Arthur Bliss : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Adam Zero: Suite (1946) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22/4231/timp.4perc/hp.cel/str

  •  Bliss (One Step) (1923) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4230/3perc/hp/str
    (Piano - see 'Two Piano Pieces')

  •  Checkmate: Concert Suite (1937) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str
    (2(pic)2(ca)22/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str)

  •  Checkmate: Five Dances (1937) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Checkmate: Prologue (1937) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Checkmate: Two Dances (1937) - 4 minute(s)

  •  Checkmate: Two Dances (1937) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)200/0210/timp.perc/str

    Arranger / Editor   James O Turner

  •  Christopher Columbus: Two Extracts (1949) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222(cbn)/4330/timp.2perc/hp/str

    Arranger / Editor   arr. Marcus Dods

  •  Discourse for Orchestra (1957) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic)3(ca)23(cbn)/4330/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Edinburgh (1956) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4230/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Fanfare Prelude for Orchestra: Macclesfield (1966) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4230/timp.perc/str

  •  March of Homage in Honour of a Great Man (1965) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222/4231/timp.4perc/str

  •  March: The Phoenix - Homage to France, August 1944 (1945) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/str
    (Military Band)

  •  Meditations on a Theme by John Blow (1955) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(3pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.4perc/hp.cel/str

  •  Mêlée Fantasque (1921) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Metamorphic Variations (1972) - 40 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.4perc/hp.cel/str

  •  Miracle in the Gorbals: Concert Suite (1944) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2/4230/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Music for Strings (1935) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Music from "Things to Come" (1935) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3/4441/timp.3perc/org.2hp/str

  •  Processional (1953) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3223(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/org/str
    (Organ)

  •  Pyanepsion (1922) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(3=pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/2timp.perc(sd,Gong)/1(or2)hp/str

  •  Things To Come (Concert music from the film) (1935) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(I&II=pic).2(II=ca).2.2(II=cbn).[cbn]/4.4.3.[cbtbn].1/timp.4perc/hp.[pf]/str

    Arranger / Editor   Philip Lane

  •  Things to Come: March (1935) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)2(ca)22/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Things to Come: Suite (1935) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)2(ca)22/4331/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Two Contrasts for String Orchestra (1970) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Two Studies for Orchestra (1920) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4231/timp.2perc/hp.cel/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Baraza (1945) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   piano

    Orchestration   2(pic)122/2230/timp.perc/str
    (Piano; Brass Band)

  •  The Beggar's Opera: If the Heart of a Man (1953) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   fl.cl.hp/str

  •  The Beggar's Opera: My Heart was so Free (1953) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   2(pic)022/2230/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1970) - 26 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   cello

    Orchestration   2(pic)122/2200/timp/hp.cel/str
    (pf [reduction])

  •  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1939) - 37 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   piano

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222/4230/timp/str
    (2 Pianos [reduction])

  •  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1955) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   violin

    Orchestration   2(pic)122/3230/timp.perc/hp/str
    (pf [reduction])

  •  The Enchantress (1952) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   contralto

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)00/4230/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Rout (1920) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   2122/4200/timp.perc/hp/str
    (1(=pic)010/0000/dms.glock/hp/str(11111))

  •  Theme and Cadenza (1945) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   violin

    Orchestration   1122/2130/timp/hp/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  The Belmont Variations (1963) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Brass Band

    Arranger / Editor   arr. Frank Wright

  •  A Birthday Fanfare (1944) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4330/timp.perc(cym)

  •  Ceremonial Prelude (1965) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4hn.3tpt.3tbn/tubular chime.timp/org

  •  Checkmate: Four Dances (1937) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Brass Band
    (2(pic)2(ca)22/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str)

    Arranger / Editor   Eric Ball

  •  Checkmate: Three Dances (1937) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   military band

    Arranger / Editor   arr. Gerrard Williams

  •  Eight Fanfares for Brass Ensemble (1973) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  Fanfare and Interludes (1973)

    Orchestration   3tpt (Eb)/side drum [ad lib]

  •  Fanfare for Heroes (1930) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3tpt.3tbn/timp.cym

  •  Fanfare for Princess Anne (1973) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  Fanfare to precede the National Anthem in G (1960) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  High Sheriff's Fanfare (1963) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  Investiture Antiphonal Fanfares for Three Brass Choirs (1969) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Brass Band

    Arranger / Editor   arr. Roy Newstone

  •  Lancaster Prelude (1974) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)001[cbn]/4230/timp.2perc

  •  Let the People Sing (1960) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  March: The Phoenix - Homage to France, August 1944 (1945) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   military band
    (3(2pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/str)

    Arranger / Editor   arr. Denis Wright

  •  Peace Fanfare for Children (1944) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  Prince of Wales Investiture Music (1969) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Three Brass Choirs - 3tpt.3tbn (i, ii, iii) Military Band for Interludes (ii, iv)
    (Brass Band)

    Arranger / Editor   arr. Norman Richardson (interludes only)

  •  Research Fanfare (1973) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  The Right of the Line (1965) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  Royal Fanfares (1960) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3tpt.3tbn.tba[ad lib]/2perc

  •  Salute (1960) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3tpt.3tbn/timp.cym/org

  •  A Salute to Painting (1953) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2/4tpt.4tbn/timp.perc

  •  Three Chorales by J S Bach (1960) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3tpt.3tbn.tba

  •  Three Jubilant and Three Solemn Fanfares (1935) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   military band

  •  Two Royal Fanfares (1960) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3tpt.3tbn.tba

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  A Knot of Riddles (1963) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   1(pic)111/0000/hp/str(min 1.1.1.1.1)

  •  Madame Noy (1918) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   1011/0000/hp/va.db

  •  Rhapsody (1919) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, tenor

    Orchestration   fl.ca/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  The Women of Yueh (1923) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   1111/0000/perc/str(1.1.1.1.1)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Conversations (1920) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl[afl].ob[ca]/vn.va.vc

  •  Pastoral (1916) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   clarinet/pf

  •  Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet (1932) - 26 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl(A).2vn.va.vc

  •  String Quartet No 2 (1950) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  String Quartet No. 1 (1941) - 32 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn.va.vc

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Checkmate (1937) - 50 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Fun and Games (1970) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 Pianos (three hands)

  •  The Lady of Shalott (1958) - 40 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  The Lady of Shalott: A Long-haired Page in Crimson Clad (1958) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano
    (2(pic)222/2210/timp.perc/hp.cel/str)

  •  Mask: Four Pieces for Pianoforte (1924) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Miniature Scherzo (1969) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Processsional (1953) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

    Arranger / Editor   G O'Brien

  •  Royal Fanfares and Interludes (1960) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ
    (3223(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/org/str)

  •  Sonata for Piano (1952) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Study (1927) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Suite for Piano (1925) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Toccata for Piano (1925) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Triptych (1970) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Two Interludes for Piano (1925) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Two Piano Pieces (1927) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Aubade for Coronation Morning (1953) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Birthday Song for a Royal Child (1959) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Cradle Song for a Newborn Child (1963) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   harp [=piano]

  •  Flowers In The Valley (1971) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA

    Orchestration   pf

  •  He is the Way (1967)

    Chorus   unison

    Orchestration   organ [=piano]

  •  Lord, Who Shall Abide in Thy Tabernacle (1968) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Mar Português (1973) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  The Mountain-Plover (1971) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA

    Orchestration   piano

  •  O Give Thanks unto the Lord (1965) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   organ

  •  One, Two, Buckle my Shoe (1968) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SS

    Orchestration   piano

  •  The Pastoral (Lie Strewn White Flocks): The Naiad's Music (1928) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (1972) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAA

  •  A Prayer to the Infant Jesus (1968) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Alto

    Chorus   SSAA

  •  Put thou thy Trust in the Lord (1972) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   Double SATB

  •  River Music (1967) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Seek the Lord (1956) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Shield of Faith (1974) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Bass

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Sing, Mortals! (1974) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Stand up and Bless the Lord your God (1960) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Bass

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Sweet Day, So Cool (1967) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Three Songs for Girls' or Boys' Voices (1967) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSA

    Orchestration   piano

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  The Beatitudes (1961) - 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, tenor

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222/4231/timp.2perc/2hp.org/str

  •  The Beggar's Opera: Two Songs for Female Voices (1953) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSA

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/timp.2perc/str[=pf]
    (piano)

  •  The Beggar's Opera: Two Songs for Men's Voices (1953) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   TTB

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/2231/timp.perc/str[=pf]
    (piano)

  •  God Save The Queen (1969) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.2perc/str
    (small orch: 2222/2200/timp.perc/str)

  •  The Golden Cantata (1964) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   tenor

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3(3pic)222/4331/timp.3perc/hp.cel.org/str

  •  Mary of Magdala (1962) - 27 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   contralto, baritone

    Chorus   SATB / SA

    Orchestration   2(pic)211/2200/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Morning Heroes (1930) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/2timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Morning Heroes: Vigil - The Bivouac's Flame (1930) - 15 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/2timp2perc/hp/str

  •  The Olympians: Concert Suite (1949) - 2 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222(cbn)/4231/timp.3perc/2hp.cel/str
    (Opera)

  •  Pastoral: Lie Strewn White Flocks (1928) - 33 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   fl/timp/str

  •  A Song of Welcome (1954) - 16 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Soprano

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Two Ballads (1971) - 13 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/2200/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  The World is Charged with the Grandeur of God (1969) - 14 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2fl/3tpt.4tbn
    (SATB / organ)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Angels of the Mind (1968) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/pf

  •  Auvergnat (1943) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Voice/pf

  •  Ballads of Four Seasons (1923) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Voice/pf

  •  The Dandelion (1920) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl[=vla].pf

  •  Elegiac Sonnet (1954) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor

    Orchestration   2vn.va.vc/pf

  •  Four Songs (1927) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Orchestration   vln/pf

  •  Nine Songs (1926) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Voice/pf

  •  The Ragwort (1920) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl[=vla].pf

  •  Sea Love (1927) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   voice/violin

  •  The Tempest (1921) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   tenor, bass

    Orchestration   tpt.tbn/2timp.3perc/pf

  •  Two Nursery Rhymes (1920) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl[=vla]/pf

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  The Beggar's Opera (1953) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Tenor, Baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222/2231/timp.2perc/hp.cel ad lib/str

  •  The Olympians (1949) - 2 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   13 soloists

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(2pic)222(cbn)/42+6 off stage.31/timp.3perc/cel.2hp/str

  •  Tobias and the Angel (1960) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4231/timp.2perc/hp/str

• Dance
  •  Adam Zero (1946) - 45 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)2(ca)2+sx ad lib.2/4231/timp.4perc/hp.pf.cel/gtr/str
    (Piano [reduction])

  •  Checkmate (1937) - 50 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22/4230/timp.2perc/hp/str
    (Piano reduction also available)

  •  The Lady of Shalott (1958) - 40 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/2210/timp.perc/hp.cel(pf)/str

  •  Miracle in the Gorbals (1944) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2/4230/timp.perc/hp/str
    (Piano [reduction of complete ballet])

• Music for Film / TV
  •  The Beggar's Opera (1953)

  •  Things to Come (1936)