List of compositions by Rebecca Clarke
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Below is a sortable list of compositions by Rebecca Clarke. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and title.
| Genre | Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchestral | 1941 | Combined Carols | for string orchestra; original for 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Chamber music | 1907–1908 | Danse bizarre | for 2 violins and piano; once believed lost; found in the Rebecca Clarke estate; premiered in 2003 |
| Chamber music | 1907–1908 | Prelude | for 2 violins and piano; once believed lost; found in the Rebecca Clarke estate; premiered in 2003 |
| Chamber music | 1907–1908 | Nocturne | for 2 violins and piano; once believed lost; found in the Rebecca Clarke estate; premiered in 2003 |
| Chamber music | 1907–1908 | Finale | for 2 violins and piano; incomplete |
| Chamber music | 1907–1909 | Sonata | for violin and piano; in one movement |
| Chamber music | 1908–1909 | Sonata | for violin and piano |
| Chamber music | 1909 | Lullaby | for viola and piano |
| Chamber music | 1913 | Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune | for viola and piano |
| Chamber music | ca. 1916 | 2 Pieces
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for viola (or violin) and cello |
| Chamber music | 1917–1918 | Morpheus Morpheus (Rebecca Clarke) Morpheus is a composition for viola and piano by the English composer and violist Rebecca Clarke. It was written in 1917 when Clarke was pursuing a performing career in the United States. The piece shows off the impressionistic musical language Clarke had developed, modeled on the music of... |
for viola and piano; composed under the pseudonym Pseudonym A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym... "Anthony Trent"; Morpheus Morpheus (mythology) Morpheus in Greek mythology is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi. Morpheus has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams... is the Greek god of dreams. |
| Chamber music | 1917–1918 | Untitled Work | for viola and piano |
| Chamber music | 1918 | Lullaby | for viola and piano |
| Chamber music | 1919 | Sonata Viola Sonata (Rebecca Clarke) Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata is first known of in 1919, when the composer was 23 years old. Clarke had moved to the United States in 1916, after being disowned by her father. She had been supporting herself with some success as a soloist.... |
for viola (or cello) and piano |
| Chamber music | 1921 | Chinese Puzzle | for violin (or viola) and piano |
| Chamber music | 1921, 1925 | Chinese Puzzle | for flute, violin, viola and cello; original for violin and piano |
| Chamber music | ?1921 | Epilogue | for cello and piano |
| Chamber music | 1921 | Piano Trio | for violin, cello and piano |
| Chamber music | 1923 | Rhapsody | for cello and piano |
| Chamber music | 1924 | Comodo et amabile | for 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Chamber music | 1924 | Midsummer Moon | for violin and piano |
| Chamber music | 1926 | Poem | for 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Chamber music | ca. 1940 | Untitled Works | 2 compositional studies for 2 instruments 1. for 2 treble instruments 2. for treble and bass instruments; unfinished |
| Chamber music | 1941 | Combined Carols | for 2 violins, viola and cello; also arranged for string orchestra |
| Chamber music | ?1940–1941 | Passacaglia on an Old English Tune in C minor | for viola (or cello) and piano; The tune is attributed to Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician in 16th century Tudor England. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the best of England's early composers. He is honoured for his original voice in English... . |
| Chamber music | 1941 | Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale | for viola and clarinet |
| Chamber music | ?1941 | Dumka | for violin, viola and piano |
| Chamber music | 1944 | I'll Bid My Heart Be Still (Old Scottish Border Melody) | for viola and piano |
| Piano | 1907–1908 | Theme and Variations | once believed lost; found in the Rebecca Clarke estate; premiered in 2003 |
| Piano | ?1930 | Cortège | revised 1970s |
| Choral | ca. 1906 | Now Fie on Love | for male chorus; words by anonymous Anonymous work Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."... |
| Choral | 1907 | Music, When Soft Voices Die | for mixed chorus; words by Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron... |
| Choral | ca. 1908 | A Lover's Dirge | for mixed chorus; words from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... |
| Choral | ca. 1909 | The Owl (When Cats Run Home and Light Is Come) | for mixed chorus; words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Choral | ca. 1911–1912 | Come, Oh Come, My Life's Delight | for mixed chorus; words by Thomas Campion Thomas Campion Thomas Campion was an English composer, poet and physician. He wrote over a hundred lute songs; masques for dancing, and an authoritative technical treatise on music.-Life:... ; also for voice and piano |
| Choral | ca. 1911–1912 | My Spirit Like a Charmed Bark Doth Float | for mixed chorus; words by Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron... |
| Choral | ca. 1911–1912 | Weep You No More Sad Fountains | for mixed chorus; words by anonymous Anonymous work Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."... (John Dowland John Dowland John Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has... ?); also for voice and piano |
| Choral | ca. 1914 | Philomela | for mixed chorus; words by Sir Philip Sidney |
| Choral | 1921 | He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place (Psalm 91) | for SATB soloists and mixed chorus |
| Choral | 1928 | There Is No Rose of Such Virtue | for baritone solo and alto, tenor, baritone, bass chorus, after a 15th century English carol |
| Choral | ca. 1937 | Ave Maria | for female chorus |
| Choral | ca. 1943 | Chorus from Hellas | for female chorus |
| Vocal | ca. 1903 | Wandrers Nachtlied | for voice and piano; words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long... |
| Vocal | 1904 | Ah, for the Red Spring Rose | for voice and piano |
| Vocal | 1904 | Aufblick | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | 1904 | Shiv and the Grasshopper | for voice and piano; words from The Jungle Book The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six... by Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature... |
| Vocal | ca. 1904 | Chanson | for voice and piano; words by Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life... |
| Vocal | ca. 1904 | Klage | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | ca. 1904 | O Welt | for voice and piano |
| Vocal | ca. 1904 | Stimme im Dunkeln | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | 1905 | Du | for voice and piano; words by Richard von Schaukal Richard von Schaukal Richard Schaukal was a Moravia-born Austrian poet.- Bibliography :* Gedichte, 1893 * Meine Gärten, 1897 * Tristia, 1898... |
| Vocal | ca. 1905 | The Moving Finger Writes | for voice and piano; words from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám , a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer... translated by Edward FitzGerald Edward FitzGerald (poet) Edward FitzGerald was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The spelling of his name as both FitzGerald and Fitzgerald is seen... |
| Vocal | ca. 1905 | Oh, Dreaming World | for voice and piano |
| Vocal | ca. 1905 | Wiegenlied | for voice, violin and piano; words by Detlev von Liliencron Detlev von Liliencron Baron Detlev von Liliencron born Friedrich Adolf Axel Detlev Liliencron was a German lyric poet and novelist from Kiel, the son of Louis Freiherr von Liliencron and Adeline von Harten.... |
| Vocal | 1906 | Durch die Nacht | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | ca. 1906 | Nach einem Regen | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | ca. 1907 | Das Ideal | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | 1907 | Magna est veritas | for voice and piano; words by Coventry Patmore Coventry Patmore Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage.-Youth:... |
| Vocal | 1907 | Manche Nacht | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | 1907 | Nacht für Nacht | for 2 voices and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | 1907 | Vergissmeinnicht | for voice and piano; words by Richard Dehmel Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.- Life :... |
| Vocal | ca. 1909 | Spirits | for 2 high voices and piano; words by Robert Bridges Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, was a British poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.-Personal and professional life:... |
| Vocal | ca. 1910 | The Color of Life | for voice and piano; words from traditional Chinese writings |
| Vocal | ca. 1910 | Return of Spring | for voice and piano; words from traditional Chinese writings |
| Vocal | ca. 1910 | Tears | for voice and piano; words from traditional Chinese writings |
| Vocal | ca. 1911 | The Folly of Being Comforted | for voice and piano; words by William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... |
| Vocal | ca. 1911–1912 1926 |
Come, Oh Come, My Life's Delight | for voice and piano; words by Thomas Campion Thomas Campion Thomas Campion was an English composer, poet and physician. He wrote over a hundred lute songs; masques for dancing, and an authoritative technical treatise on music.-Life:... ; original version for mixed chorus |
| Vocal | ca. 1912 | The Cloths of Heaven | for voice and piano; words by William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... |
| Vocal | ca. 1912 | Shy One | for voice and piano; words by William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... |
| Vocal | ca. 1912 | Weep You No More Sad Fountains | for voice and piano; words by anonymous Anonymous work Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."... (John Dowland John Dowland John Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has... ?); also for mixed chorus |
| Vocal | ca. 1912–1913 | Away Delights | for 2 voices and piano; words by John Fletcher John Fletcher (playwright) John Fletcher was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's... |
| Vocal | ca. 1912–1913 | Hymn to Pan | for tenor, baritone and piano; words by John Fletcher John Fletcher (playwright) John Fletcher was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's... |
| Vocal | ca. 1913 | Infant Joy | for voice and piano; words by William Blake William Blake William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age... |
| Vocal | 1919 | Down by the Salley Gardens | for voice and piano; words by William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... ; also for voice and violin |
| Vocal | 1920 | Psalm 63 | for voice and piano |
| Vocal | 1922 | The Seal Man | for voice and piano; words by John Masefield John Masefield John Edward Masefield, OM, was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967... |
| Vocal | 1924 | Three Old English Songs
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for voice and violin 1. words by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... |
| Vocal | 1925 | June Twilight | for voice and piano; words by John Masefield John Masefield John Edward Masefield, OM, was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967... |
| Vocal | 1926 | A Dream | for voice and piano; words by William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... |
| Vocal | 1926 | Poem (Adagio) | for voice and string quartet |
| Vocal | 1926 | Sleep | for tenor, baritone and piano; 2 versions; words by John Fletcher John Fletcher (playwright) John Fletcher was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's... |
| Vocal | 1926 | Three Irish Country Songs
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for voice and violin |
| Vocal | ca. 1926 | Take, O Take Those Lips Away | for tenor, baritone and piano; words from Measure for Measure Measure for Measure Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays... by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... |
| Vocal | 1927 | The Cherry-blossom Wand | for voice and piano; words by Anna Wickham Anna Wickham Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper , a British poet with strong Australian connections. She is remembered as a modernist figure and feminist writer, though one not able to command sustained critical attention in her lifetime... |
| Vocal | 1927 | Eight O'clock | for voice and piano; words by A. E. Housman A. E. Housman Alfred Edward Housman , usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems were mostly written before 1900... |
| Vocal | ca. 1928 | Greeting | for voice and piano; words by Ella Young Ella Young Ella Young was an Irish poet and Celtic mythologist active in the Gaelic and Celtic Revival literary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in Ireland, Young was an author of poetry and children's books. She emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1925 as a temporary... |
| Vocal | 1929 | The Aspidistra | for voice and piano; words by Claude Flight Claude Flight Walter Claude Flight also known as Claude Flight or W. Claude Flight was a British artist who pioneered and popularised the linoleum cut technique. He also painted, illustrated and made wood cuts. He was the son of Walter Flight.Flight was a fervent promoter of the linoleum cut technique from the... |
| Vocal | 1929 | Cradle Song | for voice and piano; words by William Blake William Blake William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age... |
| Vocal | 1929–1933 | The Tiger (Tiger, Tiger) | for voice and piano; words by William Blake William Blake William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age... |
| Vocal | ca. 1940 | Binnorie | for voice and piano; words after a traditional ballad The Twa Sisters The Twa Sisters "The Twa Sisters" is a murder ballad that recounts the tale of a girl drowned by her sister. It is first known to have appeared on a broadside in 1656 as "The Miller and the King's Daughter." At least 21 English variants exist under several names, including "Minnorie" or "Binnorie", "The Cruel... |
| Vocal | ca. 1940 | Daybreak | for voice and string quartet; words by John Donne John Donne John Donne 31 March 1631), English poet, satirist, lawyer, and priest, is now considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are notable for their strong and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs,... |
| Vocal | 1941 | Lethe | for voice and piano; words by Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and was known for her activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work... |
| Vocal | 1942 | The Donkey | for voice and piano; words by G. K. Chesterton G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.... |
| Vocal | 1919, 1950s | Down by the Salley Gardens | for voice and violin; words by William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... ; original for voice and violin |
| Vocal | 1954 | God Made a Tree | for voice and piano; words by Katherine Kendall |
| Vocal | Up-Hill | for voice and piano; words by Christina Rossetti Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems... |