Peter Warlock was the pseudonym adopted by the British composer and music scholar Philip Arnold Heseltine (1894–1930). He wrote over a hundred songs, a number of choral works and a small number of instrumental pieces. His general style has been summarised by his biographer Barry Smith as "an idiosyncratic harmonic language that comprise an unusual mixture of Edwardiana, Delius, Van Dieren, Elizabethan and folk music, features that give his music a strongly personal voice". In addition to his own compositions he made transcriptions of Elizabethan and Jacobean vocal solo, choral, and instrumental works, and prepared an edition of Henry Purcell's string fantasias.
For choral works the acronym "SATB" (Soprano-Alto-Tenor-Bass) has been used to indicate the voice composition of the work. Divisions of individual voice parts are indicated by "SSAA..." etc.
| 1. SONGS (with pianoforte accompaniment) | |||||
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| Year | Title/First line | Words by | Vocal/choral forces |
Instrumental forces | Notes |
| 1911 | The Wind from the West | Ella Young | |||
| 1911 | A Lake and a Fairy Boat | Thomas Hood | |||
| 1911 | Music, when soft voices die | Percy Bysshe Shelley | 2 versions | ||
| 1915 | The Everlasting Voices | W. B. Yeats | |||
| 1916 | The Cloths of Heaven | W. B. Yeats | Revised 1919 | ||
| 1916–17 | Saudades: 1. Along the Stream | Li Po | |||
| 1916–17 | Saudades: 2. Take, O take those lips away | William Shakespeare | |||
| 1916–17 | Saudades: 3. Heraclitus | Callimachus | |||
| 1917 | The Water Lily | Robert Nichols | |||
| 1917 | I asked a thief to steal me a peach | William Blake | 2 versions | ||
| 1918 | Bright is the ring of words | Robert Louis Stevenson | |||
| 1918 | To the Memory of a Great Singer | Robert Louis Stevenson | Revised 1922 | ||
| 1918 | Take, O take those lips away | William Shakespeare | 2nd setting | ||
| 1918 | As ever I saw | ||||
| 1918 | My gostly fader | Charles, Duke of Orleans | |||
| 1918 | The bayley berith the bell away | ||||
| 1918 | Whenas the rye | George Peele | |||
| ?1918 | Dedication | Philip Sydney | |||
| ?1918–19 | Love for Love | ||||
| ?1918–19 | My sweet little darling | ||||
| ?1918–19 | Sweet Content | Thomas Dekker | |||
| ?1919 | Balulalow | Martin Luther (scottish translation of "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her," in the 1567 second edition of The Gude and Godlie Ballatis) |
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| 1919 | Mourne no Moe | John Fletcher | |||
| 1919 | Romance | Robert Louis Stevenson | |||
| ?1919 | There is a Lady | ||||
| 1920 | Play Acting | ||||
| 1921 | Captain Stratton's Fancy | John Masefield | |||
| 1921 | Mr Belloc's Fancy | J. C. Squire | 2 versions | ||
| 1921–22 | Late Summer | Edward Shanks | |||
| 1922 | Good Ale | ||||
| 1922 | Hey troly loly lo | ||||
| 1922 | The Bachelor | ||||
| 1922 | Piggesnie | ||||
| 1922 | Little Trotty Wagtail | John Clare | |||
| 1922 | The Singer | Edward Shanks | |||
| 1922 | Adam lay ybounden | ||||
| 1922 | Rest sweet nymphs | ||||
| 1922 | Sleep | John Fletcher | |||
| 1922 | Tyrley Tyrlow | ||||
| 1922 | Lillygay: The Distracted Maid; Johnny wi' the Tye; The Shoemaker; Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane; Rantum Tantum | V. B. Neuburg | |||
| 1922 | Peterisms, set I: Chopcherry | George Peele | |||
| 1922 | Peterisms, set I: A Sad Song | John Fletcher | |||
| 1922 | Peterisms, set I: Rutterkin | John Skelton | |||
| 1922–23 | Peterisms, set II: Roister Doister | N. Udall | |||
| 1922–23 | Peterisms, set II: Spring | Thomas Nashe | |||
| 1922–23 | Peterisms, set II:Lusty Juventus | Robert Wever | |||
| 1922 | In an arbour green | ||||
| 1922 | Autumn Twilight | Arthur Symons | |||
| 1923 | Milkmaids | John Smith | |||
| 1923 | Candlelight (12 nursery rhymes) | ||||
| 1923 | Jenny Gray | ||||
| 1923 | I held love's head | Robert Herrick | |||
| 1923 | Thou gav'st me leave to kiss | Robert Herrick | |||
| 1923 | Consider | Ford Madox Ford | |||
| 1924 | Twelve Oxen | ||||
| 1924 | The Toper's Song | ||||
| 1924 | Sweet and Twenty | William Shakespeare | |||
| 1924 | Peter Warlock's Fancy | ||||
| 1924 | Yarmouth Fair | H. Collins | |||
| 1924 | I have a garden | Thomas Moore | Revised from 1910 | ||
| 1925 | Chanson du jour de Noel | Clément Marot | |||
| 1925 | Pretty Ring Time | William Shakespeare | |||
| 1925 | A Prayer to St Anthony | Arthur Symons | |||
| 1925 | The Sick Heart | Arthur Symons | |||
| 1926 | The Countryman | J. Chalkhill | |||
| 1926 | Maltworms | W. Stevenson | With E. J. Moeran | ||
| 1926 | The Birds | Hilaire Belloc | |||
| 1926 | Robin Goodfellow | ||||
| 1926 | Jillian of Berry | Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher | |||
| 1926 | Away to Twiver | ||||
| 1926 | Fair and True | Nicholas Breton | |||
| 1927 | Ha'nacker Mill | Hilaire Belloc | |||
| 1927 | The Night | Hilaire Belloc | |||
| 1927 | My Own Country | Hilaire Belloc | |||
| 1927 | The First Mercy | Bruce Blunt | |||
| 1927 | The Lover's Maze | Thomas Campion | |||
| 1927 | Cradle Song | John Phillip | |||
| 1927 | Sigh no more ladies | William Shakespeare | |||
| 1927 | Walking the Woods | ||||
| 1927 | Mockery | William Shakespeare | |||
| 1927 | The Jolly Shepherd | ||||
| 1928 | Queen Anne | ||||
| 1928 | Passing by | ||||
| 1928 | The Passionate Shepherd | Christopher Marlowe | Seven Songs of Summer No. 1 | ||
| 1928 | The Contented Lover | trans J. Mabbe | Seven Songs of Summer No. 2 | ||
| 1928 | Youth | Robert Wever | Seven Songs of Summer No. 3 | ||
| 1928 | The Sweet o' the Year | William Shakespeare | Seven Songs of Summer No. 4 | ||
| 1928 | Tom Tyler | Seven Songs of Summer No. 5 | |||
| 1928 | Elore Lo | Seven Songs of Summer No. 6 | |||
| 1928 | The Droll Lover | Seven Songs of Summer No. 7 | |||
| 1928 | And wilt thou leave me thus? | Thomas Wyatt | |||
| 1928 | The Cricketers of Hambledon | Bruce Blunt | First performed by The Hambledon Band on 1 Jan 1929 at a charity cricket match at Broadhalfpenny Down. | ||
| 1928 | Fill the Cup, Philip | ||||
| 1929 | The Frostbound Wood | Bruce Blunt | |||
| 1930 | After Two Years | Richard Aldington | |||
| 1930 | The Fox | Bruce Blunt | |||
| 1930 | Bethlehem Down | Bruce Blunt | Revision of 1927 choral version | ||
| 2. CHORAL WORKS (unaccompanied unless specified) | |||||
| Year | Title/First line | Words by | Vocal/choral forces |
Instrumental forces | Notes |
| 1916 | The Full Heart | Robert Nichols | Soprano solo SSAATTBB chorus |
Revised 1921 | |
| 1918 | As Dewe in Aprylle, | SSAATBB chorus | |||
| 1918 | Benedicamus Domino | SSAATTBB chorus | |||
| 1918 | Cornish Christmas Carol | Henry Jenner | SSAATTBB chorus | ||
| 1918 | Kanow Kernow | Henry Jenner | SSAATB chorus | ||
| 1919 | Corpus Christi | Alto and tenor solos SSAATBB chorus |
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| 1923 | Tyrley Tyrlow (carol) | SATB chorus | Orchestra | ||
| 1923 | Balulalow (carol) | Soprano solo SATB chorus |
String orchestra | ||
| 1923 | The Sycamore Tree (carol) | SATB chorus | Orchestra | ||
| 1925 | One More River | Baritone solo TTBB chorus |
Pianoforte | ||
| 1925 | The Lady's Birthday | Baritone solo ATTB chorus |
Pianoforte | ||
| 1925 | The Spring of the Year | Allan Cunningham | SATB chorus | ||
| 1923–25 | Dirge: All the flowers of spring | John Webster | SSAATTBB chorus | ||
| 1923–25 | Dirge: Call for the Robin Redbreast | John Webster | SSAA chorus | ||
| 1923–25 | Dirge: The Shrouding of the Duchess of Malfi | John Webster | TTBB chorus | ||
| 1927 | Bethlehem Down | Bruce Blunt | SATB chorus | Song version 1930 | |
| 1927 | I saw a fair maiden | SATTB chorus | |||
| 1927 | What Cheer? Good Cheer! | Unison chorus | |||
| 1927 | Where Riches is Everlastingly | SATB soli Unison chorus |
Organ | ||
| 1928 | The Rich Cavalcade | Frank Kendon | SATB chorus | ||
| 1928 | The First Mercy | Bruce Blunt | SSA chorus | Pianoforte | Arrangement of 1927 song |
| 1928 | The bayley berith the bell away | Two voices | Pianoforte | Arrangement of 1927 song | |
| 1929 | The Five Lesser Joys of Mary | D. L. Kelleher | Unison chorus | Organ | |
| 1930 | Carillon Carilla | Hilaire Belloc | SATB chorus | Organ | |
| 3. VOCAL with Chamber accompaniment | |||||
| Year | Title/First line | Words by | Vocal/choral forces |
Instrumental forces | Notes |
| 1919 | My lady is a pretty one | Solo voice | String quartet | ||
| 1920–22 | The Curlew | W.B. Yeats | Tenor solo | Flute, Cor Anglais, String quartet | Cycle of four songs |
| 1927 | Corpus Christi | Soprano and baritone voices | String quartet | Revision of 1919 choral version | |
| 1926–27 | Sorrow's Lullaby | Thomas Lovell Beddoes | Soprano and baritone voices | String quartet | |
| 1927 | My little sweet darling | Solo voice | String quartet | Unpublished revision of 1919 song | |
| 1930 | The Fairest May | Solo voice | String quartet | Revision of 1922 song | |
| Undated | Pretty Ring Time | William Shakespeare | Unpublished revision of 1925 song | ||
| 4. INSTRUMENTAL WORKS | |||||
| Year | Title/First line | Words by | Vocal/choral forces |
Instrumental forces | Notes |
| 1916–17 | Four Codpieces | Pianoforte | |||
| 1917 | A Chinese Ballet | Pianoforte | Unpublished | ||
| 1917 | An Old Song | Small orchestra | |||
| 1917 | The Old Codger | Pianoforte | Unpub. parody on Franck's D minor Symphony | ||
| 1918 | Folk Song Preludes | Pianoforte | |||
| 1921–22 | Serenade | String Orchestra | |||
| 1926 | Capriol Suite | Piano duet or string orchestra or full orchestra | |||
| Undated | Row well ye Mariners | Pianoforte | Unpublished | ||
References
- Smith, Barry. "Heseltine, Philip Arnold". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition. Retrieved 30 July 2012. (subscription required)
- Smith, Barry. "Warlock, Peter [Heseltine, Philip (Arnold)]". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 30 July 2012. (subscription required)
- ^ "Peter Warlock: Works". The Peter Warlock Society. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- Programme for charity cricket match, Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon, 1 Jan 1929.
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