# List of compositions by Edward Elgar

The table below shows all known compositions by Edward Elgar.

## Compositions

Works are shown in opus number order (Opp. 1–90), followed by those without opus number, in date order (1867–1933). The list includes incomplete and unpublished works.
| Op. | Year | Title | Genre | Notes | Dedication | Words | Pub. |
| 1 | 1878 | Romance | chamber | violin and piano, also with orchestra | Oswin Grainger | — | Schott |
| 1a | 1907 | The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1 | orchestral | from music written 1867–71 1. Overture 2. Serenade 3. Minuet (Old Style) 4. Sun Dance 5. Fairy Pipers 6. Slumber Scene 7. Fairies and Giants | C. Lee Williams | — | Novello |
| 1b | 1908 | The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2 | orchestral | from music written 1867–71 1. March 2. The Little Bells (Scherzino) 3. Moths and Butterflies (Dance) 4. Fountain Dance 5. The Tame Bear 6. The Wild Bears | Hubert A. Leicester | — | Novello |
| 2 | 1887 | Three motets / anthems | church | choir and organ, pub. 1902–1907 1. "Ave verum corpus"/"Jesu, Word of God Incarnate" 2. "Ave Maria"/"Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory" 3. "Ave Maris Stella"/"Jesu, Meek and Lowly" | — | — | Novello |
| 2.1 | 1902 | "Ave verum corpus" / "Jesu, Word of God Incarnate" | church | motet/anthem choir and organ, written 1887 | 'In Memoriam – W. A. obit 27 January 1887.' (William Allen) | Eucharistic Hymn | Novello |
| 2.2 | 1907 | "Ave Maria" / "Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory" | church | motet/anthem choir and organ, written 1887 | Mrs Hubert A. Leicester | Eucharistic Hymn | Novello |
| 2.3 | 1907 | "Ave Maris Stella" / "Jesu, Meek and Lowly" | church | motet/anthem choir and organ, written 1887 | Rev. Canon Dolman, O.S.B., Hereford | Eucharistic Hymn | Novello |
| 3 | 1912 | Cantique | keyboard | organ, originally a wind quintet Andante arioso from Harmony Music No. 6 (1879), arr. organ and for orchestra | Hugh Blair | — | Novello |
| 4 | 1883 | Three pieces | chamber | violin and piano 1. Idylle (Esquisse Façile) 2. Pastourelle 3. Virelai | — | — | — |
| 4.1 | 1883 | Idylle (Esquisse Façile) | chamber | violin and piano | E. E., Inverness | — | Beare, Ashdown |
| 4.2 | 1883 | Pastourelle | chamber | violin and piano | Miss Hilda Fitton, Malvern | — | Swan, Novello |
| 4.3 | 1883 | Virelai | chamber | violin and piano | Frank W. Webb | — | Swan, Novello |
| 5 | 1903 | Two songs | song | voice and piano 1. "A War Song" 2. unknown | — | — | — |
| 5.1 | 1903 | "A War Song" | song | voice and piano, originally "A Soldier’s Song" (1884) | F. G. P., Worcester (Frederick G. Pedley) | C. Flavell Hayward | Boosey |
| 5.2 | 1903 | unknown | song | voice and piano | — | — | — |
| 6 | 1878–81 | Wind Quintets | chamber | wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello see Op. 6.1 — Op. 6.6 1. Six Promenades 2. Harmony Music, numbered 1 to 7 3. Five Intermezzos 4. Four Dances 5. Andante con Variazioni "Evesham Andante" 6. Adagio Cantabile "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" pub. posth., first perf. 1934, see also Peckham March (1877) for the same group | — | — | — |
| 6.1 | 1878 | Six Promenades | chamber | wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello 1. Moderato e molto maestoso 2. Moderato ”Madame Taussaud's"[sic] 3. Presto 4. Andante "Somniferous" 5. Allegro molto 6. Allegro Maestoso "Hell and Tommy" | — | — | Belwin |
| 6.2 | 1878–81 | Harmony Music | chamber | Nos. 1–6 for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon/cello, No. 7 a sextet, having also a part for violin. 1. Allegro Molto (1878) 2. Allegro non tanto (1878) 3. (Allegro) (1878, incomplete) 4. Allegro molto "The Farm Yard" (1879) 5. Allegro moderato "The Mission"; Menuetto and Trio; Andante "Noah's Ark"; Finale (Allegro) (1879) 6. Allegro Molto; Andante arioso (1879) 7. Allegro; Scherzo (1881) | Frank Exton (No. 1) W. B. Leicester (2) Frank Elgar (3) | — | Belwin |
| 6.3 | 1879 | Five Intermezzos | chamber | wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello 1. Allegro moderato "The Farmyard" 2. Adagio Solenne 3. Allegretto "Nancy" 4. Andante con moto 5. Allegretto | — | — | Belwin |
| 6.4 | 1879 | Four Dances | chamber | wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello 1. Menuetto 2. Gavotte "The Alphonsa" 3. Sarabande – Largo 4. Gigue – Allegro | — | — | Belwin |
| 6.5 | 1879 | Andante con Variazione "Evesham Andante" | chamber | wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello | 'H. A. L.' (Hubert Leicester) | — | — |
| 6.6 | 1879 | Adagio Cantabile "Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup" | chamber | wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello | — | — | Belwin |
| 7 | 1884 | Sevillaña | orchestral | — | W. C. Stockley | — | Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| 8 | 1888 | Quartet | chamber | string quartet, destroyed | — | — | — |
| 9 | 1884? | Violin Sonata | chamber | violin and piano, destroyed | — | — | — |
| 10 | 1899 | Three Characteristic Pieces | orchestral | 1. Mazurka 2. Sérénade Mauresque 3. Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700 and 1900 | Lady Mary Lygon | — | Novello |
| 10.1 | 1899 | Mazurka | orchestral | — | Lady Mary Lygon | — | Novello |
| 10.2 | 1899 | Sérénade Mauresque | orchestral | — | Lady Mary Lygon | — | Novello |
| 10.3 | 1899 | Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700 and 1900 | orchestral | — | Lady Mary Lygon | — | Novello |
| 11 | 1894 | Sursum corda (Élévation) | orchestral | strings, brass, timpani and organ | H. Dyke Acland, Malvern | — | Schott |
| 12 | 1888 | Salut d'Amour (Liebesgruss) | chamber | violin and piano also for piano, orchestra and numerous arrangements | à Carice (C. Alice Elgar) | — | Schott |
| 13 | 1889–90 | Two pieces | chamber | violin and piano 1. Mot d'Amour (1889) 2. Bizarrerie (1890) | — | — | — |
| 13.1 | 1889 | Mot d'Amour | chamber | violin and piano first pub. as Liebesahnung, companion piece to Liebesgruss | Alice (C. Alice Elgar) | — | Ascherberg |
| 13.2 | 1890 | Bizarrerie | chamber | violin and piano | Fred Ward | — | Ascherberg |
| 14 | 1890 | Vesper Voluntaries | keyboard | organ Introduction, 1. Andante, 2. Allegro, 3. Andantino (from Quartet in D, 1888), 4. Allegro piacevole, 5. Poco lento, 6. Moderato, 7. Allegretto pensoso, 8. Poco allegro, Coda | Mrs W. A. Raikes | — | Ascherberg |
| 15 | 1897–99 | Two pieces | chamber | violin and piano 1. Chanson de Nuit 2. Chanson de Matin | — | — | — |
| 15.1 | 1897 | Chanson de Nuit | chamber | violin and piano, also orchestra (1899), numerous arrangements | F. Ehrke, M.D. | — | Novello |
| 15.2 | 1899 | Chanson de Matin | chamber | violin and piano, also orchestra (1901), numerous arrangements | — | — | Novello |
| 16 | 1885–94 | Three songs | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder 1. "The Shepherd's Song" (1892) 2. "Through the Long Days" (1885) 3. "Rondel" (1894) | — | — | — |
| 16.1 | 1892 | "The Shepherd's Song" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Barry Pain | Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| 16.2 | 1885 | "Through the Long Days" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | John Hay | Weber, Ascherberg |
| 16.3 | 1894 | "Rondel" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Longfellow, after Froissart | Ascherberg |
| 17 | 1891 | La Capricieuse | chamber | violin and piano | Fred Ward | — | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| 18 | 1890 | Three part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "O Happy Eyes" 2. "Love" 3. "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land" | — | — | Novello |
| 18.1 | 1890 | "O Happy Eyes" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | C. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 18.2 | 1890 | "Love" | part-song | SATB unacc. | C. A. E. (C. Alice Elgar) | Arthur Maquarie | Novello |
| 18.3 | 1890 | "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Rev. J. Hampton | Andrew Lang | Novello |
| 19 | 1890 | Froissart | orchestral | concert-overture | — | — | Novello |
| 20 | 1888–92 | Serenade | orchestral | string orchestra, revised version of Three Pieces for string orchestra 1. Allegro piacevole 2. Larghetto 3. Allegretto | W. H. Whinfield | — | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| 21 | 1899 | Minuet | orchestral | originally for piano 1897 | Paul Kilburn | — | Joseph Williams |
| 22 | 1892 | Very Melodious Exercises in the First Position | chamber | violin and piano | May Grafton | — | Chanot, Laudy |
| 23 | 1892 | "Spanish Serenade" | part-song | "Stars of the Summer Night". SATB acc. 2 violins and piano, also acc. orchestra 1893 | — | Longfellow | Novello |
| 24 | 1892 | Études caractéristiques | chamber | violin solo | Adolphe Pollitzer | — | Chanot |
| 25 | 1889–92 | The Black Knight | choral | symphony/cantata for chorus and orchestra, poem by Uhland, tr. Longfellow | Hugh Blair | Longfellow | Novello |
| 26 | 1894 | Two part-songs | part-song | SSA acc. 2 violins and piano 1. "The Snow" 2. "Fly, Singing Bird" | Mrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern | C. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 26.1 | 1894 | "The Snow" | part-song | SSA acc. 2 violins and piano, also other vocal arrangements and with orchestra | Mrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern | C. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 26.2 | 1894 | "Fly, Singing Bird" | part-song | SSA acc. 2 violins and piano, also other vocal arrangements and with orchestra | Mrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern | C. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 27 | 1895–96 | From the Bavarian Highlands | choral | choral-songs SATB and orchestra 1. "The Dance" (Sonnenbichl) 2. "False Love" (Wamberg) 3. "Lullaby" (In Hammersbach) 4. "Aspiration" (Bei Sankt Anton) 5. "On the Alm" 'True Love'(Hoch Alp) 6. "The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)" Nos. 1, 3 and 6 arr. for orchestra as Three Bavarian Dances | Mr and Mrs Henry Slingsby Bethell, Garmisch, Bavaria | C. Alice Elgar, adapted from Bavarian folksongs | Joseph Williams |
| 27 | 1898 | Three Bavarian Dances | orchestral | songs from From the Bavarian Highlands arranged for orchestra 1. "The Dance" (Sonnenbichl) 2. "Lullaby" (In Hammersbach) 3. "The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)" also for piano solo, and violin and piano | — | — | Joseph Williams |
| 28 | 1898 | Organ Sonata in G | keyboard | organ | Dr. C. Swinnerton Heap | — | Breitkopf |
| 29 | 1896 | The Light of Life | choral | (Lux Christi) soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra | Dr. C. Swinnerton Heap | Rev. E. Capel-Cure, adapted from the Scriptures | Novello |
| 30 | 1896 | Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf | choral | cantata for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra incl. part-song "As torrents in summer" pub. separately | — | Longfellow and Harry Arbuthnot Acworth | Novello |
| 31 | 1900 | Two songs | song | voice and piano 1. "After" 2. "A Song of Flight" | — | — | — |
| 31.1 | 1900 | "After" | song | voice and piano | — | Philip Bourke Marston | Boosey |
| 31.2 | 1900 | "A Song of Flight" | song | voice and piano | — | Christina Rossetti | Boosey |
| 32 | 1897 | Imperial March | orchestral | for the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's accession, also arr. piano | for H.M. Queen Victoria | — | Novello |
| 33 | 1897 | The Banner of St. George | choral | ballad for chorus and orchestra | — | Shapcott Wensley | Novello |
| 34 | 1897 | Te Deum and Benedictus | church | choir and organ | — | Hymn Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) | Novello |
| 35 | 1897–98 | Caractacus | choral | cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra | H.M. Queen Victoria | H. A. Acworth | Novello |
| 36 | 1899 | Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) | orchestral | Theme Enigma (andante) I. C.A.E. (andante) II. H.D.S.-P. (allegro) III. R.B.T. (allegretto) IV. W.M.B. (allegro di molto) V. R.P.A. (moderato) VI. Ysobel (andantino) VII. Troyte (presto) VIII. W.N. (allegretto) IX. Nimrod (adagio) X. Intermezzo, Dorabella (allegretto) XI. G.R.S. (allegro di molto) XII. B.G.N. (andante) XIII. Romanza "***" (moderato) Finale E.D.U. (allegro) | 'To my friends pictured within': Caroline Alice Elgar Hew David Steuart-Powell Robert Baxter Townshend William Meath Baker Richard Penrose Arnold Isabel Fitton Arthur Troyte Griffith Winifred Norbury August Jaeger Dora Penny George Robertson Sinclair Basil George Nevinson Lady Mary Lygon Edward Elgar | — | Novello |
| 37 | 1897–99 | Sea Pictures | song | song-cycle for contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) 1. "Sea-Slumber Song" 2. "In Haven (Capri)" 3. "Sabbath Morning at Sea" 4. "Where Corals Lie" 5. "The Swimmer" | — | — | Boosey |
| 37.1 | 1899 | "Sea-Slumber Song" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Hon. Roden Noel | Boosey |
| 37.2 | 1899 | "In Haven (Capri)" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) pub. 1897 as Love alone will stay | — | C. Alice Elgar | Boosey |
| 37.3 | 1899 | "Sabbath Morning at Sea" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Boosey |
| 37.4 | 1899 | "Where Corals Lie" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Richard Garnett | Boosey |
| 37.5 | 1899 | "The Swimmer" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Adam Lindsay Gordon | Boosey |
| 38 | 1899–1900 | The Dream of Gerontius | choral | for mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra | A.M.D.G. | Cardinal Newman | Novello |
| 39 | 1901–30 | Pomp and Circumstance Marches | orchestral | 1. in D (1901) 2. in A minor (1901) 3. in C minor (1904) 4. in G (1907) 5. in C (1930) 6. sketches | — | — | — |
| 39.1 | 1901 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D | orchestral | the trio contains the tune known as Land of Hope and Glory | A. E. Rodewald and the members of the Liverpool Orchestral Society | — | Boosey |
| 39.2 | 1901 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor | orchestral | — | Granville Bantock | — | Boosey |
| 39.3 | 1904 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor | orchestral | — | Ivor Atkins | — | Boosey |
| 39.4 | 1907 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G | orchestral | in 1940 set to words by A. P. Herbert as Song of Liberty | G. R. Sinclair | — | Boosey |
| 39.5 | 1930 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C | orchestral | — | Dr. Percy C. Hull, Hereford | — | Boosey |
| 39.6 | 1930 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 in G minor | orchestral | "elaborated" from sketches by Anthony Payne, 2006 | — | — | Boosey |
| 40 | 1900–01 | Cockaigne (In London Town) | orchestral | concert-overture | 'My friends, the Members of British Orchestras' | — | Boosey |
| 41 | 1901 | Two songs | song | 1. "In the Dawn" 2. "Speak, Music!" | — | — | — |
| 41.1 | 1901 | "In the Dawn" | song | voice and piano | — | A. C. Benson | Boosey |
| 41.2 | 1901 | "Speak, Music!" | song | voice and piano | Mrs E. Speyer, Ridghurst | A. C. Benson | Boosey |
| 42 | 1901 | Grania and Diarmid | incidental | music for a play by George Moore and W. B. Yeats, for orchestra and contralto soloist 1. Incidental Music and Funeral March 2. Song, "There are seven that pull the thread" | Henry J. Wood | — | Novello |
| 42.1 | 1901 | Incidental Music and Funeral March | incidental | music for orchestra, for a play Grania and Diarmid by George Moore and W. B. Yeats | Henry J. Wood | — | Novello |
| 42.2 | 1901 | "There are seven that pull the thread" | song | for contralto soloist and orchestra, for a play Grania and Diarmid by George Moore and W. B. Yeats | Henry J. Wood | W. B. Yeats | Novello |
| 43 | 1902 | Dream Children | orchestral | Enfants d'un Rêve two pieces for small orchestra, after Charles Lamb, also for piano 1. Andante 2. Allegretto piacevole | — | — | Joseph Williams, Schott |
| 44 | 1902 | Coronation Ode | choral | for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus SATB and orchestra I. "Crown the King", for soloists and chorus II(a). "The Queen", for chorus II(b). "Daughter of ancient Kings", for chorus III. "Britain, ask of thyself", for bass solo and men's chorus IV (a). "Hark upon the hallowed air", for soprano and tenor soloists IV(b). "Only let the heart be pure", for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists V. "Peace, gentle peace", for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists and chorus unaccompanied VI. Finale "Land of Hope and Glory", for contralto solo, with chorus (separate song 1902) | H.M. King Edward VII | A. C. Benson | Boosey |
| 45 | 1902 | Five Partsongs from the Greek Anthology | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology 1. "Yea, cast me from height of the mountains" 2. "Whether I find thee" 3. "After many a dusty mile" 4. "It's oh! to be a wild wind" 5. "Feasting I watch" | Sir Walter Parratt | — | Novello |
| 45.1 | 1902 | "Yea, cast me from height of the mountains" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Sir Walter Parratt | Alma Strettell | Novello |
| 45.2 | 1902 | "Whether I find thee" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Sir Walter Parratt | Andrew Lang | Novello |
| 45.3 | 1902 | "After many a dusty mile" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Sir Walter Parratt | Edmund Gosse | Novello |
| 45.4 | 1902 | "It's oh! to be a wild wind" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Sir Walter Parratt | William M. Hardinge | Novello |
| 45.5 | 1902 | "Feasting I watch" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from poem by Marcus Argentarius | Sir Walter Parratt | Richard Garnett | Novello |
| 46 | 1901 | Concert Allegro | concertante | for piano, orchestra part possibly added | Written for Fanny Davies | — | ? |
| 47 | 1904–05 | Introduction and Allegro | orchestral | for strings (quartet and orchestra) | Prof. S. S. Sanford, Yale University | — | Novello |
| 48 | 1908 | "Pleading" | song | voice and piano, pub. as Op. 48, No. 1, but no other Op. 48 works exist | Lady Maud Warrender | Arthur L. Salmon | Novello |
| 48 | 1908 | Pleading | orchestral | arrangement with flute, oboe, clarinet, cornet, or violin solo | — | — | Elgar Complete Works, Vol. 23 |
| 49 | 1902–03 | The Apostles | choral | oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and three bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, compiled from the Scriptures by the composer | A.M.D.G. | The Holy Scriptures | Novello |
| 50 | 1903–04 | In the South (Alassio) | orchestral | concert-overture | Leo F. Schuster | — | Novello |
| 51 | 1901–06 | The Kingdom | choral | oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, compiled from the Scriptures by the composer | A.M.D.G. | The Holy Scriptures | Novello |
| 52 | 1907 | "A Christmas Greeting" | part-song | carol for 2 sopranos, male chorus ad lib, 2 violins and piano | Dr. G. R. Sinclair and the choristers of Hereford Cathedral | C. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 53 | 1907 | Four part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "There is sweet Music" 2. "Deep in my Soul" 3. "O Wild West Wind" 4. "Owls (An Epitaph)" | — | — | Novello |
| 53.1 | 1907 | "There is sweet Music" | part-song | part-song SSAATTBB unacc. | Canon Gorton | Lord Tennyson | Novello |
| 53.2 | 1907 | "Deep in my Soul" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Julia H. Worthington | Lord Byron | Novello |
| 53.3 | 1907 | "O Wild West Wind" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Dr. W. G. McNaught | Shelley | Novello |
| 53.4 | 1907 | "Owls (An Epitaph)" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Pietro d'Alba | Novello |
| 54 | 1907 | "The Reveille" | part-song | TTBB unacc. | Henry C. Embleton | Bret Harte | Novello |
| 55 | 1907–08 | Symphony No. 1 in A flat | orchestral | | Hans Richter, Mus. Doc. | — | Novello |
| 56 | 1909 | "Angelus (Tuscany)" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Mrs. Charles Stuart-Wortley (Alice Stuart-Wortley, 'Windflower') | adapted from the Tuscan dialect | Novello |
| 57 | 1909 | "Go, Song of Mine" | part-song | SSAATB unacc. | Alfred H. Littleton | Dante Gabriel Rossetti, tr. from Cavalcanti | Novello |
| 58 | 1909 | Elegy | orchestral | string orchestra | Rev. R. H. Hadden | — | Novello |
| 59 | 1910 | Three songs | song | 1. & 2. not published 3. "Oh, soft was the song" 4. not published 5. "Was it some Golden Star?" 6. "Twilight" | — | Gilbert Parker | — |
| 59.3 | 1910 | "Oh, soft was the song" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | — | Gilbert Parker | Novello |
| 59.5 | 1910 | "Was it some Golden Star?" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | — | Gilbert Parker | Novello |
| 59.6 | 1910 | "Twilight" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | — | Gilbert Parker | Novello |
| 60 | 1909–10 | Two songs | song | 1. "The Torch" 2. "The River" | — | Pietro d'Alba | — |
| 60.1 | 1909 | "The Torch" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | Yvonne | Pietro d'Alba | Novello |
| 60.2 | 1910 | "The River" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra 'Folk-Song (Eastern Europe) paraphrased by Pietro d'Alba' | — | Pietro d'Alba | Novello |
| 61 | 1901–10 | Violin Concerto in B minor | concertante | violin and orchestra | Fritz Kreisler | — | Novello |
| 62 | 1910 | Romance | concertante | bassoon (or cello) and orchestra | Edwin F. James | — | Novello |
| 63 | 1909–11 | Symphony No. 2 in E flat | orchestral | | In memory of H.M. King Edward VII | — | Novello |
| 64 | 1911 | "O Hearken Thou" | church | Coronation Offertorium "Intende voci orationis meæ", for choir and orchestra, for the Coronation of King George V | H.M. King George V | Psalm 5 | Novello |
| 65 | 1911 | Coronation March | orchestral | | H.M. King George V | — | Novello |
| 66 | 1911–12 | The Crown of India | incidental | Imperial Masque for contralto and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra 1a. Introduction, 1b. Sacred Measure, 2. Dance of Nautch Girls, 2a. India Greets her Cities, 3. Song: "Hail, Immemorial Ind!", 3a. Entrance of Calcutta, 3b. Entrance of Delhi, 4a. Introduction, 4b. March of the Mogul Emperors, 5. Entrance of "John Company", 5a. Entrance of St George, 6. Song: "The Rule of England", 7. Interlude, 8a. Introduction, 8b. Warrior's Dance, 9. The Cities of Ind, 11. The Crowning of Delhi, 12. "Ave Imperator!" also Suite from the Crown of India for orchestra | — | Henry Hamilton | Enoch |
| 67 | 1912 | "Great is the Lord" | church | anthem, choir SSAATB, bass solo, and organ | Dean of Wells, J. Armitage Robinson, D.D. | Psalm 48 | Novello |
| 68 | 1913 | Falstaff | orchestral | symphonic study for orchestra, after Shakespeare, King Henry IV and V | Landon Ronald | — | Novello |
| 69 | 1912 | The Music Makers | choral | ode for contralto or mezzo-soprano soloist, chorus SATB and orchestra | Nicholas Kilburn | Arthur O'Shaughnessy | Novello |
| 70 | 1914 | Sospiri | orchestral | string orchestra, harp and organ (or harmonium) | W. H. Reed | — | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| 71 | 1914 | Two part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "The Shower" 2. "The Fountain" | — | — | — |
| 71.1 | 1914 | "The Shower" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Miss Frances Smart | Henry Vaughan | Novello |
| 71.2 | 1914 | "The Fountain" | part-song | SATB unacc. | W. Mann Dyson | Henry Vaughan | Novello |
| 72 | 1914 | "Death on the Hills" | part-song | choral-song SATB unacc., words tr. from the Russian of Maikov | Lady Colvin | Rosa Newmarch | Novello |
| 73 | 1914 | Two part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "Love's Tempest" 2. "Serenade" | — | — | — |
| 73.1 | 1914 | "Love's Tempest" | part-song | SATB unacc., words tr. from the Russian of Maikov | Prof. C. Sanford Terry | Rosa Newmarch | Novello |
| 73.2 | 1914 | "Serenade" | part-song | SATB unacc., words tr. from the Russian of Maikov | Percy C. Hull | Rosa Newmarch | Novello |
| 74 | 1914 | "Give unto the Lord" | church | anthem SATB, organ and orchestra | Sir George Martin, M.V.O., Mus.D. | Psalm 29 | Novello |
| 75 | 1914 | Carillon | orchestral | recitation with orchestra | — | Émile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 76 | 1915 | Polonia | orchestral | symphonic prelude | I. J. Paderewski | — | Elkin |
| 77 | 1915 | Une voix dans le désert | orchestral | recitation with soprano solo and orchestra, includes the song "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" (When the spring comes round) | — | Émile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 77.1 | 1915 | "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" (When the spring comes round | song | from Une voix dans le désert, Op. 77 | — | Émile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 78 | 1915–16 | The Starlight Express | incidental | baritone and soprano soloists and orchestra, music to a play adapted from a story A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood, includes the organ-grinder’s songs: 1. "To the Children" 2. "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" 3. "My Old Tunes" | — | Algernon Blackwood | Elkin |
| 79 | 1917 | Le drapeau belge (The Belgian Flag) | orchestral | recitation with orchestra, tr. Lord Curzon of Kedleston | — | Émile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 80 | 1915–17 | The Spirit of England | choral | tenor or soprano solo, chorus and orchestra 1. The Fourth of August (1917) 2. To Women (1915) 3. For the Fallen (1915) | 'To the memory of our glorious men, with a special thought for the Worcesters' | — | Novello |
| 80.1 | 1917 | The Fourth of August | choral | tenor or soprano solo, chorus and orchestra, from The Winnowing Fan by Binyon | — | Laurence Binyon | Novello |
| 80.2 | 1915 | To Women | choral | tenor or soprano solo, chorus and orchestra | — | Laurence Binyon | Novello |
| 80.3 | 1915 | For the Fallen | choral | tenor or soprano solo, chorus and orchestra | — | Laurence Binyon | Novello |
| 80.3 | 1920 | With Proud Thanksgiving | choral | chorus SATB and orchestra, a simpler version of For the Fallen, for the dedication of the Cenotaph | League of Arts | Laurence Binyon | Novello |
| 81 | 1917 | The Sanguine Fan | ballet | ballet music for orchestra. Echo's Dance arranged for piano | — | — | MS |
| 81 | 1917 | Echo's Dance | arrangement | from The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81, arranged for piano | — | — | Elkin |
| 82 | 1918 | Violin Sonata in E minor | chamber | violin and piano | 'M. J. – 1918' (Marie Joshua) | — | Novello |
| 83 | 1918 | String Quartet in E minor | chamber | string quartet | Brodsky Quartet | — | Novello |
| 84 | 1918–19 | Piano Quintet in A minor | chamber | string quartet and piano | Ernest Newman | — | Novello |
| 85 | 1918–19 | Cello Concerto in E minor | concertante | cello and orchestra | Sidney and Frances Colvin | — | Novello |
| 86 | 1921–22 | Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (J. S. Bach) | arrangement | transcription for orchestra, Fantasia 1921, Fugue 1922 | — | — | Novello |
| 87 | 1930 | The Severn Suite | brass band | transcribed for orchestra (1932)) 1. Introduction (Worcester Castle) 2. Toccata (Tournament) 3. Fugue (The Cathedral) (1923) 4. Minuet (Commandery) 5. Coda | G. Bernard Shaw | — | R Smith |
| 87a | 1933 | Organ Sonata No. 2 | keyboard | arrangement of The Severn Suite for organ by Ivor Atkins | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| 88 | 1932–34 | Symphony No. 3 | orchestral | posth. Op. 88, sketches, elaborated by Anthony Payne 1972–97 | — | — | Boosey |
| 89 | 1933 | The Spanish Lady | opera | libretto by Elgar and Sir Barry Jackson after Ben Jonson, planned in two acts but incomplete, posth. Suite for string orchestra ed. Percy M. Young songs:1. "Modest and Fair" 2. "Still to be Neat" also suite for strings ed. Young (1956) | — | Ben Jonson | Elkin |
| 90 | 1909–25 | Piano Concerto | concertante | piano and orchestra, posth. Op. 90, sketches, 1909–25, elaborated by Robert Walker 1997 | — | — | ? |
| 1001 | 1919 | The Smoking Cantata | song | baritone soloist and orchestra | — | — | ? |
| | 1867 | Humoreske 'a tune from Broadheath' | piano | later used for Fairies and Giants in The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1, see Op. 1a | — | — | — |
| | 1867 | The Wand of Youth | incidental | music for a children’s play, assembled as two orchestral suites in 1907, see Op. 1a and Op. 1b | — | — | — |
| | 1868 | Kyrie Eleison in A | church | choir SATB | — | — | — |
| | 1870 | Fugue in G minor | keyboard | for organ [?], c. 1870, unfinished | — | — | — |
| | 1872 | "The Language of Flowers" | song | voice and piano, unpub. | 'The Music composed & dedicated to my sister Lucy' | The Poetry by Percival | MS |
| | 1872 | Chantant | keyboard | piano solo | — | — | MS |
| | 1872 | Gloria | church | for choir and organ, arr. using the piano part of the Allegro from Violin Sonata in F, K.547 (Mozart) | — | — | MS |
| | 1873 | Credo | arrangement | choir and organ, themes from Symphonies V VII and IX (Beethoven) "arr. Bernard Pappenheim" [comment by Elgar] | — | — | MS |
| | 1874 | Anthem | arrangement | arr. for strings, with original introduction | — | — | MS |
| | 1875 | "The Self Banished" | song | soprano or tenor acc. piano, unpub. | — | Edmund Waller | MS |
| | 1876 | Salve Regina | church | in D, choir and organ | — | — | MS |
| | 1876 | Tantum Ergo | church | in D, choir and organ | — | Eucharistic Hymn | MS |
| | 1877 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in G, bass solo and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| | 1877 | Credo in E minor | church | choir and organ | — | Nicene Creed | MS |
| | 1877 | Gloria | church | choir SATB and organ | — | — | MS |
| | 1877 | Kyrie | church | choir STB | — | — | MS |
| | 1877 | Five well-known pieces | arrangement | arr. as studies for the violin, at the suggestion of Adolphe Pollitzer 1. Larghetto (Mozart) 2. Cavatina (Raff) 3. Romance (de Bériot) 4. Romance (Vieuxtemps) 5. Gigue (Ries) | — | — | Schott |
| | 1877 | Peckham March | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello see also Op. 6.1 — Op. 6.6 | — | — | MS |
| | 1877 | Reminiscences | chamber | violin and piano | O. G. | — | MS |
| | 1877 | Exercise for the 3rd finger | chamber | violin solo | Jascha Heifetz (1920) | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Adeste Fideles (John F. Wade) | arrangement | arr. for orchestra | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Violin Sonata Op. 23, finale (Beethoven) | arrangement | arr. for wind quintet | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Concerto X (Corelli) | arrangement | arr. for wind quintet | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Ariodante overture (Handel) | arrangement | arr. for small orchestra | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | O ‘tis a glorious sight from Oberon (Weber) | arrangement | arr. for small orchestra | F. G. Pedley | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Fantasia | chamber | violin and piano, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Fugue in D minor | chamber | oboe and violin | Frank Elgar and Karl Bammert | — | MS |
| | 1878 | String Quartet in D | chamber | unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | String Quartet in B♭ | chamber | unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | String Trio in C | chamber | unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Trio | chamber | 2 violins and piano, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Allegro | chamber | oboe, violin, viola and cello, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Menuetto (Scherzo) | chamber | re-copied 1930 | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Symphony in G minor after Mozart | orchestral | part of first movement exists | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Introductory Overture for Christy Minstrels | orchestral | — | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | "Brother, For Thee He Died" (Easter Anthem) | church | choir and organ | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | "Praise ye the Lord" | church | hymn tune, revised as Good Morrow | — | — |
| | 1878 | "Now with the fast-departing light" | church | hymn tune in G, choir and organ, 'Broadheath' | — | Edward Caswall | MS |
| | 1878 | "Hear Thy children" | church | hymn tune in F, choir and organ, pub. 1896 as Drakes Broughton in Westminster Hymnal, and Parish Hymn Book (Nos. 189/190), also used in Nursery Suite (Aubade) | — | Francis Stanfield | Cary |
| | 1878 | "If She Love Me" (Temple Bar Rondeau) | song | voice and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1878 | Minuet in G minor | orchestral | minuet for Powick Asylum band: flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1879 | "Domine Salvam fac reginam" | church | motet, choir and organ | — | Latin hymn | MS |
| | 1879–84 | Powick Asylum Music | orchestral | for Powick Asylum band: 1. La Brunette (1879) 2. Die Junge Kokette (1879) 3. L'Assomoir (1879) 4. The Valentine (1879) 5. Maud (1880) 6. Paris (1880) 7. Nelly (1881) 8. La Blonde (1882) 9. Helcia (1883) 10. Blumine (1884) | — | — | MS |
| | 1879 | La Brunette | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | Geo. Jenkins Esq. | — | MS |
| | 1879 | Die Junge Kokette | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | Miss J. Holloway | — | MS |
| | 1879 | Two Polonaises | chamber | violin and piano, unfinished | " J. H. [Miss J. Holloway] with esteem" | — | MS |
| | 1879 | L'Assomoir | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1879 | The Valentine | orchestral | 5 Lancers for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1879 | Minuet-grazioso | orchestral | lost or destroyed | — | — |
| | 1880 | Maud | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1880 | Paris | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano 1. Châtelet 2. L'Hippodrome 3. Alcazar d'Été (Champs-Élysées) 4. La! Suzanne 5. Café des Ambassadeurs: "La femme de l'emballeur" | Miss J. Holloway, Powycke | — | MS |
| | 1880 | Violin Sonata in F, K.547 (Mozart) | arrangement | arr. as Gloria | — | — | MS |
| | 1880 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in F, choir and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| | 1880 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in E-flat, choir and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| | 1881 | Fantasy on Irish Airs | chamber | violin and piano, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| | 1881 | Fugue in F♯ minor | chamber | incomplete – later copied for The Spanish Lady | — | — | MS |
| | 1881 | Nelly | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, viola, double bass and piano | Fras. Thos. Elgar | — | MS |
| | 1882 | La Blonde | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, clarinet, 2 cornets, trombone, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | 'H. J. W.' (Helen Weaver) | — | MS |
| | 1882 | Douce Pensée | chamber | violin, cello and piano, pub. 1915 as Rosemary | — | — | MS |
| | 1882 | Suite in D | orchestral | 1. Mazurka 2. Intermezzo-Sérénade Mauresque 3. Fantasia gavotte 4. Marche – Pas Redoublé Revised 1899 as Three Characteristic Pieces (see Op. 10) | — | — | MS |
| | 1882 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in E-flat, bass solo and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| | 1882 | Benedictus in G | church | for choir, organ and strings | — | — | MS |
| | 1882 | Four Litanies for the Blessed Virgin Mary | church | choir unacc. | Fr. T. Knight, S.J., Worcester | — | Cary |
| | 1882 | Air de Ballet – Pastorale | orchestral | perf. Worcester | — | — | MS |
| | 1882 | Marche – Pas Redoublé | orchestral | perf. Worcester Marche incorporated into The Spanish Lady and Suite in D | — | — | MS |
| | 1882 | Air de Ballet | orchestral | perf. Worcester | — | — | MS |
| | 1883 | Scherzo (Schumann) | arrangement | arr. Scherzo from Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52, for piano solo | — | — | MS |
| | 1883 | Entry of the Minstrels from Tannhaüser Act III, (Wagner) | arrangement | for piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1883 | Helcia | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, viola, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1884 | Blumine | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| | 1884 | Griffinesque | keyboard | piano, pub. posth. by Novello | — | — | Novello |
| | 1884 | "A Soldier’s Song" | song | see "A War Song", Op. 5.1 | — | — | — |
| | 1885 | "Clapham Town End" | song | low voice and piano, arrangement of an old Yorkshire folksong, unpub. "An old Yorkshire ballad taken down from the singing of old Tommy Kerr [?] as he got it from his grandfather. Harmonised in strict accordance with the spirit of the age" [comment by Elgar] | Dr. C. W. Buck | trad. | Young |
| | 1885 | "Clapham Town End" | arrangement | see Clapham Town End, song | — | — |
| | 1885 | Gavotte | chamber | violin and piano | Dr. C. W. Buck, Settle | — | Schott |
| | 1885 | Absent and Present (Maude Valérie White) | arrangement | cello obbligato, end note – "Lobster cutlets! Oh!!!!!!" [comment by Elgar] | — | — | MS |
| | 1885 | Out on the Rocks (C. H. Dolby) | arrangement | cello obbligato | — | — | MS |
| | 1885 | Melody (C. W. Buck) | arrangement | piano accompaniment for cello | — | — | MS |
| | 1885 | The Lakes overture | orchestral | MS lost | — | — |
| | 1885 | Scottish Overture | orchestral | MS lost | — | — |
| | 1886 | Petite reine – Berceuse, (G. F. Blackbourne) | arrangement | violin and piano, pub. 1907 | — | — | Willcocks & Co. |
| | 1886 | "Is she not passing fair?" | song | pub. 1908, Lay, tr. from poem by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391–1466) | — | Louisa Stuart Costello | Boosey |
| | 1886 | Trio | chamber | violin, cello and piano, fragment only of first movement, "Sans" | — | — | MS |
| | 1886 | Enina Valse | keyboard | piano, dated Malvern Wells 21 Dec 1886 | — | — | MS |
| | 1887 | Duett for trombone and double bass | chamber | trombone and double bass, pub. 1970, ed. Rodney Slatford | Frank William Weaver, on his wedding-day | — | Yorke |
| | 1888 | "As I laye a-thynkynge" | song | voice and piano, the last lines of Thomas Ingoldsby | — | Thomas Ingoldsby | Beare |
| | 1888 | "The Wind at Dawn" | song | voice and piano | Ludwig Wüllner | C. Alice Roberts (Elgar) | Boosey |
| | 1888 | Allegretto on G.E.D.G.E. | chamber | violin and piano | The Misses Gedge, Malvern Wells | — | Schott |
| | 1888 | "Ecce Sacerdos Magnus" | church | choir and organ | Hubert Leicester, Worcester | Liturgy | Cary |
| | 1888 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | choir, written 1880 | — | O Salutaris Hostia | Cary |
| | 1888 | Liebesgruss | chamber | see Salut d'Amour, Op. 12 | — | — | — |
| | 1889 | Liebesahnung | chamber | see Mot d'Amour, Op. 13.1 | — | — |
| | 1889 | "Queen Mary's Song" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | J. H. Meredith | Alfred Tennyson | Orsborn & Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| | 1889 | Presto | keyboard | piano | — | — |
| | 1890 | "Man" | song | voice and piano | — | — |
| | 1890 | Violin Concerto | concertante | destroyed | — | — |
| | 1892 | "A Song of Autumn" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | Miss Marshall | Adam Lindsay Gordon | Orsborn & Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| | 1892 | "Like to the Damask Rose" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Simon Wastell or Francis Quarles | Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| | 1892 | "The Poet's Life" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Ellen Burroughs | Ascherberg |
| | 1892 | "A spear, a sword" | song | voice and piano, unpub. | — | C. Alice Elgar |
| | 1892 | Mill-wheel Songs | song | voice and piano, unpub. 1. "Winter" 2. "May (a rhapsody)" | — | C. Alice Elgar |
| | 1894 | "The Wave" | song | voice and piano, unpub. | — | — |
| | 1894 | "Muleteer's Song" | song | voice and piano | — | Barry Pain |
| | 1894 | Parsifal, Good Friday Music (Wagner) | arrangement | for small orchestra, Worcester High School | — | — |
| 30 | 1896 | "As torrents in summer" | part-song | SATB unacc., from Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30, pub. separately, | — | Longfellow | Novello |
| 29 | 1896 | "Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars" | song | tenor solo and chorus TTBB, from The Light of Life, Op. 29, pub. separately | — | Rev. E. Capel-Cure | Novello |
| 29 | 1896 | "Doubt not thy Father's care" | song | duet, soprano and alto, from The Light of Life, Op. 29, pub. separately | — | Rev. E. Capel-Cure | Novello |
| 35 | 1897 | "The Sword Song" | song | baritone, from Caractacus, Op. 35, pub. separately | H.M Queen Victoria | H. A. Acworth | Novello |
| | 1897 | "Roundel: The little eyes that never knew Light" | song | voice and piano, composed 1887, unpub. | — | A. C. Swinburne | MS |
| | 1897 | "Grete Malverne on a Rocke" | part-song | Christmas carol SATB unacc., pub. 1909 as Lo, Christ the Lord is born | — | trad. | Christmas Card |
| | 1898 | "The Holly and the Ivy" | arrangement | Christmas carol, chorus and orchestra | — | trad. |
| | 1898 | Festival March in C | choral | chorus and orchestra, fragment only remains | — | — |
| | 1898 | "Love alone will stay" | song | voice and piano, published in "The Dome", later adapted as In Haven, No. 2 of Sea Pictures, Op. 37 | — | C. Alice Elgar | Paternoster Press |
| | 1898 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | choir unacc., in Tozer’s Benediction Manual No. 47 | — | O Salutaris Hostia | Cary |
| | 1899 | "Dry those fair, those crystal eyes" | song | voice and piano | — | Henry King | Charing + Hospital Bazaar |
| | 1899 | "To her beneath whose stedfast star" | part-song | SATB unacc., orchestrated 1902 | H.M. Queen Victoria | Frederic W. H. Myers | Macmillan |
| 12 | 1899 | "Woo thou, sweet Music" | song | voice and piano, from Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, adapted by Max Laistner | — | A. C. Bunten | Schott |
| | 1899 | Sérénade Lyrique | orchestral | — | Ivan Caryll’s Orchestra | — | Chappell |
| | 1900 | "Pansies" | song | voice and piano, from Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, adapted by Max Laistner | — | Percy E. Pinkerton | Schott |
| | 1900 | "The Pipes of Pan" | song | voice and piano | — | Adrian Ross | Boosey |
| | 1901 | "Always and Everywhere" | song | voice and piano, from the Polish of Krasiński | — | F. H. Fortey | Boosey |
| | 1901 | "Come, Gentle Night!" | song | voice and piano | — | Clifton Bingham | Boosey |
| | 1901 | May-Song | keyboard | piano, for orchestra (Elkin, 1928) | — | Mrs. T. Garmston Hyde | W. H. Broome Morrice Music Elkin |
| | 1901 | Emmaus (Herbert Brewer) | arrangement | orchestration | — | — |
| | 1902 | "Land of Hope and Glory" | song | voice and piano or orchestra, from Coronation Ode, Op.44 | — | A. C. Benson | Boosey |
| | 1902 | "O Mightiest of the Mighty" | church | hymn for the Coronation of Edward VII | H.R.H. Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VII) | Rev. S. Childs Clarke | Novello |
| | 1902 | "God Save the King" (or "My Country Tis of Thee") | arrangement | soloists, chorus and orchestra | — | — | Novello |
| | 1903 | "Speak, my Heart!" | song | voice and piano | — | A. C. Benson | Boosey |
| | 1903 | "Weary Wind of the West" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | T. E. Brown | Novello |
| | 1903 | Offertoire (Andante Religioso) | chamber | violin and piano, "Offertoire pour le violon, Gustave Francke (op.11)" | dédié à Serge Derval, Anvers | — | Boosey |
| | 1903 | Skizze | keyboard | piano, repub. Novello | Prof. Julius Buths, Düsseldorf | — | Musik-Beilag zur Nuen Musik-Zeitung (Stuttgart), Novello |
| 50 | 1904 | Canto Popolare | chamber | viola and piano, arranged by the composer from his concert-overture In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 | — | — | Boosey |
| 50 | 1904 | "In Moonlight" | song | voice and piano, adapted to the viola serenade Canto Popolare from the concert-overture In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 | — | Shelley | Boosey |
| | 1905 | "Evening Scene" | part-song | SATB unacc. | In Memory of R. G. H. Howson | Coventry Patmore | Novello |
| | 1905 | In Smyrna | keyboard | piano, pub. "Queen's Christmas Carol Book", repub. Novello | — | — | Daily Mail, Novello |
| | 1906 | Piece for Organ | keyboard | organ, "For Dot's Nuns" [remark by Elgar] | — | — |
| | 1907 | Berceuse – Petite reine | | see Petite reine – Berceuse | | | |
| | 1907 | Andantino (Victor Bérard) | arrangement | violin, mandolin and guitar "For the Barbers" [remark by Elgar], unfinished | — | — |
| | 1907 | Two single chants for Venite in D and G | church | choir, in "New Cathedral Psalter" | — | — | Novello |
| | 1907 | Two double chants in D for Psalms 68 and 75 | church | choir, in "New Cathedral Psalter" | — | — | Novello |
| | 1907 | String quartet | chamber | fragmentary | — | — |
| | 1907 | "How calmly the evening" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Thomas Toke Lynch | Novello |
| | 1907 | Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar | song | voice and piano 1. "Like to the Damask Rose" 2. "Queen Mary's Song" 3. "A Song of Autumn" 4. "The Poet's Life" 5. "Through the Long Days" 6. "Rondel" 7. "The Shepherd's Song" all first pub. 1889–1894 | — | — | Boosey |
| | 1908 | "Follow the Colours" | song | Marching song for solo, piano/orchestra/military band, and optional male chorus Republished 1914 | Worshipful Company of Musicians | Capt. W. de Courcy Stretton | Novello |
| | 1908 | Marching Song | – | see "Follow the Colours" | — | — | |
| | 1908 | "Abide with me" (Ivor Atkins) | arrangement | anthem, rev. 1928 | — | — |
| | 1909 | "Lo! Christ the Lord is Born" | church | Christmas carol SATB unacc., after Grete Malverne on a Rocke, 1897 | — | Shapcott Wensley | Novello |
| | 1910 | "A Child Asleep" | song | voice and piano | Anthony Goetz | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Novello |
| | 1910 | "The King's Way" | song | voice and piano | — | C. Alice Elgar | Boosey |
| | 1910 | "They are at Rest" | church | anthem for choir and organ, perf. at the Royal Mausoleum for the anniversary of Queen Victoria's death | — | Cardinal Newman | Novello |
| | 1911 | St Matthew Passion (J. S. Bach) | arrangement | performing edition, with Ivor Atkins | — | — | Novello |
| | 1911 | St Matthew Passion (J. S. Bach) | arrangement | two chorales "O Mensch bewein dein Sünde Gross" BWV 622, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" BWV 244, for 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones and tuba | — | — | MS |
| | 1913 | "Callicles" | song | Scena, intended for Muriel Foster | — | Matthew Arnold | — |
| | 1913 | Carissima | orchestral | — | Winifred Stephens | — | Elkin |
| | 1914 | "Fear not, O Land" | church | Harvest Anthem | — | Joel ii | Novello |
| | 1914 | "Arabian Serenade" | song | voice and piano | — | Margery Lawrence | Boosey |
| | 1914 | "The Chariots of the Lord" | song | voice and piano | — | Rev. John Brownlie | Boosey |
| | 1914 | "The Birthright" | part-song | boys' voices unison acc. bugles and drums or SATB unacc. | — | George A. Stocks | Novello |
| | 1914 | "The Merry-go-round" | song | unison song acc. piano, pub. USA | — | Florence C. Fox | Silver Burdett |
| | 1915 | Rosemary | orchestral | orchestration of Douce Pensée (1882) for piano trio | — | — | Elkin |
| | 1915 | "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" | song | see Une voix dans le désert, Op. 77 | — | — | — |
| | 1915 | "The Brook" | part-song | 2-part song acc. piano, pub. USA | — | Ellen Soule | Silver Burdett |
| | 1915 | "The Windlass Song" | part-song | SATB unacc., pub. USA | — | William Allingham | Silver Burdett |
| | 1916 | "Fight for Right" | song | voice and piano | Members of the Fight for Right Movement | William Morris | Elkin |
| | 1917 | "Ozymandias" | song | voice and piano | — | Shelley | — |
| | 1917 | The Fringes of the Fleet | song | songs for four baritones and orchestra, 1. "The Lowestoft Boat (A Chanty)" 2. "Fate's Discourtesy" 3. "Submarines" 4. "The Sweepers" 5. "Inside the Bar (A Sailor's Song)" added later | 'To my friend Admiral Lord Beresford' | Rudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| | 1917 | "The Lowestoft Boat (A Chanty)" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Rudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| | 1917 | "Fate's Discourtesy" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Rudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| | 1917 | "Submarines" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Rudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| | 1917 | "The Sweepers" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Rudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| | 1917 | "Inside the Bar (A Sailor's Song)" | song | four baritones unaccompanied added to The Fringes of the Fleet, dedicated to the four singers | Charles Mott, Harry Barratt, Frederick Henry and Frederick Stewart | Gilbert Parker | Enoch |
| | 1918 | "Big Steamers" | song | unison song for children, acc. piano | — | Rudyard Kipling | Teachers' World |
| | 1922 | "Ye Holy Angels bright" | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | John Darwall |
| | 1922 | "Jerusalem" (Parry) | arrangement | for chorus and orchestra | — | William Blake |
| | 1923 | Arthur | incidental | to a play by Laurence Binyon | — | — |
| | 1923 | "The Wanderer" | part-song | TTBB unacc. | — | Anon., adapted from Wit and Drollery, 1661 | Novello |
| | 1923 | "Zut, zut, zut!" | part-song | TTBB unacc. | — | Richard Marden | Novello |
| | 1923 | Memorial Chimes | keyboard | for the opening of the Loughborough War Memorial Carillon | — | William Wooding Starmer | MS |
| | 1923 | Overture in D minor (Handel) | arrangement | transcription for orchestra of the Overture in D minor (Chandos Anthem "In the Lord put I my Trust", HWV247) | — | — | Novello |
| | 1923 | "O Lord,look down from Heaven" (Battishill) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | MS |
| | 1923 | "Let us Lift up our Hearts" (S. S. Wesley) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | MS |
| | 1924 | Empire March | orchestral | — | — | — | Enoch |
| | 1924 | Arthur: Suite | orchestral | for chamber orchestra (from the incidental music to Binyon's Arthur | — | — | MS |
| | 1924 | Pageant of Empire | incidental | solo songs, except No. 8 "A Song of Union" for SATB Nos. 5 and 7 were also later arranged for chorus SATB; some also with orchestral accompaniment 1. "Shakespeare's Kingdom" 2. "The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)" 3. "The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)" 4. "The Heart of Canada" 5. "Sailing Westward" 6. "Merchant Adventurers" 7. "The Immortal Legions" 8. "A Song of Union" (part-song SATB) | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "Shakespeare's Kingdom" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "The Heart of Canada" | song | solo voice, SATB chorus and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "Sailing Westward" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire, later arranged for chorus SATB | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "Merchant Adventurers" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "The Immortal Legions" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire, later arranged for chorus SATB | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | "A Song of Union" | part-song | SATB chorus and orchestra from Pageant of Empire, trio of Empire March | — | Alfred Noyes | Enoch |
| | 1924 | March | chamber | violin, cello and piano, intended also for orchestra | The Grafton family | — |
| | 1924 | "The Song of the Bull" | part-song | male voices and piano, for Cambridge University May Week | — | F. Hamilton | — |
| | 1925 | "The Herald" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Alexander Smith | Novello |
| | 1925 | "The Prince of Sleep" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Walter de la Mare | Elkin |
| | 1927 | Civic Fanfare | orchestral | orchestra without violins | Dr. Percy C. Hull | — | MS |
| | 1928 | May-Song | orchestral | from the original for piano | — | — |
| | 1928 | Beau Brummel | incidental | dramatic music to a play by Bertram Matthews. MS full score mostly missing, except for the Minuet, found in c2006. | — | Bertram P. Matthews | MS |
| | 1928 | Minuet from Beau Brummel | orchestral | arr. for full orch. by Elgar: arr. for piano solo by Ernest Austin | — | — | Elkin |
| | 1928 | "I sing the Birth" | church | Christmas carol SATB unacc. | Rev. Harcourt B. S. Fowler | Ben Jonson | Novello |
| | 1929 | "Good Morrow" | church | 'A simple carol for His Majesty's happy recovery', SATB unacc. or acc. piano | H.M. King George V | George Gascoigne | Novello |
| | 1929 | "Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei" (Purcell) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | MS |
| | 1930 | "It isnae me" | song | voice and piano | Joan Elwes | Sally Holmes | Keith Prowse |
| | 1930 | "XTC" | song | voice and piano | — | Edward Elgar |
| | 1930 | Soliloquy | chamber | oboe and piano | — | — |
| | 1931 | Nursery Suite | orchestral | 1. Aubade (Awake) 2. The Serious Doll 3. Busy-ness 4. The Sad Doll 5. The Wagon (Passes) 6. The Merry Doll 7. Dreaming – Envoy (coda) | Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of York and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose | — | Keith Prowse |
| | 1932 | Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode | choral | "So many true Princesses who have gone", SATB and orchestra or military band | In Memory H.M. Queen Alexandra | John Masefield | MS |
| | 1932 | "The Woodland Stream" | song | unison song | Stephen S. Moore | Charles Mackay | Keith Prowse |
| | 1932 | "The Rapid Stream" | song | unison song | Stephen S. Moore, Worcester | Charles Mackay | Keith Prowse |
| | 1932 | "When Swallows Fly" | song | unison song | Stephen S. Moore | Charles Mackay | Keith Prowse |
| | 1932 | Sonatina | keyboard | piano, certainly written many years earlier | May Grafton | — | Keith Prowse |
| | 1932 | Adieu | keyboard | piano, certainly written many years earlier, transcribed for violin by Szigeti | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| | 1932 | Serenade | keyboard | piano, certainly written many years earlier | John Austin | — | Keith Prowse |
| | 1933 | Mina | orchestral | small orchestra | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| | 1933 | "Tarantella" | song | baritone and orchestra, incomplete | — | Hilaire Belloc | — |
| | 1933 | Funeral March (Chopin) | arrangement | transcription for orchestra of the Funeral March from the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| | 1879 | Adagio Solenne | — | see Five Intermezzos of Wind Quintets, Op 6.1, also used in Cantique, Op. 3 | — | — | — |
| | 1879 | Evesham Andante | — | see Andante con Variazioni of Wind Quintets, Op. 6.5 | — | — | — |
| | 1879 | Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup | — | see Adagio Cantabile of Wind Quintets, Op. 6.6 | — | — | — |
| | 1892 | "Stars of the Summer Night" | — | see "Spanish Serenade", Op. 23 | — | — | — |
| | 1884 | Une Idylle | — | see Idylle, Op. 4.1 | — | — | — |
| | 1894 | King Olaf | — | see Scenes From The Saga Of King Olaf, Op. 30 | — | — | — |
| | 1896 | Lux Christi | — | see The Light of Life, Op. 29 | — | — | — |
| 34.1 | 1897 | Te Deum Laudamus | — | seeTe Deum and Benedictus, Op.34 | — | Hymn | — |
| 34.2 | 1897 | Benedictus | — | seeTe Deum and Benedictus, Op.34 | — | Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) | — |
| | 1899 | Enigma Variations | — | see Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36 | — | — | — |
| | 1902 | Enfants d'un Rêve | — | see Dream Children, Op. 43 | — | — | — |
| | 1911 | Coronation Offertorium | — | see "O Hearken Thou", Op. 64 | — | — | — |
| | 1911 | "Intende voci orationis meæ" | — | see "O Hearken Thou", Op. 64 | — | — | — |
| | 1915 | "When the spring comes round" | — | see "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" | — | — | — |
| | 1915 | "A voice in the desert" | — | see "Une voix dans le désert", Op. 77 | — | — | — |
| | 1916 | The Belgian Flag | — | see Le drapeau belge, Op. 79 | — | — | — |
| | 1932 | "So many true Princesses who have gone" | — | see Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode, 1932 | — | — | — |