Frederick DELIUS: 29 January 1862-10 June 1934
Collected Works
An ALPHABETICAL list of COMPOSITIONS showing PRESENT PUBLISHERS; prepared for the quick reference of performers, conductors, orchestras, students, copyright authorities, etc.
Subsidiary list – A separate list of SONG TITLES in ALPHABETICAL order
Oxford University Catalogue of the Works of Delius
Main list
| Publisher | Collected edition volume | |
| Air and Dance, for strings (also arr. Fenby for flute & strings) | B & H | 27b |
| American Rhapsody, for orchestra | B & H | 22 |
| Appalachia, for chorus and orchestra | B & H | 9a |
| Aquarelles, Two, for strings | B & H | 27b |
| Arabesque, An, for baritone, solo, chorus and orchestra | B & H | 12a |
| At Night (= Florida Suite, 4) | ||
| Autumn (= North Country Sketches,1) | ||
| Avant que tu ne t’en ailles, song | B & H | 18b |
| Brigg Fair, for orchestra | UE | 24b |
| By the River (= Florida Suite, 2) | ||
| Calinda, La, (from Koanga) for orchestra (also arr. Fenby for flute & strings) | B & H | – |
| Caprice and Elegy, for cello and orchestra | B & H | 29b |
| Concerto for cello and orchestra | B & H | 29b |
| Concerto, Double, for violin, cello and orchestra | S & B | 30 |
| Concerto for piano and orchestra | B & H | 29a |
| Concerto for violin and orchestra | S & B | 30 |
| Cynara, for baritone and orchestra | B & H | 15b |
| Dance (= North Country Sketches,3) | ||
| Dance for Harpsichord (also arr. Fenby for flute & strings) | B & H | 33 |
| Dance Rhapsody no. 1, A, for orchestra | UE | 25b |
| Dance Rhapsody no. 2, A, for orchestra | S & B | 26 |
| Daybreak (= Florida Suite, 1) | ||
| Eventyr, for orchestra | S & B | 26 |
| Everglades, The, for orchestra and small female chorus (arr. C. Palmer) | B & H | – |
| Fantastic Dance, for orchestra | B & H | 27b |
| Fennimore and Gerda, opera | B & H | 6 |
| Five Piano Pieces (Mazurka and Waltz for a little girl; Waltz; Lullaby for a modern Baby; Toccata) (also arr. Fenby for orchestra) | B & H | 33 |
| Florida, Suite for orchestra (Daybreak; By the River; Sunset; At Night) | B & H | 20 |
| Folkeraadet, incidental music for orchestra | B & H | 7 |
| Four Old English Lyrics (It was a Lover and his Lass; So sweet is she; Spring, the sweet Spring; To Daffodils) | B & H | 18b |
| Four Posthumous Songs (Softly the Forest; I once had a newly-cut willow pipe; In bliss we walked with laughter; I hear in the night) | UE | 19 Supplement |
| Hassan, incidental music for voices and orchestra | B & H | 8 |
| Idyll, for soprano, baritone and orchestra | B & H | 13b |
| Idylle de Printemps, for orchestra | B & H | 21a |
| In a Summer Garden, for orchestra | UE | 25a |
| Irmelin, opera in 3 acts (also Concert Suite for orchestra, arr. Beecham) | B & H | 1 |
| Irmelin, prelude for orchestra | B & H | 27b |
| Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda, for orchestra, arr. Fenby | B & H | – |
| Intermezzo and Serenade from Hassan, for orchestra, arr. Beecham | B & H | – |
| Koanga, opera in 3 acts | B & H | 3 |
| Late Lark, A, for tenor and orchestra | B & H | 15b |
| Late Swallows, from string quartet (arr. Fenby for string orchestra) | S & B | – |
| Légende, for violin and orchestra ditto, for violin and piano | B & H Forsyth | 28 31a (B&H) |
| Life’s Dance, for orchestra | OUP | 24a (S&B) |
| Lullaby for a modern baby, for violin and piano | B & H | 33 |
| Magic Fountain, The, opera in 3 Acts | B & H | 2 |
| March of Spring, The, (= North Country Sketches, 4) | ||
| Marche Caprice, for orchestra | S & B | 21a |
| Margot la Rouge, opera in 1 act | B & H | 5 |
| Mass of Life, A, for soloists, double chorus and orchestra | B & H | 10 |
| Maud, 5 songs for tenor and orchestra | B & H | 16 |
| Mazurka and Waltz for a little girl (= Five Piano Pieces, 1,2) | ||
| Midsummer Song, unacc. chorus | B & H | 17 |
| Nietzschelieder | B & H | 18b |
| North Country Sketches, for orchestra (Autumn; Winter Landscape; Dance; The March of Spring) | S & B | 26 |
| Norwegian Suite, for orchestra (see Folkeraadet) | B & H | 7 |
| On Craig Ddu, unacc. chorus | B & H | 17 |
| On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring (= Two pieces for small orchestra, 1) | ||
| On the Mountains, for orchestra | B & H | 22 |
| Over the hills and far away, for orchestra | Schirmer | 23a |
| Paa Vidderne, melodrama | B & H | 14 |
| Paris, for orchestra | UE | 23b |
| Part Songs, Six Early (Durch den Wald; An den Sonnenschein; Ave Maria; Sonnenscheinlied; Frühlingsanbruch; Her ute skal gildet staa) | Thames | 17 Supplement |
| Poem of Life and Love | B & H | Suppl. Vol. 1 |
| Prelude & Idyll (see Idyll) | ||
| Quadroone, La, for orchestra | B & H | 21c |
| Requiem, for soprano, baritone, double chorus and orchestra | B & H | 12b |
| Romance, for cello and piano | B & H | 31c |
| Romance, for violin and piano | B & H | 31a |
| Sakuntala, for tenor and orchestra | B & H | 15b |
| Scherzo, for orchestra | B & H | 21c |
| Sea Drift, for baritone, chorus and orchestra | B & H | 9b |
| Serenade from Hassan (Various arrangements) | B & H | – |
| Sleigh Ride, for orchestra | B & H | 21b |
| Sonata for cello and piano | B & H | 31c |
| Sonata for strings (arr. by Fenby from String Quartet) | S & B | – |
| Sonata in B, for violin and piano | B & H | 31a |
| Sonata no. 1, for violin and piano | Forsyth | 31b |
| Sonata no. 2, for violin and piano | B & H | 31b |
| Sonata no. 3, for violin and piano | B & H | 31b |
| Song before Sunrise, A, for orchestra | S & B | 27a |
| Song of Summer, A, for orchestra | B & H | 27b |
| Song of the High Hills, The, for chorus and orchestra | UE | 11b |
| Songs for children, Two (Little Birdie; The Streamlet’s slumber song) | OUP | 17(B&H) |
| Songs from the Danish (Five) (The Violet; The Seraglio Garden; Silken Shoes; Autumn; Irmelin) | B & H | 18b |
| Songs from the Danish (Five) (The Page sat in the lofty Tower; Dreamy Nights; On the Sea Shore; Through long, long years; Wine Roses) | S & B | 18a |
| Songs from the Norwegian (Five) (Slumber Song; The Nightingale; Summer Eve; Longing; Sunset) | S & B | 18a |
| Songs from the Norwegian (Seven) (Twilight Fancies; Young Venevil; Hidden Love; The Minstrel; The Bird’s Story; Cradle Song; The Homeward Way) | OUP | 19 |
| Songs of Farewell, for chorus and orchestra | B & H | 13a |
| Songs of Sunset, for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra | UE | 11a |
| Songs (Shelley) (Three) (Indian Love Song; Love’s Philosophy; To the Queen of my Heart;) | OUP | 19 |
| Songs (Verlaine) (Three) (Il pleure dans mon coeur; Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit; La Lune blanche) | OUP | 19 |
| Songs (various) (Five) (Let Springtime come; The Nightingale; I-Brasil; Black Roses; Chanson d’Automme) | OUP | 19 |
| Songs with Orchestra, I (Twilight Fancies; The Bird’s Story; On the Sea Shore; Wine Roses; Through long, long years; Let Springtime come; Summer Landscape) | S & B | 15a |
| Songs with Orchestra, II (Silken Shoes; Irmelin; The Seraglio Gardens; The Violet; Cynara; A Late Lark; Sakuntala) | B & H | 15b |
| Spring Morning, for orchestra | B & H | 21b |
| String Quartet | S & B | 32 |
| Suite for violin and orchestra | B & H | 28 |
| Summer Evening, for orchestra | S & B | 21a |
| Summer Landscape, song | OUP | 19 |
| Summer Night on the River (= Two pieces for small orchestra, 2) | ||
| Sunset (= Florida Suite, 4) | ||
| The Splendour falls, unacc. chorus | OUP | 17(B&H) |
| Three Preludes for piano | OUP | 33(B&H) |
| Toccata (= Five Piano Pieces, 5) | ||
| Twelve early songs (Over the Mountains high; Zwei braune Augen; Der Fichtenbaum; Hochgebirgsleben; O schneller mein Ross; Chanson de Fortunio; Mit deinen blauen Augen; Ein schöner Stern; Hör ich das Liedchen klingen; Aus deinen Augen fliessen meine Lieder; Nuages; Traum Rosen) | S & B | 18a |
| Two pieces for small orchestra (On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring; Summer Night on the River) | OUP | 27a (S & B) |
| Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water, unacc. chorus (wordless) | B & H | 17 |
| Village Romeo and Juliet, A, opera in six scenes | B & H | 4 |
| Walk to the Paradise Garden, The, for orchestra arr. Beecham | B & H | – |
| Waltz from A Village Romeo and Juliet, arr. Douglas | B & H | – |
| Waltz (= Five Piano Pieces, 3) | ||
| Wanderer’s Song, men’s voices | B & H | 17 |
| Winter Landscape (= North Country Sketches, 2) Zum Carnival, polka for piano | B & H | 33 |
Abbreviations
B & H = Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
S & B = Stainer & Bell Ltd
OUP = Oxford University Press
UE = Universal Edition
Forsyth = Forsyth Brothers Limited, Manchester
Schirmer = G Schirmer Inc. (Music Sales)
Thames = Thames Publishing (distr. Wm. Elkin)
Some Corrections to the Collected Edition – Microsoft Word file
Delius Orchestrations – Microsoft Word file