Life
Born: 21 September 1874
Died: 25 May 1934
Biography
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List of choral works
Anthems
All glory, laud and honor
Ave Maria
Eternal Father (1927)
Gird on thy Sword (1927)
Man born to toil (1927)
Nunc dimittis (1915)
O Spiritual Pilgrim (1933)
Two Motets Op43 (1924-25)
The Evening Watch
Sing me the men
Psalm 86
Psalm 148
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Turn back O Man
A Festival Chime
Carols
This Have I Done for My True Love
Lullay My Liking
Of one that is so fair
Bring us in good ale
Christmas Song: On this Day
I Saw Three Ships
Masters in This Hall
Terly Terlow - in progress
A Welcome Song
Choral Ballet
The Golden Goose Op. 45 No. 1 (1926)
The Morning of the Year Op. 45 No. 2 (1926-27)
Hymns
Christ Hath a Garden
From Glory to Glory Advancing (1905)
Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children (1905)
I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God (1925)
I Vow to Thee, My Country
In This World, the Isle of Dreams (1925)
O God, Beyond all Praising (not available - text still under copyright)
O Valiant Hearts (1925)
Onward, Christian Soldiers (1925)
Sing to the Lord
Large Works
A Choral Fantasia Op. 51 (1930)
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
First Group, Op. 26 No. 1 (1908-10)
Battle Hymn
To the Unknown God
Funeral Hymn
Second Group, Op. 26 No. 2 (1909)
To Varuna
To Agni
Funeral Chant
Third Group, Op. 26 No. 3 (1910)
Hymn to the Dawn
Hymn to the Waters
Hymn to Vena
Hymn of the Travellers
Fourth Group, Op. 26 No. 4 (1912)
Hymn to Agni
Hymn to Soma
Hymn to Manas
Hymn to Indra
The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909-10)
First Choral Symphony Op. 41 (1923-24)
Prelude: Invocation to Pan
Song and Bacchanal
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Scherzo: Fancy
Folly's Song
Finale
The Hymn of Jesus Op. 37 (1917)
King Estmere Op. 17 (1903)
Opera
At the Boar's Head Op. 42 (1924)
The Idea (1896)
The Perfect Fool Op. 39 (1918-22)
The Revoke Op. 1 (1895)
Savitri Op. 25 (1908)
Sita Op. 23 (1899-1906)
The Wandering Scholar Op. 50 (1929-30)
The Youth's Choice Op. 11 (1902)
Partsongs
A Dirge for Two Veterans (1914)
Clear and Cool Op. 5 (1897)
Come live with me (1933)
Dirge and Hymeneal (1915)
Diverus and Lazarus (1916)
Eight canons (1932)
If You Love Songs
Lovely Venus
The Fields of Sorrow
David's Lament for Jonathan
O Strong of Heart
Truth of All Truth
Evening on the Moselle
If it were the Time of Lilies
Five Part-Songs Op. 9A (1897-1900)
Love is Enough
To Sylvia
Autumn
Come Away, Death
A Love Song
Five Part-Songs Op. 12 (1902-3)
Dream Tryst
Ye Little Birds
Her Eyes The Glow-Worm Lend Thee
Now is the Month of Maying
Come To Me
Four Part-songs ed. Imogen Holst (no CPDL edition)
O Lady, leave that silken thread (SSATBB)
Soft and gently (SSA)
The Autumn is old (SATB)
Winter and the birds (SATB)
Say, Who Is This?
O Love, I Complain
Angel Spirits of Sleep
When First We Met
Sorrow and Joy
Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell
Assemble, All Ye Maidens
I sowed the seeds of love
There was a tree
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Song of the Blacksmith
I love my love
Swansea Town
Six Choruses Op. 53 (1931-32)
Intercession
Good Friday
Drinking Song
A Love Song
How Mighty are the Sabbaths
Before Sleep
Songs from 'The Princess' Op. 20A (1905)
Sweet and Low
The Slendour Falls
Tears, Idle Tears
O Swallow, Swallow
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
The Swallow leaves her nest (1913)
Twelve Welsh Folk Songs (1930-31)
Lisa Lan
Green Grass
The Dove
Awake, Awake
The Nightingale and Linnet
The Mother-In-Law
The First Love
O 'twas on a Monday morning
My Sweetheart's Like Venus - in progress
White Summer Rose
The Lively Pair
The Lover's Complaint
Two Eastern Pictures (1911)
The Spring
The Summer
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