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Ovetures, Symphonic Poems etc.
1866 Overture, d, f.p. Covent Garden Theatre, London, 8.ix.1866, unpub., Overture
1872 Festival Overture, f.p. Norwich Festival, 17.ix.1872, unpub., Overture
1880 Language of Flowers, The, Suite de ballet, No.1, f.p. St. James’s Hall, London, 1880, pub. Metzler & Co, London (1881), Suite (Ballet)
1881 Sinfonietta, A, f.p. St. James’s Hall, London, Philharmonic Society, 12.v.1881, unpub., Sinfonietta
1881 Niagara, Characteristic Overture, C, f.p. Crystal Palace, London, 22.x.1881, unpub., Overture
1882 In the Olden Time, str orch, Suite, D, f.p. Crystal Palace, London, Crystal Palace Orchestra, 17.iii.1883, unpub., Suite, dedic: Crystal Palace Orchestra
1883 Barbaric March, f.p. [Royal] Albert Hall, London, 1883, unpub., Piece [written for a fancy-dress ball held by the Savage Club, of which Cowen was a member]
1883 Deux Morceaux: Melodie, A l'espagne, [?f.p. Crystal Palace, London, 10.xi.1883] pub. Gutmann, Vienna (1901), Suite
1886 March [for opening of the Folkestone Exhibition], f.p. Folkestone Exhibition, Folkestone, Kent, 1886, unpub., Piece [March commissioned for an Exhibition in Folkestone, mentioned in Cowen’s autobiography p. 137]
1886 Overture, D, ['Liverpool Exhibition'], f.p. Liverpool Exhibition, Liverpool, 11.v.1886, orig. MS dd. 4.v.1886 but now assumed to be lost, unpub., Overture [written for the opening of the Liverpool Exhibition by Queen Victoria, 11 May 1886. Due to the orch. being badly sited for the premiere, the f.p. was abandoned part way through. Its first complete perf. was at the Crystal Palace in about November 1886]
1896 In Fairyland, Suite de ballet, f.p. London, Philharmonic Society, 6.v.1896, pub. Metzler & Co, London (1896), Suite (Ballet)
I1896 Four English Dances in the Olden Style, Set I, orig. MS: London, RCM, MS 5058m?, pub. Novello, Ewer & Co, London & New York (1896), Suite: 1. Stately Dance 2. Rustic Dance 3. Graceful Dance 4. Country Dance
1901 Butterfly's Ball, The, Concert Overture, f.p. Queen's Hall, London, Robert Newman’s Queen’s Hall Orchestra, 1901, orig. MS: London, RCM, MS 5058c?, pub. Novello & Co, London (1901), Overture
1901 Phantasy of Life and Love, A, f.p. Gloucester Festival, ix.1901, pub. Joseph Williams, London (1902), Symphonic Poem
1902 Coronation March, f.p. Philharmonic Society, London, 29.v.1902, orig. MS: London, RCM, MS 5058f?, pub. Novello & Co, London (1902), Concert Piece [for Edward VII’s Coronation, 9.viii.1902]
1903 Indian Rhapsody, f.p. Hereford Festival, ix.1903, pub. Boosey & Co, London & New York (1903), Symphonic Poem (Rhapsody), dedic: Scottish Orchestra
1903 Two pieces, small orch: Childhood, Girlhood, f.p. 1903, pub. Novello & Co, London (1903), Suite
1903 Reverie, f.p. 1903, pub. Novello & Co, London (1903), Concert Piece [The NGDMM lists this item incorrectly as a work for violin and orch., although there is a version for violin and piano]
1905 Suite of Old English Dances, A, Set II, f.p. 1905, orig. MS: London, RCM, MS 5058n?, pub. Novello & Co, London (1906), Suite: 1. Maypole Dance 2. Peasant's Dance 3. Minuet d'amour (Lover's Minuet) 4. Old Dance, with Variations
1912 Months, The (12 Sketches for Orchestra), orig. MS: London, RCM, MS 5058j, 126pp. (MS dd. 7.xii.1912), pub. (incomplete) Novello & Co, London (1914), Suite
1914 Language of Flowers, The, Suite de ballet, No.2, f.p. Promenade Concerts, London, 1914, pub. Boosey & Co, London (1914?), Suite (Ballet)
1922 Enchanted Cottage, The (Suite from Incidental Music)[unfinished], orig. MS [incomplete, wanting all after p.20]: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS.Mus.b.45, ff.167-76, unpub., Suite
1933 Magic Goblet, The - The Luck of Edenhall, f.p. BBC Studio, London, BBCSO, cond. Cowen, 9.vi.1934, orig. MS (incomplete, wanting all after p.8) : Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS.Mus.b.45, ff.44-7, pub. Boosey & Co, London (1934?), Bacchanale/Ballad [inspired by Longfellow's 'The Luck of Edenhall’]
1934 Miniature Variations (Humoresque), f.p. BBC Studio, London, BBCSO, cond. Lewis, 20.iv.1935, orig. MSS: (1) Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS.Mus.b.45, ff.63-7 - Short score, (2) Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS.Mus.b.45, ff.68-70 - Discarded drafts, (3) Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS.Mus.b.45, f.71 - Preliminary sketch, pub. Boosey & Co, London (1935?), Variations
Concertos and works for solo instrument and orchestra
1869 Concerto, a, piano, orch, f.p. St James's Hall, London, Cowen (pf), 9.xii.1869, unpub., Concerto
1900 Concertstück, piano, orch, f.p. London, Philharmonic Society, Paderewski (pf), 28.vi.1900, pub. Joseph Williams, London (1900), Concert Piece
Editions and arrangements by Cowen of others
1910? Handel, Siroe Overture, pub. London (1910?), Overture
1912? Handel, Dance of the Sailors (Rodrigo Overture), pub. London (1912), Overture
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