List of compositions by Eric Coates


Below is a list of compositions by Eric Coates. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and title.
GenreDateTitleNotes
Stage1930Snow White and the Seven DwarfsIncidental music; reorchestrated in 1946 as The Enchanted Garden
Stage1932The Jester at the WeddingBallet
Stage1946The Enchanted GardenBallet
StageMarch of the Knight of MaltaOperetta
Orchestral1904Ballad, op 2for string orchestra
Orchestral1911Miniature Suite for small orchestra
Orchestral1912A La Gavotte
Orchestral1912The Mermaid, A Graceful Dance
Orchestral1915From the Countryside, Suite
Orchestral1918Wood Nymphs, Valsette
Orchestral1919Springtime, Suite<
Orchestral1919Summer Days, Suite
Orchestral1920Coquette
Orchestral1921Moresque, Dance Interlude
Orchestral1922Joyous Youth, Suite
Orchestral1923The Merrymakers, Miniature Overture
Orchestral19252 Light Syncopated Pieces
Orchestral1925The Selfish Giant, Phantasyinspired by the story by Oscar Wilde
Orchestral1926By the Tamarisk, Intermezzo
Orchestral1926The Three Bears, Phantasyfrom the fairy story Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Orchestral1928Four Ways, Suite
Orchestral1929The Unknown Singer, Interlude
Orchestral1930By the Sleepy Lagoon, Valse Serenadealso for voice and piano, used as theme for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs
Orchestral1930Cinderella, Phantasy
Orchestral1930With a Song in My Heartorchestral arrangement of the song from the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Spring Is Here
Orchestral1931From Meadow to Mayfair, Suite<
Orchestral1932Dancing Nights, Concert Valse
Orchestral1932The Jester at the Wedding, Suite from the Ballet
Orchestral1933London Suite
Orchestral19332 Symphonic Rhapsodies
Orchestral1934London Bridge, March
Orchestral1935Song of Loyaltyalso for voice and piano
Orchestral1935The Three Men Suite
Orchestral1936The Forgotten Waltz
Orchestral1936London Again, Suite
Orchestral1936Saxo Rhapsody
Orchestral1937For Your Delight, Serenade
Orchestral1938Seven Seas, March
Orchestral1939Footlights, Concert Valse
Orchestral1939Last Love, Romance
Orchestral1940Calling All Workers, Marchtheme for the BBC radio programme Music While You Work
Orchestral1942The Eighth Army, Marchalso for piano solo; used in the 1943 film Nine Men
Orchestral1942Over to You, March
Orchestral1942Star of God
Orchestral1943Four Centuries Suite
Orchestral1943London Calling, March
Orchestral1944Salute the Soldier, March
Orchestral1944The Three Elizabeths Suite Halcyon Days was used as the opening and closing music for the 1967 BBC television series The Forsyte Saga
Orchestral1945Youth of Britain, March
Orchestral1946Television MarchUsed as the daily startup music of BBC Television Service.
Orchestral1949Music Everywhere, Rediffusion MarchUsed as the daily startup music of Associated-Rediffusion 1956-57. The piece pre-dates the television station and had been renamed by the Rediffusion company with Coates' permission.
Orchestral1950Holborn, March
Orchestral1953Men of Trent, March
Orchestral1953Rhodesia, March
Orchestral1954used in the 1955 film The Dam Busters
Orchestral1954Sweet Seventeen, Concert Valse
Orchestral1955Sound and Vision, Television MarchUsed as the daily startup music of Associated TeleVision in London weekend programmes from 1955 to 1968 and Midlands from 1956 to 1971.
Orchestral1956Impressions of a Princess, Intermezzo
Orchestral1957High Flight, March
Orchestral1957South Wales and West, Television MarchUsed as the daily startup music of Television Wales and the West from 1958 to 1968.
OrchestralThe Dance of the Orange Blossoms, Valse
OrchestralI Sing to You
OrchestralLazy Night
OrchestralRustic Dance
Chamber music1906Ballad in G major, Op. 13for viola and piano; composed under the pseudonym "Eric Glendower"
Chamber music1908Minuetto on Old Irish Melodyfor string quartet; movement IV from Suite on Londonderry Air, a collaborative work for string quartet co-composed with Frank Bridge, Hamilton Harty, J. D. Davis and York Bowen
Chamber music1928Mirage, Romancefor violin and piano
Chamber music1929Under the Starsfor violin and piano
Chamber music1941First Meeting, Souvenirfor viola and piano; written for violist Lionel Tertis; revised for violin and piano in 1943, also as a song
Piano19116 Short Pieces
Piano1914Idyll
Piano19303 Lyric Pieces
Piano1942The Eighth Army, Marchalso orchestrated
Vocal1908A Damask Rosewords by Fred G. Bowles
Vocal1908It Was a Lover and His Lasswords by William Shakespeare
Vocal1908The Outlaw's Songwords by Joanna Baillie
Vocal19082 Songs for baritone and piano
1. words by Georgia Roberts
2. words by John Galsworthy
Vocal1908When I Am Deadwords by Christina Rossetti
Vocal1908When We Two Went A-Mayingwords by Ella Brown
Vocal1908Who Is Sylvia?words by William Shakespeare
Vocal1909At Daybreakwords by Fred G. Bowles
Vocal19094 Old English Songs words by William Shakespeare
Vocal1909The Gates of Springwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1909Gwennywords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1909May-Day Dance4-part song; words by M. Byron
Vocal1909Stone-Cracker Johnwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1909Sweet Phylliswords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1909Your Heart Is Like a Golden Fairwords by Ella Brown
Vocal1909Yvettewords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1910Lace and Porcelain, 3 Old World Songs words by Harold Simpson
Vocal1910The Little Girl I Lovewords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1910Little Lovewords by Georgeanne Hubi Newcombe
Vocal1910Love among the Daffodilswords by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal1910Waiting for the Springwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1910When the Robin Goes A-Singingwords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1911A Bird's Lullabywords by the composer
Vocal1911If You Were My Little Boywords by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal1911Love's Fantasywords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1911The Moon Boatwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1911Mother England's Brewingwords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1911Reuben Ranzowords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1912The Awakeningwords by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal1912A Dinder Courtshipwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1912Rose of Minewords by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal1912Sweet-and-Twentywords by William Shakespeare
Vocal1912Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bredwords by William Shakespeare
Vocal1913All Mine Ownwords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1913Betty and Johnnywords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1913Dick's Quandarywords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1913The Grenadierwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1913Melaniewords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1913Pierrette's Songwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1914By Mendip Sidewords by P. J. O'Reilly
Vocal1914Eildon Hillwords by Frederic Weatherly; see Eildon Hill
Vocal1914The Hour of Lovewords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1914A Japanese Farewellwords by Douglas Furber
Vocal1914Marry Me, Nancy, Do!words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1914Moonland Dreamswords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1914Rose of the Worldwords by Helen Taylor
Vocal1915The Mill o' Dreams, Cycle of 4 Little Songs words by Nancie B. Marsland; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal1916The Green Hills o' Somersetwords by Frederic Weatherly; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal1916An Old World Gardenwords by Eric Chilman
Vocal1916The Palace of Roseswords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1916Sigh No More, Ladieswords by William Shakespeare
Vocal1916The Widow of Penzancewords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1917Asphodelwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1917Dreamswords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1917Land of My Heartwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1917Our Little Homewords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1917Your Lovewords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1918The Fairy Tales of Irelandwords by Edward Lockton; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal19184 Songs of the Air Service words by Edward Lockton
Vocal1918The Fruits of the Earthwords by Edward Lockton
Vocal1918The Heart You Love Is Callingwords by Edward Lockton
Vocal1918The Maid and the Moonwords by Eileen Price-Evans
Vocal1918My Prayers Take Wings to Find Youwords by Harold Simpson
Vocal1918Sally and I and the Daylightwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1918Yours and Minewords by Edward Lockton
Vocal1919By the North Seawords by Arthur Conan Doyle
Vocal1919An Elizabethan Lullabywords by William Akerman
Vocal1919A Nest in Arcadywords by Edward Lockton
Vocal1919Roses of Peacewords by E. Barker
Vocal1919The Stars Abovewords by Haydn H. Morris
Vocal1919Through All the Ageswords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1920At Sunsetwords by Mrs Charles Hutchins
Vocal1920At Vesper Bellwords by Gunby Hadath
Vocal1920Pepitawords by Douglas Furber
Vocal1920Since Yesterdaywords by Anne Page
Vocal1920The White Winding Roadwords by Daisy Fisher
Vocal1920You Come No Morewords by Daisy Fisher
Vocal1921Brown Eyes beneath the Moonwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1921I'm Wanting Youwords by Gunby Hadath
Vocal1921I Pitch My Lonely Caravan at Nightwords by Annette Horey
Vocal1921Moon Daisieswords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1921Passion-Flowerwords by Gertrude Wiskin
Vocal1921Roses All the Way, Foxtrotwords by Ernest Butcher
Vocal1922Blue Sky and White Roadwords by Charles Roff
Vocal1922Coloured Fieldswords by Daisy Fisher
Vocal1922June's First Rosewords by Edward Lockton
Vocal1922Ole Dearwords by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal1922Thinkin' of Youwords by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal1923I Heard You Singingwords by Royden Barrie; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal1923Mending Roadwayswords by Dena Tempest
Vocal1923Nobody Else But Youwords by Daisy Fisher
Vocal1923A Song of the Windwords by Edward Lockton
Vocal1924Diff'rent Somehowwords by Gordon McConnel
Vocal19248 Nursery Rhymes words by anonymous
Vocal1924Ev'ry Minute of Ev'ry Daywords by Elsie Mary Skeet
Vocal1924In Townwords by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal1924Sea Rapture, an Impressionwords by Emeric Hulme-Beaman
Vocal1924Yearningwords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1925The Gates of If-Everwords by D. Eardley-Wilmot
Vocal1925K-Naughty Kanutewords by Elsie Mary Skeet
Vocal1925The Little Green Balconywords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1925Little Snoozy Coonwords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1925Rose of Samarandwords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1925Song of the Little Folkwords by Jennie Dunbar
Vocal1926Bird Songs at Eventidewords by Royden Barrie; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal1926Brown Eyes I Lovewords by Lillian Glanville
Vocal1927The Dreams of Londonwords by Almey St. John Adcock
Vocal1927A Song Rememberedwords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1928Homeward to Youwords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1928I'm Lonely, Valse Songwords by Gordon McConnel
Vocal1928Little Lady of the Moonwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1929Always As I Close My Eyeswords by Maud Handfield-Jones
Vocal1929Doubtwords by Florence Hedley-Stodden
Vocal1930Because I Miss You Sowords by Lillian Glanville
Vocal1930The Young Loverwords by Royden Barrie
Vocal1931Home-Alongwords by Arthur L. Salmon
Vocal1932The House Love Made for You and Mewords by Gordon Johnstone
Vocal1932If Stars Were Tearswords by Frank Eyton
Vocal1932Stars and a Crescent Moonwords by Phyllis Black
Vocal1933I Looked for Youwords by Phyllis Black
Vocal1933Rise Up and Reach the Starswords by Winifred May
Vocal1933Ship of Dreamwords by Winifred van Noorden
Vocal1934Beautiful Lady Moonwords by Phyllis Black
Vocal1934Music of the Nightwords by Phyllis Black
Vocal1935Song of Loyaltywords by Phyllis Black
Vocal1935Good Byewords by Irving Caesar
Vocal1938You Are My Rosewords by Christopher Hassell
Vocal1938Your Namewords by Christopher Hassell; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal1939Princess of the Dawnwords by Christopher Hassell
Vocal1940Sleepy Lagoonwords by Jack Lawrence
Vocal1940Today is Ourswords by Frank Eyton
Vocal1942Star of Godwords by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal1943A Song of Summerwords by Lady Joan Vernay; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal1954The Scent of Lilacwords by Winifred May
Vocal1956The Dam Busterswords by Carlene Mair
Choral1956God's Great Love Abiding, Hymnfor mixed chorus; words by the composer
Choral1963Loyal Heartsfor mixed chorus and piano; arrangement of Queen Elizabeth from The three Elizabeths'' Suite; words by Anne C Wood