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
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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)
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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Violin Sonata No. 2	Violin		violin, piano	50		Sonata
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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

External links

• "IMSLP". Eugene Goossens.
• "National Library of Australia". Eugene Goossens.
• "Australian Music Centre". Eugene Goossens.