Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone

1941-43

The Jaypees / Army Educational Corps, England

  • Prelude and Fugue for organ: Ipswich TMM 1941
  • Hispanics: for violin and piano TMM 1941
  • Song of a Northern City for piano TMM 1942
  • 'Everyone suddenly burst out singing' (Siegfried Sassoon) for voices and piano TMM 1942
  • Nelson: suite for piano (one eye, one arm, one --) TMM 1942
  • Sonata for piano in E major TMM 1943 / Sonata (piano) CC 1946 /LW
  • Reveille Stomp for large dance orchestra TMM 1943
  • An Afternoon on the Phone (arrangement for six-piece dance orchestra of Debussy's Prélude à 'l'après-midi d'un faune') [1943]
  • Purple and Gold: march for military band TMM 1943
  • Retreat music for flutes and drums TMM 1943
  • Symphony in A minor (abandoned) TMM 1943
  • Prelude and Fugue for organ: Calpe TMM 1943

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

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