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Where to start with Bax
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles
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Orchestral
Symphony no. 3
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Keyboard
2 Russian Tone Pictures
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Vocal
5 Greek Folk Songs, for chorus
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Chamber
Ballad for Violin and Piano
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Orchestral
Tintagel
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Orchestral
A Festival Overture
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Keyboard
A Hill Tune
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Orchestral
A Legend
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Vocal
A Lyke-Wake, for voice and orchestra
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Keyboard
A Mountain Mood, Melody, and Variations
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Orchestral
Between Dusk and Dawn, ballet
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Keyboard
Burlesque
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Orchestral
Cathaleen-ní-Hoolihan
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Orchestral
Cello Concerto
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Chamber
Cello Sonata in E flat major
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Bax's catalogue
Most Popular
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Tintagel (tone poem)
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Symphony No. 3
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Viola Sonata
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November Woods
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The Garden of Fand
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 7
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Oboe Quintet
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Piano Quintet
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Violin Sonata No. 1
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Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Most Weird
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November Woods
dark and brooding tone poem — one of the least-heard great orchestral works
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Symphony No. 6
his most abstract
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Hardanger (piano)
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Nympholept
tone poem — a man possessed by a forest spirit
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The Truth About the Russian Dancers
ballet — written for the Ballets Russes, never performed
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinity
Works 129
- Orchestral
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Symphony no. 3
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Tintagel
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A Festival Overture
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A Legend
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Between Dusk and Dawn, ballet
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Cathaleen-ní-Hoolihan
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Cello Concerto
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Christmas Eve on the Mountains
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Concertante, for english horn, clarinet, horn, and orchestra
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Concertante, for piano, left hand, and orchestra
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Concertino, for piano and orchestra
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Cortège
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Golden Eagle
— Incidental music
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In the Faery Hills
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Into the Twilight
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London Pageant
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Malta GC, film score
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Morning Song, Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra in E, "Maytime in Sussex"
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Nocturnes, for soprano and orchestra
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Northern Ballad no. 1
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Northern Ballad no. 2
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Northern Ballad no. 3
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November Woods
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Nympholept
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Oliver Twist, film score
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Overture to Adventure
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Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
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Overture, Elegy, and Rondo
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Rogue's Comedy Overture
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Romantic Overture
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Roscatha
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Sinfonietta
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Spring Fire, symphony for orchestra
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Summer Music
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Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra in E
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Symphony no. 1 in E flat major
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Symphony no. 2 in E minor/C major
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Symphony no. 4
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Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor
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Symphony no. 6 in C
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Symphony no. 7 in A flat major
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The Garden of Fand
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The Happy Forest
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The Tale the Pine Trees Knew
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The Truth about the Russian Dancers
— Incidental music
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Violin Concerto
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Winter Legends, sinfonia concertante for piano and orchestra
- Keyboard
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2 Russian Tone Pictures
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A Hill Tune
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A Mountain Mood, Melody, and Variations
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Burlesque
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Country-Tune
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Dream in Exile
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Hardanger, for 2 pianos
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In A Vodka Shop
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Lullaby
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Mediterranean
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Moy Mell, for 2 pianos
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Nereid
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O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
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Paean, passacaglia for piano
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Piano Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor
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Piano Sonata no. 2 in G
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Piano Sonata no. 3
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Piano Sonata no. 4
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Red Autumn, for 2 pianos
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Scherzo
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Sleepy-Head
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Sonata for 2 Pianos
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The Devil That Tempted St. Anthony, for 2 pianos
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The Maiden with the Daffodil
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The Maiden with the Daffodil, for piano
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The Poisoned Fountain, for 2 pianos
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The Princess' Rose Garden
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Water Music
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What the Minstrel Told Us
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Winter Waters
- Vocal
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5 Greek Folk Songs, for chorus
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A Lyke-Wake, for voice and orchestra
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Enchanted Summer, for 2 sopranos, chorus, and orchestra
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Eternity, for high voice and orchestra
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Fatherland, for tenor, chorus, and orchestra
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Glamour, for voice and piano
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I Sing of a Maiden that is Makeless, for SAATB chorus
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Lord, Thou Hast Told Us
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Mater ora filium, for double chorus
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O Dear! What Can the Matter Be?
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Slumber Song, for voice and orchestra
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St. Patrick's Breastplate, for chorus and orchestra
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The Bard of Dimbovitza, song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano
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The Morning Watch, for chorus and orchestra
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This Worldes Joie, for chorus
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To the Name Above Every Name, Hymn for Soprano, Chorus, and Orchestra
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Walsinghame, for tenor, chorus, and orchestra
- Chamber
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Ballad for Violin and Piano
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Cello Sonata in E flat major
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Cello Sonatina in D
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Clarinet Sonata
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Clarinet Sonata in D
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Clarinet Sonata in E
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Concert Piece for Violin and Piano
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Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp, and String Quartet
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Elegiac Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp
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Folk Tale for Cello and Piano
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Legend for Viola and Piano
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Legend, for cello and piano
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Legend-Sonata, for cello and piano in F sharp minor
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Lyrical Interlude for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and Cello
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Octet, for horn, piano, and string sextet
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Phantasy Sonata, for viola and harp
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Piano Trio in B flat major
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Quartet, for piano and strings
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Quintet for Harp and Strings
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Quintet for Oboe and Strings
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Quintet for Strings
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Quintet in G minor for Piano and Strings
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Romance for Clarinet and Piano
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Sonata for Flute and Harp
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String Quartet in E
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String Quartet no. 1 in G
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String Quartet no. 2 in E minor
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String Quartet no. 3 in F
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Threnody and Scherzo, for bassoon, harp, and string sextet
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Trio in One Movement for Piano, Violin, and Viola, op. 4
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Viola Sonata
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Violin Sonata no. 1 in E
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Violin Sonata no. 2 in D
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Violin Sonata no. 3 in G minor
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Violin Sonata no. 4 in F
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