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Arnold Bax

1883 – 1953 70 years · born in United Kingdom
137 works
143 versions & arrangements
Early 20th century period

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Piano Early 20th century F major
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137 works of Bax on Octoopus, by form.

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Ballades 3 works
GP 219 What the Minstrel Told Us 1919 · 1 version 8 min
GP 345 Rhapsodic Ballad C minor 1939 · 1 version 14 min
GP 181/300 Ballad 1916 · 1 version
Berceuses
GP 224 Lullaby A major 1920 · 1 version
Cantatas
GP 356 To Russia D minor 1944 · 1 version 4 min
Carols 5 works
GP 116 A Christmas Carol 1909 · 1 version
GP 234 Of a Rose I Sing a Song 1920 · 1 version 8 min
GP 246 Mater ora filium G major 1921 · 1 version 10 min
GP 247 Now is the Time of Christymas 1921 · 1 version
GP 263 The Boar's Head 1923 · 1 version
Concertos 3 works
GP 316 Cello Concerto G minor 1932 · 1 version 35 min
GP 342 Violin Concerto 1937 · 1 version 35 min
GP 378 Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) 1949 · 1 version 24 min
Dances 2 works
GP 221 Ceremonial Dance 1929 · 1 version
GP 222 Serpent Dance 1920 · 1 version
Elegies
GP 190 In memoriam (1916) 1917 · 1 version 8 min
Fanfares
GP 244 Fanfare 1921 · 1 version
Fantasias
GP 235 Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra D minor 1920 · 2 versions 20 min
Folksongs 3 works
GP 94 The Enchanted Fiddle 1907 · 1 version
GP 101 The White Peace 1907 · 1 version
GP 132 To Eire 1910 · 1 version
Hymns
GP 128 Rosc-catha 1910 · 1 version 11 min
Incidental music 2 works
GP 220 The Truth About the Russian Dancers 1920 · 1 version 25 min
GP 347 Malta, G.C. 1942 · 1 version
Interludes
GP 261 Lyrical Interlude 1922 · 1 version
Intermezzos
GP 176 Dream in Exile E minor 1916 · 1 version 10 min
Masses
GP 363 Gloria 1945 · 1 version
Motets
GP 254 This Worldes Joie 1922 · 1 version 7 min
Nocturnes
GP 161 The Princess's Rose Garden F♯ major 1915 · 2 versions
Nonets
GP 302 Nonet F major 1930 · 1 version 15 min
Overtures 3 works
GP 277 Romantic Overture 1926 · 1 version 12 min
GP 305 Overture to a Picaresque Comedy 1930 · 1 version 11 min
GP 339 Overture to Adventure 1936 · 1 version 10 min
Passacaglias
GP 294 Paean 1928 · 1 version
Quartets 2 works
GP 199 String Quartet No.1 1918 · 1 version
GP 271 String Quartet No.2 1925 · 1 version 30 min
Quintets 4 works
GP 167 Piano Quintet G minor 1915 · 1 version 45 min
GP 214 Quintet for Harp and Strings 1919 · 1 version 15 min
GP 258 Oboe Quintet 1922 · 1 version
GP 319 String Quintet 1933 · 1 version
Romances
GP 206 A Romance 1918 · 1 version 5 min
Sacred cantatas 2 works
GP 264 To the Name Above Every Name 1923 · 1 version 20 min
GP 267 St. Patrick's Breastplate E♭ major 1923 · 1 version 15 min
Sacred choruses
GP 360 Nunc dimittis 1944 · 1 version
Sacred hymns
GP 306 Lord, Thou Hast Told Us 1930 · 1 version
Scherzos
GP 336 Threnody and Scherzo 1936 · 1 version 18 min
Secular choruses 3 works
GP 129 Enchanted Summer A major 1910 · 1 version 30 min
GP 278 Walsinghame 1926 · 1 version 17 min
Op.5 (first version) Fatherland, GP 92 1907 · 1 version
Sonatas 11 works
GP 127 Piano Sonata No.1 F♯ minor 1910 · 1 version
GP 251 Viola Sonata G major 1922 · 1 version 25 min
GP 265 Cello Sonata 1923 · 1 version 32 min
GP 279 Piano Sonata No.3 G♯ minor 1926 · 1 version 27 min
GP 284 Fantasy Sonata 1927 · 1 version 24 min
GP 298 Sonata for 2 Pianos E major 1929 · 1 version 20 min
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GP 318 Piano Sonata No.4 G major 1932 · 1 version
GP 352 Legend-Sonata F♯ minor 1943 · 1 version 24 min
GP 124, 166, 236, 361 Violin Sonata No.1 E major 1910 · 1 version
GP 171/248 Violin Sonata No.2 D minor 1915 · 1 version
GP 217/225 Piano Sonata No.2 G major 1919 · 1 version
Songs 25 works
GP 63 A Celtic Song Cycle 1904 · 1 version
GP 97 The Flute 1907 · 1 version
GP 100 A Milking Sian 1907 · 1 version 3 min
GP 109 Shieling Song 1908 · 1 version 5 min
GP 117 Aspiration 1909 · 1 version
GP 160 The Bard of the Dimbovitza 1914 · 1 version 35 min
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GP 185 Parting 1916 · 1 version
GP 196 3 Enfantines 1918 · 1 version
GP 208 Youth 1918 · 1 version
GP 238 5 Irish Songs 1921 · 1 version
GP 252 3 Irish Songs 1922 · 1 version
GP 262 The Market Girl 1 version
GP 268 I Heard a Soldier 1924 · 1 version
GP 272 Carrey Clavel 1925 · 1 version
GP 273 Eternity 1925 · 1 version
GP 281 In the Morning 1926 · 1 version
GP 282 On the Bridge 1926 · 1 version
GP 283 Out and Away 1926 · 1 version
GP 332 The Morning Watch 1935 · 1 version
GP 369 Morning Song 1946 · 1 version 8 min
GP 386 What Is It Like to Be Young and Fair? 1953 · 1 version
from GP 158? Roundel 1914 · 1 version
Golden Guendolen 1905 · 1 version
The Fairies, GP 73 1905 · 1 version
The Song in the Twilight 1905 · 1 version
Suites
GP 362 Suite On the Name Gabriel Fauré 1945 · 1 version
Symphonic poems 7 works
GP 175 The Garden of Fand 1913 · 1 version 17 min
GP 180 Moy Mell F major 1916 · 1 version
GP 191 November Woods G minor 1917 · 1 version 18 min
GP 213 Tintagel B major 1917 · 1 version 14 min
GP 243 Summer Music 1921 · 1 version 10 min
GP 114/245 In the Faery Hills 1909 · 1 version
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GP 157 (piano version) / GP 260 (orchestration) The Happy Forest, GP 157/260 1914 · 1 version 10 min
Symphonies 8 works
GP 153 Spring Fire A minor 1912 · 1 version 31 min
GP 256 Symphony No.1 E♭ minor 1922 · 1 version
GP 276 Symphony No.2 1926 · 1 version 36 min
GP 297 Symphony No.3 1929 · 1 version 45 min
GP 307 Symphony No.4 E♭ major 1930 · 1 version 40 min
GP 313 Symphony No.5 1932 · 1 version
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GP 331 Symphony No.6 1934 · 1 version 35 min
GP 344 Symphony No.7 1939 · 1 version 45 min
Te Deum
GP 359 Te Deum 1944 · 1 version 10 min
Toccatas
GP 155 Toccata D♭ major 1913 · 1 version 6 min
Trios 3 works
GP 178 Elegiac Trio 1916 · 1 version
GP 367 Piano Trio in B-flat major B♭ major 1946 · 1 version 22 min
Op. 4 Trio in One Movement, GP 87 E major 1906 · 1 version 25 h 20
Variations 3 works
GP 172 A Mountain Mood C major 1915 · 1 version 5 min
GP 210 Symphonic Variations 1918 · 1 version 50 min
GP 365 O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies 1945 · 1 version
Vespers
GP 86 Magnificat 1906 · 1 version
Waltzes
GP 125 Concert Valse 1910 · 1 version
Other works 26 works
GP 146 2 Russian Tone-Pictures 1912 · 1 version
GP 162 In a Vodka Shop G major 1915 · 2 versions 3 min
GP 163 The Maiden with the Daffodil 1915 · 1 version
GP 165 Legend 1915 · 1 version
GP 168 Apple-Blossom-Time G major 1915 · 1 version 3 min
GP 169 Sleepy Head A♭ major 1915 · 1 version
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GP 173 Winter Waters F minor 1915 · 2 versions 7 min
GP 177 Nereid B major 1916 · 1 version 5 min
GP 198 Folk-Tale G minor 1918 · 1 version 9 min
GP 203 Green Grow the Rashes O! 1918 · 1 version
GP 205 On a May Evening 1918 · 1 version
GP 216 Whirligig C major 1919 · 1 version
GP 218 The Slave Girl 1914 · 1 version
GP 223 Water Music 1929 · 1 version 5 min
GP 229 Burlesque F major 1920 · 2 versions
GP 230 Country Tune A major 1920 · 1 version
GP 232 A Hill Tune B♭ major 1920 · 1 version 4 min
GP 287 Hardanger 1927 · 1 version
GP 293 The Devil that Tempted St. Anthony 1928 · 1 version
GP 296 The Poisoned Fountain 1928 · 1 version 4 min
GP 299 Legend 1929 · 1 version 10 min
GP 303 Winter Legends 1929 · 1 version 40 min
GP 310 The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew E♭ minor 1931 · 1 version 17 min
GP 311 Red Autumn 1931 · 1 version
GP 375 2 Lyrical Pieces 1948 · 1 version
GP 233 (piano) Mediterranean, GP 233/257 1920 · 2 versions

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