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

III Chronological catalogue of works by year

IV Chronological listing of works in order of composition

 

 

III CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF WORKS BY YEAR

1927 Five pieces for piano; Concerto-movement for piano (possibly completed in 1928?)

1928 Song: Requiem; Song: 'Everyone suddenly burst out singing'; String Quartet ["a"]

1929 String Quartet ["b"]; Piano Quartet in D minor (may = Piano Quintet in C minor)

1930 Piano Quintet in C minor

1931 [From about this year onwards Truscott composed an unknown number of sonatas for the piano "in

the style of late Beethoven". The series culminated in the Sonatas in A, B flat and F of

1941-2 which are the only ones to survive.]

1932 Short orchestral piece (title not known)

1933

1934 Violin Concerto in B flat

1935

1936 Symphony in E flat (dedicated to Franz Schmidt)

1937 Piano Concerto in F [; Begins work on opera "Falstaff", abandoned in 1938 or 1939]

1938 Song: The Vision; Song: 'The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap'; Symphony in F ("Grasmere"); Prelude/Overture from opera Falstaff

1939 [Begins and lays aside a piano sonata in E flat, which may be the genesis of Sonata no. 16, 1981]

1940

1941 Piano Sonata in A

1942 Piano Sonata in B flat; Piano Sonata in F

  1. Piano Sonatina no. 1 in A minor; 6 Pieces/4 Preludes; Elegy for string orchestra; Symphony in A minor ("a"; ded: Herbert Howells)

1944 String Quartet "no. 1" in E minor; String Quartet in B flat

1945 String Quartet "no. 2" in C minor; Piano Sonata no. 1 in D flat; Piano Quintet in C;

Symphony in E minor ("for Harry Newstone") [; Sonata in B flat for unaccompanied Horn]

1946 Violin Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor; Song: 'I love all beauteous things' [combined with The Vision to form Two Songs (for Melanie/from the Melanese)]; Sonata in C for solo violin; Sonata(s) for solo violin [; begins and lays aside a violin sonata in A; cf no. 4, 1959]

1947 Piano Sonata no. 2 in C; Viola Sonata in D minor

 

1948 Piano Sonata no. 3 in G sharp minor; Duo for violin & viola [; Begins Symphony in E, Piano Sonata no. 4 and resumes work on E flat Sonata of 1939]

1949 Piano Sonata no. 4 in E flat; Violin Sonata no. 2 in G sharp minor; Piano Suite in B minor;

Piano Suite no. 1 (12 Bagatelles) [; Begins and lays aside a piano sonata in E minor]

1950 Symphony in E; Trio in A for flute, violin & viola [; Begins and lays aside a Sonata-movement in A minor; cf. Sonata no. 11, 1964]; Variations on "Once in Royal David's City"; Piano Concerto in D [; sketches for Symphony in A minor "b", a piano concerto in F, Violin Sonata "no. 3" (discarded)]

1951 ?Sonnets to Orpheus; Completions of unfinished Schubert piano sonatas [; Begins and lays aside a piano sonata in memoriam Medtner - cf. no. 5, 1955; sketches for a symphony in C "a"]

1952 ?Poems by Francis Thompson for chorus and piano

1953

1954 [Sketches for a symphony in F minor]

1955 Piano Sonata no. 5 in B minor in memoriam Nicolai Medtner; Mass in F sharp [; sketches for a Sonata in C for organ]

1956 Piano Sonata no. 6 in E; Piano Sonata no. 7 in C; Toccata in A minor for organ;

5 Songs [Hood/Bronte/Belloc/Tennyson/Thompson] for voice & piano; ?Piano Suite "no. 2" in G

1957 Prelude & Fugue in E flat minor for piano; Prelude & Fugue in C for piano; ?Kyrie in C;

?Three Songs [Thompson/Webb/Milne] for voice & piano; Two Choruses

1958 [Begins Piano Sonata no. 8;] Completion of unfinished Schubert piano sonata, D. 840

1959 Violin Sonata no. 3 in C; Clarinet Sonata no. 1 in C; Violin Sonata no. 4 in A

1960 Piano Sonata no. 8 in E minor; Violin Sonata no. 5 in E; Piano Sonata no. 9 in E minor;

Fantasy A window on infinity for string orchestra

1961 Suite in E minor for string orchestra

1962 Symphony in A minor "c"; Piano Suite no. 2 (20 Short Pieces); Piano Sonata no. 10 in E minor

1963 ?Piano Sonata for the left hand; Kyrie in A minor; 2 Herrick Songs; 2 Songs for female chorus

1964 ?Benedictus for 4-part chorus; Mary's Childhood (2 versions); Piano Sonata no. 11 in A minor

1965 Clarinet Sonata no. 2 in D; Oboe Sonata in G; Prelude for winds and double-basses

 

1966 Suite in G for orchestra; Clarinet Sonata no. 3 in C sharp minor; Prelude & Fugue in B flat minor for clarinet & piano; 5 Pieces for oboe & piano; ?Sinfonietta in D flat

1967 [Begins Symphony in A minor "d", abandoned in 1972; sketches for a symphony in C "b";]

20 Variations & Fugue in B minor on an original theme for piano; Piano Sonata no. 12 in C; Piano Sonata no. 13; Piano Sonata no. 14 in G [; Begins and abandons Sonata "no. 15"]

1968 Piano Sonatina no. 2 in G minor [; Begins and abandons Sonata "no. 16" in A]; Trio for 2 oboes & cor anglais [sketches for Oboe Concerto and ?Symphonic Movements/Concerto for orchestra]

1969 Prelude, March, Variations and Finale for piano duet

1970 ?Suite for harp[; Sketches a piano concerto in F sharp]

1971 Two Songs [Herrick, Mannyng] for voice & piano; Song: An ancient love song

1972 Trio-Sonata in E flat for organ

1973 Arrangement of Hummel's Fantaisie (for viola, strings & 2 clarinets) for viola and piano

1974 Variations on a theme of Schubert for 6 clarinets

1975 [Begins Sonata for Horn/Cor anglais & piano]

1976 [Begins Piano Sonata no. 15; sketches for a Piano Trio]

1977

1978 Piano duet in F

1979-80

1981 Piano Sonata no. 15 in B minor; Piano Sonata no. 16 in E flat; Sonata in E flat for Horn/Cor anglais & piano

1982 Piano Sonata no. 17 in G minor; Piano Sonata no. 18 in A flat [; Begins Cello Sonata]

1983-4

1985 Meditation for solo cello on themes from Emanuel Moor's Suite for 4 cellos

1986

1987 Cello Sonata in A minor

1988-90

1990-1 Revises scoring of finale of Symphony in E (1948-50)

1992 [Dies, October 7th.]

 

Extant works without any date:

Allegro moderato for orchestra; Fugue for strings (c. 1946)

Piano music: '6 Pieces' ; Moderato; Un poco allegretto, quasi andante; Fugue in E flat minor

Rondo: Hommage a Schubert for piano duet

Wind Quintet; String Quartets in G and A

Passacaglia and Fugue for horn and string trio; Sonata for 4 horns; Duet for horn and harp

Suite for harp

The Making of Viola

Songs: A prayer; 'At noon within the woodland shade'; 'Twilight it is, and the far woods are dim'; 'Now that the dayspring'; 'How beautiful is the night'; (Aria:) 'Oh Heavenly mercy'

Extant works with associative dating:

Songs: 'The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap'; Sonnets to Orpheus; Poems by Francis Thompson;

Kyrie in C; Benedictus