List of compositions by Havergal Brian, by catalog number
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
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Havergal Brian (29 January 1876 – 28 November 1972)
Under copyright worldwide, apart from earlier works (published before 1923) which are PD in the USA.
No posting without written permission from the copyright owner.
Works having assigned Opus #
- Opus 1: Stars of a summer night (Longfellow), SSAATTBB choir a cappella, 1905
- Opus 2: Pantalon and Columbine, small orchestra, ?1902–04 — LOST
- Opus 3: Burlesque Variations on an old Theme, large orchestra, 1903
- Opus 4: Legende for large orchestra, c.1903–04? — LOST
- Opus 5: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Shakespeare), SATB choir a cappella, 1903/04
- Opus 6: Three Songs for Baritone or Contralto, ?1904–05
- No.1: Sorrow Song (S. Daniel)
- No.2: The message (Donne)
- No.3: Farewell (R. Heber)
- Opus 7: For valour, concert overture for large orchestra and organ, 1904
- Opus 8: Hero and Leander, symphonic poem for large orchestra, 1904–06 — LOST
- Opus 9: Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd (BCP, Coverdale), Tenor, SATB choir, orchestra, c. 1904, reconstructed 1944–45
- Opus 10: Irish cradle song, SATB choir a cappella, ?1905 — LOST
- Opus 11: Psalm 137, By the waters of Babylon (BCP, Coverdale), Baritone, choir, orchestra, 1905/09 — full score LOST
- Opus 12: English Suite No.1 for large orchestra, 1906
- Opus 13: a) Soliloquy upon a dead child (Cumberland), soprano or tenor, piano, 1906
- b) Three Songs for Tenor (Cumberland), 1906: Day and night; When I lie ill; If I could speak
- c) A faery song (Yeats), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1906
- d) Tell me, thou soul of her I love (J. Thomson), SATB choir a cappella, 1906
- Opus 14: Carmilhan (Longfellow), soli, choir, orchestra, 1906 — LOST
- Opus 15: The vision of Cleopatra, tragic poem (Cumberland), soli, choirs, orchestra, 1907 — full score LOST
Havergal Brian: a Thematic Catalogue (Draft PDF, version 18 December 2008)
The numbering of musical works given below relies on the more extensive thematic catalogue currently in preparation by Philip Legge, who is in the debt of many Brian scholars before him, including Reginald Nettel, Lewis Foreman, Malcolm Macdonald, and Jeremy Marchant, whose work he acknowledges, and whom he absolves from error, any such being of his own making.
The first 27 pages of the draft catalogue may be obtained in PDF format, by clicking on the link in the section heading directly above.
Catalogue of compositions [under construction]
Please refer to the draft Thematic Catalogue for further descriptions of items 1 through to 112.
Note: Works from catalogue number 1 up to 146 or so may be in the public domain in the USA, if the catalogue number is given in bold.
Otherwise all works are under copyright worldwide. No posting without written permission from the copyright owner.
| # | Work | Opus | Genre | Year | Notes | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian Boat Song (Tom Moore) | Song | c.1892 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 2 | I shot an arrow (H.W. Longfellow) | Song | ?1895–96 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 3 | Wanderer’s night song (J.W.v. Goethe, trans. Morley) | Song | ?1895–96 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 4 | Today and tomorrow (Gunby Hadath) | Song | ?1895–96 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 5 | [title unknown] (Gunby Hadath) | Song | ?1895–96 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 6 | Anthem [text unknown] | Choral | 1896 | for choir | LOST | |
| 7 | Requiem | Choral | c.1898–99 | for baritone solo, SATB choir, orchestra | LOST | |
| 8 | Other juvenilia | Other | 1890s | LOST | ||
| 9 | Tragic prelude | Orchestral | c.1900–02 | for orchestra | LOST | |
| 10 | Pantalon and Columbine | 2 | Orchestral | ?1902–04 | for small orchestra | LOST |
| 11 | Burlesque Variations on an old Theme | 3 | Orchestral | Spring and Summer 1903 | for large orchestra | Unpublished |
| 12 | Legende | 4 | Orchestral | c.1903–04? | for large orchestra | LOST |
| 13 | [title unknown] | Chamber | ?1904 | for string quartet | LOST | |
| 14 | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Wm Shakespeare) | 5 | Partsong | 1903/04 | for SATB choir a cappella | Breitkopf & Härtel (B&H), 1905 |
| 15 | Sorrow song (S. Daniel) | 6/1 | Song | ?1904–05 | for alto or baritone, piano | B&H, 1913 |
| 16 | The message (J. Donne) | 6/2 | Song | ?1904–05 | for alto or baritone, piano | B&H, 1913 |
| 17 | Farewell (Bp R. Heber) | 6/3 | Song | ?1904–05 | for alto or baritone, piano | B&H, 1913 |
| 18 | [title, author unknown] | 6/4 | Song | before 1906 | for alto or baritone, piano, was originally op.6, no.4 | LOST |
| 19 | For valour, concert overture | 7 | Orchestral | 1904 | for large orchestra and organ | B&H, 1914 |
| 20 | Hero and Leander, symphonic poem | 8 | Orchestral | 1904–06 | for large orchestra | LOST |
| 21 | Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd (BCP, M. Coverdale) | 9 | Choral | c.1904, 1944–45 | for tenor solo, SATB choir, orchestra, original score lost, reconstructed 1944–45 | VS: Musica Viva, Chelmsford, 1970s |
| 22 | Psalm 137, By the waters of Babylon (BCP, Coverdale) | 11 | Choral | 1905/09 | for baritone solo, choir, orchestra | FS: LOST, VS: B&H, 1914 |
| 23 | Stars of a summer night (Longfellow) | 1 | Partsong | 1905 | for SSAATTBB choir a cappella | Novello, 1908 |
| 24 | Elegaic melodies | Orchestral | ?1905 | for violin solo, orchestra | LOST | |
| 25 | Irish cradle song | 10 | Choral | ?1905 | for SATB choir a cappella | LOST |
| 26 | English Suite No.1 | 12 | Orchestral | 1906 | for large orchestra | B&H, 1914 |
| 27 | Day and night (G. Cumberland [C.F. Kenyon]) | 13b/1 | Song | 1906 | for tenor, piano | |
| 28 | When I lie ill (Cumberland) | 13b/2 | Song | 1906 | for tenor, piano | |
| 29 | If I could speak (Cumberland) | 13b/3 | Song | 1906 | for tenor, piano | |
| 30 | [title unknown] (probably Cumberland) | 13b/4 | Song | 1906 | for tenor, piano, was originally op.13b, no.4 | LOST |
| 31A | Little Sleeper (Hafiz, trans. R. le Galliene) | Song | 1906/1972 | for soprano or tenor, piano, revised 1972 | ||
| 31B | Soliloquy upon a dead child (Cumberland) | 13a | Song | 1906 | for soprano or tenor, piano | |
| 32 | Carmilhan (Longfellow) | 14 | Choral | 1906 | for soli, choir, orchestra | LOST |
| 33 | A faery song (W.B. Yeats) | 13c | Song | 1906 | for mezzo-soprano, piano | |
| 34A | [title unknown] (P. Marston) | Partsong | 1906 | for SATB choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 34B | Soul star (H. Bantock) | Partsong | 1906 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 35 | Lullaby of an infant chief (W. Scott) | Partsong | 1906 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 36 | Come o'er the sea (Th. Moore) | Partsong | 1906 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 37 | In a fairy boat, rondel, (B. Weller) | Choral | 1906 | for SSAA choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 38 | Tell me, thou soul of her I love (J. Thomson) | 13d/1 | Partsong | 1906 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. |
| 39 | Twilight [text unknown, Longfellow?] | 13d/2 | Partsong | ?1906 | for SATB choir a cappella, was op.13d, no.2, probably 1906 | LOST |
| 40 | Psalm 68, Let God arise (BCP, Coverdale) | (15) | Choral | ?1906–07 | for choir, orchestra, was briefly numbered op.15 | LOST |
| 41 | [title unknown] | Chamber | 1906–07 | for violoncello, piano | LOST | |
| 42 | The mad maid's song (R. Herrick) | Song | 1907 | for mezzo-soprano, piano or orchestra | FS: LOST | |
| 43 | The vision of Cleopatra, tragic poem (Cumberland) | 15 | Choral | 1907 | for soli, choirs, orchestra | FS: LOST, VS: Bosworth, 1908/09 |
| 44A | A fantastic symphony, E major | Symphony | 1907–08 | for orchestra (originally Symphony No.1) | LOST | |
| 44B | Humorous Legend on Three Blind Mice | Orchestral | 1908–09 | for orchestra (revision of 44A) | LOST | |
| 44C | Festal Dance | Orchestral | 1908–09 | for orchestra, piano ad lib. (final movement of 44B) | B&H, 1914 | |
| 44D | Fantastic Variations on an old Rhyme | Orchestral | 1909/12 | for orchestra, organ ad lib. (first movement of 44A) | B&H, 1914 | |
| 45 | [title unknown] (Scott) | Choral | 1908–09 | for chorus, orchestra | LOST | |
| 46 | The soldier’s dream (T. Campbell) | Orchestral | 1909 | for orchestra, or voices and orchestra | LOST | |
| 47A | Fairies’ song (P. Marston) | Partsong | 1908 | for SSAA choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 47B | Fairies’ song (Cumberland) | Partsong | 1908 | for SSAA choir a cappella (revision of 47A) | Previously publ. | |
| 48 | Why dost thou wound and break my heart (Herrick) | Song | 3 January 1910 | for tenor, piano | ||
| 49 | The night piece (Herrick) | Song | 6 January 1910 | for tenor, piano or orchestra | FS: LOST | |
| 50 | Daybreak (Longfellow) | Partsong | 1910 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 51 | In memoriam, symphonic poem | Orchestral | 1910 | for orchestra | B&H, 1914 | |
| 52 | Doctor Merryheart, comedy overture no.1 | Orchestral | 1911–12 | for orchestra | B&H, 1914 | |
| 53 | Go, happy rose (Herrick) | Partsong | 1912 | for SSAA choir, piano | LOST | |
| 54 | Requiem for the rose (Herrick) | Choral | 1912 | for SSAA choir, piano or orchestra | ||
| 55 | The hag (Herrick) | Choral | 1912 | for SSAA choir, piano or orchestra | ||
| 56 | Pilgrimage to Kevlaar (H. Heine transl. Todhunter) | Choral | 1913–14 | for chorus, orchestra | LOST | |
| 57–104 | 47 works from 1914, mostly unordered | 1914 | for various forces | |||
| 57.1 | Grace for a child (Herrick) | Partsong | probably 2 January 1914 | for SA choir, piano | J. Curwen & Sons 71439, 1914 | |
| 57.2 | What does little birdie say? (A. Tennyson) | Song | probably 15 January 1914 | for voice/unison, piano | Curwen 71439, 1914 | |
| 57.3 | The maiden and the flower garden, children's operetta (Cumberland) | Opera | early 1914 | for choir, piano | LOST | |
| 57.3A | Three dances | Orchestral | early 1914 | for small orchestra | LOST | |
| 57.4 | Robin redbreast [author unknown] | Song | early February 1914, by 28 February | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 57.5 | The sands of Dee (Ch. Kingsley) | Partsong | late March or April 1914, by 18 April | for SATB choir a cappella | Sold to Augener — LOST | |
| 57.6 | Meg Merrilies (J. Keats) | Partsong | between 9 and 18 April 1914 | for TTBB? choir a cappella | Sold to Augener — LOST | |
| 57.7 | The legend of Altenahr [author unknown] | Partsong | mid April 1914, by 18 April | for TTBB? choir a cappella | Rejected by Augener — LOST | |
| 57.8 | The owl [author unknown] | Partsong | mid April 1914, by 18 April | for SSAA? choir a cappella | Sold to Augener — LOST | |
| 57.9 | The mountain and the squirrel (R.W. Emerson) | Song | mid April 1914, by 19 April | for voice/unison, piano | Curwen 71455, 1914 | |
| 57.10 | Clown’s song (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 25 April 1914 | for choir a cappella | Sold to Augener — LOST | |
| 57.11 | Piping down the valleys wild (Wm Blake) | Song | late April 1914, by 1 May | for voice/unison, piano | Augener 16423, 1929 | |
| 57.12 | The chimney sweeper (Blake) | Song | 1 May 1914 | for voice/unison, piano | Augener 16424, 1929 | |
| 57.13 | Red May, military march | Orchestral | 7 – 15 May 1914 | for orchestra | LOST | |
| 57.14 | The lost doll (Kingsley) | Song | 1914 | for voice, piano | ||
| 57.15 | The little black boy (Blake) | Song | mid May 1914, by 27 May | for voice/unison, piano | Augener 16422, 1929 | |
| 57.16 | The blossom (Blake) | Song | probably late May 1914 | for voice, piano (originally titled Merry merry sparrow – the first line of the poem) | Augener 16425, 1929 | |
| 57.17 | The moon (Cumberland) | Partsong | late May 1914, by 31 May | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.18 | Summer has come, little children (Cumberland) | Partsong | probably first week of June 1914 | for SA choir, piano | Curwen 71436, 1914 | |
| 57.19 | The river (Cumberland) | Partsong | 6 June 1914 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.20 | The fly | Song | probably 6 or 7 June 1914 | for voice/unison, piano | Augener 15737, 1922 | |
| 57.21 | Ye spotted snakes | Partsong | 1914 | for SSAA choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 57.22 | He was a rat (Anonymous) | Partsong | 1914 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 57.23 | Goodbye to summer (Wm Allingham) | Partsong | 1914 | for SA children’s choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.24 | The lamb (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.25 | And will he not come again? (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSAA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.26 | The little boy lost (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.27 | The little boy found (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.28 | If I had but two little wings (S.T. Coleridge) | Partsong | 1914 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.29 | A song of willow (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.30 | Little white lily (G. MacDonald) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.31 | Violets (Herrick) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.32 | Laughing song (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.33 | Infant joy (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 57.34 | Pastoral: the shepherd (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 57.35 | Spring - sound the flute (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.36 | The dream (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.37 | The echoing green (Blake) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.38 | A child's prayer (M. Bethan-Edwards) | Partsong | 1914 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 57.39 | The knight's leap [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.40 | A gypsy song (Ben Jonson) | Partsong | 1914 | for SSAA choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.41 | Marching along [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for TTBB? choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.42 | The sweetest dream [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.43 | Will you buy any rope? [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.44 | Sympathy [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.45 | Hie upon hielands (Traditional) | Partsong | 1914 | for TTBB? choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.46 | Love's remorse [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 57.47 | The curate and the mulberry-tree [author unknown] | Partsong | 1914 | for choir a cappella | LOST | |
| 105 | English Suite No.2, »Night portraits« | Orchestral | 1915 | for orchestra, 1915 | LOST | |
| 106 | The fairy palace (M. Drayton) | Partsong | 1915 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 107 | O mistress mine (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1915 | for voices a cappella | LOST? | |
| 108 | Legend | Orchestral | by 14 November 1915 | for orchestra | LOST | |
| 109 | [title unknown] | Orchestral | October – November 1915 | for orchestra, companion piece for Legend | LOST | |
| 110 | Razamoff, symphonic drama | Orchestral | 1916–17 | for orchestra | LOST | |
| 111A | Three Illuminations | Chamber | completed 7 December 1916 | for piano, speaker ad lib. | J.&W. Chester, 1917 | |
| 111B | Three comedy dances | Orchestral | completed 28 December 1916 | for orchestra (revision of 111A) | LOST | |
| 112 | The Tigers, burlesque opera, prologue and 3 acts (H. Brian) | Opera | 1917 – 7 March 1919; orch. 1921–22/28–29 | for soli, choirs, large orchestra | VS: Cranz, 1932 | |
| 112.1 | Symphonic variations on Has anybody here seen Kelly? | Orchestral | 1921–22 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, prologue) | ||
| 112.2 | Wild horsemen | Orchestral | 1921–22 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, prologue) | ||
| 112.3 | Green pastures | Orchestral | 1921–22 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, act 2) | ||
| 112.4 | Gargoyles | Orchestral | 1921–22 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, act 3) | ||
| 112.5 | Lacryma | Orchestral | 1921–22 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, act 3) | ||
| 112.6 | Shadow dance | Orchestral | 1921–22 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, act 3) | ||
| 112.7 | Fanfare from The grotesques | Chamber | by December 1921 | for piano | Fanfare, vol. 1(5), 1 December 1921 | |
| 112.8 | Prologue (re-orchestration) | Orchestral | February – March 1969 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Tigers, prologue) | ||
| 113 | When the sun goes down (Temple Keble) | Song | Winter, late 1918 | for voice, piano | Enoch, ?1919 | |
| 114 | On parting (Temple Keble) | Song | Winter, late 1918 | for voice, piano | Enoch, ?1919 | |
| 115 | Love is a merry game (Temple Keble) | Song | Winter, late 1918 | for voice, piano | Enoch, ?1919 | |
| 116 | The phantom wooer (T.L. Beddoes) | Partsong | 1918 | for SATB choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 117 | Two scenas (C.R. Barber) | Song | 1918 | for baritone, piano or orchestra | LOST | |
| 118 | Renunciation (Temple Keble) | Song | Winter 1918/19 | for voice, piano | Enoch, ?1919 | |
| 119 | Lady Ellayne (Temple Keble) | Song | Winter 1918/19 | for medium voice, piano | Enoch, ?1919 | |
| 120 | The defiled sanctuary (Blake) | Song | Winter 1918/19, by 12 January 1919 | for medium voice, piano | Enoch, ?1919 | |
| 121 | The birds (Blake) | Song | 26 January 1919 | for voice, piano | Augener, 1932 | |
| 122 | The land of dreams (Blake) | Song | by 1 February 1919 | for voice, piano | Augener, ?1932 | |
| 123 | Four miniatures | Chamber | 1920 | for piano | Augener, 1921 | |
| 124 | Tell me where is fancy bred (Shakespeare) | Partsong | ? | for SSAA choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 125 | When icicles hang by the wall (Shakespeare) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | ||
| 126 | Care-charmer sleep (S. Daniel) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | ||
| 127 | Ah! County guy! (Scott) | Partsong | 1919 | for 2 equal voices a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 128 | A wish [text, author unknown] | Partsong | 1919 | for 2 voices, piano | LOST | |
| 129 | The poet's dream [author unknown] | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 130 | On a poet's lips I slept (P.B. Shelley) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 131 | Music when soft voices die (Shelley) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 132 | Call for the robin redbreast (J. Webster) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 133 | Sonnet: my lute (Wm Drummond) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 134 | Hymn to Diana (Jonson) | Song | 1919 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 135 | Pack clouds away (T. Heywood) | Partsong | 1919 | for SSA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 136 | Absence (Anonymous) | Partsong | 1919 | for SSAA choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 137 | Under the greenwood tree (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1919 | for SSA choir, piano | Unpublished | |
| 138 | Spring, the sweet spring (Th. Nash) | Partsong | 1919 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 139 | It was a lover and his lass (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1919 | for SSAA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 140 | Fear no more the heat of the sun (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1919 | for SATB choir a cappella | ||
| 141 | Mine be a cot beside the hill (S. Rogers) | Partsong | 1919 | for SA choir, piano | LOST | |
| 142 | Fair pledges of a fruitful tree (Herrick) | Partsong | 1919 | for SA choir, piano | Previously publ. | |
| 143 | To daffodils (Herrick) | Partsong | 1919 | for SA choir, piano | Unpublished | |
| 144 | Legend | Chamber | for violin, piano | |||
| The Book of Thel (Blake) | Choral | abandoned | ||||
| Riders to the Sea (J.M. Synge) | Opera | abandoned | ||||
| 145A | Piano Suite | Chamber | 1919 | for piano (music preserved in English Suite No.3) | LOST | |
| 145B | English Suite No.3 | Orchestral | 1919 | for orchestra | ||
| 146 | Take, O take those lips away (Shakespeare) | Song | 1919–21 | for voice, piano | ||
| 147 | Symphony No.1 in D minor, »The Gothic« | Symphony | 1919–27 | for SATB soli, double choruses, very large orchestra | Cranz, 1932 | |
| 148 | The soul of steel (C.M. Masterman) | Song | 1920–21 | for voice, piano | Enoch, 1921 | |
| 149 | Tales of olden times | Orchestral | for small orchestra | LOST | ||
| 150 | Full fathom five (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1921 | for SSAA choir, piano | Unpublished | |
| 151 | Since love is dead (F. Bowles) | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | ||
| 152 | I know, and you! (Bowles) | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 153 | Go, happy rose (Herrick) | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 154 | A proposal [author unknown] | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 155 | The twilight house (Bowles) | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 156 | Stars of destiny [author unknown] | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 157 | Where shadows flee [author unknown] | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 158 | Far from thee (F. Taylor) | Song | c.1922–23 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 159 | Overture (inspired by Buster Keaton) | Orchestral | for orchestra, sketches unfinished | LOST | ||
| 160 | Introit. Amen | Choral | 1924 | for SATB choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 161 | O happiness, celestial fair (Hannah More) | Partsong, canon | 1924 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 162 | Sweet solitude (Hannah More) | Partsong, canon | 1924 | for SATB choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 163 | Shall I then be spared? (Hannah More) | Partsong, canon | 1924 | for SATB choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 164 | Vital spark of heavenly flame (A. Pope) | Partsong, canon | 1924 | for SSAA choir a cappella | Unpublished | |
| 165 | Prelude and fugue in C minor | Chamber | 1924 | for piano | Augener, 1948 | |
| 166 | Prelude and fugue in D minor/major | Chamber | 1924 | for piano | Augener, 1948 | |
| 167 | Double fugue in E♭ | Chamber | 1924 | for piano | Augener, 1948 | |
| 168 | English Suite No.4, »Kindergarten« | Orchestral | 1924 | for orchestra | ||
| 169 | Blow, blow thou winter wind (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1925 | for SATB choir a cappella | Previously publ. | |
| 170 | Come away, death (Shakespeare) | Partsong | 1925 | for TBarB choir, piano | Unpublished | |
| 171 | At candlelight (Gunby Hadath) | Song | 1926 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 172 | Without you (Gunby Hadath) | Song | 1926 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 173 | Song of betrothal (Gunby Hadath) | Song | 1926 | for voice, piano | LOST | |
| 174 | The battle song | Orchestral | FS: LOST | |||
| 175 | Symphony No.2 in E minor | Symphony | June 1930 – 6 April 1931 | for large orchestra (originally Symphony No.3) | Musica Viva, 1973 | |
| 176 | Symphony No.3 in C♯ minor | Symphony | 12 April 1931 – 28 May 1932 | for large orchestra (originally Symphony No.4) | United Music Publishers | |
| 177 | Symphony No.4 in C major, »Das Siegeslied« (Psalm 68, Luther) | Symphony | 20 June 1932 – 10 December 1933 | for soprano solo, mixed-voice double choir, very large orchestra (originally Symphony No.5) | ||
| 178 | Prelude | Choral | 1933 | for soprano, double chorus | LOST | |
| 179 | Violin concerto [No.1] | Orchestral | January – June 1934 | for solo violin and orchestra | LOST | |
| 180 | Prelude: John Dowland's fancy | Chamber | for piano | |||
| 181 | Violin concerto [No.2] in C major | Orchestral | July 1934 – 8 June 1935 | for solo violin and orchestra | ||
| 182 | [title unknown] | Chamber | for organ | LOST | ||
| 183 | Symphony No.5, »Wine of summer« (Lord Alfred Douglas) | Symphony | ?March – 18 June 1937 | for baritone solo, orchestra (originally Symphony No.6) | ||
| 184 | Prometheus unbound (Shelley) | Opera | 10 November 1937 – September 1944 | for soli, mixed-voice choir, large orchestra | FS: LOST | |
| 184.1 | From unremembered ages | Partsong | by March 1939 | for SATB choir a cappella (Chorus from Prometheus unbound, Act I) | Unpublished | |
| 184.2 | Three semichoruses: 1. The path through which that lovely twain | Partsong | by June 1942 | for SAATB choir a cappella (excerpt from Prometheus unbound, Act II) | Unpublished | |
| 184.3 | Three semichoruses: 2. There the voluptuous nightingales | Partsong | by June 1942 | for SSAA choir, flute, harp (excerpt from Prometheus unbound, Act II) | Unpublished | |
| 184.4 | Three semichoruses: 3. There those enchanted eddies | Partsong | by June 1942 | for SATB choir a cappella (excerpt from Prometheus unbound, Act II) | Unpublished | |
| 185 | Legend | Chamber | before June 1944 | for cello or bass clarinet, piano | LOST | |
| 186 | Adagio e dolente | Chamber | 1945 | for cello, piano; fragment | ||
| 187 | Dierdre of the sorrows (Synge) | Opera | 1947/48 | unfinished, destroyed; prologue incorporated in Sinfonia tragica | LOST | |
| 188 | Symphony No.6, »Sinfonia tragica« | Symphony | late 1947 – 28 February 1948 | for orchestra (renamed with addition of “Symphony No.6”, 1967) | Musica Viva, 1974 | |
| 189 | The tinker's wedding, comedy overture no.2 | Orchestral | 27 January – 6 March 1948 | for orchestra | ||
| 190 | Symphony No.7 in C major | Symphony | March – 14 September 1948 | for orchestra | Musica Viva, 1974 | |
| 191 | Symphony No.8 in B♭ minor | Symphony | 25 January – 17 May 1949 | for orchestra, revised with organ pedals ad lib., 1971 | Musica Viva, 1973 | |
| 192 | Turandot, prinzessin von China, music drama in three acts (F. Schiller, abridged Brian) | Opera | 1950 – 18 May 1951 | for soli, mixed-voice choir, orchestra | ||
| 192.1–3 | Three pieces from Turandot | Orchestral | 1962 | for orchestra | ||
| 193 | Symphony No.9 in A minor | Symphony | July – November 1951 | for orchestra | Musica Viva, 1974 | |
| 194 | The Cenci, music drama in eight scenes (Shelley) | Opera | 1951 – December 1952 | for soli, mixed-voice choir, orchestra | ||
| 194.1 | Preludio tragico | Orchestral | 1952 | for orchestra (excerpt from The Cenci) | ||
| 194.2 | Flourish | Orchestral | 1952 | for 4 trumpets (excerpt from The Cenci) | ||
| 195 | English Suite No.5, »Rustic Scenes« | Orchestral | completed 27 June 1953 | for orchestra | ||
| 196 | Symphony No.10 in C minor | Symphony | 1953 – 16 January 1954 | for orchestra | Musica Viva, 1973 | |
| 197 | Symphony No.11 | Symphony | January – 29 April 1954 | for orchestra | ||
| 198 | Elegy | Orchestral | June 1954 | for orchestra, originally entitled A Song of Sorrow | ||
| 199 | Faust, music drama in prologue and four acts (Goethe, abridged Brian) | Opera | 1955 – May 1956 | for soli, mixed-voice choir, orchestra | United Music Publishers (UMP) | |
| 199.1 | Prelude: Durch die Luft | Orchestral | 1956 | for orchestra (excerpt from Faust, prelude to Act II) | ||
| 199.2 | Abend | Orchestral | 1956 | for orchestra (excerpt from Faust, prelude to Act II, scene 2) | ||
| 199.3 | Gretchen songs | Orchestral | 1956 | for soprano solo, orchestra or piano (excerpt from Faust, Act II) | ||
| 199.4 | Dom (Cathedral scene) | Orchestral | 1956 | for soprano and bass soli, mixed-voice chorus, organ, orchestra (excerpt from Faust, Act III, scene 2) | ||
| 199.5 | Nacht-Offen Feld (Night ride of Faust and Mephistopheles) | Orchestral | 1956 | for orchestra (excerpt from Faust, Act IV, scene 2) | ||
| 200 | Symphony No.12 | Symphony | completed February 1957 | for orchestra | ||
| 201 | Agamemnon, music drama in one act (Aeschylus transl. J.M. Blackie) | Opera | February – April 1957 | for soli, mixed-voice choir, orchestra | ||
| 202 | Symphony No.13 in C major | Symphony | October – 7 December 1959 | for orchestra | ||
| 203 | Symphony No.14 in F minor | Symphony | January – 10 February 1960 | for orchestra | ||
| 204 | Symphony No.15 in A major | Symphony | February – April 1960 | for orchestra | UMP | |
| 205 | Symphony No.16 | Symphony | June – September 1960 | for orchestra | ||
| 206 | Symphony No.17 | Symphony | November 1960 – 7 February 1961 | for orchestra | ||
| 207 | Symphony No.18 | Symphony | March – May 1961 | for orchestra | ||
| 208 | Symphony No.19 in E minor | Symphony | September – December 1961 | for orchestra | ||
| 209 | The jolly miller, comedy overture no.3 | Orchestral | March – 13 April 1962 | for orchestra | ||
| 210 | Symphony No.20 in C♯ minor | Symphony | March – 14 July 1962 | for orchestra | ||
| 211 | Symphony No.21 in E♭ major | Symphony | July – November 1963 | for orchestra | Musica Viva, 1973 | |
| 212 | Symphonic movement | Orchestral | mid-January 1964 | destroyed | LOST | |
| 213 | Cello concerto | Orchestral | February – May 1964 | for violoncello, small orchestra | ||
| 214 | Concerto for orchestra | Orchestral | July – September 1964 | for orchestra | ||
| 215 | Symphony No.22, »Symphonia brevis« | Symphony | December 1964 – 6 February 1965 | for orchestra | Musica Viva, 1977 | |
| 216 | Symphony No.23 [»Symphonia grandis«] | Symphony | February – 27 April 1965 | for orchestra | ||
| 217 | Symphony No.24 in D major | Symphony | May – August 1965 | for orchestra | ||
| 218 | Symphony No.25 in A minor | Symphony | October 1965 – February? 1966 | for orchestra | ||
| 219 | Symphony No.26 | Symphony | March – June 1966 | for orchestra | ||
| 220 | Symphony No.27 in C major | Symphony | August 1966 – early January 1967 | for orchestra | ||
| 221 | Symphony No.28 in C minor, »Sinfonia« | Symphony | ?March – May 1967 | for orchestra | ||
| 222 | Symphony No.29 in E♭ major | Symphony | mid-May – 11 August 1967 | for orchestra | ||
| 223 | Oedipus Coloneus (Sophocles trans. Sir George Young) | Opera | September 1967 | unfinished, incorporated into Symphony No.30 | LOST | |
| 224 | Symphony No.30 in B♭ minor | Symphony | October – November 1967 | for orchestra | ||
| 225 | Festival fanfare | Orchestral | Christmas 1967/68 | for brass orchestra, originally entitled “Fanfare for the orchestral brass” | ||
| 226 | Symphony No.31 | Symphony | March – April 1968 | for orchestra | ||
| 227 | Legend »Ave atque vale« [»Hail and farewell«] | Orchestral | May – June 1968 | for orchestra | ||
| 228 | Symphony No.32 in A♭ major | Symphony | June – 8 October 1968 | for orchestra |
