Composer

Joseph Holbrooke

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1878–1958)

1878–1958

35 works and musical collections

Born: 1878
Died: 1958
Birthplace: Croydon
Place of death: London
Citizenship / historical state: United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Period (estimated from birth year): Modern

Biography

Joseph Holbrooke — English composer, conductor, and pianist (1878–1958). Joseph Holbrooke was born in 1878 in Croydon. The recorded year of death is 1958; place of death: London. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Life and musical career

Occupations: conductor; composer; pianist
Instruments played: piano
Genres: opera; symphony
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 54332716
ISNI: 0000000081333026
GND ID: 10390400X
Library of Congress ID: n86134498
MusicBrainz ID: bbe20144-0cba-402b-bfb5-1d00df5770ac

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: English Horn, strings, Contrabassoon, Timpani, Tuba
Source entries with composition dates: 26

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Clarinet Quintet No.1, Op.27, No.1	Catalogue / opus Op.27, No.1 Year composed 1903	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie-sonate for violoncello and pianoforte, Op.19	Catalogue / opus Op.19 Year composed 1904	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
First quartet, fantasie in D minor, Op.17b	Catalogue / opus Op.17b Year composed 1890 Key in title D minor	String Quartet	View sheet music Work & edition details
List of Complete Works	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Pickwick club; a humoreske in two parts	Year composed 1916	Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
String Quartet No.2 Song and Dance	Year composed 1917 ca.	String Quartet	View sheet music Work & edition details
Annabel Lee, Op.41b	Catalogue / opus Op.41b Year composed 1905 September	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Bells, Op.50a	Catalogue / opus Op.50a Year composed 1903/08/17	strings Clarinet Trombone 6 more instruments Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Drum Euphonium	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three Blind Mice, Op.37, No.1	Catalogue / opus Op.37, No.1 Year composed 1900	strings Tambourine Triangle 7 more instruments Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Glockenspiel Snare Drum	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bronwen, Op.67	Catalogue / opus Op.67 Year composed 1915	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Children of Don, Op.56	Catalogue / opus Op.56 Year composed 1910-12	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie 'Dylan' Op.53	Catalogue / opus Op.53 Year composed 1909	strings Triangle Timpani 8 more instruments Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Snare Drum Cymbals Drum Celesta Euphoniu	View sheet music Work & edition details
Grand prelude and fugue for the organ, Op.63	Catalogue / opus Op.63 Year composed 1912	Organ	View sheet music Work & edition details
Marino Faliero, Op.41 No.1	Catalogue / opus Op.41 No.1 Year composed 1905 March	strings Timpani Tuba 3 more instruments English Horn Contrabassoon Cymbals	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pierrot and Pierrette (A Lyrical Music Drama)	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem No.7 "Queen Mab", Op.45	Catalogue / opus Op.45	strings Clarinet Tambourine 8 more instruments Triangle Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Glockenspiel Sn	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem No.1 The Raven, Op.25	Catalogue / opus Op.25 Year composed 1899-1900, 1903 (revised and re-scored)	strings Clarinet Timpani 6 more instruments Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Cymbals Drum	View sheet music Work & edition details
Serenade for 12 Instruments Op.61b	Catalogue / opus Op.61b	Harp	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sextet [No.2] in F minor, Op.33	Catalogue / opus Op.33 Year composed 1901 Key in title F minor	Flute Oboe Horn 1 more instruments Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
String Sextet, Op.43	Catalogue / opus Op.43 Year composed 1902	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Symphony No.3 ('Ships'), Op.90	Catalogue / opus Op.90 Year composed 1925 April, Harlech (completion)	Clarinet Timpani English Horn 3 more instruments Contrabassoon Cymbals Euphonium	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem No.4 'Ulalume', Op.35	Catalogue / opus Op.35 Year composed 1903 (?)	strings Triangle Timpani 6 more instruments Tuba Tamtam Piccolo English Horn Cymbals Drum	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Wild Fowl, Fantasie from The Children of Don, Op.56b	Catalogue / opus Op.56b	strings bass Tenor 8 more instruments Clarinet Timpani Alto English Horn Contrabassoon percussion Baritone Euphonium	View sheet music Work & edition details
An Enchanted Garden	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Birds of Rhiannon, Op.87	Catalogue / opus Op.87 Year composed 1922? December	Harp strings Trombone 4 more instruments Trumpet English Horn Glockenspiel Side drum	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bronwen Overture, Op.75	Catalogue / opus Op.75 Year composed 1915	strings English Horn percussion 1 more instruments Euphonium	View sheet music Work & edition details
Byron, Op.39	Catalogue / opus Op.39	strings Tuba	View sheet music Work & edition details
Four Dances, Op.20	Catalogue / opus Op.20 Year composed 1896/1906?	Piano Cello bass	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Dramatic Choral Symphony, Op.48	Catalogue / opus Op.48 Year composed 1906, F. Park	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three Dramatic Songs for Soprano (or Tenor) Voice, String Quartet, and Pianoforte, Op.69	Catalogue / opus Op.69	Piano String Quartet	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dylan, Op.53	Catalogue / opus Op.53 Year composed 1909	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Long Ago, Op.79	Catalogue / opus Op.79	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Symphony No.1 'Les Hommages', Op.40	Catalogue / opus Op.40 Year composed 1905	strings Clarinet Tambourine 8 more instruments Triangle Timpani Trumpet Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Snare D	View sheet music Work & edition details
An Illuminated Symphony, Apollo and the Seaman, A Poem on Immortality	Year composed 1907 November 15, Hornsey	strings Clarinet Tambourine 8 more instruments Triangle Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Glockenspiel Sn	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Viking, Poem No.2 for Grand Orchestra after Longfellow's Poem 'The Skeleton in Armour'	Year composed 1901	strings Trombone Timpani 5 more instruments Tuba Piccolo English Horn Contrabassoon Cymbals	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 54332716. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.