List of compositions by Arthur Bliss


This is a list of compositions by Arthur Bliss.
Bliss's works have been catalogued by Lewis Foreman, and "F" numbers are now commonly used to identify his music.

Stage

Operas

  • F. 97, The Olympians
  • F. 96, The Beggar's Opera
  • F. 98, ''Tobias and the Angel''

Ballets

Incidental music

Orchestral

  • F. 119, Melee Fantasque
  • F. 133, Two Studies
  • F. 106, A Colour Symphony
  • F. 127, Pyonepsion
  • F. 102, Bliss: One Step
  • F. 134, Twone, the house of Felicity
  • F. 124, Polonaise
  • F. 116, Hymn to Apollo
  • F. 117, Introduction and Allegro
  • F. 123, Music for Strings
  • F. 94, March, The Phoenix - homage to France
  • F. 120, Memorial Concert
  • F. 120, Theme and Cadenza
  • F. 126, Processional
  • F. 101, A Birthday Greeting for Her Majesty,
  • F. 118, Meditation on a Theme by John Blow
  • F. 114, Edinburgh Overture
  • F. 113, Discourse for Orchestra
  • F. 104, Ceremonial Prelude
  • F. 93, March in homage of a great man
  • F. 122, Metamorphic Variations
  • F. 132, Two Contrasts for String Orchestra

Concertante

Vocal/choral orchestral

  • F. 33, Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks'
  • F. 32, Morning Heroes
  • F. 34, Songs of Welcome
  • F. 28, Beatitudes, The
  • F. 31, Mary of Magdala
  • F. 30, Golden Cantata
  • F. 29, God save the Queen
  • F. 36, World is charged with the Grandeur of God, The
  • F. 35, Two Ballads

Chamber music

  • -, Trio for piano, clarinet and cello
  • -, Quartet for piano, clarinet, cello and timpani
  • F. 23, String Quartet in A major
  • F. 18, Piano Quartet in A minor
  • F. 17, Fugue for String Quartet
  • F. 22, Piano Quintet
  • F. 16, Conversations
  • F. 24, String Quartet
  • F. 190, Allegro
  • F. 21, Quintet for oboe and strings
  • F. 20, Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
  • F. 91, Sonata for Viola and Piano
  • F. 25, String Quartet No.1 B-flat major
  • F. 26, String Quartet No.2
  • F. 27, Toast to the Royal Household
  • F. 19, Play a penta
  • -, Prelude for Brass, Percussion, Piccolo and Double Bassoon

Instrumental

Piano

  • F. 142, May Zeeh
  • F. 147, Suite
  • F. 139, Intermezzo
  • F. 152, Valse Fantastiques
  • F. 155, Rout
  • F. 138, Bliss: One Step
  • F. 141, Masks
  • F. 148, Suite
  • F. 149, Toccata
  • F. 151, Two Interludes
  • F. 144, Rout Trot, The
  • F. 146, Study
  • F. 140, Karen's Piece
  • F. 145, Piano Sonata
  • F. 143, Miniature Scherzo
  • F. 154, Fun and Games
  • F. 150, Triptych
  • F. 153, Wedding Suite, A

Organ

  • F. 137, Praeludium

Other

  • F. 89, Intermezzo for Viola and Piano
  • F. 192, Violin Sonata
  • F. 92, Two Pieces for Clarinet
  • F. 89a, Andante Tranquillo e Legato
  • F. 91, Viola Sonata, premiered by Lionel Tertis and Solomon
  • F. 88, Enid’s Blast
  • F. 90, ''Music for a Prince''

Vocal

Voice and ensemble

  • F. 160, Madam Noy
  • F. 161, Rhapsody
  • F. 162, Rout
  • F. 165, Two Nursery Rhymes for Voice, Clarinet in A, and Piano
  • F. 164, The Tempest,
  • F. 166, Women of Yu’eh
  • F. 158, Four Songs
  • F. 163, Serenade for Baritone and Orchestra
  • F. 163, Two Love Songs
  • F. 157, The Enchantress,
  • F. 156, Elegiac Sonnet
  • F. 159, A Knot of Riddles,
  • F. 35, Two Ballads
  • F. 158, Four Songs

Voice and piano

  • F. 181, Tis time I think by Wenlock Town
  • F. 173, The Hammers,
  • F. 182, The Tramps,
  • F. 188a, La Serva Padrona
  • F. 179, Three Romantic Songs
  • F. 180, Three Songs
  • F. 170, Ballad of the Four Seasons, The
  • F. 178, Three Jolly Gentlemen
  • F. 185, When I was one and twenty
  • F. 172, Fallow deer at the lonely house, The
  • F. 168, At the Window
  • F. 174, Rich or Poor
  • F. 171, Child's prayer, A
  • F. 177, Simples
  • F. 176, Seven American Poems
  • F. 184, Two American Poems
  • F. 169, Auvergnat
  • F. 191, Pack clouds away
  • F. 193, Song of a man who has come through
  • F. 167, Angels of the Mind
  • F. 175, Sailing or Flying
  • F. 183, Tulips

Choral

  • -, When wilt thou save thy people?
  • F. 37, Aubade for Coronation Morning
  • F. 51, Seek the Lord
  • F. 38, Birthday songs for a Royal child
  • F. 54, Stand up and bless the Lord
  • F. 40, Cradle Song of a newborn child
  • F. 45, O give thanks unto the Lord
  • F. 41, He is the Way
  • F. 50, River Music
  • F. 55, Sweet Day, so cool
  • F. 56, Three Songs for Girls and Boys
  • F. 42, Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
  • F. 46, One, two, buckle my shoe
  • F. 48, Prayer to the infant Jesus, A
  • F. 39, Christ is Alive! Let Christians sing
  • F. 44, Ode for Sir William Walton
  • F. 47, Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
  • F. 49, Put thou thy trust in the Lord
  • F. 43, Mar Portugues
  • F. 52, Shield of Faith
  • F. 53, Sing, Mortals

Hymns

  • -, Pen Selwood – Hymn Tune
  • -, Santa Barbara – Hymn Tune
  • -, Mortlake – Hymn Tune

Brass/military band

  • F. 113, Kenilworth
  • F. 12, First Guards
  • F. 11, Call to Adventure
  • F. 10, Belmont Variations, The
  • F. 14, Linburn Air
  • F. 15, Salute to Lehigh University

Fanfares

  • F. 62, Fanfare for a Political Address
  • F. 63, Fanfare for Heroes
  • F. 59, Dominion Greetings
  • F. 83, Three Jubilant and Three Solemn Fanfares
  • F. 61, Fanfare for a Dignified Occasion
  • F. 57, Birthday Fanfare for Henry Wood
  • F. 75, Peace Fanfare for Children
  • F. 79, Salute to Painting, A
  • F. 80, Salute to the RAF, A
  • F. 82, Service of the Order of the Bath
  • F. 68, Fanfare preceding the National Anthem
  • F. 74, Let the People Sing - Two Fanfares
  • F. 78, Royal Fanfares and Interludes
  • F. 81, Salute to the Royal Society, a
  • F. 71, Greetings to a City
  • F. 84, Wedding of Princess Margaret, Music for
  • F. 70, Gala Fanfare
  • F. 72, High Sheriff's Fanfare
  • F. 67, Fanfare, Homage to Shakespeare
  • F. 64, Fanfare for the Commonwealth Arts Festival
  • F. 77, Right of the Line, The
  • F. 69, Fanfare: Prelude for Orchestra ‘Macclesfield’
  • F. 65, Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London
  • F. 76, Prince of Wales Investiture Music
  • F. 158, Birthday Greetings to the Croydon Symphony Orchestra
  • F. 60, Fanfare for a Coming of Age
  • F. 66, Fanfare for the National Fund for Crippling Diseases
  • F. 84, Wedding of Princess Anne, Music for
  • F. 73, Lancaster-prelude

Orchestral arrangements

  • F. 188, Fire Dance
  • F. 189, Set of act Tunes and Dances
  • F. 186, Das alte jahr vergangen is

Arrangements for brass/military band

Music for media

Film music

Music for radio

  • F. 136, Your question answered
  • F. 115, Heritage of Britain

Music for television

Lost

  • -, Elizabethan Suite
  • -, March and Valse des Fleurs
  • -, Valses Melancoliques, Deuxième Preludes; Valse-Phantasie
  • -, The Festival of Flora
  • -, Theme from Processional Interlude