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

  

IV CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF WORKS IN ORDER OF COMPOSITION

This sequential listing contains blank entries to allow for possible later additions, especially for works written during Truscott's early years about which information is sketchy. A certain number of these early works were destroyed (including several piano sonatas from the 1930s) but it has not been possible thus far to quantify precisely what. The datings for several works from all periods is still conjectural. In general, I have used the date of completion in determining the sequence, especially in light of the composer's frequent false starts at pieces. This generally governed the composer's own ordering of the numbered piano sonatas (e.g. no. 11, begun in 1950 in between nos. 4 & 5, but not completed until 1964, and Piano Sonata no. 8, the First Clarinet Sonata & Piano Sonata no. 9, begun in that order but completed in the sequence: First Clarinet Sonata, Piano Sonata no. 8, Piano Sonata no. 9). Where substantial fragments left unfinished are included, I have used date of commencement (usually as that is the only known date anyway) since very often work on these pieces was effected in one spell from the start.

1 Five pieces for piano (1926 or 1927)

2 Concerto-movement for piano (possibly completed in 1928?)

3 Song: Requiem (1928)

4 Song: 'Everyone suddenly burst out singing' (1928)

5

6 String Quartet ["a"] (c. 1928-9)

7

8 String Quartet ["b"] (c. 1928-9)

9

10 Piano Quartet in D minor (c. 1928-9; may = Piano Quintet in C minor)

11 Piano Quintet in C minor (c. 1929-30)

12 [Series (of unknown number) of piano sonatas 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.]

13

14 Short orchestral piece (c. 1932; title not known)

15

16 Violin Concerto in B flat (c. 1934)

17

18 Symphony in E flat (dedicated to Franz Schmidt; c. 1936-7)

19

20 Piano Concerto in F (c. 1934-7)

21 Opera: Falstaff [begun in 1937, abandoned in 1938 or 1939]

21a Prelude/Overture from opera Falstaff

22 Song: The Vision (1938)

23 Song: 'The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap' (c. 1938)

24 Symphony in F (c. 1937-8; "Grasmere")

  1. [Piano Sonata in E flat, which may be the genesis of Sonata no. 16, 1981]
  2. Song: 'At noon, within the woodland shade' (1940s)
  3. Concert Aria: 'Oh, Heavenly mercy' (1940s)
  4. Piano Sonata in A (?May - August 1941)

29 Piano Sonata in B flat (August - November 1941)

30 Piano Sonata in F (1942)

31 Piano Sonatina no. 1 in A minor (1942-3)

32 6 Pieces/4 Preludes for piano (1942-3)

33 Symphony in A minor ("a", 1943; ded: Herbert Howells)

34 Elegy for string orchestra (October 1943)

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

36 String Quartet in B flat (1943-4; ded: Herbert Howells)

37

38 String Quartet "no. 2" in C minor (1945)

39 Piano Sonata no. 1 in D flat (1-22 June 1945)

40 Piano Quintet in C (1945)

41 Symphony in E minor (July 1945 - 1951; "for Harry Newstone")

42 [Sonata in B flat for unaccompanied Horn c. 1943-5]

43

44 Violin Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor (7 February - 13 August 1946)

45 Song: 'I love all beauteous things' (1946)

[combined with The Vision to form Two Songs (for Melanie/from the Melanese)]

46 Sonata(s) for solo violin (1946)

46a Sonata [I] in C

46b Sonatas [II-V]

47 [Violin Sonat(in)a in A; cf no. 4, 1959]

48 Piano Sonata no. 2 in C (22 June 1945 - October 1947)

49 Viola Sonata in D minor (1946-7)

50 Duo for violin & viola (1948)

51 Piano Sonata no. 3 in G sharp minor (26 October 1947 - 7 April 1948)

52 Piano Sonata no. 4 in E flat (24 November 1948 - 15 August 1949)

53 Violin Sonata no. 2 in G sharp minor (19 December 1948 - 15 June 1949)

54 Piano Suite in B minor (1948-9)

55 Piano Suite no. 1 (12 Bagatelles) (1949)

56 [Piano Sonata in E minor, 1948-9]

57 Symphony in E (sketched 1948-9; full score August 1949 - January 1950; revised c. 1990-1)

58 Trio in A for flute, violin & viola ([Summer] 1950)

59 [Sonata-movement in A minor, 1950; cf. Sonata no. 11, 1964]

60 Variations on "Once in Royal David's City" (1950)

61 Piano Concerto in D (begun 1950)

62 [Symphony in A minor "b"]

63 [Piano Concerto in F]

64 [Violin Sonata "no. 3" (1950, discarded)]

65 ?Sonnets to Orpheus (c. 1951)

66 [Symphony in C "a" (c. 1951)]

67 ?Poems by Francis Thompson for chorus and piano (c. 1952)

68

69 [Symphony in F minor (c. 1954)]

70 Piano Sonata no. 5 in B minor in memoriam Nicolai Medtner (1951-5)

71 Mass in F sharp for unison voices and organ (1955)

  1. Piano Sonata no. 6 in E (1955 - 5 May 1956)
  2. Piano Sonata no. 7 in C (7-20 May 1956)

74 [Sonata in C for organ (c. 1956-60]

75 Toccata in A minor for organ (June 1956)

76 5 Songs [Hood/Bronte/Belloc/Tennyson/Thompson] for voice & piano (1956)

77 Piano Suite "no. 2" in G (1956)

78 Prelude & Fugue in E flat minor for piano (May 1957)

79 Prelude & Fugue in C for piano (May 1957)

80 ?Kyrie in C (c. 1957-8)

81 ?Three Songs [Thompson/Webb/Milne] for voice & piano (1957)

82 Two Choruses (1957)

83 Violin Sonata no. 3 in C (June 1959)

84 Clarinet Sonata no. 1 in C (July - August 1959)

85 Violin Sonata no. 4 in A [begun c. 1946, continued September 1959]

86 Piano Sonata no. 8 in E minor (October 1958 - August 1960)

87 Violin Sonata no. 5 in E (1960)

88 Piano Sonata no. 9 in E minor (April - 8 September 1960)

89 Fantasy A window on infinity for string orchestra (1960)

90 Suite in E minor for string orchestra (1961)

91 Symphony in A minor "c" (c. 1962-8)

92 Piano Sonata no. 10 in E minor (August 1962)

93 Piano Suite no. 2 (20 Short Pieces) (18-26 August 1962)

94 ?Piano Sonata for the left hand (c. December 1963)

95 2 Herrick Songs (December 1963)

96 2 Songs for female chorus (December 1963)

97 Kyrie in A minor (December 1963)

98 ?Benedictus for 4-part chorus (c. January 1964)

99 Mary's Childhood (original version)

100 Mary's Childhood ("New" version)

101 Piano Sonata no. 11 in A minor [Movt. I 1950; Movt. II july 1964]

102 Clarinet Sonata no. 2 in D (March 1965)

103 Oboe Sonata in G (1965)

104 Prelude for winds and double-basses (1965)

105 Suite in G for orchestra (1966)

106 Clarinet Sonata no. 3 in C sharp minor (September 1966)

107 Prelude & Fugue in B flat minor for clarinet & piano (1966)

108 5 Pieces for oboe & piano (1966)

109 ?Sinfonietta in D flat (c. 1966)

110 [Symphony in A minor "d", begun 1967, abandoned in 1972]

111 [Symphony in C "b" (1967)]

112 20 Variations & Fugue in B minor on an original theme for piano (April 1967)

113 Piano Sonata no. 12 in C (23 May - 10 June 1967)

114 Piano Sonata no. 13 (12-14 June 1967)

115 Piano Sonata no. 14 in G (16-22 June 1967)

116 [Piano Sonata "no. 15" (c. 1967-8)]

117 Piano Sonatina no. 2 in G minor (February 1968)

  1. [Piano Sonata "no. 16" in A (1968)]
  2. Trio for 2 oboes & cor anglais (1968)
  3. Suite for solo clarinet (1968)

121 [Oboe Concerto (c. 1968)]

122 [?Symphonic Movements/Concerto for orchestra (c. 1968)]

123 Prelude, March, Variations and Finale for piano duet (December 1968 - 1969)

124 ?Suite for harp (1970s)

125 [Piano Concerto in F sharp (1970)]

126 Two Songs [Herrick, Mannyng] for voice & piano (1971)

126a Song: An ancient love song (1971)

127 Trio-Sonata in E flat for organ (May 1972)

128 Variations on a theme of Schubert for 6 clarinets (1974)

129 [Piano Trio (c. 1976)]

130 Piano duet in F (1978)

  1. Piano Sonata no. 15 in B minor (25 April 1976 - 1 May 1981)
  1. Piano Sonata no. 16 in E flat (October 1981; subsequent revision unfinished)
  2. Sonata in E flat for Horn/Cor anglais & piano (1975-81)
  3. Piano Sonata no. 17 in G minor (February 1981)

135 Piano Sonata no. 18 in A flat (July 1981)

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

137 Cello Sonata in A minor (1982-7)