List of compositions by Arthur Bliss
This is a list of compositions by Arthur Bliss.
Bliss’s works have been catalogued by Lewis Foreman, and "F" numbers are now commonly used to identify his music.
Stage
Operas
- F. 97, The Olympians
- F. 96, The Beggar's Opera
- F. 98, Tobias and the Angel
Ballets
- F. 8, Rout
- F. 119, Melee Fantasque
- F. 7, Narcissus and Echo
- F. 2, Checkmate
- F. 6, Miracle in the Gorbals
- F. 1, Adam Zero
- F. 5, The Lady of Shallot
- F. 3, Diversions
- F. 4, Frontier
- F. 9, A Royal Offering
Incidental Music
- F. 85, As You Like It
- F. 86, King Solomon
- F. 87, Summer Day's Dream - violin and oboe
Orchestral
- F. 119, Melee Fantasque
- F. 133, Two Studies
- F. 106, A Colour Symphony
- F. 127, Pyonepsion
- F. 102, Bliss: One Step
- F. 134, Twone, the house of Felicity
- F. 124, Polonaise
- F. 116, Hymn to Apollo
- F. 117, Introduction and Allegro
- F. 123, Music for Strings
- F. 94, March, The Phoenix - homage to France
- F. 120, Memorial Concert
- F. 120, Theme and Cadenza
- F. 126, Processional
- F. 101, A Birthday Greeting for Her Majesty,
- F. 118, Meditation on a Theme by John Blow
- F. 114, Edinburgh Overture
- F. 113, Discourse for Orchestra
- F. 104, Ceremonial Prelude
- F. 93, March in homage of a great man
- F. 122, Metamorphic Variations
- F. 132, Two Contrasts for String Orchestra
Concertante
- F. 109, Concerto for Piano, Strings, Tenor and Percussion
- F. 110, Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
- F. 108, Concerto for Piano in B-flat major
- F. 111, Violin Concerto
- F. 107, Cello Concerto
Vocal/Choral Orchestral
- F. 33, Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks'
- F. 32, Morning Heroes
- F. 34, Songs of Welcome
- F. 28, Beatitudes, The
- F. 31, Mary of Magdala
- F. 30, Golden Cantata
- F. 29, God save the Queen
- F. 36, World is charged with the Grandeur of God, The
- F. 35, Two Ballads
Chamber music
- -, Trio for piano, clarinet and cello
- -, Quartet for piano, clarinet, cello and timpani
- F. 23, String Quartet in A major
- F. 18, Piano Quartet in A minor
- F. 17, Fugue for String Quartet
- F. 22, Piano Quintet
- F. 16, Conversations
- F. 24, String Quartet
- F. 190, Allegro
- F. 21, Quintet for oboe and strings
- F. 20, Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
- F. 91, Sonata for Viola and Piano
- F. 25, String Quartet No.1 B-flat major
- F. 26, String Quartet No.2
- F. 27, Toast to the Royal Household
- F. 19, Play a penta
- -, Prelude for Brass, Percussion, Piccolo and Double Bassoon
Instrumental
Piano
- F. 142, May Zeeh
- F. 147, Suite
- F. 139, Intermezzo
- F. 152, Valse Fantastiques
- F. 155, Rout
- F. 138, Bliss: One Step
- F. 141, Masks
- F. 148, Suite
- F. 149, Toccata
- F. 151, Two Interludes
- F. 144, Rout Trot, The
- F. 146, Study
- F. 140, Karen's Piece
- F. 145, Piano Sonata
- F. 143, Miniature Scherzo
- F. 154, Fun and Games
- F. 150, Triptych
- F. 153, Wedding Suite, A
Organ
- F. 137, Praeludium
Other
- F. 89, Intermezzo for Viola and Piano
- F. 192, Violin Sonata
- F. 92, Two Pieces for Clarinet
- F. 89a, Andante Tranquillo e Legato
- F. 91, Viola Sonata, premiered by Lionel Tertis and Solomon
- F. 88, Enid’s Blast
- F. 90, Music for a Prince
Vocal
Voice and Ensemble
- F. 160, Madam Noy
- F. 161, Rhapsody
- F. 162, Rout
- F. 165, Two Nursery Rhymes for Voice, Clarinet in A, and Piano
- F. 164, The Tempest,
- F. 166, Women of Yu’eh
- F. 158, Four Songs
- F. 163, Serenade for Baritone and Orchestra
- F. 163, Two Love Songs
- F. 157, The Enchantress,
- F. 156, Elegiac Sonnet
- F. 159, A Knot of Riddles,
- F. 35, Two Ballads
- F. 158, Four Songs
Voice and Piano
- F. 181, Tis time I think by Wenlock Town
- F. 173, The Hammers,
- F. 182, The Tramps,
- F. 188a, La Serva Padrona
- F. 179, Three Romantic Songs
- F. 180, Three Songs
- F. 170, Ballad of the Four Seasons, The
- F. 178, Three Jolly Gentlemen
- F. 185, When I was one and twenty
- F. 172, Fallow deer at the lonely house, The
- F. 168, At the Window
- F. 174, Rich or Poor
- F. 171, Child's prayer, A
- F. 177, Simples
- F. 176, Seven American Poems
- F. 184, Two American Poems
- F. 169, Auvergnat
- F. 191, Pack clouds away
- F. 193, Song of a man who has come through
- F. 167, Angels of the Mind
- F. 175, Sailing or Flying
- F. 183, Tulips
Choral
- -, When wilt thou save thy people?
- F. 37, Aubade for Coronation Morning
- F. 51, Seek the Lord
- F. 38, Birthday songs for a Royal child
- F. 54, Stand up and bless the Lord
- F. 40, Cradle Song of a newborn child
- F. 45, O give thanks unto the Lord
- F. 41, He is the Way
- F. 50, River Music
- F. 55, Sweet Day, so cool
- F. 56, Three Songs for Girls and Boys
- F. 42, Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
- F. 46, One, two, buckle my shoe
- F. 48, Prayer to the infant Jesus, A
- F. 39, Christ is Alive! Let Christians sing
- F. 44, Ode for Sir William Walton
- F. 47, Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
- F. 49, Put thou thy trust in the Lord
- F. 43, Mar Portugues
- F. 52, Shield of Faith
- F. 53, Sing, Mortals
Hymns
- -, Pen Selwood – Hymn Tune
- -, Santa Barbara – Hymn Tune
- -, Mortlake – Hymn Tune
Brass/Military Band
- F. 113, Kenilworth
- F. 12, First Guards
- F. 11, Call to Adventure
- F. 10, Belmont Variations, The
- F. 14, Linburn Air
- F. 15, Salute to Lehigh University
Fanfares
- F. 62, Fanfare for a Political Address
- F. 63, Fanfare for Heroes
- F. 59, Dominion Greetings
- F. 83, Three Jubilant and Three Solemn Fanfares
- F. 61, Fanfare for a Dignified Occasion
- F. 57, Birthday Fanfare for Henry Wood
- F. 75, Peace Fanfare for Children
- F. 79, Salute to Painting, A
- F. 80, Salute to the RAF, A
- F. 82, Service of the Order of the Bath
- F. 68, Fanfare preceding the National Anthem
- F. 74, Let the People Sing - Two Fanfares
- F. 78, Royal Fanfares and Interludes
- F. 81, Salute to the Royal Society, a
- F. 71, Greetings to a City
- F. 84, Wedding of Princess Margaret, Music for
- F. 70, Gala Fanfare
- F. 72, High Sheriff's Fanfare
- F. 67, Fanfare, Homage to Shakespeare
- F. 64, Fanfare for the Commonwealth Arts Festival
- F. 77, Right of the Line, The
- F. 69, Fanfare: Prelude for Orchestra ‘Macclesfield’
- F. 65, Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London
- F. 76, Prince of Wales Investiture Music
- F. 158, Birthday Greetings to the Croydon Symphony Orchestra
- F. 60, Fanfare for a Coming of Age
- F. 66, Fanfare for the National Fund for Crippling Diseases
- F. 84, Wedding of Princess Anne, Music for
- F. 73, Lancaster-prelude
Orchestral Arrangements
- F. 188, Fire Dance
- F. 189, Set of act Tunes and Dances
- F. 186, Das alte jahr vergangen is
Arrangements for Brass/Military Band
- F. 187, Three Bach Chorales from St John Passion
Music for media
Film Music
- F. 131, Things to Come
- F. 112, Conquest of the Air
- F. 103, Caesar and Cleopatra
- F. 121, Men of Two Worlds
- F. 125, Présence au combat
- F. 105, Christopher Columbus
- F. 135, War in the Air
- F. 95, Welcome the Queen
- F. 129, Seven Waves Away
Music for Radio
- F. 136, Your question answered
- F. 115, Heritage of Britain
Music for Television
- F. 99, ABC Television Signature and Interval Music
- F. 100, An Age of Kings
- F. 128, Royal Palace Music
- F. 130, Spirit of the Age
Lost
- -, Elizabethan Suite
- -, March and Valse des Fleurs
- -, Valses Melancoliques, Deuxième Preludes; Valse-Phantasie
- -, The Festival of Flora
- -, Theme from Processional Interlude