List of compositions by Julius Harrison

This is a partial list of compositions by English composer Julius Harrison (1885–1963).

Operetta

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  • A Fantasy of Flowers (1944); libretto by Muriel Levy[1][2][3]

Orchestral

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  • Ballade for string orchestra (1902)
  • Prelude Music for string orchestra and piano (or harp), Op.16 (1912); original for harp and string quartet
  • Variations on "Down Among the Dead Men" (1912)[4][5]
  • Widdicombe Fair, Humoreske for string orchestra, Op.22 (1916); original for string quartet
  • Rapunzel (1917); tone poem [4]
  • Worcestershire Suite (1918); original for piano
  • Romance, a Song of Adoration (1930); for orchestra
  • Cornish Holiday Sketches for string orchestra (1935)
  • Autumn Landscape for string orchestra (1937); premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in February 1937
  • Troubadour Suite for string orchestra, harp (or piano) and optional horns (1944)
  1. The King of Navarre's Chanson
  2. The Marriage of Yolande
  3. Song of Spring
  4. Dancing Song

Concertante

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  • Bredon Hill, Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1941)

Chamber music

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  • Prelude Music, Quintet in G major for harp and string quartet, Op.16 (1912); also for string orchestra and piano (or harp)
  • Scaramouche for violin and piano (1915)
  • Pensée fugitive for violin and piano (1915)
  • Widdicombe Fair, Humoreske for string quartet, Op.22 (1916); also for string orchestra
  • Fanfare for a Masked Ball for 4 trumpets (1921)
  • Sonata in C minor for viola and piano (1945)
  • String Quartet

Organ

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  • Paean and Tonus Peregrinus: Homage to Cesar Franck
  • Paean (1913)
  • Supplication / Gloria in Excelsis / Canzone (1913)

Piano

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  • Rhapsody, Intermezzo and Capriccio (1903)
  • Musette for voice and piano (1907)
  • Barcarolle (1917)
  • Worcestershire Suite (1918); also orchestrated
  1. The Shrawley Round
  2. Redstone Rock
  3. Pershore Plums
  4. The Ledbury Parson
  • The Pixie Man, Suite (1920)
  • Silver Bells and Cockle Shells (1920)
  • Five English Songs (1921)
  • Severn Country, Suite (1928)
  1. Dance in the Cherry Orchard (Ribbesford)
  2. Twilight on the River (Bewdley)
  3. Far Forest
  • Philomel (1938)
  • Town and Country (1948)
  • Wayside Fancies, Suite (1948)
  1. March Humoresque
  2. An Old Legend
  3. Columbine's Waltz
  4. Summer Breeze
  5. The Jolly Huntsman
  • Autumn Days (1952)
  • Burlesque (1952)
  • Caprice (1952)
  • High Summer (1952)
  • Mr. Alberti Takes a Stroll (1952)
  • Outdoor Song: At the fair (1952)
  • Spring in the Air (1952)
  • The Rival Fourth Finger (1952)
  • Valse-Serenade (1952)

Vocal

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  • Six Short Songs for medium voice and piano (1907)
  • Bonny Blue-cap for medium voice and piano (1908); words by Sir Walter Scott
  • Rosalys for soprano voices and orchestra (1912); words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti[6][7][8]
  • Songs of Fancy, 4 Songs (1913); words by P. Ashbrooke
  1. Little Untrodden Paths
  2. Oh, Little Mist from the Sea
  3. Silent Trees
  4. At Daybreak
  • Four Songs of Chivalry for voice and piano (1915); words by William Morris
  1. Sir Giles' War Song
  2. Guendolen
  3. The Eve of Crecy
  4. The Gilliflower of Gold
  1. You Bring Me Pearls
  2. O Jewel of the Deep Blue Sea
  3. Caravan of Love
  • The Wanderer's Song (1915); words by George Reston Malloch[9][10][11]
  • Four Narratives from the Ancient Chinese for medium voice and piano (1917)
  1. The Soldier
  2. The Last Revel
  3. There Was a King of Liang
  4. The Recruiting Sergeant
  • Three Sonnets from Boccaccio for high voice and piano (1919); words by Giovanni Boccaccio
  • On the Beach at Otahai (1920); words by E. J. Brady
  • Three Songs (1921–1927)
  1. Merciless Beauty; words by Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. The Escape from Love; words by Geoffrey Chaucer
  3. A Lament; words by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Boot, Saddle, To Horse and Away
King Charles
Marching Along
  1. Come Away Death
  2. Jolly Robin
  3. O Mistress Mine
  4. Clown's Song

Choral

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  • Cleopatra, Dramatic Poem (Cantata) for soli (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor), chorus and orchestra (1908); performed at the Norwich Festival in 1908
  • Harvest Cantata for soprano (or tenor) and contralto (or baritone) soli, chorus and piano or organ (1910); words by Rose Dafforne Betjemann
  • Christmas Cantata for soli and chorus (1911); words by Rose Dafforne Betjemann
  • Viking Song, Part-song for male chorus and pianoforte or orchestra (1911); words by Fred Adlington
  • Open Thy Gates, Introit Anthem for mixed chorus (with organ ad libitum) (1913); words by Robert Herrick
  • Prevent Us, O Lord, Anthem for mixed chorus and organ (1914)
  • Blows the Wind To-day for mixed chorus a cappella (1915); words by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • In the Forest for mixed chorus a cappella (1913); words by Heinrich Heine; translation by Francis Hueffer
  • Requiem for Archangels for SATB choir or chorus (1919)[12]
  • In Celia's Face for chorus (composed prior to 1921); poem by Thomas Carew[13]
  • Easter Carol for female chorus and piano (1921); words by Frederick Elliott
  • The Little Men for female chorus (1921); words by William Allingham
  • Pastoral for chorus (composed by 1922)[14]
  • The Blessed Damozel for female chorus a cappella (1928); words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  • I Love the Jocund Dance for a capella SSA chorus (1929); poem by William Blake[15][16][17]
  • A Sunny Shaft, Part Song for female chorus and piano (1929); words by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Merry Miller, Folk-jingle for mixed chorus a cappella (1932); words by Helen Taylor
  • Song of the Plough for mixed-voice chorus (1932); words from the first Georgic of Virgil, tr. James Rhoades[18]
  • Magnifcat and Nunc dimittis for unison voices and organ (1941)
  • The Wild Huntsman, Fantasia for male chorus a cappella (1946)
  • The Dark Forest, Part-song for mixed chorus a cappella (1947); words by Edward Thomas
  • Mass in C for solo voices, chorus, organ and orchestra (1936–1947); premiered at Stoke-on-Trent in 1948; twice broadcast in 1952 and 1955
  • Missa liturgica for mixed chorus a cappella (1950)
  • Psalm C (Psalm 100) for mixed chorus and organ (1953)
  • Requiem Mass for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soli, mixed chorus and orchestra (1948–1957); first performed in 1957 at the Worcester Three Choirs Festival

Unfinished opera

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  • The Canterbury Pilgrims. The opera's Introduction and Love Duet were premiered in 1923,[19] but the opera was never completed.

Arrangements

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Harrison's many arrangements include versions of Weber's Invitation to the Dance, sundry Schubert songs (entitled Winter and Spring) and a "concert version" of Smetana's The Bartered Bride all for mixed chorus.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Self, Geoffrey. Julius Harrison and the importunate muse. Scolar Press, 1993. p. 96. "A Fantasy of Flowers (Muriel Levy) MS. 1944 (BBC Radio; sung and spoken operetta, with orchestra)."
  2. ^ "BBC Home Service Basic - 11 July 1944 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2016-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b Mackie, Colin. "Julius Harrison: A Catalogue of the Orchestral Music" (PDF). Gulabin.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ^ "BBC - Proms 1912 - Events By Date". bbcnepali.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Music in the Provinces". The Musical Times. 53 (831): 328–335. 1912. JSTOR 907895.
  7. ^ "HARRISON Bredon Hill etc CDLX7174 [RB]: Classical Music Reviews - March 2010 MusicWeb-International". musicweb-international.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  8. ^ Self, G. (1993). Julius Harrison and the importunate muse. Scolar Press. ISBN 9780859679299. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  9. ^ "TWO 1915 THE WANDERER'S SONG, JULIUS HARRISON, ENOCH & SONS MUSIC SCORE BOOKLETS - #1475557994". worthpoint.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  10. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1915). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  11. ^ [1]Archived 2017-01-09 at the Wayback Machine The Wanderer's Song. The words by G. R. Malloch: Harrison, Julius Allen Greenway: Amazon.com: Books
  12. ^ Julius Harrison Archived 2017-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, Requiem Survey.
  13. ^ "Front Matter". The Musical Times. 62 (936): 73–80. 1921. JSTOR 910787.
  14. ^ JSTOR (Organization) (1922). The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular. Novello, Limited. p. 896. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  15. ^ "I love the jocund dance (Blake, set by John Mitchell, Roger Quilter, Hilda M. Grieveson, Frederick Corder, Oskar Morawetz, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, William Henry Harris, Sir, Walford Davies, Sir, Edgar Leslie Bainton, A. Herbert Brewer, Dudley Buck, Edwin James Nairn Carr, Alfred Matthew Hale, Julius Allan Greenway Harrison, Arthur Hinton, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, James Lyon, Alec Rowley, Leo Smith, Robert Barton Smith, Timothy Mather Spelman, Christopher Steel, Margaret Ada Sutherland) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)". lieder.net. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  16. ^ Fitch, D. (1990). Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780520097346. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  17. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1957). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. pp. 1–43. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  18. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1933). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. p. 906. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Collection Description". admin.concertprogrammes.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  20. ^ Musicweb-composerconductors Archived 2016-04-30 at the Wayback Machine accessed 27 December 2009.