# List of compositions by Arnold Bax

This is a list of musical compositions by English composer Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953).

## Orchestral
### Symphonies

* Symphony in F (1907, piano score; 2012–13 completed and orchestrated by Martin Yates)
* Spring Fire, Symphony for Orchestra (1913, sometimes classified as a Tone Poem)
* Symphony No. 1 (1922)
* Symphony No. 2 (1926)
* Symphony No. 3 (1929)
* Symphony No. 4 (1931)
* Symphony No. 5 (1932)
* Symphony No. 6 (1935)
* Symphony No. 7 (1939)

### Ballets

* Tamara (1911, orch. 2000)
* From Dusk till Dawn (1917)
* The Truth about the Russian Dancers (1920)

### Tone poems

* Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan (1905)
* Into The Twilight (1908)
* In the Faëry Hills (1909)
* Rosc-catha (1910)
* Christmas Eve (1912, revised c.1921)
* Nympholept (1912, orch. 1915, revised 1935)
* The Garden of Fand (1913, orch. 1916)
* In Memoriam (1916)
* November Woods (1917)
* Tintagel (1917, orch. 1919)
* Summer Music (1917, orch. 1921, revised 1932)
* The Happy Forest (1922)
* The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931)
* Northern Ballad No. 1 (1927)
* Northern Ballad No. 2 (1934)
* Prelude for a Solemn Occasion (Northern Ballad No. 3) (1927, orch. 1933)
* A Legend (1944)

### Concertante

* Symphonic Variations, for piano and orchestra (1918)
* Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra (1920)
* Winter Legends, for piano and orchestra (1930)
* Cello Concerto (1932)
* Saga Fragment, for piano and orchestra (1932)
* Violin Concerto (1938)
* Piano Concertino (1939)
* Morning Song, for piano and orchestra (1946)
* Concertante for Three Solo Wind Instruments and Orchestra (1948/1949)
* Concertante for Orchestra with Piano (Left Hand) (1949)
* Variations on the name Gabriel Fauré for Harp & String Orchestra (1949)

### Other orchestral works

* Variations for Orchestra (Improvisations) (1904)
* A Song of War and Victory (1905)
* On the Sea Shore (1908, orch. 1984)
* Festival Overture (1911, revised 1918)
* Dance of Wild Irravel (1912)
* Four Orchestral Pieces (1912–13)
* Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1913, revised 1928)
* Symphonic Scherzo (1917, revised 1933)
* Russian Suite (1919)
* Mediterranean (1922)
* Cortège (1925)
* Romantic Overture (1926)
* Overture, Elegy and Rondo (1927)
* Three Pieces (1928)
* Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (1930)
* Sinfonietta (1932)
* Saga Fragment (1932)
* Rogue's Comedy Overture (1936)
* Overture to Adventure (1936)
* London Pageant (1937)
* Paean (1938)
* Salute to Sydney (Fanfare) (1943)
* Work in Progress (Overture) (1943)
* Victory March (1945)
* The Golden Eagle (Incidental Music) (1945)
* Two Royal Wedding Fanfares (1947)
* Coronation March (1952)

## Chamber
### One player

* Valse, for harp (1931)
* Rhapsodic Ballad, for cello (1939)

### Two players

* Harp
** Fantasy Sonata for harp and viola (1927)
** Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928)
* Violin
** Violin Sonata No. 0 in G minor (1901)
** Violin Sonata No. 1 (1910)
** Legend, for violin and piano, in one movement (1915)
** Violin Sonata No. 2 (1915, revised 1922)
** Ballad, for violin and piano (1916)
** Violin Sonata No. 3 (1927)
** Ballad, for violin and piano (1929)
** Violin Sonata in F (1928)
* Viola
** Concert Piece for viola and piano (1904)
** Sonata for viola and piano (1921–1922)
** Fantasy Sonata for harp and viola (1927)
** Legend for viola and piano (1929)
* Cello
** Folk-Tale, for cello and piano (1918)
** Cello Sonata (1923)
** Cello Sonatina (1933)
** Legend-Sonata, for cello and piano (1943)
* Flute
** Four Pieces for Flute and Piano (1912, revised 1915 & 1945)
** Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928)
* Clarinet Sonata (1934)

### Three players

* Trio in One Movement for Piano, Violin, and Viola (1906)
* Elegiac Trio, for flute, viola, and harp (1916)
* Piano Trio in B flat (1946)

### Four players

* String Quartet in A major (1902)
* String Quartet in E major (1903)
* String Quartet No. 1 in G major (1918)
* Piano Quartet, in one movement (1922)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1925)
* String Quartet No. 3 in F (1936)

### Five players

* Cello Quintet in G (1908)
* Piano Quintet in G minor (1915)
* Quintet for Harp and Strings, in one movement (1919)
* Oboe Quintet (1922)
* Viola Quintet, in one movement (1933)

### Six or more players

* In Memoriam, sextet for cor anglais, harp & string quartet (1916)
* Nonet (1930) for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and bass
* Octet (1934) for horn, piano and string sextet
* Threnody and Scherzo, octet in two movements (1936) for Bassoon, 2 Vlns, 2 Vlas, Cello, Contrabass & Harp
* Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp and String Quartet (1936) - transcription of Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928)

## Piano
### One piano

* Clavierstücke (Juvenilia) (1897–8)
* Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (1898)
* Piano Sonata in D minor (1900)
* Marcia Trionfale (1900)
* White Peace (arranged by Ronald Stevenson 1907)
* Concert Valse in E flat (1910)
* Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910, revised 1917–20)
* Piano Sonata in F♯ minor (1910, revised, 1911, 1919 & 1921)
* Two Russian Tone-Pictures (1912)
* Nympholept (1912)
* Scherzo for Piano (1913)
* Toccata for Piano (1913)
* From the Mountains of Home (arranged by Peter Warlock) (1913)
* The Happy Forest (1914)
* In the Night (1914)
* Apple-Blossom-Time (1915)
* In a Vodka Shop (1915)
* The Maiden with the Daffodil (1915)
* A Mountain Mood (1915)
* The Princess’s Rose Garden (1915)
* Sleepy-Head (1915)
* Winter Waters (1915)
* Dream in Exile (1916)
* Nereid (1916)
* On a May Evening (1918)
* A Romance (1918)
* The Slave Girl (1919)
* What the Minstrel Told Us (1919)
* Whirligig (1919)
* Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919, revised 1920)
* Burlesque (1920)
* Ceremonial Dance (1920)
* A Country-Tune (1920)
* A Hill Tune (1920)
* Lullaby (1920)
* Mediterranean (1920)
* Serpent Dance (1920)
* Water Music (1920)
* Piano Sonata in E-flat (1921)
* Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926)
* Pæan (c.1928)
* Piano Sonata No. 4 (1932)
* A Legend (1935)
* Piano Sonata in B flat Salzburg (1937)
* O Dame get up and bake your pies (1945)
* Suite on the Name Gabriel Fauré (1945)
* Four Pieces for Piano (1947)
* Two Lyrical Pieces for Piano (1948)

### Two pianos

* Fantasia for Two Pianos (1900)
* Festival Overture (arrangement of orchestral work 1911)
* Moy Mell (1916)
* Mediterranean (arranged for three hands by H. Rich 1920)
* Hardanger (1927)
* The Poisoned Fountain (1928)
* The Devil that tempted St Anthony (1928)
* Sonata for Two Pianos (1929)
* Red Autumn (1931)

## Film music

* Malta, G. C. (1942)
* Oliver Twist (1948)

## Vocal
### Choral

* Fatherland (Runeberg, tr. C. Bax) [tenor solo] (1907, revised 1934)
* A Christmas Carol (Anon.) [arranged for SATB by Hubert Dawkes] (1909)
* Enchanted Summer (Shelley) [two soprano solos] (1910)
* Variations sur ‘Cadet Rousselle’ (French trad.) [arranged by Max Saunders] (1918)
* Of a rose I sing a song (Anon.) [SATB, harp, cello, double bass] (1920)
* Now is the Time of Christymas (Anon.) [TB, flute, piano] (1921)
* Mater, ora Filium (Anon.) [SSAATTBB] (1921)
* This Worldes Joie (Anon.) [SATB with SATB divisions] (1922)
* The Boar’s Head (Anon.) [TTBB] (1923)
* I sing of a maiden that is makeless (to "I syng of a mayden", Anon.) [SAATB] (1923)
* To the Name above every Name (Crashaw) [soprano solo] (1924)
* St Patrick’s Breastplate (Anon.) [SATB] (1924)
* Walsinghame (Raleigh) (tenor, obbligato soprano) (1926)
* Lord, Thou hast told us (Washbourne) [hymn for SATB] (1930)
* The Morning Watch (Vaughan) [SATB] (1935)
* 5 Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols (trans. Śliwiński) [unison trebles] (1942)
* 5 Greek Folksongs (trans. Michel-Dmitri Calvocoressi) [SATB] (1942)
* To Russia (Masefield) [baritone solo] (1944)
* Gloria [SATB] (1945)
* Nunc Dimittis [SATB] (1945)
* Te Deum [SATB] (1945)
* Epithalamium (Spenser) [SATB in unison] (1947)
* Magnificat [SATB] (1948)
* Happy Birthday to you (Hill) [arr. SATB] (1951)
* What is it like to be young and fair? (C. Bax) [SSAAT] (1953)

### Songs with orchestra

* 2 Nocturnes [soprano] (1911)
* 3 Songs [high voice] (1914)
* Song of the Dagger (Strettell and Sylva) [bass] (1914)
* The Bard of the Dimbovitza (Strettel and Sylva) [mezzo-soprano] (1914, revised 1946)
* Glamour (O’Byrne) [high voice] (1921, orchestrated by Rodney Newton 1987)
* A Lyke-Wake (Anon.) [high voice] (1908, orchestrated 1934)
* Wild Almond (Trench) [high voice] (1924, orchestrated 1934)
* Eternity (Herrick) [high voice] (1934)
* O Dear! What can the matter be? (trad. arr. Bax) (1918)

### Songs with chamber ensemble

* Aspiration (Dehmel) [arranged for high voice w/violin, cello, & piano] (1909)
* My eyes for beauty pine (Bridges) [high voice with string quartet] (c.1921)
* O Mistress mine (Shakespeare) [high voice with string quartet] (c.1921)

### Songs with piano

* The Grand Match (O'Neill) (1903)
* To My Homeland (Gwynn) (1904)
* A Celtic Song Cycle (Macleod) (1904)
** Eilidh my Fawn
** Closing Doors
** The Dark Eyes to Mine
** A Celtic Lullaby
** At the Last
* When We Are Lost (Arnold Bax) (1905)
* From the Uplands to the Sea (Morris) (1905)
* Leaves, Shadows and Dreams (Macleod) (1905)
* In the Silence of the Woods (Macleod) (1905)
* Green Branches (Macleod) (1905)
* The Fairies (Allingham) (1905)
* Golden Guendolen (Morris) (1905)
* The Song in the Twilight (Freda Bax) (1905)
* Mircath: Viking-Battle-Song (Macleod) (1905)
* A Hushing Song (Macleod) (1906)
* I Fear Thy Kisses Gentle Maiden (Shelley) (1906)
* Ballad: The Twa Corbies [recitation with piano] ('Border Minstrelsy') (1906)
* Magnificat (St. Luke 1.46-55) (1906)
* The Blessed Damozel (Rossetti) (1906)
* 5 Traditional Songs of France (1920)
* I Heard a Piper Piping (Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, Joseph Campbell) (1922)