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List of compositions by Eric Coates

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Below is a sortable list of compositions by Eric Coates. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and title.

Genre Date Title Notes
Stage 1930 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[1] Incidental music; revised in 1938 as The Enchanted Garden
Stage 1932 The Jester at the Wedding[1] Ballet
Stage 1938 The Enchanted Garden[2][3] Tone poem
Stage March of the Knight of Malta Operetta
Orchestral 1904 Ballad, op 2 [4] for string orchestra
Orchestral 1911 Miniature Suite[5]
  1. Children's Dance
  2. Intermezzo
  3. Scène du Bal
for small orchestra
Orchestral 1912 A La Gavotte[2]
Orchestral 1912 The Mermaid, A Graceful Dance
Orchestral 1915 From the Countryside, Suite[6]
  1. In the Meadows (Early Morning)
  2. Among the Poppies (Afternoon)
  3. At the Fair (Evening)
Orchestral 1918 Wood Nymphs, Valsette[7][3]
Orchestral 1919 Springtime, Suite[2][8]
  1. Fresh Morning
  2. Noonday Song
  3. Dance in the Twilight
Orchestral 1919 Summer Days, Suite[9][3]
  1. In a Country Lane
  2. On the Edge of the Lake
  3. At the Dance
Orchestral 1920 Coquette[10]
Orchestral 1921 Moresque, Dance Interlude[7]
Orchestral 1922 Joyous Youth, Suite[7]
  1. Introduction
  2. Serenade
  3. Valse "Joyous Youth"
Orchestral 1923 The Merrymakers, Miniature Overture[4]
Orchestral 1925 2 Light Syncopated Pieces[7][10]
  1. Moon Magic
  2. Roses of Samerkand
Orchestral 1925 The Selfish Giant, Phantasy[9][3] inspired by the story by Oscar Wilde
Orchestral 1926 By the Tamarisk, Intermezzo[7][10]
Orchestral 1926 The Three Bears, Phantasy[7][11] from the fairy story Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Orchestral 1928 Four Ways, Suite[6]
  1. Northwards – March
  2. Southwards – Valse
  3. Eastwards – Eastern Dance
  4. Westwards – Rhythm
Orchestral 1929 The Unknown Singer, Interlude[12][10]
Orchestral 1930 By the Sleepy Lagoon, Valse Serenade[7][4] also for voice and piano, used as theme for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs
Orchestral 1930 Cinderella, Phantasy[9][13]
Orchestral 1930 With a Song in My Heart[2] orchestral arrangement of the song from the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Spring Is Here
Orchestral 1931 From Meadow to Mayfair, Suite[7][11]
  1. In the Country: Rustic Dance
  2. A Song by the Way: Romance
  3. Evening in the Town: Valse
Orchestral 1932 Dancing Nights, Concert Valse[4]
Orchestral 1932 The Jester at the Wedding, Suite from the Ballet[4]
  1. The Princess Arrives
  2. Dance of the Pages
  3. The Jester
  4. Dance of the Orange Blossoms
  5. The Princess
  6. The Princess and the Jester
Orchestral 1933 London Suite (aka London Everyday)[7][4]
  1. Covent Garden
  2. Westminster
  3. Knightsbridge – In Town Tonight
Orchestral 1933 2 Symphonic Rhapsodies[4]
  1. I Pitch My Lonely Caravan
  2. I Heard You Singing / Birdsongs at Eventide
Orchestral 1934 London Bridge, March[7][3]
Orchestral 1935 Song of Loyalty[7] also for voice and piano
Orchestral 1935 The Three Men Suite[9][13]
  1. The Man from the Country
  2. The Man about Town
  3. The Man from the Sea
Orchestral 1936 The Forgotten Waltz
Orchestral 1936 London Again, Suite[9]
  1. Oxford Street: March
  2. Langham Place: Elegie
  3. Mayfair: Valse
Orchestral 1936 Saxo Rhapsody[14]
Orchestral 1937 For Your Delight, Serenade[7][3][10]
Orchestral 1938 Seven Seas, March[2]
Orchestral 1939 Footlights, Concert Valse[9][11]
Orchestral 1939 Last Love, Romance[15][13][10]
Orchestral 1940 Calling All Workers, March[7][3] theme for the BBC radio programme Music While You Work
Orchestral 1942 The Eighth Army, March[7] also for piano solo; used in the 1943 film Nine Men[16]
Orchestral 1942 Over to You, March[10]
Orchestral 1942 Star of God
Orchestral 1943 Four Centuries Suite[1][11]
  1. The Seventeenth Century – Prelude and Hornpipe
  2. The Eighteenth Century – Pavane and Tambourin
  3. The Nineteenth Century – Valse
  4. The Twentieth Century – Rhythm
Orchestral 1943 London Calling, March[17]
Orchestral 1944 Salute the Soldier, March[10]
Orchestral 1944 The Three Elizabeths Suite[7][13]
  1. Halcyon Days (Elizabeth Tudor)
  2. Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis)
  3. Youth of Britain (Princess Elizabeth)
Halcyon Days was used as the opening and closing music for the 1967 BBC television series The Forsyte Saga
Orchestral 1945 Youth of Britain, March
Orchestral 1946 Television March[9][13] Used as the daily startup music of BBC Television Service.
Orchestral 1949 Music Everywhere, Rediffusion March[11] Used 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.[18]
Orchestral 1950 Holborn, March[7]
Orchestral 1953 Men of Trent, March
Orchestral 1953 Rhodesia, March[10]
Orchestral 1954 The Dam Busters March[7] used in the 1955 film The Dam Busters
Orchestral 1954 Sweet Seventeen, Concert Valse[7][13][10]
Orchestral 1955 Sound and Vision, Television March[19] Used as the daily startup music of Associated TeleVision in London weekend programmes from 1955 to 1968 and Midlands from 1956 to 1971.
Orchestral 1956 Impressions of a Princess, Intermezzo[10]
Orchestral 1957 High Flight, March[2]
Orchestral 1957 South Wales and West, Television March[7] Used as the daily startup music of Television Wales and the West from 1958 to 1968.
Orchestral The Dance of the Orange Blossoms, Valse
Orchestral I Sing to You[11][10]
Orchestral Lazy Night[2][3]
Orchestral Rustic Dance
Chamber music 1906 Ballad in G major, Op. 13 for viola and piano; composed under the pseudonym "Eric Glendower"
Chamber music 1908 Minuetto on Old Irish Melody for 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 music 1928 Mirage, Romance for violin and piano (also orchestral version)[7][10]
Chamber music 1929 Under the Stars for violin and piano (also orchestral version)[10][11]
Chamber music 1941 First Meeting, Souvenir for viola and piano; written for violist Lionel Tertis; revised for violin and piano in 1943, also as a song[20]
Piano 1911 6 Short Pieces (without Octaves)
  1. Prelude
  2. A Little Song
  3. Élégie
  4. Alla Menuetto
  5. Valse
  6. Slumber Song
Piano 1914 Idyll
Piano 1930 3 Lyric Pieces[21]
  1. Fragment
  2. Nocturne
  3. Valse
Piano 1942 The Eighth Army, March also orchestrated
Vocal 1908 A Damask Rose words by Fred G. Bowles
Vocal 1908 It Was a Lover and His Lass[20] words by William Shakespeare
Vocal 1908 The Outlaw's Song[20] words by Joanna Baillie
Vocal 1908 2 Songs
  1. Swedish Love Song
  2. Devon to Me
for baritone and piano
1. words by Georgia Roberts
2. words by John Galsworthy
Vocal 1908 When I Am Dead[20] words by Christina Rossetti
Vocal 1908 When We Two Went A-Maying words by Ella Brown
Vocal 1908 Who Is Sylvia?[20] words by William Shakespeare
Vocal 1909 At Daybreak[22] words by Fred G. Bowles
Vocal 1909 4 Old English Songs[22]
  1. Orpheus with His Lute
  2. Under the Greenwood Tree
  3. Who is Sylvia?
  4. It Was a Lover and His Lass
words by William Shakespeare
Vocal 1909 The Gates of Spring words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1909 Gwenny words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1909 May-Day Dance 4-part song; words by M. Byron
Vocal 1909 Stone-Cracker John[23] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1909 Sweet Phyllis words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1909 Your Heart Is Like a Golden Fair words by Ella Brown
Vocal 1909 Yvette words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1910 Lace and Porcelain, 3 Old World Songs
  1. Love Is Every Maiden's Joy
  2. Strephon and Amaryllis
  3. A Cavalier Love Song
words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1910 The Little Girl I Love words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1910 Little Love words by Georgeanne Hubi Newcombe
Vocal 1910 Love among the Daffodils words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal 1910 Waiting for the Spring words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1910 When the Robin Goes A-Singing words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1911 A Bird's Lullaby words by the composer
Vocal 1911 If You Were My Little Boy words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal 1911 Love's Fantasy words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1911 The Moon Boat words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1911 Mother England's Brewing words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1911 Reuben Ranzo[23] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1912 The Awakening words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal 1912 A Dinder Courtship[23] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1912 Rose of Mine words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal 1912 Sweet-and-Twenty words by William Shakespeare
Vocal 1912 Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred[22] words by William Shakespeare
Vocal 1913 All Mine Own words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1913 Betty and Johnny[20] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1913 Dick's Quandary words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1913 The Grenadier[20] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1913 Melanie words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1913 Pierrette's Song words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1914 By Mendip Side words by P. J. O'Reilly
Vocal 1914 Eildon Hill words by Frederic Weatherly; see Eildon Hill
Vocal 1914 The Hour of Love words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1914 A Japanese Farewell words by Douglas Furber
Vocal 1914 Marry Me, Nancy, Do! words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1914 Moonland Dreams words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1914 Rose of the World words by Helen Taylor
Vocal 1915 The Mill o' Dreams, Cycle of 4 Little Songs[22]
  1. Back o' the Moon
  2. Dream o' Nights
  3. The Man in the Moon
  4. Blue Bells
words by Nancie B. Marsland; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1916 The Green Hills o' Somerset[22] words by Frederic Weatherly; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1916 An Old World Garden words by Eric Chilman
Vocal 1916 The Palace of Roses words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1916 Sigh No More, Ladies[20] words by William Shakespeare
Vocal 1916 The Widow of Penzance words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1917 Asphodel words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1917 Dreams words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1917 Land of My Heart words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1917 Our Little Home words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1917 Your Love words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1918 The Fairy Tales of Ireland[22] words by Edward Lockton; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1918 4 Songs of the Air Service
  1. Ordered Overseas
  2. Five and Twenty Bombers
  3. Billy
  4. The First Job of All
words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1918 The Fruits of the Earth words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1918 The Heart You Love Is Calling words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1918 The Maid and the Moon words by Eileen Price-Evans
Vocal 1918 My Prayers Take Wings to Find You words by Harold Simpson
Vocal 1918 Sally and I and the Daylight words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1918 Yours and Mine words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1919 By the North Sea[22] words by Arthur Conan Doyle
Vocal 1919 An Elizabethan Lullaby words by William Akerman
Vocal 1919 A Nest in Arcady words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1919 Roses of Peace words by E. Barker
Vocal 1919 The Stars Above words by Haydn H. Morris
Vocal 1919 Through All the Ages[23] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1920 At Sunset[23] words by Mrs Charles Hutchins
Vocal 1920 At Vesper Bell[20] words by Gunby Hadath
Vocal 1920 Pepita words by Douglas Furber
Vocal 1920 Since Yesterday words by Anne Page
Vocal 1920 The White Winding Road words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal 1920 You Come No More words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal 1921 Brown Eyes beneath the Moon words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1921 I'm Wanting You words by Gunby Hadath
Vocal 1921 I Pitch My Lonely Caravan at Night[23] words by Annette Horey
Vocal 1921 Moon Daisies words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1921 Passion-Flower words by Gertrude Wiskin
Vocal 1921 Roses All the Way, Foxtrot words by Ernest Butcher
Vocal 1922 Blue Sky and White Road words by Charles Roff
Vocal 1922 Coloured Fields words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal 1922 June's First Rose words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1922 Ole Dear words by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal 1922 Thinkin' of You words by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal 1923 I Heard You Singing[23] words by Royden Barrie; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1923 Mending Roadways words by Dena Tempest
Vocal 1923 Nobody Else But You words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal 1923 A Song of the Wind words by Edward Lockton
Vocal 1924 Diff'rent Somehow words by Gordon McConnel
Vocal 1924 8 Nursery Rhymes
  1. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
  2. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
  3. Little Boy Blue[22]
  4. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
  5. Miss Muffet
  6. Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake
  7. Hush-a-bye
  8. New Year's Eve
words by anonymous
Vocal 1924 Ev'ry Minute of Ev'ry Day words by Elsie Mary Skeet
Vocal 1924 In Town words by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal 1924 Sea Rapture, an Impression[22] words by Emeric Hulme-Beaman
Vocal 1924 Yearning words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1925 The Gates of If-Ever words by D. Eardley-Wilmot
Vocal 1925 K-Naughty Kanute words by Elsie Mary Skeet
Vocal 1925 The Little Green Balcony[20] words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1925 Little Snoozy Coon words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1925 Rose of Samarand words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1925 Song of the Little Folk[22] words by Jennie Dunbar
Vocal 1926 Bird Songs at Eventide[23] words by Royden Barrie; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1926 Brown Eyes I Love[23] words by Lillian Glanville
Vocal 1927 The Dreams of London[23] words by Almey St. John Adcock
Vocal 1927 A Song Remembered words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1928 Homeward to You[23] words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1928 I'm Lonely, Valse Song[23] words by Gordon McConnel
Vocal 1928 Little Lady of the Moon[23] words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1929 Always As I Close My Eyes[22] words by Maud Handfield-Jones
Vocal 1929 Doubt[23] words by Florence Hedley-Stodden (né Florence Gertrude Altenborough)
Vocal 1930 Because I Miss You So[20] words by Lillian Glanville
Vocal 1930 The Young Lover[20] words by Royden Barrie
Vocal 1931 Home-Along words by Arthur L. Salmon
Vocal 1932 The House Love Made for You and Me words by Gordon Johnstone
Vocal 1932 If Stars Were Tears words by Frank Eyton
Vocal 1932 Stars and a Crescent Moon[22] words by Phyllis Black
Vocal 1933 I Looked for You words by Phyllis Black
Vocal 1933 Rise Up and Reach the Stars[22] words by Winifred May
Vocal 1933 Ship of Dream[20] words by Winifred van Noorden
Vocal 1934 Beautiful Lady Moon[20] words by Phyllis Black
Vocal 1934 Music of the Night[20] words by Phyllis Black
Vocal 1935 Song of Loyalty words by Phyllis Black
Vocal 1935 Good Bye words by Irving Caesar
Vocal 1938 You Are My Rose words by Christopher Hassell
Vocal 1938 Your Name[20] words by Christopher Hassell; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1939 Princess of the Dawn[20] words by Christopher Hassell
Vocal 1940 Sleepy Lagoon[22] words by Jack Lawrence
Vocal 1940 Today is Ours[23] words by Frank Eyton
Vocal 1942 Star of God words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal 1943 A Song of Summer[23] words by Lady Joan Vernay; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal 1954 The Scent of Lilac[22] words by Winifred May
Vocal 1956 The Dam Busters words by Carlene Mair
Choral 1956 God's Great Love Abiding, Hymn for mixed chorus; words by the composer
Choral 1963 Loyal Hearts for mixed chorus and piano; arrangement of Queen Elizabeth from The three Elizabeths Suite; words by Anne C Wood

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Four Centuries: Music of Eric Coates, Vol 2, ASV, 1993
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The Enchanted Garden (10 Orchestral Pieces), ASV, 1998
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 2. Chandos Records (2020)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 1. Chandos Records (2019)
  5. ^ IMSLP, full score
  6. ^ a b Eric Coates: Sound and Vision, Dutton 1998
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t The Definitive Eric Coates, Nimbus N16231 (2013)
  8. ^ The Land of Lost Content
  9. ^ a b c d e f g London Again: The Music of Eric Coates, Avie AV2070
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Under the Stars - 17 Orchestral Miniatures. ASV CD WHL 2107 (1996)
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 4. Chandos Records (2024)
  12. ^ The Land of Lost Content
  13. ^ a b c d e f Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 3. Chandos Records (2023)
  14. ^ Jack Brymer, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sir Charles Groves
  15. ^ The Land of Lost Content
  16. ^ Payne, Michael (2012). The Life and Music of Eric Coates (Chapter 9: The War Years, 1939–1945). Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate.
  17. ^ The Land of Lost Content
  18. ^ "Rediffusion Presentation: The Music". Transdiffusion Network. 2018-09-09.
  19. ^ The Land of Lost Content
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Eric Coates: Songs. Marco Polo, 1995
  21. ^ First recording by Ben Dawson on Luminate Records (2022)
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Songs by Eric Coates, SOMMCD0192, 2019
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p The Songs of Eric Coates, ASV, 1986