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| Title | Subtitle/Arranger | Scoring | Duration | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre of Land, An | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | unison voices and piano | 1'30"' | OUP |
| Airmen’s Hymn, The | unison voices and piano or organ | OUP Archive | ||
| All Hail the Power | traditional arr. RVW | SATB, congregation, organ/orchestra/brass ensemble | 7' | OUP |
| As Joseph Was A-Walking | TTBB | 1'30" | OUP Archive | |
| At the Name of Jesus | SATB, congregation, and brass quintet, opt. timpani, and opt. organ | 4'30"' | OUP | |
| Bacchae, The | incidental music ed. Tongue | alto, SSA chorus, small orchestra | 12' | Promethean |
| Beat! Beat! Drums! | from Dona Nobis Pacem | SATB and piano or orchestra | 3' | OUP |
| Benedicite | soprano solo, SATB or upper voices, and full/reduced orchestra/strings, organ and/or piano | 15' | OUP | |
| Bridal Day, The | masque | narrator, baritone soloist, chorus, and small orchestra | 45' | OUP |
| Bushes and Briars | Essex folksong arr. RVW | TTBB or SATB | 3' | Wise |
| Call, The | from 5 Mystical Songs arr. Percival | SATB and piano/organ | 2'25" | Stainer |
| Cambridge Mass, A | SATB solo, SATB choirs, orchestra | 45' | Stainer | |
| Children’s Christmas Song | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | two-part choir and piano or orchestra | 3'20" | OUP Archive |
| Choral Flourish, A | SATB, congregation with trumpets or organ introduction | 1.30"' | OUP | |
| Cloud-Capp’d Towers, The | from Three Shakespeare Songs arr. Guest | SSA | 2' | OUP Archive |
| Come Away Death | SSATB | 3' | Stainer | |
| Communion Service in D minor | unison voices, SATB, and organ | OUP | ||
| Cotswold Romance, A | adapted from Hugh the Drover | S,T solo, SATB chorus and small orchestra | 40' | Wise |
| Dark Eyed Sailor, The | traditional arr. RVW | SATB | 2'30" | Stainer |
| Dirge for Fidele | upper voices and piano | 4' | Wise | |
| Dirge for Fidele | SATB chorus and small orchestra | 4' | Wise | |
| Dives and Lazarus | traditional arr. RVW | TBarB | 4' | OUP Archive |
| Dona Nobis Pacem | soprano and baritone soloists, SATB, and full orchestra /string orchestra and piano/reduced orchestra | 40' | OUP | |
| Down Among the Dead Men | folksong arr. RVW | TTBB | 2' | Stainer |
| Down in Yon Forest | traditional carol arr. RVW | SATB or solo with piano | 2'30" | Stainer |
| Down in Yon Forest | arr. Geer | S solo and SAA chorus | 2'30" | Stainer |
| Drinking Song | from In Windsor Forest | TTBB and piano/orchestra/piano and strings | 3' | OUP |
| Early in Spring | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | SSA and piano | 2' | OUP |
| Eight Traditional English Carols | arr. RVW | SATB or solo/unison and piano | Stainer | |
| Elektra | incidental music ed. Tongue | alto, SSA chorus, small orchestra | 21' | Promethean |
| England, My England | baritone soloist, double choir, unison voices, and orchestra | 40' | OUP | |
| Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss | from Five Tudor Portraits | lower voices and orchestra | 3'20" | OUP Archive |
| Epithalamion | based on The Bridal Day | baritone soloist, SATB, flute, piano, and strings | 40' | OUP |
| Evening Service in D minor | unison voices, SATB, and organ | OUP Archive | ||
| Fain Would I Change That Note | unaccompanied voices | 2' | Wise | |
| Famous Men (Let Us Now Praise Famous Men) | Songs of Praise 1931 | SATB with orchestra, or unison voices with pf or org | 2' | Wise |
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols | baritone solo, SATB (or TTBB) choir, organ and strings (optional wind, brass and percussion) | 12' | Stainer | |
| Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm | solo piano, SATB choir and full orchestra /chamber orchestra/string orchestra and organ | 15' | OUP | |
| Farmer's Boy, A | traditional arr. RVW | TTBB | 2' | Stainer |
| Farmer's Son So Sweet, A | traditional arr. RVW | SSATBarB | 1'30" | Stainer |
| Fen and Flood | Patrick Hadley arr. RVW | soprano and baritone soli, SATB choir, orchestra | 32' | OUP |
| Festival Te Deum | SATB, full orchestra , and organ, or brass and percussion | 6' | OUP | |
| First Nowell, The | nativity play ed. Douglas | soprano and baritone soloists, SATB choir, and full orchestra , or strings, piano and organ | 50' stage; 30' concert | OUP |
| First Nowell, The | TBarB | 4' | OUP | |
| Five English Folk Songs | arr. RVW | SATB | Stainer | |
| Five Mystical Songs | settings of George Herbert | baritone solo, choir and orchestra (or strings/string quartet and piano) | 17' | Stainer |
| Five Tudor Portraits | alto/mezzo-soprano and baritone, SATB choir with string orchestra and piano, or full orchestra | 45' | OUP | |
| Flos Campi | ed. Rushton | solo viola, SATB wordless choir, and orchestra | 20' | OUP |
| Flourish for a Coronation | SATB and full orchestra or reduced orchestra | 13' | OUP | |
| Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | upper voices and orchestra/chamber orchestra/strings and piano | 45' | OUP | |
| For All the Saints | SATB and organ or orchestra | 6' | OUP | |
| Garden of Proserpine, The | S solo, SATB choir and orchestra | 25' | Stainer | |
| God Bless the Master | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | SATB, or unison and opt. descant | 4'5" | OUP Archive |
| God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen | from English Traditional Carols | SA and piano | 3' | OUP |
| Greensleeves | traditional arr. RVW | SATB unaccompanied, or SA and piano | 3'30"'(SA) / 5'(SATB) | OUP |
| Greensleeves | traditional arr. RVW | TTBB | OUP Archive | |
| He That Is Down Need Fear No Fall | arr. Judge | soprano or baritone soloist, SATB, obbligato flute, oboe, or organ | 1'30"' | OUP |
| He That Is Down Need Fear No Fall | unison voices and piano, and opt. recorder/flute/clarinet | 1'30"' | OUP | |
| High Germany | traditional arr. RVW | TBarTBarB | 3' | Stainer |
| Hodie (This Day) | soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, SATB choir, and orchestra | 50' | OUP | |
| Hundredth Psalm, The | O Be Joyful | SATB choir and orchestra (or organ) | 9' | Stainer |
| I Will Give My Love An Apple | traditional arr. RVW | unison voices | 1'34" | Wise |
| I’ll Never Love Thee More | traditional arr. RVW | SATB | OUP Archive | |
| In Bethlehem City | SSA | 2'35" | OUP Archive | |
| In Windsor Forest | SSA chorus and orchestra | 16' | OUP Archive | |
| In Windsor Forest | SATB, full orchestra or string orchestra and piano | 16' | OUP | |
| Into the Woods My Master Went | SATB with opt. intro | 2'37" | OUP Archive | |
| Invitation, An | from Three Children’s Songs | unison voices and piano | 2' | OUP |
| Iphigenia in Tauris | incidental music ed. Tongue | mezzo soprano, SSA chorus, small orchestra | 30' | Promethean |
| John Barleycorn | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | SSA and piano | 3' | OUP |
| John Dory | SATB | 2'20" | OUP Archive | |
| Just as the Tide was Flowing | traditional arr. RVW | SATB or unison voices | 2'25" | Stainer |
| Land of Our Birth | from Thanksgiving for Victory | unison or SSA choir, string orchestra, and piano | 6' | OUP |
| Lark Ascending, The | arr Drayton | solo violin and SATB choir | 16' | OUP |
| Lark in the Morning, The | SA | 2' | OUP Archive | |
| Let All The World In Every Corner Sing (Antiphon). | from Five Mystical Songs | SATB and orchestra or organ or piano | 3' | Stainer |
| Let All The World In Every Corner Sing (Antiphon). | from Five Mystical Songs | unison voices and organ or piano | 3' | Stainer |
| Let Beauty Awake | from Songs of Travel | unison choir/solo voice and piano | 2' | B&H |
| Linden Lea | various choral settings | 2'45" | B&H | |
| Loch Lomond | traditional arr. RVW | SSATB or baritone solo and TTBB | 3'30" | Stainer |
| Lord, Thou Has Been Our Refuge | SATB with orchestra, or organ and trumpet or a cappella | 5' | Wise | |
| Love is a Sickness | SATB | 1'15" | Stainer | |
| Lover's Ghost, The | traditional arr. RVW | SATB | 3'40" | Stainer |
| Lullaby | from Hodie | soprano soloist, SSA choir, and piano | 2'30"' | OUP |
| Magnificat | alto/mezzo-soprano solo, SA choir, and full orchestra /chamber orchestra/flute and piano | 12' | OUP | |
| Mass in G minor | SATB soli, double SATB chorus, optional organ | 23' | Wise | |
| Mermaid, The | traditional arr. RVW | Voice (or unison voices) and piano | 3'40" | Stainer |
| Morning Service in D minor | unison voices, SATB, and organ | OUP Archive | ||
| My Soul Praise the Lord | hymn tune arr. RVW | SATB, unison and organ, or strings and organ | 3' | OUP Archive |
| New Commonwealth, The | arr. Roy Douglas | SATB, and full orchestra or strings and piano | 6' | OUP |
| New Commonwealth, The | unison voices, and piano or orchestra | OUP Archive | ||
| New Commonwealth, The | two-part choir (SA or SS) and piano or orchestra | OUP Archive | ||
| New Commonwealth, The | SATB | 3' | OUP Archive | |
| New Commonwealth, The | TTBB | 3' | OUP Archive | |
| Nine Carols for Male Voices | TTBB | OUP | ||
| Nothing is Here for Tears | SATB and piano/organ/orchestra | OUP Archive | ||
| O Clap Your Hands | SATB and orchestra or organ (with optional brass) | 3' | Stainer | |
| O How Amiable | SATB and organ/brass, percussion, and organ/strings and organ | 5' | OUP | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | from Carols for Choirs ed. Willcocks | SATB, brass quintet | 6' | OUP |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | from Carols for Choirs ed. Willcocks | SATB, chamber orchestra OR strings only | 6' | OUP |
| O Mistress Mine | from 3 Elizabethan Part Songs | SATB | 1'15" | Stainer |
| O My Dear Heart | SSSAAA | 3' | OUP | |
| O Praise The Lord of Heaven | Psalm 148 | two SATB choirs and semi-chorus | 5' | Stainer |
| O Taste and See | SATB with opt. organ | 1'30"' | OUP | |
| O Taste and See | SSA with opt. organ | 1'30"' | OUP | |
| O Vos Omnes | alto solo, SSAATTBB | 5'30" | Wise | |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr. Douglas | SATB and reduced orchestra or brass (various combinations) | 6' | OUP |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr. Washburn | SATB and concert band | 6' | OUP |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr. Washburn | SATB and wind band | 6' | OUP Archive |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr. Hazell | SATB and brass ensemble | 6' | OUP |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | All People that on Earth do Dwell | SATB, congregation, and full orchestra , or organ with brass fanfare | 6' | OUP |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr. Stone | SATB and orchestra | 6' | OUP |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr. Washburn | SATB, congregation, and full orchestra, or organ with brass fanfare | 6' | OUP Archive |
| On Christmas Night | from 8 Traditional Carols arr. Geer | unison voices or SSAA | 1'30" | Stainer |
| On Christmas Night | masque | mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, SATB, chamber orchestra | 30' | OUP |
| Orpheus with his Lute 1903 | solo or unison voices and piano/string orchestra; or SATB and string orchestra | 3' | OUP | |
| Over Hill, Over Dale | from Three Shakespeare Songs arr. Douglas Guest | SSAA | 1' | OUP Archive |
| Oxford Elegy, An | text by Arnold | narrator, SATB choir, chamber orchestra | 25' | OUP |
| Oxford Elegy, An | text by Arnold | narrator, SATB choir, string orchestra | 25' | OUP |
| Pilgrim Pavement, The | SATB | 9' | OUP Archive | |
| Pilgrim's Journey, The | arr. Douglas and Morris | STBar soloists, SATB, and strings and piano, or orchestra | 40' | OUP |
| Pilgrim's Progress, The | A Morality in Prologue, 4 acts and Epilogue | 34 soli, chorus, and full orchestra | 120' | OUP |
| Pilgrim's Progress, The | A Bunyan Sequence arr. Palmer | 2 speakers, soprano soloist, SATB, and orchestra | 50' | OUP |
| Poisoned Kiss, The | opera in 3 acts | 12 soloists, chorus, 2 speaking roles, and full orchestra | 120' | OUP |
| Rest | SSATB chorus | 3' | Wise | |
| Rich Old Lady, The | traditional arr. RVW | unison voices and piano | OUP Archive | |
| Richard II | incidental music for a radio production ed. Lew | orchestra | 28' | Promethean |
| Riders to the Sea | 5 soloists, upper-voice chorus and orchestra | 42' | OUP | |
| Ring Out Your Bells | SSATB chorus | 4' | Wise | |
| Sancta Civitas | baritone/tenor, semi-chorus, SATB chorus and orchestra | 30' | Faber * | |
| See the Chariot at Hand | from In Windsor Forest | SATB and piano | 4'30" | OUP |
| Seeds of Love, The | traditional arr. RVW | TB solo, TTBB | 2' | Stainer |
| Serenade to Music | vocal soloists or SATB choir and orchestra/reduced orchestra/strings and piano | 13' | OUP | |
| She’s Like the Swallow | traditional arr. RVW | unison voices and piano | 2'25" | OUP Archive |
| Shepherds of Delectable Mountains, The | STTBarBB soli, SA chorus, and chamber orchestra | 23' | OUP | |
| Sigh No More, Ladies | from In Windsor Forest | SSA and piano/string orchestra/full orchestra | 3' | OUP |
| Silence and Music | SATB | 5' | OUP | |
| Sine Nomine | SATB choir and brass ensemble | 6' | OUP | |
| Singers, The | from Three Children’s Songs | unison voices and piano | 2' | OUP |
| Sir John in Love | opera in 4 acts | soli, SATB chorus, and full orchestra | 125' | OUP |
| Six Choral Songs | To Be Sung In Time Of War | unison chorus and full orchestra or piano | 13' | OUP |
| Song of Thanksgiving, A | originally Thanksgiving for Victory | soprano solo, speaker, SATB, and full orchestra /reduced orchestra | 15' | OUP |
| Song of the Tree of Life, The | from The Pilgrim's Progress | unison or two-part voices and piano | 3' | OUP |
| Sons of Light, The | SATB and orchestra | 25' | OUP | |
| Souls of the Righteous, The | STB soloists and SATB | 3' | OUP | |
| Sound Sleep | SSA with orchestra or a capella | 6' | Wise | |
| Spring | from Three Children’s Songs | unison voices and piano | 2' | OUP |
| Spring Time of the Year, The | traditional arr. RVW | SATB | 2'40" | Stainer |
| Sun, Moon, Stars, and Man | from The Sons of Light | unison voices and string orchestra or piano | 20' | OUP |
| Sussex Carol | from 8 Traditional Carols | SATB or solo/unison and piano | 2'20" | Stainer |
| Sweet Day | from 3 Elizabethan Part Songs | SATB | 2'15" | Stainer |
| Sweet Day | from 3 Elizabethan Part Songs arr. Pasfield | SSA | 2'15" | Stainer |
| Symphony No. 1 | A Sea Symphony | soprano and baritone soloists, SATB choir, and full orchestra | 63' | Stainer |
| Symphony No. 7 | Sinfonia Antartica ed. Matthews | soprano solo, SSA chorus, and full orchestra | 42' | OUP |
| Te Deum and Benedictus | unison voices or SATB and organ/harmonium/piano | OUP | ||
| Te Deum in G | SATB, opt. congregation, and organ/orchestra/strings and organ or piano | 7' | OUP | |
| Three Children’s Songs | arr. Foster | children’s chorus and piano or string orchestra | 6' | OUP |
| Three Choral Hymns | baritone/tenor, SATB chorus and orchestra | 12' | Faber * | |
| Three Choral Hymns | SATB chorus and organ/piano | 12' | Faber * | |
| Three Gaelic Songs | traditional arr. RVW | SATB | 5'15 | OUP Archive |
| Three Shakespeare Songs | SATB (with divisions) | 7' | OUP | |
| To the Ploughboy | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | upper voices, with orchestra or strings and piano | 1'30"' | OUP |
| Tobacco’s But an Indian Weed | traditional arr. RVW | TTBB | 1'30"' | OUP Archive |
| Toward the Unknown Region | settings of Whitman arr. Noble | SATB choir and concert band | 14' | Stainer |
| Toward the Unknown Region | settings of Whitman | SATB choir and orchestra | 14' | Stainer |
| Truth Sent from Above, The | from 8 Traditional Carols | SATB or solo/unison and piano | 2'40" | Stainer |
| Truth Sent from Above, The | from 8 Traditional Carols arr. Malin | SSAATTBB | 2'40" | Stainer |
| Truth, The | traditional arr. RVW | SA and piano | 3' | OUP |
| Twelve Traditional Carols from Herefordshire | arr. RVW | SATB or solo/unison and piano | Stainer | |
| Twenty-third Psalm, The | from The Pilgrim's Progress | solo soprano and SATB | 2'36" | OUP Archive |
| Two Carols | SATB | OUP Archive | ||
| Two Chorals from ‘Hodie’ | SATB | 5' | OUP | |
| Two Part Songs | SATB | Faber | ||
| Two Songs of Winter | from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons | unison voices (with descant) and piano | 6'30"' | OUP |
| Vagabond, The | from Songs of Travel | TTBB | 3'30" | B&H |
| Valiant-for-truth | SATB with organ or opt. piano introduction | 6' | OUP | |
| Vaughan Williams for Choirs, Book 1 | arr. Leavitt | SATB | OUP | |
| Vaughan Williams for Choirs, Book 2 | arr. Leavitt | SATB | OUP | |
| Virgin Most Pure, A | traditional arr. RVW | SATB | 3'40" | OUP Archive |
| Vision of Aeroplanes, A | SATB, organ | 10' | OUP | |
| Voice out of the Whirlwind, The | SATB and orchestra | 6' | OUP | |
| Wassail Song | arr. Pierce from 5 English folk songs | TTBB | 3' | Stainer |
| Wassail Song | from 5 English folk songs | SATB | 3' | Stainer |
| Wassail Song | from 5 English folk songs | unison voices, descant, and orchestra | OUP Archive | |
| We’ve Been a While | from Carols for Choirs 1 | SATB and string orchestra | 6' | OUP |
| Wedding Chorus | from In Windsor Forest | SATB, and full orchestra or string orchestra and piano | 4' | OUP |
| Whether Men Do Laugh Or Weep | SATB and piano | 2' | OUP | |
| Willow Song | arr. Pasfield | SSA | 2' | Stainer |
| Willow Song | from 3 Elizabethan Part Songs | SATB | 2' | Stainer |
| Willow-Wood | settings of Dante Gabriel Rosetti | soprano and baritone soloists, SATB choir (ad lib), orchestra | 14' | Stainer |
| Winter is Gone, The | traditional arr. RVW | TTBB or SATB | 1'40" | Wise |
| Yorkshire Wassail Song | from 8 Traditional Carols | SATB unaccompanied, or solo unison and piano | 2'40" | Stainer |
| Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, The | arr.Washburn | congregation part only | 6; | OUP Archive |
| Virgin Most Pure, A | traditional arr. RVW | TBarB | 3'40" | OUP Archive |