1917-37 Juvenilia

• * Nocturne for Oboe and Piano 1932 (rewritten from memory in 1987)
• Dead March for full orchestra TMM 1934
• 'In pious times ere priestcraft did begin' for male voices TMM 1934
• Trio for flute, oboe and bassoon TMM 1934
• Albumblatt for small orchestra TMM 1934
• Songs for voices and piano from T.S. Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes TMM 1935
• 'Complaint, complaint I heard upon a day' (from Ezra Pound's Cantos) for SATB unaccompanied TTM 1936
• String Quartet in G major TMM 1936
• Symphony (no. 1) in E major CC 1937 / TMM 1935
• 'Cabbage Face', song for a vaudeville skit 1937 / LW

Notes

Works that are not asterisked no longer exist or their location is unknown. Most of these are mentioned by Burgess himself in his writings.

TMM = This Man and Music; CC = Contemporary Composers; LW = Little Wilson and Big God; VB = A Vision of Battlements

Musical scores exist of the works that are asterisked. All of these are located at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, unless otherwise indicated. Locations are indicated within { } brackets.

{private} = manuscript is in a private collection or owned by an individual

Dates of composition, where given, are the dates signed by Burgess on the manuscript.

Dates in brackets are not signed on the manuscript by Burgess but are otherwise known or estimated.

n.d. = no date

Paul Phillips, May 5th 2004