List of compositions by Julius Harrison


This is a partial list of compositions by English composer Julius Harrison.

Operetta

A Fantasy of Flowers ; libretto by Muriel Levy

Orchestral

Ballade for string orchestra Prelude Music for string orchestra and piano, Op.16 ; original for harp and string quartetVariations on "Down Among the Dead Men" Widdicombe Fair, Humoreske for string orchestra, Op.22 ; original for string quartetRapunzel ; tone poem Worcestershire Suite ; original for pianoRomance, a Song of Adoration ; for orchestraCornish Holiday Sketches for string orchestra Autumn Landscape for string orchestra ; premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in February 1937Troubadour Suite for string orchestra, harp and optional horns

Concertante

Bredon Hill, Rhapsody for violin and orchestra

Chamber music

Prelude Music, Quintet in G major for harp and string quartet, Op.16 ; also for string orchestra and piano Scaramouche for violin and piano Pensée fugitive for violin and piano Widdicombe Fair, Humoreske for string quartet, Op.22 ; also for string orchestraFanfare for a Masked Ball for 4 trumpets

Organ

Paean and Tonus Peregrinus: Homage to Cesar Franck

Piano

Rhapsody, Intermezzo and Capriccio Musette for voice and piano Barcarolle Worcestershire Suite ; also orchestratedThe Pixie Man, Suite Silver Bells and Cockle Shells Five English Songs Severn Country, Suite Philomel Town and Country Wayside Fancies, Suite Autumn Days Burlesque Caprice High Summer Mr. Alberti Takes a Stroll Outdoor Song: At the fair Spring in the Air The Rival Fourth Finger
  • ''Valse-Serenade''

Vocal

Six Short Songs for medium voice and piano Bonny Blue-cap for medium voice and piano ; words by Sir Walter ScottRosalys for soprano voices and orchestra ; words by Dante Gabriel RossettiSongs of Fancy, 4 Songs ; words by P. AshbrookeFour Songs of Chivalry for voice and piano ; words by William MorrisThree Eastern Love Songs for voice and piano ; words by Edward TeschemacherThe Wanderer's Song ; words by George Reston MallochFour Narratives from the Ancient Chinese for medium voice and piano Three Sonnets from Boccaccio for high voice and piano ; words by Giovanni BoccaccioOn the Beach at Otahai ; words by E. J. BradyThree Songs I Know a Bank for soprano or tenor and piano ; words from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareFour Cavalier Tunes for tenor or baritone and piano ; words by Robert BrowningRhapsody for tenor or baritone voice and orchestra ; words by Walt WhitmanSea Winds for voice and piano ; words by Paul AskewMemory Island for baritone and piano ; words by Paul AskewPhilomel for voice and piano ; words from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareFour Songs from Twelfth Night for high voice and piano ; words from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Choral

Cleopatra, Dramatic Poem for soli, chorus and orchestra ; performed at the Norwich Festival in 1908Harvest Cantata for soprano and contralto soli, chorus and piano or organ ; words by Rose Dafforne BetjemannChristmas Cantata for soli and chorus ; words by Rose Dafforne BetjemannViking Song, Part-song for male chorus and pianoforte or orchestra ; words by Fred AdlingtonOpen Thy Gates, Introit Anthem for mixed chorus ; words by Robert HerrickPrevent Us, O Lord, Anthem for mixed chorus and organ Blows the Wind To-day for mixed chorus a cappella ; words by Robert Louis StevensonIn the Forest for mixed chorus a cappella ; words by Heinrich Heine; translation by Francis HuefferRequiem for Archangels for SATB choir or chorus In Celia's Face for chorus ; poem by Thomas CarewEaster Carol for female chorus and piano ; words by Frederick ElliottThe Little Men for female chorus ; words by William AllinghamPastoral for chorus The Blessed Damozel for female chorus a cappella ; words by Dante Gabriel RossettiI Love the Jocund Dance for a capella SSA chorus ; poem by William BlakeA Sunny Shaft, Part Song for female chorus and piano ; words by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMerry Miller, Folk-jingle for mixed chorus a cappella ; words by Helen TaylorSong of the Plough for mixed-voice chorus ; words from the first Georgic of Virgil, tr. James RhoadesMagnifcat and Nunc dimittis for unison voices and organ The Wild Huntsman, Fantasia for male chorus a cappella The Dark Forest, Part-song for mixed chorus a cappella ; words by Edward ThomasMass in C for solo voices, chorus, organ and orchestra ; premiered at Stoke-on-Trent in 1948; twice broadcast in 1952 and 1955Missa liturgica for mixed chorus a cappella Psalm C for mixed chorus and organ Requiem Mass for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soli, mixed chorus and orchestra ; first performed in 1957 at the Worcester Three Choirs Festival

Unfinished opera

Arrangements

Harrison's many arrangements include versions of Weber's Invitation to the Dance, sundry Schubert songs and a "concert version" of Smetana's The Bartered Bride all for mixed chorus.