Arthur Wills - Catalogue

Liturgical Choral Catalogue

1958.1. Short Holy Communion Service for ATB unaccompanied (Novello/Fagus-Music.com).
1959.1. Missa Eliensis (Novello).
1959.2. Evening Service for ATB (Novello).
1960.1. Two Latin motets for Trebles (1) Ave verum corpus (2) O quam gloriosum (Novello).
1960.2. Missa Brevis; unison voices (Novello).
1961.1. Short Holy Communion Service (Missa Passionis Christi) (Novello/Ely Cathedral Shop).
1961.2. Let this mind be in you (Novello).
1962.1. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: a Wedding Anthem for Trebles or SATB (Novello).
1962.2. Evening Service in D (Novello).
1962.3. Noah's flood (Unpublished).
1962.4. The zeal of Thy house - Incidental music to the Dorothy L. Sayers play. (Unpublished).
1963. O praise God in his holiness (Novello).
1964.1. Two Introits Novello).
1964.2. Behold now, praise the Lord (RSCM).
1964.3. The Praises of the Trinity (Novello).
1964.4. Sing a new song to the Lord (Psalm 98) (Novello: instrumental parts composer's copyright).
1965.1. Let God arise (Novello).
1965.2. Jubilate Deo (Novello).
1965.3. Two anthems for ATB: (1) By the waters of Babylon (2) Their sound is gone out (Novello).
1965.4. Three Carols (Novello).
1965.5. The Christ Child lay on Mary's lap for Trebles (Novello).
1965.6. Out of the deep have I called: for Unison voices (Novello).
1966.1. O praise the Lord of heaven: for three-part Trebles (Novello).
1966.2. Preces and Responses for St. Peter's, Wisbech (Novello).
1967.1. O praise the lord, all ye heathen (Novello).
1967.2. The Carol of King Canute (Novello).
1967.3. Te Deum for unison voices (Novello).
1968.1. Congregational Communion Service for unison voices (Fagus-Music.com).
1968.2. Evening Service for trebles (shop.office@cathedral.ely.anglican.org).
1969.1. Three Responsorial Psalms (Psalms of Celebration) (RSCM).
1969.1. Procession upon Easter Day at Evensong (E.H. 131 + Responses) (Arthur Wills Choir Book) (Fagus-Music.com)
1970.1. Communion Service (Rite B) for SATB, Cong. (RSCM).
1970.2. Evening Canticles in D for Choir and Cong. (RSCM).
1971.1. Sing joyfully, God's power proclaim - Unison (Oecumuse).
1972.1. I hunger and I thirst (Novello).
1972.2. The Child for Today: A sequence of Five Carols (Novello).
1972.3. Let all men everywhere rejoice (Novello).
1972.4. Three Hymns (Arthur Wills Choir Book) (Fagus-Music.com).
1972.5. The Lord's Prayer for ATB.
1973.1. Mass of St. Mary and St. Anne for 3-part treble voices (Fagus-Music.com).
1973.2. Evening Canticles (Verse Service) (OUP).
1973.3. 'Bitter-Sweet' - Anthem for SATB (RSCM).
1974.1 Communion Service Rite A for Unison Voices.
1974.2. 'Prayer' - Anthem for SATB (Novello).
1974.3. I sing of a Maiden for Two-Part Trebles (OUP).
1974.4. Welcome Yule! Acc. for organ or brass ensemble. (OUP).
1974.5. There was a Boy (Fagus-Music.com).
1975. Evening Canticles on Plainsong Tones (Banks).
1976.1. The light invisible (Weinberger).
1976.2. There is no Rose (Two-part Trebles) (Banks).
1976.3. Nativity for Double-Choir (Fagus-Music.com).
1977.1. Missa in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (Rite A) (RSCM).
1977.2. Trinity Sunday (RSCM).
1977.3. Ave verum corpus (Animus).
1977.4. Think on these things (RSCM).
1978.1. Psalm 27 (Responsorial) (ICEL).
1978.2. Carol of the Foal (Ely Cathedral Shop) and Sing Nowell (Fagus-Music.com).
1978.3. A song of Praise: Glory to You (RSCM).
1979. On Christmas Day (Anglo-American).
1981. Canticle: (Let us give thanks to the Father) and Magnificat: for Trebles (RSCM).
1982.1. The Brecon Mass (Banks).
1982.2. I wonder as I wander Arr. for SATB (RSCM).
1983.1. My beloved spake (RSCM).
1983.2. Away in a manger (RSCM).
1983.3. Jerusalem luminosa (Anglo-American).
1985.1. In honour of Etheldreda (Ely Cathedral Shop).
1985.2. At break of day (Anglo-American).
1985.3. Benedicite (Fagus-Music.com).
1985.4. Bread of heaven (RSCM).
1986.1. The sacrifice of God (RSCM).
1986.2. The spiritual railway (Ely Cathedral Shop).
1986.3. The Lord is my Shepherd (Fagus-Music.com).
1987. Let all the world (Anglo-American).
1989.1. A child like me (Anglo-American).
1989.2. 'Christmas' (Goodmusic).
1990.1. Missa Sancti Etheldredae (Anglo-American).
1990.2. A shepherd boy (RSCM).
1990.3. The Holy Child (Fagus-Music.com).
1991.1. While shepherds watched Arr. Wills (Fagus-Music.com).
1991.2. Psalms 8 and 13 for Trebles (Anglo-American).
1992.2. A carol for Sark 'Love came down at Christmas' (Animus).
1994. At the round earth's imagined corners (Fagus-Music.com).
1996. The Knaresborough Preces and Responses. (Fagus-Music.com).
2006 Anthem - Remembrance: "the world of light" (Fagus-Music.com).

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Organ Catalogue

1959. 1. Postlude (Novello)
1959. 2. Elevation - The Colours of the Organ (Novello)
1959. 3. Introduction and Allegro (Novello)
1960. 1. Fanfare (Novello)
1960. 2. Eucharistic Suite (Novello) The third movement - Sortie - is now published by Fagus-Music.com.
1960. 3. Deo Gratias (Novello)
1961. 1. Elegy (Composed in 1955) (Fagus-Music.com).
1961. 2. Alla marcia (Anglo-American).
1961. 3. Five Pieces (Novello)
1962. 1. Trio Sonata in B minor (Anglo-American)
1963. 1. Prelude and Fugue (Novello)
1963. 2. Sonata (Fagus-Music.com)
1965. Variations on a Carol (Novello)
1967. Christmas Meditations (Novello)
1969. Organ Concerto with strings and timps. (Fagus-Music.com)
1971. 1. Trio Sonata (Fagus-Music.com)
1971. 2. Prelude and Fugue (Alkmaar) (Fagus-Music.com)
1972. Carillon on 'Orientis Partibus'
1974. 1. Tongues of Fire (Weinberger) (shawneesales@shawneepress.com)
1974. 2. The Song of Songs: Six Pieces for Manuals (Fagus-Music.com)
1974. 3. Homage to John Stanley (Fagus-Music.com)
1974. 4. Scherzetto (Cramer)
1974. 5. Sarabande Sacrae (Cramer)
1974. 6. Toccata (Novello)
1974. 7. Variations on "Amazing Grace" (Novello)
1976. 1. Resurrection (Weinberger)
1976. 2. Bells (OUP)
1976. 3. Symphonia Eliensis (Fagus-Music.com)
1976. 4. Fanfare and Processional (Arthur Wills Organ Book) (Fagus-Music.com)
1977. Two Carol Preludes: (1) This Endris Night (2) In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Fagus-Music.com)
1978. Versets on "A solis ortus cardine" (Banks)
1979. 1. Missa Ad Hoc (Fagus-Music.com)
1979. 2. Toccata for Two (Anglo-American)
1980. Transcription: Pictures at an Exhibition (Fagus-Music.com)
1981. Symphonic Suite: "The Fenlands" for Brass Band and Organ (Fagus-Music.com) (NOTE: A version of three movements for organ solo "The Vikings" - "Oliver Cromwell" and "March: City of Ely" (Fagus-Music.com)
1982. Lullaby for a Royal Prince (Fagus-Music.com)
1983. 1. Overture: "A Muse of Fire" for Brass Band & Organ. (Fagus-Music.com)
1983. 2. Homage to Howells (Fagus-Music.com)
1983. 3. The Arthur Wills Bach Book (Eleven transcriptions) (Fagus-Music.com)
1984. 1. Toccata-Finale: Marienlyst (Anglo-American)
1984. 2. The Spirit of Elgar (Fagus-Music.com)
1985. Praise him in the sound of the Trumpet, or Whatever (Anglo-American)
1986. Icons (Fagus-Music.com)
1988. Concerto for Guitar and Organ (Anglo-American)
1990. High Hills and Stony Rocks (Fagus-Music.com)
1991. 1. Remembrance of Things Past (Fagus-Music.com)
1991. 2. On this Rock (Anglo-American)
1992. Choral Concerto "The Gods of Music" (This has an important solo organ part) (Fagus-Music.com)
1993. Oriental - Three Variants on "The Entrance Hymn of the Emperor" (Fagus-Music.com)
1994. 1. Scherzo-Fantasy: "The Ely Imps" (Fagus-Music.com)
1994. 2. Six Ely Aphorisms (Fagus-Music.com)
1994. 3. Song Without Words (Fentone)
1994. 4. Diptyque: Two Poems after Robert Browning (Fagus-Music.com)
1995. 1. Celebration of Life (Fentone)
1995. 2. Valediction: Drop, drop slow tears. Included in Kenneth Leighton Memorial Album (Banks Music Publications)
1995/98. 3. Symphony-Bhagavad Gita (Fagus-Music.com)
1996. 1. Transcription: Prelude Act 3 Die Meistersinger - Wagner (Fentone)
1996/98 . 2. Wondrous Machine! (A Young Person's Guide to the Organ - Variations and Fugue on a theme by Henry Purcell) (Fentone)
1998. 1. Transcription: Holst - Mars, Venus, Jupiter from The Planets to be published by Novello, available in MS.
2003. 1. Transcription: Have mercy, Lord, on me (Bach, St Matthew Passion) for organ solo (Animus)
2005. 1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue on BACH (Fagus-Music.com)
2. Meditation on 'Adore te devote' (Fagus-Music.com)

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Guitar Catalogue, Solo, Ensemble and Songs

1972.1. Sonata (Fagus-Music.com)
1973.1. Pavane and Galliard (Ricordi)
1974.1. Hommage a Ravel (OUP Album)
1975.1. Love's Torment - Four Elizabethan Love Songs for Countertenor and Guitar (Fagus-Music.com)
1975.2. Moods and Diversions for Guitar (Berben)
1978.1. The Contemporary Guitarist Arthur Wills/Hector Quine (Ricordi)
1979.1. A Woman in Love (Three Poems by Kathleen Raine for Contralto and Guitar) (Fagus-Music.com)
1984.1. Africana - Suite for Guitar (OUP)
1984.2. The Year of the Tiger for Guitar (Fagus-Music.com)
1987.1. Concerto Lyrico for Guitar Quartet (Anglo-American)
1988.1. Soft Guitarr (Fagus-Music.com)
1988.2. Concerto for Organ and Guitar (Anglo-American)
1991.1. Etheldreda Rag trans. for Guitar (Fagus-Music.com)

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Solo Vocal Catalogue

1974.1. Three Poems by e.e. cummings for Tenor, Oboe and Piano. (Fagus-Music.com)
1979.1. A Woman in Love for Contralto and Guitar (Three poems by Kathleen Raine). (Fagus-Music.com)
1980.1. Love's Torment for Counter-tenor and Guitar or Harpsichord/Piano. (Four poems by Thomas Lodge, George Peele, Michael Drayton and Samuel Daniel). (Fagus-Music.com)
1984.1. Sonnet: When our two souls (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano (Spartan Press Music Publishers Ltd.)
1985.1. When the Spirit Comes (Four Poems of Emily Bronte for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano) (Fagus-Music.com)
1986.1. The Dark Lady (Eight Sonnets by William Shakespeare for Baritone and Piano). (Fagus-Music.com)
1990.1. The Hound of Heaven for Counter-Tenor or Contralto and Piano/Organ. Words by Francis Thompson. (Fagus-Music.com)
1992.1. Eternity's Sunrise for Contralto and Piano/Organ. (Three Poems by William Blake) (Anglo-American)
1993.1. A Toccata of Galuppi's: Scena for Counter-Tenor and String Quartet (Robert Browning) (Fagus-Music.com)
1993.2. "Betjemania" Four Poems by John Betjeman for Tenor and Piano (Fentone)
1993.3. Dramatis Personae: 'Abt Vogler' and 'Grow old along with me' (Two Poems by Robert Browning) (Fagus-Music.com).

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Solo Piano Catalogue (All Barry Brunton)

1984.1. Piano Sonata "1984" (This work is closely related to Arthur Wills' Opera "Winston and Julia") (Anglo-American)
1984.2. Etheldreda Rag - also harpsichord. (This is the original version of this work; there are also transcriptions for organ and guitar. Please consult the relevant catalogue.)(Fagus-Music.com)
1984.3. "The Spirit of Elgar" (Three pieces for Piano or Organ Manuals).
1988.1. Peach Blossom Rag.(Fagus-Music.com)

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Instrumental Catalogue

1968.1. Festival Fanfare for Brass & Organ (Novello Hire Library)
1975.1. "Fjords" for Trombone and Piano (Fagus-Music.com)
1975.2. "Ramayana" for Oboe and Piano (Fagus-Music.com)
1975.3. "Aria" for Oboe and Piano (Assoc. Board)
1975.4 "The Bronte Country" for Bassoon and Piano (Assoc. Board)
1975.5. "Bucolics" for Bassoon and Piano (Assoc. Board)
1975.6. "Dance Piece" for Clarinet and Piano (Assoc. Board)
1975.7. "Pageant" for Trumpet and Piano (Assoc. Board)
1975.8. "September Gold" for Horn and Piano (Assoc. Board)
1976.1. "Joie de Vivre" (after Picasso) for Trumpet solo - C or B Flat (Fagus-Music.com)
1982.1. New Year Music for Flute, Bassoon, French Horn and Piano (Anglo-American)
1987.1. Sacrae Symphoniae: "Veni Creator Spiritus" (Hommage á Stravinsky) For Double Wind Quintet (Two Oboes, Cor Anglais, Two Bassoons, Two Trumpets, Two Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone - this is the instrumentation Stravinsky uses in his Mass (1948) and my work was composed to be used as the concluding music when the Mass is used liturgically.) (Fagus-Music.com)
1987.2. "Oliver Cromwell's March" (Two Cornets, Two Trumpets in B flat, Two Horns in F, Four Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Side Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum and Organ) (Fagus-Music.com)
1993.1. "Oration" for Tenor Trombone and Piano (Warwick Music)

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Orchestral and Brass Band Catalogue

1957.1. Symphony in A minor (Fagus-Music.com)
1969.1. Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (Fagus-Music.com)
1981.1. Symphonic Suite: "The Fenlands" for Brass Band and Organ (Fagus-Music.com)
There is also a transcription of three of the four movements for solo organ (Barry Brunton)
1983.1. Overture: "A Muse of Fire" for Brass Band and Organ. (Barry Brunton)

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Secular and Non-liturgical Vocal Music

1968.1. "Boot and Saddle" for Treble/Soprano voices with Piano. Words by Robert Browning. (Fagus-Music.com)
1971.1. "An English Requiem" for Soprano and Bass solo, SATB Chorus, Strings, Harp, Two Pianos, Timpani, and Organ. Words by Dylan Thomas, John Donne and William Shakespeare. (On hire from Novello in MS)
1972.1. "Sherwood" for Treble/Soprano voices and Piano. Words by Alfred Noyes. (In preparation)
1984.1. "Ely" for Treble/Soprano voices and Piano. Words by J.H. Jennings (Ely Cathedral Shop)
1985.1. "Caedmon" - A Children's Cantata for Treble/Soprano voices and Piano. Words by James Tilly. (Fagus-Music.com)
1985.2. "sweet spring" for SATB Choir. Words by e.e. cummings. (Anglo-American)
1985.3. "Music - A Madrigal of Love and War" SATB Choir unaccompanied. Words by Wilfred Owen. (Fagus-Music.com)
1989.1. "Agricultural Caress" ATBB or SATB unaccompanied. Words by John Betjeman. (Goodmusic)
1992.1. Choral Concerto: "The Gods of Music" SATB Choir, Brass ensemble, Percussion and Organ. Words by Arthur Wills. (Anglo-American)
1994/96.1. "The Shining Sea" for Tenor Solo, SATB Choir, Strings, Percussion, Piano and Organ. Words by Edwin Arnold. (Iagus-Music.com).

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Opera

1988.1. "Winston and Julia" (Based on "Nineteen-Eightyfour" by George Orwell) Not yet available.

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Books

1984.1. "ORGAN" (Menuhin Music Guide Series) (First edition: Macdonald 1984) (Second edition: Kahn & Averill 1993) (Reprinted Kahn & Averill 1997)
2006 Full with Wills: A Memoir (Pen Press) ISBN: 1-905203-89-6

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