List of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams

• 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 play • 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) • The Solent, impression for orchestra (1902–03) • In the Fen Country, for orchestra (1904) • Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, for orchestra (1906, rev. 1914) • 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) • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910, rev. 1913 and 1919) • Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (1934) (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) • A Cambridge Mass, Missa brevis for SATB, double chorus & orchestra (1899); Doctoral exercise, first performed 3 March 2011. • "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 Life • 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) • 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). • 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 editor 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 Herrick • "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 • "Claribel", song (1896), setting text by Tennyson • "Linden Lea", song (1901); from the William Barnes poem “My Orcha’d in Lindèn Lea” • "Blackmwore by the Stour", song (1902); from the William Barnes poem “Blackmwore Maïdens” • "Boy Johnny", song (1902), setting text by Christina Rossetti • "Whither Must I Wander", song (1902) • "If I were a Queen", duet (1903), setting text by Christina Rossetti • "When I am dead, my dearest", song (1903), setting text by Christina Rossetti • "Tears, idle tears", song (1903), setting text by Tennyson • "The Splendour Falls", song, setting text by Tennyson • "The Winter's Willow", song (1903); from the William Barnes poem of the same name • "Adieu", duet, translated from German by Arthur Foxton Ferguson (1903) • "Think of Me", duet, translated from German by Arthur Foxton Ferguson (1903) • "Orpheus with his Lute", song (1904), setting text by Shakespeare • The House of Life, six sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1904): 1. Lovesight; 2. Silent noon; 3. Love's minstrels; 4. Heart's haven; 5. Death-in-Love; 6. Love's last gift • Two Vocal Duets, for soprano, baritone and violin with piano, setting texts by Walt Whitman (1904) • Songs of Travel, song cycle for baritone and piano, setting texts by R. L. Stevenson (1901–04). Includes "The Vagabond". • Songs 1 3 8 arranged for baritone and orchestra (1905) • "I have trod the upward and the downward slope" was added to the original eight songs in 1960, after the composer's death • Songs 2 4 5 6 7 9 arranged for baritone & orchestra by Roy Douglas (1962) • "Dreamland", song, setting text by Christina Rossetti (1906) • "Nocturne", for baritone and orchestra, setting of "Whispers of Heavenly Death" by Walt Whitman (1908) • "The Sky Above The Roof", song (1908), setting translation by Mabel Dearmer of Paul Verlaine poem 'Le ciel est pardessus le toit' • On Wenlock Edge, song cycle (1909) for tenor, piano and string quartet, setting texts by A. E. Housman • Four Hymns: (1914) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato • Merciless Beauty, three rondels for tenor, two violins and cello (1921) • Four Poems by Fredegond Shove: for baritone and piano (1922–25): 1. Motion and Stillness; 2. Four Nights; 3. The New Ghost; 4. The Water Mill • ''Two Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan'' (1925): 1. The Twilight People; 2. A Piper; • Three Songs from Shakespeare (1925): 1. Take, O take those lips away; 2. When icicles hang by the wall; 3. Orpheus with his lute • Three Poems by Walt Whitman for baritone and piano (1925): 1. Nocturne; 2. A Clear Midnight; 3. Joy, Shipmate, Joy! • "Along the Field", for tenor and violin, setting texts by A. E. Housman (1927) • "In the Spring", song (1952); from the William Barnes poem of the same name • Ten Blake Songs, song cycle for high voice and oboe (1957), written for film The Vision of William Blake • Four Last Songs (1954–58) to poems of Ursula Vaughan Williams: 1. Procris; 2. Tired; 3. Hands, Eyes and Heart; 4. Menelaus • Three Vocalises (wordless) for soprano and clarinet (1958) ==Chamber==

• String Quartet in C minor (1898) • Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello, and piano (1898) • Piano Quintet in C minor for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (1903) • Scherzo for string quintet (1904) • Nocturne & Scherzo for string quintet (1906) • String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (1908) • Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas, and cello (1912) • Suite de Ballet for flute and piano (1913–24) • Romance and Pastorale for violin and piano (1914) • Romance for viola and piano (undated; possibly 1914) • Six Studies in English Folk Song, for cello (or clarinet, violin, viola) and piano (1926) • Double Trio for string sextet (1938): withdrawn and revised as Partita for Double String Orchestra • Suite for Pipes (1939) • Household Music: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes for string quartet or other instruments (1941): 1. Fantasia, Crug-y-bar; 2. Scherzo, St. Denio; 3. Variation, Aberystwyth • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ("For Jean, on her birthday," 1942–44. Dedicated to the violist Jean Stewart) • Sonata in A minor for violin and piano (1952) ==Keyboard==

• Pezzo Ostinato for piano (1905) • Three Preludes for Organ founded on Welsh hymn tunes (1920); 1. Bryn Calfaria, 2. Rhosymedre, 3. Hyfrydol • No. 2 & No. 3 arranged for orchestra by Arnold Foster • Arranged for two pianos by Leslie Russell (1939) • Suite of Six Short Pieces for piano (1921) • Arranged for string orchestra by James Brown in collaboration with the composer as The Charterhouse Suite (1923) • Prelude and Fugue in C minor for organ (1921) • Version for orchestra (1930) • ''Hymn Tune Prelude on 'Song 13' by Orlando Gibbons'' for piano (1930) • Arranged for string orchestra by Helen Glatz • Six Teaching Pieces for piano (1934) • A Wedding Tune for Ann for organ (1943) • A Winter Piece for piano (1943) • Introduction and Fugue for two pianos (1947) • The Old One Hundredth Psalm Tune, harmonisation and arrangement (1953) • Two Organ Preludes founded on Welsh Folk Songs (1956): 1. Romanza, The White Rock; 2. Toccata, St. David's Day ==Film scores==

• 49th Parallel, 1940, his first, talked into it by Muir Mathieson to assuage his guilt at being able to do nothing for the war effort • Song The New Commonwealth (1943) adapted from Prelude to 49th Parallel, words by Harold Child • The Lake in the Mountains for piano, based on episode from 49th Parallel (1947) • Prelude to 49th Parallel for orchestra, published 1960 • Coastal Command, 1942 • ''The People's Land'', 1943 • The Flemish Farm, 1943 • Suite The Story of a Flemish Farm in 7 movements (1945) • Stricken Peninsula, 1945 • The Loves of Joanna Godden, 1946 • Scott of the Antarctic, 1948 • Partially reused for his Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No. 7) • The Dim Little Island, 1949 • Bitter Springs, 1950 (music composed jointly with Ernest Irving) • The England of Elizabeth, 1955 • Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth: concert suite (1. Explorer; 2. Poet; 3. Queen) adapted by Muir Mathieson • Two Shakespeare Sketches from The England of Elizabeth adapted by Muir Mathieson ==Scores for radio==

• BBC adaptation by Edward Sackville-West of John Bunyan's ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', 1942 • Some of this music was later used in the Morality Play ''The Pilgrim's Progress'' • Richard II (1944); not used • Incidental music to BBC production of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, 1951 • Prelude on an Old Carol Tune (1953) was adapted from this incidental music ==Band==

• Rhosymedre (transcription of his own organ prelude on a Welsh hymn tune) for concert band (1920) • English Folk Songs, Suite for military band (1923) • Arranged for brass band by Gordon Jacob (1924) • Arranged for orchestra by Gordon Jacob (1942) • Arranged for piano by Michael Mullinar (1949) • Sea Songs, Quick march for military and brass bands (1923) • Arranged by composer for orchestra (1942) • Toccata Marziale for military band (1924) • Overture: Henry V for brass band (1933/34) • Flourish for Wind Band (1939) • Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes for brass band (1955): 1. Ebenezer; 2. Calfaria; 3. Hyfrydol • Variations for brass band (1957) • Arranged for orchestra by Gordon Jacob (1960) ==See also==