the for medium voice English words translated from
Rig Veda (Vedic and piano the Sanskrit by the composer
Hymns)
First
Group
1. Ushas (Dawn)
2. Varuna I
(Sky)
3. Maruts
(Stormclouds)
Second Group
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4. Indra (God of
Storm and
Battle)
5. Varuna II
(The Waters)
6. Song of the
Frogs
Third Group
7. Vac (Speech)
8. Creation
9. Faith
(Sraddha)
Vocal 090a 024(24) 1907 Ratri (The Night) for medium voice originally included in Op. 24
and piano
Vocal 123 1914? Vigil of Pente- for voice and piano words by Alice M. Buckton
costA Vigil of
Pentecost
Vocal 1911 Glory of the West for voice and piano arrangement by Holst
Vocal 132 035 1916–1917 Songs 044 Songs for soprano (or
1. Jesu Sweet, tenor) and violin
Now Will I
Sing
2. My Soul Has
Nought But
Fire and Ice
3. I Sing of a
Maiden That
Matchless Is
4. My Leman Is
So True
Vocal 141 1918 May Day Carol for voice and violins
22 violins
Vocal 147 1920s Ballad of Hunting for voice and piano words by E. A. Ramsden
KnoweThe Ballad
of Hunting
Knowe
Vocal 1920s He-Back She- for voice and piano
Back
Vocal 174 048 1929 Songs 1212 Songs for soprano and pi- words by Humbert Wolfe
1. Persephone ano
2. Things
lovelier
3. Now in these
Fairylands
4. A Little Music
5. The Thought
6. The Floral
Bandit
7. Envoi
8. The Dream-
City
9. Journey’s End
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10. In the Street
of Lost Time
11. Rhyme
12. Betelgeuse
Vocal 174a 048(48) 1929 Epilogue for soprano and pi- words by Humbert Wolfe; origi-
ano nally intended for Op. 48
Vocal 1930 God Be in My for voice and piano
Head
Choral 1887 Horatius for mixed chorus and
orchestra
Choral 1890 Christmas CarolA for mixed chorus and
Christmas Carol piano
Choral 1891–1892 Sailor’s Chorus for male chorus and
orchestra
Choral 1891–1892 Strain for unison voices and
UpraiseThe piano
Strain Upraise
Choral 1891–1892 Advent Litany for unison voices and
piano
Choral 1892 Sanctus for unison voices and
organ
Choral 1892 New Year Chorus for mixed chorus and
piano
Choral 1892 Ode to the North for male chorus and
East Wind orchestra
Choral 1893–1894 Winter and the for mixed chorus and
Birds piano
Choral 1894 Love Wakes and for mixed chorus a
Weeps cappella
Choral 1894 Ave Maria, for female chorus a
Maiden Mild cappella
Choral 1894 Fathoms Deep for female chorus a
Beneath the cappella
Wave
Choral 1894 Now Winter’s for female chorus a
Winds Are Ban- cappella
ished
Choral 1894 Summer’s Wel- for female chorus a
come cappella
Choral 1894 Winter and the for female chorus a
Birds cappella
Choral 001 1895 Autumn Is for mixed chorus a words by Thomas Hood
OldThe Autumn cappella
Is Old
Choral 002 1895 Stars Are with for mixed chorus a words by Thomas Hood
the VoyagerThe cappella
Stars Are with
the Voyager
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Choral 003 1895 Spring It Is for mixed chorus a words by Thomas Hood
Cheery cappella
Choral 004 1895 O Lady, Leave for mixed chorus a words by Thomas Hood; also for
That Silken cappella baritone and piano
Thread
Choral 012 1890s All Night I Wait- for female chorus a
ed by the Spring cappella
Choral 013 004 1896 Short Part-Songs for female chorus a words translated from Heinrich
33 Short Part- cappella Heine
Songs
1. In the Forest
Moonbeam-
Brightened
2. All the Nests
with Song Are
Ringing
3. Soft and
Gently
through My
Soul
Choral 015 1896 There’s a Voice in for mixed chorus a
the Wind cappella
Choral 016 1896 KissThe Kiss for mixed chorus a words by Ben Jonson
cappella
Choral 018 1890s Ah Tyrant Love for mixed chorus a words by Charles Kingsley
cappella
Choral 020 1896 Light Leaves for mixed chorus a words by Fritz Hart
Whisper cappella
Choral 022 1893–1896 Not Unto Us, O for mixed chorus and Biblical words: Psalm 115
Lord organ (or piano)
Choral 024 1897 O Spring’s Little for female chorus a words by Francis Thompson
Children cappella
Choral 030 005 1897 Clear and Cool for mixed chorus and words by Charles Kingsley
orchestra
Choral 040 1898 Clouds o’er the for female chorus words by Fritz Hart
Summer Sky, and pianofemale
Canon chorus (2 sopranos)
and piano
Choral 1899 Autumn Song for female chorus a words by Francis Thompson; al-
cappella so for mixed chorus a cappella,
Op. 9a No. 2
Choral 048 009a 1897–1900 Part-Songs 55 for mixed chorus a
Part-Songs cappella 1. words by William Morris
1. Love Is 2. words by Francis Thompson;
Enough also for female chorus a cappella
2. To Sylvia (1899)
3. Autumn 3. words by William Morris
4. Come Away, 4. words by William Shakespeare
Death 5. words by William Morris
5. A Love Song
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Choral 049 009b 1900 Ave Maria for female chorus a
cappella
Choral 057 1912 I love Thee for mixed chorus a words by Thomas Hood
cappella
Choral 058 1903 Thou Didst De- for mixed chorus a words by Robert Bridges
light My Eyes cappella
Choral 059 1890s It Was a Lover for mixed chorus a words by William Shakespeare
and His Lass cappella
Choral 061 012 1902–1903 Part-Songs 55 for mixed chorus a
Part-Songs cappella 1. words by Francis Thompson
1. Dream Tryst 2. words by Thomas Heywood
2. Ye Little Birds 3. words by Robert Herrick
3. Her Eyes the 4. words by anoymous, 16th cen-
Glow-Worm tury
Lend Thee 5. words by Christina Rossetti
4. Now Is the
Month of
Maying
5. Come to Me
Choral 070 017 1903 King Estmere for mixed chorus and
orchestra
Choral 073 1904–1905 Hymns for the for mixed chorus and
English Hymnal organ 1. words by Christina Rossetti
33 Hymns for the 2. words by C. W. Humphreys af-
English Hymnal ter Divine Liturgy of St. John
1. In the Bleak Chrysostom
Mid-winter 3. words by Frederick William
2. From Glory to Faber
Glory
Advancing
3. Holy Ghost,
Come Down
Upon Thy
Children
Choral 076 1908 In Youth Is Plea- for mixed chorus a words by Robert Wever
sure cappella
Choral 078 1908 Now Rest Thee for mixed chorus a words by anonymous
from All Care cappella
Choral 080 020a 1905 Songs from "The for female chorus a words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Princess" cappella
1. Sweet and
Low
2. The Slendour
Falls
3. Tears, Idle
Tears
4. O Swallow,
Swallow
5. Now Sleeps
the Crimson
Petal
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Choral 081 1905 Home They for female chorus a words from The Princess by Al-
Brought Her cappella fred, Lord Tennyson
Warrior Dead
Choral 082 020b 1907 Old English for mixed chorus and words by anonymous
Carols 44 Old piano
English Carols
1. A Babe Is
Born
2. Now Let Us
Sing
3. Jesu, Thou
the Virgin-
born
4. The Saviour
of the World
Is Born
(Salvator
mundi natus
est)
Choral 085 1904–1919 Folk Songs 77 for unison voices and
Folk Songs orchestra (or piano)
1. On the Banks
of the Nile
2. The Willow
Tree
3. Our Ship She
Lies in
Harbour
4. I’ll Love My
Love
5. Claudy Banks
6. John
Barleycorn
7. Spanish
Ladies
Choral 1908 Adoramus Te for female chorus a
Christe [orig. Or- cappella
lando di Lasso,
arr. Holst]
Choral 1908 Benedictus [orig. for female chorus a
William Byrd, cappella
arr. Holst]
Choral 1908 Help Me, O Lord for female chorus a
[orig. Thomas cappella
Augustine, arr.
Holst]
Choral 1908 How Merrily We for female chorus a
Live [orig. cappella
Michael Este, arr.
Holst]
Choral 1908 Part-Songs 22 for mixed chorus a
Part-Songs cappella
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Choral 091 1907–1908 Carols 22 Carols for mixed chorus, words by anonymous
1. A Welcome oboe and cello Old English Carols
1916 Song
2. Terly, Terlow
Choral 092 1909 Pastoral for female chorus a
cappella
Choral 097 026 1908 Choral Hymns for mixed chorus and English words translated from
from the Rig Ve- orchestra (or piano) the Sanskrit by the composer
da, First Group
1. Battle Hymn
2. Hymn to the
Unknown
God
3. Funeral
Hymn
Choral 098 026 1909 Choral Hymns for female chorus English words translated from
from the Rig Ve- and orchestra (or pi- the Sanskrit by the composer
da, Second Group ano)
1. To Varuna
(God of the
Waters)
2. To Agni (God
of Fire)
3. Funeral
Chant
Choral 099 026 1910 Choral Hymns for female chorus English words translated from
from the Rig Ve- and harp (or piano) the Sanskrit by the composer
da, Third Group
1. Hymn to the
Dawn
2. Hymn to the
Waters
3. Hymn to
Vena
4. Hymn of the
Travellers
Choral 100 026 1912 Choral Hymns for male chorus and English words translated from
from the Rig Ve- string orchestra with the Sanskrit by the composer
da, Fourth Group brass ad libitum (or
1. Hymn to Agni piano)
(The
Sacrifical
Fire)
2. Hymn to
Soma
3. Hymn to
Manas
4. Hymn to
Indra
Choral 103 1909 O England, My for unison voices and words by G. K. Menzies
Country orchestra (or piano)
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Choral 104 1909 Song of FairiesA for female chorus a
Song of Fairies cappella
Choral 109 1910 Christmas Day: for mixed chorus and
Choral Fantasy orchestra (or organ)
on Old Carols
1. Good
Christian
Men Rejoice
2. God Rest You
Merry
Gentlemen
3. Come Ye
Lofty, Come
Ye Lowly
4. The First
Nowell
Choral 1910 Old Airs and for female chorus a
Glees [arr. Holst] cappella
Choral 110 1910 Part-Songs 44 for children’s chorus words by John Greenleaf Whitti-
Part-Songs and piano er
1. Song of the
Ship-builders
2. Song of the
Shoemakers
3. Song of the
Fishermen
4. Song of the
Drovers
Choral 111 030 1910–1912 Cloud Messen- for alto, mixed cho- founded on a Sanskrit poem of
gerThe Cloud rus and orchestra Kālidāsa; words translated by
Messenger, Ode the composer
Choral 112 1911 Eastern Pictures for female chorus words translated by the compos-
22 Eastern Pic- and harp (or piano) er from Kālidāsa
tures
1. Spring
2. Summer
Choral 113 1911 In Loyal Bonds for unison voices and words by Shapcott Wensley
United: Empire piano
Day Song
Choral 1912 News From Why- for mixed chorus and
dah [orig. Henry orchestra
Balfour Gardiner,
orch. Holst]
Choral 1912 Lord, Who Hast for female chorus
Made Us For and orchestra
Thine Own: No. 2
of the Two
Psalms
Choral 115 031/1 1911 Hecuba’s Lament for alto, female cho- words by Gilbert Murray after
rus and string or- Euripides
chestra
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Choral 116 031/2 1913 Hymn to Diony- for female chorus words by Gilbert Murray after
sus and orchestra Euripides
Choral 117 1912 Psalms 22 Psalms for mixed chorus, or-
1. Psalm 86 gan (or brass) and 1. with tenor solo
2. Psalm 148 string orchestra also for female chorus and or-
(Lord, Who chestra (or organ, or piano)
Hast Made Us
For Thine
Own)
Choral 118a 1911 Playground Song for unison voices and for St Paul’s Girls’ School
piano
Choral 119 1913 Swallow Leaves for female chorus a words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Her NestThe cappella
Swallow Leaves
Her Nest
Choral 120 1913 HomecomingThe for male chorus a words by Thomas Hardy
Homecoming cappella
Choral 121 1914 Dirge for Two for male chorus, words by Walt Whitman
VeteransA Dirge brass and percussion
for Two Veterans
Choral 124 1915 Dirge and Hyme- for female chorus words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
neal and piano (or harp)
Choral 127 1915 Nunc Dimittis for mixed chorus a
cappella
Choral 128 034/1 1916 This Have I Done for mixed chorus a
for My True Love cappella
Choral 129 034/2 1916 Lullay My Liking for soprano and
mixed chorus a cap-
pella
Choral 130 034/3 1916 Of One That Is So for soprano, alto,
Fair and Bright tenor, bass and
mixed chorus a cap-
pella
Choral 131 034/4 1916 Bring Us in Good for mixed chorus a
Ale cappella
Choral 1916 Personent hodie, for unison chorus arrangement by Holst; Latin text
Christmas Song and orchestra and melody from Piæ Cantiones
Choral 1916 Short Commu- for equal voices a original work by William Byrd;
nion Service cappella arrangement by Holst
Choral 133 1916–1917 Carols 33 Carols for unison voices and
1. I Saw Three orchestra
Ships 2. words by Jane M. Joseph after
2. Christmas Piæ Cantiones
Song 3. words by William Morris
3. Masters in
This Hall
Choral 134 036a 1916 Festival Choruses for mixed chorus and
33 Festival Cho- orchestra 1. words by Gerard Moultrie af-
ruses
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1. Let All Mortal ter Biblical or other sacred texts
Flesh Keep 2.~3. words by Clifford Bax
Silence
2. Turn Back, O
Man
3. A Festival
Chime
Choral 136 036b 1916 Choral Folk for mixed chorus a
Songs 66 Choral cappella 1., 3.~6. also for male chorus a
Folk Songs cappella
1. I Sowed the
Seeds of Love
2. There Was a
Tree
3. Matthew,
Mark, Luke
and John
4. The Song of
the
Blacksmith
5. I Love My
Love
6. Swansea
Town
Choral 137 1916 Diverus and for mixed chorus a
Lazarus cappella
Choral 138 1917 Part-Songs for for children’s chorus words by John Greenleaf Whitti-
Children 22 Part- and piano er
Songs for Chil-
dren
1. The Corn
Song
2. Song of the
Lumbermen
Choral 139 1917 Dream of Christ- for female chorus
masA Dream of and string orchestra
Christmas (or piano)
Choral 142 1916–1917 Here Is Joy for for female chorus a words by John Mason Neale after
Every Age cappella "Ecce novum gaudium"
Choral 1916–1919 All People That for mixed chorus and
on Earth Do orchestra
Dwell [arr. Holst]
Choral 140 037 1917 Hymn of Je- for mixed choruses text chosen and translated from
susThe Hymn of 22 mixed choruses, the Apocryphal Acts of St. John
Jesus female semi-chorus
and orchestra
Choral 144 038 1919 Ode to Death for mixed chorus and words by Walt Whitman
orchestra
Choral 145 1919 Short Festival Te for mixed chorus and
Deum orchestra
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Choral 148 1921, I Vow to Thee, for unison voices and based on the theme from the
1918? My Country, orchestra middle section of the Jupiter
Hymn movement of The Planets; words
by Cecil Spring-Rice
Choral 155 041 1923–1924 First Choral Sym- for soprano, mixed words by John Keats
phony chorus and orchestra
1. Prelude:
Invocation to
Pan
2. Song and
Bacchanal
3. Ode on a
Grecian Urn
4. Scherzo:
Fancy
5. Folly’s Song
6. Finale
Choral 157 1925 Ode to C.K.S. and for mixed chorus a for Charles Kennedy Scott and
the Oriana cappella the Oriana Madrigal Society on
the 21st foundation day; words
by Jane M. Joseph
Choral 043 1924–1925 Motets 22 Motets for mixed chorus a
159 1924 1. The Evening- cappella 1. words by Henry Vaughan
160 1925 Watch: 2. words by Digby Mackworth
Dialogue Dolben
between Body
and Soul
2. Sing Me the
Men Ere This
Choral 1925 God Is Love, His Hymn
the Care
Choral 161 1925 Hymns for Songs for the hymnal Songs of Praise
of Praise 44 1. words by J. S. Arkwright
Hymns for Songs 2. words by Robert Herrick
of Praise 3. words by Sabine Baring-Gould
1. O Valiant 4. words by Percy Dearmer after
Hearts Thomas Heywood
2. In This
World, the
Isle of Dreams
3. Onward,
Christian
Soldiers!
4. I Sought Thee
Round About,
O Thou My
God
Choral 162 044 1925–1926 Part-Songs 77 for soprano, female words by Robert Bridges
Part-Songs chorus and string or-
1. Say Who Is chestra
This?
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2. O Love, I
Complain
3. Angel Spirits
of Sleep
4. When First
We Met
5. Sorrow and
Joy
6. Love on My
Heart from
Heaven Fell
7. Assemble, All
Ye Maidens
Choral 1927 O Magnum Mys- for mixed chorus a
terium [edt. cappella
Holst]
Choral 1927 By Weary Stages Hymn
Choral 1927 Gird on Thy Hymn
Sword/Lift Up
Your Arms
Choral 167 1928 Christ Hath a for female chorus words by Robert Bridges after
Garden and small orchestra Isaac Watts
Choral 168 1927 Man Born to Toil for mixed chorus, or- words by Robert Bridges
gan and bells ad libi-
tum
Choral 169 1927 Eternal Father for soprano, mixed words by Robert Bridges
chorus, organ and
bells ad libitum
Choral 171 1928 Canterbury Bells: for equal voices a words by Mabel Rodwell Jones
2 Rounds cappella4 equal voic-
1. Within This es a cappella
Place All
Beauty Dwells
2. To Bother
Missis Bell
Choral 177 051 1930 Choral FantasiaA for soprano, mixed words by Robert Bridges
Choral Fantasia chorus and orchestra
Choral 181 1931 Roadways for unison voices and words by John Masefield
piano
Choral 182 1928–1931 Wassail Song for mixed chorus a
cappella
Choral 183 1930–1931 Welsh Folk Songs for mixed chorus a words adapted by Steuart Wilson
1212 Welsh Folk cappella
Songs
1. Lisa Lan
2. Green Grass
3. The Dove
4. Awake,
Awake
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5. The
Nightingale
and Linnet
6. The Mother-
In-Law
7. The First
Love
8. O ’Twas on a
Monday
morning
9. My
Sweetheart’s
Like Venus
(Mae
’nghariad i’n
Fenws)
10. White
Summer Rose
11. The Lively
Pair
12. The Lover’s
Complaint
Choral 186 053 1931–1932 Choruses 66 Cho- for male chorus and words from medieval Latin lyrics
ruses string orchestra (or by Helen Waddell
1. Good Friday piano)
2. Intercession
3. How Mighty
Are the
Sabbaths
4. A Love Song
5. Drinking
Song
6. Before Sleep
Choral 186a 053(53) 1931 On the Battle for male chorus and originally intended for Op. 53;
Which Was string orchestra (or words from medieval Latin lyrics
Fought at Fon- piano, or organ) by Helen Waddell
tenoy
Choral 187 1932 Canons 88 for equal voices a
Canons cappellaNos. 1~6 for poems from mediaeval Latin
1. If You Love equal voices a cap- lyrics in translation by Helen
Songs pella Waddell
2. Lovely Venus Nos. 7~8 for equal
3. The Fields of voices and piano
Sorrow
4. David’s
Lament for
Jonathan
5. O Strong of
Heart
6. Truth of All
Truth
7. Evening on
the Moselle
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8. If ’Twere the
Time of Lilies
Choral 188 1932 O Spiritual Pil- for soprano and words by James Elroy Flecker
grim mixed chorus a cap-
pella
Choral 189 1933 Come Live with for equal voices 22 words by Christopher Marlowe
Me equal voices a cap-
pella
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