This is a list of compositions by Lord Berners:
Opera Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrament (after Prosper Mérimée; 1923, prod. Paris, 1924, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, revised 1926)
Ballet The Triumph of Neptune (10 tableaux; composed for Sergei Diaghilev, scenario Sacheverell Sitwell, choreography George Balanchine; 3 December 1926, Lyceum Theatre, London) Adagio, Variations and Hornpipe arr. for strings from 5th and 6th tableaux Suite for orchestra Luna Park (1930; scenario Boris Kochno, choreography George Balanchine, C. B. Cochran's Revue, Palace Theatre, London) A Wedding Bouquet (1937; scenario Gertrude Stein, choreography Frederick Ashton; costumes and scenery by Berners himself; 27 April 1937, London, Sadler's Wells Theatre) Cupid and Psyche (1938; stage setting Sir Francis Rose, choreography Frederick Ashton, 27 April 1939, Sadler's Wells) Les Sirènes (1946; designs by Cecil Beaton; Royal Opera House; the orchestration was entirely the work of Roy Douglas, who was sworn to secrecy)Mark Amory, Lord Berners: The Last Eccentric, 1998, Ch. XVII 'Peace'
Film scores The Halfway House (1944) Champagne Charlie (1945, 2 songs) Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Orchestral Trois Morceaux (1916) Chinoiserie Valse sentimentale Kasatchok Fantaisie espagnole (1918–19) Prelude Fandango Pasadoble Fugue in C minor (1924) Adagio, Variations and Hornpipe (arranged for strings from The Triumph of Neptune, 1926) Suite (from The Triumph of Neptune)
Piano Le Poisson d'or (1914; dedicated to Igor Stravinsky) Trois Petites marches funèbres (1914; first performed by Alfredo Casella) Pour un homme d'état Pour un canari Pour une tante à héritage Fragments psychologiques (1915) La Haine Le Rire Un Soupir Valses bourgeoises (1917, piano duet; performed at the 1923 Salzburg Festival) Valse brillante Valse caprice Strauss, Strauss et Straus [sic]
Songs Lieder Album (Heinrich Heine, 1913) "Du bist wie eine Blume" (addressed to a small white pig) "König Wiswamitra" "Weihnachtslied" "Trois Chansons" (Georges Jean-Aubry, 1920) "Romance" "L'Étoile filante" "La Fiancée du timbalier" Three Songs (1920) "Lullaby" (Thomas Dekker) "The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward" (Robert Graves) "The Green-Eyed Monster" (E. L. Duff) "Dialogue Between Tom Filuter and his Man, by Ned the Dog-Stealer" (1921) Three Songs (1922) "The Rio Grande" (Captain Chanty) "Theodore, or the Pirate King" (John Masefield) "A Long Time Ago" (Halliards Chanty)
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