EDGAR L. BAINTON

List of Compositions

compiled by Michael Jones

Information provided by:
The Edgar Bainton (UK) Society,
The Studio,
7, Mount Road,
STOURBRIDGE DY8 1HZ, England.

Tel/FAX: 01384 393 706

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EDGAR BAINTON - List of Piano Works

Bainton was a very accomplished pianist in the composer-pianist tradition of his time. He was soloist in his own Concerto Fantasia on several occasions, and his own playing can be heard in surviving archive recordings, particularly the Cello Sonata (John Kennedy/Composer, Columbia LOX 811-2). Unfortunately the published piano solo works, though well-written and effective, are of a lightweight, educational variety, though there are notable exceptions (listed with *). The list below is in chronological order:

(1) VARIATIONS AND FUGUE Op.1 - 5th July 1898

Unpublished: MS in Mitchell Library Collection

(2) AUTUMN IDYLLS Op.4 - October 1900

Unpublished: Whereabouts of MS unknown

(3) TWO PRELUDES - September 1911

Published: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd.

(4) THREE LITTLE SKETCHES - March 20th 1912

Bakawali’s Dance

Silent Noon

After work to play, and then to sleep

MS in British Library Add. MS 54395

Published: Augener, 1913

(5) FROM FAERY (4 Pieces for Piano) - April-May 1912

Puck -

Will o’ the Wisp -

Fairy Lullaby -

Goblin Dance

Published: Augener, 1912

(6) OLD ENGLISH DANCES - July 22nd - August 12th. 1912

Country Dance -

Morris Dance

Published: Augener, 1919

(7) FOUR TONE PICTURES - March-June 1913

Shadowy Woodlands

Still Waters -

Humoresque

Nocturne

Published: Augener, 1915

(8) TWO DANCES - July 9th 1913 -

Redowa (Bohemian Dance) -

Strathspey -

Published: Augener, 1922 -

NB: There was originally a Minuet (written July 8th.), making this work "Three Dances" but the former is no longer extant.

*(9) CAPRICCIO IN G MINOR - July 5th 1919

Published: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd. 1920

(10) LITTLE PICTURES FROM HOLLAND - October 13th 1919

Published: Augener, 1920

(11) "BY WAVE AND SHORE" (5 Pieces for Piano) - May 3rd 1920

Published: Anglo French Co. 1920

(12) THE MAKING OF A NIGHTINGALE - May 9th 1921

Unpublished: MS in Mitchell Library Collection

(13) GARDENS OF THE SEA - May 10th 1921

Published: Edward Arnold, 1924

*(14) WHITE HYACINTH - May 11th-16th 1921

Published: Oxford University Press, 1925

(15) WILD FLOWERS (6 Little Piano Pieces) - Sept. 19-20th 1921

Anglo-French Co.Ltd, 1922

(16) THE WHITE PATHWAY - November 28th ‘22

The Fairy Javelin of Midir -

The White Procession

Where Rainbows Bloom

Published: Elkin and Co. 1923

(17) FROM A JEWEL BOX (5 Piano Pieces) - May 29th. 1923

Published: J.B. Cramer and Co.

(18) BLOSSOM - TIME - June 11th 1924

Published: Leonard Gould, 1925

(19) CLANS OF AIR AND WATER - 1924

The Evening Cloud

The Rivulet -

The Linnet’s Song

The Lake -

Clans of the Air

Published: Edward Arnold and Co. 1924

(20) THE ISLE OF ENCHANTMENT (2 Piano Pieces) - June 15th 1926

Published: J.B.Cramer and Co.

(21) "WILLOWS" - July 12th 1927

Unpublished: MS in Mitchell Library Collection

(22) "DEUX MORCEAUX" - 1927?

The Pool of Rushes -

The Enchanted Woods

(Published: Leonard Gould, 1927)

(23) GAMMER’S GARLAND (5 Pieces for Piano, elementary) January 24th ‘28

Published: Joseph Williams, 1928

(24) GAVOTTE AND MUSETTE - March 14th 1928

Published: Leonard Gould, 1930

(25) "MAGIC" (5 Pieces for Piano) - July 3rd 1931

Published: Augener

(26) "FROM TROPIC SEAS" - 1932?

Flying Fish

The Isle of Palms and Spices -

The Midnight Moon

Over the Murmurous Soft Hawaiian Sea

The Merry Porpoise

Published: Joseph Williams, 1932

(27) "FOREST VOICES" - c.1938?

Elves of Spring

The Moonflower -

The Jacaranda

Published: Joseph Williams, 1935

*(28) "VISIONS" - 1945

Published: Allan’s of Melbourne, 1951

 

PIANO DUET:

(29) A MINIATURE SUITE - June 19th. 1922

Minuet

Barcarolle -

English Dance

Published: Anglo-French Co.Ltd, 1922

Recorded: Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow on ALBANY TROY no.7

 

APPENDIX:

The list of works in Helen Bainton’s biography of her father ‘Remembered on Waking’ (Currawong Press, Sydney, 1960) adds the following extra piano pieces, which so far remain untraced:

APRIL SUN AND SHOWERS

JANUARY - THE SONG OF THE ROBIN: both Oxford University Press

 

Publishers listed within:

AUGENER: JOSEPH WILLIAMS: both co: STAINER AND BELL EDWARD ARNOLD: co/: MUSIC SALES ANGLO-FRENCH: co: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LEONARD GOULD: co: BANKS MUSIC ARCHIVE SERVICE J.B.CRAMER: CRAMER MUSIC, 23 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9AX (Tel. 020 7240 1612, FAX 020 7240 2639). ALLAN’S: Allan and Co. Pty, Ltd. 276 Collins St. Melbourne.

 

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