List of compositions by Edward Elgar
The table below shows all known compositions by Edward Elgar.
Compositions
Works are shown in opus number order (Op. 1-90), followed by date order (1867–1933) for those without opus number. The list includes works which are incomplete and unpublished.
| Op. | Year | Title | Genre | Notes | Dedication | Words | Pub. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 011 | 1878 | Romance | chamber | violin and piano, also with orchestra | Grainger OswinOswin Grainger[1] | — | Schott |
| 01a1a | 1907 | The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1 | orchestral | from music written 1867-71 1. Overture 2. Serenade 3. Minuet (Old Style) 4. Sun Dance 5. Fairy Pipers 6. Slumber Scene 7. Fairies and Giants | Williams C. LeeC. Lee Williams[2] | — | Novello |
| 01b1b | 1908 | The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2 | orchestral | from music written 1867-71 1. March 2. The Little Bells (Scherzino) 3. Moths and Butterflies (Dance) 4. Fountain Dance 5. The Tame Bear 6. The Wild Bears | Leicester HubertHubert A. Leicester[3] | — | Novello |
| 02.02 | 1887 | Three motets / anthems | church | choir and organ, pub. 1902-07 1. "Ave verum corpus"/"Jesu, Word of God Incarnate" 2. "Ave Maria"/"Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory" 3. "Ave Maris Stella"/"Jesu, Meek and Lowly" | — | — | Novello |
| 02.12.1 | 1902 | "Ave verum corpus" / "Jesu, Word of God Incarnate" | church | motet/anthem choir and organ, written 1887 | Allen William'In Memoriam - W. A. obit Jany.27:1887.' (William Allen)[4] | Eucharistic Hymn | Novello |
| 02.22.2 | 1907 | "Ave Maria" / "Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory" | church | motet/anthem choir and organ, written 1887 | Leicester AgnesMrs H. A. Leicester[5] | Eucharistic Hymn | Novello |
| 02.32.3 | 1907 | "Ave Maris Stella" / "Jesu, Meek and Lowly" | church | motet/anthem choir and organ, written 1887 | DolmanRev. Canon Dolman, O.S.B., Hereford [6] | Eucharistic Hymn | Novello |
| 03.03 | 1912 | Cantique[7] | keyboard | organ, originally the wind quintet Andante Arioso (1879), arr. organ and for orchestra | Blair HughHugh Blair | — | Novello |
| 04.04 | 1883 | Three pieces | chamber | violin and piano 1. Idylle (Esquisse Façile) 2. Pastourelle 3. Virelai | — | — | — |
| 04.14.1 | 1883 | Idylle (Esquisse Façile) | chamber | violin and piano | E. E.E. E., Inverness[8] | — | Beare, Ashdown |
| 04.24.2 | 1883 | Pastourelle | chamber | violin and piano | Fitton HildaMiss Hilda Fitton, Malvern[9] | — | Swan, Novello |
| 04.34.3 | 1883 | Virelai | chamber | violin and piano | Webb FrankFrank W. Webb[10] | — | Swan, Novello |
| 05.05 | 1903 | Two songs[11] | song | voice and piano 1. "A War Song" 2. unknown | — | — | — |
| 05.15.1 | 1903 | "A War Song" | song | voice and piano, originally "A Soldier’s Song" (1884) | Pedley FrederickF. G. P., Worcester (Frederick G. Pedley)[12] | Hayward CC. Flavell Hayward[13] | Boosey |
| 05.25.2 | 1903 | unknown | song | voice and piano | — | — | — |
| 06.06 | 1878-81 | Wind Quintets | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello see Op. 6.1 — Op. 6.6[14] 1. Six Promenades 2. Harmony Music (1—7) 3. Five Intermezzos 4. Four Dances 5. Andante con Variazioni "Evesham Andante" 6. Adagio Cantabile "Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup" pub. posth., first perf. 1934, see also Peckham March (1877) for the same group | — | — | — |
| 06.16.1 | 1878 | Six Promenades | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello I. Moderato e molto maestoso II. Moderato ”Madame Taussaud's"[sic][15] III. Presto IV. Andante "Somniferous" V. Allegro molto VI. Allegro Maestoso "Hell and Tommy" | — | — | Belwin |
| 06.26.2 | 1879-81 | Harmony Music | chamber | for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon/cello, - all from 1879 except VII. I. Allegro Molto II. Allegro non tanto III. (Allegro) (incomplete) IV. Allegro molto "The Farm Yard" V. 1. Allegro moderato "The Mission"; 2. Menuetto and Trio ; 3. Andante "Noah's Ark"; 4. Finale (Allegro) VI. Allegro Molto; Andante Arioso (re-scored as Cantique, Op. 3) VII. Allegro; Scherzo—Allegro Giusto (1881) | Exton FrankFrank Exton (No. I)[16] W. B. Leicester (II)[17] Frank Elgar (III)[18] | — | Belwin |
| 06.36.3 | 1879 | Five Intermezzos | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello 1. Allegro moderato "The Farmyard" 2. Adagio Solenne 3. Allegretto "Nancy" 4. Andante con moto 5. Allegretto | — | — | Belwin |
| 06.46.4 | 1879 | Four Dances | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello 1. Menuetto 2. Gavotte "The Alphonsa"[19] 3. Sarabande - Largo[20] 4. Gigue - Allegro | — | — | Belwin |
| 06.56.5 | 1879 | Andante con Variazione "Evesham Andante" | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello | Leicester Hubert'H. A. L.' (Hubert Leicester)[3] | — | — |
| 06.66.6 | 1879 | Adagio Cantabile "Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup" | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello | — | — | Belwin |
| 077 | 1884 | Sevillaña | orchestral | — | Stockley, W. C.W. C. Stockley[21] | — | Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| 088 | 1888 | Quartet | chamber | string quartet, destroyed[22] | — | — | — |
| 099 | 1884? | Violin Sonata | chamber | violin and piano, destroyed | — | — | — |
| 10 | 1899 | Three Characteristic Pieces | orchestral | 1. Mazurka 2. Sérénade Mauresque 3. Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700 and 1900 | Lygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23] | — | Novello |
| 10.1 | 1899 | Mazurka | orchestral | — | Lygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23] | — | Novello |
| 10.2 | 1899 | Sérénade Mauresque | orchestral | — | Lygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23] | — | Novello |
| 10.3 | 1899 | Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700 and 1900 | orchestral | — | Lygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23] | — | Novello |
| 11 | 1894 | Sursum corda (Élévation) | orchestral | strings, brass, timpani and organ | AclandH. Dyke Acland, Malvern[24] | — | Schott |
| 12 | 1888 | Salut d'Amour (Liebesgruss) | chamber | violin and piano also for piano, orchestra and numerous arrangements | Elgar Caroline Aliceà Carice (C. Alice Elgar) | — | Schott |
| 13 | 1889-90 | Two pieces | chamber | violin and piano 1. Mot d'Amour (1889) 2. Bizarrerie (1890) | — | — | — |
| 13.1 | 1889 | Mot d'Amour | chamber | violin and piano first pub. as Liebesahnung, companion piece to Liebesgruss | Elgar Caroline AliceAlice (C. Alice Elgar) | — | Ascherberg |
| 13.2 | 1890 | Bizarrerie | chamber | violin and piano | Ward FredFred Ward[25] | — | Ascherberg |
| 14 | 1890 | Vesper Voluntaries | keyboard | organ Introduction, 1. Andante, 2. Allegro, 3. Andantino (from Quartet in D, 1888), 4. Allegro piacevole, 5. Poco lento, 6. Moderato, 7. Allegretto pensoso, 8. Poco allegro, Coda | RaikesMrs W. A. Raikes[26] | — | Ascherberg |
| 15 | 1897-99 | Two pieces | chamber | violin and piano 1. Chanson de Nuit 2. Chanson de Matin | — | — | — |
| 15.1 | 1897 | Chanson de Nuit | chamber | violin and piano, also orchestra (1899), numerous arrangements | Ehrke FrankF. Ehrke, M.D.[27] | — | Novello |
| 15.2 | 1899 | Chanson de Matin | chamber | violin and piano, also orchestra (1901), numerous arrangements | — | — | Novello |
| 16 | 1885-94 | Three songs | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder 1. "The Shepherd's Song" (1892) 2. "Through the Long Days" (1885) 3. Rondel (1894) | — | — | — |
| 16.1 | 1892 | "The Shepherd's Song" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Pain BarryBarry Pain | Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| 16.2 | 1885 | "Through the Long Days" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Hay JohnJohn Hay | Weber, Ascherberg |
| 16.3 | 1894 | "Rondel" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Longfellow HLongfellow, after Froissart | Ascherberg |
| 17 | 1891 | La Capricieuse | chamber | violin and piano | Ward FredFred Ward[28] | — | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| 18 | 1890 | Three part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "O Happy Eyes" 2. "Love" 3. "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land" | — | — | Novello |
| 18.1 | 1890 | "O Happy Eyes" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 18.2 | 1890 | "Love" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Elgar Caroline AliceC. A. E. (C. Alice Elgar) | Maquarie ArthurArthur Maquarie | Novello |
| 18.3[29] | 1890 | "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Hampton JRev. J. Hampton[30] | Lang AndrewAndrew Lang | Novello |
| 19 | 1890 | Froissart | orchestral | concert overture | — | — | Novello |
| 20 | 1888-92 | Serenade | orchestral | string orchestra, revised version of Three Pieces for string orchestra 1. Allegro piacevole 2. Larghetto 3. Allegretto | Whinfield WalterW. H. Whinfield[31] | — | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| 21 | 1899 | Minuet | orchestral | originally for piano 1897 | Kilburn PaulPaul Kilburn[32] | — | Joseph Williams |
| 22 | 1892 | Very Melodious Exercises in the First Position | chamber | violin and piano | Grafton MayMay Grafton[33] | — | Chanot, Laudy |
| 23 | 1892 | "Spanish Serenade" | part-song | "Stars of the Summer Night". SATB acc. 2 violins and piano, also acc. orchestra 1893 | — | Longfellow HLongfellow | Novello |
| 24 | 1892 | Etudes caracteristiquesÉtudes caractéristiques | chamber | violin solo | Pollitzer AdolpheAdolphe Pollitzer | — | Chanot |
| 25 | 1889-92 | The Black Knight | choral | symphony/cantata for chorus and orchestra, poem by Uhland, tr. Longfellow | Blair HughHugh Blair | Longfellow HLongfellow | Novello |
| 26 | 1894 | Two part-songs | part-song | SSA acc. 2 violins and piano 1. "The Snow" 2. "Fly, Singing Bird" | Fitton EMrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern[34] | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 26.1 | 1894 | "The Snow" | part-song | SSA acc. 2 violins and piano, also other vocal arrangements and with orchestra | Fitton EMrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern[34] | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 26.2 | 1894 | "Fly, Singing Bird" | part-song | SSA acc. 2 violins and piano, also other vocal arrangements and with orchestra | Fitton EMrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern[34] | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 27 | 1895-96 | From the Bavarian Highlands | choral | choral-songs SATB and orchestra 1. "The Dance" (Sonnenbichl) 2. "False Love" (Wamberg) 3. "Lullaby" (In Hammersbach) 4. "Aspiration" (Bei Sankt Anton) 5. "On the Alm" 'True Love'(Hoch Alp) 6. "The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)" Nos. 1, 3 and 6 arr. for orchestra as Three Bavarian Dances | Bethell SlingsbyMr and Mrs Henry Slingsby Bethell, Garmisch, Bavaria[35] | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar, adapted from Bavarian folksongs | Joseph Williams |
| 27.127 | 1898 | Three Bavarian Dances | orchestral | songs from From the Bavarian Highlands arranged for orchestra 1. "The Dance" (Sonnenbichl) 2. "Lullaby" (In Hammersbach) 3. "The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)" also for piano solo, and violin and piano | — | — | Joseph Williams |
| 28 | 1898 | Organ Sonata in G | keyboard | organ | Heap Charles SwinnertonDr. C. Swinnerton Heap[36] | — | Breitkopf |
| 29 | 1896 | The Light of Life | choral | (Lux Christi) soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra | Heap Charles SwinnertonDr. C. Swinnerton Heap[36] | Capel-Cure ERev. E. Capel-Cure, adapted from the Scriptures | Novello |
| 30 | 1896 | Scenes From The Saga Of King Olaf | choral | cantata for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra incl. part-song "As torrents in summer" pub. separately | — | LongfellowLongfellow and Harry Arbuthnot Acworth | Novello |
| 31 | 1900 | Two songs | song | voice and piano 1. "After" 2. "A Song of Flight" | — | — | — |
| 31.1 | 1900 | "After" | song | voice and piano | — | Marston PhilipPhilip Bourke Marston | Boosey |
| 31.2 | 1900 | "A Song of Flight" | song | voice and piano | — | Rossetti ChristinaChristina Rossetti | Boosey |
| 32 | 1897 | Imperial March | orchestral | for the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's accession, also arr. piano | Victoria for H.M. Queen Victoria | — | Novello |
| 33 | 1897 | The Banner of St. George | choral | ballad for chorus and orchestra | — | Wensley ShapcottShapcott Wensley | Novello |
| 34 | 1897 | Te Deum and Benedictus | church | choir and organ | — | Hymn Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) | Novello |
| 35 | 1897-98 | Caractacus | choral | cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra | VictoriaH.M. Queen Victoria | Acworth HH. A. Acworth | Novello |
| 36 | 1899 | Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) | orchestral | Theme Enigma (andante) I. C.A.E. (andante) II. H.D.S.-P. (allegro) III. R.B.T. (allegretto) IV. W.M.B. (allegro di molto) V. R.P.A. (moderato) VI. Ysobel (andantino) VII. Troyte (presto) VIII. W.N. (allegretto) IX. Nimrod (adagio) X. Intermezzo, Dorabella (allegretto) XI. G.R.S. (allegro di molto) XII. B.G.N. (andante) XIII. Romanza "***" (moderato) Finale E.D.U. (allegro) | 'To my friends pictured within' | — | Novello |
| 37 | 1897-99 | Sea Pictures | song | song-cycle for contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) 1. "Sea-Slumber Song" 2. "In Haven (Capri)" 3. "Sabbath Morning at Sea" 4. "Where Corals Lie" 5. "The Swimmer" | — | — | Boosey |
| 37.1 | 1899 | "Sea-Slumber Song" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Noel RodenHon. Roden Noel | Boosey |
| 37.2 | 1899 | "In Haven (Capri)" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) pub. 1897 as Love alone will stay | — | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Boosey |
| 37.3 | 1899 | "Sabbath Morning at Sea" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Browning ElizabethElizabeth Barrett Browning | Boosey |
| 37.4 | 1899 | "Where Corals Lie" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Garnett RichardRichard Garnett | Boosey |
| 37.5 | 1899 | "The Swimmer" | song | from Sea Pictures contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano) | — | Gordon Adam LindsayAdam Lindsay Gordon | Boosey |
| 38 | 1899–1900 | The Dream of Gerontius | choral | for mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra | A.M.D.G. | Newman JohnCardinal Newman | Novello |
| 39 | 1901-30 | Pomp and Circumstance Marches | orchestral | 1. in D (1901) 2. in A minor (1901) 3. in C minor (1904) 4. in G (1907) 5. in C (1930) 6. sketches[37] | — | — | — |
| 39.1 | 1901 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D | orchestral | the trio contains the tune known as Land of Hope and Glory | Rodewald AlfredA. E. Rodewald and the members of the Liverpool Orchestral Society | — | Boosey |
| 39.2 | 1901 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor | orchestral | — | Bantock GranvilleGranville Bantock | — | Boosey |
| 39.3 | 1904 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor | orchestral | — | Atkins IvorIvor Atkins | — | Boosey |
| 39.4 | 1907 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G | orchestral | in 1940 set to words by A. P. Herbert as Song of Liberty | Sinclair GeorgeG. R. Sinclair[38] | — | Boosey |
| 39.5 | 1930 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C | orchestral | — | Hull PercyDr. Percy C. Hull, Hereford | — | Boosey |
| 39.6 | 1930 | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 in G minor | orchestral | "elaborated" from sketches by Anthony Payne, 2006 | — | — | ? |
| 40 | 1900-01 | Cockaigne (In London Town) | orchestral | concert-overture | 'My friends, the Members of British Orchestras' | — | Boosey |
| 41 | 1901 | Two songs | song | 1. "In the Dawn" 2. "Speak, Music!" | — | — | — |
| 41.1 | 1901 | "In the Dawn" | song | voice and piano | — | Benson ArthurA. C. Benson | Boosey |
| 41.2 | 1901 | "Speak, Music!" | song | voice and piano | Speyer EMrs E. Speyer, Ridghurst[39] | Benson ArthurA. C. Benson | Boosey |
| 42 | 1901 | Grania and Diarmid | incidental | for a play by George Moore and W. B. Yeats, for orchestra and contralto soloist 1. Incidental Music and Funeral March 2. Song, "There are seven that pull the thread" | Wood HenryHenry J. Wood | — | Novello |
| 42.1 | 1901 | Incidental Music and Funeral March | incidental | music for orchestra, for a play Grania and Diarmid by George Moore and W. B. Yeats | Wood HenryHenry J. Wood | — | Novello |
| 42.2 | 1901 | "There are seven that pull the thread" | song | for contralto soloist and orchestra, for a play Grania and Diarmid by George Moore and W. B. Yeats | Wood HenryHenry J. Wood | Yeats William ButlerW. B. Yeats | Novello |
| 43 | 1902 | Dream Children | orchestral | Enfants d'un Rêve two pieces for small orchestra, after Charles Lamb, also for piano 1. Andante 2. Allegretto piacevole | — | — | Joseph Williams, Schott |
| 44 | 1902 | Coronation Ode | choral | for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus SATB and orchestra I. "Crown the King", for soloists and chorus II(a). "The Queen", for chorus II(b). "Daughter of ancient Kings", for chorus III. "Britain, ask of thyself", for bass solo and men's chorus IV (a). "Hark upon the hallowed air", for soprano and tenor soloists IV(b). "Only let the heart be pure", for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists V. "Peace, gentle peace", for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists and chorus unaccompanied VI. Finale "Land of Hope and Glory", for contralto solo, with chorus (separate song 1902) | Edward VIIH.M. King Edward VII | Benson ArthurA. C. Benson | Boosey |
| 45 | 1902 | Five Partsongs from the Greek Anthology | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology 1. "Yea, cast me from height of the mountains" 2. "Whether I find thee" 3. "After many a dusty mile" 4. "It's oh! to be a wild wind" 5. "Feasting I watch" | Parratt WalterSir Walter Parratt | — | Novello |
| 45.1 | 1902 | "Yea, cast me from height of the mountains" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Parratt WalterSir Walter Parratt | Strettell AlmaAlma Strettell | Novello |
| 45.2 | 1902 | "Whether I find thee" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Parratt WalterSir Walter Parratt | Lang AndrewAndrew Lang | Novello |
| 45.3 | 1902 | "After many a dusty mile" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Parratt WalterSir Walter Parratt | Gosse EdmundEdmund Gosse | Novello |
| 45.4 | 1902 | "It's oh! to be a wild wind" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.) | Parratt WalterSir Walter Parratt | Hardinge WilliamWilliam M. Hardinge | Novello |
| 45.5 | 1902 | "Feasting I watch" | part-song | TTBB, words tr. from poem by Marcus Argentarius | Parratt WalterSir Walter Parratt | Garnett RichardRichard Garnett | Novello |
| 46 | 1901 | Concert Allegro[40] | concertante | for piano, orchestra part possibly added | Davies FannyWritten for Fanny Davies | — | ? |
| 47 | 1904-05 | Introduction and Allegro | orchestral | for Strings (Quartet and Orchestra) | Sanford SamuelProf. S. S. Sanford, Yale University | — | Novello |
| 48 | 1908 | "Pleading" | song | voice and piano, pub. as Op. 48, No. 1, but no other Op. 48 works exist | Warrender MaudLady Maud Warrender[41] | Salmon ArthurArthur L. Salmon[42] | Novello |
| 49 | 1902-03 | The Apostles | choral | oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and three bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, compiled from the Scriptures by the composer | A.M.D.G. | Holy ScripturesThe Holy Scriptures | Novello |
| 50 | 1903-04 | In the South (Alassio) | orchestral | concert-overture | Schuster FrankLeo F. Schuster | — | Novello |
| 51 | 1901-06 | The Kingdom | choral | oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, compiled from the Scriptures by the composer | A.M.D.G. | Holy ScripturesThe Holy Scriptures | Novello |
| 52 | 1907 | "A Christmas Greeting" | song | carol for 2 sopranos, male chorus ad lib, 2 violins and piano | Sinclair GeorgeDr. G. R. Sinclair and the choristers of Hereford Cathedral | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Novello |
| 53 | 1907 | Four part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "There is sweet Music" 2. "Deep in my Soul" 3. "O Wild West Wind" 4. "Owls (An Epitaph)" | — | — | Novello |
| 53.1 | 1907 | "There is sweet Music" | part-song | part-song SSAATTBB unacc. | Gorton CharlesCanon Gorton[43] | Tennyson AlfredLord Tennyson | Novello |
| 53.2 | 1907 | "Deep in my Soul" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Worthington JuliaJulia H. Worthington[44] | Byron LordLord Byron | Novello |
| 53.3 | 1907 | "O Wild West Wind" | part-song | SATB unacc. | McNaught WilliamDr. W. G. McNaught[45] | Shelley PercyShelley | Novello |
| 53.4 | 1907 | "Owls (An Epitaph)" | part-song | SATB unacc., words probably by the composer | — | Pietro d'Alba[46] | Novello |
| 54 | 1907 | "The Reveille" | part-song | TTBB unacc. | Embleton HenryHenry C. Embleton | Harte BretBret Harte | Novello |
| 55 | 1907-08 | Symphony No. 1 in A flat | orchestral | Richter HansHans Richter, Mus. Doc. | — | Novello | |
| 56 | 1909 | "Angelus (Tuscany)" | part-song | SATB unacc., words adapted from the Tuscan | Stuart-Wortley AliceMrs. Charles Stuart-Wortley (Alice Stuart-Wortley) | Tuscan dialect | Novello |
| 57 | 1909 | "Go, Song of Mine" | part-song | SSAATB unacc., tr. from Cavalcanti | Littleton AlfredAlfred H. Littleton[47] | Rossetti DanteDante Gabriel Rossetti | Novello |
| 58 | 1909 | Elegy | orchestral | string orchestra | Haddon, R. H.Rev. R. H. Haddon[48][49] | — | Novello |
| 59 | 1910 | Three songs[50] | song | 3. Oh, soft was the song 5. "Was it some Golden Star?" 6. "Twilight" | — | Parker GilbertGilbert Parker | — |
| 59.3 | 1910 | "Oh, soft was the song" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | — | Parker GilbertGilbert Parker | Novello |
| 59.5 | 1910 | "Was it some Golden Star?" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | — | Parker GilbertGilbert Parker | Novello |
| 59.6 | 1910 | "Twilight" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | — | Parker GilbertGilbert Parker | Novello |
| 60 | 1909-10 | Two songs | song | 1. "The Torch" 2. "The River" | — | Pietro d'Alba[46] | — |
| 60.1 | 1909 | "The Torch" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra | Yvonne[51] | Pietro d'Alba[46] | Novello |
| 60.2 | 1910 | "The River" | song | mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra 'Folk-Song (Eastern Europe) paraphrased by Pietro d'Alba' | — | Pietro d'Alba[46] | Novello |
| 61 | 1901-10 | Violin Concerto in B minor | concertante | violin and orchestra | Kreisler FritzFritz Kreisler | — | Novello |
| 62 | 1910 | Romance | concertante | bassoon and orchestra | James EdwinEdwin F. James | — | Novello |
| 63 | 1909-11 | Symphony No. 2 in E flat | orchestral | Edward VIIIn memory of H.M. King Edward VII | — | Novello | |
| 64 | 1911 | "O Hearken Thou" | church | Coronation Offertorium "Intende voci orationis meæ", for choir and orchestra, for the Coronation of King George V | George VH.M. King George V | Psalm 5 | Novello |
| 65 | 1911 | Coronation March | orchestral | George VH.M. King George V | — | Novello | |
| 66 | 1911-12 | The Crown of India | incidental | Imperial Masque for contralto and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra 1a Introduction, 1b Sacred Measure, 2 Dance of Nautch Girls, 2a India Greets her Cities, 3 Song: "Hail, Immemorial Ind!", 3a Entrance of Calcutta, 3b Entrance of Delhi, 4a Introduction, 4b March of the Mogul Emperors, 5 Entrance of 'John Company', 5a Entrance of St George, 6 Song: "The Rule of England", 7 Interlude, 8a Introduction, 8b Warrior's Dance, 9 The Cities of Ind, 11 The Crowning of Delhi, 12 "Ave Imperator!" also Suite from the Crown of India for orchestra | — | Hamilton HenryHenry Hamilton | Enoch |
| 67 | 1912 | "Great is the Lord" | church | anthem, choir SSAATB, bass solo, and organ | Robinson JDean of Wells, J. Armitage Robinson, D.D. | Psalm 48 | Novello |
| 68 | 1913 | Falstaff | orchestral | symphonic study for orchestra, after Shakespeare, King Henry IV and V | Ronald LandonLandon Ronald | — | Novello |
| 69 | 1912 | The Music Makers | choral | ode for contralto or mezzo-soprano soloist, chorus SATB and orchestra | Kilburn NicholasNicholas Kilburn[52] | O'Shaughnessy ArthurArthur O'Shaughnessy | Novello |
| 70 | 1914 | Sospiri | orchestral | string orchestra, harp and organ (or harmonium) | Reed WilliamW. H. Reed | — | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| 71 | 1914 | Two part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "The Shower" 2. "The Fountain" | — | — | — |
| 71.1 | 1914 | "The Shower" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Smart FrancesMiss Frances Smart[53] | Vaughan HenryHenry Vaughan | Novello |
| 71.2 | 1914 | "The Fountain" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Dyson WilliamW. Mann Dyson[54] | Vaughan HenryHenry Vaughan | Novello |
| 72 | 1914 | "Death on the Hills" | part-song | choral-song SATB unacc., words tr. from the Russian of Maikov[55] | Colvin FrancesLady Colvin[56] | Newmarch RosaRosa Newmarch | Novello |
| 73 | 1914 | Two part-songs | part-song | SATB unacc. 1. "Love's Tempest" 2. "Serenade" | — | — | — |
| 73.1 | 1914 | "Love's Tempest" | part-song | SATB unacc., words tr. from the Russian of Maikov[55] | Terry CProf. C. Sanford Terry | Newmarch RosaRosa Newmarch | Novello |
| 73.2 | 1914 | "Serenade" | part-song | SATB unacc., words tr. from the Russian of Maikov[55] | Hull PercyPercy C. Hull | Newmarch RosaRosa Newmarch | Novello |
| 74 | 1914 | "Give unto the Lord" | church | anthem SATB, organ and orchestra | Martin GeorgeSir George Martin, M.V.O., Mus.D. | Psalm 29 | Novello |
| 75 | 1914 | Carillon | orchestral | recitation with orchestra | — | Cammaerts ÉmileÉmile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 76 | 1915 | Polonia | orchestral | symphonic prelude | Paderewski JanI. J. Paderewski | — | Elkin |
| 77 | 1915 | Une voix dans le désert | orchestral | recitation with soprano solo and orchestra, includes the song "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" (When the spring comes round) | — | Cammaerts ÉmileÉmile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 78 | 1915-16 | The Starlight Express | incidental | baritone and soprano soloists and orchestra, music to a play adapted from a story A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood, includes the organ-grinder’s songs: 1. "To the Children" 2. "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" 3. "My Old Tunes" | — | Blackwood AlgernonAlgernon Blackwood | Elkin |
| 79 | 1917 | Le drapeau belge (The Belgian Flag) | orchestral | recitation with orchestra, tr. Lord Curzon of Kedleston | — | Cammaerts ÉmileÉmile Cammaerts | Elkin |
| 80 | 1915-17 | The Spirit of England | choral | soprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra 1. The Fourth of August (1917) 2. To Women (1915) 3. For the Fallen (1915) | 'To the memory of our glorious men, with a special thought for the Worcesters' | — | — |
| 80.1 | 1917 | The Fourth of August | choral | soprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra, from The Winnowing Fan by Binyon | — | Binyon LaurenceLaurence Binyon | Novello |
| 80.2 | 1915 | To Women | choral | soprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra | — | Binyon LaurenceLaurence Binyon | Novello |
| 80.3 | 1915 | For the Fallen | choral | soprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra | — | Binyon LaurenceLaurence Binyon | Novello |
| 80.480.3 | 1920 | With Proud Thanksgiving | choral | soprano soloist, chorus SATB and orchestra, a simpler version of For the Fallen, for the dedication of the Cenotaph | League of Arts | Binyon LaurenceLaurence Binyon | Novello |
| 81 | 1917 | The Sanguine Fan | ballet | ballet music for orchestra.[57] Echo's Dance arranged for piano | — | — | MS |
| 81.181 | 1917 | Echo's Dance | arrangement | from The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81, arranged for piano | — | — | Elkin |
| 82 | 1918 | Violin Sonata in E minor | chamber | violin and piano | Joshua Marie'M. J. -1918' (Marie Joshua)[58] | — | Novello |
| 83 | 1918 | String Quartet in E minor | chamber | string quartet | Brodsky Quartet[59] | — | Novello |
| 84 | 1918-19 | Piano Quintet in A minor | chamber | string quartet and piano | Newman ErnestErnest Newman | — | Novello |
| 85 | 1918-19 | Cello Concerto in E minor | concertante | cello and orchestra | Colvin Sidney and FrancesSidney and Frances Colvin | — | Novello |
| 86 | 1921-22 | Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (J. S. Bach) | arrangement | transcription for orchestra, Fantasia 1921, Fugue 1922 | — | — | Novello |
| 87 | 1930 | The Severn Suite | brass band | transcribed for orchestra (1932)) 1. Introduction (Worcester Castle) 2. Toccata (Tournament) 3. Fugue (The Cathedral) (1923) 4. Minuet (Commandery) 5. Coda | Shaw George BernardG. Bernard Shaw | — | R Smith |
| 87a | 1933 | Organ Sonata No. 2 | keyboard | arrangement of The Severn Suite for organ by Ivor Atkins | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| 88 | 1932-34 | Symphony No. 3 | orchestral | posth. Op. 88, sketches, elaborated by Anthony Payne 1972-97 | — | — | ? |
| 89 | 1933 | The Spanish Lady | opera | libretto by Elgar and Sir Barry Jackson after Ben Jonson, planned in two acts but incomplete, posth. Suite for string orchestra ed. Percy M. Young[60] songs:1. "Modest and Fair" 2. "Still to be Neat" also suite for strings ed. Young (1956) | — | Jonson BenBen Jonson | Elkin |
| 90 | 1909-25 | Piano Concerto | concertante | piano and orchestra, posth. Op. 90, sketches, 1909–25, elaborated by Robert Walker 1997 | — | — | ? |
| 911001 | 1919 | The Smoking Cantata | song | baritone soloist and orchestra[61][62] | — | — | ? |
| Y1867 | 1867 | Humoreske 'a tune from Broadheath' | piano | later used for Fairies and Giants in The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1, see Op. 1a | — | — | — |
| Y1867 | 1867 | The Wand of Youth | incidental | music for a children’s play, assembled as two orchestral suites in 1907, see Op. 1a and Op. 1b | — | — | — |
| Y1868 | 1868 | Kyrie Eleison in A | church | choir SATB | — | — | — |
| Y1870 | 1870 | Fugue in G minor | keyboard | for organ [?], c. 1870, unfinished | — | — | — |
| Y1872 | 1872 | "The Language of Flowers" | song | voice and piano, unpub. | Elgar Lucy'The Music composed & dedicated to my sister Lucy' [63] | Percival JamesThe Poetry by Percival[64] | MS |
| Y1872 | 1872 | Chantant | keyboard | piano solo | — | — | MS |
| Y1872 | 1872 | Gloria | church | for choir and organ, arr. of the Allegro from Violin Sonata in F, K.547 (Mozart) as a Gloria | — | — | MS |
| Y1873 | 1873 | Credo | arrangement | choir and organ, themes from Symphonies V VII and IX (Beethoven) "arr. Bernard Pappenheim"[65] [comment by Elgar] | — | — | MS |
| Y1874 | 1874 | Anthem | arrangement | arr. for strings, with original introduction | — | — | MS |
| Y1875 | 1875 | "The Self Banished" | song | soprano or tenor acc. piano, unpub. | — | Waller EdmundEdmund Waller | MS |
| Y1876 | 1876 | Salve Regina | church | in D, choir and organ | — | — | MS |
| Y1876 | 1876 | Tantum Ergo | church | in D, choir and organ | — | Eucharistic hymn | MS |
| Y1877 | 1877 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in G, bass solo and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| Y1877 | 1877 | Credo in E minor | church | choir and organ | — | Nicene Creed | MS |
| Y1877 | 1877 | Gloria | church | choir SATB and organ | — | — | MS |
| Y1877 | 1877 | Kyrie | church | choir STB | — | — | MS |
| Y1877 | 1877 | Five well-known pieces | arrangement | arr. as studies for the violin, at the suggestion of Adolphe Pollitzer 1. Larghetto (Mozart) 2. Cavatina (Raff) 3. Romance (de Bériot) 4. Romance (Vieuxtemps) 5. Gigue (Ries) | — | — | Schott |
| Y1877 | 1877 | Peckham March | chamber | Harmony Music for wind quintet: 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello see also Op. 6.1 — Op. 6.6 | — | — | MS |
| Y1877 | 1877 | Reminiscences | chamber | violin and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Adeste Fideles (John F. Wade) | arrangement | arr. for orchestra | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Violin Sonata Op. 23, finale (Beethoven) | arrangement | arr. for wind quintet | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Concerto X (Corelli) | arrangement | arr. for wind quintet | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Ariodante overture (Handel) | arrangement | arr. for small orchestra | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | O ‘tis a glorious sight from Oberon (Weber) | arrangement | arr. for small orchestra | Pedley FrankF. G. Pedley[12] | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Fantasia | chamber | violin and piano, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Fugue in D minor | chamber | oboe and violin | Elgar FrankFrank Elgar[66] and Karl Bammert[67] | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | String Quartet in D | chamber | unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | String Quartet in B♭ | chamber | unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | String Trio in C | chamber | unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Trio | chamber | 2 violins and piano, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Allegro | chamber | oboe, violin, viola and cello, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Menuetto (Scherzo) | chamber | re-copied 1930 | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Symphony in G minor after Mozart | orchestral | part of first movement exists | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Introductory Overture for Christy Minstrels | orchestral | — | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | "Brother, For Thee He Died" (Easter Anthem) | church | choir and organ | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | "Praise ye the Lord" | church | hymn tune, revised as Good Morrow[68] | — | — | |
| Y1878 | 1878 | "Now with the fast departing light" | church | hymn tune | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | "Hear Thy children" | church | hymn tune in F, choir and organ, pub. 1896 as Drakes Boughton in Westminster Hymnal, and Parish Hymn Book (Nos. 189/190), also used in Nursery Suite (Aubade) | — | Stanfield FrancisFrancis Stanfield | Cary |
| Y1878 | 1878 | "If She Love Me" (Temple Bar Rondeau) | song | voice and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1878 | 1878 | Minuet in G minor | orchestral | minuet for Powick Asylum band: flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | "Domine Salvam fac" | church | motet, choir and organ | — | Latin hymn | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879-84 | Powick Asylum Music | orchestral | for Powick Asylum band: 1. La Brunette (1879) 2. Die Junge Kokette (1879) 3. L'Assomoir (1879) 4. The Valentine (1879) 5. Maud (1880) 6. Paris (1880) 7. Nelly[69] (1881) 8. La Blonde (1882) 9. Helcia (1883) 10. Blumine (1884) | — | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | La Brunette | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | Jenkins GeoGeo. Jenkins Esq. | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | Die Junge Kokette | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | Holloway J Miss J. Holloway[70] | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | Two Polonaises | chamber | violin and piano, unfinished | Holloway J" J. H. [Miss J. Holloway] with esteem"[71] | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | L'Assomoir | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | The Valentine | orchestral | 5 Lancers for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1879 | 1879 | Minuet-grazioso | orchestral | lost or destroyed | — | — | |
| Y1880 | 1880 | Maud | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1880 | 1880 | Paris | orchestral | 5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano 1. Châtelet 2. L'Hippodrome 3. Alcazar d'Été (Champs-Élysées) 4. La! Suzanne 5. Café des Ambassadeurs: "La femme de l'emballeur" |
Holloway JMiss J. Holloway, Powycke[70] | — | MS |
| Y1880 | 1880 | Violin Sonata in F, K.547 (Mozart) | arrangement | arr. as Gloria | — | — | MS |
| Y1880 | 1880 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in F, choir and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| Y1880 | 1880 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in E-flat, choir and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| Y1881 | 1881 | Fantasy on Irish Airs | chamber | violin and piano, unfinished | — | — | MS |
| Y1881 | 1881 | Fugue in F# minor | chamber | incomplete - later copied for The Spanish Lady | — | — | MS |
| Y1881 | 1881 | Nelly[69] | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, viola, double bass and piano | Elgar FrankFras. Thos. Elgar[72] | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | La Blonde | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, clarinet, 2 cornets, trombone, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | Weaver Helen'H. J. W.' (Helen Weaver)[69] | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Douce Pensée | chamber | violin, cello and piano, pub. 1915 as Rosemary | — | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Suite in D | orchestral | 1. Mazurka 2. Intermezzo-Sérénade Mauresque 3. Fantasia gavotte 4. Marche - Pas Redoublé Revised 1899 as Three Characteristic Pieces (see Op. 10) | — | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | in E-flat, bass solo and organ | — | O Salutaris Hostia | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Benedictus in G | church | for choir, organ and strings | — | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Four Litanies for the Blessed Virgin Mary | church | choir unacc. | Knight TFr. T. Knight, S.J., Worcester | — | Cary |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Air de Ballet - Pastorale | orchestral | perf. Worcester | — | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Marche - Pas Redoublé | orchestral | perf. Worcester Marche incorporated into The Spanish Lady and Suite in D | — | — | MS |
| Y1882 | 1882 | Air de Ballet | orchestral | perf. Worcester | — | — | MS |
| Y1883 | 1883 | Scherzo (Schumann) | arrangement | arr. Scherzo from Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52, for piano solo | — | — | MS |
| Y1883 | 1883 | Entry of the Minstrels from Tannhaüser Act III, (Wagner) | arrangement | for piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1883 | 1883 | Helcia | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: piccolo, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, viola, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1884 | 1884 | Blumine | orchestral | polka for Powick Asylum band: clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano | — | — | MS |
| Y1884 | 1884 | Griffinesque | keyboard | piano, pub. posth. by Novello | — | — | Novello |
| Y1884 | 1884 | "A Soldier’s Song" | song | see "A War Song", Op. 5.1 | — | — | — |
| Y1885 | 1885 | "Clapham Town End" | song | low voice and piano, arrangement of an old Yorkshire[73] folksong, unpub. "An old Yorkshire ballad taken down from the singing of old Tommy Kerr [?] as he got it from his grandfather. Harmonised in strict accordance with the spirit of the age" [comment by Elgar], for Dr. C. W. Buck | — | trad. | Young[74] |
| Y1885 | 1885 | "Clapham Town End" | arrangement | see Clapham Town End, song | — | — | |
| Y1885 | 1885 | Gavotte | chamber | violin and piano | Buck CharlesDr. C. W. Buck, Settle | — | Schott |
| Y1885 | 1885 | Absent and Present (Maude Valérie White) | arrangement | cello obbligato, end note - "Lobster cutlets! Oh!!!!!!" [comment by Elgar] | — | — | MS |
| Y1885 | 1885 | Out on the Rocks (C. H. Dolby) | arrangement | cello obbligato | — | — | MS |
| Y1885 | 1885 | Melody (C. W. Buck) | arrangement | piano accompaniment for cello | — | — | MS |
| Y1885 | 1885 | The Lakes overture | orchestral | MS lost | — | — | |
| Y1885 | 1885 | Scottish Overture | orchestral | MS lost | — | — | |
| Y1886 | 1886 | Berceuse, (G. F. Blackbourne)[75] | arrangement | violin and piano, pub. 1907 | — | — | MS |
| Y1886 | 1886 | "Is she not passing fair?"[76] | song | pub. 1908, Lay, tr. from poem by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391-1466) | — | Costello LouisaLouisa Stuart Costello | Boosey |
| Y1886 | 1886 | Trio | chamber | violin, cello and piano, fragment only of first movement, "Sans"[77] | — | — | MS |
| Y1886 | 1886 | Enina Valse | keyboard | piano, dated Malvern Wells 21 Dec 1886 | — | — | MS |
| Y1887 | 1887 | Duett for trombone and double bass | chamber | trombone and double bass, pub. 1970, ed. Rodney Slatford | Weaver FrankFrank William Weaver, on his wedding-day[69] | — | Yorke |
| Y1888 | 1888 | "As I laye a-thynkynge" | song | voice and piano, the last lines of Thomas Ingoldsby | — | Ingoldsby ThomasThomas Ingoldsby | Beare |
| Y1888 | 1888 | "The Wind at Dawn" | song | voice and piano | Wüllner LudwigDr. Ludwig Wüllner | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Roberts (Elgar) | Boosey |
| Y1888 | 1888 | Allegretto on G.E.D.G.E.[7] | chamber | violin and piano | GedgeThe Misses Gedge, Malvern Wells[78] | — | Schott |
| Y1888 | 1888 | "Ecce Sacerdos Magnus" | church | choir and organ | Leicester HubertHubert Leicester, Worcester[3] | Liturgy | Cary |
| Y1888 | 1888 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | choir, written 1880 | — | O Salutaris Hostia | Cary |
| Y1888 | 1888 | Liebesgruss | chamber | see Salut d'Amour, Op. 12 | — | — | — |
| Y1889 | 1889 | Liebesahnung | chamber | see Mot d'Amour, Op. 13.1 | — | — | |
| Y1889 | 1889 | "Queen Mary's Song" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | Meredith JJ. H. Meredith[79] | Tennyson AlfredAlfred Tennyson | Orsborn & Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| Y1889 | 1889 | Presto | keyboard | piano | — | — | |
| Y1890 | 1890 | "Man" | song | voice and piano | — | — | |
| Y1890 | 1890 | Violin Concerto | concertante | destroyed | — | — | |
| Y1892 | 1892 | "A Song of Autumn" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | MarshallMiss Marshall[80] | Gordon AdamAdam Lindsay Gordon | Orsborn & Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| Y1892 | 1892 | "Like to the Damask Rose" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Wastell SimonSimon Wastell[81] or Francis Quarles | Tuckwood, Ascherberg |
| Y1892 | 1892 | "The Poet's Life" | song | voice and piano, repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder | — | Burroughs EllenEllen Burroughs[82] | Ascherberg |
| Y1892 | 1892 | "A spear, a sword" | song | voice and piano, unpub. | — | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar[83] | |
| Y1892 | 1892 | Mill-wheel Songs[84] | song | voice and piano, unpub. 1. "Winter" 2. "May (a rhapsody)" | — | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | |
| Y1894 | 1894 | "The Wave"[85] | song | voice and piano, unpub. | — | — | |
| Y1894 | 1894 | "Muleteer's Song" | song | voice and piano[85] | — | Pain BarryBarry Pain[86] | |
| Y1894 | 1894 | Parsifal, Good Friday Music (Wagner) | arrangement | for small orchestra, Worcester High School | — | — | |
| 30.130 | 1896 | "As torrents in summer" | part-song | SATB unacc., from Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30, pub. separately, | — | Longfellow | Novello |
| 29.129 | 1896 | "Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars" | song | tenor solo and chorus TTBB, from The Light of Life, Op. 29, pub. separately | — | Capel-Cure ERev. E. Capel-Cure | Novello |
| 29.229 | 1896 | "Doubt not thy Father's care" | song | duet, soprano and alto, from The Light of Life, Op. 29, pub. separately | — | Capel-Cure ERev. E. Capel-Cure | Novello |
| 35.135 | 1897 | "The Sword Song" | song | baritone, from Caractacus, Op. 35, pub. separately | VictoriaH.M Queen Victoria | Acworth HH. A. Acworth | Novello |
| Y1897 | 1897 | "Roundel: The little eyes that never knew Light" | song | voice and piano, composed 1887, unpub. | — | Swinburne AlgernonA. C. Swinburne | MS |
| Y1897 | 1897 | "Grete Malverne on a Rocke" | part-song | Christmas carol SATB unacc., pub. 1909 as Lo, Christ the Lord is born | — | trad.[87] | Christmas Card |
| Y1898 | 1898 | "The Holly and the Ivy" | arrangement | Christmas carol, chorus and orchestra | — | trad. | |
| Y1898 | 1898 | Festival March in C | choral | chorus and orchestra, fragment only remains | — | — | |
| Y1898 | 1898 | "Love alone will stay" | song | voice and piano, published in "The Dome", later adapted as In Haven, No. 2 of Sea Pictures, Op. 37 | — | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Paternoster Press |
| Y1898 | 1898 | "O Salutaris Hostia" | church | choir unacc., in Tozer’s Benediction Manual No. 47 | — | O Salutaris Hostia | Cary |
| Y1899 | 1899 | "Dry those fair, those crystal eyes" | song | voice and piano | — | King HenryHenry King | Charing + Hospital Bazaar |
| Y1899 | 1899 | "To Her Beneath Whose Steadfast Star" | part-song | SATB unacc., orchestrated 1902 | VictoriaH.M. Queen Victoria | Myers FrederickFrederick W. H. Myers | Macmillan |
| 12 | 1899 | "Woo thou, sweet Music" | song | voice and piano, from Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, adapted by Max Laistner[88] | — | Bunten AliceA. C. Bunten[89] | Schott |
| Y1899 | 1899 | Sérénade Lyrique | orchestral | — | Caryll IvanIvan Caryll’s Orchestra | — | Chappell |
| Y1900 | 1900 | "Pansies" | song | voice and piano, from Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, adapted by Max Laistner[88] | — | Percy E. Pinkerton | Schott |
| Y1900 | 1900 | "The Pipes of Pan" | song | voice and piano | — | Ross AdrianAdrian Ross | Boosey |
| Y1901 | 1901 | "Always and Everywhere" | song | voice and piano, from the Polish of Krasiński | — | Fortey FF. H. Fortey[90] | Boosey |
| Y1901 | 1901 | "Come, Gentle Night!" | song | voice and piano | — | Bingham CliftonClifton Bingham[91] | Boosey |
| Y1901 | 1901 | May-Song | keyboard | piano, for orchestra (Elkin, 1928) | — | — | W. H. Broome Morrice Music Elkin |
| Y1901 | 1901 | Emmaus (Herbert Brewer) | arrangement | orchestration | — | — | |
| Y1902 | 1902 | "Land of Hope and Glory" | song | voice and piano or orchestra | — | Benson ArthurA. C. Benson | Boosey |
| Y1902 | 1902 | "O Mightiest of the Mighty" | church | hymn for the Coronation of Edward VII | Edward VIIH.R.H. Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VII) | Clarke SRev. S. Childs Clarke | Novello |
| Y1902 | 1902 | "God Save the King" | arrangement | soloists, chorus and orchestra | — | — | Novello |
| Y1903 | 1903 | "Speak, my Heart!" | song | voice and piano | — | Benson ArthurA. C. Benson | Boosey |
| Y1903 | 1903 | "Weary Wind of the West" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Brom Thomas EdwardT. E. Brown | Novello |
| Y1903 | 1903 | Offertoire (Andante Religioso) | chamber | violin and piano, "Offertoire pour le violon, Gustave Francke (op 11), dedié à Serge Derval, Anvers" [note by Elgar] | Derval SergeSerge Derval, Antwerp | — | Boosey |
| Y1903 | 1903 | Skizze | keyboard | piano, repub. Novello | Buths JuliusProf. Julius Buths, Düsseldorf | — | Musik-Beilag zur Nuen Musik-Zeitung (Stuttgart), Novello |
| 50.150 | 1904 | Canto Popolare | chamber | viola and piano, arranged by the composer from his concert-overture In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 | — | — | Boosey |
| 50.250 | 1904 | "In Moonlight" | song | voice and piano, adapted to the viola serenade Canto Popolare from the concert-overture In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 | — | Shelley | Boosey |
| Y1905 | 1905 | "Evening Scene" | part-song | SATB unacc. | Howson RIn Memory of R. G. H. Howson[92] | Patmore CoventryCoventry Patmore | Novello |
| Y1905 | 1905 | In Smyrna | keyboard | piano, pub. "Queen's Christmas Carol Book", repub. Novello | — | — | Daily Mail, Novello |
| Y1906 | 1906 | Piece for Organ | keyboard | organ, "For Dot's Nuns"[93] [remark by Elgar] | — | — | |
| Y1907 | 1907 | Berceuse-Petit Reine (Victor Bérard) | arrangement | violin and piano | — | — | Wilcocks (?) Ashdown |
| Y1907 | 1907 | Andantino (Victor Bérard) | arrangement | violin, mandolin and guitar "For the Barbers" [remark by Elgar],[94] unfinished | — | — | |
| Y1907 | 1907 | Two single chants for Venite in D and G | church | choir, in "New Cathedral Psalter" | — | — | Novello |
| Y1907 | 1907 | Two double chants in D for Psalms 68 and 75 | church | choir, in "New Cathedral Psalter" | — | — | Novello |
| Y1907 | 1907 | String quartet | chamber | fragmentary | — | — | |
| Y1907 | 1907 | "How calmly the evening" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Lynch TT. Lynch[95] | Novello |
| Y1907 | 1907 | Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar | song | voice and piano 1. "Like to the Damask Rose" 2. "Queen Mary's Song" 3. "A Song of Autumn" 4. "The Poet's Life" 5. "Through the Long Days" 6. "Rondel" 7. "The Shepherd's Song" all first pub. 1889-1894 | — | — | Boosey |
| Y1908 | 1908 | "Marching Song" | part-song | SATB and piano, repub. 1914 as "Follow the Colours" for solo and optional male chorus and orchestra | — | de Courcy Stretton WCapt. W. de Courcy Stretton [96] | Novello |
| Y1908 | 1908 | "Abide with me" (Ivor Atkins) | arrangement | anthem, rev. 1928 | — | — | |
| Y1909 | 1909 | "Lo! Christ the Lord is Born" | church | Christmas carol SATB unacc., after Grete Malverne on a Rocke, 1897 | — | Wensley ShapcottShapcott Wensley | Novello |
| Y1910 | 1910 | "A Child Asleep" | song | voice and piano | Goetz AnthonyAnthony Goetz[97] | Browning Elizabeth BElizabeth Barrett Browning | Novello |
| Y1910 | 1910 | "The King's Way" | song | voice and piano | — | Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar | Boosey |
| Y1910 | 1910 | "They are at Rest" | church | anthem for choir and organ, perf. at the Royal Mausoleum for the anniversary of Queen Victoria's death | — | Newman John HenryCardinal Newman | Novello |
| Y1911 | 1911 | St Matthew Passion (J. S. Bach) | arrangement | performing edition, with Ivor Atkins | — | — | Novello |
| Y1911 | 1911 | St Matthew Passion (J. S. Bach) | arrangement | two chorales "O Mensch bewein dein Sünde Gross" BWV 622, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" BWV 244, for 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones and tuba | — | — | MS |
| Y1913 | 1913 | "Callicles" | song | Scena, intended for Muriel Foster | — | Arnold MatthewMatthew Arnold | — |
| Y1913 | 1913 | Carissima | orchestral | — | Stephens WinifredWinifred Stephens[98] | — | Elkin |
| Y1914 | 1914 | "Follow the Colours" | part-song | see Marching Song, 1908 | — | de Courcy Stretton WCapt. W. de Courcy Stretton [96] | Novello |
| Y1914 | 1914 | "Fear not, O Land" | church | Harvest Anthem | — | JoelJoel ii | Novello |
| Y1914 | 1914 | "Arabian Serenade" | song | voice and piano | — | Lawrence MargeryMargery Lawrence | Boosey |
| Y1914 | 1914 | "The Chariots of the Lord" | song | voice and piano | — | Brownlie JohnRev. John Brownlie[99] | Boosey |
| Y1914 | 1914 | "The Birthright" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Stocks GeorgeGeorge A. Stocks | Novello |
| Y1914 | 1914 | "The Merry-go-round" | song | unison song acc. piano, pub. USA[100] | — | Fox FlorenceFlorence C. Fox[101] | Silver Burdett |
| Y1915 | 1915 | Rosemary | orchestral | orchestration of Douce Pensée (1882) for piano trio | — | — | Elkin |
| Y1915 | 1915 | "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" | song | see Une voix dans le désert, Op. 77 | — | — | — |
| Y1915 | 1915 | "The Brook" | part-song | 2-part song acc. piano, pub. USA[100] | — | Soule EllenEllen Soule | Silver Burdett |
| Y1915 | 1915 | "The Windlass Song" | part-song | SATB unacc., pub. USA[100] | — | Allingham WilliamWilliam Allingham | Silver Burdett |
| Y1916 | 1916 | "Fight for Right" | song | voice and piano | Fight for RightMembers of the Fight for Right Movement | Morris WilliamWilliam Morris | Elkin |
| Y1917 | 1917 | "Ozymandias" | song | voice and piano | — | Shelley | — |
| Y1917 | 1917 | The Fringes of the Fleet | song | songs for four baritones and orchestra, 1. "The Lowestoft Boat (A Chanty)" 2. "Fate's Discourtesy" 3. "Submarines" 4. "The Sweepers" 5. "Inside the Bar (A Sailor's Song)" added later | — | Kipling RudyardRudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| Y1917 | 1917 | "The Lowestoft Boat (A Chanty)" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Kipling RudyardRudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| Y1917 | 1917 | "Fate's Discourtesy" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Kipling RudyardRudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| Y1917 | 1917 | "Submarines" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Kipling RudyardRudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| Y1917 | 1917 | "The Sweepers" | song | four baritones and orchestra, from The Fringes of the Fleet | — | Kipling RudyardRudyard Kipling | Enoch |
| Y1917 | 1917 | "Inside the Bar (A Sailor's Song)" | song | four baritones unaccompanied added to The Fringes of the Fleet, dedicated to the four singers | Mott CharlesCharles Mott, Harry Barratt, Frederick Henry and Frederick Stewart | Parker GilbertGilbert Parker | Enoch |
| Y1918 | 1918 | "Big Steamers" | song | unison song for children, acc. piano | — | Kipling RudyardRudyard Kipling | Teachers' World |
| Y1920 | 1920 | Study for strengthening the third finger | chamber | re-copied from 1877 sketch | Heifetz JaschaJascha Heifetz | — | |
| Y1922 | 1922 | "Ye Holy Angels bright" (John Darwall) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | |
| Y1922 | 1922 | "Jerusalem" (Parry) | arrangement | for chorus and orchestra | — | Blake WilliamWilliam Blake | |
| Y1923 | 1923 | Arthur | incidental | to a play by Laurence Binyon | — | — | |
| Y1923 | 1923 | "The Wanderer" | part-song | TTBB unacc. | — | Anon., adapted from Wit and Drollery, 1661 | Novello |
| Y1923 | 1923 | "Zut, zut, zut!" | part-song | TTBB unacc. | — | Marden RichardRichard Marden[102] | Novello |
| Y1923 | 1923 | Carillon Chimes | keyboard | for the opening of the Loughborough War Memorial Carillon[103] | — | — | MS |
| Y1923 | 1923 | Overture in D minor (Handel) | arrangement | transcription for orchestra of the Overture in D minor (Chandos Anthem "In the Lord put I my Trust", HWV247) | — | — | Novello |
| Y1923 | 1923 | "O Lord,look down from Heaven" (Battishill) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | MS |
| Y1923 | 1923 | "Let us Lift up our Hearts" (S. S. Wesley) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | MS |
| Y1924 | 1924 | Empire March | orchestral | — | — | — | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | Arthur: Suite | orchestral | for chamber orchestra (from the incidental music to Binyon's Arthur | — | — | MS |
| Y1924 | 1924 | Pageant of Empire | incidental | solo songs, except No. 8 "A Song of Union" for SATB Nos. 5 and 7 were also later arranged for chorus SATB; some also with orchestral accompaniment 1. "Shakespeare's Kingdom" 2. "The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)" 3. "The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)" 4. "The Heart of Canada" 5. "Sailing Westward" 6. "Merchant Adventurers" 7. "The Immortal Legions" 8. "A Song of Union" (part-song SATB) | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "Shakespeare's Kingdom" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "The Heart of Canada" | song | solo voice, SATB chorus and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "Sailing Westward" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire, later arranged for chorus SATB | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "Merchant Adventurers" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "The Immortal Legions" | song | solo voice and orchestra from Pageant of Empire, later arranged for chorus SATB | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "A Song of Union" | part-song | SATB chorus and orchestra from Pageant of Empire, trio of Empire March | — | Noyes AlfredAlfred Noyes | Enoch |
| 1924 | 1924 | March | chamber | violin, cello and piano, intended also for orchestra[104] | Grafton familyThe Grafton family[33] | — | |
| Y1924 | 1924 | "The Song of the Bull" | part-song | male voices and piano, for Cambridge University May Week | — | Hamilton FF. Hamilton | — |
| Y1925 | 1925 | "The Herald" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | Smith AlexanderAlexander Smith | Novello |
| Y1925 | 1925 | "The Prince of Sleep" | part-song | SATB unacc. | — | de la Mare WalterWalter de la Mare | Elkin |
| Y1927 | 1927 | Civic Fanfare | orchestral | orchestra without violins[105] | Hull PercyDr. Percy C. Hull | — | MS |
| Y1928 | 1928 | May-Song | orchestral | from the original for piano | — | — | |
| Y1928 | 1928 | Beau Brummel | incidental | dramatic music to a play by Bertram Matthews, only Minuet published | — | Matthews BertramBertram P. Matthews | MS |
| Y1928 | 1928 | Minuet from Beau Brummel | keyboard | piano | — | — | Elkin |
| Y1928 | 1928 | "I sing the Birth" | church | Christmas carol SATB unacc. | Fowler HarcourtRev. Harcourt B. S. Fowler[106] | Jonson BenBen Jonson | Novello |
| Y1929 | 1929 | "Good Morrow" | church | 'A simple carol for His Majesty's happy recovery', SATB unacc. or acc. piano | George VH.M. King George V | Gascoigne GeorgeGeorge Gascoigne | Novello |
| Y1929 | 1929 | "Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei" (Purcell) | arrangement | orchestral accompaniment | — | — | MS |
| Y1930 | 1930 | "It isnae me" | song | voice and piano | Elwes JoanJoan Elwes | Holmes SallySally Holmes | Keith Prowse |
| Y1930 | 1930 | "XTC" | song | voice and piano | — | Elgar EdwardEdward Elgar | |
| Y1930 | 1930 | Soliloquy | chamber | oboe and piano | — | — | |
| Y1931 | 1931 | Nursery Suite | orchestral | 1. Aubade (Awake) 2. The Serious Doll 3. Busy-ness 4. The Sad Doll 5. The Wagon (Passes) 6. The Merry Doll 7. Dreaming - Envoy (coda) | PrincessesTheir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of York and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose | — | Keith Prowse |
| Y1932 | 1932 | Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode | choral | "So many true Princesses who have gone", SATB and orchestra[107] | AlexandraIn Memory H.M. Queen Alexandra | Masefield JohnJohn Masefield | MS |
| Y1932 | 1932 | "The Woodland Stream" | song | unison song | Moore StephenStephen S. Moore[108] | Mackay CharlesCharles Mackay | Keith Prowse |
| Y1932 | 1932 | "The Rapid Stream" | song | unison song | Moore StephenStephen S. Moore, Worcester[108] | Mackay CharlesCharles Mackay | Keith Prowse |
| Y1932 | 1932 | "When Swallows Fly" | song | unison song | Moore StephenStephen S. Moore[108] | Mackay CharlesCharles Mackay | Keith Prowse |
| Y1932 | 1932 | Sonatina | keyboard | piano, certainly written many years earlier | Grafton MayMay Grafton[33] | — | Keith Prowse |
| Y1932 | 1932 | Adieu | keyboard | piano, certainly written many years earlier, transcr. for violin by Szigeti | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| Y1932 | 1932 | Serenade | keyboard | piano, certainly written many years earlier | Austin JohnJohn Austin | — | Keith Prowse |
| Y1933 | 1933 | Mina[109] | orchestral | small orchestra | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| Y1933 | 1933 | "Tarantella" | song | baritone and orchestra, incomplete | — | Belloc HilaireHilaire Belloc | — |
| Y1933 | 1933 | Funeral March (Chopin) | arrangement | transcription for orchestra of the Funeral March from the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 | — | — | Keith Prowse |
| Y1879 | 1879 | Adagio Solenne | — | see Five Intermezzos of Wind Quintets, Op 6.1, also used in Cantique, Op. 3 | — | — | — |
| Y1879 | 1879 | Evesham Andante | — | see Andante con Variazioni of Wind Quintets, Op. 6.5 | — | — | — |
| Y1879 | 1879 | Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup | — | see Adagio Cantabile of Wind Quintets, Op. 6.6 | — | — | — |
| Y1892 | 1892 | "Stars of the Summer Night" | — | see "Spanish Serenade", Op. 23 | — | — | — |
| Y1884 | 1884 | Une Idylle | — | see Idylle, Op. 4.1 | — | — | — |
| Y1894 | 1894 | King Olaf | — | see Scenes From The Saga Of King Olaf, Op. 30 | — | — | — |
| Y1894 | 1896 | Lux Christi | — | see The Light of Life, Op. 29 | — | — | — |
| 34.134.1 | 1897 | Te Deum Laudamus | — | seeTe Deum and Benedictus, Op.34 | — | Hymn | — |
| 34.234.2 | 1897 | Benedictus | — | seeTe Deum and Benedictus, Op.34 | — | Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) | — |
| Y1899 | 1899 | Enigma Variations | — | see Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36 | — | — | — |
| Y1902 | 1902 | Enfants d'un Rêve | — | see Dream Children, Op. 43 | — | — | — |
| Y1911 | 1911 | Coronation Offertorium | — | see "O Hearken Thou", Op. 64 | — | — | — |
| Y1911 | 1911 | "Intende voci orationis meæ" | — | see "O Hearken Thou", Op. 64 | — | — | — |
| Y1915 | 1915 | "When the spring comes round" | — | see "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" | — | — | — |
| Y1915 | 1915 | "A voice in the desert" | — | see "Une voix dans le désert", Op. 77 | — | — | — |
| Y1916 | 1916 | The Belgian Flag | — | see Le drapeau belge, Op. 79 | — | — | — |
| Y1932 | 1932 | "So many true Princesses who have gone" | — | see Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode, 1932 | — | — | — |
Notes
- ↑ Oswin Grainger was an older musical friend, reluctantly a grocer by trade
- ↑ Dr. Charles Lee Williams was former organist of Gloucester Cathedral
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hubert Leicester was a lifelong friend of Elgar's, played flute in the early wind quintets (his brother William played clarinet), and was always a keen musician; the Leicester family lived at No. 6 Worcester High Street, a few doors away from the Elgar music shop. Hubert Leicester wrote a book Forgotten Worcester with a preface by Elgar, and became Mayor of Worcester (Kennedy p.263)
- ↑ Elgar's boyhood employer, the solicitor William Allen (Moore, p.118)
- ↑ Agnes Leicester was the wife of Elgar's lifelong friend Hubert Leicester - they were married three years before Edward Elgar and Alice
- ↑ A friend of Elgar's, the Very Rev. Canon Charles Vincent Dolman, O.S.B. was the priest of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier in Broad Street, Hereford
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Op. 3 was first assigned to Allegretto on G.E.D.G.E., then finally to Cantique
- ↑ Elgar met 'Miss E. E.' before he was married, whilst on holiday in Scotland
- ↑ Hilda Fitton was sister of Isabel Fitton - 'Ysobel' (Variation VI) of the Enigma Variations
- ↑ Frank Webb was a Worcester furniture dealer, and he and his sisters were some of Elgar's earliest violin pupils in Worcester, and a member of the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society. His son Alan Webb was curator of the Elgar Birthplace in the 1960s(Kennedy, p.19)
- ↑ J. F. Porte, in his critical book Sir Edward Elgar, asserts that Elgar wrote two songs in his Op. 5, but does not name either: "The two numbers comprising Opus 5 are to be commended to those who would see how a great composer commenced his contributions to the world of song."
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Frederick G. Pedley was (according to the 1881 census) a warehouseman from Worcester, two years older than Elgar. He was an amateur singer, and gave the first performance of "A Soldier's Song" at a Worcester Glee Club meeting in 1884
- ↑ Charles Flavell Hayward (1863-1906) was born in Wolverhampton, England into a show-business family. He was an actor, poet, violinist, conductor, composer and arranger of music. He was a friend of Elgar's and played at the same desk in the violins. His father Henry Hayward was a violinist known as the "English Paganini". The family emigrated to New Zealand where he, his brothers, their wives and other family (known as "The Brescian Family") made their living in the theatre, which included the novelty of a moving picture show or bioscope as it was called. He died in Adelaide, Australia. His most well-known song (he wrote the lyrics and the music) is called "Come back to me" which was sung by his sister Florence Hayward.
- ↑ Young has "Op. 6, WIND QUINTETS: any of the above, but not specified by E.", referring to the works in the sets here numbered only for convenience "Op. 6.1" to "Op. 6.6" to keep them together (Young, p. 408)
- ↑ Elgar's spelling. More correctly "Madame Tussaud's"
- ↑ Frank Exton was the second flautist in the quintet
- ↑ William Leicester, Hubert's brother, was the clarinettist in the quintet
- ↑ Frank Elgar, Edward's brother, was the oboist in the quintet
- ↑ The Gavotte named after Alphonsa Leicester, who was the sister of Elgar's friends William and Hubert Leicester
- ↑ Re-copied for The Spanish Lady
- ↑ William Cole Stockley was conductor of his own orchestra in Birmingham, in 1882 conductor of the Birmingham Festival Choral Society and Chorus Master to the Birmingham Festival (Moore p. 95)
- ↑ Percy Fletcher identifies this as possibly that of 1888
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Lady Mary Lygon (pronounced "Liggon"), commemorated in the Romanza "***" of the Enigma Variations, was sister of Earl Beauchamp. She promoted, among others similar, the Madresfield Musical Competition in 1903. She became Lady Mary Trefusis on marrying Lt.-Col. Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis in 1905
- ↑ Dyke Acland was a bank manager and amateur cellist
- ↑ Fred Ward was one of Elgar's pupils, and Bizarrerie was written for him, but (unlike La Capricieuse) not dedicated to him
- ↑ Julia Raikes, wife of William Raikes, cousin of his wife Alice. The Raikes were the only members of her family to attend Elgar's wedding, and lent the Elgars their house in Upper Norwood for a few weeks in 1889
- ↑ Dr. Frank Ehrke of the Manor House, Kempsey was 1st violin in the Worcestershire Philharmonic Society Orchestra
- ↑ Fred Ward was one of Elgar's pupils
- ↑ Diana McVeagh gives this as Op.18 No.3
- ↑ Rev. J. Hampton, M.A., Warden of St. Michael's College, Tenbury (Kennedy, p.280)
- ↑ The Rev. Walter H. Whinfield was the youngest son of Edward Whinfield, head of an organ-building firm and vice-president of the Worcester Musical Society, who gave musical evenings at his large house 'Severn Grange' near Claines, where the young Edward Elgar began to meet a wide range of musicians, some of whom were to become lifelong friends (Moore, p. 89)
- ↑ Paul Kilburn was the son of conductor Nicholas Kilburn
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 May Grafton was Elgar's niece, daughter of William Grafton and Elgar's sister Pollie
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Mrs E. B. Fitton was a Malvern pianist and mother of Hilda and Isabel Fitton ('Ysobel' of the Enigma Variations)
- ↑ In August 1893 the Elgars spent two weeks in Garmisch at the guest-house of an English family, the Bethells, who they had met the year before (Moore, p.175)
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Dr. Charles Swinnerton Heap was, in 1896, the leading choral conductor in the Midlands
- ↑ Sketches "elaborated" by Anthony Payne
- ↑ Dr. George Robertson Sinclair (1862-1917) was an Irishman, the energetic organist at Hereford Cathedral, 'G. R. S.' (and his bulldog 'Dan') one of the Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
- ↑ Mrs. Edward Speyer was Antonia Kufferath, the Belgian-born soprano, daughter of Alice Elgar's old piano teacher Ferdinand Kufferath and wife of Elgar's friend the wealthy banker Edward Speyer. 'Ridgehurst' was their home at Shenley, Hertfordshire. Not to be confused with Sir Edgar Speyer and Lady Speyer (the latter a professional violinist Leonora von Stosch)
- ↑ Concert Allegro sometimes still shown in references as "Op. 41"
- ↑ Lady Maud Warrender (1870–1945) was the youngest daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury and married Sir George Warrender. She was a singer and patron of music - she organised the first performance of the Coronation Ode in 1903 - and a personal friend of Elgar and his wife
- ↑ Arthur Leslie Salmon (born 1865), lover of literature, poet, music critic and author of British travel guides
- ↑ Canon Charles Vincent Gorton was chairman of the Morecambe Festival, and assisted Elgar with the words of The Apostles
- ↑ Julia Worthington was an American, a friend of Prof. Sanford, whom he met in the U. S. A., and who later saw him in England. The enigmatic dots in the Spanish quotation inscribed on Elgar's Violin Concerto are said to refer to her. He called her "Windflower".
- ↑ Dr. William McNaught, musical editor and choral conductor, worked for the publishers Novello
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 "Pietro d'Alba" (alias "Peter Rabbit") was Elgar's pseudonym for himself
- ↑ Alfred Henry Littleton was chairman of the publishers Novello. At then time that he wrote the song, Elgar and his wife were staying at the villa of his friend Julia Worthington at Careggi near Florence when they were visited by Littleton, whose wife had just died
- ↑ Kennedy, p.289
- ↑ 'Elegy' was premiered at a Memorial Concert in the Mansion House on 13 July 1901. In memoriam Rev. R. H. Haddon, late Junior Warden of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
- ↑ Of the songs in the planned Op. 59, nos. 1, 2 and 4 were never published, and not even their titles are known
- ↑ Percy M. Young (in his Elgar O. M.) says this is "Probably fictitious."
- ↑ Nicholas Kilburn
- ↑ Frances Smart was a neighbour of the Elgars at 'Forli' before the turn of the century (Moore, p.659)
- ↑ William Mann Dyson was a singing teacher who sang in the Worcester Glee Club (Moore, p. 695 and 1901 England Census, Worcester)
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 Vasily Ivanovich Maikov (1728—1778), Russian poet and dramatist. See ru: Майков, Василий Иванович
- ↑ Frances Colvin, wife of Sir Sidney Colvin
- ↑ Ballet based on a fan designed by Charles Conder
- ↑ The violinist Maria Joshua said she was 'overwhelmed' by Elgar's offer of dedication, but was ill and would write later to explain. She never wrote, and died a week later. The dedication was accepted later by her daughter (Moore, p. 725)
- ↑ The leader was Adolph Brodsky (nearly 70 at the time and principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music) and the others Hugo Becker, Hans Sitt, and Julius Klengel
- ↑ Young Elgar O.M.
- ↑ The Smoking Cantata was probably never intended to be performed and was given the jocular opus number of 1001. Its duration is less than a minute
- ↑ Ward, David (2003-12-11). "Unknown Elgar is just a puff of smoke". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
- ↑ On her birthday
- ↑ McVeagh, p. 3
- ↑ Elgar himself
- ↑ The composer's brother Frank Elgar, who played the oboe
- ↑ The England 1881 census shows that Karl Bammert was a German watchmaker aged 21, a boarder at the Elgar family house No. 10 High Street Worcester - he was probably the violinist. Frank Elgar and two sisters Lucy and 'Dot' were there, with their parents
- ↑ Leicester private collection
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 Frank and Helen Weaver were among the children of William Weaver, a shoe merchant whose shop was opposite the Elgar's at No. 84 Worcester High Street. Frank Weaver also became a shoemaker, and he played the double bass; Elgar wrote the Duett for trombone and double bass as a wedding present to him on 1 August 1887, when he married Fannie Jones. Helen Weaver was 'Nelly' of the Harmony Music; in 1883 Helen and Elgar were engaged to be married, but the engagement was broken off the next year.(Moore, p. 67, and England censuses 1871, 1881)
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 Miss J. Holloway was the pianist at the Worcester City and County Lunatic Asylum
- ↑ Moore, p.87
- ↑ Elgar's brother Frank
- ↑ The same tune as "Richard of Taunton Dene", a traditional Somersetshire song
- ↑ photograph of the MS in Elgar, O.M. by Percy Young, p.128
- ↑ G. F. Blackbourne was the pseudonym of V. Beraud
- ↑ From Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection,
- ↑ Percy Fletcher identifies this as possibly the trio mentioned in a letter to Dr. Buck, 1887
- ↑ Elgar used to go to the Malvern Wells house of The Rev. William Wilberforce Gedge, Headmaster of Wells House School, every week to give violin lessons to his daughters (Moore, p. 72)
- ↑ According to Percy Young (in Elgar O. M.) Elgar pencilled in a note on the MS that J. H. Meredith was an honorary member of the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society
- ↑ According to Percy Young (in Elgar O. M.) Mrs. Marshall and her daughter were friends of Lady Elgar
- ↑ Simon Wastell (1560-1635), headmaster of the Free School at Northampton
- ↑ Ellen Burroughs was the pseudonym of the American poet Sophie Jewett (1861-1909)
- ↑ Kennedy, Portrait of Elgar, p.281
- ↑ Moore, Edward Elgar: A Creative Life, p. 168
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 Percy M. Young "Elgar O.M.", footnote p.70
- ↑ Moore (A Creative Life, p.177) notes (from the Chappell archives) that permission to use the poem by 'Barry Pain' was obtained on 3 March
- ↑ from 'Historic Worcestershire' by W. Scott Brassington
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 Max Laistner (1853-1917) was a German musician, a concert pianist and director of the Max Laistner Choir. He made piano transciptions of the classics, including an "Etude de Concert" after Chopin's Valse in D-flat "Minute Waltz"
- ↑ Alice Chambers Bunten, scholar, author and lyricist for many songs, well known for her Life of Alice Barnham, Wife of Sir Francis Bacon, London: Oliphants Ltd. 1928
- ↑ Frank H. Fortey (born in India 1876) was a translator of Polish literature. His main work was the poems of Mickiewicz. He lived in King's Norton, Worcester
- ↑ Clifton Bingham (1859-1913) was an English author of poems and children's books, many of them illustrated by Louis Wain.
- ↑ R. G. H. Howson was a bank manager who conducted choirs at the Morecambe festivals (Kennedy, p.166)
- ↑ Elgar's sister Helen Agnes Elgar, known as 'Dot', was in a convent)
- ↑ Discovering that Italian clients of a hairdresser at Capri diverted themselves with music while waiting for their turn, Elgar composed this piece for their general benefit
- ↑ Biography and hymns of Thomas Toke Lynch (1818-1871)
- ↑ 96.0 96.1 According to the Stretton Manuscripts in RootsWeb, Capt. William de Courcy Stretton of the Royal Artillery was the eldest son of Col. Severus William Lynam Stretton (1793-1884) of Nottingham, and the Hon. Catherine Adela de Courcy, youngest daughter of the 28th Lord Kingsale, premier baron of Ireland
- ↑ Anthony Goetz was the son of Ludovic Goetz and Muriel Foster, a favourite singer and personal friend of Elgar’s
- ↑ Winifred Stephens was sister of the singer Muriel Foster, and her husband Jeffrey Stephens worked for the Gramophone Company which made the first recording of Elgar's music, including Carissima
- ↑ John Brownlie, D.D. (1857-1925) Scottish hymnologist - photo and biography
- ↑ 100.0 100.1 100.2 Elgar made four visits to the USA: the last in 1911. He wrote three songs: "The Merry-go-round" for (children's) voices in unison with piano accompaniment; "The Brook" a simple two-part song with piano accompaniment; and "Windlass Song" for four-part voices (SATB) unaccompanied. The songs were published by Silver, Burdett & Co. of New York City in "The Progressive Music Series", books Two (1914), Three (1915) and Four (1915) respectively. All three songs are short: "The Merry-go-round" 13 bars with two verses - the tune of this is simple and the notation unusually large, indicating that this was written for young children; "The Brook" 13 bars with three verses; and "Windlass Song" 14 bars with four verses. Elgar signed a schedule excluding their publication in any form apart from that series, and specifically not to be published outside the USA, though in 1921 Elgar gave permission for them to be published in the Canadian edition of that series. (Information provided on 1 April 1980 by Elsie Plant, Senior Editor Music Publications, Silver Burdett Company, 250 James Street, Morristown, NJ)
- ↑ Florence C. Fox was an American writer of books and poems, and lyricist of songs for children. Her children's books include "Fox's Indian Primer" about American Indians and how they lived.
- ↑ Richard Marden was a pseudonym of the composer
- ↑ "Edward Elgar manuscript found in dusty folder". The Guardian. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ According to the composer's markings in the MS (Young, p. 407)
- ↑ The Civic Fanfare was written for the mayoral procession at the opening of the Hereford Festival on 4 September 1927. The orchestration includes fanfares for the orchestral brass accompanied by wind and percussion; but the only strings which take part are violas, celli and double basses. The work was written to precede a performance of Elgar's transcription of 'God Save the King' and is ended by a side-drum roll which leads directly into the National Anthem, when the violins join the full orchestra and choir in a triumphant entry.
- ↑ Rev. Harcourt B. S. Fowler of Elmley Castle
- ↑ Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode was written with accompaniment for orchestra, but was performed by a military band, and all parts have been lost
- ↑ 108.0 108.1 108.2 Stephen Moore was a young Worcester schoolmaster, and the three songs were written for him to complete a contract with publishers Keith Prowse
- ↑ Mina was Elgar's Cairn terrier
References
- Kennedy, Michael (1987). Portrait of Elgar (Third ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-284017-7.
- McVeagh, Diana M. (2007). Elgar the Music Maker. London: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-295-9.
- Moore, Jerrold N. (1984). Edward Elgar: a Creative Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315447-1.
- Porte, J. F. (1921). Sir Edward Elgar. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Turner & Co. Ltd.
- Young, Percy M. (1973). Elgar O.M.: a study of a musician. London: Collins. OCLC 869820.