List of compositions by Hubert Parry

This is a list of compositions by the English composer Hubert Parry (1848–1918). Dates of composition are indicated by "c.", and of publication by "p."

Opera

Guinevere (libretto by Una Taylor), c. 1885–86

Incidental music

The Birds (Aristophanes), c. 1883?, p. 1880?
The Frogs (Aristophanes), c. 1891, p. 1892
Hypatia (Stuart Ogilvie), c. for production Jan. 1893
A Repentance (Teresa Craigie), c. for production Feb. 1899
Agamemnon (Aeschylus), c. for production Feb. 1900, p. 1900
The Clouds (Aristophanes), c. for production 1905, p. 1905
Proserpine (Keats), c. 1912
The Acharnians (Aristophanes), c. 1914, p. 1914

Choral

Church music

Anthem "Blessed is He", c. 1864, p. 1865
Te Deum and Benedictus in D ma, c. 1866–68, p. 1868
Morning, Evening and Communion Service (fragment), c. 1868, p, 1869
Anthem for chorus & orchestra, "Hear my words, ye people", c. 1894, p. 1894
Magnificat in F major for soprano, chorus & orchestra, c. 1897, p. 1897
Te Deum in F major for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra (Latin words), c. 1900, p. 1900; (English words) p. 1903
Hymn, "God of all created things", p. 1902
Anthem "I was glad" and processional music for Edward VII's coronation, c. 1902, p. 1903
Motet "Voces clamantium H" for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra, c. 1903, p. 1903
Hymn "Crossing the bar" (Tennyson), p. 1903
Hymn-tune "Through the night of doubt and sorrow", p. 1904
Motet "Beyond these voices there is peace" for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra, c. 1908, p. 1908
Hymn-tune "O Sylvan Prophet" (Dryden), p. 1910
Te Deum in D major for chorus & orch, c. 1911, p. 1911
Psalm 46, "God is our hope" for bass, double chorus

Choral works (with orchestra)

Oratorio "O Lord, Thou hast cast us out" (Exercise for B.Mus., Oxon.), c. 1865, p. 1876
Scenes from Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" for contr., tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra, p. 1880
Ode from Shirley's "The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses", "The glories of our blood and state" for chorus & orchestra, c. 1883, p. 1885; revised 1914
Ode at a Solemn Music "Blest pair of sirens" (Milton) for chorus and orchestra, p. 1887
Oratorio "Judith" for solo voices, chorus & orchestra, p. 1888
"Ode on St. Cecilia's Day" (Pope) for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1889
"L'Allegro ed il Penseroso" (Milton) for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1890
Ode "Eton" (Swinburne) for chorus & orchestra c. 1891, p. 1891
"De Profundis" for soprano, 12-part chorus & orchestra p. 1891
Choric Song from Tennyson's "Lotus Eaters" for soprano, chorus & orchestra p. 1892
Oratorio "Job" for solo voices, chorus & orchestra p. 1892
Oratorio "King Saul" for solo voices, chorus & orchestra p. 1894
"Invocation to Music" (Bridges) for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1895
"A Song of Darkness and Light" (Bridges) for soprano, chorus & orchestra p. 1898
"Ode to Music" (A. C. Benson) for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1901
Symphonic Ode "War and Peace" (A. Benson & Parry) for solo voices, chorus & orchestra p. 1903
"Sinfonia sacra", "Love that casteth out fear" for chorus & orchestra p. 1904
"The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (Browning) for tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1905
"Sinfonia sacra", "The Soul's Ransom" for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1906
Symphonic poem, "A Vision of Life" for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra p. 1907; revised 1914
"Eton Memorial Ode" (Bridges) for chorus & orchestra p. 1908
"Ode on the Nativity" (Dunbar) for soprano, chorus & orchestra p. 1912
Naval Ode "The Chivalry of the Sea" (Bridges) for chorus & orchestra p. 1916

Choral works (unaccompanied)

Madrigal "Fair daffodils" (5 parts) (Herrick), c. 1866, p. 1866
Christmas Carol "He is coming" (Mrs. H. Gladstone) p. 1874
Three Trios for female voices, p. 1875
Unison Song "Land to the Leeward Ho!" (Margaret Preston), p. 1895
Partsongs, p. 1897
Eight Four-part Songs, p. 1898
Five-part Song, "Who can dwell with greatness" (Austin Dobson), p. 1900
"Ode to Newfoundland" (Sir Cavendish Boyle), national anthem of the Dominion of Newfoundland and now the provincial anthem of Newfoundland and Labrador, c. 1902–04
Four-part and eight-part Song, "In Praise of Song" (Parry), p. 1904
"Von edler Art" (Nuremberg Song-book of 1549, trans. by Paul England), p. 1906
Seven Partsongs for male voices p. 1910
Madrigal "La Belle Dame sans merci" (5 parts) (Keats), p, c. 1914
Carol "When Christ was born" (Harleian MS), p. 1915
Choral song "And did those feet in ancient time" ("Jerusalem") (Blake), p. 1916
Six Motets, Songs of Farewell p. 1916–1918 [1. My soul, there is a country (SATB) / words by Henry Vaughan. 2. I know my soul hath power (SATB) / words by John Davies. 3. Never weather-beaten sail (SSATB) / words by Thomas Campion. 4. There is an old belief (SSATBB) / words by John Gibson Lockhart. 5. At the round earth's imagined corners (SSAATTBB) / words by John Donne. 6. Lord, let me know mine end (SATB/SATB) / words from Psalm 39]
Two Carols, p. 1917
Three School Songs, p. 1918
Unison Song "England", p. 1919

Orchestral works

"Allegretto scherzando" in E major c. 1867
"Intermezzo religioso" c. 1868
Overture, "Vivien" (lost), c. 1873
Overture, Guillem de Cabestanh, c. 1878–79
Piano Concerto in F-sharp c. 1878–79
Symphony No. 1 in G major c. 1878–82
Symphony No. 2 in F major ("Cambridge"), c. 1883, p. 1900
"Suite moderne" c. 1886
Symphony No. 3 in C major ("English"), c. 1889, p. 1907
Symphony No. 4 in E minor c. 1889, p. 1921
"Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy" c. 1893, p. 1893
"Lady Radnor's Suite" for strings c. 1894, p. 1902
Elegy for Brahms, A minor p. 1897
Symphonic Variations, c. 1897, p. 1897
Symphony Fantasy (Symphony No. 5) in B minor "1912" c. 1912, p. 1922
Symphonic Poem in 2 connected movements (first called "From Death to Life"), c. 1914
"An English Suite" for strings (posthumous), p. 1921

Voice and orchestra

Scena for baritone, "The Soldier's Tent", c. 1900, p. 1900

Chamber music

String Quartet No. 1, in G minor c. 1867
Short Trios for violin, viola & pianoforte c. 1868
String Quartet No. 2, in C minor c. 1868
Nonet in B-flat major for wind instruments, c. 1877 p. 1988
Trio in E minor for violin, cello & pianoforte c. 1878, p. 1879
Quartet in A-flat major for violin, viola, cello & pianoforte c. 1879, p. 1884
String Quartet No. 3, in G major c. 1878–80 p. 1995
String Quintet in E-flat major c. 1884, p. 1909
Trio in B minor for violin, cello & pianoforte p. 1884
Trio in G major for violin, cello & pianoforte c. 1884–90

Violin and pianoforte

Partita in D minor c. 1877–86, p. 1890
Fantasy-Sonata in B minor c. 1878
Sonata in D major, 1889
Twelve Short Pieces p. 1895
Suite in D major p. 1907
Suite in F major p. 1907

Violoncello and pianoforte

Sonata in A major p. 1883

Keyboard

Pianoforte solo

"Sonnets and Songs without Words", Set I, p. 1869
"Sonnets and Songs without Words", Set II c. 1867 and later, p. 1875
Seven "Charakterbilder" c. 1872, p. 1872
Sonata No. 1, in F major c. 1877, p. 1877
"Sonnets and Songs without Words", Set III c. 1877 and later
Sonata No. 2, in A major p. 1878
Theme and 19 Variations in D minor c. 1878–85, p. 1885
"Shulbrede Tunes", 10 Pieces, p. 1914
Suite "Hands across the Centuries" p. 1918
Five Miniatures (posthumous), p. 1926

Pianoforte duet

Characteristic Popular Tunes of the British Isles, c. 1885, p. 1887

Two pianofortes

Grand Duo in E minor c. 1875–76, p. 1877

Organ

Seven Chorale Preludes, p. 1912
Fantasia and Fugue in G, p. 1913
Elegy in A-flat major c. 1913, p. 1922
Three Chorale Fantasies, p. 1915
Seven Chorale Preludes, p. 1916
Toccata and Fugue in G major and E minor, "The Wanderer" (posthumous), p. 1921
Elegie in C. (1918), p. 2018

Songs

"Why does azure deck the sky?" (Thomas Moore), c. 1865–66, p. 1866^[1]
"Autumn" (Thomas Hood), c. ? 1866, p. 1867
"Angel hosts, sweet love, befriend thee" (Lord Francis Hervey), p. 1867
"The River of Life" (Lord Pembroke), p. 1870
Three Songs, c. 1873, p. 1873
"Twilight" (Lord Pembroke), c. 1874, p. 1875
"A Garland of Old-fashioned Songs", c. 1873–81, p. 1874 & 1881
Four Sonnets (Shakespeare), c. 1873–82, p. 1887
Sonnet, "If thou survive my well-contented day" (Shakespeare), c. 1874
3 Odes of Anacreon (trans. Moore), c. 1869–78, p. 1880
"English Lyrics", Set I, c. 1881–85
"English Lyrics", Set II (Shakespeare), p. 1886
"The Maid of Elsinore" (Harold Boulton), p. 1891
Children's song, "Rock a bye", c. 1893, p. 1893
"English Lyrics", Set III, p. 1895
"English Lyrics", Set IV, p. 1897
"English Lyrics", Set V, p. 1902
"English Lyrics", Set VI, p. 1902
"Fear no more the heat of the sun" (Shakespeare), p. 1905
"English Lyrics", Set VII, p. 1907
"English Lyrics", Set VIII, p. 1907
"The Laird of Cockpen" (Lady Nairn) for baritone, c. 1906, p. 1907
"English Lyrics", Set IX (Mary Coleridge), p. 1909
"A Hymn for Aviators" (Mary C. D. Hamilton), c. 1915, p. 1915
"English Lyrics", Set X, c. 1909, p. 1918
"English Lyrics", Set XI, p. 1920 (posthumously)
"English Lyrics", Set XII, p. 1920 (posthumously)

References

^ Hold, Trevor (2005). Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-composers. Boydell Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-84383-174-7.

External links

Free scores by Hubert Parry at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Free scores by Hubert Parry in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

[1] Hold, Trevor (2005). Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-composers. Boydell Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-84383-174-7.

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