Halsey Stevens (1908-1989)
Halsey Stevens represents an exceptional blend of talents and
attributes. In some ways he is the quintessential American
composer at mid-century. He reaches his mature mastery at a
moment that places him on the cusp of several different
aesthetic and cultural currents. While his music is largely
tonal, it does not shy away from the modernist influences which
swept across the twentieth century. Resolutely American in its
sound and rhetoric, his music nevertheless maintains a certain
level of abstraction that derives at least as much from
neo-classicism as from nationalism—Stravinsky is as deep an
influence as Copland. Stevens was a man of the new media: a
program annotator for the Los Angeles Symphony, a critic, a
radio commentator. He was a scholar as well, chairing the music
department at the University of Southern California for decades,
and producing the still-definitive book on Bartók. And he was a
Californian (adoptive, like so many), but his work still owes
more to Europe than to Asia or Hollywood. Stevens was born in
Scott, New York and his musical education included studies with
William Berwald at Syracuse, and Ernest Bloch at Berkeley.
Almost immediately thereafter, he gained a teaching post in 1948
at USC, where he remained for the rest of his life. His first
important works received exposure at this time, and by the time
his magisterial Life and Work of Béla Bartók (Oxford
University Press) was issued in 1953, he had established himself
as one of the leading figures of a new compositional generation;
visiting- professorships at Yale and Williams, two Guggenheims,
consistent commissions, and recordings, rounded out an enviable
career.—Robert Carl/New World Records
COMPOSITIONS Halsey Stevens Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Please note: Halsey Stevens withdrew a large number of works from his list of acknowledged compositions. Many of these works (along with sketches, scores, etc. of his published works) were given to the Library of Congress, and are now held in the Halsey Stevens Papers collection (marked "LC" in list). Works that the composer withdrew are listed below in light grey italic font.
The Frogs at School, voice and piano (1920s) [HS's first composition] LC
April Morning, piano (1928, withdrawn) [HS's first publicly performed composition] LC
Tears, voice and piano (1929; withdrawn) LC [2nd version 1962]
Nocturne, orchestra (1930; withdrawn) [other title: "Jorinda and Joringel"] LC
Prairie Night, [chorus] and piano (1930; withdrawn) [text: L.S. Brown] LC
Fantasy Nocturne in F-sharp, piano (1930; withdrawn) LC
Theme and Variations, E flat, 2 pianos (1930; withdrawn) LC
Beauty Free and Undismayed, voice and piano (1930; rev. 1969) LC
The Flower-clouded Bells of Morn, voice and piano (1930; withdrawn) LC
From the Hills of Dream, male chorus [TTBB] (1931;withdrawn) [text: Fiona Macleod] JLM
String Quartet No. 1 (1931, unfinished?; withdrawn) LC
Die Mädchen von Granáda, voice and piano (1931) LC - 2nd version c.1971 [see also Drei Lieder, 1971]
Trauer, voice and piano (1931, withdrawn) LC - 2nd version 1966 [see also Drei Lieder, 1971]
Capriccio in the Style of Robert Schumann, piano (1932; incomplete; withdrawn) LC
Leonora, voice and piano (1932; withdrawn) LC - 2nd version 1955-57 LC
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways, voice and piano (1932) LC
Sonata for Piano No. 1 (1933, incomplete; withdrawn) LC
Du, voice and piano (1933; withdrawn) LC - 2nd version 1967 [see also Drei Lieder, 1971]
When She Came Not, voice and piano (1933; withdrawn) LC
Arthur, lyric drama in 9 scenes (c.1934, unfinished) [libretto: based on book by Laurence Binyon] LC
Menuetto, strings (1934; withdrawn) LC
Fugue in D minor, piano (1935; withdrawn) LC
Sextet, D minor, strings (1934-36; withdrawn) LC
Piano Concertino (1936, withdrawn) LC [?same as: Concertino, B minor, piano and orchestra, 1936; withdrawn]
In Dublin's Fair City, [chorus] (1936) LC
The Loyal Lover, chorus (1936) [original transcription and harmonization by Deems Taylor] LC
Monotone, chorus (1936; withdrawn) [text: Carl Sandburg] LC
Sweet Grass Range, chorus (1936; withdrawn) [text: Edwin Ford Piper] LC
Vitae summa brevis, [chorus] and unspecified instruments (1936, unfinished; withdrawn) LC [also arr. 1937 for voice and piano]
Sonatina No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1936; withdrawn) LC
Three Jacobean Songs, voice and piano (1936; withdrawn) LC
Triad, voice and piano (1936) LC
Circus Pieces, piano (1935-37; withdrawn) LC
Trio No. 1, violin, cello and piano (1936-37, withdrawn) LC
Sonata for Piano No. 2 (1937; withdrawn) LC
When I am Dead, My Dearest, chorus (1938) [text: Christina Rossetti] [also for voice and piano, 1939]
Amores: 2, voice and string orchestra (1939, incomplete) LC
Du bist wie eine Blume, voice and piano (1939; withdrawn) LC
The Statue of Venus Sleeping, voice and piano (1939; withdrawn) LC
Early One Morning, voice and piano (1939) [text: English folksong, 17th century] [for 2nd version, see "Vocal", 1955]
Berceuse, viola solo (1930s????; withdrawn) LC
Rondo, piano (1940; withdrawn) LC
Theme and Variations, piano (1940; withdrawn) LC
When Icicles Hang by the Wall, medium voice and piano (1940; pub. 1954) [text: Shakespeare] - also in Three Shakespeare ..., 1967
Two Pieces, 2 pianos (1936-41) LC
Minuet, piano (1940-41; withdrawn) LC
Duo concertante, viola and cello (1941; withdrawn)
Variations on a Moorish Theme, violin and piano (1941; withdrawn) LC
Ostinato, piano (1941; withdrawn) LC
Ramble, piano (1941)
- Ramble (different version), piano (1941) LC
Epigram, voice and piano (1941) LC
Four Beasts, voice and piano (1941) LC
Three Short Pieces, piano (1941-42; withdrawn) LC
Communion Service, E minor, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) LC
Go, Lovely Rose, chorus (1942) [text: Edmund Waller]
Grant, We Beseech Thee, chorus 1942; withdrawn) [Collect for 21st Sunday after Trinity] JLM
Missa orbis factor, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) LC
Of the Heavenly Bodies, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) [new setting composed 1954 & pub. 1964] [text: Roger Williams]
Prayer During Battle, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) [text: Hermann Hagedorn] LC
A Short Communion Service, D minor, [chorus] and organ (1942; withdrawn) LC
When I am Dead, My Dearest, chorus (1942) [text: Christina Rossetti] [also for voice and piano, 1939]
Rhapsody, viola and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Microsuite, piano (1942) LC
Prelude to Polytonality, piano (1942, withdrawn)
Siciliano, piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Sonatina No. 1 for Piano (1942; withdrawn; revised 1959 and 1967, and published)
El pájaro errante, voice and piano (1942) [folksong arrangement] LC
She's Somewhere in the Sunlight Strong, voice and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Troubadour Songs, voice and piano (1942; rev. 1957) ["transcribed for voice and piano"] ["Four Troubadour Songs"]
With Rue My Heart Is Laden, voice and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
O God of Earth and Altar, chorus and organ (1942-43; withdrawn) [text: G.K. Chesterton] LC
Diversion on a Canadian folktune: "Beau chasseur de lièvre", string quartet (1942-43, withdrawn) LC
The Turtle Dove, 9 variations & fugue on an English folktune, piano (1942-43; withdrawn) LC
God Is My Strong Salvation, chorus (1943; withdrawn; rev. & pub. 1966) [text: James Montgomery]
O Word of God Incarnate, [chorus] (1943/1945) LC
Sanctus et benedictus, chorus (1943; withdrawn) LC
Three Amens, chorus (1943; withdrawn) JLM
Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1943) LC
Children of the Wind, voice and piano (1943) LC
Psalm 130: De profundis, voice and organ (1943; withdrawn) LC
Lament, violin and piano (1941-44; withdrawn)
String Quartet No. 2 (1943-44, withdrawn) LC
Scherzo, viola and piano (1944; withdrawn) LC
Serenade, viola (or clarinet) and piano (1944)
Sonatina No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1944; withdrawn; revised 1948 and published)
Cortege, piano (1944; withdrawn) LC
Symphony No. 1, orchestra (1938-45; rev. 1950)
Intermezzo on a Theme by Christopher Stevens, piano (1944-45) LC
Trio No. 2, violin, cello and piano (1943-45; withdrawn) LC [?includes: "Lyric Sketch"]
Suite for Clarinet (or viola) and Piano (1944-45; rev. 1953)
Symphony No. 2, orchestra (1945, withdrawn) LC
A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior, [chorus] (1945; withdrawn) [text: Ben Johnson] LC
Nocturne, violin and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Quintet, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano (1945)
Suite for Violin and Piano (1945, 1st mvt only - unfinished?) LC
Two Ecologues, oboe and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Prelude, piano (1945) LC
Sonatina No. 2 for Piano (1945; withdrawn; revised 1959, and published)
Forty-eight Hours, voice and piano (1945) [text: John Pudney] [also arr. for voice, flute and piano] LC
So I Praise These, voice and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Suite for Small Orchestra (1944-46; withdrawn) LC
Suite for Orchestra No. 2 (1944-46; withdrawn) LC
Symphony No. 3, orchestra (1946; withdrawn) LC
Quartet, piano and strings (1946; withdrawn) LC
Recitative, harp (1946) LC
Arioso and Etude, double bass (or cello) and piano (1947)
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1947)
Three Pieces for Bassoon (or cello) and Piano (1947)
Musette, piano (1947) LC
A Tune, piano (1947) LC
Sonnet: Remember Me When I Am Gone Away, low voice and piano (1947) [text: Christina Rossetti]
A Green Mountain Overture, orchestra (1947-48; rev. 1953)
Sonata for Piano No. 3 (1947-48) LC
Intermezzo, orchestra (1948, withdrawn) LC
Three Inventions, piano (1948)
Toccata, piano (1948)
Intermezzo, Cadenza and Finale, cello (or viola) and piano (1948-49; rev. 1950)
String Quartet No. 3 (1948-49)
- Adagio and Allegro, string orchestra (1949) [arr. 1955 from String Quartet No. 3]
Andante, clarinet and piano (1949)
Sonata for Bassoon (or cello) and Piano (1949)
Suite for Flute and Piano (1949; withdrawn; rev. and pub. 1952)
Improvisation, piano (1949)
Scherzo, piano (1949)
Two Pieces, piano (1949) LC
If Luck and I Should Meet, chorus [SSAATTBB] (1950; rev. 1962) [text: Clemence Dane] **
Magyar Folk Songs (Népdalszvit), string quartet (1950)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1949-50)
Eleven Easy Pieces, piano (1949-50; rev. 1969) LC
Six Millay Songs, voice and piano (1949-50) [text: Edna St. Vincent Millay]
Three Hungarian Folk Songs, viola (or clarinet, or English horn, or cello) and piano (1950)
Magyar Folksongs (Népdalszvit) (8), harpsichord (or piano) (1950) [also arr. for string quartet, or string orch]
Sonatina No. 3 for Piano (1950)
New Shoes, voice and piano (1950; withdrawn) LC
Shoemaker's Song, voice and piano (1950)
Quatre chansons populaires du Canada, voice and piano (1950-51)
Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok) (3 pieces), chorus (1951; pub. 1970)
A Set of Three, male chorus [TTBB] (1951)
Elegy, violin and piano (1951)
Three Pieces for Flute Alone (1951; withdrawn; rev. and pub. 1952)
Colinde (Romanian Christmas Songs), piano (or harpsichord) (1951)
From Faraway Islands - Improvisations on Javanese Themes, piano (1951)
In a Far Distant Clime, high voice and piano (1951) [text: R.T. Spence] [?music by James Hewitt; freely transcribed by H.Stevens]
A Secret Love, medium voice and piano (1951) [text: Anon., ca. 1500]
Three Preludes (First series), piano (1951-52)
Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
Six Canons for Two Equal Instruments (1952)
Poco lento, in modo satirico, piano (1952) LC
Sonatina No. 4 for Piano (1952)
Of My Lady in Heaven, voice and piano (1952) LC
Because I Love Her, voice and piano (1952) LC
Four Songs of Love and Death, voice and piano (1951-53) [arr. 1982 w/orch by Morten Lauridsen] LC
Sonata for Horn and Piano (1952-53)
Music for Ann (5 pieces), piano (1952-53)
Hey Nonny No!, voice and piano (1952-53) LC
Triskelion, orchestra (1953) [4 mvts]
No Sweeter Life, [chorus] (1953?) LC
Psalm 148: Praise Ye the Lord. Praise Ye the Lord from the Heavens, chorus (1953)
Hungarian Children’s Songs, cello and piano (1953)
Quiet Song, cello and piano (1953) [arrangement of 4th mvt of "Music for Ann"] LC
Music for Christopher, cello and piano (1953)
Notturno, cello and piano (1953)
Duet, piano 4-hands (1953)
Improvisation on “Divinum Mysterium”, organ (1953) [also arr. for string orch]
Music for Christopher, piano (1953) LC
Romanian Dance, piano (1953) LC
Romanian Folktunes, piano (1953) LC
Seven French Folksongs, piano (1953)
A Summer Day, voice and piano (1953) LC
Intrada, piano (1949-54)
Ten Short Pieces, piano (1945-54)
- Four Short Pieces, chamber orchestra (1954) [selected and arr. from "Ten Short Pieces", 1945-54]
Three Songs from Mother Goose, medium voice and piano (1951-54) [arr. 1982 w/orch Donald Crockett]
- A doleful ditty (1977) [added 1978, and collection pub. as "Four Songs from Mother Goose"]
Trio No. 3, "Redlands", violin, cello and piano (1953-54)
Partita, harpsichord (or piano) (1953-54)
Like as the Culver on the Bared Bough, chorus [SSATB] (1954) [text:Edmund Spenser]
Old Rhymes (4 pieces), female chorus [SSA] (1954)
Two Old Dances, violin (or va, vc, fl, ob, or cl) and keyboard (pf or hpsd) (1954)
Five Duos for Two Cellos (1954)
Moravian Folksong, cello and piano (1954) [melody from Bartok collection]
Sonatina for Harp (1954)
Sonatina giocosa, double bass (or cello) and piano (1954)
Suite for Solo Violin (1954) LC
Tunes from Olden Times (1st set), cello and piano (1954) [Four songs of May]
Tunes from Olden Times (2nd set), cello and piano (1954) [Five old French songs]
Five Little Five-Finger Pieces, piano (1954)
Five Old French Songs, piano (or harpsichord) (1954)
Laude spirituali, piano (1954) [Italian melodies of the XIII century]
Six Little Pieces, piano (1954)
Sonatina No. 5 for Piano (1954)
Two Duets on Old French Airs, piano 4-hands (1954)
The Ballad of William Sycamore, chorus and orchestra (1955) [text: Stephen Vincent Benét]
Psalm 98: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, female chorus [SSA] and piano (1955)
Three Hymns, chorus (1955) [text: John Greenleaf Whittier]
Two Choral Amens, chorus (1955) LC
Lento ma non troppo, string quartet (1955) LC
Lyric Piece, piano (1955)
Six Russian Folk Tunes, piano (1955)
Two Songs, medium voice and piano (1955) LC
Preludes (3) (Second Series), piano (1952-56)
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1953-56)
Three Short Preludes, organ (1954-56)
Allegro, piano and orchestra (1955-56) [earlier title: "Concerto" for piano and orchestra]
Two English Folksongs, medium voice and piano (1955-56)
Prelude, clarinet and piano (1956) LC
Sonatina piacevole, alto recorder (or flute) and harpsichord (or piano) (1956)
Christmas Songs from Hungary, piano (1956)
Eleven Ukrainian Folksongs, piano (1956)
Five Old French Songs, piano or harpsichord (1956) LC
Five Portuguese Folksongs, piano (1956)
Prelude, piano 4-hands (1956)
Romanian Folk Tunes, piano (1956)
Sonetto: Solo e pensoso, low voice and piano (1956; pub. 1966) [text: Francesco Petrarca]
Leonora, voice and piano (1955-57) LC - 2nd version(?); see other version, 1932
Overture, string orch (1956-57) [2nd mvt, "Elegy" is unfinished?] [earlier title: "Music for String Orchestra"]
Septet for Wind and String Instruments [cl, hn, bsn, 2 va, 2 vc] (1956-57)
Two Pieces on Themes by Joanna Stevens, piano (1956-57) ["Joanna's Theme"]
Sinfonia breve, orchestra (1957)
- Elegia, piano (1956-57) [arrangement of 2nd mvt of "Sinfonia breve"] LC
Sonatina for Cello (or bassoon) and Piano (1957)
Three Hungarian Dances (Három virágének), piano (1957) [from A magyar népzene / Z. Kodály] ["Three Hungarian Folksongs"]
Djafer-begova majka, voice and piano (1957) [folksong arrangement] LC
Five Pieces, orchestra (1954-58) [Rondino; Chaconne; Scherzando; Chorale; March]
Four Short Pieces, horn (or clarinet) and piano (1956-58)
Sonata for Solo Cello (1956-58)
Symphonic Dances, orchestra (1958)
Prelude, harp (1958)
Three Czech Folktunes, piano (1958)
Biljana, voice and piano (1958) [folksong arrangement] LC
Pour Noël, medium voice and piano (1958) [text: Théophile Gautier]
String Quartet No. 4 (1953-59, unfinished) LC
Suite for Viola and Piano (1957-59)
A Testament of Life, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1958-59) [text: from the Scriptures]
- All Flesh is Grass, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
- Out of the Depths, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
- Psalm 150: Praise Ye the Lord. Praise God in His Sanctuary, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Two Shakespeare Songs, mezzo-soprano, flute and clarinet (1958-59)
To Everything There is a Season, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Weepe, O Mine Eyes, chorus [SSATB] (1959) [text: Anon. 16th century]
Sonatina No. 3 for Violin and Piano (1959)
Trio for Wind and/or String Instruments (1959)
Hine ma tov, piano (1959) [folksong arrangement] LC
Reflections, piano (1959)
Sonatina No. 6 for Piano (1959)
Sonatina No. 7 for Piano (1959-84; completed by Morten Lauridsen)
Ten French Folksongs, piano (1959)
On a Rosebud Sent to Her Lover, medium voice and piano (1959)
Sonatina for Bass Tuba (or trombone, or double bass) and Piano (1959-60) [arr. 1987 w/string orch by Gary Hellick]
Ritratti, piano (1959-60)
A New Year Carol, chorus (1960) [text: traditional]
Romanian Dance (Jocul drustelor), cello and piano (1960)
Four Bagatelles, piano (1960)
Three Ukrainian Folksongs, piano (1960) LC
Three Japanese Folksongs, soprano, violin, cello and piano (1960)
Sonatina for Oboe and Piano (1956-61, unfinished) LC
Two Pieces, 4 clarinets (1961)
The Rivals, incidental music, [chamber ensemble] (1961)
Fantasia, piano (1961)
Five Swedish Folktunes, piano (1961)
Jumping Colts, piano (1961) [after a woodcut by Franz Marc]
Moto perpetuo, piano (1961)
Cuatro Canciones, voice and piano (1961) [text: Antonio Machado]
Eight Piano Pieces (1961-62) [also arr. for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon]
In Te, Domine, Speravi, chorus and organ (1962) [text: Psalm 31:1-6, 17-18, 26-27]
Le Mois de Mai (The Month of May), chorus (1962) [text: French folksong]
Magnificat, chorus, trumpet and keyboard (or string orchestra) (1962)
Trumpet Trio (1962) LC
Twelve Slovakian Folksongs, 2 violins (1962) [Melodies from Béla Bartók's collection "Slovenské l'udové piesne"]
Three Pieces for Organ (1962)
Tears (2nd version), voice and piano (1962) LC [first version 1929]
Blessed Be Thy Glorious Name, chorus (1963) [text: Nehemiah 9:5-9, 11, 12]
O God, the Refuge of Our Fears, chorus (1963) [text: Stephen Vincent Benét]
The Way of Jehovah, chorus and organ (or piano) (1963) [text: Isaiah 40:3-5] ["Prepare Ye in the Wilderness the Way of Jehovah"]
Four Folksongs of Touraine, clarinet and piano (1963)
Good Christian Men Rejoice, clarinet, cello and piano (1963) LC
Lay a Garland on My Hearse, medium voice and piano (1963) [text: John Fletcher]
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1958-64)
Five French Folksongs, piano (1962-64)
Siete Canciones, voice and piano (1964) [text: Federico Garcia Lorca]
Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1954-65)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1965)
Capriccio, piano (1965; sketches only; withdrawn) LC
Eight Canons for Two Violins (1961-66)
Divertimento, 2 two violins (1958-66)
Seventeen Piano Pieces (1933-66; pub. 1968)
Hymn Anthem on “Lyons” (O Worship the King), chorus and organ (1966) [text: R. Grant] [tune adapted from J. M. Haydn]
Lady, As Thy Fair Swan, chorus (1966) [text: Gerald Bullett]
Psalm 1: Beatus Vir (Blessed Is the Man), chorus (1966)
Duo for Horn and Cello (1966) LC
Duo for Horn and Viola (1966) LC
Eight Pieces for Woodwind Quartet (1966) [arr. 1966 from work for piano]
Five Duos for Flute and Clarinet (1966)
Six Slovakian Folksongs, harp (1966)
Birthday Variation for Ulysses Kay, piano (1966) LC
Eight Yugoslavian Folksongs, piano (1966) LC
Study in Irregular Rhythms, piano (1966)
Twelve Melodic Studies for Clarinet (1966; pub. 1971)
Trauer, voice and piano (1966) [see also first version, "Vocal" 1931] - pub. in Drei Lieder (c.1971)
Campion Suite (5 pieces), chorus (1967) [text: Thomas Campion]
Chansons courtoises (5 pieces), chorus (1967) [text: 13th cent.]
Te Deum, chorus and ensemble [2 tpt, 2 hn, 2 trom, tuba, organ & timp] (1967)
Bicinia, 2 violins (1967)
Four Duos for Double-Basses (1967)
Notturno, bass clarinet and piano (1967) LC
Seven Duets, violin and cello (1967)
Three Pieces for Three Violins (1967)
La Quatre-Vingtaine, harpsichord (or piano) (1967)
Variation on a Theme by Ramiro Cortes, piano (1967) LC
Three Shakespeare Songs, voice and piano (c.1967)
Du, voice and piano (1967) [see also first(?) version, "Vocal" 1933] - pub. in Drei Lieder (c.1971)
Three Three-part Choruses, male voices [TBB] (1968) LC
Remember Me When I am Gone Away, male chorus [TBB] (1968) [text: Christina Rossetti]
Another Waltz, wind quintet (1968) LC
Four Duets for Violin and Cello (or viola?) (1968) LC
Four Short Pieces, string quartet (1968) LC
Invention for Clarinet and Bassoon (pub. 1968) [arr. from Seventeen Piano Pieces, no.11]
Studies for Solo Bassoon (1968)
Sixteen Two-part Choruses, treble voices (1968, sketches, incomplete) LC
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (1968-69)
Six Easy Canons, 2 violins (1968-69)
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above, equal or unequal voices and organ (1969) [not 1960] [text: Charles Wesley]
Eight Canons for Two Violas (or violin and viola) (1969)
Processional and Recessional, 3 trumpets and organ (1969) LC [same as "Two Festal Pieces"]
Music for the Marriage Service, medium voice and organ (or piano) (1969)
Psalm 8: O Lord Our Governor, chorus (1970)
An Epitaph for Sara and Roland Cotton, chorus (1971) [text: John Cotton, 1649]
Nunc Dimittis, chorus (1971)
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1971, unpublished) LC
Notturno (“Bellagio Adagio”), piano (1971) [pub. in “12 x 11, Piano Music in the 20th Century America"]
Soliloquy, organ (1971)
Drei Lieder, voice and piano (c.1971) LC
Die Mädchen von Granáda, voice and piano (c.1971) [see also first version, "Vocal", 1931]
Quintetto “Serbelloni”, woodwind quintet (1971-72)
The Amphisbaena, chorus and and piano (1972) [text: A. E. Housman]
Dittico, alto saxophone (or clarinet) and piano (1972)
Twelve Studies for Oboe Solo (1972)
Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and String Orchestra (1972-73, unpublished)
Venite, exultemus, chorus and brass quintet (or keyboard) (1974) [text: Psalm 95]
Three Short Piano Pieces (1968-75, incomplete) LC
The Lord’s Prayer, chorus (1975)
Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands (1975)
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1975-76, unpublished)
Psalm 117: O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations, chorus [SSATBB] (1976)
Songs from the Paiute (8 pcs), tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976) [text: from Paiute songs by Bourke Lee & Mary Austin]
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, [chorus] (1976-77, unfinished?) LC
Wherewith Shall I Come Before the Lord? An Introit, chorus and organ (or piano) (1977) [text: Micah 6:6,8]
Four Songs from Mother Goose (pub. 1978) - see "Three Songs from Mother Goose"
Choricos, voice and orchestra (1978-80?, unfinished) LC
WORKS BY GENRE Halsey Stevens Links ~ top of page ~
Please note: Halsey Stevens withdrew a large number of works from his list of acknowledged compositions. Many of these works (along with sketches, scores, etc. of his published works) were given to the Library of Congress, and are now held in the Halsey Stevens Papers collection (marked "LC" in list). Works that the composer withdrew are listed below in light grey italic font.
Dramatic/Theater
Arthur, lyric drama in 9 scenes (c.1934, unfinished) [libretto: based on book by Laurence Binyon] LC
Orchestra
Nocturne, orchestra (1930; withdrawn) [other title: "Jorinda and Joringel"] LC
Menuetto, strings (1934; withdrawn) LC
Symphony No. 1, orchestra (1938-45; rev. 1950)
Symphony No. 2, orchestra (1945, withdrawn) LC
Suite for Small Orchestra (1944-46; withdrawn) LC
Suite for Orchestra No. 2 (1944-46; withdrawn) LC
Symphony No. 3, orchestra (1946; withdrawn) LC
A Green Mountain Overture, orchestra (1947-48; rev. 1953)
Intermezzo, orchestra (1948, withdrawn) LC
Adagio and Allegro, string orchestra (1949) [arr. 1955 from String Quartet No. 3]
Magyar Folk Songs (Népdalszvit), string quartet or string orch (1950) [arr. from work for piano or harpsichord]
Improvisation of “Divinum Mysterium”, string orchestra (1953) [arr. from work for organ]
Triskelion, orchestra (1953) [4 mvts]
Four Short Pieces, chamber orchestra (1954) [selected and arr. from "Ten Short Pieces", 1945-54]
- Praeludium
- In a Mirror
- Piece in Fourths
- Musette
Overture, string orch (1956-57) [2nd mvt, "Elegy" is unfinished?] [earlier title: "Music for String Orchestra"] - SEE WORLDCAT
Sinfonia breve, orchestra (1957)
Five Pieces, orchestra (1954-58) [Rondino; Chaconne; Scherzando; Chorale; March]
Symphonic Dances, orchestra (1958)
Threnos: In Memoriam Quincy Porter, orchestra (1968)
Band
Andante, band (1949) [arr. from work for clarinet and piano by Donald Bryce Thompson]
Eleven Ukrainian Folksongs, band (1956) [arr. 1981 from piano work by William A. Schaefer]
Five Pieces, band (1958) [arr. 1977 from work for orchestra by Donald Bryce Thompson]
Music for Winds, [band?] (1975) [arr. from Sonatina for Piano 4-hands by James F. Hopkins] LC
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Piano Concertino (1936, withdrawn) LC [?same as: Concertino, B minor, piano and orchestra, 1936; withdrawn]
Allegro, piano and orchestra (1955-56) [earlier title: "Concerto" for piano and orchestra]
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1958-64)
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (1968-69)
Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and String Orchestra (1972-73, unpublished)
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1975-76, unpublished)
Chorus w/Orchestra
The Ballad of William Sycamore, chorus and orchestra (1955) [text: Stephen Vincent Benét]
A Testament of Life, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1958-59) [text: from the Scriptures]
Magnificat, chorus, trumpet and keyboard (or string orchestra) (1962)
Choral - see also Choral / Alphabetical
Prairie Night, [chorus] and piano (1930; withdrawn) [text: L.S. Brown] LC
From the Hills of Dream, male chorus [TTBB] (1931;withdrawn) [text: Fiona Macleod] JLM
In Dublin's Fair City, [chorus] (1936) LC
The Loyal Lover, chorus (1936) [original transcription and harmonization by Deems Taylor] LC
Monotone, chorus (1936; withdrawn) [text: Carl Sandburg] LC
Sweet Grass Range, chorus (1936; withdrawn) [text: Edwin Ford Piper] LC
Vitae summa brevis, [chorus] and unspecified instruments (1936, unfinished; withdrawn) LC
- also arr. 1937 for voice and piano
Communion Service, E minor, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) LC
Go, Lovely Rose, chorus (1942) [text: Edmund Waller]
Grant, We Beseech Thee, chorus 1942; withdrawn) [Collect for 21st Sunday after Trinity] JLM
Missa orbis factor, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) LC
Of the Heavenly Bodies, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) [new setting composed 1954 & pub. 1964] [text: Roger Williams]
Prayer During Battle, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) [text: Hermann Hagedorn] LC
A Short Communion Service, D minor, [chorus] and organ (1942; withdrawn) LC
When I am Dead, My Dearest, chorus (1938) [text: Christina Rossetti] [also for voice and piano, 1939]
O God of Earth and Altar, chorus and organ (1942-43; withdrawn) [text: G.K. Chesterton] LC
God Is My Strong Salvation, chorus (1943; withdrawn; rev. & pub. 1966) [text: James Montgomery]
O Word of God Incarnate, [chorus] (1943/1945) LC
Sanctus et benedictus, chorus (1943; withdrawn) LC
Three Amens, chorus (1943; withdrawn) JLM
A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior, [chorus] (1945; withdrawn) [text: Ben Johnson] LC
If Luck and I Should Meet, chorus [SSAATTBB] (1950; rev. 1962) [text: Clemence Dane] **
Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok) (3 pieces), chorus (1951; pub. 1970) [also called "Three Hungarian Folksongs"]
- Lovely is the forest (Akkor szép az erdő)
- In the dark earth (Fekete föld)
- In the blackbird's nest (Hármat tojott a fekete kánya)
A Set of Three, male chorus [TTBB] (1951)
- Weeping-Cross [text: Anon.]
- The Waning Moon [text: Anon.]
- She That Denies Me [text: Thomas Heywood]
Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
- All This Night Shrill Chanticleer [text: William Austin]
- What Sweeter Music [text: Robert Herrick]
- As I Out Rode [text: Coventry Shearmen and Tailors Pageant]
- A Virgin Most Pure [text: Anon.]
No Sweeter Life, [chorus] (1953?) LC
Psalm 148: Praise Ye the Lord. Praise Ye the Lord from the Heavens, chorus (1953)
Like as the Culver on the Bared Bough, chorus [SSATB] (1954) [text:Edmund Spenser]
Old Rhymes (4 pieces), female chorus [SSA] (1954)
- When good King Arthur ruled this land [text: from James Orchard Halliwell, The nursery rhymes of England, 1842]
- Anna Elise [text: trad. from the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes]
- When I was a little boy [text: trad. from Henry Playford, Wit and Mirth, an antidote against melancholy, 1684]
- Infirtaris [text: trad. from Robert Chambers, The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, 1842]
Psalm 98: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, female chorus [SSA] and piano (1955)
Three Hymns, chorus (1955) [text: John Greenleaf Whittier]
Two Choral Amens, chorus (1955) LC
All Flesh is Grass, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Out of the Depths, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Psalm 150: Praise Ye the Lord. Praise God in His Sanctuary, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
To Everything There is a Season, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Weepe, O Mine Eyes, chorus [SSATB] (1959) [text: Anon. 16th century]
A New Year Carol, chorus (1960) [text: traditional]
In Te, Domine, Speravi, chorus and organ (1962) [text: Psalm 31:1-6, 17-18, 26-27]
Le Mois de Mai (The Month of May), chorus (1962) [text: French folksong]
Magnificat, chorus, trumpet and keyboard (or string orchestra) (1962)
Blessed Be Thy Glorious Name, chorus (1963) [text: Nehemiah 9:5-9, 11, 12]
O God, the Refuge of Our Fears, chorus (1963) [text: Stephen Vincent Benét]
The Way of Jehovah, chorus and organ (or piano) (1963) [text: Isaiah 40:3-5] ["Prepare Ye in the Wilderness the Way of Jehovah"]
Hymn Anthem on “Lyons” (O Worship the King), chorus and organ (1966) [text: R. Grant] [tune adapted from J. M. Haydn]
Lady, As Thy Fair Swan, chorus (1966) [text: Gerald Bullett]
Psalm 1: Beatus Vir (Blessed Is the Man), chorus (1966)
Campion Suite (5 pieces), chorus (1967) [text: Thomas Campion]
- There is a garden in her face
- Thrice toss these oaken ashes
- When to her lute Corinna sings
- To music bent
- Night as well as brightest day
Chansons courtoises (5 pieces), chorus (1967) [text: 13th cent.]
- Li nouviaus tans
- Au cummencier le trouvai
- Las! pour koi
- De mil soupirs
- Sur toutes choses
Te Deum, chorus and ensemble [2 tpt, 2 hn, 2 trom, tuba, organ & timp] (1967)
Three Three-part Choruses, male voices [TBB] (1968) LC
- Triolet (1968; withdrawn) [text: Austin Dobson]
- Remember Me When I am Gone Away (1968)
- Jenny Kissed Me (1968; withdrawn) [text: Leigh Hunt]
Remember Me When I am Gone Away, male chorus [TBB] (1968) [text: Christina Rossetti]
Sixteen Two-part Choruses, treble voices (1968, sketches, incomplete) LC
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above, equal or unequal voices and organ (1969) [not 1960] [text: Charles Wesley]
Psalm 8: O Lord Our Governor, chorus (1970)
An Epitaph for Sara and Roland Cotton, chorus (1971) [text: John Cotton, 1649]
Nunc Dimittis, chorus (1971)
The Amphisbaena, chorus and and piano (1972) [text: A. E. Housman]
Venite, exultemus, chorus and brass quintet (or keyboard) (1974) [text: Psalm 95]
The Lord’s Prayer, chorus (1975)
Psalm 117: O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations, chorus [SSATBB] (1976)
Songs from the Paiute (8 pcs), tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976) [text: from Paiute songs by Bourke Lee & Mary Austin]
- Winter
- The Grass on the Mountain
- The Rattlesnake
- The River
- Heart's Friend
- A Song in Depression
- Song for the Passing of a Beautiful Woman
- Storm
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, [chorus] (1976-77, unfinished?) LC
Wherewith Shall I Come Before the Lord? An Introit, chorus and organ (or piano) (1977) [text: Micah 6:6,8]
Three Elizabethan Madrigals, chorus (pub. ????) [collection of earlier pub. works]
- Weepe, O Mine Eyes (1959)
- Like as the Culver on the Bared Bough (1954)
- Go, Lovely Rose (1942)
Chamber - see also Chamber Music by Category
String Quartet No. 1 (1931, unfinished?; withdrawn) LC
Sextet, D minor, strings (1934-36; withdrawn) LC
Sonatina No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1936; withdrawn) LC
Trio No. 1, violin, cello and piano (1936-37, withdrawn) LC
Berceuse, viola solo (1930s????; withdrawn) LC
Duo concertante, viola and cello (1941; withdrawn)
Variations on a Moorish Theme, violin and piano (1941; withdrawn) LC
Rhapsody, viola and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Diversion on a Canadian folktune: "Beau chasseur de lièvre", string quartet (1942-43, withdrawn) LC
Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1943) LC
Lament, violin and piano (1941-44; withdrawn) LC
String Quartet No. 2 (1943-44, withdrawn) LC
Scherzo, viola and piano (1944; withdrawn) LC
Serenade, viola (or clarinet) and piano (1944)
Sonatina No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1944; withdrawn; revised 1948 and published) LC
Trio No. 2, violin, cello and piano (1943-45; withdrawn) LC [?includes: "Lyric Sketch"]
Suite for Clarinet (or viola) and Piano (1944-45; rev. 1953)
Nocturne, violin and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Quintet, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano (1945)
Suite for Violin and Piano (1945, 1st mvt only - unfinished?) LC
Two Ecologues, oboe and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Quartet, piano and strings (1946; withdrawn) LC
Recitative, harp (1946) LC
Arioso and Etude, double bass (or cello) and piano (1947)
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1947)
Three Pieces for Bassoon (or cello) and Piano (1947)
Andante, clarinet and piano (1949)
Intermezzo, Cadenza and Finale, cello (or viola) and piano (1948-49; rev. 1950)
Sonata for Bassoon (or cello) and Piano (1949)
String Quartet No. 3 (1948-49)
Suite for Flute and Piano (1949; withdrawn; rev. and pub. 1952)
Magyar Folk Songs (Népdalszvit), string quartet (1950)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1949-50)
Three Hungarian Folk Songs, viola (or clarinet, or English horn, or cello) and piano (1950)
Elegy, violin and piano (1951)
Three Pieces for Flute Alone (1951; withdrawn; rev. and pub. 1952)
Six Canons for Two Equal Instruments (1952)
Sonata for Horn and Piano (1952-53)
Hungarian Children’s Songs, cello and piano (1953)
Quiet Song, cello and piano (1953) [arrangement of 4th mvt of "Music for Ann"] LC
Music for Christopher, cello and piano (1953)
Notturno, cello and piano (1953)
Trio No. 3, "Redlands", violin, cello and piano (1953-54)
Two Old Dances, violin (or va, vc, fl, ob, or cl) & keyboard (pf/hpsd) (1954) - [from Les parodies du nouveau théâtre italien, 1721]
Five Duos for Two Cellos (1954)
Moravian Folksong, cello and piano (1954) [melody from Bartok collection]
Sonatina for Harp (1954)
Sonatina giocosa, double bass (or cello) and piano (1954)
Suite for Solo Violin (1954) LC
Tunes from Olden Times (1st set), cello and piano (1954) [Four songs of May]
Tunes from Olden Times (2nd set), cello and piano (1954) [Five old French songs]
Lento ma non troppo, string quartet (1955) LC
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1953-56)
Prelude, clarinet and piano (1956) LC
Sonatina piacevole, alto recorder (or flute) and harpsichord (or piano) (1956)
Septet for Wind and String Instruments [cl, hn, bsn, 2 va, 2 vc] (1956-57)
Sonatina for Cello (or bassoon) and Piano (1957)
Four Short Pieces, horn (or clarinet) and piano (1956-58)
Prelude, harp (1958)
Sonata for Solo Cello (1956-58)
String Quartet No. 4 (1953-59, unfinished) LC
Sonatina No. 3 for Violin and Piano (1959)
Suite for Viola and Piano (1957-59)
Trio for Wind and/or String Instruments (1959)
- flute or violin, clarinet or viola, bassoon or cello (playable in any of 8 possible permutations)
Romanian Dance (Jocul drustelor), cello and piano (1960)
Sonatina for Bass Tuba (or trombone, or double bass) and Piano (1959-60) [arr. 1987 w/string orch by Gary Hellick]
Sonatina for Oboe and Piano (1956-61, unfinished) LC
Two Pieces, 4 clarinets (1961)
Trumpet Trio (1962) LC
Twelve Slovakian Folksongs, 2 violins (1962) [Melodies from Béla Bartók's collection "Slovenské l'udové piesne"]
Four Folksongs of Touraine, clarinet and piano (1963)
Good Christian Men Rejoice, clarinet, cello and piano (1963) LC
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1965)
Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1954-65)
Eight Canons for Two Violins (1961-66)
Divertimento, 2 two violins (1958-66)
Duo for Horn and Cello (1966) LC
Duo for Horn and Viola (1966) LC
Eight Pieces for Woodwind Quartet (1966) [arr. 1966 from work for piano]
Five Duos for Flute and Clarinet (1966)
Six Slovakian Folksongs, harp (1966)
Twelve Melodic Studies for Clarinet (1966?; pub. 1971)
Bicinia, 2 violins (1967)
Four Duos for Double-Basses (1967)
Notturno, bass clarinet and piano (1967) LC
Seven Duets, violin and cello (1967)
Three Pieces for Three Violins (1967)
Four Pieces for Four Violins (1967-68)
Another Waltz, wind quintet (1968) LC
Four Duets for Violin and Cello (or viola?) (1968) LC
Four Short Pieces, string quartet (1968) LC
Invention for Clarinet and Bassoon (pub. 1968) [arr. from Seventeen Piano Pieces, no.11]
Studies for Solo Bassoon (1968)
Six Easy Canons, 2 violins (1968-69)
Eight Canons for Two Violas (or violin and viola) (1969)
Processional and Recessional, 3 trumpets and organ (1969) LC [same as "Two Festal Pieces"]
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1971, unpublished) LC
Dittico, alto saxophone (or clarinet) and piano (1972)
Twelve Studies for Oboe Solo (1972)
Quintetto “Serbelloni”, woodwind quintet (1971-72)
Chamber Music by Category
Ensembles (5+ instruments)
Sextet, D minor, strings (1934-36; withdrawn) LC
Quintet, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano (1945)
Septet for Wind and String Instruments [cl, hn, bsn, 2 va, 2 vc] (1956-57)
Another Waltz, wind quintet (1968) LC
Quintetto “Serbelloni”, woodwind quintet (1971-72)
Quartets
String Quartet No. 1 (1931, unfinished?; withdrawn) LC
Diversion on a Canadian folktune: "Beau chasseur de lièvre", string quartet (1942-43, withdrawn) LC
String Quartet No. 2 (1943-44, withdrawn) LC
Quartet, piano and strings (1946; withdrawn) LC
String Quartet No. 3 (1948-49)
Magyar Folk Songs (Népdalszvit), string quartet or string orch (1950) [arr. from work for piano or harpsichord]
Lento ma non troppo, string quartet (1955) LC
String Quartet No. 4 (1953-59, unfinished) LC
Two Pieces, 4 clarinets (1961)
Eight Pieces for Woodwind Quartet (1966) [arr. 1966 from work for piano]
Four Pieces for Four Violins (1967-68)
Four Short Pieces, string quartet (1968) LC
Processional and Recessional, 3 trumpets and organ (1969) LC [same as "Two Festal Pieces"]
Trios
Trio No. 1, violin, cello and piano (1936-37, withdrawn) LC
Trio No. 2, violin, cello and piano (1943-45; withdrawn) LC [?includes: "Lyric Sketch"]
Trio No. 3, "Redlands", violin, cello and piano (1953-54)
Trio for Wind and/or String Instruments (1959)
- flute or violin, clarinet or viola, bassoon or cello (playable in any of 8 possible permutations)
Trumpet Trio (1962) LC
Good Christian Men Rejoice, clarinet, cello and piano (1963) LC
Three Pieces for Three Violins (1967)
Processional and Recessional, 3 trumpets and organ (1969) LC [same as "Two Festal Pieces"]
Duos
Duo concertante, viola and cello (1941; withdrawn) LC
Six Canons for Two Equal Instruments (1952)
Five Duos for Two Cellos (1954)
Twelve Slovakian Folksongs, 2 violins (1962) [Melodies from Béla Bartók's collection "Slovenské l'udové piesne"]
Eight Canons for Two Violins (1961-66)
Divertimento, 2 two violins (1958-66)
Duo for Horn and Cello (1966) LC
Duo for Horn and Viola (1966) LC
Five Duos for Flute and Clarinet (1966)
Bicinia, 2 violins (1967)
Four Duos for Double-Basses (1967)
Seven Duets, violin and cello (1967)
Four Duets for Violin and Cello (or viola?) (1968) LC
Invention for Clarinet and Bassoon (pub. 1968) [arr. from Seventeen Piano Pieces, no.11]
Six Easy Canons, 2 violins (1968-69)
Eight Canons for Two Violas (or violin and viola) (1969)
Solo Instrument and Piano
Sonatina No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1936; withdrawn) LC
Variations on a Moorish Theme, violin and piano (1941; withdrawn) LC
Rhapsody, viola and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1943) LC
Lament, violin and piano (1941-44; withdrawn) LC
Scherzo, viola and piano (1944; withdrawn) LC
Serenade, viola (or clarinet) and piano (1944)
Sonatina No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1944; withdrawn; revised 1948 and published) LC
Suite for Clarinet (or viola) and Piano (1944-45; rev. 1953)
Nocturne, violin and piano (1945; withdrawn)
Suite for Violin and Piano (1945, 1st mvt only - unfinished?) LC
Two Ecologues, oboe and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Arioso and Etude, double bass (or cello) and piano (1947)
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1947)
Three Pieces for Bassoon (or cello) and Piano (1947)
Andante, clarinet and piano (1949)
Intermezzo, Cadenza and Finale, cello (or viola) and piano (1948-49; rev. 1950)
Sonata for Bassoon (or cello) and Piano (1949)
Suite for Flute and Piano (1949; withdrawn; rev. and pub. 1952)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1949-50)
Three Hungarian Folk Songs, viola (or clarinet, or English horn, or cello) and piano (1950)
Elegy, violin and piano (1951)
Sonata for Horn and Piano (1952-53)
Hungarian Children’s Songs, cello and piano (1953)
Quiet Song, cello and piano (1953) [arrangement of 4th mvt of "Music for Ann"] LC
Music for Christopher, cello and piano (1953)
Notturno, cello and piano (1953)
Moravian Folksong, cello and piano (1954) [melody from Bartok collection]
Sonatina giocosa, double bass (or cello) and piano (1954)
Tunes from Olden Times (1st set), cello and piano (1954) [Four songs of May]
Tunes from Olden Times (2nd set), cello and piano (1954) [Five old French songs]
Two Old Dances, violin (or va, vc, fl, ob, or cl) & keyboard (pf/hpsd) (1954) - [from Les parodies du nouveau théâtre italien, 1721]
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1953-56)
Prelude, clarinet and piano (1956) LC
Sonatina piacevole, alto recorder (or flute) and harpsichord (or piano) (1956)
Sonatina for Cello (or bassoon) and Piano (1957)
Four Short Pieces, horn (or clarinet) and piano (1956-58)
Sonatina No. 3 for Violin and Piano (1959)
Suite for Viola and Piano (1957-59)
Romanian Dance (Jocul drustelor), cello and piano (1960)
Sonatina for Bass Tuba (or trombone, or double bass) and Piano (1959-60) [arr. 1987 w/string orch by Gary Hellick]
Sonatina for Oboe and Piano (1956-61, unfinished) LC
Four Folksongs of Touraine, clarinet and piano (1963)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1965)
Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1954-65)
Notturno, bass clarinet and piano (1967) LC
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1971, unpublished) LC
Dittico, alto saxophone (or clarinet) and piano (1972)
Solo Instrument
Berceuse, viola solo (1930s?; withdrawn) LC
Three Pieces for Flute Alone (1951; withdrawn; rev. and pub. 1952)
Suite for Solo Violin (1954) LC
Sonata for Solo Cello (1956-58)
Twelve Melodic Studies for Clarinet (1966; pub. 1971)
Studies (12) for Solo Bassoon (1968) ["Twelve Studies for Solo Bassoon"]
Twelve Studies for Oboe Solo (1972)
Harp
Recitative, harp (1946) LC
Sonatina for Harp (1954)
Prelude, harp (1958)
Six Slovakian Folksongs, harp (1966)
Piano/Harpsichord - see also Keyboard Music by Category
April Morning, piano (1928, withdrawn) [HS's first publicly performed composition] LC
Fantasy Nocturne in F-sharp, piano (1930; withdrawn) LC
Theme and Variations, E flat, 2 pianos (1930; withdrawn) LC
Capriccio in the Style of Robert Schumann, piano (1932; incomplete; withdrawn) LC
Sonata for Piano No. 1 (1933, incomplete; withdrawn) LC
Fugue in D minor, piano (1935; withdrawn) LC
Circus Pieces, piano (1935-37; withdrawn) LC
Sonata for Piano No. 2 (1937; withdrawn) LC
Rondo, piano (1940; withdrawn) LC
Theme and Variations, piano (1940; withdrawn) LC
Two Pieces, 2 pianos (1936-41) LC
Minuet, piano (1940-41; withdrawn) LC
Ostinato, piano (1941; withdrawn) LC
Ramble, piano (1941)
- Ramble (different version), piano (1941) LC
Three Short Pieces, piano (1941-42; withdrawn) LC
Microsuite, piano (1942) LC
Prelude to Polytonality, piano (1942, withdrawn)
Siciliano, piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Sonatina No. 1 for Piano (1942; withdrawn; revised 1959 and 1967, and published)
The Turtle Dove, 9 variations & fugue on an English folktune, piano (1942-43; withdrawn) LC
Cortege, piano (1944; withdrawn) LC
Intermezzo on a Theme by Christopher Stevens, piano (1944-45) LC
Prelude, piano (1945) LC
Sonatina No. 2 for Piano (1945; withdrawn; revised 1959, and published)
Musette, piano (1947) [1st version; 2nd version 1954, pub. in "Ten Short Pieces"] LC
A Tune, piano (1947) LC
Sonata for Piano No. 3 (1947-48) LC
Three Inventions, piano (1948)
Toccata, piano (1948)
Improvisation, piano (1949)
Scherzo, piano (1949)
Two Pieces, piano (1949) LC
Eleven Easy Pieces, piano (1949-50; rev. 1969) LC
Magyar Folksongs (Népdalszvit) (8), harpsichord (or piano) (1950) [also arr. for string quartet, or string orch]
Sonatina No. 3 for Piano (1950)
Colinde (Romanian Christmas Songs), piano (or harpsichord) (1951)
From Faraway Islands - Improvisations on Javanese Themes, piano (1951)
Poco lento, in modo satirico, piano (1952) LC
Sonatina No. 4 for Piano (1952)
Three Preludes (First series), piano (1951-52)
Music for Ann (5 pieces), piano (1952-53) - music for Young Pianists [Grade Level: EI-I]
- Prelude (1952)
- Trumpet Tune (1952)
- Chorale (1953)
- Quiet Song (1953)
- Piece for Skipping (1953)
Duet, piano 4-hands (1953)
Improvisation on “Divinum Mysterium”, organ (1953)
Music for Christopher, piano (1953) LC
Romanian Dance, piano (1953) LC
Romanian Folktunes, piano (1953) LC
Seven French Folksongs, piano (1953)
Intrada, piano (1949-54)
Ten Short Pieces, piano (1945-54) - music for Young Pianists [Grade Level: I-LI]
- [mvts 1, 2, 3 & 8 selected and arranged for chamber orchestra as "Four Short Pieces", 1954]
- Praeludium (1945) [taken from "Sonatina No. 2 for Piano"]
- In a Mirror (1952)
- Piece in Fourths (1952)
- Scherzino (1953)
- Unison Melody (1953)
- Elegy (1954)
- A Tune (1947)
- Musette (1954) [2nd version; first version 1947]
- Minuet (1953)
- Fugue (1954)
Partita, harpsichord (or piano) (1953-54)
Five Little Five-Finger Pieces, piano (1954) - music for Young Pianists
Five Old French Songs, piano (or harpsichord) (1954)
Laude spirituali, piano (1954) [Italian melodies of the XIII century]
Six Little Pieces, piano (1954) ["for Joanna"] [no titles for each piece] - music for Young Pianists [Grade Level: E]
Sonatina No. 5 for Piano (1954)
Two Duets on Old French Airs, piano 4-hands (1954)
Lyric Piece, piano (1955) - music for Young Pianists
Six Russian Folk Tunes, piano (1955)
Preludes (3) (Second Series), piano (1952-56)
Christmas Songs from Hungary, piano (1956)
Eleven Ukrainian Folksongs, piano (1956)
Five Old French Songs, piano or harpsichord (1956) LC
Five Portuguese Folksongs, piano (1956)
Prelude, piano 4-hands (1956)
Romanian Folk Tunes, piano (1956)
Three Short Preludes, organ (1954-56)
Elegia, piano (1956-57) [arrangement of 2nd mvt of "Sinfonia breve"] LC
Three Hungarian Dances (Három virágének), piano (1957) [from A magyar népzene / Z. Kodály] ["Three Hungarian Folksongs"]
Two Pieces on Themes by Joanna Stevens, piano (1956-57) ["Joanna's Theme"]
Three Czech Folktunes, piano (1958)
Hine ma tov, piano (1959) [folksong arrangement] LC
Reflections, piano (1959)
Sonatina No. 6 for Piano (1959)
Sonatina No. 7 for Piano (1959-84; completed by Morten Lauridsen)
Ten French Folksongs, piano (1959)
- Ah! Mon beau château, piano (1959) [folksong arrangement] LC
Four Bagatelles, piano (1960)
Ritratti, piano (1959-60)
- Intrada [original title: "Portrait of a Musician"]
- Arietta
- Tema con quattro variazioni
Three Ukrainian Folksongs, piano (1960) LC
Fantasia, piano (1961)
Five Swedish Folktunes, piano (1961)
Jumping Colts, piano (1961) [after a woodcut by Franz Marc]
Moto perpetuo, piano (1961)
Eight Piano Pieces (1961-62) [also arr. for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon] - music for Young Pianists
- Prelude
- Proclamation
- Pompous parade
- Palindrome
- Plaintive poem
- Pantomime
- Pastorale
- Pleasantry
Three Pieces for Organ (1962)
- Prelude on “Christ Lag In Todesbanden”
- Notturno
- Carillon
Five French Folksongs, piano (1962-64)
Capriccio, piano (1965; sketches only; withdrawn) LC
Seventeen Piano Pieces (1933-66; pub. 1968) - music for Young Pianists
- Prelude
- Bell sounds
- Hommage ŕ Frédéric Chopin
- Hommage ŕ Arthur Honegger (1933) [earlier title: "Mouvement à la manière d'Arthur Honegger"]
- Hommage ŕ Muzio Clementi
- Night procession
- Night song
- Study in hemiola
- Another waltz
- Chaconne
- Invention
- For the left hand alone (1953)
- Erratic rhythms
- Palindrome II
- Legato and staccato (1961)
- From a Roman sketchbook
- Finale
Birthday Variation for Ulysses Kay, piano (1966) LC
Eight Yugoslavian Folksongs, piano (1966) LC
Study in Irregular Rhythms, piano (1966)
La Quatre-Vingtaine, harpsichord (or piano) (1967)
Variation on a Theme by Ramiro Cortes, piano (1967) LC
Notturno (“Bellagio Adagio”), piano (1971) [pub. in “12 x 11, Piano Music in the 20th Century America"] - for Young Pianists [I-LI]
Soliloquy, organ (1971)
Three Short Piano Pieces (1968-75, incomplete) LC
Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands (1975)
Keyboard Music by Category
Folksongs
Magyar Folksongs (Népdalszvit) (8), harpsichord (or piano) (1950) [also arr. for string quartet, or string orch]
Colinde (Romanian Christmas Songs), piano (or harpsichord) (1951)
From Faraway Islands - Improvisations on Javanese Themes, piano (1951)
Romanian Dance, piano (1953) LC
Romanian Folktunes, piano (1953) LC
Seven French Folksongs, piano (1953)
Five Old French Songs, piano (or harpsichord) (1954)
Two Duets on Old French Airs, piano 4-hands (1954)
Six Russian Folk Tunes, piano (1955)
Christmas Songs from Hungary, piano (1956)
Eleven Ukrainian Folksongs, piano (1956)
Five Old French Songs, piano or harpsichord (1956) LC
Five Portuguese Folksongs, piano (1956)
Romanian Folk Tunes, piano (1956)
Three Hungarian Dances (Három virágének), piano (1957) [from A magyar népzene / Z. Kodály] ["Three Hungarian Folksongs"]
Three Czech Folktunes, piano (1958)
Hine ma tov, piano (1959) [folksong arrangement] LC
Ten French Folksongs, piano (1959)
Three Ukrainian Folksongs, piano (1960) LC
Five Swedish Folktunes, piano (1961)
Five French Folksongs, piano (1962-64)
Eight Yugoslavian Folksongs, piano (1966) LC
Harpsichord
Magyar Folksongs (Nédalszvit) (8), harpsichord (or piano) (1950) [also arr. for string quartet, or string orch]
Colinde (Romanian Christmas Songs), piano (or harpsichord) (1951)
Five Old French Songs, piano (or harpsichord) (1954)
Partita, harpsichord (or piano) (1954)
Two Old Dances, violin (or va, vc, fl, ob, or cl) and keyboard (pf or hpsd) (1954)
Five Old French Songs, piano or harpsichord (1956) LC
Sonatina piacevole, alto recorder (or flute) and harpsichord (or piano) (1956)
La Quatre-Vingtaine, harpsichord (or piano) (1967)
Sonatinas
Sonatina No. 1 for Piano (1942; withdrawn; revised 1959 and 1967, and published)
Sonatina No. 2 for Piano (1945; withdrawn; revised 1959, and published)
Sonatina No. 3 for Piano (1950)
Sonatina No. 4 for Piano (1952)
Sonatina No. 5 for Piano (1954)
Sonatina No. 6 for Piano (1959)
Sonatina No. 7 for Piano (1959-84; completed by Morten Lauridsen)
Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands (1975)
Music for Young Pianists
Music for Ann (5 pieces), piano (1952-53)
Ten Short Pieces, piano (1945-54)
Five Little Five-Finger Pieces, piano (1954)
Six Little Pieces, piano (1954)
Lyric Piece, piano (1955)
Eight Piano Pieces (1961-62)
Seventeen Piano Pieces (1933-66; pub. 1968)
Notturno (“Bellagio Adagio”), piano (1971) [pub. in “12 x 11, Piano Music in the 20th Century America"]
Organ
Improvisation on “Divinum Mysterium”, organ (1953)
Three Short Preludes, organ (1956)
Three Pieces for Organ (1962)
Soliloquy, organ (1971)
Vocal
The Frogs at School, voice and piano (1920s) [HS's first composition] LC
Tears, voice and piano (1929; withdrawn) LC
- Tears (2nd version), voice and piano (1962) LC
Beauty Free and Undismayed, voice and piano (1930; rev. 1969) LC
The Flower-clouded Bells of Morn, voice and piano (1930; withdrawn) LC
Die Mädchen von Granáda, voice and piano (1931) LC - 2nd version c.1971 [see also Drei Lieder, 1971]
Trauer, voice and piano (1931, withdrawn) LC - 2nd version 1966 [see also Drei Lieder, 1971]
Leonora, voice and piano (1932; withdrawn) LC - 2nd version 1955-57 LC
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways, voice and piano (1932) LC
Du, voice and piano (1933; withdrawn) LC - 2nd version 1967 [see also Drei Lieder, 1971]
When She Came Not, voice and piano (1933; withdrawn) LC
Three Jacobean Songs, voice and piano (1936; withdrawn) LC
- Memory
- Cherry-ripe
- Night piece
Triad, voice and piano (1936) LC
Vitae summa brevis, voice and piano (1937; withdrawn) LC
- from earlier version (1936) for chorus and unspecified instruments
Amores: 2, voice and string orchestra (1939, incomplete) LC
Du bist wie eine Blume, voice and piano (1939; withdrawn) LC
The Statue of Venus Sleeping, voice and piano (1939; withdrawn) LC
Early One Morning, voice and piano (1939) [text: English folksong, 17th century] [for 2nd version, see "Vocal", 1955]
When I am Dead, My Dearest, voice and piano (1939) [text: Christina Rossetti] [earlier version (1938) for chorus]
When Icicles Hang by the Wall, medium voice and piano (1940; pub. 1954) [text: Shakespeare] - also in Three Shakespeare ..., 1967
- arr. 1951 for voice, flute, cello and piano
Epigram, voice and piano (1941) LC
Four Beasts, voice and piano (1941) LC
El pájaro errante, voice and piano (1942) [folksong arrangement] LC
She's Somewhere in the Sunlight Strong, voice and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Troubadour Songs, voice and piano (1942; rev. 1957) ["transcribed for voice and piano"] ["Four Troubadour Songs"]
- Be m'an perdut [text: Bernart de Ventadorn] (Lo, now I bid farewell) (rev. 1957)
- All thoughts within my heart (not revised in 1957)
- Mercy I cry (not revised in 1957)
- Ce fut en mai (It was in May) [text: Moniot d'Arras] (rev. 1957)
With Rue My Heart Is Laden, voice and piano (1942; withdrawn) LC
Children of the Wind, voice and piano (1943) LC
Psalm 130: De profundis, voice and organ (1943; withdrawn) LC
Forty-eight Hours, voice and piano (1945) [text: John Pudney]
- Forty-eight Hours, voice, flute and piano (1945) [text: John Pudney] LC
So I Praise These, voice and piano (1945; withdrawn) LC
Sonnet: Remember Me When I Am Gone Away, low voice and piano (1947) [text: Christina Rossetti]
Six Millay Songs, voice and piano (1949-50) [text: Edna St. Vincent Millay]
- The return from town
- The betrothal
- Keen
- The voice crying
- The spring and the fall
- Siege
New Shoes, voice and piano (1950; withdrawn) LC
Shoemaker's Song, voice and piano (1950)
In a Far Distant Clime, high voice and piano (1951) [text: R.T. Spence] [?music by James Hewitt; freely transcribed by H.Stevens]
Quatre chansons populaires du Canada, voice and piano (1950-51)
- Isabeau s'y promène
- Quand j'étais chez mon père
- C'est la belle Franc̜oise
- Et moi je m'enfouiyais
A Secret Love, medium voice and piano (1951) [text: Anon., ca. 1500]
Of My Lady in Heaven, voice and piano (1952) LC
Four Songs of Love and Death, voice and piano (1951-53) [arr. 1982 w/orch by Morten Lauridsen] LC
- A Secret Love
- Because I Love Her
- Of My Lady in Heaven
- Hey Nonny No!
Three Songs from Mother Goose, medium voice and piano (1951-54) [arr. 1982 w/orch Donald Crockett]
- The little man and his gun
- The farmer and the raven
- A doleful ditty (1977) [added 1978, and collection pub. as "Four Songs from Mother Goose"]
- When I was a little boy
Because I Love Her, voice and piano (1952) LC
Hey Nonny No!, voice and piano (1952-53) LC
A Summer Day, voice and piano (1953) LC
Two Songs, medium voice and piano (1955) LC
- John Mouldy
- Lord of Tartary
Two English Folksongs, medium voice and piano (1955-56)
- Early One Morning (1955, 2nd version) [for first version, see "Vocal", 1939]
- Green Bushes (1956)
Sonetto: Solo e pensoso, low voice and piano (1956; pub. 1966) [text: Francesco Petrarca]
Leonora, voice and piano (1955-57) LC - 2nd version(?); see other version, 1932
Djafer-begova majka, voice and piano (1957) [folksong arrangement] LC
Biljana, voice and piano (1958) [folksong arrangement] LC
Pour Noël, medium voice and piano (1958) [text: Théophile Gautier]
Two Shakespeare Songs, mezzo-soprano, flute and clarinet (1958-59)
- Come Away Death (1959)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1958)
On a Rosebud Sent to Her Lover, medium voice and piano (1959)
Three Japanese Folksongs, soprano, violin, cello and piano (1960)
- Sakura Sakura
- Komoriuta
- Aizu Bandai San
Cuatro Canciones, voice and piano (1961) [text: Antonio Machado]
- Desunde esta la tierra
- Oh tarde luminosa!
- En medio de campo
- La plaza tiene una torre
Lay a Garland on My Hearse, medium voice and piano (1963) [text: John Fletcher]
Siete Canciones, voice and piano (1964) [text: Federico Garcia Lorca]
- Las seis cuerdas
- El pueblo perdido
- La guitarra
- Adivinanza de la guitarra
- "De profundis"
- Memento
- Sorpresa
Three Shakespeare Songs, voice and piano (c.1967)
- When Icicles Hang by the Wall (see "Vocal", 1941)
- Willow song (1967)
- It was a lover and his lass (1966)
Music for the Marriage Service, medium voice and organ (or piano) (1969)
- O perfect love
- A wedding prayer
Drei Lieder, voice and piano (c.1971) LC
- Du (1967) [see also first version, "Vocal" 1933]
- Trauer (1966) [see also first version, "Vocal" 1931]
- Die Mädchen von Granáda [see also first version, "Vocal", 1931]
Four Songs from Mother Goose (pub. 1978) - see "Three Songs from Mother Goose"
Choricos, voice and orchestra (1978-80?, unfinished) LC
Incidental/Film
The Rivals, incidental music, [chamber ensemble] (1961)
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Choral / Alphabetical
A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior, [chorus] (1945; withdrawn) [text: Ben Johnson] LC
A Testament of Life, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1958-59) [text: from the Scriptures]
A Virgin Most Pure [text: Anon.] - from Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
All Flesh is Grass, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
All This Night Shrill Chanticleer [text: William Austin] - from Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
The Amphisbaena, chorus and and piano (1972) [text: A. E. Housman]
Anna Elise [text: trad.] - from Old Rhymes, female chorus [SSA] (1954)
As I Out Rode [text: Coventry Shearmen and Tailors Pageant] - from Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
Au cummencier le trouvai - from Chansons courtoises, chorus (1967)
The Ballad of William Sycamore, chorus and orchestra (1955) [text: Stephen Vincent Benét]
Beatus Vir (Blessed Is the Man)/Psalm 1 , chorus (1966)
Blessed Be Thy Glorious Name, chorus (1963) [text: Nehemiah 9:5-9, 11, 12]
Blessed Is the Man (Beatus Vir)/Psalm 1 , chorus (1966)
Campion Suite (5 pieces), chorus (1967) [text: Thomas Campion]
Chansons courtoises (5 pieces), chorus (1967) [text: 13th cent.]
Communion Service, E minor, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) LC
De mil soupirs - from Chansons courtoises, chorus (1967)
An Epitaph for Sara and Roland Cotton, chorus (1971) [text: John Cotton, 1649]
Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
From the Hills of Dream, male chorus [TTBB] (1931;withdrawn) [text: Fiona Macleod] JLM
God Is My Strong Salvation, chorus (1943; withdrawn; rev. & pub. 1966) [text: James Montgomery]
Go, Lovely Rose, chorus (1942) [text: Edmund Waller]
Grant, We Beseech Thee, chorus 1942; withdrawn) [Collect for 21st Sunday after Trinity] JLM
The Grass on the Mountain - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
Heart's Friend - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok) (3 pieces), chorus (1951; pub. 1970) [also called "Three Hungarian Folksongs"]
Hymn Anthem on “Lyons” (O Worship the King), chorus and organ (1966) [text: R. Grant] [tune adapted from J. M. Haydn]
A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior, [chorus] (1945; withdrawn) [text: Ben Johnson] LC
If Luck and I Should Meet, chorus [SSAATTBB] (1950; rev. 1962) [text: Clemence Dane] **
In Dublin's Fair City, [chorus] (1936) LC
In Te, Domine, Speravi, chorus and organ (1962) [text: Psalm 31:1-6, 17-18, 26-27]
In the dark earth (Fekete föld) - from Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok), chorus (1951)
In the blackbird's nest (Hármat tojott a fekete kánya) - from Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok), chorus (1951)
Infirtaris [text: trad.] - from Old Rhymes, female chorus [SSA] (1954)
Jenny Kissed Me (1968; withdrawn) [text: Leigh Hunt] - from Three Three-part Choruses, 1968
Lady, As Thy Fair Swan, chorus (1966) [text: Gerald Bullett]
Las! pour koi - from Chansons courtoises, chorus (1967)
Le Mois de Mai (The Month of May), chorus (1962) [text: French folksong]
Li nouviaus tans - from Chansons courtoises, chorus (1967)
Like as the Culver on the Bared Bough, chorus [SSATB] (1954) [text:Edmund Spenser]
The Lord’s Prayer, chorus (1975)
Lovely is the forest (Akkor szép az erdő) - from Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok), chorus (1951)
The Loyal Lover, chorus (1936) [original transcription and harmonization by Deems Taylor] LC
Magnificat, chorus, trumpet and keyboard (or string orchestra) (1962)
Missa orbis factor, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) LC
Monotone, chorus (1936; withdrawn) [text: Carl Sandburg] LC
A New Year Carol, chorus (1960) [text: traditional]
Night as well as brightest day - from Campion Suite, chorus (1967)
No Sweeter Life, [chorus] (1953?) LC
Nunc Dimittis, chorus (1971)
O God of Earth and Altar, chorus and organ (1942-43; withdrawn) [text: G.K. Chesterton] LC
O God, the Refuge of Our Fears, chorus (1963) [text: Stephen Vincent Benét]
O Lord Our Governor/Psalm 8, chorus (1970)
O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations/Psalm 117, chorus [SSATBB] (1976)
O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song/Psalm 98, female chorus [SSA] and piano (1955)
O Word of God Incarnate, [chorus] (1943/1945) LC
O Worship the King - Hymn Anthem on “Lyons”, chorus and organ (1966) [text: R. Grant] [tune adapted from J. M. Haydn]
Of the Heavenly Bodies, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) [new setting composed 1954 & pub. 1964] [text: Roger Williams]
Old Rhymes (4 pieces), female chorus [SSA] (1954)
Out of the Depths, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Prairie Night, [chorus] and piano (1930; withdrawn) [text: L.S. Brown] LC
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above, equal or unequal voices and organ (1969) [not 1960] [text: Charles Wesley]
Praise Ye the Lord. Praise God in His Sanctuary/Psalm 150, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
Praise Ye the Lord. Praise Ye the Lord from the Heavens/Psalm 148, chorus (1953)
Prayer During Battle, [chorus] (1942; withdrawn) [text: Hermann Hagedorn] LC
Prepare Ye in the Wilderness the Way of Jehovah- see The Way of Jehovah, 1963
Psalm 1: Beatus Vir (Blessed Is the Man), chorus (1966)
Psalm 8: O Lord Our Governor, chorus (1970)
Psalm 95 - see Venite, exultemus, 1974
Psalm 98: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, female chorus [SSA] and piano (1955)
Psalm 117: O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations, chorus [SSATBB] (1976)
Psalm 148: Praise Ye the Lord. Praise Ye the Lord from the Heavens, chorus (1953)
Psalm 150: Praise Ye the Lord. Praise God in His Sanctuary, chorus and piano (1959) (from "A Testament of Life")
The Rattlesnake - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
Remember Me When I Am Gone Away, male chorus [TBB] (1968) [text: Christina Rossetti] - see Three 3-part Choruses, 1968
The River - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
Sanctus et benedictus, chorus (1943; withdrawn) LC
A Set of Three, male chorus [TTBB] (1951)
She That Denies Me [text: Thomas Heywood] - from A Set of Three, male chorus [TTBB] (1951)
A Short Communion Service, D minor, [chorus] and organ (1942; withdrawn) LC
Sixteen Two-part Choruses, treble voices (1968, sketches, incomplete) LC
Song for the Passing of a Beautiful Woman - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
A Song in Depression - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976) [text: from Paiute songs by Bourke Lee & Mary Austin]
Sonnet: Remember Me When I Am Gone Away - see Remember Me When I Am Gone Away (1968)
Storm - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
Sur toutes choses - from Chansons courtoises, chorus (1967)
Sweet Grass Range, chorus (1936; withdrawn) [text: Edwin Ford Piper] LC
Te Deum, chorus and ensemble [2 tpt, 2 hn, 2 trom, tuba, organ & timp] (1967)
A Testament of Life, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1958-59) [text: from the Scriptures]
There is a garden in her face - from Campion Suite, chorus (1967)
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, [chorus] (1976-77, unfinished?) LC
Three Amens, chorus (1943; withdrawn) JLM
Three Elizabethan Madrigals, chorus (collection of earlier pub. works: Weepe, O Mine...; Like as the Culver...; Go, Lovely Rose)
Three Hungarian Folksongs - see Hungarian Folksongs (Népdalok)
Three Hymns, chorus (1955) [text: John Greenleaf Whittier]
Three Three-part Choruses, male voices [TBB?] (1968) LC
Thrice toss these oaken ashes - from Campion Suite, chorus (1967)
To Everything There is a Season (from "A Testament of Life")
To music bent - from Campion Suite, chorus (1967)
Triolet (1968; withdrawn) [text: Austin Dobson] - from Three Three-part Choruses, 1968
Two Choral Amens, chorus (1955) LC
Venite, exultemus, chorus and brass quintet (or keyboard) (1974) [text: Psalm 95]
A Virgin Most Pure [text: Anon.] - from Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
Vitae summa brevis, [chorus] and unspecified instruments (1936, unfinished; withdrawn) LC
The Waning Moon [text: Anon.] - from A Set of Three, male chorus [TTBB] (1951)
The Way of Jehovah, chorus and organ (or piano) (1963) [text: Isaiah 40:3-5] ["Prepare Ye in the Wilderness the Way of Jehovah"]
Weepe, O Mine Eyes, chorus [SSATB] (1959) [text: Anon. 16th century]
Weeping-Cross [text: Anon.] - from A Set of Three, male chorus [TTBB] (1951)
What Sweeter Music [text: Robert Herrick] - from Four Carols, male chorus [TTB] (1952)
When good King Arthur ruled this land [text: trad.] - from Old Rhymes, female chorus [SSA] (1954)
When I am Dead, My Dearest, chorus (1942) [text: Christina Rossetti]
When I was a little boy [text: trad.] - from Old Rhymes, female chorus [SSA] (1954)
When to her lute Corinna sings - from Campion Suite, chorus (1967)
Wherewith Shall I Come Before the Lord? An Introit, chorus and organ (or piano) (1977) [text: Micah 6:6,8]
Winter - from Songs from the Paiute, tenor, chorus, 4 flutes and timpani (1976)
** The poet (and then the heirs) would not give permission to publish this work
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