List of compositions by Gustav Holst
Below is a list of compositions by Gustav Holst. The works are categorized by genre, H. catalogue number, opus number, date of composition and title.
Genre | H. | Opus | Date | Title | Scoring | Notes |
Opera | 7 | 1 | 1895 | The Revoke | Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart | |
Opera | 21 | 1896 | The Idea | Children's Operetta | ||
Opera | 60 | 11 | 1902 | The Youth's Choice | Musical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by the composer | |
Opera | 89 | 23 | 1899–1906 | Sita | Opera in 3 acts based on the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana | |
Opera | 96 | 25 | 1908 | Sāvitri | Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata | |
Opera | 150 | 39 | 1918–22 | The Perfect Fool | Comic Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer; revised as a ballet 1922 | |
Opera | 156 | 42 | 1924 | At the Boar's Head | Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 | |
Opera | 176 | 50 | 1929–30 | The Wandering Scholar | Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by Clifford Bax founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars. | |
Ballet | 149 | 1921 | The Lure, or The Moth and the Flame | |||
Ballet | 150 | 39 | 1918–122 | The Perfect Fool | 1922 revision of the opera; libretto by the composer | |
Ballet | 163 | 45/1 | 1926 | The Golden Goose | Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; founded on the tale of the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Jane M. Joseph | |
Ballet | 164 | 45/2 | 1926–27 | The Morning of the Year | Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; words by Steuart Wilson | |
Incidental music | 1905 | Stratford Revels | ||||
Incidental music | 94 | 1905 | Nabou, or Kings in Babylon | |||
Incidental music | 101 | 27a | 1909 | The Vision of Dame Christian | Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray | |
Incidental music | 102 | 27b | 1909 | Stepney Children's Pageant | for orchestra | |
Incidental music | 102a | 27b | 1909 | A Song of London | for unison chorus and piano | from the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G.K. Menzies |
Incidental music | 114 | 1910 | The Praise of King Olaf | for chorus and military band | Part 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of London | |
Incidental music | 122 | 1914 | Philip the King | Incidental Music to the play by John Masefield | ||
Incidental music | 143 | 1918 | The Sneezing Charm | for mezzo-soprano and orchestra | ||
Incidental music | 146 | 1920 | 7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides | for unison voices, 3 flutes and harp | for the play by Euripides in translation by Gilbert Murray | |
Incidental music | 1921 | St. Martin's Pageant | ||||
Incidental music | 170 | 1927 | The Coming of Christ | for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, trumpet, piano, organ and string orchestra ad libitum | Incidental music for a Mystery Play | |
Incidental music | 180 | 1930 | The Passing of the Essenes: 2 Chants | for unison male chorus | for the play by George Moore | |
Incidental music | 1933–1934 | The Song of Solomon | ||||
Film score | 184 | 1931 | The Bells | directed by Harcourt Templeman | ||
Orchestral | 1891 | Intermezzo | for orchestra | |||
Orchestral | 31 | 1897 | A Winter Idyll | for orchestra | ||
Orchestral | 41 | 1898 | Suite in G minor | for string orchestra | ||
Orchestral | 42 | 7 | 1899 | Walt Whitman | for orchestra | Overture |
Orchestral | 43 | 10 | 1899, 1912 | Suite de ballet in E major | for orchestra | revised 1912; originally Op. 8 |
Orchestral | 47 | 8 | 1899–1900 | Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds" | for orchestra | originally Op. 10 |
Orchestral | 54 | 1903? | Greeting | for orchestra | original version for violin and piano | |
Orchestral | 66 | 13 | 1903 | Indra | for orchestra | Symphonic Poem |
Orchestral | 86 | 21/1 | 1906, 1907 | Songs of the West | for orchestra | revised 1907 |
Orchestral | 87 | 21/2 | 1906, 1907 | A Somerset Rhapsody | for orchestra | revised 1907 |
Orchestral | 88 | 22 | 1906 | 2 Songs without Words | for chamber orchestra | No. 2 also for small military band |
Orchestral | 107 | 29/1 | 1909–1910 | Beni Mora: Oriental Suite | for orchestra | |
Orchestral | 1910 | Morris Dance Tunes Set I Set II | for orchestra | |||
Orchestral | 108 | 1911 | Phantastes, Suite in F major | for orchestra | withdrawn, originally Op. 29 No. 2 | |
Orchestral | 118 | 29/2 | 1912–1913 | St Paul's Suite | for string orchestra | dedicated to the orchestra at St Paul's Girls' School; Finale is an arrangement of 4th movement in Second Suite. |
Orchestral | 125 | 32 | 1914–1916 | The Planets | for orchestra and female chorus | original version for 2 pianos 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" |
Orchestral | 126 | 33 | 1915 | Japanese Suite | for orchestra | |
Orchestral | 151 | 40/1 | 1922 | A Fugal Overture | for orchestra | |
Orchestral | 172 | 47 | 1927 | Egdon Heath | for orchestra | title taken from Thomas Hardy's fictitious area Egdon Heath |
Orchestral | 1928 | Nocturne from "A Moorside Suite" | for string orchestra | |||
Orchestral | 1928 | Fugue à la Gigue | for orchestra | original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for band | ||
Orchestral | 178 | 52 | 1930, 1931 | Hammersmith | for orchestra | original for military band; orchestral version premiered at the same 1931 concert as William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast |
Orchestral | 185 | 1932 | Jazz-Band Piece | for orchestra | revised by Imogen Holst as "Capriccio" | |
Orchestral | 190 | 1933 | Brook Green Suite | for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum | ||
Orchestral | 190a | 1933 | Gavotte | for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum | originally intended for Brook Green Suite | |
Orchestral | 192 | 1933–1934 | Scherzo | for orchestra | part of an unfinished Symphony | |
Band | Three Folk Tunes | for small military band | ||||
Band | 88 | 22 | 1906 | Marching Song | for small military band | No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words |
Band | 105 | 28/1 | 1909 | First Suite in E-flat | for military band | |
Band | 106 | 28/2 | 1911 | Second Suite in F | for military band | 1. also known as Three Folk Tunes or March on Three Folk Tunes |
Band | 1928 | Fugue à la Gigue | original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for orchestra | |||
Band | 173 | 1928 | A Moorside Suite | for brass band | unfinished transcription for military band by Holst ; The whole work transcribed by Gordon Jacob in 1952 and Denis Wright in 1937 | |
Band | 178 | 52 | 1930 | Hammersmith | for military band | also for orchestra ; premiered by the US Marine Band on 17 April 1932 |
Concertante | 74 | 19/1 | 1905 | A Song of the Night | for violin and orchestra | |
Concertante | 75 | 19/2 | 1911 | Invocation | for cello and orchestra | |
Concertante | 152 | 40/2 | 1923 | A Fugal Concerto | for flute, oboe and string orchestra | |
Concertante | 175 | 49 | 1929 | Double Concerto | for 2 violins and orchestra | |
Concertante | 191 | 1933 | Lyric Movement | for viola and small orchestra | dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis | |
Chamber music | 1893 | Theme and Variations | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |||
Chamber music | 1894 | Air and Variations | for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | |||
Chamber music | 1894 | Duo Concertante | for trombone and organ | |||
Chamber music | 1894 | String Trio in G minor | for violin, viola and cello | |||
Chamber music | 8 | 2 | 1896 | Fantasiestücke | for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello | revised as 3 Pieces in 1910 |
Chamber music | 8a | 2 | 1896, 1910 | 3 Pieces | for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello | 1910 revision of Fantasiestücke |
Chamber music | 9 | 1896 | Variations | for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello | ||
Chamber music | 10 | 1896 | Sextet in E minor | for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello | ||
Chamber music | 11 | 3 | 1896 | Quintet in A minor | for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano | |
Chamber music | 23 | 1897 | Scherzo | for 2 violins, 2 violas and cellos | ||
Chamber music | 1901–1902 | 6 Solos: Nos. 1-5 | for violin | |||
Chamber music | 51 | 1902? | Lied ohne Worte | for violin and piano | ||
Chamber music | 52 | 1903? | A Spring Song | for violin and piano | ||
Chamber music | 53 | 1903 | Ländler | for 2 violins and piano | ||
Chamber music | 54 | 1903? | Greeting | for violin and piano | also for orchestra | |
Chamber music | 55 | 1904? | Maya | for violin and piano | ||
Chamber music | 56 | 1904? | Valse-Étude | for violin and piano | dedicated to Marie Hall | |
Chamber music | 67 | 14 | 1903 | Quintet for Winds in A major | for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon | |
Chamber music | 93 | 1906 | 7 Scottish Airs | for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | ||
Chamber music | 135 | 36 | 1916 | Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |
Chamber music | 158 | 1925 | Terzetto | for flute, oboe and viola | ||
Organ | 1891 | 4 Voluntaries | for organ | |||
Piano | 1892 | Arpeggio Study | for piano | |||
Piano | 1893 | Introduction and Bolero | for piano 4-hands | |||
Piano | 5 | 1895 | Dances | for piano 4-hands | ||
Piano | 6 | 1899 | Duet in D major | for piano 4-hands | ||
Piano | 50 | 1901 | 2 Pieces | for piano | ||
Piano | 125 | 32 | 1914–1916 | The Planets | for 2 pianos | also orchestrated 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" |
Piano | 153 | 1924 | Toccata | for piano | founded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads" | |
Piano | 154 | 1924 | A Piece for Yvonne | for piano | ||
Piano | 165 | 46/1 | 1926 | Chrissemas Day in the Morning | for piano | founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads |
Piano | 166 | 46/2 | 1927 | 2 Folk Song Fragments | for piano | founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads |
Piano | 179 | 1930–1932 1930 1932 | 2 Pieces | for piano | ||
Vocal | 1891 | The Harper | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1891 | Die Sprode | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1891–1892 | There Is Dew for the Flow'ret | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1892 | I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hern | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1892 | Sing Heigh-Ho! | for voice and piano | 1st setting | ||
Vocal | 1893 | Anna-Marie | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1893 | A Lake and a Fairy Boat | for voice and piano | 1st setting | ||
Vocal | 1893 | There Sits a Bird on Yonder Tree | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1893 | The White Lady's Farewell | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1890s | The Exile of Erine | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 4 | 1895, 1897 | O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread | for baritone and piano | original version for mixed chorus a cappella; words by Thomas Hood | |
Vocal | 14 | 4 | 1896–1898 | 4 Songs | for voice and piano | 1. words by Charles Kingsley 2. words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer 3. words from Heinrich Heine 4. words by Robert Bridges |
Vocal | 17 | 1897 | Song to the Sleeping Lady | for voice and piano | words by George MacDonald | |
Vocal | 19 | 1901–1902 | The Ballade of Prince Eric | for voice and piano | words by Fritz Hart | |
Vocal | 25 | 1897 | A Lake and a Fairy Boat | for voice and piano | 2nd setting; words by Thomas Hood | |
Vocal | 26 | 1897 | Sing Heigh-Ho! | for voice and piano | 2nd setting; words by Charles Kingsley | |
Vocal | 27 | 1897 | Airly Beacon | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley | |
Vocal | 28 | 1890s | Twin Stars Aloft | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley | |
Vocal | 29 | 1890s | The Day of the Lord | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley | |
Vocal | 32 | 1897 | Not a Sound But Echoing in Me | for voice and piano | words by George MacDonald | |
Vocal | 33 | 1898 | Whether We Die or Live | for voice and piano | words by George Meredith | |
Vocal | 34 | 6 | 1898, 1900 | Örnulf's Drapa | for baritone and orchestra | revised 1900; words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer |
Vocal | 35 | 1890s | Autumn Song | for voice and piano | words by Robert Bridges | |
Vocal | 36 | 1898 | My Joy | for voice and piano | words by Robert Bridges | |
Vocal | 37 | 1890s | Draw Not Away Thy Hands | for voice and piano | words by William Morris | |
Vocal | 38 | 1890s | I Scanned Her Picture | for voice and piano | ||
Vocal | 39 | 1890s | Two Brown Eyes | for voice and piano | ||
Vocal | 44 | 1898–1899 | Bhanavar's Lament | for voice and piano | words by George Meredith | |
Vocal | 45 | 1890s | Ah, Come, Fair Mistress | for voice and piano | words by Walter E. Grogan | |
Vocal | 1900 | She Who Is Dear to Me | for voice and piano | words by Walter E. Grogan | ||
Vocal | 62 | 1903 | A Prayer for Light | for voice and piano | words by Eric Mackay | |
Vocal | 63 | 1904 | Dewy Roses | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt | |
Vocal | 64 | 1903 | Song of the Woods | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt | |
Vocal | 65 | 1902–1903 | To a Wild Rose | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt | |
Vocal | 68 | 15 | 1902–1903 | 6 Songs | for baritone and piano | 1. words translated from Rig Veda by the composer 2. words by anonymous 3.~5. words by Thomas Hardy 6. Words by Robert Bridges |
Vocal | 69 | 16 | 1903–1904 | 6 Songs | for soprano and piano | 1. words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2. words by Philip Sidney 3. words by anonymous 4. words by Nicholas Breton 5. words by William Blake 6. words by Alfred H. Hyatt |
Vocal | 71 | 18 | 1904, 1912 | The Mystic Trumpeter, Scena | for soprano and orchestra | revised 1912; setting of the poem "From Noon to Starry Night" by Walt Whitman; Colin Matthews notes that while Holst had not yet developed a musical style of his own, this early work shows "conviction and individuality", and has "few parallels in British music of this period". |
Vocal | 72 | 1904–1905 | Darest Thou Now, O Soul | for voice and piano | words by Walt Whitman | |
Vocal | 77 | 1890s | Now Sleep and Take They Rest | for voice and piano | words by James Mabbe after Fernando de Rojas | |
Vocal | 79 | 1900s | To Hope | for voice and piano | words by anonymous | |
Vocal | 83 | 1906–1908 | 16 Folk Songs from Hampshire | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements by Holst | |
Vocal | 84a | 1906–1907 | Stu Mo Run | for voice and piano | Scottish folk song; arrangement by Holst | |
Vocal | 84 | 1906–1914 | 9 Folk Songs | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements by Holst | |
Vocal | 95 | 1907 | The Heart Worships | for voice and piano | words by Alice M. Buckton | |
Vocal | 90 | 24 | 1907–1908 | Hymns from the Rig Veda | for medium voice and piano | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
Vocal | 90a | 1907 | Ratri | for medium voice and piano | originally included in Op. 24 | |
Vocal | 123 | 1914? | A Vigil of Pentecost | for voice and piano | words by Alice M. Buckton | |
Vocal | 1911 | Glory of the West | for voice and piano | arrangement by Holst | ||
Vocal | 132 | 35 | 1916–1917 | 4 Songs | for soprano and violin | |
Vocal | 141 | 1918 | May Day Carol | for voice and 2 violins | ||
Vocal | 147 | 1920s | The Ballad of Hunting Knowe | for voice and piano | words by E. A. Ramsden | |
Vocal | 1920s | He-Back She-Back | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 174 | 48 | 1929 | 12 Songs | for soprano and piano | words by Humbert Wolfe |
Vocal | 174a | 1929 | Epilogue | for soprano and piano | words by Humbert Wolfe; originally intended for Op. 48 | |
Vocal | 1930 | God Be in My Head | for voice and piano | |||
Choral | 1887 | Horatius | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |||
Choral | 1890 | A Christmas Carol | for mixed chorus and piano | |||
Choral | 1891–1892 | Sailor's Chorus | for male chorus and orchestra | |||
Choral | 1891–1892 | The Strain Upraise | for unison voices and piano | |||
Choral | 1891–1892 | Advent Litany | for unison voices and piano | |||
Choral | 1892 | Sanctus | for unison voices and organ | |||
Choral | 1892 | New Year Chorus | for mixed chorus and piano | |||
Choral | 1892 | Ode to the North East Wind | for male chorus and orchestra | |||
Choral | 1893–1894 | Winter and the Birds | for mixed chorus and piano | |||
Choral | 1894 | Love Wakes and Weeps | for mixed chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1894 | Ave Maria, Maiden Mild | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1894 | Fathoms Deep Beneath the Wave | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1894 | Now Winter's Winds Are Banished | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1894 | Summer's Welcome | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1894 | Winter and the Birds | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1 | 1895 | The Autumn Is Old | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
Choral | 2 | 1895 | The Stars Are with the Voyager | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
Choral | 3 | 1895 | Spring It Is Cheery | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
Choral | 4 | 1895 | O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood; also for baritone and piano | |
Choral | 12 | 1890s | All Night I Waited by the Spring | for female chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 13 | 4 | 1896 | 3 Short Part-Songs | for female chorus a cappella | words translated from Heinrich Heine |
Choral | 15 | 1896 | There's a Voice in the Wind | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 16 | 1896 | The Kiss | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Ben Jonson | |
Choral | 18 | 1890s | Ah Tyrant Love | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Charles Kingsley | |
Choral | 20 | 1896 | Light Leaves Whisper | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Fritz Hart | |
Choral | 22 | 1893–1896 | Not Unto Us, O Lord | for mixed chorus and organ | Biblical words: Psalm 115 | |
Choral | 24 | 1897 | O Spring's Little Children | for female chorus a cappella | words by Francis Thompson | |
Choral | 30 | 5 | 1897 | Clear and Cool | for mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Charles Kingsley |
Choral | 40 | 1898 | Clouds o'er the Summer Sky, Canon | for female chorus and piano | words by Fritz Hart | |
Choral | 1899 | Autumn Song | for female chorus a cappella | words by Francis Thompson; also for mixed chorus a cappella, Op. 9a No. 2 | ||
Choral | 48 | 9a | 1897–1900 | 5 Part-Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by William Morris 2. words by Francis Thompson; also for female chorus a cappella 3. words by William Morris 4. words by William Shakespeare 5. words by William Morris |
Choral | 49 | 9b | 1900 | Ave Maria | for female chorus a cappella | |
Choral | 57 | 1912 | I love Thee | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
Choral | 58 | 1903 | Thou Didst Delight My Eyes | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Robert Bridges | |
Choral | 59 | 1890s | It Was a Lover and His Lass | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by William Shakespeare | |
Choral | 61 | 12 | 1902–1903 | 5 Part-Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by Francis Thompson 2. words by Thomas Heywood 3. words by Robert Herrick 4. words by anonymous, 16th century 5. words by Christina Rossetti |
Choral | 70 | 17 | 1903 | King Estmere | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | 73 | 1904–1905 | 3 Hymns for the English Hymnal | for mixed chorus and organ | 1. words by Christina Rossetti 2. words by C. W. Humphreys after Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 3. words by Frederick William Faber | |
Choral | 76 | 1908 | In Youth Is Pleasure | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Robert Wever | |
Choral | 78 | 1908 | Now Rest Thee from All Care | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by anonymous | |
Choral | 80 | 20a | 1905 | Songs from "The Princess" | for female chorus a cappella | words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Choral | 81 | 1905 | Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead | for female chorus a cappella | words from The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson | |
Choral | 82 | 20b | 1907 | 4 Old English Carols | for mixed chorus and piano | words by anonymous |
Choral | 85 | 1904–1919 | 7 Folk Songs | for unison voices and orchestra | ||
Choral | 1908 | Adoramus Te Christe | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1908 | Benedictus | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1908 | Help Me, O Lord | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1908 | How Merrily We Live | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1908 | 2 Part-Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 91 | 1907–1908 1916 | 2 Carols | for mixed chorus, oboe and cello | words by anonymous Old English Carols | |
Choral | 92 | 1909 | Pastoral | for female chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 97 | 26 | 1908 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group | for mixed chorus and orchestra | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
Choral | 98 | 26 | 1909 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group | for female chorus and orchestra | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
Choral | 99 | 26 | 1910 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group | for female chorus and harp | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
Choral | 100 | 26 | 1912 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Fourth Group | for male chorus and string orchestra with brass ad libitum | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
Choral | 103 | 1909 | O England, My Country | for unison voices and orchestra | words by G. K. Menzies | |
Choral | 104 | 1909 | A Song of Fairies | for female chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 109 | 1910 | Christmas Day: Choral Fantasy on Old Carols | for mixed chorus and orchestra | ||
Choral | 1910 | Old Airs and Glees | for female chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 110 | 1910 | 4 Part-Songs | for children's chorus and piano | words by John Greenleaf Whittier | |
Choral | 111 | 30 | 1910–1912 | The Cloud Messenger, Ode | for alto, mixed chorus and orchestra | founded on a Sanskrit poem of Kālidāsa; words translated by the composer |
Choral | 112 | 1911 | 2 Eastern Pictures | for female chorus and harp | words translated by the composer from Kālidāsa | |
Choral | 113 | 1911 | In Loyal Bonds United: Empire Day Song | for unison voices and piano | words by Shapcott Wensley | |
Choral | 1912 | News From Whydah | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |||
Choral | 1912 | Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own: No. 2 of the Two Psalms | for female chorus and orchestra | |||
Choral | 115 | 31/1 | 1911 | Hecuba's Lament | for alto, female chorus and string orchestra | words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides |
Choral | 116 | 31/2 | 1913 | Hymn to Dionysus | for female chorus and orchestra | words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides |
Choral | 117 | 1912 | 2 Psalms | for mixed chorus, organ and string orchestra | 1. with tenor solo also for female chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | 118a | 1911 | Playground Song | for unison voices and piano | for St Paul's Girls' School | |
Choral | 119 | 1913 | The Swallow Leaves Her Nest | for female chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes | |
Choral | 120 | 1913 | The Homecoming | for male chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hardy | |
Choral | 121 | 1914 | A Dirge for Two Veterans | for male chorus, brass and percussion | words by Walt Whitman | |
Choral | 124 | 1915 | Dirge and Hymeneal | for female chorus and piano | words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes | |
Choral | 127 | 1915 | Nunc Dimittis | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 128 | 34/1 | 1916 | This Have I Done for My True Love | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
Choral | 129 | 34/2 | 1916 | Lullay My Liking | for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella | |
Choral | 130 | 34/3 | 1916 | Of One That Is So Fair and Bright | for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed chorus a cappella | |
Choral | 131 | 34/4 | 1916 | Bring Us in Good Ale | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
Choral | 1916 | Personent hodie, Christmas Song | for unison chorus and orchestra | arrangement by Holst; Latin text and melody from Piæ Cantiones | ||
Choral | 1916 | Short Communion Service | for equal voices a cappella | original work by William Byrd; arrangement by Holst | ||
Choral | 133 | 1916–1917 | 3 Carols | for unison voices and orchestra | 2. words by Jane M. Joseph after Piæ Cantiones 3. words by William Morris | |
Choral | 134 | 36a | 1916 | 3 Festival Choruses | for mixed chorus and orchestra | 1. words by Gerard Moultrie after Biblical or other sacred texts 2.~3. words by Clifford Bax |
Choral | 136 | 36b | 1916 | 6 Choral Folk Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1., 3.~6. also for male chorus a cappella |
Choral | 137 | 1916 | Diverus and Lazarus | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 138 | 1917 | 2 Part-Songs for Children | for children's chorus and piano | words by John Greenleaf Whittier | |
Choral | 139 | 1917 | A Dream of Christmas | for female chorus and string orchestra | ||
Choral | 142 | 1916–1917 | Here Is Joy for Every Age | for female chorus a cappella | words by John Mason Neale after "Ecce novum gaudium" | |
Choral | 1916–1919 | All People That on Earth Do Dwell | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |||
Choral | 140 | 37 | 1917 | The Hymn of Jesus | for 2 mixed choruses, female semi-chorus and orchestra | text chosen and translated from the Apocryphal Acts of St. John |
Choral | 144 | 38 | 1919 | Ode to Death | for mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Walt Whitman |
Choral | 145 | 1919 | Short Festival Te Deum | for mixed chorus and orchestra | ||
Choral | 148 | 1921, 1918? | "I Vow to Thee, My Country", Hymn | for unison voices and orchestra | based on the theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of The Planets; words by Cecil Spring Rice | |
Choral | 155 | 41 | 1923–1924 | First Choral Symphony | for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra | words by John Keats |
Choral | 157 | 1925 | Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana | for mixed chorus a cappella | for Charles Kennedy Scott and the Oriana Madrigal Society on the 21st foundation day; words by Jane M. Joseph | |
Choral | 159 160 | 43 | 1924 1925 | 2 Motets | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by Henry Vaughan 2. words by Digby Mackworth Dolben |
Choral | 1925 | God Is Love, His the Care | Hymn | |||
Choral | 161 | 1925 | 4 Hymns for Songs of Praise | for the hymnal Songs of Praise 1. words by J. S. Arkwright 2. words by Robert Herrick 3. words by Sabine Baring-Gould 4. words by Percy Dearmer after Thomas Heywood | ||
Choral | 162 | 44 | 1925–1926 | 7 Part-Songs | for soprano, female chorus and string orchestra | words by Robert Bridges |
Choral | 1927 | O Magnum Mysterium | for mixed chorus a cappella | |||
Choral | 1927 | By Weary Stages | Hymn | |||
Choral | 1927 | Gird on Thy Sword/Lift Up Your Arms | Hymn | |||
Choral | 167 | 1928 | Christ Hath a Garden | for female chorus and small orchestra | words by Robert Bridges after Isaac Watts | |
Choral | 168 | 1927 | Man Born to Toil | for mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum | words by Robert Bridges | |
Choral | 169 | 1927 | Eternal Father | for soprano, mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum | words by Robert Bridges | |
Choral | 171 | 1928 | Canterbury Bells: 2 Rounds | for 4 equal voices a cappella | words by Mabel Rodwell Jones | |
Choral | 177 | 51 | 1930 | A Choral Fantasia | for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Robert Bridges |
Choral | 181 | 1931 | Roadways | for unison voices and piano | words by John Masefield | |
Choral | 182 | 1931 | Wassail Song | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
Choral | 183 | 1930–1931 | 12 Welsh Folk Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | words adapted by Steuart Wilson | |
Choral | 186 | 53 | 1931–1932 | 6 Choruses | for male chorus and string orchestra | words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell |
Choral | 186a | 1931 | On the Battle Which Was Fought at Fontenoy | for male chorus and string orchestra | originally intended for Op. 53; words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell | |
Choral | 187 | 1932 | 8 Canons | Nos. 1~6 for equal voices a cappella Nos. 7~8 for equal voices and piano | poems from mediaeval Latin lyrics in translation by Helen Waddell | |
Choral | 188 | 1932 | "O Spiritual Pilgrim" | for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella | words by James Elroy Flecker | |
Choral | 189 | 1933 | Come Live with Me | for 2 equal voices a cappella | words by Christopher Marlowe | |
- | 1906 | Folk Songs from Somerset | thought lost; rediscovered 2017 |