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

1943-46

Army Educational Corps, Gibraltar

  • Sonata for cello and piano in G minor TMM 1944
  • Nocturne for piano TMM 1944
  • 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' (Wilfred Owen) for chorus and orchestra TMM 1944
  • Music for Hiroshima for double string orchestra TMM 1945
  • Sonata for piano in E minor TMM 1945
  • Overture for large orchestra: Gibraltar TMM 1945

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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