These are sortable lists of compositions and arrangements of music by Imogen Holst. The first table lists original compositions, the second arrangements and adaptations by Imogen Holst of traditional folk tunes and works by other composers. The lists cover unpublished juvenilia from Holst's early teens to final works completed more than sixty years later. Title formats are those given in Christopher Tinker’s listing of works reprinted in the 2010 edition of ‘Imogen Holst: A Life in Music'. More detailed information about the publication and source materials of the music is included in that volume.
In her role of amanuensis to Benjamin Britten, Holst made numerous vocal and piano scores of Britten's works; these are not listed.
List of works
Voice type key: S= soprano; A= alto; T= tenor; B= bass
Table 1: Original compositions GenreYearTitleForces(instrumental and vocal) NotesChamber 1918 Sonata in D minor Violin, viola, cello and piano Opus 1 (only the first four works were numbered) Unaccompanied tune 1918 Four English Christmas Carols Opus 2 Instrumental 1918 Duet Viola and piano Opus 3Instrumental 1920 The Masque of the Tempest Flute, clarinet, triangle and strings Opus 4Choral 1921 Arrangement: "Resonet in Laudibus" Unison voices and small orchestra Choral 1925 An Essex Rhapsody Treble choir and orchestra Vocal 1925 Three songs (words: Walter de la Mare) Treble voice, two violins and cello Vocal 1926 Two Four-part Rounds Unaccompanied voices Vocal 1926 "Weathers" (song) (words: Thomas Hardy) Solo voice and piano Instrumental 1926 Theme and variations Solo piano Choral 1927 Mass in A minor SSATB choir "written under the guidance" of Vaughan WilliamsChristopher Tinker, notes to Harmonia Mundi CD HMU907576 (2012)Instrumental 1927 Suite in F: "Allegro assai" Strings Orchestral 1927 Suite: "Moderato" Small orchestra Chamber 1928 Quintet Oboe and strings Instrumental 1928 Sonata in G Violin and Piano Chamber 1928 Phantasy String quartetChamber 1928 Suite Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon Orchestral 1929 Overture: Persephone OrchestraBrass band 1929 Suite: The Unfortunate Traveller Brass band Instrumental 1930 Suite: The Unfortunate Traveller Strings Arrangement of brass band suite (1929)Choral 1930 "What Man is He" SATB chorus and orchestra Text from Wisdom IX: 13–17Ballet 1930 Meddling in Magic Orchestra Instrumental 1930 Suite Unaccompanied viola Chamber 1930 Sonata Violin and cello Orchestral 1932 Morris Suite Small orchestra Instrumental 1934 Five Short Airs on a Ground Pipes Instrumental 1934 Five Short Pieces Solo piano Instrumental 1934 Six Pictures from Finland Solo piano Choral 1934 Wedding Hymn: "Father in Thine Almighty Hand" (words: Eleanor Spensley)SATB voices Orchestral 1934 Incidental music: The Song of Solomon Orchestra Music for a Hollywood pageantConcertante 1935 Concerto for violin and string orchestra Solo violin and strings Based on traditional Irish tunesInstrumental 1935 Four Easy Pieces Viola and piano Orchestral 1935 On Westhall Hill Small orchestra Choral 1935 Carol: "My Bairn, Sleep Softly Now" (Anon.) Unaccompanied female voices (SSSAA) or solo soprano and pipesInstrumental 1936 Canons Treble pipes Vocal 1936 "Fly Away Over the Sea" (words: Christina Rossetti) Two sopranos and piano Vocal 1936 Canon: "Great Art Thou, O Lord" Five unaccompanied equal voices Vocal 1936 "Lady Daffadowndilly" (words: Christina Rossetti) Treble voices and piano Choral 1936 "Now Will I Weave White Violets" (words: Meleager of Gadara) Female voices (SSA)Choral 1937 Incidental music: NicodemusChorus and orchestra Instrumental 1937 12 Songs for Children (piano accompaniments) Piano Vocal 1937 "Little Thinkest Thou, Poore Flower" (words: John Donne)Voice and piano Instrumental 1939 "Prelude and Dance"Piano Orchestral 1939 Eothen SuiteSmall orchestra Choral 1940 "The Cherry Tree Carol"Unaccompanied SATB voices Instrumental 1940 Six Shakespeare songsThree recorders Choral 1940 "A Hymne to Christ" (words: John Donne)SATB chorus Chamber 1941 Offley SuiteRecorder trio Instrumental 1941 Deddington Suite Recorder trioChamber 1942 SerenadeFlute, viola and bassoon Instrumental 1943 SuiteString orchestra Choral 1943 Three PsalmsSSAATB chorus and stringsInstrumental 1943 Theme and variationsSolo violin Concertante 1944 Oboe concertoOboe and orchestra Chamber 1944 First String TrioViolin, viola, cello Choral 1944 Five songs (words: Anon., Robert Herrick, John DonneSSSAA voicesVocal 1944 Four Songs (words: Tottel's Miscellany)Soprano and pianoChoral 1945 Hierusalem (words: Tottel's Miscellany )Eight-part female chorusOpera1945 Young Beichan (libretto: Beryl de Zoete)Soloists, chorus and orchestraPuppet opera in seven scenesInstrumental 1945 Offley SuiteStringsArrangement for elementary string classesInstrumental1946 Duet for treble recordersTwo treble recorders Instrumental 1946 Six CanonsViolins Exercises for violin classesChoral 1946 Anthem: "How Manifold are thy Works"Unspecified chorus Choral 1946 Four Canons for WinsomeFemale voices For Winsome Bartlett, a colleague of IH at DartingtonGrogan (ed.), p. 141Chamber1946 String Quartet No. 1String quartetChoral 1947 Birthday Canon for Winsome: "Open me the gates of righteousness"SATB voicesChoral 1947 Birthday Part-Song for Winsome: "The lopped tree in time may grow again"SSSAA voicesVocal 1948 Round: "I stand as still as any stone"Four voices (unspecified) Chamber 1949 String quartet No. 2String quartetVocal 1950 Incidental music, Prometheus (words: Aeschylus)Voices (unspecified) and viola accompanimentChoral 1950 Six part-songs: Welcome Joy and Welcome SorrowSSA voices and harp (or piano)Settings of KeatsCovus Consort, Chandos 5350 (2024)Opera 1951 Benedick and BeatriceSoloists, chorus and orchestraOne-act opera based on Shakespeare's charactersGrogan (ed.) p. 142Choral 1955 Motet: "Lavabo inter innocentes" SSSAA voicesInstrumental 1962 The Fall of the Leaf: three short studies on a 16th-century tuneSolo cello Choral 1962 "The Twelve Kindly Months" (words: Thomas Tusser) SSA voicesInstrumental1962 Variations on "Loth to Depart" String quartet and two string orchestrasInstrumental 1962 String Trio No. 2 Violin, viola and celloChoral 1964 "As Laurel Leaves That Cease Not to Be Green" (from Tottel's Miscellany) SSA voicesChoral 1964 "That Lord that Lay in Asse Stall" SATB voicesChoral 1965 Carol: "Make Ye Merry For Him That Is To Come"SSATB voicesChoral 1965 "Not Unto Us O Lord" Two treble and alto choirs, organ, optional tubular bellsChoral 1965 Cantata: The Sun's Journey Soprano and alto choirs, small orchestra (or piano)Orchestral 1965 Triannon Suite OrchestraInstrumental 1966 Fanfare for the Grenadier Guards Three trumpets, horn, two trombonesInstrumental 1966 Fanfare for Thaxted Two trumpets, flute, bellsInstrumental 1967 Leiston Suite Brass quartetInstrumental 1968 Duo Viola and pianoChoral 1968 "Out of Your Sleep arise and Wake" unaccompanied SSATTB chorusbased on an anonymous fifteenth-century carolThe Crown of Life, Signum Classics SIGCD 979 (2026)Instrumental 1969 Badingham ChimeHandbellsBrass Band 1969 Theme and seven variations: The Glory of the West Brass bandOrchestral 1969 Woodbridge SuiteOrchestraInstrumental 1970 Fantasia on Hampshire Folk TunesString orchestraInstrumental 1972 Iken FanfareSchool wind bandChoral 1972 "Hallo My Fancy, Whither Wilt Thou Go" (words: William Cleland)SSTBB and counter-tenorVocal 1974 "Farewell to Rod"Solo voice and continuoConcertante 1976 Joyce's DivertimentoViola and orchestraOrchestral 1977 Deben CalendarOrchestraInstrumental 1980 February WelcomeHandbellsVocal 1980 A GreetingTwo sopranos, mezzo-soprano and pianoVocal 1982 "Song for a Well-Loved Librarian"Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritoneDedicated to Fred Ferry, librarian to the Britten-Pears LibraryGrogan (ed.), p. 425Chamber 1982 String QuintetString quintet: two violins, viola, two cellosVocal 1984 Homage to William MorrisBass voice and string bassInstrumental 1984 Recorder sextetSopranino, two descants, two trebles and tenor recordersInstrumental 1984 Concerto for recorder and string orchestraSolo recorder and string orchestraInstrumental 1984 DuetViolin and cello
Table 2: Arrangements