Harold Truscott

23rd August 1914 - 7th October 1992


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CATALOGUE OF WORKS

compiled by Guy Rickards

Release 4.0 (7 February 2000)

Copyright ã Guy Rickards 2000.

CONTENTS

I Compiler's Notes

II Catalogue of works by Category

(i) Orchestral music

(ii) Chamber music

(iii) Instrumental music

(a) Solo violin

(b) Violin & piano

(c) Violin & viola

(d) Viola & piano

(e) Solo cello

(f) Cello & piano

(g) Oboe & piano

(h) Cor anglais & piano

(i) Solo clarinet

(j) Clarinet & piano

(k) French Horn & piano

(l) Harp

(m) Solo piano

(n) Piano duet

(o) Organ

(iv) Vocal music

(v) Arrangements and completions

(a) Arrangements

(b) Cadenzas

(c) Completions

III Chronological catalogue of works by year

IV Chronological listing of works in order of composition

 

 

(ii) Chamber music

Quintet in C minor for piano and strings [4 movts.] (c. 1929-30) Dur: ?'

(title page lost; provisionally attributed)

String Quartet "no. 1" in E minor (1943-4) Lost

String Quartet in B flat (ded: Herbert Howells) [3 movts] (1943-4) Dur: ?'

Quintet in C major for piano and strings [Movt I; 24pp) (1945) Unfin'd

String Quartet "no. 2" in C minor [1 movt.] (1945) Dur: c. 12'

(possibly intended as first movement of a larger work)

Trio in A minor for flute, violin and viola [4 movts.] (1950) Dur: 24'

fp: 25.iv.1955, BBC broadcast, London. Geoffrey Gilbert, Jean Pougnet, Frederick Riddle

fpp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Ileana Ruhemann, Pauline Lowbury, Norbert Blume

Trio for 2 oboes and cor anglais [1 movt.] (1968) Unfin'd

(sketches only of movts. II and III)

Variations on a theme of Schubert for 6 clarinets [1 movt.] (1974) Dur: 8'

(4 B flat clarinets, 2 B flat bass clarinets)

Other fragmentary projects include:-

String Quartets in C major (1945, sketches only), G major (undated fragment) and A (undated, sketches only); Piano Trio (c. 1976, sketches only); Clarinet Quintet in D minor (c. 1940s fragment); Wind Quintet (undated sketch); Passacaglia and Fugue for horn and string trio (undated sketch).

The autobiography attests the existence of two string quartets as well as a piano quartet in D minor composed before 1930. No traces remain, unless the last is really the Quintet in C minor.

(iii) Instrumental music

(a) Solo violin

Sonata in C major [1 movt.] (1946) Dur: 11'

fp: 22.i.1951, private performance. Leonard Friedman

fpp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Pauline Lowbury

Sonata(s)* [4 movts.; may be played separately] (1946) Dur. c30'

* These are probably the same works as the otherwise lost 'Four Preludes and Fugues' for solo violin contained in Worklist B.

(b) Violin & piano

Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor [4 movts.] (1946) Dur: 42'

Sonata no. 2 in G sharp minor [4 movts.] (1948-9) Dur: 31'

fp: 1954, BBC broadcast, London. Max Salpeter, Cyril Preedy

Sonata no. 3 in C major [1 movt.] (1959) Dur: 11'

fp: 1959, Lunch hour recital, Huddersfield. Herbert Whone, Harold Truscott

Sonata no. 4 in A major [3 movts.] (1946-59) Unfin'd

(Movt. I c. 1946-7; Movts. II-III 1959, fragmentary)

Sonata no. 5 in E major [1 movt.] (1960) Aband'd

(c) Violin & viola

Duo [1 movt.] (1948) Dur: ?'

(d) Viola & piano

Sonata in D minor [2 movts.] (1946-7) Lost

(Complete part for viola only survives)

(e) Solo cello

Meditation on themes from Emanuel Moor's Suite for 4 cellos (1982-7) Dur: 7'

fp: 1994, Festetich Castle, Hungary. Judit Kiss Domonkos (recording)

(f) Cello & piano

Sonata in A minor [4 movts.] (1982-7) Dur: 18'

fp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Miriam Lowbury, Eileen Pearce

(g) Oboe & piano

Sonata in G major [3 movts.] (1965) Dur: 26'

fp: 1969, Lunch hour recital, Huddersfield. Glynn Butler, Harold Truscott

5 Pieces [I almost complete; II fragments only] (1966) Unfin'd

(h) Cor anglais & piano

See under French Horn

(i) Solo clarinet

Suite [? movts.] (1968) Unfin'd

(j) Clarinet & piano

Sonata no. 1 in C major [4 movts.] (1959) Dur: 25'

fp: 1960, Lunch hour recital, Huddersfield. Rodney Bass, Harold Truscott

Sonata no. 2 in D major [5 movts.] (1965) Dur: 18'

Sonata no. 3 in C sharp minor [3 movts.; 3rd incomplete] (1966) Dur: 11'/Unfin'd

Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor (1966) Dur: ?'

(k) French Horn & piano

Sonata in E flat major (or Cor anglais & piano) [4 movts.] (1975-81) Dur: 21'

(l) Harp

Suite [4 movts.] (c. 1970s) Dur: ?'

Other fragmentary projects include:-

a quickly discarded Violin Sonata "no. 3" in B minor (1950, 3pp, pencil score), various sonatas for flute and piano, clarinet and piano (1967-71, sketches); a Sonata in B flat major for French Horn unaccompanied (c. 1943-5?, fragment of Movt. I); Sonata for 4 horns (undated, 25 bars); Duet for French Horn and Harp (undated sketch).

(m) Solo piano

Moderato [1 movt.; 8pp] (undated) Dur: c. 5'

Un poco allegretto, quasi andante [1 movt.] (1940s) Dur: c. 3'

Prelude/Overture: Falstaff (arr. from abandoned opera) (c. 1937-8) Unfin'd

Sonata in A major [4 movts.] (1941) Dur: ?'

Sonata in B flat major [4 movts.] (1941-2) Dur: ?'

Sonata in F major [3/4? movts.] (1942) Dur: ?'

(+ fragment of Movt. IV; may have been deliberately abandoned to leave Sonata in 3 movts.)

Sonatina no. 1 in A minor [4 movts.] (1942-3) Dur: ?'

6 Pieces* (1943) Dur: ?' (Prelude in F minor; I Molto maestoso in B flat minor; II Lento; Fugue in G [incomplete];

III Prelude: Poco allegretto giacondamente; IV Prelude: Molto allegro)

fp: 1946, Guildhall School of Music, London. Harold Truscott

Sonata no. 1 in D flat major [4 movts.] (1945) Dur: 28'

fp: 1947, Guildhall School of Music, London. Harold Truscott (Exploratory Concert Soc.)

Sonata no. 2 in C major [5 movts.] (1945-7) Dur: 52'

fp:March 1948,St Martin's School of Art,London. Harold Truscott (Exploratory Concert Soc)

Sonata no. 3 in G sharp minor [3 movts.] (1947-8) Dur: 21'

fp: September 1981, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

Sonata no. 4 in E flat major [4 movts.] (1948-9) Dur: 26'

fp: 24.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Donna Amato

Suite (originally no. 1) in B minor** [4 movts.] (1948-9) Destroyed

(expanded into Sonata no. 6 of 1955-6)

Symphony in E major (arr. of orchestral score) [3 movts.] (1949-50) Dur: 33'

Suite no. 1 (originally no. 2): 12 Bagatelles [12 movts.] (1949) Dur: 14'

fp: February 1954, BBC broadcast, London. Harold Truscott

Sonata no. 5 in B minor: i m Nicolai Medtner [4 movts.] (1951-5) Dur: 25'

fp: September 1981, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

Sonata no. 6 in E major [4 movts.] (1955-6) Dur: 41'

(expanded from original "Suite no. 1" of 1949)

fp: September 1984, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

Sonata no. 7 in C major [1 movt.] (1956) Dur: 10' fp: 30.viii.1969, BBC broadcast. John Ogdon fpp: September 1981, Royal College of Music, London. Peter Jacobs

Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor (1957) Dur: 7' fp: September 1982, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

fpp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Peter Jacobs

Prelude and Fugue in C major (1957) Dur: 5'

fp: September 1982, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

fpp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Peter Jacobs

Sonata no. 8 in E minor [4 movts.] (1958-60) Dur: 35'

fp: 24.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Donna Amato

Sonata no. 9 in E minor [4 movts.] (1960) Dur: 22'

fp: September 1983, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

Sonata no. 10 in E minor [4 movts.] (1962) Dur: 14'

fp: 30.viii.1969, BBC broadcast. John Ogdon

Suite no. 2: 20 Short Pieces [20 movts.] (1962) Dur: 10'

Sonata for the left hand [2/3 movts.] (1963) Unfin'd

(sketches for movt. III)

Sonata no. 11 in A minor [2 movts.] (1950-64) Dur: 10'

fpp: September 1981, Royal College of Music, London. Peter Jacobs

Suite in G major (arr. of orchestral score)*** [4 movts.] (arr. 1966?) Dur: 13'

20 Variations and Fugue on an original theme in B minor (1967) Dur: 17'

Sonata no. 12 in C major [4 movts.] (1967) Dur: 11'

fp: September 1982, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

Sonata no. 13 in A minor/C sharp minor/E major [3 movts.] (1967) Dur: 10'

fp: September 1983, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

Sonata no. 14 in G major [3 movts.] (1967) Dur: 18'

(Sonatas 12-14 originally composed as a set of 3 Sonatinas)

Sonatina [I] no. 2 in G minor [4 movts.] (1968) Dur: ?'

(titled 'I' presumably as first of a set; only a 1-page fragment of Sonatina 'II' exists)

Sonata no. 15 in B minor [3 movts.] (1976-81) Dur: 11'

fp: September 1983, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

fpp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Peter Jacobs

Sonata no. 16 in E flat major [3 movts.] (1981-) Unfin'd

Sonata no. 17 in G minor [4 movts.] (1982) Dur: 5'

fp: September 1984, St. John's, Clerkenwell, London. Peter Jacobs (recording)

fpp: 9.x.1989, British Music Information Centre, London. Peter Jacobs

Sonata no. 18 in A flat major [4 movts.] (1982-) Aband'd

5 Preludes* (19??) Dur: ?' Fugue in E flat minor (late?) Dur: ?'

* Worklist B lists "Four Pieces, 1943"; Lawrie Burton confirmed that 4 Preludes so performed in 1946. Given the date of the premiere, this must relate to four of the '6 Pieces', the score of which matches others of this time in calligraphy, paper and ink. That of the '5 Preludes' is later and in biro, pointing to a date no earlier han the late 1950s.

** Worklist A lists a Suite in B minor (1948) as being partly incorporated into Sonata no. 2 in C from the previous year. The derivation of Sonata no. 6 from a Suite of 1948 or 1949 is confirmed by the composer's writings.

*** Worklist A lists a Suite no. 2 in G major (1956), nowhere else attested. If the date is incorrect, the work in question may be the composer's own arrangement of his orchestral Suite in G (1966).

**** Worklist D has a handwritten emendation to Sonata no. 16: "was completed, but now part being rewritten". No completed original has come to light, only a copy of the unfinished revision.

Other undated and fragmentary pieces include:-

Allegro molto (1970s?); Moderato; Sonata in E flat (1948-9, worked on in 1966 - sketches); Sonata in E minor (1949, 4 movts., unfin'd - lost); several false starts at Sonata no. 15 from 1967; a Sonata "no. 16" in A (1968, sketches only, unrelated to later no. 16).

Autobiography attests composition of five piano pieces - Truscott's very first works - at the age of 12 (1926-7) followed by an unsuccessful attempt at a piano concerto which became a single- movement piano piece. During the 1930s, the composer claims in the autobiography to have composed several piano sonatas in the style of Beethoven of which those of 1941-2 are the only ones not to have been destroyed.

 

(n) Piano duet

Prelude, March, Variations and Finale [4 movts.] (1968-9) Unfin'd

Prelude and March complete; Variations incomplete

Other undated and fragmentary pieces include:-

Rondo "Hommage a Schubert" (1940s?, 3pp); Sonata (undated, 2pp); Duet in F (1978, 1p)

 

(o) Organ

Toccata in A minor [1 movt.] (1956) Dur: 10'

fp: June 1965, Town Hall, Huddersfield. David Ingate

Trio-Sonata in E flat major [1 movt.] (1972) Dur: 5'

(intended as the first of six; no trace of nos. 2-6 survives)

Other undated and fragmentary pieces include:-

Sonata in C major (undated sketch; variously dated as 1955 and 1960 in worklists)