List of compositions by Constant Lambert

This is a list of musical works written by Constant Lambert:

Ballets

Prize-fight, 1923–4, London, FP 6 March 1924, rev. 1925, 1927, unpublished. Mr Bear Squash-You-All-Flat, 1923–4, FP Manchester, 22 June 1979, unpublished. Adam and Eve, 1924–5, FP London, 6 June 1932, rev. 1932, unpublishedRomeo and Juliet, 1924–5, FP Monte Carlo, 4 May 1926 Pomona, 1926, FP as a Divertimento 16 November 1926; FP as a ballet Buenos Aires, 9 Sept 1927 Horoscope, 1937, FP London, 27 January 1938Tiresias, 1950–51, FP London, 9 July 1951, unpublished

Incidental music

Jew Süss, ?1929, score possibly lost; FP London, 19 Sept 1929; after Domenico Scarlatti Salome, clarinet, trumpet, percussion and cello, 1931, FP London, 27 May 1931Hamlet, flute, two trumpets and percussion, 1944, FP London, 11 Feb 1944, unpublished

Orchestral

Green Fire, rhapsody, ? 1923, unpublished, score probably lost; FP 28 June 1923The Bird Actors, overture, 1925, FP 5 July 1931; reorchestrated 1927, unpublished Champêtre, chamber orch, 1926, unpublished in original form Elegiac Blues, 1927 Music for Orchestra, 1927; FP 14 June 1929; dedicated to Lord BernersAubade héroïque, 1942; FP 21 February 1943; dedicated to Ralph Vaughan Williams on his 70th birthdayCaprice péruvien, orchestra

Concertante

Concerto for piano, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings, 1924, unpublished.
Concerto for piano and 9 players, 1930–31; FP 18 December 1931; Arthur Benjamin, piano, conducted by the composer; dedicated to Peter Warlock
see also Arrangements: Concerto for piano and small orchestra
see also: Vocal and choral: ''The Rio Grande''

Film scores

Merchant Seamen, patriotic documentary 1940; orchestral suite arr. 1943, pubd, FP 15 May 1943Anna Karenina, 1947, unpublished

Piano

Alla Marcia, ?1925

Overture, pf duet, 1925, unpublished Suite in 3 Movements, 1925, unpublished; FP 19 March 1925Tema, ? 1925, unpublished.Pastorale, 1926, unpublished.Elegiac Blues, 1927
Sonata, 1928–9; FP 30 October 1929 by Gordon BryanElegy, 1938Trois pièces nègres pour les touches blanches, 4 hands, 1949; FP 17 May 1949; dedicated to Edward Clark

Vocal and choral

2 Songs, soprano, flute and harp, 1923; FP 6 March 19248 Poems of Li-Po, voice, piano or 8 insts, 1926–9; FP 30 October 1929; dedicated to Anna May WongThe Rio Grande, alto, chorus, piano, brass, strings, percussion, 1927; first broadcast by the BBC 27 February 1928; first concert performance 12 December 1929, Hamilton Harty, pianoSummer's Last Will and Testament, baritone, chorus and orchestra, 1932–5; FP 29 January 1936
Dirge from Cymbeline, tenor and baritone soli, male chorus, strings, 1940; FP 23 March 1947, BBC broadcast; dedicated to Patrick Hadley

Arrangements

Mars and Venus Hommage aux belles viennoises, 1929 Les rendezvous, 1933

Bar aux Folies-Bergère, 1934 ballet Apparitions, 1936, unpublished. Les patineurs, 1937, ballet using music of Giacomo Meyerbeer Harlequin in the Street, 1938, unpublished Dante Sonata, piano and orchestra, 1940, unpublished The Prospect Before Us, London, 1940, unpublished Comus, 1942 Hamlet, London, 1942 Ballabile, 1950 Caprice péruvien, orchestra
Concerto for piano and small orchestra Facade, Suites 1 and 2 arranged for piano duet Job: A Masque for Dancing, version for theatre orchestra; FP 1931, ISCM Festival, Oxford
Keyboard pieces by Thomas Roseingrave

Editions

William Boyce: 8 symphonies, string orchestra, wind ad lib
Boyce: The Power of Music, The Cambridge Ode, Pan and Syrinx, string orchestra, wind ad lib
Henry Purcell: The Fairy-Queen, collab. Edward J. Dent, unpublished