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1888
Pianoforte Trio in G
VW played one of the violin parts.
1891
Finale of String Quartet.
Royal College of Music exercise Spring term
1895
Pianoforte Trio in C major
'lacking in characteristic fingerprints' (M.Kennedy)
1897
String Quartet in C minor
'This is one of the most significant of the early published
works'. (MK)
Intermezzo and its principal theme a forerunner of Linden
Lea.
1898
Quintet in D major
For clarinet, horn, violin, violoncello and pianoforte.
1903
Quintet in C minor
For pianoforte, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass.
Revised in 1904 and 1905. Withdrawn 1918. Main theme used
in Violin Sonata of 1954. Allegro Brahmsian. Thereafter
more recognisable VW.
1904
Ballade and Scherzo
For string quintet. Based on folk tune 'As I walked out'
personally collected by VW. Revised 1906
1904
Two short pieces for string quartet.
A version of the above Ballade. Substantial differences.
1904
Two vocal duets
For Soprano, baritone, piano, string quartet, with violin
obbligato. Words by Whitman.The Last Invocation and The
Love-song of the Birds.
1942-3
Fantasia on 'Linden Lea'
Composed for John Parr of Sheffield.
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1908
String Quartet in G minor.
For 2 violins, viola, violoncello. Revised in 1921
1909
On Wenlock Edge
Cycle of 6 songs for tenor with accompaniment of piano
and string quartet. Words by Houseman from A Shropshire
Lad. Orchestral version exists and also version for tenor
and orchestra. An orchestral version was made by Eric DeLamar
(Chicago SO) in 1920.
M Kennedy has sketchbook.
1912
Phantasy Quintet
For 2 violins, 2 viola, 1 violincello
Written at request of W. Cobbet, a wealthy businessman
and amateur musician who commisioned works by British composers.
1913
Suite de Ballet
For flute and pianoforte. Found amongst VW's manuscripts
after his death. Probably for the great flautist Louis
Fleury. Shows direction towards the bitonality of Shepherds
of the Delectable Mountains.
1921
Merciless Beauty
(attrib. Chaucer). Three rondels for high voice and string
trio (2vn., vc.): Your ey‘n two; So hath you beauty;
Since I from love
1922
Two pieces for Violin and Pianoforte
Dedication: To D.M.L. [Dorothy Longman] a violinist who
for many years played at the Leith Hill Festival
1926
Six Studies in English Folk Song
For violoncello and pianoforte.
Dedication: to May Mukle. Arrangements for violin, viola,
or clarinet; also arranged by Arnold Foster for cello and
small orchestra (1957)
1938/9
Suite for Pipes
Dedication: The Pipers' Guild Quartet.Publication: London,
Oxford University Press, miniature score, 1947. Version
for recorders, OUP, 1980.
1938
Double Trio
For string sextet. Revised (with a completely new finale)
and published as Partita for Double String Orchestra (see
Orchestral Works).
1940
Household Music: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
For string quartet or alternative instruments. Finale was
arranged for organ by Herbert Byard.
1942-4
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (For Jean on her Birthday)
Four movements: Prelude: Allegro appassionato; Romance:
Largo; Scherzo: Allegro; Epilogue - Greeting from Joan
to Jean: Andante sostenuto.
1942-3
Fantasia on 'Linden Lea'
For oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.
Composed for John Parr of Sheffield.
Sonata in A minor
For violin and pianoforte. Dedication to Frederick Grinke.
unknown
Romance for Viola and Pianoforte
Undatable posthumous publication. Michael Kennedy believes
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