SCORES AND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
Graham Parlett
This classified index of Bax’s music contains details of scores and parts and is intended to assist listeners and performers in tracing his works, both published and unpublished. Titles are arranged alphabetically within the following categories with the date of completion added in parentheses:
I. ORCHESTRAL WORKS: Concert works, ballets, incidental music, film music, fanfares
II. CONCERTOS: Including other works for solo instrument and orchestra
| (1) Piano | (4) Cello |
| (2) Violin | (5) Oboe |
| (3) Viola | (6) Cor anglais, clarinet and horn |
III. CHAMBER WORKS: Including works for unaccompanied harp and cello
| (1) Six-nine instruments | (7) Cello with piano or unaccompanied |
| (2) Quintets | (8) Flute with piano or harp |
| (3) Quartets | (9) Clarinet with piano |
| (4) Trios | (10) Horn with piano |
| (5) Violin with piano | (11) Harp |
| (6) Viola with piano or harp |
IV. KEYBOARD WORKS:
| (1) Two pianos |
| (2) Piano duet (arrangement only) |
| (3) Piano solo |
| (4) Organ solo (arrangements only) |
V. CHORAL WORKS:
| (1) Soloists and chorus with orchestra |
| (2) Chorus with orchestra |
| (3) Chorus with organ |
| (4) Chorus with other accompaniment |
| (5) Unaccompanied chorus and hymn |
VI. VOCAL WORKS
| (1) Songs with orchestra |
| (2) Songs with string quartet or piano trio |
| (3) Songs with piano |
| (4) Recitations with piano |
VII. INCOMPLETE, UNORCHESTRATED, AND MISSING WORKS
| (1) Orchestral works | (4) Piano works |
| (2) Projected operas | (5) Choral works |
| (3) Chamber works | (6) Songs |
Instrumentation
Orchestral wind and brass instruments are listed in the usual way, with doubling instruments in parentheses. Thus 3(1).2.1.3(E♭).1.2.1 4.3.3.1. = 3 flutes, the third doubling on piccolo; 2 oboes; 1 cor anglais; 3 clarinets in A or B flat, the third doubling on clarinet in E flat; 1 bass clarinet; 2 bassoons; 1 double bassoon; 4 horns in F; 3 trumpets (in C except as noted); 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass); 1 tuba. The following abbreviations are also used:
| b.d. | bass drum |
| bsn. | bassoon |
| cast. | castanets |
| cel. | celesta |
| cl. | clarinet |
| cnt. | cornet |
| cor ang. | cor anglais (English horn) |
| cym. | cymbal(s) |
| fl. | flute |
| glock. | glockenspiel |
| heck. | heckelphone |
| hn. | horn |
| m.d. | military drum |
| ob. | oboe |
| org. | organ |
| pfte. | piano |
| sarr. | sarrusophone |
| s.d. | side (snare) drum |
| t.d. | tenor drum |
| tamb. | tambourine |
| tbn. | trombone |
| ten. | tenor |
| timp. | timpani |
| tpt. | trumpet |
| tri. | triangle |
| xyl. | xylophone |
Arrangements
These are by Bax unless otherwise stated. There have been countless arrangements of his works by others over the years, and this list includes all those that achieved publication together with a selection of the more interesting unpublished ones.
Durations
A timing is given for each work (except songs). This is the duration of an actual performance known to the compiler and is intended as a rough guide for other prospective performers. Estimated timings, prefixed by c. (circa), are given for works that have never been played or for which no duration is recorded.
Publishers, manuscript repositories, and other sources
1. Publication details usually refer to the work’s most recent incarnation, but the situation is fluid, and it cannot be guaranteed that the score will still be available. Long out-of-print editions, such as the scores originally published by Murdoch, Murdoch & Co., are not listed but may be found in A Catalogue of the Works of Sir Arnold Bax (Oxford, 1999).
2. Publishers’ contact details will be found on their or their distributors’ websites, which are listed below. Where a publisher appears to have no website of its own, others sites, such as sheetmusicplus.com, amazon.co.uk, etc., may be consulted.
3. ‘Unpublished’ means that the work in question has never been made generally available for purchase, though some publishers may be able to provide authorized photocopies of original manuscripts, copyists’ scores, or computer-generated scores upon request.
| Publisher/Source | Website |
| Allentoff | Jonathan Allentoff. www.allentoffmusic.com |
| Andreu Marc | Andreu Marc Music Publications. No website. |
| Anglo-French | Anglo-French Co. Ltd., c/o OUP (see below). |
| Augener | Augener Ltd., c/o Stainer & Bell Ltd. (see below). |
| Banks Music | Banks Music Publications. www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk |
| BBC Philharmonic | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. www.bbc.co.uk/philharmonic |
| BBC Music Library | BBC Music Library. www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives |
| Boole Library | Boole Library, University College Cork. [email protected] |
| Boosey | Boosey & Co., now Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited. [email protected] |
| Bovaco | Bovaco Catalogue (Detroit Concert Band Inc.). http://bovacomusic.com |
| British Library | The British Library. www.bl.uk/music |
| Britten-Pears Library | Britten-Pears Foundation (Archive and Library). www.brittenpears.org |
| CPP/Belwin | CPP/Belwin Music, c/o Alfred Publishing Company. www.alfred.com |
| Chester Music | Chester Music and Novello & Co. www.musicsalesclassical.com |
| Corda Music | Corda Music Publications. www.cordamusic.co.uk |
| Edition db | Edition db. www.editiondb.com |
| Elkin Music | William Elkin Music Services. www.elkinmusic.com |
| Eschig | Éditions Max Eschig, Paris. www.durand-salabert-eschig.com |
| Faber Music | Faber Music. www.fabermusic.com Hire Library: tel: +44 (0)1279 828904; e-mail: [email protected] |
| Fand Music | Fand Music Press. www.fandmusic.com |
| Fatrock Ink | Fatrock Ink. www.fatrockink.com |
| Fischer | Carl Fischer, New York. www.carlfischer.com |
| Fleisher Collection | Edwin Fleisher Music Collection, Free Library of Philadephia. www.freelibrary.org |
| Fortissimo | Fortissimo Music Publications. No website. |
| Frazier | Richard Frazier Music, San Francisco. www.richardfrazier.com |
| Kalmus | Edwin F. Kalmus & Co. Inc., Boca Raton, Florida. www.fkalmus.co. |
| Kongelige Bibliotek | Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Royal Library), Copenhagen, Denmark. www.kb.dk |
| Lauren | Lauren Publications. www.edition-peters.com/category/lauren-publications |
| Library of Congress | Library of Congress, Washington, DC. www.loc.gov |
| Ludden | Paul R. Ludden. No website. |
| Lyra Music | Lyra Music Publications, Palm Bay, Florida. www.lyramusic.com |
| Masters Music | Masters Music Publications, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida. www.ludwigmasters.com |
| OUP | Music Department, Oxford University Press. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/category/music.do |
| Parlett | Graham Parlett, c/o www.arnoldbax.com |
| Recital Publications | Recital Publications, Huntsville, Texas. www.recitalpublications.com |
| Royal Academy of Music | Royal Academy of Music, London. www.ram.ac.uk |
| Royal Military School | Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, Middlesex. www.army.mod.uk/music |
| Shawnee Press | Shawnee Press, Inc., Pennsylvania. www.shawneepress.com |
| Stainer & Bell | Stainer & Bell Ltd. www.stainer.co.uk |
| Studio Music | Studio Music Company. Selling agent for Warner Chappell scores currently in print. www.studio-music.co.uk |
| Thames Publishing | Thames Publishing, c/o Elkin Music (see above). |
| Travis & Emery | Travis & Emery. www.travis-and-emery.com |
| Warner Chappell | Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (Bax’s principal publisher):
Scores in print: These are available from the Studio Music Company (www.studio-music.co.uk). |
| Yates | Martin Yates, c/o www.nordicartistsmanagement.com |
- WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA: Concert works, ballets, incidental music, film music, fanfares.
Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan [tone-poem] (1905). 2.2.2.1. 2.1.0.0. timp., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: BBC Philharmonic. 12’12.
Christmas Eve [tone-poem] (1912, rev. c.1921). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., cym., cel., glock., org., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. 17’53.
Christmas Eve on the Mountains [tone-poem] (1912). 3(1).3(1).3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp. b.d. cym. gl. cel. org. 2 hp. str. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. 17’30. Note: This is the original version of the previous entry.
Coronation March (1952). 3(1).2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., glock., bells (ad lib.), org., strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 6’34. Note: There is also a wind band arrangement by George Pollen (unpublished).
Cortège (1925). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. 2 cnts., timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, tri., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 5’43.
Dance in the Sunlight see Pieces for Small Orchestra, Three
Dance of Wild Irravel, The see Orchestral Pieces, Four
Fanfare for a Cheerful Occasion (1930). 4 tpts., 3 ten. tbns., 1 b.tbn., timp., cym. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. Arrangement (probably by Capt. H. E. Adkins): 2 cnts., 4 tpts, 3 ten. tbns., 1 bass tbn., timp., cym. Score and parts: Royal Military School. 0’45.
Fanfares for the Royal Wedding see Royal Wedding Fanfares, Two
Fanfares for ‘Show Business’, Two (1951). 3 tpts., 2 ten. tbns., 1 bass tbn., s.d. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. Arrangement by Frederick W. Chappelle: 2 hns., 2 tpts., 3 tbns., s.d. Score and parts: BBC Music Library. 0’45, 0’22.
Festival Overture (1911, revised 1918). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., tri., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 15’34. Note: The manuscript of the original 1911 version is in the British Library.
From Dusk till Dawn [ballet] (1917). 2(1).1.2.2. 4.2.3.0. timp., s.d., tamb., cym., wind machine, harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Royal Academy of Music. 22’20.
Garden of Fand, The [tone-poem] (1916). 3.1.2.1.3.1.2.1 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., glock., cel., 2 harps, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell; Kalmus. 15’19.
Golden Eagle [incidental music] (1945). [soprano, contralto, baritone soloists], 1 tpt., s.d., harp, pfte. (also harpsichord), strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 11’03 (excluding vocal and solo instrumental movements); 15’10 (complete).
Happy Forest, The [tone-poem] (1922). 3(1).2.1.2.E♭.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., xyl., glock., cel., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 9’52. Note: Originally for piano solo.
Hosting at Dawn [fanfare] (1921). (1) Arranged by Arthur Cohn: 1 fl., 2 cls., 2 hns., 3 tpts, 2 tbns, tuba, cym., b.d. Unpublished. Score and parts: Fleisher Collection. (2) Arranged by Graham Parlett: 3 tpts., 3 tbns., cym. Score and parts: Parlett. (3) Arranged by Livingston Gearhart and Don Cassel for three trumpets with the title Fanfare for a Pompous Circumstance in Trumpet Sessions: Fun for 2, 3 and 4 trumpets (Shawnee Press, 1950). 0’33. Note: This piece was originally published in short score only in Fanfare: A Musical Causerie (1 November 1921), p. 50.
In Memoriam (1916). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.2.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Frazier. 14’48. Note: This is a different work from In Memoriam (1916) for cor anglais, harp, and string quartet.
In the Faery Hills [tone-poem] (1909, revised 1921). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., gong, cel., strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 15’17. Note: The manuscript score of the original version of 1909 is in the British Library.
Into the Twilight [tone-poem] (1908). 3.2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.0.4.0. timp., cel., 2 harps, strings. Score and parts: BBC Music Library. 12’52. Note: The fourth trombone part may be played by a tuba.
Irish Landscape see Pieces for Small Orchestra, Three
Journey into History [film score] (1951). See section VII.
Legend, A [tone-poem] (1944). 3(1).2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., tri., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 13’14.
London Pageant (1937). 3(1).2.1.3.0.2.1. 4.3.3.1. 2 cnts., timp., b.d., s.d., cym., gong, tri., glock., bells, org., strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 10’08.
Malta, G.C. [film music] (1942). 2.2.2.2. 2.2.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 24’05. Note: The final march is also available arranged for military band by W.J. Duthoit and for piano by W. Lloyd-Webber (Warner Chappell). The ‘Ruins’ section is available arranged for organ by W. H. Harris as Funeral March (Warner Chappell).
Mediterranean (1922). 2.2.1.2.2. 4 hns., timp., tamb., cast., glock., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell; Kalmus. 3’05. Note: Originally for piano.
Northern Ballad No.1 [tone-poem] (1931). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, glock., 2 harps, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 10’01.
Northern Ballad No.2 [tone-poem] (1934). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, tri., xyl., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 15’12.
‘Northern Ballad No.3’: Spurious alternative title of Prelude for a Solemn Occasion (see below)
November Woods [tone-poem] (1917). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., cym., glock., cel., 2 harps, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell; Kalmus. 18’25.
Nympholept [tone-poem] (1915). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., tri., xyl., glock., cel., 2 harps, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 17’49. Note: Originally for piano solo.
Oliver Twist [film music] (1948). 3(1).2.1.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, tri., xyl., glock., cel., pfte., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 57’11. Note: A concert suite compiled by Muir Mathieson in consultation with Bax is available: Warner Chappell. 15’30. Arrangements for piano by Bax of two movements are also available: see Lyrical Pieces, Two in section IV (2).
On the Sea-Shore [orchestrated by Graham Parlett] (1908, orch. 1984). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., gong, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. 7’29. Note: This is an orchestration of the prelude to scene 5 of the projected opera Deirdre.
Orchestral Pieces, Four (1912-13): (1) Pensive Twilight. 3.1.2.3.2. 2 hns, harp, strings. (2) Dance in the Sun. 3(1).2.3.2. 4 hns., timp., tamb. cym., glock., harp, strings. (3) From the Mountains of Home (or In the Hills of Home). Harp, strings. (4) Dance of Wild Irravel. 3.1.2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., cym., cast., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. 6:46;6:43; 8:11; 5:01. Note: The first three movements were revised in 1928 (see Pieces for Small Orchestra, Three below).
Overture, Elegy and Rondo (1927). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, xyl., glock., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 23’37.
Overture to Adventure (1936). 3(1).2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., tri., glock., strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 8’55.
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (1930). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1 (ten. tuba) timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, rattle, xyl., glock., cel., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 8’36.
Pæan (1938). 3(1). 2.1.3.2.1. 4.3.3.1. 2 cnts., timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, bells, org., strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 3’10. Note: Originally for piano solo. An organ arrangement by William Barr is also available (Warner Chappell).
Pieces for Small Orchestra, Three (1913, revised 1928): (1) Evening Piece. 2.2.2.2. 2 hns., harp, strings. (2) Irish Landscape. Harp, strings. (3) Dance in the Sunlight. 2(1).2.2.2. 4 hns., timp., tamb., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 7’27, 9’03, 4’51. Note: For the original versions of 1912-13 see Orchestral Pieces, Four.
Prelude for a Solemn Occasion (1933). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., tri., gong, glock., org. (not essential), harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: BBC Philharmonic. 7’24. Note: Since about 1982 this work has sometimes been referred to by the misnomer ‘Northern Ballad No.3’.
Red Autumn (1929). Orchestrated by Graham Parlett: 3(1) 2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp. b.d. cym. tamb. hp. strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. Note: Originally for two pianos.
Rogue’s Comedy [overture] (1936). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, rattle, tri., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 8’55.
Romantic Overture [for chamber orchestra] (1926). 2(1).1.2.2. 2.1.0.0. pfte., strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 12’26.
Rosc-catha (Roscatha) [tone-poem] (1910). 3.1.2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., m.d., s.d., cym., glock., strings. Score and parts: Fortissimo Music. 10’49. Note: The title means ‘battle song’ in Irish Gaelic.
Royal Wedding Fanfares, Two (1947). Arrangement by Capt. M. Roberts: 8 trumpets, 4 trombones, side drum, cymbals. Unpublished. Score and parts: Royal Military School. 0’55, 1’32. Note: A third fanfare written for this event was not used and is now missing.
Russian Suite (1919): (1) Gopak. 3(1).2.2.2. 4.2.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., harp, strings. (2) Nocturne (orch. Graham Parlett). 2(1).2.2.2. 2 hns., timp., b.d., tamb., cym., harp, strings. (3) In a Vodka Shop. 3(1).2.2.2.1 (ad lib.) 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., tri., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 5’58, 8’52, 3’47. Note: These pieces were originally written for piano solo.
Salute to Sydney [fanfare] (1943). 4 hns., 3 tpts., 3 tbns., 1 tuba, timp., b.d., s.d., cym. Unpublished. Score and parts: BBC Music Library; Parlett. 1’07.
Scherzo (1917) see Symphonic Scherzo
Sinfonietta (1932). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., tamb., cym., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: BBC Music Library. 23’37.
Song of War and Victory, A (1905). 2(1).2.1 (‘alto oboe’).2.1.2. 4.2 (in F).3.1. tuba in E♭, tuba in B♭, timp., b.d., s.d., cym., tri., strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Ludden. 14’39. Note: The so-called ‘tubas’ in E♭ and B♭ are notated in the treble clef and are euphoniums.
Spring Fire (1913). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 6 (or 4).3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., glock., cel., pfte., 2 harps, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 31’28.
Summer Music [tone-poem] (1921, revised 1932). 3(1).1.1.2.2. 4.1.0.0. timp., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 9’45. Note: The manuscript of the original 1921 version is privately owned.
Symphonic Scherzo (1917, revised 1933). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., glock., cel., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 7’18. Note: The parts for the original 1917 version (called Scherzo) are also held by Warner Chappell; the score is privately owned. Originally for piano solo.
Symphonic Serenade [for string orchestra] (c.1911). Arrangement by Graham Parlett of an unpublished, incomplete short score headed ‘Symphonietta Finale’. Score and parts: Parlett. 10’33.
Symphony in F (1907). Four movements completed in short score only (in Boole
Library, Cork). Orchestration by Martin Yates (2014). Unpublished. Score and parts: Yates. 78’28.
Symphony No.1 (1922). 4(1) fls., 1 bass fl., 2 obs., 1 heck. or bass ob. 3 cls. (E♭), 1 bass cl., 2 bsns., 1 contrabass sarr. or double bsn. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, tri., bells, xyl., glock., cel., 2 harps, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell; Kalmus. Study score: Studio Music. 36’44.
Symphony No.2 (1926). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. + ten. tuba, timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, xyl., glock., cel., org., pfte., 2 harps, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 41’42.
Symphony No.3 (1929). 3(1).2.1.3 (E♭).1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d. (ad lib.), s.d., tamb., cym., gong, xyl., glock., cel., anvil, 2 harps (2nd ad lib.), strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. Study score: Studio Music. 49’37.
Symphony No.4 (1931). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 6.3.3.1. + ten. tuba, timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, xyl., glock, cel., org., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 41’33.
Symphony No.5 (1932). 3(2).2.1.3 (E♭).1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, glock., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. Study score: Studio Music. 42’48. Note: There is also an arrangement for piano duet by Walter Emery (see section IV (2)).
Symphony No.6 (1935). 3(1).2.1.3 (E♭).1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, tri., glock., cel., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. Study score: Studio Music. 39’35.
Symphony No.7 (1939). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, tri., glock., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 47’34.
Tale the Pine-Trees knew, The [tone-poem] (1931). 3(1).2.1.3 (E♭).1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, xyl., glock., cel., 2 harps, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 17’23.
Tamara [ballet] (1911). Five-movement suite compiled and orchestrated by Graham Parlett (2000): 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cast., cym., tri., glock., bells, harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. 22’57. Note: Bax never orchestrated this ballet. His piano score is in the Boole Library.
Tintagel [tone-poem] (1919). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., cym., glock., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. Study score: Studio Music. 14’58.
Truth about the Russian Dancers, The [incidental music/ballet] (1920). 3(1).2.1.2.0.2.0. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., bells, harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 46’27. Note: This incidental music to a play about a mute dancer is, in effect, a ballet score. A reduced orchestration is available through cross-cueing noted in the parts.
Variations (1904). 3(1).2.2.2. 4.3 (in F).3.1. timp., s.d., tamb., cym., tri., org., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Martin Yates. 27’00. Note: This is Bax′s earliest extant orchestral work.
Variations on the name Gabriel Fauré (1949). Harp and string orchestra. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 18’47. Note: Originally for piano (Suite for Fauré).
Variations sur ‘Cadet-Rousselle’ [orchestrated by Eugene Goossens] (1917, orch. 1930). 2.1.2.1 2.1.0.0. timp., s.d., tamb., tri., glock., xyl., cym., bells, harp, strings. Score and parts: Chester Music. 2’30. Note: This was originally a folksong arrangement made jointly by Bax, Bridge, Goossens, and Ireland.
Victory March (1945). 2.2.2.2. 2.2.3.0. timp., s.d., cym., strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 7’36. Note: The trio of this march is taken from the finale of Malta, G.C. and is also used in the Coronation March.
Work in Progress [overture] (1943). 2(1).2.2.2. 4.2.3.1. timp., tamb., cym., tri., strings. 7’41. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell.
- CONCERTOS: Including other works for solo instrument and orchestra.
(1) Piano
Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra (1949). 3(1).2.1.2.0.2.0. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., tamb., cym., glock., strings. Unpublished. Score, parts, and two-piano score: Warner Chappell. Slow movement abridged and arr. piano solo by W. Lloyd Webber: Studio Music. 25’42.
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (1939). Edited and orchestrated by Graham Parlett. Unpublished. Withdrawn pending revision.
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex) for Piano and Orchestra (1946). 2(1).2.2.2. 2 hns., timp., strings. Score, parts, and piano part: Warner Chappell. 8’16.
Saga Fragment for Piano, Trumpet, Percussion and String Orchestra (1932). Percussion (2 players): b.d., s.d., cym. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 10’53. Note: This is Bax’s arrangement of his Piano Quartet (1922).
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1918). 3(1).2.1.2.0.2.1. 4.2.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., strings. Unpublished score and parts, and published arrangement for two pianos: Warner Chappell. 49’34.
Winter Legends for Piano and Orchestra (1930). 3(1).2.1.3.E♭.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., cym., gong, xyl., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score, parts, and arrangement for two pianos: Warner Chappell. 43’19.
(2) Violin
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1938). 3(1).2(1).2.0.2.1. 4.2.0.0. timp. b.d., t.d., tamb., cym., harp, strings. Score and parts: Studio Music. Arrangement for violin and piano: Studio Music. 34’27. Note: The violin-and-piano arrangement (made by the composer) contains many inaccuracies.
(3) Viola
Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra (1920). 3(1).2.1.2.0.2.0. 4.2.0.0. timp., s.d. (ad lib.), cym., harp, strings. Score, parts, and arrangement for viola and piano: Warner Chappell. 21’34. Note: Originally entitled ‘Concerto’.
(4) Cello
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1932). 3(1).2.1.2.0.2.1. 4.2.0.0. timp., harp, strings. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. Arrangement for cello and piano: Studio Music. 33’43. Note: There is also an unpublished, privately-owned arrangement for viola and orchestra by Norman Carrell. Bax is reported to have shown no enthusiasm for it, and it has never been performed.
(5) Oboe
Christmas Carol, A (1909). Arranged for oboe and chamber orchestra by Jonathan Allentoff. Unpublished. Score and parts: Allentoff. 4’13.
Oboe Quintet (1922). Arranged for oboe and string orchestra by John Barbirolli. Unpublished. Score and parts: Barbirolli is believed to have used the original quintet version (Warner Chappell), with divisi instead of double stopping. Extra double-bass part: Royal Northern College of Music. 17’54.
(6) Cor anglais, clarinet and horn
Concertante for Three Solo Instruments and Orchestra (1948-9). Each movement scored differently: (I) Cor ang. solo, 1 tpt., 3 tbns., timp., s.d., cym., harp, strings. (II) Cl. solo, 1 tpt., 3 tbns., timp., b.d., t.d., cym., strings. (III) Hn. solo, 1 tpt., 3 tbns., timp., harp, strings. (IV) Cor ang., cl., hn. soli + 2(1).2.1 [cl.] 2. 3.2.3.0. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., glock., harp, strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 27’13.
III. CHAMBER WORKS: Including works for unaccompanied harp and cello.
(1) Six—nine instruments
Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp and String Quartet (1936). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 21’26. Note: This is Bax’s arrangement of his Sonata for flute and harp (1928).
In Memoriam (1916) for Cor Anglais, Harp and String Quartet (1917). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 8’11. Note: ‘(1916)’ is part of the title. There is no musical connection with In Memoriam for orchestra.
Menuet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and String Quartet (1898). Unpublished. Score: British Library. c.2’45. Note: This early, immature piece, originally for piano, is listed here for the sake of completeness.
Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Harp, String Quartet and Double Bass (1930). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 17’30. Note: This is Bax’s arrangement of his Sonata in F for violin and piano (1928).
Octet for Horn, Piano and String Sextet (1934). 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello, 1 double bass. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 14’20.
Threnody and Scherzo for Bassoon, Harp and String Sextet (1936). 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello, 1 double bass. Unpublished. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 15’50. Note: Although not intended by Bax, this work has sometimes been played with string orchestra instead of string sextet.
(2) Quintets
Concerto for Harp and String Quartet [arrangement of Vivaldi’s Concerto for viola d’amore, lute and strings, RV 540] (1740, arr. 1927). Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett. Parts: Lyra Music. 10’10. Note: The printed parts published by Lyra are very inaccurate and should not be used without first being checked against the score. Colleen Potter Thorburn and Graham Parlett are currently (2014) preparing a list of corrections.
Lyrical Interlude (1908, revised 1922). 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 11’50. Note: This is a revised version of the slow movement from the String Quintet in G (see below).
Quintet for Harp and String Quartet (1919). Score and parts: Warner Chappell; Lauren; Lyra Music. 15’30.
Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet (1922). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 18’06. Note: Also available in an arrangement for oboe and string orchestra by John Barbirolli.
Quintet for Piano and String Quartet (1915). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 36’20.
Quintet in G for Strings (1908). 2 violins, 1 viola, 2 cellos. Unpublished. Score: Privately owned. Parts: Paul Barritt. 35’38. Note: The slow movement was revised as the Lyrical Interlude (see above).
Quintet for Strings [in one movement] (1933). 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello. Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 11’46.
(3) Quartets
Quartet for Strings in A (1902). Unpublished. Parts: Paul Barritt. 31’26.
Quartet for Strings in E (1903). Unpublished. Score and parts: Graham Parlett (in preparation). c.25’00. Note: Slow movement orchestrated in 1905 as the tone-poem Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan.
Quartet for Strings No.1 (1918). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 24’42.
Quartet for Strings No.2 (1925). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 30’47.
Quartet for Strings No.3 (1936). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 38’42.
Quartet in One Movement for Piano and Strings (1922). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 11’53.
(4) Trios
Elegiac Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp (1916). Score and parts: Chester Music; Lyra Music; Masters Music; Recital Publications; Shawnee Press. 9’21.
Trio in B flat for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1946). Score and parts: Warner Chappell. 26’12.
Trio in One Movement for Violin, Viola (or Clarinet), and Piano (1906). Score and parts: Chester Music; Lauren; also Kindle edition. 18’22. Note: There is a published viola part but none for clarinet, though in an early list of his works Bax writes ‘clarinet (or viola)’. He later repudiated the work and regretted having had it published.
(5) Violin with piano
Ballad (1916, revised c.1929). Score and part: Studio Music. 7’49.
Concert Piece [arrangement of Concert Piecefor Viola and Piano] (1904). Unpublished. Violin part: Boole Library. c.11’44. Note: Original version with viola published by Corda Music.
Gopak [arranged by Louis Godowsky] (1912). Score and part: Warner Chappell. 6’07. Note: Originally for piano solo.
Legend (1915). Score and part: Augener; Masters Music. 8’48.
Mediterranean [arranged by Jascha Heifetz] (1920). Score and part: Warner Chappell; also in Transcriptions and cadenzas for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz, Fischer. 3’00. Note: Originally for piano solo.
Sonata in G minor [in one movement] (1901). Unpublished. Score and part: Parlett. 9’39.
Sonata in F (1928). Unpublished. Score and part: Parlett. 19’54. Note: Arranged by Bax in 1930 as the Nonet.
Sonata No.1 (1910, revised 1915, 1920, 1945). Score and part of 1945 version: Studio Music. 31’47. Note: The 1920 version, published by Murdoch, Murdoch & Co., may be still be found in libraries; it contains a few passages that were later cut (32’33). The unpublished earlier versions are in the British Library. Score and part of the second and third movements of the 1910 version: Parlett; these movements are quite different from the later versions.
Sonata No.2 (1915, revised 1921). Score and part: Studio Music. 30’34.
Sonata No.3 (1927). Score and part: Studio Music. 19’41.
Note: Bax also sanctioned performances of the Cavatina from his Sonata for flute and harp (1928) with the flute part played by violin.
(6) Viola with piano or harp
Concert Piece for Viola and Piano (1904). Score and part: Corda Music. 11’44. Note: There is also a violin arrangement of the viola part.
Fantasy Sonata for Viola and Harp (1927). Score and part: Studio Music. 21’53.
Legend for Viola and Piano (1929). Score and part: Studio Music. 10’31.
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1922). Score and part:Studio Music. 20’31.
(7) Cello with piano or unaccompanied
Folk-Tale for Cello and Piano (1918). Score and part: Chester Music; Masters Music. 9’07.
Legend-Sonata for Cello and Piano (1943). Score and part: Warner Chappell. 27’56.
Rhapsodic Ballad for Unaccompanied Cello (1939). Score: Warner Chappell. 12’41.
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1923). Score and part: Studio Music. 33’54.
Sonatina for Cello and Piano (1933). Score and part: Studio Music. 15’56.
(8) Flute with piano or harp
Pieces for Flute and Piano, Four (1912): (1) Shadow Dance (2) The Princess dances (3) Naiad (4) Grotesque. Score and part: Studio Music. 3’08, 1’21, 4’16, 1’45. Note: These derive from the ballet Tamara (1911).
Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928). Score and part: Fatrock Ink. 17’51. Note: The Fatrock Ink edition is far preferable to an earlier one published by Lyra Music, which contains several errors. Work originally called ‘Sonatina’, later changed to ‘Sonata’.
(9) Clarinet with piano
Sonata in E (1901). Score and part: Edition db (in course of preparation). 17’00. Note: Only the first two movements were written (or survive).
Sonata [in D] (1934). Score and part: Studio Music. 13’41.
(10) Horn with piano
Sonata (1901). Score and part: Edition db (in course of preparation). 13’00 (with exposition repeat). Note: Only the first movement was written (or survives).
(11) Harp (solo)
Valse (1931). Fatrock Ink. 4’11.
- KEYBOARD WORKS.
(1) Two pianos
Devil that tempted St Anthony, The (1928). Warner Chappell. 6’00.
Fantasia (1900). Unpublished. Royal Academy of Music. c.8’00.
Festival Overture [arrangement of orchestral work] (1911). Unpublished. Score: Graham Parlett. 13’13. Note: The name of the arranger is unknown; it may be Vivian Langrish or Bax himself, but the manuscript is not in his hand.
Mediterranean [arranged for three hands by H. Rich] (1920). Unpublished. Chester Music. 3’10. Note: Originally for piano solo.
Moy Mell (1916). Chester Music; Masters Music. 10’05. Note: There is also an unpublished arrangement for two pianos (three hands) by Lionel Salter: Chester Music.
Hardanger (1927). Warner Chappell. 3’35.
Poisoned Fountain, The (1928). Warner Chappell. 3’53.
Sonata (1929). Warner Chappell. 22’09.
Red Autumn (1931). Warner Chappell. 5’17.
(2) Piano duet (arrangement only)
Symphony No. 5 (1932). Arranged by Walter Emery: Travis & Emery.
(3) Piano solo
Apple-Blossom-Time (1915). Augener. 3’17.
Burlesque (1920). Studio Music; Masters Music. 3’01.
Ceremonial Dance (1920). Warner Chappell. 3’26
Clavierstücke (1897-8). (1) Minuet in E minor. (2) Two Hungarian Dances. (3) Three Mazurkas. (4) Two Scherzi. (5)Prelude in G major. (6) Nocturne in D major. British Library. Note: These juvenilia are unpublished, except for the Nocturne: Thames.
Concert Valse (1910). Boosey. 6’15.
Concertante for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra [slow movement abridged and arranged for piano solo (both hands) by William Lloyd Webber] (1949). Studio Music. 6’30.
Country-Tune, A (1920). Warner Chappell; Thames; Masters Music. 2’02.
Dream in Exile (1916). Chester Music; Masters Music. 8’17.
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 [Bach transcribed by Bax] (1927). In A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen with arrangements by other composers: OUP. 5’56.
[Funeral] March (1900). Unpublished. Royal Academy of Music. c.17’00.
Gopak see Russian Tone-Pictures, Two
Happy Forest, The (1914). Fand Music. c.10’00. Note: Orchestrated in 1921.
Hill Tune, A (1920). Warner Chappell; CPP/Belwin; Masters Music. 4’44.
In a Vodka Shop (1915). Augener; Masters Music. 3’27. Note: Orchestrated in 1919 as part of the Russian Suite.
In the Night (1914). Fand Music. 5’39.
Legend, A (1935). Fand Music. 6’24.
Lullaby (1920). Warner Chappell; Masters Music. 3’35.
Lyrical Pieces, Two (1948). Warner Chappell. 2’10; 2’57. (1) Oliver’s sleepless night. (2) Oliver and Mr. Brownlow. Note: Arranged from the film score Oliver Twist.
The Maiden with the Daffodil (1915). Thames. 4’26.
Marcia Trionfale (1900). Unpublished. Royal Academy of Music.c.10’00.
Mediterranean (1920). Warner Chappell; Masters Music. 3’07.
Mountain Mood, A (1915). Chester Music; Masters Music. 4’34.
Nereid (1916). Chester Music; Masters Music; Thames. 4’29.
Nocturne (1897-8). Thames. From Clavierstücke (see above).
Nocturne (May-Night in the Ukraine) see Russian Tone-Pictures, Two
Nympholept(1912). Fand Music. 11’05. Note: Orchestrated in 1915.
O Dame get up and bake your pies (1945). Warner Chappell; Thames. 2’37.
On a May Evening (1918). Warner Chappell. 6’37.
Pæan (c.1928). Studio Music. 3’07. Note: Orchestrated in 1938. Arranged for organ by William Barr.
Pièces sur le nom de Fauré, Cinq see Suite for Fauré
[Pieces, Four] (1947): (1) Fantastic March. (2) Romanza. (3) Idyll.(4) Phantasie. Fand Music. 4’46, 5’18, 3’52, 5’01.
Princess’s Rose Garden, The (1915). Augener; also in Colin Scott-Sutherland,
Ideala (Fand Music, 2001). 8’17.
Romance, A (1918). Warner Chappell. 5’42.
Russian Tone-Pictures, Two (1912). (1). Nocturne (May-Night in the Ukraine).
(2) Gopak. Chester; Masters Music. 8’17, 5’42. Note: For the orchestral versions see Russian Suite (1919).
Scherzo (1913). Fand Music (in preparation). 9’07. Note: Orchestrated in 1917, revised 1933 (as Symphonic Scherzo).
Serpent Dance (1920). Warner Chappell. 3’22.
Slave Girl, The (1919). Anglo-French. 4’05.
Sleepy-Head (1915). Thames; Masters Music. 5’36.
Sonata, Op.1 (1898). Unpublished. Boole Library. Note: First movement completed; the Adagio has three bars only.
Sonata in B flat (‘Salzburg’) (1937). Fand Music. c.25’00. Note: This is an 18th-century pastiche. One theme was re-used in the slow movement of the Violin Concerto.
Sonata in D minor (1900). Unpublished. Royal Academy of Music.
Sonata in E flat (1921). Unpublished. British Library. 34’05. Note: This is the original version of the First Symphony, the slow movement being quite different in the orchestral version.
Sonata No.1 (1910, revised 1917-20). Studio Music. 18’26.
Sonata No.2 (1919, revised 1920). Studio Music; Masters Music; Recital
Publications; Nabu Press; other reprints may be found listed on the Internet. 24’02.
Sonata No.3 (1926). Studio Music. 25’42.
Sonata No.4 (1932). Studio Music. 17’35.
Suite on the Name ‘Gabriel Fauré’(1945). Eschig. 19’36. Note: Published under the title Cinq pièces sur le nom de Fauré. Arranged in 1949 for harp and strings.
Toccata (1913). Studio Music; Masters Music. 5’24.
What the Minstrel told us (1919). Anglo-French. 9’34.
Water Music (1920). Studio Music. 4’27.
Whirligig (1919). Studio Music; Masters Music. 2’50.
White Peace, The [arranged by Ronald Stevenson] (1907). Unpublished. c.2’14. Note: The original is for voice and piano.
Winter Waters (1915). Studio Music. 6’44.
(4) Organ solo (arrangements only)
Note: Bax wrote no pieces for organ solo himself.
Coronation March (1952): Arranged by (1) Garrett O’Brien; (2) Geoffrey M.H. Carter; (3) Graham Barber. Unpublished. c.7’05.
Malta, G.C.: Funeral March (1942): Arranged by W. H. Harris. Warner Chappell. c.4’45. Note: Adapted from the ‘Ruins’ section of Malta, G.C.
Pæan (c.1928). Arranged by William Barr. Warner Chappell. 3’03.
- CHORAL WORKS.
(1) Soloists and chorus with orchestra
Enchanted Summer (Shelley) [two soprano solos] (1910). 3.1.2.1.3.1.2.1 4.3 (in F).3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., tri., glock., cel., 2 harps, strings. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell.
Fatherland (Runeberg, tr. C. Bax)[tenor solo] (1907, rev. 1934). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., glock., harp, strings. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell. Vocal score: also Recital Publications. Note: The printed vocal score is of the 1907 version. The only extant full score is of the 1934 revision.
To the Name above every Name (Crashaw) [soprano solo] (1924). 3(1).2.1.2.1. 2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., gong, tri., glock., org., harp, strings. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell.
To Russia (Masefield) [baritone solo] (1944). 3(1).2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., strings. Unpublished. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell.
Variations sur ‘Cadet Rousselle’ (de Chenu) [arranged by Max Saunders] (1917). Unpublished. Chester. Note: This arrangement is for solo male voice, men’s chorus and orchestra. The original song, composed jointly by Bax, Bridge, Goossens and Ireland, is for voice and piano.
Walsinghame (Anon.) [tenor and soprano solos] (1926). 2222, 4331, timp., tamb., cym., cel., hp., strings. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell.
(2) Chorus with orchestra
Five Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols (trans. Jan Śliwiński) [unison trebles or other voices] (1942): (1) God is born (2) In Nightly Stillness (3) In the Manger He is lying (4) Lullay, dear Jesus (5) Merrily to Bethlehem. String orchestra. Full score and parts: Warner Chappell. Vocal score: Studio Music. 15’03. Note: This was originally written for trebles, but the published vocal score specifies only ‘voices’. In the full score, a solo girl’s voice is indicated for No. 4. The full score has the words in English only; the vocal score has both English and Polish words.
The Morning Watch (Vaughan) [SATB] (1935). 3(1).2.1.3.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., t.d., s.d., cym., gong, tri., glock. Full score and parts: Warner Chappell. Vocal score: Studio Music. 19’13.
St Patrick’s Breastplate (Anon.) [SATB] (1924). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., cym., glock., harp, strings. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell. 15’06.
(3) Chorus with organ
Christmas Carol, A (Anon.) [arranged by Allan Wicks for boys’ voices]. Unpublished. 5’03.
Epithalamium (Spenser) [SATB in unison] (1947). Studio Music; Banks Music. 5’31.
Gloria [SATB] (1945). Studio Music. 5’20.
Magnificat [SATB] (1948). Studio Music. 5’57. Note: Originally for solo voice with piano.
Nunc Dimittis [SATB] (1945). Studio Music; Banks Music. 2’45.
Te Deum [SATB] (1945). Studio Music. 10’17.
(4) Chorus with other accompaniment
Now is the Time of Christymas (Anon.) [TB, flute, piano] (1921). Score and part: Studio Music; Banks Music. 3’02.
Of a rose I sing a song (Anon.) [SATB, harp, cello, double bass] (1920). Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell. Chorus part: Studio Music. 6’58.
(5) Unaccompanied chorus and hymn
Boar’s Head, The (Anon.) [TTBB] (1923). Studio Music. 2’31.
Christmas Carol, A (Anon.) [arranged for SATB by Hubert Dawkes] (1909). In David Hill (ed.), Noel! (Carols and Anthems for Advent, Christmas & Epiphany), Novello. c.5’00. Note: Originally for voice and piano.
Greek Folksongs, Five (trans. Michel-Dmitri Calvocoressi) [SATB] (1942): (1) Miracle of Saint Basil. (2) The Bridesmaid’s Song. (3) In Far-off Malta. (4) The Happy Tramp. (5) A Pilgrim’s Chant. Studio Music. 11’01.
Happy Birthday to You (Hill) [arr. SATB] (1951). Unpublished (nine bars only). Manuscript: Scheide Library, Princeton. Score: Parlett. 0’19.
I sing of a maiden that is makeless (Anon.) [SAATB] (1923). Studio Music; Banks Music. 5’13.
Lord, Thou hast told us (Washbourne) [hymn for SATB] (1930). No.107 in Songs of Praise (OUP, 1931). Also in Christopher Morris (comp.), Anthems for Choirs, 4: Twenty-six Anthems for mixed voices by 20th-century composers (OUP, 1976). 3’14.
Mater, ora Filium (Anon.) [SSAATTBB] (1921). Studio Music. 10’21.
This Worldes Joie (Anon.) [SATB] (1922). Studio Music; Banks Music. 5’50.
What is it like to be young and fair? (C. Bax) [SSAAT] (1953). Studio Music. 2’15. Note: Completed in February 1953, this was Bax’s last work.
- WORKS FOR SOLO VOICE.
(1) Songs with orchestra
Bard of the Dimbovitza, The (Strettel and Sylva) [mezzo-soprano] (1914, partially revised 1946): (1) Gipsy Song. (2) The Well of Tears. (3) Misconception. (4) My girdle I hung on a tree-top tall. (5) Spinning Song. Orchestration of 1946 version: (1) 1.1.1.1. [no brass] harp, strings. (2) 2.2.1.2.0.2.0 4 hns., harp, strings. (3)-(5) 2.2.1.2.0.2.0. 3 hns., harp, strings. Full score, vocal score, and parts: Warner Chappell. 38’53. Note: The unpublished 1914 version had the songs in a different order and contained an extra song, The Song of the Dagger, for bass voice and orchestra (detailed separately below).
Eternity (Herrick) [high voice] (1934). 3.2.1.2.0.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., strings. Manuscript: British Library. 2’58.
Glamour (O’Byrne) [high voice] (1921, orchestrated by Rodney Newton 1987). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., s.d., tamb., tam-tam, cym., xyl., glock., cel., harp, strings. Score and string transparencies only: Parlett (other parts missing). 9’01.
Lyke-Wake, A (Anon.) [high voice] (1908, orchestrated 1934). 3(1).2.1.2.1.2.1. 4.3.3.0. timp., b.d., cym., harp, strings. Manuscript: London University Library. String parts only: Parlett (other parts missing). 7’03.
Nocturnes, Two [soprano] (1911). (1) Aufblick (Dehmel) (2) Liebesode (Hartleben). (1) 2.1.2.1.2.1.2.0. 4.2.3.1. timp., gong, glock., cel., harp, strings. (2) 3.2.0.2.1.2.0. 4.2.0.0. timp., cel., harp, strings. Score and parts: BBC Philharmonic.
O Dear! What can the matter be? (trad. arr. Bax) [arranged for voice and wind band by Leonard B. Smith] (1918). Unpublished. Score and parts: Bovaco. c.1’19.
Song of the Dagger, The (Strettell and Sylva) [bass] (1914). 3(1).3.1.2.E♭.1.2.1. 4.3.3.1. timp., b.d., tamb., cym., harp, strings. Full and vocal scores and parts: Parlett. 8’41. Note: This song was No. 6 in the original 1914 version of The Song of the Dimbovitza (see above).
Songs, Three [high voice] (1914). (1) A Celtic Lullaby (Macleod) (2) A Christmas Carol (Anon.) (3) Slumber-Song (McCarthy) (1) 2.2.2.1.2. 4 hns., harp, strings. (2) 2.2.2.2. 4 hns., [no harp] strings (3) 2.0.2.2. [no obs. or hns] harp, strings. Score and parts: Chester Music. 7’00, 4’06, 3’56.
Viking-Battle-Song (Macleod) [baritone] (1905). Orchestrated by Graham Parlett (2007). 2+1 2+1 2+1 2+1 4231 timp., b.d., m.d., s.d., cym., anvil (ad lib.), glock. strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett.
Welcome, Somer (Chaucer) [baritone] (1914). Orchestrated by Graham Parlett (2007). 3 2+1 2 2+1 4 2 0 0 timp., 3 perc. (cym., tamb., glock.), hp., strings. Unpublished. Score and parts: Parlett.
Wild Almond (Trench) [high voice] (1924, orchestrated 1934). 3.2.2.2. 3 hns., harp, strings. Score: Parlett. Parts: In course of preparation. c.2’00. Note: This work has never been performed.
Note: ‘Rizzio’s Song of Ronsard’ for soprano, contralto, baritone, harp and string orchestra (1’35) is from Golden Eagle (see section I).
(2) Songs with string quartet or piano trio
My eyes for beauty pine (Bridges) [high voice with string quartet] (c.1921). Score: Britten-Pears Library. Parts: Parlett. 2’45. Note: Also available with piano.
O Mistress mine (Shakespeare) [high voice with string quartet] (c.1921). Score: Britten-Pears Library. Parts: Parlett. 2’15. Note: Also available with piano.
Aspiration (Dehmel, trans. C. Bax) [arranged for high voice with violin, cello, and piano] (1909). Score: Parlett. 2’28. Note: It is not known who made this arrangement of a song originally for voice and piano; the manuscript is not in Bax’s hand.
(3) Songs with piano
Note: All the songs listed below have piano solo accompaniment, but one (‘From the Uplands to the Sea’) also exists in a version with two pianos. Durations are not given except for a few unusually long songs. Graham Parlett is in the process of putting many of the unpublished songs on to Sibelius.
Across the Door see Irish Songs, Five
As I came over the grey, grey hills see Irish Songs, Five
Aspiration (Dehmel, trans. C. Bax) (1909). Warner Chappell. Note: Also available with piano trio accompaniment.
At the last see Celtic Song Cycle, A
Beg-Innish see Irish Songs, Five
Carrey Clavel (Hardy) (1925). Warner Chappell; Thames.
Celtic Lullaby, A see Celtic Song Cycle, A
Celtic Song Cycle, A (Macleod) (1904, revised 1922): (1) Eilidh my Fawn (2) Closing Doors (3) Thy dark eyes to mine (4) A Celtic Lullaby (5) At the last. Chester Music; Recital Publications. (2)-(4) also Andreu Marc. (4) also Masters Music.
Chant d’Isabeau, Le (trad. Canadian arr. Bax] (1920). Warner Chappell.
Christmas Carol, A (Anon.) (1909). Chester Music. Note: Orchestrated 1914. An arrangement by Allan Wicks for boys’ voices and organ was recorded by Canterbury Cathedral Choir. Also arranged for SATB by Hubert Dawkes (Novello) and for oboe and chamber orchestra by Jonathan Allentoff (unpublished).
Closing Doors see Celtic Song Cycle, A
Cradle Song see Irish Songs, Three
Dermott Donn MacMorna (Colum) (1922). Thames.
Dream Child (Newton) (c.1943). Warner Chappell.
Du Blomst i Dug (Jacobsen) (1907). Unpublished. British Library.
Eilidh my Fawn see Celtic Song Cycle, A
Enchanted Fiddle, The (A. Bax) (1907). Chester Music; Masters Music. Note: Originally set to the words of Yeats’s ‘The Fiddler of Dooney’.
Enfantines, Trois (trad. French, trans. Agate, arr. Bax] (1918). (1) Jean, p’tit Jean, prends ta serpette. (2) Berceuse. (3) Une petite fille. Chester Music. Note: Words in both French and English.
Eternity (Herrick) (1925). Thames. Note: Also with orchestra.
Fairies, The (Allingham) (1905). Chester Music; Recital Publications.
Far in a Western Brookland (Housman) (1918). Thames.
Fiddler of Dooney, The see Enchanted Fiddle, The
Flute, The (Bjørnsen, trans. Gosse) (1907). Warner Chappell. Note: The words are printed in both Norwegian and English.
Foi d’la loi, La see Rabelaisian Catechism, A
From the Hills of Dream (Macleod) (1907). Unpublished. British Library.
From the Uplands to the Sea (Macleod) 1905). Unpublished. British Library. 12’57. Note: There are two versions of this song, one with solo piano, the other with two pianos.
Frühlingsregen see Spring Rain
Garden by the Sea, The (Morris) (1909). Unpublished. British Library.
Glamour (O’Byrne)(1921). Thames. 8’07.Note: Also orchestrated by Rodney Newton.
Golden Guendolen (Morris) (1905). Chester Music; Recital Publications.
Grand Match, The (O’Neill) (1903). Unpublished. Privately owned.
Green Branches (Macleod) (1905). Unpublished. British Library.
Green grow the Rashes O! (Burns) (1918). Warner Chappell.
Heart o’Beauty (Macleod) (1907). Unpublished. British Library.
Hushing Song, A (Macleod) (1906). Unpublished. British Library.
I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden (Shelley) (1906). Unpublished. British Library.
I have house and land in Kent [trad. arr. Bax] (1918). Chester Music.
I heard a piper piping see Irish Songs, Five
I heard a Soldier (Trench) (1924). Thames.
I know myself no more, my child (AE) (1916). Unpublished. British Library.
In the Morning (Housman)(1926). Thames. Note: Harriet Cohen made an arrangement for piano solo (not extant).
In the Silences of the Woods (Macleod) (1905). Unpublished. British Library.
Irish Songs, Five (1921): (1) The Pigeons (Colum). (2) As I came over the grey, grey hills (Campbell). (3) Across the Door (Campbell). (4) I heard a piper piping (Colum). (5) Beg-Innish (Synge). Warner Chappell; Recital Publications.
Irish Songs, Three (Colum) (1922): (1) Cradle Song. (2) Rann of Exile. (3) Rann of Wandering. Warner Chappell; Recital Publications; (2) and (3) also Thames.
Cradle Song also arr. for violin and string orch. by Graham Parlett.
Isla (Macleod) (1908). Unpublished. British Library.
Jack and Jone (Campion)[Thomas Campion, arr. Bax] (1918). Chester Music.
Landskab (Jacobsen) 1908). Unpublished. Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen.
Leader, A (AE)(1916). Unpublished. University College Dublin.
Leaves, Shadows and Dreams (Macleod) (1905). Unpublished. British Library.
Longing (Macleod)(1907). Unpublished. British Library.
Lullaby, A (MacCarthy) (1910). Thames. Note: Orchestrated 1914 with the title ‘Slumber-Song’.
Lyke-Wake Dirge, A (Anon.) (1908). Unpublished. London University Library. Note: Orchestrated in 1934 as ‘A Lyke-Wake’.
Magnificat (1906). Chester Music; Recital Publications. Note: Arranged for chorus with organ in 1948.
Maid and the Miller, The (trad. arr. Bax) (1918). Chester Music.
Marguerite (Morris) (1909). Unpublished. British Library.
Market Girl, The (Hardy)(1922). Warner Chappell; Thames.
Milking Sian, A (Macleod) (1907). Chester Music.
Mircath see Viking-Battle-Song
My Eyes for Beauty pine (Bridges) (c.1920). Unpublished. British Library. Note: Also with string quartet accompaniment.
O Dear! What can the matter be? (trad. arr. Bax) (1918). Chester Music. Note: There is also an arrangement for voice and wind band by Leonard B. Smith.
O Mistress mine (Shakespeare) (1916). Unpublished. British Library. Note: Also with string quartet accompaniment.
On the Bridge (Hardy) (1926). Thames.
Out and Away (Stephens) (1926). Warner Chappell.
Parting (AE) (1916). Thames.
Pigeons, The see Irish Songs, Five
Rabelaisian Catechism, A (trad. French) (1920). Fand Music.
Rann of Exile see Irish Songs, Three
Rann of Wandering see Irish Songs, Three
Rondels, Three (Chaucer) (1914). (1) Roundel: Chester Music. (2) Welcome Somer and (3) Of her Mercy: Graham Parlett. British Library. Note: Rondels differ from roundels in the number of lines they contain.
Roundel see Rondels, Three
Shieling Song (Macleod) (1908). Chester Music.
Song in the Twilight, The (Freda Bax) (1905). Thames.
Songs from the Norse, Three (1927). (1) Irmelin Rose (Jacobsen). (2) Lad Vaaren komme (Jacobsen) (3) Venevil (Bjørnsen). Unpublished. Parlett (in course of preparation).
Splendour falls, The (Tennyson) (1917). Unpublished. British Library.
Spring Rain (Frühlingsregen) (Rückert) (1910). Thames.
Thy dark eyes to minesee Celtic Song Cycle, A
To Eire (Cousins) (1910). Chester Music.
To my Homeland (Gwynn) (1904). Unpublished. Privately owned.
Tote Kind, Das (Meyer) (1911). Unpublished. British Library.
Traditional Songs of France (arr. Bax) (1920). (1) Sarabande. (2) Langueo d’amours. (3) Me soui meso en danso (Me suis mise en danse). (4) Femmes, battez vos Marys. (5) La Targo. Warner Chappell; Recital Publications.
Treue Liebe (Anon. German) (1911). Unpublished. Privately owned.
Variations sur ‘Cadet-Rousselle’ (Le Chenu; arr. in collaboration with Bridge, Goossens and Ireland) (1918). Chester Music. Note: Also orchestrated by Goossens. There is also an arrangement for solo male voice, men’s chorus and orchestra by Max Saunders (Chester Music).
Viking-Battle-Song (Mircath) (Macleod)(1905). Unpublished. British Library.
Watching the Needleboats (Joyce) (c.1931). Thames.
When I was one-and-twenty (Housman) 1918). Thames.
When we are lost (O’Byrne) (1905). Thames.
White Peace, The (Macleod)(1907). Chester Music.
Wild Almond (Trench)(1924). Unpublished. Britten-Pears Library. Note: Also with orchestra.
Youth (C. Bax) (1918). Warner Chappell; Thames.
Unpublished vocal juvenilia (1900-1) in the British Library
Note: Titles have been supplied in brackets for untitled songs.
[Archy’s Song] (Shelley)
Cytherea’s Day (Gray)
I love thee! (Anderson)
[I will dream] (C. Bax)
[If I but knew] (Unknown)
Indian Serenade, An (Shelley)
Music when soft voices die (Shelley)
Phillida and Corydon (Breton)
[Say, Myra!] (Lyttleton)
Serenade of Spring-time, An (Unknown)
Soldier’s Dream, The (T. Campbell)
Songs of the Four Seasons (1) It was a lover (Shakespeare).
(2) In summer-time (Unknown). Incomplete.
To Daffodils (Herrick)
To Phyllis (Lodge)
To the Cuckoo (Wordsworth)
To the Moon (Shelley)
[To the Virgins] (Herrick)
Wanting is—what? (Browning)
[Why we love and why we hate] (Philips)
(4) Recitations with piano
Blessed Damozel, The (D. G. Rossetti) (1906). Unpublished. Privately owned.
Corbies, The Twa (trad.) (1906). Unpublished. Privately owned.
VII. INCOMPLETE, UNORCHESTRATED, AND MISSING WORKS.
(1) Orchestral works
Ballade (1921). This orchestration by Bax of Chopin’s Ballade in A flat, Op. 47 (transposed into A) was last performed in 1931. Missing.
Ballet Suite (1901). Two movements completed in short score only. British Library; Graham Parlett.
Carnival (c.1907). Short-score sketches only. Privately owned.
Connemara Revel, A (An Irish Overture) (1905). Last performed in 1906. Missing.
Dance Prelude and Lament of the Swan-Princess (1918). These orchestrations by Bax of Liadov’s Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 and Sur la prairie, Op. 23 were made for Diaghilev’s ballet Children’s Tales (Contes Russes) and last performed in 1920. Missing.
Don Quixote (1902). Mentioned by Bax in two letters. Missing.
Fanfares, Two [brass, percussion and organ] (1943). Written for a ‘Red Army Celebration’ at the Royal Albert Hall and last performed in 1943. Missing. A recording of one is extant.
Frog-Skin, The [ballet] (1918). No performance traced. Missing.
In Life’s Springtime (1902). Last performed in 1902. Missing.
Journey into History [film score] (1951). Last performed in 1951. Missing, but the soundtrack, the piano score (British Library), and some string parts (BBC Music Library) are extant, the last currently mislaid. Reconstruction by Graham Parlett in preparation.
Love-Song (1901). Completed in short score only. British Library; Graham Parlett.
Prelude to Adonais (1912). Last performed in 1912. Missing.
Song of Life and Love, A (1905). ‘Tone-poem for full orchestra’. Missing.
Symphonietta (c.1911). Eight pages of the finale are extant in short score only. Privately owned. No connection with the later Sinfonietta (1932). This piece has been arranged by Graham Parlett for string orchestra with the title Symphonic Serenade (see section I).
Symphonische Dichtung nach ‘Rubaiyat’ von Omar Khayyam (1898). Incomplete and in short score only. British Library; Graham Parlett.
Tamara (1911). Completed in short score only. Boole Library. Suite arranged and orchestrated by Graham Parlett (see section I).
(2) Projected operas
Deirdre (1907). Libretto by Bax completed (unpublished). Prologue orchestrated as Into the Twilight, ‘The Gathering of the Chiefs’ as Rosc-catha, and the Prelude to Scene 5 as On the Sea-Shore (orchestrated by Graham Parlett). No other music extant.
Red Owen (c.1915). Libretto by Bax published by The Talbot Press Ltd., Dublin, 1919; several reprints currently available. Only a few sketches of the music are extant: Boole Library.
(3) Chamber works
Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan for Two Violins and Piano (1904). Last performed in 1904. Missing. Probably an arrangement of the slow movement of the String Quartet in E, later orchestrated as the tone-poem Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan.
Sonata No.2 for Viola and Piano (1934). Only one folio extant, containing the last page of the slow movement and the first page (crossed through) of the finale. Bax orchestrated the first and second movements for his Sixth Symphony, adding a new finale.
Trio in B flat minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1901). A projected four-movement work of which only part of the first movement (privately owned) and sketches for the third movement (British Library) are extant.
(4) Piano works
Devil that tempted St Anthony, The (1920). Listed in early editions of Grove’s Dictionary and elsewhere. Missing. Later arranged for two pianos (see above).
Mask (1912). Listed in early editions of Grove’s Dictionary and elsewhere. Missing.
Red Autumn (1912). Missing. Later arranged for two pianos (see above).
Sonata (1913). Only the Scherzo extant (Fand Music).
Sonata in D minor (1911). First movement performed in 1911. Missing.
Variations in G minor (1897). Incomplete. British Library. Different from the following.
Variations on an Air in G minor (1897). Incomplete. British Library.
(5) Choral works
St George (Masefield) [pageant-play] (1947). Baritone, chorus, organ, and orchestra. Almost completed short score (c.20’30) extant: British Library; Graham Parlett. Probably never finished or orchestrated.
Pied Piper of Hamelin, The (Browning) [cantata](c.1901?). Known only fromits mention in Francis Colmer’s memoirs. Nothing extant.
Tegnér’s Drapa (Longfellow) (1901). Chorus and orchestra. Only the opening two pages of vocal score extant: British Library. Probably never completed.
(6) Songs
Note: Most of the following are known only from published lists of Bax’s works. They were written for voice and piano unless otherwise stated.
Beloved, even in Dreams (Rückert) (1909)
Blow, northern wind (Anon.) (c.1925?)
Bridal Prayer, The (Dehmel) (1911)
Butterflies all white (Coppée, trans. Davidson) (1896). Note: According to Bax’s sister, Evelyn, this was his first work.
Carols, Three [trad. French arr. Bax] (1926): (1) Haut, haut, Peyrot [baritone and piano]. (2) Laisse-quy tas aiffares [contralto and piano]. (3) Guillô, pran ton tamborin [voice and piano with flute and tambourine]. These were last performed in 1930.
Dance-Ring, The (Bierbaum) (1909). Note: Title may have been wrongly transcribed; perhaps ‘Dance-Song’ (‘Tanzlied’).
Echo (C. Rossetti) (c.1906)
Enlightenment (Dehmel)(1909)
Faith (Rückert) (1911)
Flight (Dehmel) (1911)
For Love’s Sake (Jonson) (c.1906)
Freimund (Rückert) (1911)
Garden Song (A. Bax) (1906)
Go, lovely Rose (Waller) (1917)
Home (Dehmel) (1909)
Ideala (Dehmel)(1909). Note: Title may have been wrongly transcribed; perhaps ‘Das Ideal’.
Journey, The (Dehmel) (1911)
Kingdom, The (Rückert) (1907)
Love-Ode (Hartleben) (1909). Note: Orchestral version (‘Liebesode’) extant.
Midsummer (C. Bax) (1918)
Rune of Age (Macleod) (1905). Note: Orchestral version also missing.
Splendour falls, The (Tennyson) (1912-17, orchestrated 1934). Orchestral version known only from Grove’s Dictionary (5th edn.). Version for voice and piano extant.
Summer Night (A. Bax) (1906)
Viking-Battle-Song (Macleod) (1905). Bax’s orchestral version known only from an early list of his works. A version for voice and piano is extant in two manuscripts, one entitled Mircath. There is an orchestrated version by Graham Parlett.
Wood-Lake, The (Leuthold) (1908).