Canon
Where to start with Moeran
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralOverture for a Masque, for orchestra
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Vocal'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town, for voice and piano
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KeyboardBank Holiday, for piano
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ChamberCello Sonata in A minor
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OrchestralSinfonietta, for orchestra
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OrchestralSymphony in G minor, R. 71
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Vocal6 Folksongs from Norfolk, for voice and piano
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Vocal6 Suffolk Folksongs, for voice and piano
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Vocal7 Poems by James Joyce, for voice and piano
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VocalBlue-eyed Spring, for voice and piano
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VocalCan't you dance the Polka
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OrchestralCello Concerto
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VocalCome Away, Death, for voice and piano
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OrchestralConcerto for cello and orchestra in B minor
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OrchestralConcerto, for violin and orchestra
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Moeran's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony in G minor
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Violin Concerto
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Serenade in G major
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String Quartet No. 1 in A minor
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Lonely Waters (orchestra)
Most Acclaimed
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String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat
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Violin Concerto
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Cello Concerto
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Symphony in G minor
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Nocturne for baritone, chorus and orchestra
Most Weird
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Lonely Watersorchestral — based on Norfolk folk songs; quietly desolate
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Whythorne\’s Shadow (piano)
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Nocturne for baritone, chorus and orchestrahis most original large-scale work
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String Trio in G major
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Songs of Springtimeunaccompanied chorus — his finest choral work
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 77
- Orchestral
- Overture for a Masque, for orchestra
- Sinfonietta, for orchestra
- Symphony in G minor, R. 71
- Cello Concerto
- Concerto for cello and orchestra in B minor
- Concerto, for violin and orchestra
- In the Mountain Country, for orchestra
- In the Mountain Country, symphonic impression for orchestra
- Lonely Waters, for orchestra
- Rhapsody for Orchestra no. 1 in F
- Rhapsody for Orchestra no. 2 in E
- Rhapsody for orchestra in F sharp major
- Rhapsody for piano and orchestra in F sharp major
- Serenade for orchestra in G
- Whythorne's Shadow, for orchestra
- Vocal
- 'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town, for voice and piano
- 6 Folksongs from Norfolk, for voice and piano
- 6 Suffolk Folksongs, for voice and piano
- 7 Poems by James Joyce, for voice and piano
- Blue-eyed Spring, for voice and piano
- Can't you dance the Polka
- Come Away, Death, for voice and piano
- Dream of Death, for voice and piano
- English Lyrics, for voice and piano
- Far in a western brookland
- Gaol Song, for chorus
- Gather Ye Rosebuds, for chorus
- High Germany, for voice and piano
- If There Be Any Gods, for voice and piano
- In Youth is Pleasure, for voice and piano
- Invitation in Autumn, for voice and piano
- Irish Elegy, for chorus
- Loveliest of trees, for voice and piano
- Ludlow Town, songs for voice and piano
- Maltworms, for soloist, chorus and piano
- Mantle of Blue, for voice and piano
- Mrs Dyer, the Baby Farmer, for soloist, chorus and piano
- Nocturne, for baritone, chorus and orchestra
- Oh fair enough are sky and plain, for voice and piano
- Parson and Clerk, for voice and piano
- Poems of Seumas O'Sullivan, for voice and piano
- Rahoon, for voice and piano
- Robin Hood Borne on his Bier, for chorus
- Rosaline, for voice and piano
- Rosefrail, for voice and piano
- Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano
- Sheep Shearing
- Songs from County Kerry, for voice and piano
- Songs of Springtime, for chorus
- Songs, for voice and piano
- Spring goeth all in white, for voice and piano
- The Day of Palms, for voice and piano
- The Jolly Carter, for chorus
- The Little Milkmaid, for voice and piano
- The Merry Month of May
- The Merry Month of May, for voice and piano
- The Monk's Fancy, for voice and piano
- The North Sea Ground, for voice and piano
- The Sailor and Young Nancy, for chorus
- Tilly, for voice and piano
- Troll the Bowl, for voice and piano
- Twilight, for voice and piano
- Weep You No More, Sad Fountains, for chorus
- Weep you no more, for voice and piano
- When I came last to Ludow, for voice and piano
- When June is come, for voice and piano
- Keyboard
- Bank Holiday, for piano
- Irish Love Song, for piano
- Summer Valley, for piano
- Chamber
- Cello Sonata in A minor
- Fantasy quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello
- Piano Trio in D
- Sonata for 2 violins
- String Quartet in E flat major
- String Quartet no. 1 in A minor
- Trio for strings in G major, R.59
- Violin Sonata in E minor