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

(iv) Vocal music

(a) Solo voice & piano

(b) Two or more solo voices & piano

(c) Chorus a cappella

(d) Chorus & instruments

(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

 

(iv) Vocal music

(a) Solo voice & piano

Song: Requiem ('Under the wide and starry sky') [R L Stevenson] (1928) Dur: 2'

Song: 'Everyone suddenly burst out singing' [Sassoon] (1928) Lost

Song: 'The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap' [Chesterton] (c. 1938) Dur: 2'

Song: 'At noon, within the woodland shade' [unattrib.] (1940s) Dur: 2'

Concert aria: 'Oh, Heavenly mercy' for soprano and orchestra (1940s) Unfin'd

(sketch of piano score only)

Two Songs (originally titled variously "for Melanie" or "from the Melanese") Dur: 5'

I The Vision [Mary Webb] (1938) II 'I love all beauteous things' [Robert Bridges] (1946)

Two Sonnets to Orpheus for contralto and piano [Rilke] (c. 1951) Dur: ?

I 'Da stiegt ein Baum'

II 'Und fast ein Madchen'

(the score is clearly headed Two Sonnets, but a fragment exists of III, 'Ein Gott vermags')

Five Songs (1956) Dur: 10'

I 'No!' [Thomas Hood]

II 'Tell me, tell me, smiling child [Emily Bronte]

III The Birds [Belloc]

IV Flower in the crannied wall [Tennyson]

V Envoy [Francis Thompson]

Three Songs (c. 1957) Dur: ?

I 'In no strange land' [Francis Thompson] (1957)

II The Door [Mary Webb] (undated)

III Independence [A A Milne] (undated)

Two Songs (1971) Dur: 8'

I An Epitaph upon a Virgin [Herrick]

II Praise of Good Women [Robert Mannying]

Song: An ancient love song [anon.] (1971) Unfin'd

(probably originally conceived as companion to Two Songs of 1971)

Song: A Prayer [Ben Johnson] (undated) Unfin'd

Song: 'Twilight it is, and the far woods are dim' [unattrib.] (undated) Dur: 2'

Song: 'Now that the dayspring' [Eden Philpotts] (undated) Unfin'd

(b) Two or more solo voices & piano Song: 'How beautiful is the night' for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and piano [Southey] (undated) Unfin'd

(c) Chorus a cappella

Mass in C major for 10-part chorus (SSSSAATTBB)[? movts.] (c. 1957-8) Unfin'd

I Kyrie Dur: 6'

(very fragmentary sketches only for succeeding movements)

Two choruses [anon.] (1957) Unfin'd

I Love ditty [text c. 1300] Dur: 2'

II Hymn on the Passion [text c. 1530] Partially lost

Two Songs (SATB) (1963) Dur: 4'

I Matins, or Morning Prayer [Herrick]

II Ode on the Birth of our Saviour [Herrick]

Two Songs (SSA) (1963) Dur: 3'

I Song to a serenader in February [Praed]

II To Music, to becalm his fever [Herrick]

Mass in A minor for 6-part chorus (SSATBB) [? movts.] (1963-4) Unfin'd

I Kyrie Dur: 1'

II Sanctus Lost

(Sanctus attested by Worklist B; no traces of any other movements; cf Benedictus)

Benedictus (SATB) [anon.] (1964?) Dur: 1'

(possibly linked to Mass in A minor)

 

(d) Chorus & instruments

"The Making of Viola" for bass, chorus and small orchestra (1940s) Unfin'd

"Once In Royal David's City": 6 variations [3 vars.] (1950) Unfin'd

for boys' chorus, solo violin, wind quintet and string orchestra

Poems by Francis Thompson for SATB chorus and piano (c. 1952?) Dur: 9'

I Insentience

II July Fugitive

III 'When music's fading's faded'

IV Envoy

Mass in F sharp major for unison voices and organ [5 movts.] (1955) Unfin'd; Dur: 7'

I Kyrie

II Sanctus

III Benedictus

IV Agnus Dei

V? Credo [73-bar fragment]

3 Sonnets For Pictures for soprano, alti and piano [D G Rosetti] (c. 1964) Unfin'd

I Mary's Girlhood (original version) Dur: 4'

I Mary's Girlhood ("New version") Dur: 3'

(very fragmentary sketches only for succeeding songs)

(v) Arrangements and completions

Only completed items are listed in this section; Truscott attempted arrangements of many works over a wide

span of time, most of which are in a fragmentary state. Datings for these items are largely conjectural so their

presentation is here in alphabetical order of composer.

(a) Arrangements

Contrapunctus XIV from "The Art of Fugue" by J. S. Bach, completed Sir Donald F. Tovey,

arr. for 2 pianos

Symphony no. 3 in C major "Sinfonie Capricieuse" by Franz Berwald, for solo piano

Double Fugue in E flat by Havergal Brian, arr. for organ

String Quartet in E major, Op. 58, by Robert Fuchs, arr. for solo piano

Fantaisie for viola, string orch. & 2 clarinets by Johann N. Hummel, arr for viola & piano (1973)

Adagio from Symphony no. 4 in C major by Franz Schmidt, arr. for solo piano (1963)

Fugue in E minor for 2 pianos, Op. 152, by Franz Schubert, arr. for solo piano

Symphony no. 1 in E minor by Jean Sibelius: 1st. movement, arr. for solo piano

Piano Quintet in C major by Sir Donald Tovey: 2nd. movement - Rondo Intermezzo,

arr. for solo piano

String Quartet no. 3 in G major, Op. 34, by Robert Volkmann, arr. for solo piano

String Quartet no. 4 in F major, Op. 35, by Robert Volkmann, arr. for solo piano

String Quartet no. 5 in F minor, Op. 37, by Robert Volkmann, arr. for solo piano

String Quartet no. 6 in E flat major, Op. 43, by Robert Volkmann, arr. for solo piano

(b) Cadenzas

for Piano Concerto no. 12 in A major, K. 414, by W. A. Mozart: movements I & III

for Flute Concerto in D major, K. 313, by W. A. Mozart: movements I & III

(v) Arrangements and completions (cont'd)

(c) Completions

Fuga (unvollendet) for klavier by J. S. Bach (for solo piano)

Overture from "Estrella di Soria" by Franz Berwald, completed & arr. for solo piano (?1961)

Piano Sonatas by Franz Schubert, completed:

E major (1815) - 1st movement (1950s)

F sharp major (1817) - Allegro (1950s)

G major (1818) - Adagio (1950s)

C major (1818), D. 613 - 1st movement (1950s)

F minor (1818), D. 625 - 1st movement (1950s)

C sharp minor (1819), D. 655 - 1st movement (1950s)

C major (1825), D. 840 - Menuetto e Finale 1958

Klavierstuck (Phantaisie) in C major, D. 605, by Franz Schubert

Allegretto in C minor (prob. 1827), by Franz Schubert