Statistics for British Composers by Composition

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CompositionsComposer% Correct
"The Planets", "St.Paul Suite", "Brook Green Suite", "First Suite in E-Flat", "Second Suite in F", "The Perfect Fool", "Sāvitri", "The Bells", "Moorside Suite", "Hammersmith"Gustav Holst
98%
Symphonies 1-9, "The Lark Ascending", "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis", "Fantasia on Greensleeves", "The Wasp", "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Tuba Concerto in F minor", "English Folk Song Suite", "Flourish for Wind Band"Ralph Vaughan Williams
85%
"The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", "Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge", "War Requiem", "Peter Grimes", "Death in Venice", "The Prince of the Pagodas", "Curlew River", "Piano Concerto", "Violin Concerto", "The Prodigal Son", "Six Metamorphoses after Ovid"Benjamin Britten
82%
Symphonies 1-2, "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches 1-5, "Enigma Variations", "Cello Concerto in E minor", "Severn Suite", "Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra", "Cockaigne", "In the South", "Violin Concerto in B minor", "The Dream of Gerontius", "Sea Pictures"Edward Elgar
80%
Symphonies 1-2, "Façade" Suites 1-2, "Belshazzar's Feast", "Crown Imperial", "Violin Concerto", "Viola Concerto", "Cello Concerto", "Spitfire Prelude and Fugue", "Scapino: A Comedy Overture", "Coronation Te Deum"William Walton
52%
"Lincolnshire Posy", "Shepherd's Hey", "Molly by the Shore", "Mock Morris", "Irish Tune from County Derry", "Colonial Song", "Country Gardens", "In a Nutshell"Percy Aldridge Grainger
40%
Symphonies 1-4, "A Child of Our Time", "Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli", "Concerto for Double String Orchestra", "The Ice Break"Michael Tippett
35%
"The Whale", "The Protecting Veil", "Funeral Ikos", "The Lamb", "Song for Athene", "The Veil of the Temple", "Lamentations and Praises"John Tavener
29%
Symphonies 1-5, "Jerusalem", "Prometheus Unbound", "De Profundis"Hubert Parry
28%
"Requiem", "Gloria", "Magnificat", "Mass of the Children", "Shepherd's Pipe Carol"John Rutter
27%
Symphonies 1-9, English Dances: Sets 1-2, Little Suites 1-5, "Tam o' Shanter Overture", "Peterloo Overture", "A Grand, Grand Overture", "Four Scottish Dances", "Four Cornish Dances", "Four Welsh Dances", "Four Irish Dances", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Harmonica Concerto", "The Padstow Lifeboat"Malcolm Arnold
25%
Symphonies 1-9, Naxos Quartets 1-10, "Eight Songs for a Mad King", "Ave maris stella", "Solstice of Light", "The Martyrdom of St. Magnus", "The Lighthouse"Peter Maxwell Davies
23%
"Symphony No.1 'The Gothic'", Symphonies 2-32Havergal Brian
16%
"The Mask of Orpheus", "Tragoedia", "The Triumph of Time", "Earth Dances", "Pulse Shadows", "The Minotaur", "The Io Passion"Harrison Birtwistle
15%
"Whitman Settings", "Where the Wild Things Are", "Masks", "Fanfares for Tangelwood", "Cantata", "Songs and a Sea Interlude", "Requiem: Songs for Sue"Oliver Knussen
8%
Symphonies 1-2, Suites 1-3, Piano Concertos 1-2, Violin Concertos 1-2, Oboe Concertos 1-2, "William Byrd Suite", "Variations on an Original Theme", "The Nun's Priest's Tale", "Prelude and Toccata", "Overture for Strings", "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra", "Cameos"Gordon Jacob
6%
"Tuba Concerto", "Flourish for Orchestra", "Metamorphoses", "Make a Joyful Noise", "Of Men and Mountains"Edward Gregson
4%
Symphonies 1-2, String Quartets 1-2, Violin Sonatas 1-2, "The Apocalypse", "Concerto for Oboe"Eugene Aynsley Goossens
2%

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