List of compositions by Eric Coates

Below is a sortable list of compositions by Eric Coates. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and title.

Genre	Date	Title	Notes
Stage	1930	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[1]	Incidental music; revised in 1938 as The Enchanted Garden
Stage	1932	The Jester at the Wedding[1]	Ballet
Stage	1938	The Enchanted Garden[2][3]	Tone poem
Stage		March of the Knight of Malta	Operetta
Orchestral	1904	Ballad, op 2 [4]	for string orchestra
Orchestral	1911	Miniature Suite[5] Children's Dance Intermezzo Scène du Bal	for small orchestra
Orchestral	1912	A La Gavotte[2]
Orchestral	1912	The Mermaid, A Graceful Dance
Orchestral	1915	From the Countryside, Suite[6] In the Meadows (Early Morning) Among the Poppies (Afternoon) At the Fair (Evening)
Orchestral	1918	Wood Nymphs, Valsette[7][3]
Orchestral	1919	Springtime, Suite[2][8] Fresh Morning Noonday Song Dance in the Twilight
Orchestral	1919	Summer Days, Suite[9][3] In a Country Lane On the Edge of the Lake At the Dance
Orchestral	1920	Coquette[10]
Orchestral	1921	Moresque, Dance Interlude[7]
Orchestral	1922	Joyous Youth, Suite[7] Introduction Serenade Valse "Joyous Youth"
Orchestral	1923	The Merrymakers, Miniature Overture[4]
Orchestral	1925	2 Light Syncopated Pieces[7][10] Moon Magic Roses of Samerkand
Orchestral	1925	The Selfish Giant, Phantasy[9][3]	inspired by the story by Oscar Wilde
Orchestral	1926	By the Tamarisk, Intermezzo[7][10]
Orchestral	1926	The Three Bears, Phantasy[7][11]	from the fairy story Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Orchestral	1928	Four Ways, Suite[6] Northwards – March Southwards – Valse Eastwards – Eastern Dance Westwards – Rhythm
Orchestral	1929	The Unknown Singer, Interlude[12][10]
Orchestral	1930	By the Sleepy Lagoon, Valse Serenade[7][4]	also for voice and piano, used as theme for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs
Orchestral	1930	Cinderella, Phantasy[9][13]
Orchestral	1930	With a Song in My Heart[2]	orchestral arrangement of the song from the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Spring Is Here
Orchestral	1931	From Meadow to Mayfair, Suite[7][11] In the Country: Rustic Dance A Song by the Way: Romance Evening in the Town: Valse
Orchestral	1932	Dancing Nights, Concert Valse[4]
Orchestral	1932	The Jester at the Wedding, Suite from the Ballet[4] The Princess Arrives Dance of the Pages The Jester Dance of the Orange Blossoms The Princess The Princess and the Jester
Orchestral	1933	London Suite (aka London Everyday)[7][4] Covent Garden Westminster Knightsbridge – In Town Tonight
Orchestral	1933	2 Symphonic Rhapsodies[4] I Pitch My Lonely Caravan I Heard You Singing / Birdsongs at Eventide
Orchestral	1934	London Bridge, March[7][3]
Orchestral	1935	Song of Loyalty[7]	also for voice and piano
Orchestral	1935	The Three Men Suite[9][13] The Man from the Country The Man about Town The Man from the Sea
Orchestral	1936	The Forgotten Waltz
Orchestral	1936	London Again, Suite[9] Oxford Street: March Langham Place: Elegie Mayfair: Valse
Orchestral	1936	Saxo Rhapsody[14]
Orchestral	1937	For Your Delight, Serenade[7][3][10]
Orchestral	1938	Seven Seas, March[2]
Orchestral	1939	Footlights, Concert Valse[9][11]
Orchestral	1939	Last Love, Romance[15][13][10]
Orchestral	1940	Calling All Workers, March[7][3]	theme for the BBC radio programme Music While You Work
Orchestral	1942	The Eighth Army, March[7]	also for piano solo; used in the 1943 film Nine Men[16]
Orchestral	1942	Over to You, March[10]
Orchestral	1942	Star of God
Orchestral	1943	Four Centuries Suite[1][11] The Seventeenth Century – Prelude and Hornpipe The Eighteenth Century – Pavane and Tambourin The Nineteenth Century – Valse The Twentieth Century – Rhythm
Orchestral	1943	London Calling, March[17]
Orchestral	1944	Salute the Soldier, March[10]
Orchestral	1944	The Three Elizabeths Suite[7][13] Halcyon Days (Elizabeth Tudor) Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis) Youth of Britain (Princess Elizabeth)	Halcyon Days was used as the opening and closing music for the 1967 BBC television series The Forsyte Saga
Orchestral	1945	Youth of Britain, March
Orchestral	1946	Television March[9][13]	Used as the daily startup music of BBC Television Service.
Orchestral	1949	Music Everywhere, Rediffusion March[11]	Used as the daily startup music of Associated-Rediffusion 1956–57. The piece pre-dates the television station and had been renamed by the Rediffusion company with Coates' permission.[18]
Orchestral	1950	Holborn, March[7]
Orchestral	1953	Men of Trent, March
Orchestral	1953	Rhodesia, March[10]
Orchestral	1954	The Dam Busters March[7]	used in the 1955 film The Dam Busters
Orchestral	1954	Sweet Seventeen, Concert Valse[7][13][10]
Orchestral	1955	Sound and Vision, Television March[19]	Used as the daily startup music of Associated TeleVision in London weekend programmes from 1955 to 1968 and Midlands from 1956 to 1971.
Orchestral	1956	Impressions of a Princess, Intermezzo[10]
Orchestral	1957	High Flight, March[2]
Orchestral	1957	South Wales and West, Television March[7]	Used as the daily startup music of Television Wales and the West from 1958 to 1968.
Orchestral		The Dance of the Orange Blossoms, Valse
Orchestral		I Sing to You[11][10]
Orchestral		Lazy Night[2][3]
Orchestral		Rustic Dance
Chamber music	1906	Ballad in G major, Op. 13	for viola and piano; composed under the pseudonym "Eric Glendower"
Chamber music	1908	Minuetto on Old Irish Melody	for string quartet; movement IV from Suite on Londonderry Air, a collaborative work for string quartet co-composed with Frank Bridge, Hamilton Harty, J. D. Davis and York Bowen
Chamber music	1928	Mirage, Romance	for violin and piano (also orchestral version)[7][10]
Chamber music	1929	Under the Stars	for violin and piano (also orchestral version)[10][11]
Chamber music	1941	First Meeting, Souvenir	for viola and piano; written for violist Lionel Tertis; revised for violin and piano in 1943, also as a song[20]
Piano	1911	6 Short Pieces (without Octaves) Prelude A Little Song Élégie Alla Menuetto Valse Slumber Song
Piano	1914	Idyll
Piano	1930	3 Lyric Pieces[21] Fragment Nocturne Valse
Piano	1942	The Eighth Army, March	also orchestrated
Vocal	1908	A Damask Rose	words by Fred G. Bowles
Vocal	1908	It Was a Lover and His Lass[20]	words by William Shakespeare
Vocal	1908	The Outlaw's Song[20]	words by Joanna Baillie
Vocal	1908	2 Songs Swedish Love Song Devon to Me	for baritone and piano 1. words by Georgia Roberts 2. words by John Galsworthy
Vocal	1908	When I Am Dead[20]	words by Christina Rossetti
Vocal	1908	When We Two Went A-Maying	words by Ella Brown
Vocal	1908	Who Is Sylvia?[20]	words by William Shakespeare
Vocal	1909	At Daybreak[22]	words by Fred G. Bowles
Vocal	1909	4 Old English Songs[22] Orpheus with His Lute Under the Greenwood Tree Who is Sylvia? It Was a Lover and His Lass	words by William Shakespeare
Vocal	1909	The Gates of Spring	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1909	Gwenny	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1909	May-Day Dance	4-part song; words by M. Byron
Vocal	1909	Stone-Cracker John[23]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1909	Sweet Phyllis	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1909	Your Heart Is Like a Golden Fair	words by Ella Brown
Vocal	1909	Yvette	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1910	Lace and Porcelain, 3 Old World Songs Love Is Every Maiden's Joy Strephon and Amaryllis A Cavalier Love Song	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1910	The Little Girl I Love	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1910	Little Love	words by Georgeanne Hubi Newcombe
Vocal	1910	Love among the Daffodils	words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal	1910	Waiting for the Spring	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1910	When the Robin Goes A-Singing	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1911	A Bird's Lullaby	words by the composer
Vocal	1911	If You Were My Little Boy	words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal	1911	Love's Fantasy	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1911	The Moon Boat	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1911	Mother England's Brewing	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1911	Reuben Ranzo[23]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1912	The Awakening	words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal	1912	A Dinder Courtship[23]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1912	Rose of Mine	words by Edward Teschemacher
Vocal	1912	Sweet-and-Twenty	words by William Shakespeare
Vocal	1912	Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred[22]	words by William Shakespeare
Vocal	1913	All Mine Own	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1913	Betty and Johnny[20]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1913	Dick's Quandary	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1913	The Grenadier[20]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1913	Melanie	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1913	Pierrette's Song	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1914	By Mendip Side	words by P. J. O'Reilly
Vocal	1914	Eildon Hill	words by Frederic Weatherly; see Eildon Hill
Vocal	1914	The Hour of Love	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1914	A Japanese Farewell	words by Douglas Furber
Vocal	1914	Marry Me, Nancy, Do!	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1914	Moonland Dreams	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1914	Rose of the World	words by Helen Taylor
Vocal	1915	The Mill o' Dreams, Cycle of 4 Little Songs[22] Back o' the Moon Dream o' Nights The Man in the Moon Blue Bells	words by Nancie B. Marsland; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1916	The Green Hills o' Somerset[22]	words by Frederic Weatherly; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1916	An Old World Garden	words by Eric Chilman
Vocal	1916	The Palace of Roses	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1916	Sigh No More, Ladies[20]	words by William Shakespeare
Vocal	1916	The Widow of Penzance	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1917	Asphodel	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1917	Dreams	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1917	Land of My Heart	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1917	Our Little Home	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1917	Your Love	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1918	The Fairy Tales of Ireland[22]	words by Edward Lockton; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1918	4 Songs of the Air Service Ordered Overseas Five and Twenty Bombers Billy The First Job of All	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1918	The Fruits of the Earth	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1918	The Heart You Love Is Calling	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1918	The Maid and the Moon	words by Eileen Price-Evans
Vocal	1918	My Prayers Take Wings to Find You	words by Harold Simpson
Vocal	1918	Sally and I and the Daylight	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1918	Yours and Mine	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1919	By the North Sea[22]	words by Arthur Conan Doyle
Vocal	1919	An Elizabethan Lullaby	words by William Akerman
Vocal	1919	A Nest in Arcady	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1919	Roses of Peace	words by E. Barker
Vocal	1919	The Stars Above	words by Haydn H. Morris
Vocal	1919	Through All the Ages[23]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1920	At Sunset[23]	words by Mrs Charles Hutchins
Vocal	1920	At Vesper Bell[20]	words by Gunby Hadath
Vocal	1920	Pepita	words by Douglas Furber
Vocal	1920	Since Yesterday	words by Anne Page
Vocal	1920	The White Winding Road	words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal	1920	You Come No More	words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal	1921	Brown Eyes beneath the Moon	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1921	I'm Wanting You	words by Gunby Hadath
Vocal	1921	I Pitch My Lonely Caravan at Night[23]	words by Annette Horey
Vocal	1921	Moon Daisies	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1921	Passion-Flower	words by Gertrude Wiskin
Vocal	1921	Roses All the Way, Foxtrot	words by Ernest Butcher
Vocal	1922	Blue Sky and White Road	words by Charles Roff
Vocal	1922	Coloured Fields	words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal	1922	June's First Rose	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1922	Ole Dear	words by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal	1922	Thinkin' of You	words by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal	1923	I Heard You Singing[23]	words by Royden Barrie; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1923	Mending Roadways	words by Dena Tempest
Vocal	1923	Nobody Else But You	words by Daisy Fisher
Vocal	1923	A Song of the Wind	words by Edward Lockton
Vocal	1924	Diff'rent Somehow	words by Gordon McConnel
Vocal	1924	8 Nursery Rhymes Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Little Boy Blue[22] Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Miss Muffet Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake Hush-a-bye New Year's Eve	words by anonymous
Vocal	1924	Ev'ry Minute of Ev'ry Day	words by Elsie Mary Skeet
Vocal	1924	In Town	words by Dorothy Dickinson
Vocal	1924	Sea Rapture, an Impression[22]	words by Emeric Hulme-Beaman
Vocal	1924	Yearning	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1925	The Gates of If-Ever	words by D. Eardley-Wilmot
Vocal	1925	K-Naughty Kanute	words by Elsie Mary Skeet
Vocal	1925	The Little Green Balcony[20]	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1925	Little Snoozy Coon	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1925	Rose of Samarand	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1925	Song of the Little Folk[22]	words by Jennie Dunbar
Vocal	1926	Bird Songs at Eventide[23]	words by Royden Barrie; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1926	Brown Eyes I Love[23]	words by Lillian Glanville
Vocal	1927	The Dreams of London[23]	words by Almey St. John Adcock
Vocal	1927	A Song Remembered	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1928	Homeward to You[23]	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1928	I'm Lonely, Valse Song[23]	words by Gordon McConnel
Vocal	1928	Little Lady of the Moon[23]	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1929	Always As I Close My Eyes[22]	words by Maud Handfield-Jones
Vocal	1929	Doubt[23]	words by Florence Hedley-Stodden (né Florence Gertrude Altenborough)
Vocal	1930	Because I Miss You So[20]	words by Lillian Glanville
Vocal	1930	The Young Lover[20]	words by Royden Barrie
Vocal	1931	Home-Along	words by Arthur L. Salmon
Vocal	1932	The House Love Made for You and Me	words by Gordon Johnstone
Vocal	1932	If Stars Were Tears	words by Frank Eyton
Vocal	1932	Stars and a Crescent Moon[22]	words by Phyllis Black
Vocal	1933	I Looked for You	words by Phyllis Black
Vocal	1933	Rise Up and Reach the Stars[22]	words by Winifred May
Vocal	1933	Ship of Dream[20]	words by Winifred van Noorden
Vocal	1934	Beautiful Lady Moon[20]	words by Phyllis Black
Vocal	1934	Music of the Night[20]	words by Phyllis Black
Vocal	1935	Song of Loyalty	words by Phyllis Black
Vocal	1935	Good Bye	words by Irving Caesar
Vocal	1938	You Are My Rose	words by Christopher Hassell
Vocal	1938	Your Name[20]	words by Christopher Hassell; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1939	Princess of the Dawn[20]	words by Christopher Hassell
Vocal	1940	Sleepy Lagoon[22]	words by Jack Lawrence
Vocal	1940	Today is Ours[23]	words by Frank Eyton
Vocal	1942	Star of God	words by Frederic Weatherly
Vocal	1943	A Song of Summer[23]	words by Lady Joan Vernay; for voice and piano or orchestra
Vocal	1954	The Scent of Lilac[22]	words by Winifred May
Vocal	1956	The Dam Busters	words by Carlene Mair
Choral	1956	God's Great Love Abiding, Hymn	for mixed chorus; words by the composer
Choral	1963	Loyal Hearts	for mixed chorus and piano; arrangement of Queen Elizabeth from The three Elizabeths Suite; words by Anne C Wood

Sources

• Geoffrey Self. In Town Tonight: A Centenary Study of Eric Coates (1986) (includes worklist)

References

1. Four Centuries: Music of Eric Coates, Vol 2, ASV, 1993
2. The Enchanted Garden (10 Orchestral Pieces), ASV, 1998
3. Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 2. Chandos Records (2020)
4. Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 1. Chandos Records (2019)
5. IMSLP, full score
6. Eric Coates: Sound and Vision, Dutton 1998
7. The Definitive Eric Coates, Nimbus N16231 (2013)
8. The Land of Lost Content
9. London Again: The Music of Eric Coates, Avie AV2070
10. Under the Stars - 17 Orchestral Miniatures. ASV CD WHL 2107 (1996)
11. Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 4. Chandos Records (2024)
12. The Land of Lost Content
13. Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol 3. Chandos Records (2023)
14. Jack Brymer, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sir Charles Groves
15. The Land of Lost Content
16. Payne, Michael (2012). The Life and Music of Eric Coates (Chapter 9: The War Years, 1939–1945). Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate.
17. The Land of Lost Content
18. "Rediffusion Presentation: The Music". Transdiffusion Network. 2018-09-09.
19. The Land of Lost Content
20. Eric Coates: Songs. Marco Polo, 1995
21. First recording by Ben Dawson on Luminate Records (2022)
22. Songs by Eric Coates, SOMMCD0192, 2019
23. The Songs of Eric Coates, ASV, 1986