List of compositions by George Whitefield Chadwick

This is a list of compositions by the American composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931).

George W. Chadwick

Stage

• The Peer and the Pauper (comic operetta, 2, R. Grant), 1884, unperformed
• A Quiet Lodging (operetta, 2, A. Bates), Boston, April 1, 1892
• Tabasco (burlesque op, 2, R.A. Barnet), 1893–4, Boston, Tremont, January 29, 1894 (includes material from The Peer and The Pauper)
• Judith (lyric drama, 3, W.C. Langdon, after scenario by Chadwick), concert performance, Worcester, Massachusetts, September 23, 1901
• Everywoman (incid music, W. Browne), New York, Herald Square, 1911
• The Padrone (tragic op, 2, D. Stevens, after scenario by Chadwick), 1912, unperformed
• Love’s Sacrifice (pastoral op, 1, Stevens), 1916–17, Chicago, February 1, 1923

Choir and orchestra

• Dedication Ode (H.B. Carpenter), S, A, T, B, SATB, orchestra, 1883
• Noël (Boston, 1888)
• Lovely Rosabelle (W. Scott), S, T, SATB, orchestra, 1889
• The Pilgrims (F.D. Hemans), SATB, orchestra, 1890
• Phoenix expirans (cant., Lat. hymn), S, A, T, B, SATB, orchestra, 1891
• Ode for the Opening of the Chicago World’s Fair (H. Monroe), S, T, SATB, wind ens, orchestra, 1892
• The Lily Nymph (Bates), S, T, B, B, SATB, orchestra, 1894–5
• Ecce jam noctis (J.G. Parker, after St Gregory), male vv, org, orchestra, 1897
• Noël (various texts), pastoral, solo vv, SATB, orchestra, 1907–8
• 37 anthems, including Art Thou Weary
• 19 choruses, male vv
• 20 choruses, female vv

Instrumental

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 in C, 1881
• Symphony No. 2 in B♭, 1883–5
• Symphony No. 3 in F, 1893–4

Symphonic Poems

• Cleopatra, symphonic poem, 1904
• Aphrodite, symphonic fantasy, 1910–11
• Tam O’Shanter, symphonic ballad, 1914–15
• Angel of Death, symphonic poem, 1917–18

Overtures

• Rip Van Winkle, overture, 1879
• Thalia, overture, 1882
• The Miller’s Daughter, overture, 1886
• Melpomene, dramatic overture, 1887
• Adonais, overture, 1899
• Euterpe, overture, 1903
• Anniversary Overture, ?1922

Other orchestral works

• Pastorale Prelude, 1890
• Serenade for strings in F, 1890
• Tabasco March for band or orchestra, 1894
• Symphonic Sketches, Suite, A, 1895–1904
• Sinfonietta in D, 1904
• Suite symphonique in E♭, 1905–9
• Elegy, 1920
• 3 Pezzi, 1923

Concertante works

• Theme, Variations and Fugue, for organ and orchestra, 1908

Chamber

• String Quartet no.1, g, 1877?
• String Quartet no.2, C, 1878
• String Quartet no.3, D, 1885
• Piano Quintet, E-flat, 1887
• String Quartet no.4, e, 1896
• String Quartet no.5, d, 1898
• 30 piano pieces
• 8 organ pieces

Songs

Solo voice and orchestra

• Lochinvar (W. Scott), Bar, orchestra, 1896
• A Ballad of Trees and the Master (S. Lanier), low/medium v, orchestra, 1899, also version for voice and piano
• Aghadoe (ballad, J. Todhunter), A, orchestra, 1910
• The Curfew (H. Longfellow), low/medium v, orchestra, 1914?
• The Voice of Philomel (D. Stevens), 1914?
• The Fighting Men (M.A. DeWolfe Howe) (1918)
• Joshua (humorous song, R.D. Ware), 1919?
• Drake’s Drum (H. Newbolt), low/medium v, orchestra, 1920?

Solo voice and piano

• 128 songs incl. 6 Songs, op.14 (Boston, 1885) [incl. The Danza (A. Bates)]
• 3 Ballads (Boston, 1889)
• Bedouin Love Song (B. Taylor) (Boston, 1890)
• 12 Songs of Brittany (Bates), arr. and harmonized (Boston, 1890)
• A Flower Cycle (Bates), 12 songs (Boston, 1892)
• 12 Lyrics from Told in the Gate (Boston, Bates) (1897)
• 4 Irish Songs (Boston, 1910)
• 5 Songs (Stevens) (New York, 1914)
• 3 Nautical Songs (Ware, H. Newbolt, A. Conan Doyle) (Boston, 1920)

External links

• Sebastiaan Geijtenbeek, George Whitefield Chadwick: List of Works