The following information is given for each work, when available:
Op. | H. | Title | Classification | Instrumentation | Year | Notes |
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— | 31 | A Winter Idyll | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1897 | |
7 | 42 | Walt Whitman | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1899 | |
10 | 43 | Suite de Ballet in E-flat major | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1899 | Originally Op. 8 |
8 | 47 | The Cotswolds: Symphony in F major | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1899-1900 | Originally Op. 10 |
13 | 66 | Indra | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1903 | Holst's first piece based on Sanskrit texts |
21.1 | 86 | Songs of the West | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1906/1907 | |
21.2 | 87 | A Somerset Rhapsody | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1906/1907 | |
29.1 | 107 | Beni Mora | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1909-1910 | Before publishing, the piece was also known as Oriental Suite and Suite in E minor |
— | 108 | Phantastes | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1911 | Originally Op. 29.2 Originally titled Fantastic Suite |
32 | 125 | The Planets | Orchestra (Full) | orch ch[SSSSAAAA] | 1914-1916 | |
33 | 126 | Japanese Suite | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1915 | All of the themes except the Marionette Dance were supplied to Holst by the Japanese dancer Michio Ito |
40.1 | 151 | A Fugal Overture | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1922 | Intended to be used as the overture to The Perfect Fool if it was needed |
47 | 172 | Egdon Heath | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1927 | Originally listed as Op. 47.1 despite the absence of an Op. 47.2 |
— | 192 | Scherzo | Orchestra (Full) | orch | 1933-1934 | Holst's last work Originally intended to be the movement of a symphony |
— | 41 | Suite in G minor | Orchestra (Chamber) | str | 1898 | Missing |
22 | 88 | Two Songs without Words | Orchestra (Chamber) | 2fl ob 2cl 2bn 2hn str | 1906 | No. 2, Marching Song, later arranged for military band |
29.2 | 118 | St. Paul's Suite | Orchestra (Chamber) | str | 1912-1913 | Unrelated to Op. 29.1, Beni Mora Woodwind parts were also used in the premiere but have since fallen out of use |
— | 190 | Brook Green Suite | Orchestra (Chamber) | str (fl ob cl) | 1933 | |
— | 190A | Gavotte | Orchestra (Chamber) | str (fl ob cl) | 1933 | Originally intended to be the second movement of Brook Green Suite |
19.1 | 74 | A Song of the Night | Orchestra (with Solo) | vn orch | 1905 | |
19.2 | 75 | Invocation | Orchestra (with Solo) | vc orch | 1911 | Originally titled A Song of the Evening |
40.2 | 152 | A Fugal Concerto | Orchestra (with Solo) | fl+ob/(2vn) str | 1923 | |
49 | 175 | Double Concerto | Orchestra (with Solo) | 2vn orch | 1929 | |
— | 191 | Lyric Movement | Orchestra (with Solo) | va fl ob cl bsn str | 1933 | |
28.1 | 105 | First Suite in E-flat major | Band (Military) | ww br perc | 1909 | |
28.2 | 106 | Second Suite in F major | Band (Military) | ww br perc | 1911 | |
— | 106A | Three Folk Tunes | Band (Military) | ww br perc | unknown | |
52 | 178 | Hammersmith | Band (Military) | ww br perc | 1930 | Arranged for orchestra in 1931 |
— | 173 | A Moorside Suite | Band (Brass) | br | 1928 | Commissioned for the British National Brass Band Festival championship of 1928 |
— | 185 | Jazz-band Piece | Orchestra (Jazz) | orch | 1932 | Later arranged for performance without saxophones by Imogen Holst, re-titled Capriccio |
2 | 8 | Fantasiestücke | Chamber | ob str[2.1.1.0] | 1896 | Incomplete |
2 | 8A | Three Pieces | Chamber | ob str[2.1.1.0] | 1910 | Reworked version of H. 8 |
— | 9 | Variations | Chamber | ob cl bn vn va vc | 1896 | |
— | 10 | Sextet in E minor | Chamber | ob cl bn vn va vc | unknown | Reworked version of H. 9 |
3 | 11 | Quintet in A minor | Chamber | pf ob cl hn bn | 1896 | |
— | 23 | Scherzo for string sextet | Chamber | str[2.2.2.0] | 1897 | |
— | 51 | Lied ohne Worte | Chamber | vn pf | unknown | |
— | 52 | A Spring Song | Chamber | vn/vc pf | unknown | |
— | 53 | Ländler | Chamber | 2vn pf | unknown | |
— | 54 | Greeting | Chamber | vn pf | unknown | Arranged for chamber orchestra in 1904 |
— | 55 | Maya | Chamber | vn pf | unknown | |
— | 56 | Valse-Etude | Chamber | vn pf | unknown | |
14 | 67 | Quintet in A-flat major | Chamber | fl ob cl hn bn | 1903 | |
— | 93 | Seven Scottish Airs | Chamber | pf str | 1907 | |
— | 135 | Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs | Chamber | str[2.1.1.0] | 1916 | Originally Op. 36 |
— | 158 | Terzetto | Chamber | fl ob va | 1925 | |
— | 5 | Two Dances for piano duet | Piano | 2pf | 1895 | |
— | 6 | Duet in D major | Piano | 2pf | unknown | Missing |
— | 50 | Deux Pièces | Piano | pf | unknown | |
— | 153 | Toccata | Piano | pf | 1924 | |
— | 154 | A Piece for Yvonne | Piano | pf | 1924 | |
46.1 | 165 | Chrissemas Day in the morning | Piano | pf | 1926 | |
46.2 | 166 | Two Folk Song Fragments | Piano | pf | 1927 | |
— | 179 | Two Pieces for piano | Piano | pf | 1930/1932 | |
1 | 7 | The Revoke | Opera | v[SCaTBaB] orch | 1895 | |
— | 21 | The Idea | Opera | cch fl ob cl hn str | unknown | |
11 | 60 | The Youth's Choice | Opera | v[SSTBa] orch | 1902 | |
23 | 89 | Sita | Opera | v[SMzMzTBaBaB] SATB TB SA orch | 1900-1906 | |
25 | 96 | Sāvitri | Opera | v[STB] SSAA 2fl eh str[4.2.2.1] | 1908-1909 | |
39 | 150 | The Perfect Fool | Opera | v[vvSSSSCaTBaBBB] orch | 1920-1922 | Opening ballet music often performed separately |
42 | 156 | At the Boar's Head | Opera | v[SMzTTBaBaBaBB] mch[Ba] orch | 1924 | |
50 | 176 | The Wandering Scholar | Opera | v[STBaB] orch | 1929-1930 | |
— | 149 | The Lure | Ballet | orch | 1921 | Also known as The Moth and the Flame |
45.1 | 163 | The Golden Goose | Ballet | ch[SATB] orch | 1926 | |
45.2 | 164 | The Morning of the Year | Ballet | ch[SATB] orch | 1926-1927 | The first work ever commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation music department |
— | 94 | Nabou | Incidental | unknown | unknown | Music for Alice Buckton's Kings in Babylon |
27A | 101 | Masque: The Vision of Dame Christian | Incidental | ch[SSAA] orch | 1909 | |
27B | 102 | Incidental music to the Stepney Children's Pageant | Incidental | unknown | 1909 | |
— | 114 | Incidental music for a London pageant | Incidental | uch ww br perc | unknown | Music for the 1911 Festival of Empire, held at the Crystal Palace for the coronation of King George V |
— | 122 | Philip the King | Incidental | unknown | Missing | Music for a play by John Masefield |
— | 143 | The Sneezing Charm | Incidental | mez orch | 1918 | Music for a play by Clifford Bax |
— | 146 | Seven Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides | Incidental | uch 3fl hp | 1920 | Music for a play put on by the St. Paul's Girls' School Imogen Holst recalls the harp part being played by a string orchestra, but no parts have been discovered |
— | 170 | The Coming of Christ | Incidental | sop ten bar bass ch[SATB] tpt pf+org (str) | 1927 | Music for a mystery play by John Masefield |
— | 180 | Two Chants | Incidental | uch[TB] | 1930 | Music for George Moore's The Passing of the Essenes |
— | 184 | The Bells | Incidental | unknown | 1931 | Music for C. H. Dand's unpublished film of the same name |
5 | 30 | Clear and cool | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SSATB] orch | 1897 | |
17 | 70 | King Estmere | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SATB] orch | 1903 | |
26.1 | 97 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SATB] orch | 1908-1910 | |
— | 109 | Christmas Day | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SATB] orch/org | 1910 | |
30 | 111 | The Cloud Messenger | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SSAATTBB] orch | 1909-1910 | |
— | 117 | Two Psalms | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ten ch[SSAATTBB] str org/br | 1912 | |
— | 133 | Three Carols | Chorus (with Orchestra) | uch orch (org) | unknown | |
36A | 134 | Three Festival Choruses | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SATB] orch | 1916 | Originally titled Three Hymns for Thaxted |
37 | 140 | The Hymn of Jesus | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SATB] ch[SATB] ch[SSA] orch | 1917 | |
38 | 144 | Ode to Death | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SSAATTBB] orch | 1919 | |
— | 145 | Short Festival Te Deum | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SATB] orch | 1919 | |
— | 148 | I vow to thee, my country | Chorus (with Orchestra) | uch orch | unknown | Based on the hymn from Jupiter from The Planets |
41 | 155 | First Choral Symphony | Chorus (with Orchestra) | sop ch[SATB] orch | 1923-1924 | |
51 | 177 | A Choral Fantasia | Chorus (with Orchestra) | sop ch[SATB] br org perc str | 1930 | |
26.2 | 98 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SSSSAA] orch | 1909 | |
— | 103 | O England my country | Chorus (with Orchestra) | uch orch/pf | 1909 | Extracted from Incidental music to the Stepney Children's Pageant |
31.1 | 115 | Hecuba's Lament | Chorus (with Orchestra) | alt ch[SSA] orch | 1911 | |
31.2 | 116 | Hymn to Dionysus | Chorus (with Orchestra) | ch[SSAA] orch | 1913 | |
26.4 | 100 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Fourth Group | Chorus (with Orchestra) | mch[TTBB] str (br) | 1912 | Holst requested that the piece should be played with all of the brass or none at all |
— | 22 | Not unto us, O Lord | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | ch[SATB] org | unknown | |
20B | 82 | 4 Old English Carols | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | ch[SATB] pf | 1907 | Holst's first piece based on medieval texts Also available for high chorus (SSAA) |
— | 85 | Seven Folk Songs | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | uch orch | unknown | |
— | 91 | Two Carols | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | ch[SATB] ob vc | unknown/1916 | |
— | 118A | Playground Song | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | uch pf | unknown | Written for the St. Paul's Girls' School |
— | 167 | Christ hath a garden | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | ch[SATB] fl ob cl str | unknown | |
— | 168 | Man born to toil | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | ch[SATB] org (bell) | 1927 | Written for the 1928 Bath and Wells Diocesan Choral Festival |
— | 169 | Eternal Father | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | sop ch[SATB] org (bell) | 1927 | |
— | 40 | Clouds o'er the summer sky | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | fch[SS] pf | unknown | |
26.3 | 99 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | fch[SSAA] hp | 1910 | No. 4, Hymn of the Travellers, was suggested to be a prelude to Sāvitri by Holst |
— | 102A | A Song of London | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | uch orch/pf | 1909 | Extracted from Incidental music to the Stepney Children's Pageant |
— | 110 | Four Part-Songs | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | cch pf | 1910 | Movements numbered posthumously |
— | 112 | Two Eastern Pictures | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | fch[SSAA] hp/pf | 1911 | |
— | 113 | In loyal bonds united | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | uch pf | 1911 | Originally titled Coronation Song for Novello |
— | 124 | Dirge and Hymeneal | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | fch[SSA] pf | 1915 | Inspiration for Saturn from The Planets |
— | 138 | Two Part-songs for children | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | fch[SS] pf | 1917 | |
— | 139 | A Dream of Christmas | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | fch[SS] pf/str | 1917 | |
44 | 162 | Seven Part-Songs | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | sop fch[SSSSAA] str | 1925/1926 | |
— | 181 | Roadways | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | uch pf | unknown | |
— | 187 | Eight Canons | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | eq pf | 1932 | Nos. 1-6 are a cappella |
— | 121 | A Dirge for Two Veterans | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | mch[TTBB] br perc | 1914 | |
53 | 186 | Six Choruses | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | mch[TTBB] str/org/pf (sop ww br) | 1931/1932 | Movements numbered posthumously |
— | 186A | On the battle which was fought at Fontenoy | Chorus (with Accompaniment) | mch[TTBB] str/org/pf | 1931 | Originally intended for Op. 53 Incomplete |
— | 1 | The autumn is old | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1895 | |
— | 2 | The stars are with the voyager | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SSATB] | unknown/1895 | Later arranged for SATB |
— | 3 | Spring it is cheery | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SMzATBaB] | 1895 | |
— | 4 | O Lady, leave that silken thread | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SMzATBaB] | 1897 | Also arranged for voice and piano |
— | 15 | There's a voice in the wind | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SMzATBaB] | 1896 | |
— | 16 | The Kiss | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1896 | Only the first two pages have survived |
— | 18 | Ah tyrant Love | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 20 | Light leaves whisper | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SMzATBaB] | 1896 | Holst's first work to be performed in public |
9A | 48 | Five Part-Songs | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1897 | No. 3, Autumn Song, also arranged for high chorus (SSAA) |
— | 57 | I love thee | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 58 | Thou didst delight my eyes | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 59 | It was a lover and his lass | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
12 | 61 | Five Part-Songs | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1902 | |
— | 76 | In youth is pleasure | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 78 | Now rest thee from all care | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 127 | Nunc dimittis | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SSAATTBB] | 1915 | |
34.1 | 128 | This have I done for my true love | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1916 | |
34.2 | 129 | Lullay my liking | Chorus (a cappella) | sop/ten ch[SATB] | 1916 | The solo is unassigned, though Holst always performed it with a soprano |
34.3 | 130 | Of one that is so fair and bright | Chorus (a cappella) | sop alt ten bass ch[SATB] | unknown | |
34.4 | 131 | Bring us in good ale | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1916 | |
36B | 136 | Six Choral Folk Songs | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1916 | Also available for low chorus (TTBB), sans No. 2 |
— | 137 | Diverus and Lazarus | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 157 | Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana | Chorus (a cappella) | v ch[SSAATTTBaBaBB] | 1925 | A parody of Kennedy Scott's chorus rehearsals |
43.1 | 159 | The Evening-Watch | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SSAATTBB] | 1924 | Originally planned as a series of motets |
43.2 | 160 | Sing me the men | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SSSAATTBB] | 1925 | Originally planned as a series of motets |
— | 171 | Two Rounds | Chorus (a cappella) | 4v | 1928 | |
— | 182 | Wassail Song | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | unknown | |
— | 183 | Twelve Welsh Folk Songs | Chorus (a cappella) | ch[SATB] | 1930-1931 | Tunes supplied by Herbert Jones |
— | 188 | O Spiritual Pilgrim | Chorus (a cappella) | sop ch[SATB] | 1933 | |
— | 189 | Come live with me | Chorus (a cappella) | 2v | 1933 | |
— | 12 | All night I waited by the spring | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSA] | unknown | |
— | 13 | Three Short Part-Songs | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSA] | 1896 | |
— | 24 | O Spring's little children | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSSA] | 1897 | |
9B | 49 | Ave Maria | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSSSAAAA] | 1900 | Originally included with Op. 9, Five Part-Songs |
20A | 80 | Songs from The Princess | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSSAA] | 1905 | |
— | 81 | Home they brought her warrior dead | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSAA] | 1905 | Originally included in Op. 20A, Songs from 'The Princess' |
— | 92 | Pastoral | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSA] | unknown | |
— | 104 | A Song of Fairies | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSA] | unknown | |
— | 119 | The Swallow leaves her nest | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SSA] | unknown | |
— | 142 | Here is joy for every age | Chorus (a cappella) | fch[SA] | unknown | Alto part reconstructed by memory by Imogen Holst |
— | 120 | The Homecoming | Chorus (a cappella) | mch[TTBB] | 1913 | Intended for the 1914 Morecambe Festival |
— | 73 | Three Hymns for The English Hymnal | Hymns | ch[SATB] | 1904-1905 | |
— | 161 | Four Hymns for Songs of Praise | Hymns | ch[SATB] | 1925 | |
6 | 34 | Örnulf's Drapa | Orchestra (with Solo) | bar orch | 1898 | |
18 | 71 | The Mystic Trumpeter | Orchestra (with Solo) | sop orch | 1904 | |
4 | 14 | Four Songs | Songs | v pf | 1896-1898 | |
— | 17 | Song to the sleeping lady | Songs | v pf | 1897 | Originally intended as part of a set of songs |
— | 19 | The Ballade of Prince Eric | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 25 | A Lake and a fairy boat | Songs | v pf | 1897 | |
— | 26 | Sing Heigh-ho! | Songs | v pf | 1897 | |
— | 27 | Airly Beacon | Songs | v pf | 1897 | |
— | 28 | Twin stars aloft | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 29 | The Day of the Lord | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 32 | Not a sound but echoing in me | Songs | v pf | 1897 | |
— | 33 | Whether we die or we live | Songs | v pf | 1898 | Originally intended as part of a set of songs |
— | 35 | Autumn Song | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 36 | My Joy | Songs | v pf | 1898 | |
— | 37 | Draw not away thy hands | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 38 | I scanned her picture | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 39 | Two Brown Eyes | Songs | v pf | unknown | Missing |
— | 44 | Bhanavar's Lament | Songs | v pf | 1898-1899 | |
— | 45 | Ah, come, fair mistress | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 46 | She who is dear to me | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 62 | A prayer for light | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 63 | Dewy Roses | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 64 | Song of the Woods | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 65 | To a wild rose | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
15 | 68 | Six Songs | Songs | bar pf | 1902-1903 | Not to be confused with Six Songs, Op. 16 |
16 | 69 | Six Songs | Songs | sop pf | 1903-1904 | Not to be confused with Six Songs, Op. 15 |
— | 72 | Darest thou now, O soul | Songs | v pf | unknown | Holst's entry into a personal competition against Ralph Vaughan Williams, which Vaughan Williams won. |
— | 77 | Now sleep and take thy rest | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 79 | To Hope | Songs | v pf | unknown | An adaption of H. 65, To a wild rose |
— | 83 | Folk Songs from Hampshire | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
— | 84 | Nine Folk-Songs | Songs | v pf | unknown | Movements numbered posthumously |
— | 84A | Stu mo run | Songs | v pf | unknown | An arrangement of No. 4 from H. 93, Seven Scottish Airs |
24 | 90 | Hymns from the Rig Veda | Songs | v pf | 1907/1908 | Nos. 4, 5, and 8 also arranged for orchestra |
— | 90A | Ratri | Songs | v pf | 1907 | Originally intended as the last song of the first group of Op. 24, Hymns from the Rig Veda |
— | 95 | The Heart worships | Songs | v pf | 1907 | |
— | 123 | A Vigil of Pentecost | Songs | v pf | unknown | Inspiration for Venus from The Planets |
35 | 132 | Four Songs | Songs | v vn | 1916-1917 | |
— | 141 | May Day Carol | Songs | v 2vn | unknown | |
— | 147 | The Ballad of Hunting Knowe | Songs | v pf | unknown | |
48 | 174 | Twelve Songs | Songs | v pf | 1929 | |
— | 174A | Epilogue | Songs | v pf | 1929 | Originally intended to be part of Op. 48, Twelve Songs |