List of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams


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"The following is a list, as complete as possible, of all Vaughan Williams's compositions and arrangements in a creative period lasting eighty years from the age of six to his death within seven weeks of his eighty-sixth birthday."
―Michael Kennedy, A Catalogue of the Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1982)

The [Work No.] column is a catalogue used for the sole purpose of this list. It serves as a simple way of identifying Vaughan Williams's works.

I-Cat. Title Instrumentation Key Date Genre Notes
The Robin's Nest pf 1878 pieces
Overture to 'The Major' pf 1882 overtures from a musical exercise book
Piano Sonata pf F major 1882 sonatas unfinished ;
from a musical exercise book
Chant du matin 1882 songs from a musical exercise book
Overture to the 'Ram Opera' 1882 overtures from a musical exercise book
How Doth the Little Busy Bee 1882 songs from a musical exercise book
Sonata in Three Movements pf 1882 sonatas marked "Op.4" ;
from a musical exercise book
Overture to 'The Galoshes of Happienes' [sic] str[2.1.2.0] perc 1882 overtures from a musical exercise book
Chorale 1882 chorales Op.9 ;
from a musical exercise book
Grand March des bramas 1882 marches Op.10 ;
from a musical exercise book
Song ("Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere") 1882 songs from a musical exercise book
Sketches for a Nativity Scene 1882 sketches from a musical exercise book
Piano Trio vn vc pf G major 1888 trios
Kyries (3) 1889 kyrie
Sonatina E major 1890 sonatinas
Organ Overture org 1890 overtures
Finale of a String Quartet 2vn va vc 1891 finales
Music, When Soft Voices Die 2ten 2bar 1891 songs
Tunes 'For a Ballet' 1891 pieces
Theme with Variation pf 1891 variations
Versions of a Gloria in excelsis 1891 gloria co-authored with Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Anthem ("And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write: From henceforth blessed are the dead") ten chorus 1891 anthems