List of compositions by Ethel Smyth


This is a list of musical compositions by Dame Ethel Smyth. Works are listed within each genre by year of composition, or if the year of composition is not known by year of publication or first performance. For operas and some other notable works the date and theatre of first performance is also given.

Opera

Ballet

  • Fête galante, adapted from the opera

Choral

Religious

Secular

Orchestral

  • Overture to Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
  • Serenade in D
  • Suite for Strings, Op. 1A, re-arrangement from String Quintet in E, Op. 1
  • On the Cliffs of Cornwall, re-arrangement of prelude from The Wreckers
  • Four Short Chorale Preludes for Strings and Solo Instruments, re-arrangement of Short Chorale Preludes for organ
  • *1. "Du, o schönes Weltgebäude!"
  • *2. "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid"
  • *3. "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag"
  • *4. "Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott"
  • Fête galante, suite adapted from the opera
  • Intermezzo , re-arrangement from The Boatswain's Mate
  • Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies, re-arrangement of intermezzo from Entente cordiale
  • Two Orchestral Preludes, re-arrangement from The Prison
  • Entente cordiale, suite adapted from the opera

Concertante

Chamber music

String quartets

  • String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, 1 movement
  • String Quartet No. 2 in D minor
  • String Quartet No. 3 in C minor
  • String Quartet No. 4 in E-flat major
  • String Quartet No. 5 in C major
  • String Quartet No. 6 in E minor

String quintets

  • String Quintet in B minor, 2 movements
  • String Quintet in E, Op. 1 for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos

Trios

  • Trio for violin, cello and piano in D minor
  • String Trio in D
  • Trio for violin, horn and piano in A, re-arrangement from Concerto for violin and horn in A

Other

  • Sonata for cello and piano in C minor
  • Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 5
  • Sonata for violin and piano in A minor, Op. 7
  • Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin for flute, oboe and piano
  • Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies for flute, oboe and piano, re-arrangement from intermezzo of ''Entente cordiale''

Piano

  • Sonata No. 1 in C
  • Sonata No. 2 in C-sharp minor
  • Sonata No. 3 in D, 2 movements
  • Aus der Jugenzeit!! in E minor
  • Four-part Dances
  • Two-part Invention in D
  • Two-part Suite in E
  • Variations on an Original Theme in D-flat
  • Prelude and Fugue in C
  • Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp
  • Prelude and Fugue for Thin People
  • Suite for piano four hands, re-arrangement of Suite for Strings, Op. 1A
  • The March of the Women, re-arrangement of the song
  • Canons

Organ

  • Fugue à 5
  • Short Chorale Preludes
  • *1. "Du, o schönes Weltgebäude!"
  • *2. "O Gott du frommer Gott"
  • *3. "Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott"
  • *4. "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag"
  • *5. Prelude and Fugue on "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid"
  • Study on "O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen"
  • ''Prelude on a Traditional Irish Air''

Brass

Songs