List of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams

This is a list of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Operas Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (1910–14; revised 1924, 1933, 1956). Romantic ballad opera in 2 acts, with libretto by Harold Child (later revised by Ralph and Ursula Vaughan Williams) A Cotswold Romance, Cantata for tenor, soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, adapted from Hugh the Drover by M. Jackson (1950) Sir John in Love (1924–28). Opera in 4 acts, based on The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare with interpolations from other authors. In Windsor Forest, Cantata for chorus and orchestra, adapted from Sir John in Love (1931) Fantasia on "Greensleeves" for strings and harp, adapted from Sir John in Love by Ralph Greaves (1889-1966) in 1934; The Poisoned Kiss, or The Empress and the Necromancer (1927–29; revisions 1936–37 and 1956–57). Romantic Extravaganza in 3 acts, with libretto by Evelyn Sharp (later amended by Ralph and Ursula Vaughan Williams) Riders to the Sea (1925–32), from the play by J. M. Synge The Pilgrim's Progress (1909–51). Morality in Prologue, 4 acts and Epilogue, based on John Bunyan's allegory The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains (1921). Libretto: Ralph Vaughan Williams (from John Bunyan) (Later incorporated, save for the final section, into The Pilgrim's Progress) "Seven Songs from The Pilgrim's Progress" for voice and piano (1952) "The 23rd Psalm" for soprano and chorus, arranged by John Churchill (1953) Pilgrim's Journey, Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra adapted from The Pilgrim's Progress by Christopher Morris and Roy Douglas (1962) Thomas the Rhymer, Opera in 3 acts to libretto by Ursula Vaughan Williams, based on traditional ballads Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin. Uncompleted.

Incidental music The Wasps (1909): to Aristophanes's play The Wasps, Overture and 17 items Aristophanic Suite for orchestra (1912) The Bacchae (1911): to Euripides's tragedy The Death of Tintagiles (1913): to Maurice Maeterlinck's 1894 playThe Death of Tintagiles Incidental music to Shakespeare's plays (1913): The Merry Wives of Windsor; Richard II, Henry IV Part 2, Richard III, Henry V The First Nowell (1958): nativity play adapted from medieval pageants by Simona Pakenham; score completed by Roy Douglas

Ballets Old King Cole (1923) for orchestra and optional chorus On Christmas Night (1926): masque adapted from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Job: A Masque for Dancing (1930) The Voice out of the Whirlwind, Motet for mixed choir and organ or orchestra; adapted from "Galliard of the Sons of the Morning" from Job The Running Set (1933): Traditional Dance Tunes for orchestra The Bridal Day (1938–39): masque founded on Epithalamion by Edmund Spenser Revised as Epithalamion (1957), Cantata for baritone, chorus and small orchestra

Orchestral Symphonies Symphony No. 1 A Sea Symphony (1903–1909) (with chorus, on texts by Whitman) Symphony No. 2 A London Symphony (1911–13; revised 1918, 1920 and 1933) Symphony No. 3 Pastoral Symphony (1921) Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1931–34) Symphony No. 5 in D major (1938–43) Symphony No. 6 in E minor (1944–47, rev. 1950) Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia antartica (1949–52) (partly based on his music for the film Scott of the Antarctic) Symphony No. 8 in D minor (1953–55) Symphony No. 9 in E minor (1956–57) Serenade in A minor (1898) Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue (1900) Bucolic Suite (1901) Burley Heath, impression for orchestra (1902–03)Recorded in completion by James Francis Brown. Some ideas were used again in A London Symphony - see notes by Stephen Connock with Albion Records CD ALBCD016 The Solent, impression for orchestra (1902–03)Recorded in edition by James Francis Brown. Opening clarinet melody was used again in A Sea Symphony, in The England of Elizabeth and in Symphony No. 9 - see notes by Stephen Connock with Albion Records CD ALBCD016 In the Fen Country, for orchestra (1904) Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, for orchestra (1906, rev. 1914)There were two other Norfolk Rhapsodies from the same period: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 has been recorded in a completion by Stephen Hogger (Chandos CD 10001), but the score of the third was lost. See Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 for details. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2, for orchestra (1906, subsequently withdrawn; reconstructed and recorded in 2002 - see Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1) Harnham Down, impression for orchestra (1904–07)Some of the music was used again in An Oxford Elegy. Another impression for orchestra from the same period, Boldre Wood, has not survived - see notes by Stephen Connock with Albion Records CD ALBCD016 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910, rev. 1913 and 1919) Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (1934)see "YouTube videoclip" under External Links (for string orchestra and harp; arranged by Ralph Greaves from Vaughan Williams's treatment of folk tunes in his opera Sir John in Love) Two Hymn Tune Preludes (1936) for small orchestra: 1. Eventide; 2. Dominus regit me Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939) for strings and harp Partita for Double String Orchestra (1948), rewritten from Double Trio for string sextet with new finale Concerto Grosso, for three groups of strings, each requiring different levels of technical skill (1950) Flourish for Glorious John (1957)

Concertante Fantasia for piano and orchestra (1896) The Lark Ascending for violin and orchestra (1914) Concerto Accademico for violin and string orchestra (1924–25) Flos Campi for viola, wordless chorus, and small orchestra (1925) Piano Concerto in C major (1926–31) Arranged as Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1946) by Joseph Cooper in collaboration with the composer Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes (1929) for cello and orchestra; withdrawn by the composer Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra (1934) Sketches for Cello Concerto (1942–43); incomplete 2nd movement completed by David Matthews (2009) as Dark Pastoral Oboe Concerto in A minor, for oboe and strings (1944) Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1946) Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm Tune for piano, chorus, and orchestra (1949) Romance in D-flat major for harmonica and orchestra (1951) (written for Larry Adler) Tuba Concerto in F minor (1954)

Choral Three Elizabethan Songs , partsongs for chorus 1. Sweet Day (setting by George Herbert) 2. The Willow Song (Othello) 3. O Mistress Mine (Twelfth Night) (1896) Come away, Death , partsong for SSATB. (1899) The Garden of Proserpine, cantata for soprano, chorus & orchestra, setting of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1899)Stainer & Bell Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Garden of Proserpine A Cambridge Mass, Missa brevis for SATB, double chorus & orchestra (1899); Doctoral exercise, first performed 3 March 2011.Discovery announcement on Classic FM WebsiteWorld Premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'A Cambridge Mass' Research by Alan Tongue "Rest", for unaccompanied SSATB (1902) Willow-Wood, Cantata for baritone, women's chorus and orchestra (1903, revised 1909), setting texts by Rossetti from The House of LifeNotes by Lewis Foreman with Naxos CD 8.557798 Toward the Unknown Region, song for chorus and orchestra, setting of Walt Whitman (1906) The truth sent from above arranged for unaccompanied chorus (1909) Five Mystical Songs for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, settings of George Herbert (1911) Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1912); arranged also for reduced orchestra of organ, strings, percussion) Five English Folk Songs freely arranged for Unaccompanied Chorus (1913) 1. The Dark Eyed Sailor 2. The Spring Time of the Year 3. Just as the Tide was Flowing 4. The Lover's Ghost 5. Wassail Song O clap your hands, motet for chorus and orchestra, text from Psalm 47 (1920) Notes by Michael Kennedy with EMI CDM 7 69820 2 Lord, thou hast been our refuge, motet for chorus, semi chorus and orchestra (or organ); text from Psalm 90 (1921) "Ca' the yowes" for tenor and chorus (1922), a setting of the folk song by Isabel Pagan/Robert Burns Mass in G minor for unaccompanied choir (1922) Sancta Civitas (The Holy City) oratorio, text mainly from the Book of Revelation (1923–25) Te Deum in G major (1928) Benedicite for soprano, chorus, and orchestra (1929) Three Choral Hymns (1929) Magnificat for contralto, women's chorus, and orchestra (1932) O How Amiable (1934) arrangement of a hymn for chorus and organ, originally written for the Abinger Pageant Five Tudor Portraits for contralto, baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1936) Dona nobis pacem, text by Walt Whitman and other sources (1936) Festival Te Deum for chorus and orchestra or organ (1937) Serenade to Music for sixteen solo voices and orchestra, a setting of Shakespeare, dedicated to Sir Henry Wood on the occasion of his Jubilee (1938) "Six Choral Songs To Be Sung In Time Of War" (1940) A Song of Thanksgiving (originally Thanksgiving for Victory) for narrator, soprano solo, children's chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra (1944) An Oxford Elegy for narrator, mixed chorus, and small orchestra (1949) Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, Cantata for women's voices with orchestra or piano (1949). Suite for small orchestra from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, arranged by Roy Douglas (1956) Three Shakespeare Songs for SATB unaccompanied, composed for The British Federation of Music Festivals National Competitive Festival (1951) The Sons of Light (1950), Cantata for chorus and orchestra; text by Ursula Vaughan Williams Sun, Moon and Stars (1955), Cycle of four songs from The Sons of Light with strings or piano O taste and see, a motet setting of Psalm 34:8. The original SATB version was composed for the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in June 1953. (1953) Hodie, a Christmas cantata (1954) A Choral Flourish for unaccompanied SATB chorus, composed for a large choral event in the Royal Albert Hall at the invitation of (and dedicated to) Alan Kirby (c. 1952).Publisher Oxford University Press, Nine Carols for Male Voices arrangements made during the Second World War at the request of the British Council for performance by H.M. Forces in Iceland.

Hymn tunes and carols Vaughan Williams was the musical editorsee "1956 audio interview" under External Links of the English Hymnal of 1906, and the co-editor with Martin Shaw of Songs of Praise of 1925 and the Oxford Book of Carols of 1928, all in collaboration with Percy Dearmer. In addition to arranging many pre-existing hymn tunes and creating hymn tunes based on folk songs, he wrote several original hymn tunes: Original hymn tunes included in The English Hymnal (1906) "Come Down, O Love Divine": entitled Down Ampney in honour of Vaughan Williams's birthplace "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" (Randolph) "Hail Thee, Festival day" (Salva festa dies) "For All the Saints" (Sine nomine) Original hymn tunes included in Songs of Praise (1925) "Saviour, again to Thy dear name" (Magda) "The night is come like to the day" (Oakley) "Servants of God" (Cumnor) "England Arise! the long, long night is over" (Guildford) "At the Name of Jesus" (King's Weston) Original tunes included in Oxford Book of Carols (1928) The Golden Carol ("Now is Christmas y-come") Wither's Rocking Hymn ("Sweet baby, sleep!") Snow in the Street ("From far away we come to you") Blake's Cradle Song ("Sweet dreams, form a shade") Extra original hymn tunes included in the enlarged edition of Songs of Praise (1931) "Into the woods my master went" (Mantegna) "Servants of the great adventure" (Marathon) "I vow to thee my country" (Abinger) "Let us now praise famous men" (Famous Men) "Fierce raged the tempest" (White Gates)

Vocal "Summum bonum", song (1891), setting text by Browning "To daffodils", song (1895), setting text by HerrickNotes by Stephen Connock included with Albion Records CD ALBCD002 "Dirge for Fidele", duet (1895), setting text by Shakespeare from Cymbeline, published 1922 "Rondel", song (1896), setting text by Swinburne "How can the tree but wither", song (1896), setting text by Thomas, Lord Vaux