# List of compositions by William Walton

This is a list of compositions by William Walton sorted by genre, date of composition, title, and scoring.
| Genre | Date | Title | Scoring | Notes |
| Opera | 1947–1954 | Troilus and Cressida | soloists, chorus and orchestra | in 3 acts; libretto by Christopher Hassall after Geoffrey Chaucer; revised 1963 and 1976 |
| Opera | 1967 | The Bear, An Extravaganza | soloists and small orchestra | in 1 act; libretto by Paul Dehn and the composer based on the play by Anton Chekhov |
| Ballet | 1935 | The First Shoot | orchestra | libretto by Osbert Sitwell; choreography by Frederick Ashton; part of a revue Follow the Sun presented by Charles B. Cochran |
| Ballet | 1940 | The Wise Virgins | orchestra | in 1 act based on music by Johann Sebastian Bach; choreography by Frederick Ashton |
| Ballet | 1943 | The Quest | orchestra | in 5 scenes; libretto by Doris Langley Moore after Edmund Spenser; choreography by Frederick Ashton |
| Ballet | 1975–1976 1983 | Varii Capricci | orchestra | free transcription of 5 Bagatelles for guitar; choreography by Frederick Ashton |
| Film score | 1934 | Escape Me Never (1935) | | directed by Paul Czinner |
| Film score | 1936 | As You Like It (1936) | | directed by Paul Czinner |
| Film score | 1937 | Dreaming Lips (1937) | | directed by Paul Czinner |
| Film score | 1938 | Stolen Life (1939) | | directed by Paul Czinner |
| Film score | 1941 | Major Barbara (1941) | | directed by Gabriel Pascal |
| Film score | 1941 | The Next of Kin (1942) | | directed by Thorold Dickinson |
| Film score | 1942 | The Foreman Went to France (1942) | | directed by Charles Frend |
| Film score | 1942 | The First of the Few (1942) | | directed by and starring Leslie Howard; also known as Spitfire |
| Film score | 1942 | Went the Day Well? (1942) | | directed by Alberto Cavalcanti |
| Film score | 1944 | Henry V (1944) | | directed by and starring Laurence Olivier |
| Film score | 1947 | Hamlet (1948) | | directed by and starring Laurence Olivier |
| Film score | 1955 | Richard III (1955) | | directed by and starring Laurence Olivier |
| Film score | 1969 | Battle of Britain (1969) | | directed by Guy Hamilton Apart from the "Battle in the Air" sequence, the score was dropped before the film was released, and replaced with one by Ron Goodwin. |
| Film score | 1969 | Three Sisters (1970) | | directed by Laurence Olivier |
| Incidental music | 1925 | A Son of Heaven | | lost; for the play by Lytton Strachey |
| Incidental music | 1936 | The Boy David | | lost; for the 1936 play by J. M. Barrie |
| Incidental music | 1942 | Christopher Columbus | | for the radio play by Louis MacNeice starring Laurence Olivier |
| Incidental music | 1942 | Macbeth | | for the play by William Shakespeare |
| Incidental music | 1959 | March for "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" | | composed for a projected ABC film series based on Winston Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples |
| Incidental music | 1962 | Granada Prelude, Call Signs and End Music | | for Granada Television broadcasts |
| Incidental music | 1977 | Title Music for the BBC Television Shakespeare Series | | |
| Orchestral | 1921 | Dr. Syntax, Pedagogic Overture | orchestra | lost |
| Orchestral | 1921–1926 | Façade, Suite No. 1 | orchestra | orchestrated 1926 |
| Orchestral | 1921–1926 1938 | Façade, Suite No. 2 | orchestra | orchestrated 1938 |
| Orchestral | 1924–1925 | Portsmouth Point, Overture | orchestra | also for piano 4-hands |
| Orchestral | 1926 | Siesta | small orchestra | revised 1962; version for piano 4-hands 1928 |
| Orchestral | 1932–1935 | Symphony No. 1 in B♭ minor | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1937 | Crown Imperial, A Coronation March | orchestra | composed for the coronation of George VI; also for piano solo |
| Orchestral | 1940, 1941 | Music for Children, Suite | orchestra | orchestration of Duets for Children for piano 4-hands music used for the 1949 ballet Devoirs des Vacances with libretto by Boris Kochno and produced at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris |
| Orchestral | 1940 | Scapino, A Comedy Overture | orchestra | revised 1949 |
| Orchestral | 1940 | The Wise Virgins, Suite from the Ballet | orchestra | based on music by Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Orchestral | 1942 | Prelude and Fugue "The Spitfire" | orchestra | from the film score The First of the Few |
| Orchestral | 1943, 1961 | The Quest, Suite from the Ballet | orchestra | arranged 1961 by Vilém Tauský |
| Orchestral | 1944 | 2 Pieces from the Film Music Henry V Passacaglia: Death of FalstaffTouch Her Soft Lips and Part | string orchestra | from the film score Henry V |
| Orchestral | 1944, 1963 | Suite from Henry V | orchestra | arranged 1963 by Muir Mathieson from the film score Henry V |
| Orchestral | 1945 | Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1946, 1971 | Sonata | string orchestra | orchestration of String Quartet in A minor |
| Orchestral | 1947, 1967 | Hamlet and Ophelia, Poem | orchestra | adapted 1967 by Muir Mathieson from the film score Hamlet |
| Orchestral | 1947, 1967 | Hamlet: Funeral March | orchestra | arranged 1967 by Muir Mathieson from the film score Hamlet |
| Orchestral | 1953 | The National Anthem | orchestra | also an Introduction for brass and percussion |
| Orchestral | 1953 | Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March | orchestra | composed for the coronation of Elizabeth II |
| Orchestral | 1953 | Variations on an Elizabethan Theme Variation VI: Finale, Fuga à la gigue | string orchestra | based on Sellinger's Round by William Byrd jointly composed with Benjamin Britten, Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Oldham, Humphrey Searle and Michael Tippett |
| Orchestral | 1955 | God Save the Queen | orchestra | arrangement |
| Orchestral | 1955 | The Star-Spangled Banner | orchestra | arrangement |
| Orchestra | 1955 | A Winter Journey | orchestra | arranged by Edward Watson from the film score Richard III |
| Orchestral | 1955, 1963 | Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite | orchestra | arranged 1963 by Muir Mathieson from the film score Richard III |
| Orchestral | 1956 | Johannesburg Festival Overture | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1957 | Partita for Orchestra ToccataPastorale SicilianaGiga Burlesca | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1959–1960 | Symphony No. 2 | orchestra | commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society |
| Orchestral | 1962 | Prelude "Granada" | orchestra | composed as Granada Prelude, Call Signs and End Music for Granada Television broadcasts |
| Orchestral | 1962–1963 | Variations on a Theme by Hindemith | orchestra | theme taken from movement II of Paul Hindemith's Cello Concerto (1940) |
| Orchestral | 1968 | Capriccio burlesco | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1969 | Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten | orchestra | theme taken from movement III of Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto |
| Orchestral | 1975–1976 | Varii Capricci | orchestra | free transcription of 5 Bagatelles for guitar; used as ballet 1983 |
| Orchestral | 1982 | Prologo e Fantasia | orchestra | |
| Concertante | 1926–1927 | Sinfonia Concertante | piano and orchestra | revised 1943; arranged 1928 for 2 pianos |
| Concertante | 1928–1929 | Viola Concerto | viola and orchestra | revised 1961; written for Lionel Tertis but premiered by Paul Hindemith |
| Concertante | 1938–1939 | Violin Concerto | violin and orchestra | written for Jascha Heifetz; orchestration revised 1943 |
| Concertante | 1956 | Cello Concerto | cello and orchestra | written for Gregor Piatigorsky |
| Brass ensemble | 1947 | Fanfare for a Great Occasion | brass and percussion | arranged 1962 by Malcolm Sargent from the film score Hamlet |
| Brass ensemble | 1979 | Introduction to the National Anthem, A Fanfare | brass (3 trumpets, 3 trombones) and snare drum | |
| Brass ensemble | 1959 | A Queen's Fanfare | brass (8 trumpets, 4 trombones) | |
| Brass ensemble | 1973 | Anniversary Fanfare | brass (9 trumpets, 7 trombones), timpani and percussion | |
| Brass ensemble | 1974 | Fanfare for the National | brass, timpani and percussion | for the Royal National Theatre |
| Brass ensemble | 1975 | Roaring Fanfare | brass (3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 bass trombones) and percussion | |
| Brass ensemble | 1979 | Medley | brass band | |
| Brass ensemble | 1979 | Salute for Sir Robert Mayer on His 100th Anniversary | brass (12 trumpets) and percussion | |
| Brass ensemble | 1935, 1981 | The First Shoot | brass band | |
| Brass ensemble | 1981 | A Birthday Fanfare | brass (3 trumpets, 4 horns) and percussion brass (7 trumpets) and percussion | composed as a 70th birthday present for Karl-Friedrich Still, Walton's neighbour in Ischia |
| Chamber music | 1919, 1921 | Piano Quartet | violin, viola, cello and piano | revised 1921 and 1974–1975 |
| Chamber music | 1919–1922 | String Quartet No. 1 | 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 1922–1923 | Toccata in A minor | violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 1944–1947 | String Quartet in A minor | 2 violins, viola and cello | orchestrated 1971 as Sonata for String Orchestra |
| Chamber music | 1948–1950 | 2 Pieces CanzonettaScherzetto | violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 1949 | Sonata | violin and piano | revised 1950; written for Yehudi Menuhin and Louis Kentner |
| Chamber music | 1970 | Tema (per variazioni) | cello | also Theme for Variations; part of Music for a Prince (14 contributors) |
| Chamber music | 1970–1971 | 5 Bagatelles | guitar | written for Julian Bream and dedicated to Malcolm Arnold orchestrated as Varii Capricci |
| Chamber music | 1980 | Passacaglia | cello | 2 versions; written for Mstislav Rostropovich |
| Chamber music | 1982 | Duettino | oboe and violin | |
| Keyboard | 1916 | Chorale Prelude on Wheatley | organ | |
| Keyboard | 1917 | Valse in C minor | piano | |
| Keyboard | 1936 | Theme for Improvisation | organ | |
| Keyboard | 1940 | Tunes for my Niece | piano | |
| Keyboard | 1940 | Duets for Children | piano 4-hands | orchestrated 1941 as Music for Children |
| Keyboard | 1949 | Galop Final | piano | composed as a 'finale' for the ballet Devoirs des Vacances (see Music for Children) orchestrated by Christopher Palmer |
| Keyboard | 1925 | Portsmouth Point | piano 4-hands | also for orchestra |
| Keyboard | 1926 | Valse from Façade | piano | concert arrangement by the composer |
| Keyboard | 1926, 1928 | Siesta | piano 4-hands | original for orchestra; arranged 1928 by the composer |
| Keyboard | 1931 | Choral Prelude 'Herzlich thut mich verlangen' | piano | free arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's organ prelude, BWV 727 |
| Keyboard | 1934 | Ballet | piano | from the film score Escape Me Never |
| Keyboard | 1937 | Crown Imperial | piano | original for orchestra; arranged by the composer |
| Keyboard | 1944 | Lai and Rondet de carol | piano | lost |
| Keyboard | 1963 | 3 Pieces MarchElegyScherzetto | organ | from the film score Richard III |
| Vocal | 1916 | Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred? | soprano, tenor, 3 violins and piano soprano, tenor and piano | words by William Shakespeare |
| Vocal | 1918 | 4 Songs Child's SongLove Laid His Sleepless HeadA Lyke-wake SongThe Winds | voice and piano | words by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Vocal | 1920 | Tritons | voice and piano | words by William Drummond of Hawthornden |
| Vocal | 1920 | The Passionate Shepherd | tenor and 10 instruments | words by Christopher Marlowe; lost |
| Vocal | 1921–1926 | Façade: An Entertainment | reciter and chamber ensemble | words by Edith Sitwell |
| Vocal | 1921–1929 1977 | Façade 2: A Further Entertainment | reciter and chamber ensemble | words by Edith Sitwell; revision 1977 of 8 discarded items from original Façade |
| Vocal | 1932 | 3 Songs to Poems by Edith Sitwell DaphneThrough Gilded TrellisesOld Sir Faulk | voice and piano | words by Edith Sitwell; original 1924 version Bucolic Comedies (lost); arranged from Façade |
| Vocal | 1936 | Under the Greenwood Tree | voice (or unison voices) and piano | words by William Shakespeare; from the 1936 film score As You Like It |
| Vocal | 1942 | Beatriz's Song | voice and string quartet (or piano) | words by Louis MacNeice; from the 1942 radio play Christopher Columbus |
| Vocal | 1960 | Anon in Love Fain Would I Change That NoteO Stay, Sweet LoveLady, When I Behold the RosesMy Love in Her AttireI Gave Her Cakes and I Gave Her AleTo Couple Is a Custom | tenor and guitar tenor, string orchestra, harp and percussion | anonymous 16th- and 17th-century lyrics; written for Peter Pears and Julian Bream orchestrated 1971 |
| Vocal | 1962 | A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, Song Cycle The Lord Mayor's TableGlide GentlyWapping Old StairsHoly ThursdayThe ContrastRhyme | soprano and piano (or orchestra) | premiered by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Gerald Moore 1. words by Thomas Jordan (1612?–1685) 2. words by William Wordsworth 3. words by "Arley" (1787) 4. words by William Blake 5. words by Charles Morris (1745–1838) 6. words by anonymous |
| Choral | 1916 | The Forsaken Merman, Cantata | soprano, tenor, double female chorus and orchestra | words by Matthew Arnold |
| Choral | 1916 | A Litany, Motet | mixed chorus a cappella | words by Phineas Fletcher; 3 versions; revised 1930 |
| Choral | 1931 | Belshazzar's Feast | baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra | Biblical words selected by Osbert Sitwell; revised 1948 |
| Choral | 1931 | Make We Joy Now in This Fest, Old English Carol | mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 1936 | Under the Greenwood Tree | unison voices (or solo voice) and piano | words by William Shakespeare; from the 1936 film score As You Like It |
| Choral | 1937 | In Honour of the City of London | mixed chorus and orchestra | words by William Dunbar |
| Choral | 1938 | Set Me as a Seal upon Thine Heart, An Anthem | mixed chorus a cappella | Biblical words from the Song of Solomon |
| Choral | 1946 | Where Does the Uttered Music Go? | mixed chorus a cappella | words by John Masefield; written for a memorial service for Henry Wood |
| Choral | 1949–1950 | Put Off the Serpent Girdle, Part-Song | female chorus a cappella | words by Christopher Hassall and Paul Dehn |
| Choral | 1952 | Coronation Te Deum | mixed chorus, orchestra and organ | composed for the coronation of Elizabeth II |
| Choral | 1961 | Gloria | alto, tenor, bass, double mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | 1961 | What Cheer?, A Christmas Carol | mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 1964–1965 | The Twelve, An Anthem for the Feast of Any Apostle | mixed chorus and organ (or orchestra) | words by W. H. Auden |
| Choral | 1966 | Missa Brevis | double mixed chorus and organ (in "Gloria" only) | |
| Choral | 1970 | All This Time, Carol | mixed chorus a cappella | 16th-century words |
| Choral | 1971–1972 | Jubilate Deo | double mixed chorus and organ | |
| Choral | 1974 | Cantico del Sole, Motet | mixed chorus a cappella | words by St. Francis of Assisi in translation by S. Wright |
| Choral | 1974, 1976 | Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and organ | revised 1976 |
| Choral | 1977 | Antiphon | mixed chorus and organ | |
| Choral | 1977 | King Herod and the Cock, Carol | mixed chorus a cappella | |

## Sources

* Lloyd, Stephen (2001). William Walton: Muse of Fire. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-803-X.