List of Works
Publishers:
- Boosey and Hawkes
- Oxford University Press (OUP), distributed in the US by Peters, or Sheet Music Plus; or in the UK by Oxford University Press, UK
The Clarke Estate is currently managed by Christopher Johnson, of Brooklyn, NY. Please contact us for information about her estate. I acknowledge the valuable contribution made by Johnson in 1977, when he cataloged Clarke’s works in consultation with her. Many of the dates are speculative, since Clarke was recalling 50-60 or more years in the past. I have tried to verify this catalog where possible, and have made emendations and additions.
Vocal Works (solo voice and piano except where indicated) Instrumental Works Choral Works
| Title | Text author | MS Sources | Sources | Date of Comp./ Completion | Pub. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandrers Nachtlied | Goethe | RC Estate | ?1903 | ||
| Chanson | Mdterlinck | RC Estate | ?1904 | ||
| Ah, for the red spring rose | ? | RC Estate | 1904 | ||
| Shiv and the Grasshopper | Kipling, (from The Jungle Book) | RC Estate | 1904 | ||
| Aufblick | Dehmel | RC Estate | 1904 | ||
| Klage | Dehmel | RC Estate | ?1904 | ||
| Stimme im Dunkeln | Dehmel | RC Estate | ?1904 | ||
| O Welt | ? | RC Estate | ?1904 | ||
| Oh, dreaming world | ? | RC Estate | ?1905 | ||
| Du | Richard Schaukal | RC Estate | 1905 | ||
| The moving finger writes | Khayyám, from the Rubaiyát, trans. Fitzgerald | RC Estate | ?1905 | ||
| Wiegenlied (Voice, violin, piano) | Detlev von Liliencron | RC Estate | ?1905 | ||
| Nach einem Regen | Dehmel | RC Estate | ?1906 | ||
| Durch die Nacht | Dehmel | RC Estate | 1906 | ||
| Vergissmeinnicht | Dehmel | RC Estate | April, 1907 | ||
| Nacht für nacht Two voices, piano | Dehmel | RC Estate | August, 1907 | ||
| Magna est veritas | Patmore | RC Estate | 1907 | ||
| Spirits Two high voices, piano | R. Bridges | RC Estate | ?1909 | ||
| The color of life | Old Chinese Words | RC Estate | ?1910 | ||
| Return of spring | Old Chinese Words | RC Estate | ?1910 | ||
| Tears | Chinese words, Wang Seng-ju as transl. by L. Cranmer-Byng in A Lute of Jade (1911) | The result of a contest between Clarke, Eugene Goossens, and May Mukle, to see who could write the best setting of this text | RC Estate, Eastman School of Music | ?1910 | |
| The folly of being comforted | Yeats | RC Estate | ?1911 | ||
| Shy one | Yeats | To Gervase Elwes | ?1912 | Winthrop Rogers, Boosey & Hawkes, 1920/1994 | |
| The Cloths of Heaven | Yeats | To Gervase Elwes | ?1912 | Winthrop Rogers, Boosey & Hawkes, 1920/1994 | |
| Weep you no more sad fountains | Dowland | To Dora [Clarke, the composer's sister] | RC Estate | ?1912 | OUP, 2002 |
| Away delights Two voices and piano | Fletcher | To Dora [Clarke, the composer's sister] | RC Estate | ?1912=1913 | |
| Hymn to Pan Tenor, baritone, piano | Fletcher | To Dora [Clarke, the composer's sister] | RC Estate | ?1912-1913 | |
| Infant joy | Blake | ?1913 | Winthrop Rogers, 1924/ Boosey & Hawkes, 1994 | ||
| Down by the salley gardens | Yeats | 1 Feb 1919 | Winthrop Rogers, 1924/ Boosey & Hawkes, 1994 | ||
| Psalm 63 (A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah) | Dec 1920 | OUP, 2002 | |||
| The seal man | Masefield | 23 Oct 1925 by John Goss, Bar, and Reginald Paul, piano | Photocopy of manuscript at Eastman School of Music | 24 Jan 1922 | Winthrop Rogers, 1926/ Boosey & Hawkes, 1994 |
| Three Old English Songs arr. for voice and violin: 1. It was a lover and his lass (Morely) 2. Phyllis on the new mown hay 3. The tailor and his mouse | 1. Shakespeare | 26 May 1924, Norman Notley, bar; Clarke, violin | Photocopy of manuscript at Eastman School of Music | Jan 1924 | Winthrop Rogers 1925/ Boosey & Hawkes 1994 |
| June twilight | Masefield | To John Goss | Photocopy of manuscript at Eastman School of Music | Jan 1925 | Winthrop Rogers 1926/ Boosey & Hawkes 1994 |
| Come, O come, my life's delight | Campion | Based on Clarke's own earlier choral setting | RC Estate | Jan 1926 | OUP, 2002 |
| A dream | Yeats | 1926 | Winthrop Rogers, 1928/ Boosey & Hawkes, 1994 | ||
| Sleep Tenor, baritone, piano | Fletcher | To David Brynley and Norman Notley, members of the English Singers. First perf. at the home of Julian Huxley | RC Estate and Britten/Pears Library, Aldeburgh | 1926 | |
| Sleep [version II] Tenor, baritone, piano | Fletcher | To David Brynley and Norman Notley, members of the English Singers. First perf. at the home of Julian Huxley | Britten/Pears Library, Aldeburgh | ?1926 | |
| Take, O Take Those Lips Away | Fletcher | To David Brynley and Norman Notley, members of the English Singers. First perf. at the home of Julian Huxley | Britten/Pears Library, Aldeburgh | ?1926 | |
| Three Irish Country Songs, arr. for voice and violin 1. I know my love 2. I know where I'm goin 3. As I was goin to Ballynure | From the edition by Herbert Hughes | April 1926 | OUP, 1928, reprinted 2002 | ||
| The cherry-blossom wand | A. Wickham | To Anne Thursfield | 1927 | OUP, 1929, 2002 | |
| Eight o'clock | Housman | To Lawrence Strauss/ perf. by John Goss, 23 Nov. 1927, London. | 1927 | Winthrop Rogers, 1928/ Boosey & Hawkes, 1994 | |
| Greeting | E. Young | RC Estate | ?1928 | Winthrop Rogers, 1928/ Boosey & Hawkes, 1994 | |
| Cradle song | Blake | Mar 6, 1929 | Mar 6, 1929 | ||
| The aspidistra | C. Flight | 1929 | Chester, 1930; OUP, 2002 | ||
| Tiger, tiger | Blake | RC Estate | 1929-33, revised 1972 | OUP, 2002 | |
| Lethe | St. Vincent Millay | RC Estate | 1941 | OUP, 2002 | |
| Daybreak, high voice, string quartet | John Donne | RC Estate | ?early1940s | ||
| The donkey | Chesterton | To Povla Frijsch | RC Estate | Nov.,1942 | 1984 in BMS Journal vi OUP, 2002 |
| Binnorie | traditional ballad, also known as 'The twa sisters'and 'The cruel sister' | Perf. on Oct. 27, 28, 2001 by Eileen Strempel (sop) and Sylvie Beaudette (piano), Boston | RC Estate, pencil draft and ink working copy | ?1940s | OUP, 2002 |
| God made a tree | K. Kendall | RC Estate | 1954 | OUP, 2002 | |
| Down by the Salley Gardens, voice, violin. | Yeats | Arr. of Clarke s 1919 song for Helen and Howard Boatwright | RC Estate and Eileen Strempel | 1950s | OUP, 2002 |
| Up-Hill | Christina Rossetti | Discovered in Clarke estate ca. 2000. | RC Estate and Eileen Strempel | No known date |
