A successful composer of light music and theatre scores, his principal creative energies went into more ambitious and exploratory works that were particularly influenced by Indian music. Suffering a setback after the decline in popularity of his World Requiem (1919–1921), he left London for Paris in 1927, and eventually travelled to India in 1935 where, among other things, he collected folk music, composed pieces for traditional Indian instrument ensembles, and worked for a radio station. Foulds was an adventurous figure of great innate musicality and superb technical skill. Among his best works are Three Mantras for orchestra and wordless chorus (1919–1930), Essays in the Modes for piano (1920–1927), the piano concerto Dynamic Triptych (1927–1929), and his ninth string quartet Quartetto Intimo (1931–1932).
1919–1930
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John Foulds Edition
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636888
Extract
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 905552
Winthrop Rogers Edition of Choral Music for Festivals
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano [harp]
Choir score
Item no.: 900305
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478555
March
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1214003
Music Poem op. 20
Foulds Edition
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344980
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344791
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1213094
based on authentic Indian Melodies from the Collection of Maud MacCarthy
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for: Symphonic orchestra
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Item no.: 1344950
Oriental Nocturne
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for: Chamber orchestra
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Item no.: 655611
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1344475
Concerto for Wordless Solo Voice (Contralto) & Orchestra op. 50
first print
Foulds Edition
for: Voice (alto), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1344002
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John Foulds Edition
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1345276
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1213115
Music Pictures – Group VI
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 902117
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1344761
First printed edition
Foulds Edition
for: Cello, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1344187
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John Foulds Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1344826
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John Foulds Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1343941
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John Foulds Collection
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Study Score 1163
for: 2 string orchestras, percussion, harp
Study score
Item no.: 1344743
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for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344706
Founded on Original Melodies written in the Chinese Idiom
newly engraved from the manuscript, first print
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Study Score 1220
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344734
autograph score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 1344712
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345028
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1345050
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616392
Monologue for Baritone with Orchestra (1932) from Shakespeare’s ‚As You Like It’
Version for baritone and piano
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Foulds Edition
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344312
Music-Pictures Group II Op. 32
first time engraved / first edition
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344769
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 906359
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Foulds Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344438
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 896672
first print
Foulds Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344481
Hawkes School Series 13
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 908198
First printed edition
Foulds Edition
for: Chamber orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344398
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 905344
Intermezzo Impromptu
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 643360
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 897560
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 853764
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 897073
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 896466
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344246
first printed edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344318
Dedicated to the Memory of Joseph Joachim
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344182
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 890796
from 'Quartetto geniale'
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Foulds Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1344460