Chronological Index of Works
The following is a chronological list of Tippett's main compositions. It does not include arrangements (e.g. Water out of Sunlight) or works which are excerpts from larger pieces (e.g. Ritual Dances or Five Negro Spirituals). Full details can be found elsewhere on the site.
Early works (unpublished)
| c.1928 | String Quartet in F minor |
| 1928-30 | Concerto in D |
| 1928 | String Quartet in F major (revised 1920) | Songs for voice and piano | Songs for voice and piano | (Sea Love; Afternoon tea; Arracombe Wood) |
| 1929 | The Village Opera |
| 1930 | Psalm in C - The Gateway |
| Incidental music to Flecker's Don Juan | |
| 1932 | String Trio in B flat |
| 1933/34 | Symphony in in B flat |
| 1934 | Robin Hood |
| 1937 | A Song of Liberty |
| c.1937 | Miners, for chorus and piano |
| 1938 | Robert of Sicily |
| 1939 | Seven at One Stroke |
Published works
| 1934/35 | String Quartet No. 1 (revised 1943) | 1936/37: | Sonata No. 1 for Piano (revised 1942 and 1954) [originally titled Fantasy Sonata] | 1938/39 | Concerto for Double String Orchestra | 1939/41 | Fantasia on a Theme of Handel | A Child of Our Time | 1941/42 | String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp | 1942 | Two Madrigals: | The Windhover | The Source | 1943 | Cantata: Boyhood's End | 1944 | Fanfare No. 1 | The Weeping Babe | 1944/45 | Symphony No. 1 | 1945/46 | String Quartet No. 3 | 1946 | Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi | Little Music | 1946/52 | The Midsummer Marriage | 1948 | Suite in D (Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles), | 1950/51 | Song-cycle: The Heart's Assurance | 1952 | Dance, Clarion Air | 1953 | Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, | Fanfare No. 2 | Fanfare No. 3 | 1953/4 | Divertimento on Sellinger's Round | 1953/5 | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra | 1954 | Four Inventions | 1955 | Sonata for four horns | 1956 | Bonny at Morn | Four songs from the British Isles | (fifth one, The Skye Boating Song, op. posth.) | 1956/57 | Symphony No. 2 | 1958 | Cantata: Crown of the Year | Wadhurst | 1958/61 | King Priam | 1960 | Music (unison song) | Words for Music Perhaps | Lullaby | 1961 | Songs for Achilles | Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | 1962 | Sonata no. 2, for piano | Incidental Music for Shakespeare's The Tempest | Songs for Ariel | Praeludium for brass, bells and percussion | 1962/3 | Concerto for Orchestra | 1963/65 | The Vision of St Augustine | 1966/70 | The Shires Suite | 1966 | Severn Bridge Variations: no. 6, Braint | 1965/70 | The Knot Garden | 1970 | Songs for Dov | 1970/72 | Symphony No. 3 | 1971 | In Memoriam Magistri | 1972/73 | Sonata No. 3 for piano | 1975/76 | The Ice Break | 1976/77 | Symphony No. 4 | 1977/78 | String Quartet No. 4 | 1978/79 | Triple Concerto | 1980 | Fanfare No. 4:The Wolftrap Fanfare | 1980-82 | The Mask of Time | 1982-3 | The Blue Guitar | 1983 | Festal Brass with Blues | 1983-4: | Sonata No. 4 for piano | 1985-88 | New Year | 1988-90 | Byzantium | 1990-1 | String Quartet No. 5 | 1991-3 | The Rose Lake | 1994 | Caliban's Song |