# List of compositions by Gustav 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.
| Genre | H. | Opus | Date | Title | Scoring | Notes |
| Opera | 7 | 1 | 1895 | The Revoke | | Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart |
| Opera | 21 | | 1896 | The Idea | | Children's Operetta |
| Opera | 60 | 11 | 1902 | The Youth's Choice | | Musical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by the composer |
| Opera | 89 | 23 | 1899–1906 | Sita | | Opera in 3 acts based on the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana; not performed until October 2024. |
| Opera | 96 | 25 | 1908 | Sāvitri | | Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata |
| Opera | 150 | 39 | 1918–22 | The Perfect Fool | | Comic Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer; revised as a ballet 1922 |
| Opera | 156 | 42 | 1924 | At the Boar's Head | | Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 |
| Opera | 176 | 50 | 1929–30 | The Wandering Scholar | | Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by Clifford Bax founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars. |
| Ballet | 149 | | 1921 | The Lure, or The Moth and the Flame | | |
| Ballet | 150 | 39 | 1918–22 | The Perfect Fool | | 1922 revision of the opera; libretto by the composer |
| Ballet | 163 | 45/1 | 1926 | The Golden Goose | | Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; founded on the tale of the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Jane M. Joseph |
| Ballet | 164 | 45/2 | 1926–27 | The Morning of the Year | | Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; words by Steuart Wilson |
| Incidental music | | | 1905 | Stratford Revels | | |
| Incidental music | 94 | | 1905 | Nabou, or Kings in Babylon | | |
| Incidental music | 101 | 27a | 1909 | The Vision of Dame Christian PreludeFirst Chorus: "Knowest thou not the warning"Hymn: "Oh let us render thanks to God above"Choral Dance: "How shall we tell of him"Finale | | Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray |
| Incidental music | 102 | 27b | 1909 | Stepney Children's Pageant | for orchestra | |
| Incidental music | 102a | 27b | 1909 | A Song of London | for unison chorus and piano | from the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G.K. Menzies |
| Incidental music | 114 | | 1910 | The Praise of King Olaf Trumpet CallsFirst Battle MusicThe Raven SongBiarkamalSecond Battle MusicThe Praise of King Olaf | for chorus and military band | Part 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of London |
| Incidental music | 122 | | 1914 | Philip the King | | Incidental Music to the play by John Masefield |
| Incidental music | 143 | | 1918 | The Sneezing Charm PreludeSongBallet | for mezzo-soprano and orchestra | |
| Incidental music | 146 | | 1920 | 7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides O Paian Wise!Daughter of Pelias, Fare Thee WellOh, a House That Loves the StrangerAh Me! FarewellAdvance, AdvanceI Have Sojourned in the Muses' LandThere Be Many Shapes of Mystery | for unison voices, 3 flutes and harp | for the play by Euripides in translation by Gilbert Murray |
| Incidental music | | | 1921 | St. Martin's Pageant | | |
| Incidental music | 170 | | 1927 | The Coming of Christ First Song of the Host of HeavenSong of the Four AngelsSecond Song of the Host of HeavenFirst Song of the KingsSecond Song of the KingsThe AntiphonalThe Song of the Coming of Christ | for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, trumpet, piano, organ and string orchestra ad libitum | Incidental music for a Mystery Play |
| Incidental music | 180 | | 1930 | The Passing of the Essenes: 2 Chants In the Lord Put I My TrustAll the Powers of the Lord | for unison male chorus | for the play by George Moore |
| Incidental music | | | 1933–1934 | The Song of Solomon | | |
| Film score | 184 | | 1931 | The Bells | | directed by Harcourt Templeman |
| Orchestral | | | 1891 | Intermezzo | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 31 | | 1897 | A Winter Idyll | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 41 | | 1898 | Suite in G minor | for string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 42 | 7 | 1899 | Walt Whitman | for orchestra | Overture |
| Orchestral | 43 | 10 | 1899, 1912 | Suite de ballet in E♭ major Danse rustiqueValseScène de nuitCarnival | for orchestra | revised 1912; originally Op. 8 |
| Orchestral | 47 | 8 | 1899–1900 | Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds" Allegro con brioElegy (In Memoriam William Morris)ScherzoFinale | for orchestra | originally Op. 10 |
| Orchestral | 54 | | 1903? | Greeting | for orchestra | original version for violin and piano |
| Orchestral | 66 | 13 | 1903 | Indra | for orchestra | Symphonic Poem |
| Orchestral | 86 | 21/1 | 1906, 1907 | Songs of the West | for orchestra | revised 1907 |
| Orchestral | 87 | 21/2 | 1906, 1907 | A Somerset Rhapsody | for orchestra | revised 1907 |
| Orchestral | 88 | 22 | 1906 | 2 Songs without Words Country SongMarching Song | for chamber orchestra | No. 2 also for small military band |
| Orchestral | 107 | 29/1 | 1909–1910 | Beni Mora: Oriental Suite First DanceSecond DanceFinale: In the Street of Ouled Naïls | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | | | 1910 | Morris Dance Tunes Set I Bean SettingLaudnum BunchesCountry GardensConstant BillyTrunklesMorris Off Set II Rigs o' MarlowBluff King HalHow d'ye do, sir?Shepherd's HeyThe Blue-eyed StrangerMorris Off | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 108 | (29/2) | 1911 | Phantastes, Suite in F major PreludeMarchSleepDance | for orchestra | withdrawn, originally Op. 29 No. 2 |
| Orchestral | 118 | 29/2 | 1912–1913 | St Paul's Suite JigOstinatoIntermezzoFinale: The Dargason | for string orchestra | dedicated to the orchestra at St Paul's Girls' School; Finale is an arrangement of 4th movement in Second Suite. |
| Orchestral | 125 | 32 | 1914–1916 | The Planets Mars, the Bringer of WarVenus, the Bringer of PeaceMercury, the Winged MessengerJupiter, the Bringer of JollitySaturn, the Bringer of Old AgeUranus, the MagicianNeptune, the Mystic | for orchestra and female chorus | original version for 2 pianos 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" |
| Orchestral | 126 | 33 | 1915 | Japanese Suite [ja] Prelude: Song of the FishermanCeremonial DanceDance of the MarionetteInterlude: Song of the FishermanDance under the Cherry TreeFinale: Dance of the Wolves | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 151 | 40/1 | 1922 | A Fugal Overture | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 172 | 47 | 1927 | Egdon Heath (A Homage to Thomas Hardy) | for orchestra | title taken from Thomas Hardy's fictitious area Egdon Heath |
| Orchestral | | | 1928 | Nocturne from "A Moorside Suite" | for string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | | | 1928 | Fugue à la Gigue | for orchestra | original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for band |
| Orchestral | 178 | 52 | 1930, 1931 | Hammersmith PreludeScherzo | for orchestra | original for military band; orchestral version (1931) premiered at the same 1931 concert as William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast |
| Orchestral | 185 | | 1932 | Jazz-Band Piece (Mr. Shilkret's Maggot) | for orchestra | revised by Imogen Holst as "Capriccio" (1967) |
| Orchestral | 190 | | 1933 | Brook Green Suite PreludeAirDance | for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum | |
| Orchestral | 190a | | 1933 | Gavotte | for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum | originally intended for Brook Green Suite |
| Orchestral | 192 | | 1933–1934 | Scherzo | for orchestra | part of an unfinished Symphony |
| Band | | | | Three Folk Tunes | for small military band | |
| Band | 88 | 22 | 1906 | Marching Song | for small military band | No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words |
| Band | 105 | 28/1 | 1909 | First Suite in E-flat ChaconneIntermezzoMarch | for military band | |
| Band | 106 | 28/2 | 1911 | Second Suite in F March: Morris Dance, Swansea Town, Claudy BanksSong Without Words: "I'll Love My Love"Song of the BlacksmithFantasia on the Dargason | for military band | 1. also known as Three Folk Tunes or March on Three Folk Tunes |
| Band | | | 1928 | Fugue à la Gigue | | original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for orchestra |
| Band | 173 | | 1928 | A Moorside Suite ScherzoNocturneMarch | for brass band | unfinished transcription for military band by Holst (Scherzo and 38 bars of Nocturne); The whole work transcribed by Gordon Jacob in 1952 and Denis Wright in 1937 |
| Band | 178 | 52 | 1930 | Hammersmith PreludeScherzo | for military band | also for orchestra (1931); premiered by the US Marine Band on 17 April 1932 |
| Concertante | 74 | 19/1 | 1905 | A Song of the Night | for violin and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 75 | 19/2 | 1911 | Invocation | for cello and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 152 | 40/2 | 1923 | A Fugal Concerto ModeratoAdagioAllegro | for flute, oboe (or 2 violins) and string orchestra | |
| Concertante | 175 | 49 | 1929 | Double Concerto ScherzoLamentVariations on a Ground | for 2 violins and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 191 | | 1933 | Lyric Movement | for viola and small orchestra | dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis |
| Chamber music | | | 1893 | Theme and Variations | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | | | 1894 | Air and Variations | for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | |
| Chamber music | | | 1894 | Duo Concertante (Duet) | for trombone and organ | |
| Chamber music | | | 1894 | String Trio in G minor | for violin, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 8 | 2 | 1896 | Fantasiestücke MarchMinuetScherzo | for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello | revised as 3 Pieces in 1910 |
| Chamber music | 8a | 2 | 1896, 1910 | 3 Pieces MarchMinuetScherzo | for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello | 1910 revision of Fantasiestücke |
| Chamber music | 9 | | 1896 | Variations | for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 10 | | 1896 | Sextet in E minor | for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 11 | 3 | 1896 | Quintet in A minor Allegro moderatoScherzo, Allegro vivaceAdagioAllegro con brio | for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano | |
| Chamber music | 23 | | 1897 | Scherzo | for 2 violins, 2 violas and cellos | |
| Chamber music | | | 1901–1902 | 6 Solos: Nos. 1-5 | for violin | |
| Chamber music | 51 | | 1902? | Lied ohne Worte | for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 52 | | 1903? | A Spring Song | for violin (or cello) and piano | |
| Chamber music | 53 | | 1903 | Ländler | for 2 violins and piano | |
| Chamber music | 54 | | 1903? | Greeting | for violin and piano | also for orchestra |
| Chamber music | 55 | | 1904? | Maya | for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 56 | | 1904? | Valse-Étude | for violin and piano | dedicated to Marie Hall |
| Chamber music | 67 | 14 | 1903 | Quintet for Winds in A♭ major Allegro moderatoAdagioMinuet (in Canon) and TrioTheme and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile | for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon | |
| Chamber music | 93 | | 1906 | 7 Scottish Airs | for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | |
| Chamber music | 135 | 36 | 1916 | Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 158 | | 1925 | Terzetto AllegrettoUn poco vivace | for flute, oboe and viola | |
| Organ | | | 1891 | 4 Voluntaries | for organ | |
| Piano | | | 1892 | Arpeggio Study | for piano | |
| Piano | | | 1893 | Introduction and Bolero | for piano 4-hands | |
| Piano | 5 | | 1895 | Dances AllegrettoLändler | for piano 4-hands | |
| Piano | 6 | | 1899 | Duet in D major | for piano 4-hands | |
| Piano | 50 | | 1901 | 2 Pieces (Deux Pièces) FancineLucille | for piano | |
| Piano | 125 | 32 | 1914–1916 | The Planets Mars, the Bringer of WarVenus, the Bringer of PeaceMercury, the Winged MessengerJupiter, the Bringer of JollitySaturn, the Bringer of Old AgeUranus, the MagicianNeptune, the Mystic | for 2 pianos | also orchestrated 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" |
| Piano | 153 | | 1924 | Toccata | for piano | founded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads" |
| Piano | 154 | | 1924 | A Piece for Yvonne | for piano | |
| Piano | 165 | 46/1 | 1926 | Chrissemas Day in the Morning | for piano | founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads |
| Piano | 166 | 46/2 | 1927 | 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes) O! I Hae Seen the Roses BlawThe Shoemakker | for piano | founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads |
| Piano | 179 | | 1930–1932 1930 1932 | 2 Pieces NocturneJig | for piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1891 | The Harper | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1891 | Die Sprode | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1891–1892 | There Is Dew for the Flow'ret | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1892 | I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hern | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1892 | Sing Heigh-Ho! | for voice and piano | 1st setting |
| Vocal | | | 1893 | Anna-Marie | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1893 | A Lake and a Fairy Boat | for voice and piano | 1st setting |
| Vocal | | | 1893 | There Sits a Bird on Yonder Tree | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1893 | The White Lady's Farewell | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | | | 1890s | The Exile of Erine | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | 4 | | 1895, 1897 | O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread | for baritone and piano | original version (1895) for mixed chorus a cappella; words by Thomas Hood |
| Vocal | 14 | 4 | 1896–1898 | 4 Songs Slumber-SongMargrete's Cradle-SongSoft and GentlyAwake, My Heart | for voice and piano | 1. words by Charles Kingsley 2. words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer 3. words from Heinrich Heine 4. words by Robert Bridges |
| Vocal | 17 | | 1897 | Song to the Sleeping Lady | for voice and piano | words by George MacDonald |
| Vocal | 19 | | 1901–1902 | The Ballade of Prince Eric | for voice and piano | words by Fritz Hart |
| Vocal | 25 | | 1897 | A Lake and a Fairy Boat | for voice and piano | 2nd setting; words by Thomas Hood |
| Vocal | 26 | | 1897 | Sing Heigh-Ho! | for voice and piano | 2nd setting; words by Charles Kingsley |
| Vocal | 27 | | 1897 | Airly Beacon | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley |
| Vocal | 28 | | 1890s | Twin Stars Aloft | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley |
| Vocal | 29 | | 1890s | The Day of the Lord | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley |
| Vocal | 32 | | 1897 | Not a Sound But Echoing in Me | for voice and piano | words by George MacDonald |
| Vocal | 33 | | 1898 | Whether We Die or Live | for voice and piano | words by George Meredith |
| Vocal | 34 | 6 | 1898, 1900 | Örnulf's Drapa | for baritone and orchestra | revised 1900; words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer |
| Vocal | 35 | | 1890s | Autumn Song | for voice and piano | words by Robert Bridges |
| Vocal | 36 | | 1898 | My Joy | for voice and piano | words by Robert Bridges |
| Vocal | 37 | | 1890s | Draw Not Away Thy Hands | for voice and piano | words by William Morris |
| Vocal | 38 | | 1890s | I Scanned Her Picture | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | 39 | | 1890s | Two Brown Eyes | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | 44 | | 1898–1899 | Bhanavar's Lament | for voice and piano | words by George Meredith |
| Vocal | 45 | | 1890s | Ah, Come, Fair Mistress | for voice and piano | words by Walter E. Grogan |
| Vocal | | | 1900 | She Who Is Dear to Me | for voice and piano | words by Walter E. Grogan |
| Vocal | 62 | | 1903 | A Prayer for Light | for voice and piano | words by Eric Mackay |
| Vocal | 63 | | 1904 | Dewy Roses | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt |
| Vocal | 64 | | 1903 | Song of the Woods | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt |
| Vocal | 65 | | 1902–1903 | To a Wild Rose | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt |
| Vocal | 68 | 15 | 1902–1903 | 6 Songs Invocation to the DawnFain Would I Change That NoteThe Sergeant's SongIn a WoodBetween Us NowI Will Not Let Thee Go | for baritone and piano | 1. words translated from Rig Veda by the composer 2. words by anonymous 3.~5. words by Thomas Hardy 6. Words by Robert Bridges |
| Vocal | 69 | 16 | 1903–1904 | 6 Songs Calm Is the MornMy True Love Hath My HeartWeep You No More, Sad FountainsLovely Kind and Kindly LovingCradle SongPeace | for soprano and piano | 1. words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2. words by Philip Sidney 3. words by anonymous 4. words by Nicholas Breton 5. words by William Blake 6. words by Alfred H. Hyatt |
| Vocal | 71 | 18 | 1904, 1912 | The Mystic Trumpeter, Scena | for soprano and orchestra | revised 1912; setting of the poem "From Noon to Starry Night" by Walt Whitman; Colin Matthews 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". |
| Vocal | 72 | | 1904–1905 | Darest Thou Now, O Soul | for voice and piano | words by Walt Whitman |
| Vocal | 77 | | 1890s | Now Sleep and Take They Rest | for voice and piano | words by James Mabbe after Fernando de Rojas |
| Vocal | 79 | | 1900s | To Hope | for voice and piano | words by anonymous |
| Vocal | 83 | | 1906–1908 | 16 Folk Songs from Hampshire Abroad as I Was WalkingLord DunwatersThe Irish GirlYoung ReillyThe New-mown HayThe Willow TreeBeautiful NancySing IvyJohn BarleycornBedlam CityThe Scolding WifeThe Squire and the ThresherThe Happy StrangerYoung Edwin in the Lowlands LowYonder Sits a Fare Young DamselOur Ship She Lies in Harbour | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements by Holst |
| Vocal | 84a | | 1906–1907 | Stu Mo Run | for voice and piano | Scottish folk song; arrangement by Holst |
| Vocal | 84 | | 1906–1914 | 9 Folk Songs SovayThe Seeds of LoveThe Female FarmerThorneyfield WoodsMoorfieldsI'll Love My LoveClaudy BanksOn the Banks of the NileHere's Adieu | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements by Holst |
| Vocal | 95 | | 1907 | The Heart Worships | for voice and piano | words by Alice M. Buckton |
| Vocal | 90 | 24 | 1907–1908 | Hymns from the Rig Veda (Vedic Hymns) First Group Ushas (Dawn)Varuna I (Sky)Maruts (Stormclouds) Second GroupIndra (God of Storm and Battle)Varuna II (The Waters)Song of the Frogs Third GroupVac (Speech)CreationFaith (Sraddha) | for medium voice and piano | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Vocal | 90a | (24) | 1907 | Ratri (The Night) | for medium voice and piano | originally included in Op. 24 |
| Vocal | 123 | | 1914? | A Vigil of Pentecost | for voice and piano | words by Alice M. Buckton |
| Vocal | | | 1911 | Glory of the West | for voice and piano | arrangement by Holst |
| Vocal | 132 | 35 | 1916–1917 | 4 Songs Jesu Sweet, Now Will I SingMy Soul Has Nought But Fire and IceI Sing of a Maiden That Matchless IsMy Leman Is So True | for soprano (or tenor) and violin | |
| Vocal | 141 | | 1918 | May Day Carol | for voice and 2 violins | |
| Vocal | 147 | | 1920s | The Ballad of Hunting Knowe | for voice and piano | words by E. A. Ramsden |
| Vocal | | | 1920s | He-Back She-Back | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | 174 | 48 | 1929 | 12 Songs PersephoneThings lovelierNow in these FairylandsA Little MusicThe ThoughtThe Floral BanditEnvoiThe Dream-CityJourney's EndIn the Street of Lost TimeRhymeBetelgeuse | for soprano and piano | words by Humbert Wolfe |
| Vocal | 174a | (48) | 1929 | Epilogue | for soprano and piano | words by Humbert Wolfe; originally intended for Op. 48 |
| Vocal | | | 1930 | God Be in My Head | for voice and piano | |
| Choral | | | 1887 | Horatius | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | | | 1890 | A Christmas Carol | for mixed chorus and piano | |
| Choral | | | 1891–1892 | Sailor's Chorus | for male chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | | | 1891–1892 | The Strain Upraise | for unison voices and piano | |
| 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 East Wind | for male chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | | | 1893–1894 | Winter and the Birds | for mixed chorus and piano | |
| Choral | | | 1894 | Love Wakes and Weeps | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1894 | Ave Maria, Maiden Mild | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1894 | Fathoms Deep Beneath the Wave | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1894 | Now Winter's Winds Are Banished | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1894 | Summer's Welcome | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1894 | Winter and the Birds | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 1 | | 1895 | The Autumn Is Old | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood |
| Choral | 2 | | 1895 | The Stars Are with the Voyager | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood |
| Choral | 3 | | 1895 | Spring It Is Cheery | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood |
| Choral | 4 | | 1895 | O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood; also for baritone and piano |
| Choral | 12 | | 1890s | All Night I Waited by the Spring | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 13 | 4 | 1896 | 3 Short Part-Songs In the Forest Moonbeam-BrightenedAll the Nests with Song Are RingingSoft and Gently through My Soul | for female chorus a cappella | words translated from Heinrich Heine |
| Choral | 15 | | 1896 | There's a Voice in the Wind | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 16 | | 1896 | The Kiss | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Ben Jonson |
| Choral | 18 | | 1890s | Ah Tyrant Love | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Charles Kingsley |
| Choral | 20 | | 1896 | Light Leaves Whisper | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Fritz Hart |
| Choral | 22 | | 1893–1896 | Not Unto Us, O Lord | for mixed chorus and organ (or piano) | Biblical words: Psalm 115 |
| Choral | 24 | | 1897 | O Spring's Little Children | for female chorus a cappella | words by Francis Thompson |
| Choral | 30 | 5 | 1897 | Clear and Cool | for mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Charles Kingsley |
| Choral | 40 | | 1898 | Clouds o'er the Summer Sky, Canon | for female chorus (2 sopranos) and piano | words by Fritz Hart |
| Choral | | | 1899 | Autumn Song | for female chorus a cappella | words by Francis Thompson; also for mixed chorus a cappella, Op. 9a No. 2 |
| Choral | 48 | 9a | 1897–1900 | 5 Part-Songs Love Is EnoughTo SylviaAutumnCome Away, DeathA Love Song | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by William Morris 2. words by Francis Thompson; also for female chorus a cappella (1899) 3. words by William Morris 4. words by William Shakespeare 5. words by William Morris |
| Choral | 49 | 9b | 1900 | Ave Maria | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 57 | | 1912 | I love Thee | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood |
| Choral | 58 | | 1903 | Thou Didst Delight My Eyes | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | 59 | | 1890s | It Was a Lover and His Lass | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by William Shakespeare |
| Choral | 61 | 12 | 1902–1903 | 5 Part-Songs Dream TrystYe Little BirdsHer Eyes the Glow-Worm Lend TheeNow Is the Month of MayingCome to Me | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by Francis Thompson 2. words by Thomas Heywood 3. words by Robert Herrick 4. words by anonymous, 16th century 5. words by Christina Rossetti |
| Choral | 70 | 17 | 1903 | King Estmere | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | 73 | | 1904–1905 | 3 Hymns for the English Hymnal In the Bleak MidwinterFrom Glory to Glory AdvancingHoly Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children | for mixed chorus and organ | 1. words by Christina Rossetti 2. words by C. W. Humphreys after Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 3. words by Frederick William Faber |
| Choral | 76 | | 1908 | In Youth Is Pleasure | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Robert Wever |
| Choral | 78 | | 1908 | Now Rest Thee from All Care | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by anonymous |
| Choral | 80 | 20a | 1905 | Songs from "The Princess" Sweet and LowThe Splendour FallsTears, Idle TearsO Swallow, SwallowNow Sleeps the Crimson Petal | for female chorus a cappella | words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Choral | 81 | | 1905 | Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead | for female chorus a cappella | words from The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Choral | 82 | 20b | 1907 | 4 Old English Carols A Babe Is BornNow Let Us SingJesu, Thou the Virgin-bornThe Saviour of the World Is Born (Salvator mundi natus est) | for mixed chorus and piano | words by anonymous |
| Choral | 85 | | 1904–1919 | 7 Folk Songs On the Banks of the NileThe Willow TreeOur Ship She Lies in HarbourI'll Love My LoveClaudy BanksJohn BarleycornSpanish Ladies | for unison voices and orchestra (or piano) | |
| Choral | | | 1908 | Adoramus Te Christe [orig. Orlando di Lasso, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1908 | Benedictus [orig. William Byrd, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1908 | Help Me, O Lord [orig. Thomas Augustine, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1908 | How Merrily We Live [orig. Michael Este, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1908 | 2 Part-Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 91 | | 1907–1908 1916 | 2 Carols A Welcome SongTerly, Terlow | for mixed chorus, oboe and cello | words by anonymous Old English Carols |
| Choral | 92 | | 1909 | Pastoral | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 97 | 26 | 1908 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group Battle HymnHymn to the Unknown GodFuneral Hymn | for mixed chorus and orchestra (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | 98 | 26 | 1909 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group To Varuna (God of the Waters)To Agni (God of Fire)Funeral Chant | for female chorus and orchestra (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | 99 | 26 | 1910 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group Hymn to the DawnHymn to the WatersHymn to VenaHymn of the Travellers | for female chorus and harp (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | 100 | 26 | 1912 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Fourth Group Hymn to Agni (The Sacrificial Fire)Hymn to SomaHymn to ManasHymn to Indra | for male chorus and string orchestra with brass ad libitum (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | 103 | | 1909 | O England, My Country | for unison voices and orchestra (or piano) | words by G. K. Menzies |
| Choral | 104 | | 1909 | A Song of Fairies | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 109 | | 1910 | Christmas Day: Choral Fantasy on Old Carols Good Christian Men RejoiceGod Rest You Merry GentlemenCome Ye Lofty, Come Ye LowlyThe First Nowell | for mixed chorus and orchestra (or organ) | |
| Choral | | | 1910 | Old Airs and Glees [arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 110 | | 1910 | 4 Part-Songs Song of the ShipbuildersSong of the ShoemakersSong of the FishermenSong of the Drovers | for children's chorus and piano | words by John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Choral | 111 | 30 | 1910–1912 | The Cloud Messenger, Ode | for alto, mixed chorus and orchestra | founded on a Sanskrit poem of Kālidāsa; words translated by the composer |
| Choral | 112 | | 1911 | 2 Eastern Pictures SpringSummer | for female chorus and harp (or piano) | words translated by the composer from Kālidāsa |
| Choral | 113 | | 1911 | In Loyal Bonds United: Empire Day Song | for unison voices and piano | words by Shapcott Wensley |
| Choral | | | 1912 | News From Whydah [orig. Henry Balfour Gardiner, orch. Holst] | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | | | 1912 | Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own: No. 2 of the Two Psalms | for female chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | 115 | 31/1 | 1911 | Hecuba's Lament | for alto, female chorus and string orchestra | words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides |
| Choral | 116 | 31/2 | 1913 | Hymn to Dionysus | for female chorus and orchestra | words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides |
| Choral | 117 | | 1912 | 2 Psalms Psalm 86Psalm 148 (Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own) | for mixed chorus, organ (or brass) and string orchestra | 1. with tenor solo also for female chorus and orchestra (or organ, or piano) |
| Choral | 118a | | 1911 | Playground Song | for unison voices and piano | for St Paul's Girls' School |
| Choral | 119 | | 1913 | The Swallow Leaves Her Nest | for female chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes |
| Choral | 120 | | 1913 | The Homecoming | for male chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hardy |
| Choral | 121 | | 1914 | A Dirge for Two Veterans | for male chorus, brass and percussion | words by Walt Whitman |
| Choral | 124 | | 1915 | Dirge and Hymeneal | for female chorus and piano (or harp) | words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes |
| Choral | 127 | | 1915 | Nunc Dimittis | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 128 | 34/1 | 1916 | This Have I Done for My True Love | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 129 | 34/2 | 1916 | Lullay My Liking | for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 130 | 34/3 | 1916 | Of One That Is So Fair and Bright | for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 131 | 34/4 | 1916 | Bring Us in Good Ale | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1916 | Personent hodie, Christmas Song | for unison chorus and orchestra | arrangement by Holst; Latin text and melody from Piæ Cantiones |
| Choral | | | 1916 | Short Communion Service | for equal voices a cappella | original work by William Byrd; arrangement by Holst |
| Choral | 133 | | 1916–1917 | 3 Carols I Saw Three ShipsChristmas SongMasters in This Hall | for unison voices and orchestra | 2. words by Jane M. Joseph after Piæ Cantiones 3. words by William Morris |
| Choral | 134 | 36a | 1916 | 3 Festival Choruses Let All Mortal Flesh Keep SilenceTurn Back, O ManA Festival Chime | for mixed chorus and orchestra | 1. words by Gerard Moultrie after Biblical or other sacred texts 2.~3. words by Clifford Bax |
| Choral | 136 | 36b | 1916 | 6 Choral Folk Songs I Sowed the Seeds of LoveThere Was a TreeMatthew, Mark, Luke and JohnThe Song of the BlacksmithI Love My LoveSwansea Town | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1., 3.~6. also for male chorus a cappella |
| Choral | 137 | | 1916 | Diverus and Lazarus | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 138 | | 1917 | 2 Part-Songs for Children The Corn SongSong of the Lumbermen | for children's chorus and piano | words by John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Choral | 139 | | 1917 | A Dream of Christmas | for female chorus and string orchestra (or piano) | |
| Choral | 142 | | 1916–1917 | Here Is Joy for Every Age | for female chorus a cappella | words by John Mason Neale after "Ecce novum gaudium" |
| Choral | | | 1916–1919 | All People That on Earth Do Dwell [arr. Holst] | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | 140 | 37 | 1917-1919 | The Hymn of Jesus | for 2 mixed choruses, female semi-chorus and orchestra | text chosen and translated from the Apocryphal Acts of St. John, next to the hymn Pange lingua gloriosi proelium certaminis |
| Choral | 144 | 38 | 1919 | Ode to Death | for mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Walt Whitman |
| Choral | 145 | | 1919 | Short Festival Te Deum | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | 148 | | 1921, 1918? | "I Vow to Thee, My Country", Hymn | for unison voices and orchestra | based on the theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of The Planets; words by Cecil Spring Rice |
| Choral | 155 | 41 | 1923–1924 | First Choral Symphony Prelude: Invocation to PanSong and BacchanalOde on a Grecian UrnScherzo: FancyFolly's SongFinale | for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra | words by John Keats |
| Choral | 157 | | 1925 | Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana | for mixed chorus a cappella | for Charles Kennedy Scott and the Oriana Madrigal Society on the 21st foundation day; words by Jane M. Joseph |
| Choral | 159 160 | 43 | 1924 1925 | 2 Motets The Evening-Watch: Dialogue between Body and SoulSing Me the Men Ere This | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by Henry Vaughan 2. words by Digby Mackworth Dolben |
| Choral | | | 1925 | God Is Love, His the Care | | Hymn |
| Choral | 161 | | 1925 | 4 Hymns for Songs of Praise O Valiant HeartsIn This World, the Isle of DreamsOnward, Christian Soldiers!I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God | | for the hymnal Songs of Praise 1. words by J. S. Arkwright 2. words by Robert Herrick 3. words by Sabine Baring-Gould 4. words by Percy Dearmer after Thomas Heywood |
| Choral | 162 | 44 | 1925–1926 | 7 Part-Songs Say Who Is This?O Love, I ComplainAngel Spirits of SleepWhen First We MetSorrow and JoyLove on My Heart from Heaven FellAssemble, All Ye Maidens | for soprano, female chorus and string orchestra | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | | | 1927 | O Magnum Mysterium [edt. Holst] | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | | | 1927 | By Weary Stages | | Hymn |
| Choral | | | 1927 | Gird on Thy Sword/Lift Up Your Arms | | Hymn |
| Choral | 167 | | 1928 | Christ Hath a Garden | for female chorus and small orchestra | words by Robert Bridges after Isaac Watts |
| Choral | 168 | | 1927 | Man Born to Toil | for mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | 169 | | 1927 | Eternal Father | for soprano, mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | 171 | | 1928 | Canterbury Bells: 2 Rounds Within This Place All Beauty DwellsTo Bother Missis Bell | for 4 equal voices a cappella | words by Mabel Rodwell Jones |
| Choral | 177 | 51 | 1930 | A Choral Fantasia | for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | 181 | | 1931 | Roadways | for unison voices and piano | words by John Masefield |
| Choral | 182 | | 1931 | Wassail Song | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 183 | | 1930–1931 | 12 Welsh Folk Songs Lisa LanGreen GrassThe DoveAwake, AwakeThe Nightingale and LinnetThe Mother-In-LawThe First LoveO 'Twas on a Monday morningMy Sweetheart's Like Venus (Mae 'nghariad i'n Fenws)White Summer RoseThe Lively PairThe Lover's Complaint | for mixed chorus a cappella | words adapted by Steuart Wilson |
| Choral | 186 | 53 | 1931–1932 | 6 Choruses Good FridayIntercessionHow Mighty Are the SabbathsA Love SongDrinking SongBefore Sleep | for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano) | words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell |
| Choral | 186a | (53) | 1931 | On the Battle Which Was Fought at Fontenoy | for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano, or organ) | originally intended for Op. 53; words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell |
| Choral | 187 | | 1932 | 8 Canons If You Love SongsLovely VenusThe Fields of SorrowDavid's Lament for JonathanO Strong of HeartTruth of All TruthEvening on the MoselleIf 'Twere the Time of Lilies | Nos. 1~6 for equal voices a cappella Nos. 7~8 for equal voices and piano | poems from mediaeval Latin lyrics in translation by Helen Waddell |
| Choral | 188 | | 1932 | "O Spiritual Pilgrim" | for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella | words by James Elroy Flecker |
| Choral | 189 | | 1933 | Come Live with Me | for 2 equal voices a cappella | words by Christopher Marlowe |
| | - | | 1906 | Folk Songs from Somerset | | thought lost; rediscovered 2017 |

## Sources

* Holst, Imogen (1974). A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music, London: Faber Music Ltd. ISBN 978-0571100040