List of compositions by Eugene Aynsley Goossens

This table of works by the English composer Eugene Aynsley Goossens initially lists them by opus number. They are sortable by other criteria, such as title, key, year of composition, and text authors.

Table of compositions

Compositions by Eugene Aynsley Goossens
Title Category Key Scoring Op. Year Genre Text Comments
Variations on a Chinese Theme for orchestra
 Orchestra 1 1911 Variations 27 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
Miniature Fantasy for string orchestra
 String Orchestra 2 1911 Fantasy 8 minutes
Symphonic Poem “Perseus”
 Orchestra 3 1912 Symphonic Poem
Old Chinese Folk-Song
From the Yang-Tse-Kiang
 Chamber violin or cello, piano 4, No.1 1912 Folk Song Dedication: Achille Rivarde, Esq.
“The Eternal Rhythm” for orchestra
 Orchestra 5 1913 Symphonic Poem 20 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
Suite
 Chamber flute, violin, harp (or 2 violins, piano) 6 1914 Suite Dedication to Miriam Timothy
5 Impressions of a Holiday
Cinq impressions d'un séjour à la campagne
 Chamber violin (or flute), cello , piano 7 1916 Impressions
8
2 Mélodies
Two Songs, Deux mélodies
 Songs voice (soprano or tenor), piano 9 1914 Song
Romantic
Concert Study
 Piano C major piano 10 Study 3 minutes. Dedication: Winifred Christie (1882–1965)
11
Phantasy Quartet
 String Quartet 2 violins, viola, and cello 12 1915 Fantasy 1 movement. Dedication: To my friends, the London String Quartet (1st Violin: Albert Sammons 2nd Violin: Thomas W. Petre Viola: Harry Waldo Warner Cello: Charles Warwick Evans)
Rhapsody
 Chamber cello, piano 13 1917 Rhapsody Dedication: Warwick-Evans
String Quartet
 String Quartet C major 14 1915 25 minutes. Dedication: Colleagues of the Philharmonic String Quartet--Arthur Beckwith (1st Violin), Raymond Jeremy (Viola), Cedric Sharpe (Cello)
“By the Tarn” for string orchestra
 String Orchestra 15, No.1 1919 Sketch 5 minutes + (EMI cd)
“Jack O’Lantern” for string orchestra
(Ignis fatuus)
 String Orchestra 15, No.2 1919 Sketch
2 Proses Lyriques
 Songs voice, piano 16 1917 Song Edwin Evans (1844-1923) Dedication: G. Jean-Aubry
Persian Idylls
 Songs voice, piano 17 1918 Song Edwin Evans (1844-1923) Dedication: To my friend Maurice d'Oisly
“Tam O’Shanter”-Scherzo after Burns for orchestra
 Orchestra 17a 1918 Scherzo
Kaleidoscope
12 Short Pianoforte Pieces
 Piano piano 18 1917 Dedication: Miss d'Erlanger
Three Songs
 Songs voice, piano 19 1917 1, 3. Jean-Frédéric-Emile Aubry) (1882-1950) as G. Jean-Aubry; 2. Edwin Evans (1844-1923) Dedication: 1. Adolfo Salazar; 3. à Madame Alvar
4 Conceits
 Piano piano 20 1917 Conceit 8 minutes. Dedication: To William Murdock
Violin Sonata No.1
 Violin E minor violin, piano 21 1919 Sonata 25 minutes. Dedication: Albert Sammons
Philip II
 Orchestra 22 1918-19 Prelude 10 minutes. Incidental music for Emile Verhaeren's "Philip II."
The Curse
 Songs E minor voice, piano 22b 1921 Song Herbert Reginald Barbor (1893-1933) Dedication: Pedro Morales
Piano Quintet
 Piano Quintet G minor 2 violins, viola, cello, piano 23 1921 Dedication: To my friend George Davison
24
Nature Poems
 Piano piano 25 1919 Poem Dedication: To Benno Moiseiwitsch
3 Songs
Three songs with string quartet accompaniment
 Songs F major, E♭ minor, C major voice, 2 violins, viola, cello 26 1920 Song 1. Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542); 2. John Fletcher (1579-1625); 3. Richard Barnefield (1574-1627)
27
Hommage à Debussy
 Piano piano 28 1920 Hommage
L'Ecole en crinoline
 Piano piano 29 Ballet
Rhythmic Dance for orchestra
 Orchestra 30 1927 Dance 3 minutes
Silence
A choral fragment
 Orchestra, Vocal chorus (SSAATTBB), orchestra 31 1922 Fragment Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) Composed expressly for the Three Choirs Musical Festival, Gloucester, 1922.
32
Suite from 'East of Suez'
Suite from the Incidental Music to 'East of Suez'
 Orchestra orchestra 33 1922 Suite W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) Commissioned by director Basil Dean
Sinfonietta
 34 1922 15 minutes
Lyric Poem for Violin and Orchestra
 35 7 minutes
Fantasy for 9 wind instruments
 36
Phantasy Sextet
 Chamber 3 violins, viola, 2 cellos, [double bass (ad lib.)] 37 1923 Fantasy 20 minutes. Dedication: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Two Studies / Ballades
1. Folk Tune (Sheep-Shearing Song)
 Piano piano 38 No.1 1923 Study / Ballade 2:48
“Sheep Shearing Song” was collected in Somerset by English folk-musicologist Cecil Sharp in 1904 from the singing of William King
Two Studies / Ballades
2. Scherzo
 Piano piano 38 No.2 1923 Study / Ballade 2:56
39
Variations on “Cadet Rousselle” for orchestra
 Orchestra 40 1930 Variations 3 minutes + (Dutton cd). Arranged by Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge, John Ireland and Eugene Goossens; orchestrated by Eugene Goossens
Pastorale et Arlequinade for flute, oboe, and piano
 Chamber flute, oboe, piano 41 8 minutes. Chandos CD
Ships, three preludes for piano
 Piano 42 Prelude
43
Three Greek Dances for small orchestra
 44 14 minutes
Oboe Concerto
 Concerto 45 1927 (1927)-1929 Concerto 12 minutes + (ABC Classics and ASV cds cd). Dedicated to Léon Goossens
Judith
An Opera in One Act
 Opera 46 1929 Opera Arnold Bennett 74 minutes
Concertino for string octet or string orchestra
 String Octet, String Orchestra string octet (or string orchestra) 47 1928 Concertino 13 minutes + (ABC Classics cd). Dedication: to my friend André Mangeot. 4 movements. IMSLP
48
49
Violin Sonata No. 2
 Violin violin, piano 50 Sonata
51
52
53
Don Juan de Mañara
Opera in Four Acts
 Opera 54 1935 Opera Arnold Bennett First performed in London at Covent Garden in 1937
Three Pictures for Flute and Orchestra
 Orchestra 55 1935 Picture 18 minutes
Two pieces
 Piano piano 56
Romance
 Violin violin, piano 57
Symphony No.1
 Orchestra 58 1940 Symphony
String Quartet No.2
 String Quartet C major 2 violins, viola, cello 59 1942 32 minutes. Dedicated to my dear friend Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, on her birthday, October 30th, 1940
Phantasy Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
 Concerto 60 1942 Fantasy
Cowboy Fantasy for orchestra
 Orchestra 61 1942 Fantasy
Symphony No.2
 Orchestra 62 1942-1944 Symphony
Phantasy Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
 Concerto 63 1948 Fantasy
“The Apocalypse”
 Oratoria soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, double chorus and orchestra 64 1953 Oratoria Revelation of St John the Divine 110 minutes
Concert Piece for two harps, oboe, cor anglais and orchestra
 Concerto 65 1958 Concert Piece
Divertissement for orchestra
 Orchestra 66 1960 Divertissement 19 minutes
Islamite Dance
 Chamber oboe, piano 1962 Dance 2.5 minutes. Paris: Alphonse Leduc. IMSLP
Coronation Fanfare for orchestra
 Orchestra 1953 Fanfare
Victory(Jubilee) Fanfare and ‘God Save The Queen’ for orchestra
 Orchestra 1945 Anthem 4 minutes
“Star-Spangled Banner” for orchestra
 Orchestra 1953 Anthem 4 minutes
Scherzo Fantasque
 Chamber flute, piano 1962 Scherzo 2.5 minutes. Paris: Alphonse Leduc. A Chronological History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions - Vol. 2
Vieille Chanson à Boire
 Chamber bassoon, piano 1962 Drinking Song 2 minutes. Paris: Alphonse Leduc. A Chronological History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions - Vol. 2

List of compositions

SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

  • 1911-12: Variations on a Chinese Theme for orchestra, op.1: 27 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
  • 1911: Miniature Fantasy for string orchestra, op.2: 8 minutes
  • 1912: Symphonic Poem “Perseus”, op.3
  • 1913: “The Eternal Rhythm” for orchestra, op.5: 20 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
  • 1916: Two Sketches for clarinet and strings: 7 minutes
  • 1917: “Four Conceits” for orchestra, op.20: 8 minutes
  • 1917-18: “Tam O’Shanter”-Scherzo after Burns for orchestra, op.17a: 3 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
  • 1919: “By the Tarn” for string orchestra, op.15, No.1: 5 minutes * + (EMI cd)
  • “Jack O’Lantern” for string orchestra, op.15, No.2
  • Prelude to “Philip II” for small orchestra, op.22: 9 minutes
  • Lyric Poem for Violin and Orchestra, op.35: 7 minutes
  • c.1922:“Silence”-A choral fragment for chorus and orchestra, op.31: 8 minutes
  • 1922: Sinfonietta, op.34: 15 minutes
  • 1923: Phantasy Sextet for Strings for string orchestra, op.37
  • 1927: Rhythmic Dance for orchestra, op.30: 3 minutes
  • Three Greek Dances for small orchestra, op.44: 14 minutes
  • 1927-29:Oboe Concerto, op.45: 12 minutes + (ABC Classics and ASV cds cd)
  • 1928: Concertino for double string orchestra, op.47: 13 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
  • 1929: “Judith” for orchestra (Ballet music from the Opera) + (Dutton cd)
  • 1930: Variations on “Cadet Roussel” for orchestra: 3 minutes + (Dutton cd)
  • 1933: Suite “Kaleidoscope” for orchestra, op.18: 9 minutes + (ABC Classics and Signum cds)
  • 1935: Three Pictures for Flute and Orchestra, op.55: 18 minutes
  • Intermezzo from “Don Juan de Manara” for orchestra: 5 minutes
  • 1938-40:Symphony No.1, op.58: 39 minutes * + (ABC Classics and Chandos cds)
  • 1942: Pastorale for string orchestra, op.59: 8 minutes
  • Phantasy Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.60: 25 minutes + (Chandos cd)
  • Cowboy Fantasy for orchestra, op.61
  • 1943-45:Symphony No.2, op.62: 38 minutes * + (ABC Classics and Chandos cds)
  • 1944: Fanfare for the Merchant Marine for brass ensemble and percussion, Duration: 3 minutes
  • 1945: Victory(Jubilee) Fanfare and ‘God Save The Queen’ for orchestra: 4 minutes
  • 1948: Phantasy Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.63: 22 minutes (Chandos cd)
  • 1949 Iberia Suite, Three movements arranged for orchestra, Duration: 15 minutes
  • 1953: Coronation Fanfare for orchestra
  • “The Apocalypse” for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, double chorus and orchestra, op.64: 110 minutes *
  • 1956-60: Divertissement for orchestra, op.66: 18 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
  • 1958: Concert Piece for two harps, oboe, cor anglais and orchestra, op.65: 22 minutes + (ABC Classics cd)
  • “Star-Spangled Banner” for orchestra: 4 minutes
  • Two Nature Poems for orchestra: 12 minutes
  • 1941: Hommage à Paderewski: 2:22
  • 1960: Capriccio, piano: 2:33
  • 1960: Forlane and toccata, piano: 2:28
  • Sheep-Shearing Song, piano, op.38: No. 1. Folk-Tune: 3 minutes
  • "IMSLP". Eugene Goossens.
  • "National Library of Australia". Eugene Goossens.
  • "Australian Music Centre". Eugene Goossens.