List of compositions by Arnold Bax
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This is a list of musical compositions by English composer Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953).
Symphonies
- Symphony in F (1907, piano score; 2012–13 completed and orchestrated by Martin Yates)
- Spring Fire, Symphony for Orchestra (1913, sometimes classified as a Tone Poem)
- Symphony No. 1 (1922)
- Symphony No. 2 (1926)
- Symphony No. 3 (1929)
- Symphony No. 4 (1931)
- Symphony No. 5 (1932)
- Symphony No. 6 (1935)
- Symphony No. 7 (1939)
Ballets
- Tamara (1911, orch. 2000)
- From Dusk till Dawn (1917)
- The Truth about the Russian Dancers (1920)
Tone poems
- Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan (1905)
- Into The Twilight (1908)
- In the Faëry Hills (1909)
- Rosc-catha (1910)
- Christmas Eve (1912, revised c.1921)
- Nympholept (1912, orch. 1915, revised 1935)
- The Garden of Fand (1913, orch. 1916)
- In Memoriam (1916)
- November Woods (1917)
- Tintagel (1917, orch. 1919)
- Summer Music (1917, orch. 1921, revised 1932)
- The Happy Forest (1922)
- The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931)
- Northern Ballad No. 1 (1927)
- Northern Ballad No. 2 (1934)
- Prelude for a Solemn Occasion (Northern Ballad No. 3) (1927, orch. 1933)
- A Legend (1944)
Concertante
- Symphonic Variations, for piano and orchestra (1918)
- Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra (1920)
- Winter Legends, for piano and orchestra (1930)
- Cello Concerto (1932)
- Saga Fragment, for piano and orchestra (1932)
- Violin Concerto (1938)
- Piano Concertino (1939)
- Morning Song, for piano and orchestra (1946)
- Concertante for Three Solo Wind Instruments and Orchestra (1948/1949)
- Concertante for Orchestra with Piano (Left Hand) (1949)
- Variations on the name Gabriel Fauré for Harp & String Orchestra (1949)
Other orchestral works
- Variations for Orchestra (Improvisations) (1904)
- A Song of War and Victory (1905)
- On the Sea Shore (1908, orch. 1984)
- Festival Overture (1911, revised 1918)
- Dance of Wild Irravel (1912)
- Four Orchestral Pieces (1912–13)
- Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1913, revised 1928)
- Symphonic Scherzo (1917, revised 1933)
- Russian Suite (1919)
- Mediterranean (1922)
- Cortège (1925)
- Romantic Overture (1926)
- Overture, Elegy and Rondo (1927)
- Three Pieces (1928)
- Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (1930)
- Sinfonietta (1932)
- Saga Fragment (1932)
- Rogue's Comedy Overture (1936)
- Overture to Adventure (1936)
- London Pageant (1937)
- Paean (1938)
- Salute to Sydney (Fanfare) (1943)
- Work in Progress (Overture) (1943)
- Victory March (1945)
- The Golden Eagle (Incidental Music) (1945)
- Two Royal Wedding Fanfares (1947)
- Coronation March (1952)
Chamber
One player
- Valse, for harp (1931)
- Rhapsodic Ballad, for cello (1939)
Two players
- Harp
- Fantasy Sonata for harp and viola (1927)
- Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928)
- Violin
- Violin Sonata No. 0 in G minor (1901)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 (1910)
- Legend, for violin and piano, in one movement (1915)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 (1915, revised 1922)
- Ballad, for violin and piano (1916)
- Violin Sonata No. 3 (1927)
- Ballad, for violin and piano (1929)
- Violin Sonata in F (1928)
- Viola
- Concert Piece for viola and piano (1904)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1921–1922)
- Fantasy Sonata for harp and viola (1927)
- Legend for viola and piano (1929)
- Cello
- Folk-Tale, for cello and piano (1918)
- Cello Sonata (1923)
- Cello Sonatina (1933)
- Legend-Sonata, for cello and piano (1943)
- Flute
- Four Pieces for Flute and Piano (1912, revised 1915 & 1945)
- Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928)
- Clarinet Sonata (1934)
Three players
- Trio in One Movement for Piano, Violin, and Viola (1906)
- Elegiac Trio, for flute, viola, and harp (1916)
- Piano Trio in B flat (1946)
Four players
- String Quartet in A major (1902)
- String Quartet in E major (1903)
- String Quartet No. 1 in G major (1918)
- Piano Quartet, in one movement (1922)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1925)
- String Quartet No. 3 in F (1936)
Five players
- Cello Quintet in G (1908)
- Piano Quintet in G minor (1915)
- Quintet for Harp and Strings, in one movement (1919)
- Oboe Quintet (1922)
- Viola Quintet, in one movement (1933)
Six or more players
- In Memoriam, sextet for cor anglais, harp & string quartet (1916)
- Nonet (1930) for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and bass
- Octet (1934) for horn, piano and string sextet
- Threnody and Scherzo, octet in two movements (1936) for Bassoon, 2 Vlns, 2 Vlas, Cello, Contrabass & Harp
- Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp and String Quartet (1936) - transcription of Sonata for Flute and Harp (1928)
Piano
One piano
- Clavierstücke (Juvenilia) (1897–8)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (1898)
- Piano Sonata in D minor (1900)
- Marcia Trionfale (1900)
- White Peace (arranged by Ronald Stevenson 1907)
- Concert Valse in E flat (1910)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910, revised 1917–20)
- Piano Sonata in F♯ minor (1910, revised, 1911, 1919 & 1921)
- Two Russian Tone-Pictures (1912)
- Nympholept (1912)
- Scherzo for Piano (1913)
- Toccata for Piano (1913)
- From the Mountains of Home (arranged by Peter Warlock) (1913)
- The Happy Forest (1914)
- In the Night (1914)
- Apple-Blossom-Time (1915)
- In a Vodka Shop (1915)
- The Maiden with the Daffodil (1915)
- A Mountain Mood (1915)
- The Princess’s Rose Garden (1915)
- Sleepy-Head (1915)
- Winter Waters (1915)
- Dream in Exile (1916)
- Nereid (1916)
- On a May Evening (1918)
- A Romance (1918)
- The Slave Girl (1919)
- What the Minstrel Told Us (1919)
- Whirligig (1919)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919, revised 1920)
- Burlesque (1920)
- Ceremonial Dance (1920)
- A Country-Tune (1920)
- A Hill Tune (1920)
- Lullaby (1920)
- Mediterranean (1920)
- Serpent Dance (1920)
- Water Music (1920)
- Piano Sonata in E-flat (1921)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926)
- Pæan (c.1928)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 (1932)
- A Legend (1935)
- Piano Sonata in B flat Salzburg (1937)
- O Dame get up and bake your pies (1945)
- Suite on the Name Gabriel Fauré (1945)
- Four Pieces for Piano (1947)
- Two Lyrical Pieces for Piano (1948)
Two pianos
- Fantasia for Two Pianos (1900)
- Festival Overture (arrangement of orchestral work 1911)
- Moy Mell (1916)
- Mediterranean (arranged for three hands by H. Rich 1920)
- Hardanger (1927)
- The Poisoned Fountain (1928)
- The Devil that tempted St Anthony (1928)
- Sonata for Two Pianos (1929)
- Red Autumn (1931)
