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Violin

Capriccio

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1976
For: Flute, Violin, Cello & Piano
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Concerto da Camera No. 3

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1969
For: 2 Flutes, Solo Violin & Chamber Strings
Duration: 14 mins
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Duo Concerto

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1990
For: Guitar, Violin & String Orchestra
Duration: 21 mins
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Fiddler’s Country Wedding

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1994
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 9 mins
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Five Occasional Pieces for Violin & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1982
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 15 mins
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Jove’s Nod (Congreve);
Cantata for Baritone, 2 Violins, Cello & Harpsichord

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2005
For: Baritone, 2 Violins, Cello & Harpsichord
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Sonata for Four

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1982
For: Oboe, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord
Duration: 20 mins
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Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2000
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 17 mins
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Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2004
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 15 mins
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Sonatina in B minor for Solo Violin

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1963
For: Solo Violin
Duration: 7 mins
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Ten Variations for Violin & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1954
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 10 mins
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The Country Wedding (Partsong)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1987
For: TTBB & Solo Violin
Duration: 9 mins
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The New Terpsichore Book 1 –
Three Pieces for Violin & Harpsichord

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1995
For: Violin & Harpsichord
Duration: 7 mins
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The New Terpsichore Book 2 –
Four Pieces for Violin & Harpsichord

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1996
For: Violin & Harpsichord
Duration: 9 mins
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The Selevan Story

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1992
For: Flute, Violin, 2 Solo Guitars & 4-part Guitar Ensemble
Duration: 17 mins
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Three Dances:

  1. Scherzo
  2. Passamezzo
  3. Saltarello

 

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 9 mins
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Variazioni Concertanti

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1970
For: Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord
Duration: 16 mins
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Violin and piano

Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2000
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 17 mins
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Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2004
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 15 mins
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Three Dances:

  1. Scherzo
  2. Passamezzo
  3. Saltarello

 

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: Violin & Piano
Duration: 9 mins
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Viola

Seven Miniatures

Published by ABRSM
1958
For: Viola & Piano
Duration: 11 mins

Caprice after Puck

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1978
For: Solo Viola
Duration: 10 mins
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Concerto da Camera No. 1

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1963
Revised 1979
For: Harpsichord, Violas, Cellos, Bass; or Solo String Quintet only (Violas, Cellos & Bass)
Duration: 18 mins
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Duo for Viola & Flute

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1967
For: Viola & Flute
Duration: 9 mins
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Echoes of Autumn

Published by Productions d’Oz
1998
For: Viola & Guitar
Duration: 5 mins

Solway Suite:

  1. Invocation
  2. Scherzo
  3. Pastorale
  4. Ground
  5. Badinage
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1974
For: Flute, Viola & Harp (or Viola Part arranged for Cello)
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Sonata for Three

Published by Editions Orphée
1982
For: Guitar, Flute & Viola
Duration: 11 mins

Sonata in A for Viola & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1963
For: Viola & Piano
Duration: 15 mins
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Sonata in D Minor for Viola & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1952
For: Viola & Piano
Duration: 14 mins
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Viola da gamba

Viola da Gamba Concerto

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1961
For: Viola da Gamba & Chamber Orchestra - 1 Flute; 2 Oboes; 1 Clarinets; 1 Bassoon; 2 Horns; Strings (3,3,2,2,1)
Duration: 21 mins
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Cello

Canzona for Massed Cellos

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1981
For: 6 groups of cellos
Group A: soloist/leader plus two other small solo parts;
Group B: duo;
Group C: duo;
Group D: trio;
Group E: trio;
Group F: quartet (for accompaniment)
Duration: 8 mins
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Capriccio

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1976
For: Flute, Violin, Cello & Piano
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Concerto da Camera No. 1

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1963
Revised 1979
For: Harpsichord, Violas, Cellos, Bass; or Solo String Quintet only (Violas, Cellos & Bass)
Duration: 18 mins
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Duo for Guitar & Cello

  1. Arabesque
  2. Invention
  3. Nocturne
  4. March
  5. Vigil
  6. Bagatelle
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1974
For: Guitar & Cello
Duration: 16 mins
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Five Occasional Pieces for Cello & Piano

  1. Prelude
  2. Dialogue
  3. Alla Burlesca
  4. Aria
  5. Alla Polka
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1970
For: Cello & Piano
Duration: 16 mins
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Jove’s Nod (Congreve);
Cantata for Baritone, 2 Violins, Cello & Harpsichord

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2005
For: Baritone, 2 Violins, Cello & Harpsichord
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Partita for Solo Cello

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1985
For: Cello
Duration: 18 mins
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Pastoral Sonata

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1959/1998
For: Guitar, Flute & Cello
Duration: 15 mins
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Sonata for Cello & Piano

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1968
For: Cello & Piano
Duration: 21 mins
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Sonata for Four

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1982
For: Oboe, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord
Duration: 20 mins
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Two Romantic Pieces: Set A

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1996
For: Cello & Piano
Duration: 8 mins
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Two Romantic Pieces: Set B

2008
For: Cello & Piano
Duration: 8 mins
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Two’s Company

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2008
For: Bassoon & Cello
Duration: 5 mins
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Double bass

Arlington Concertante

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1986
For: Solo Harpsichord, Brass & Wind Quintets, Double Bass & Three Percussion
Duration: 13 mins
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Lighting the Match

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2000
For: Double Bass & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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Root and Branch

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1998
For: Cello & Double Bass
Duration: 5 mins
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String trio

Capriccio & Finale

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1952
For: Harp, Flute, Clarinet & String Trio
Duration: 17 mins
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Dream Sequence

  1. College Prayers: Christchurch 1862
  2. Summer Rhapsody: Games, Boating and Dreams
  3. The Bellman and the Vanishing
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1984
For: Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio
Duration: 8 mins
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Love’s Madness;
Cantata Setting of Five Mediaeval Quatrains

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1970
For: High Voice, String Trio & Harpsichord
Duration: 14 mins
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Oboe Quartet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1993
For: Oboe & String Trio
Duration: 15 mins
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String Trio No. 1

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1951
For: String Trio
Duration: 19 mins
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String Trio No. 2

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1964
Duration: 18 mins
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Trio for Baryton, Viola & Cello

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: Baryton, Viola & Cello
Duration: 13 mins
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Piano trio

Piano Trio No. 1:
Methought this other Night – Diversions on an Air by Robert Jones

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1967
For: Piano Trio
Duration: 16 mins
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Piano Trio No. 2 in One Movement

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1973
For: Piano Trio
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Piano Trio No. 3:

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2000
For: Piano Trio
Duration: 18 mins
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The Old Cigarette Lighter; Entertainment for Children (Libretto by David Reynolds)

  1. The Soldier
  2. The Old Woman and the Cave
  3. The Money
  4. High-Life
  5. The Princess
  6. The Dog
  7. The Sleeping Princess
  8. Nanny to the Rescue
  9. Taken into Custody
  10. The Trial
  11. Pandemonium in Court
  12. Off to the Palace
  13. The Farewell
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1961
For: Narrator, Flute, Oboe & Piano
(Also available in version for narrator and wind quintet)
Duration: 18 mins
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String quartet

A Bag of Winds (for five string quartets and narrator):

  1. Prelude: The Ancient Empire of the Winds (Tutti)
  2. Boreas (Quartet A)
  3. Zephyrus (Quartet B)
  4. Eurus and Notus (Quartets C & D)
  5. Odysseus (Quartet E and tutti)
  6. Odysseus Again (Quartet E)
  7. Odysseus and his Companions on their Best Behaviour (tutti)
  8. The Good Life at Aeolia (tutti)
  9. The Winds Imprisoned (Quartets A, B C and D)
  10. Homeward Bound (Quartet B and tutti)
  11. The Fateful Sleep (Quartet E and tutti)
  12. Back at Aeolia (tutti)
  13. The Dismissal (tutti)
  14. Find Assembly of the Winds (tutti)

NB: Quartet C consists of 4 violins and Quartet D of 2 violas and 2 cellos. Quartets A, B and E are normally constituted.

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1973
For: An entertainment for 5 string quartets and narrator with optional double bass
Duration: 18 mins
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Fantasy String Quartet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1948
Duration: 14 mins
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Septet Variations

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: Harp, Flute, Clarinet & String Quartet
Duration: 13 mins

String Quartet in B minor

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1953
Duration: 24 mins
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String Quartet in F minor

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1959
Duration: 20 mins
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String Quartet No. 1

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1984
For: String Quartet
Duration: 26 mins
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String Quartet No. 2

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1987
For: String Quartet
Duration: 25 mins
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String Quartet No. 3

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1989
For: String Quartet
Duration: 28 mins
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String Quartet No. 4

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1993
For: String Quartet
Duration: 27 mins
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String Quartet No. 5

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1998
For: String Quartet
Duration: 13 mins
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String Quartet No. 6

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2001
For: String Quartet
Duration: 19 mins
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String Quartet No. 7 ‘Cross-Currents’

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2002
Duration: 19 mins
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String Quartet No. 8

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2005
For: String Quartet
Duration: 19 mins
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String Quartet No. 9

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2006
For: String Quartet
Duration: 23 mins
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String quintet

String Quintet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1986
For: String Quintent (Quartet & Cello)
Duration: 30 mins
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Quintet with other instruments

Dream Sequence

  1. College Prayers: Christchurch 1862
  2. Summer Rhapsody: Games, Boating and Dreams
  3. The Bellman and the Vanishing
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1984
For: Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio
Duration: 8 mins
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Piano Quintet No. 1

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1966
For: Piano Quintet (Piano & String Quartet)
Duration: 26 mins
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Piano Quintet No. 2

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1999
For: Piano Quintet (Piano & String Quartet)
Duration: 17 mins
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Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2007
For: Clarinet & String Quartet
Duration: 26 mins
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Quintet for Flute and String Quartet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2003
For: Flute & String Quartet
Duration: 13 mins
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Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1973
For: Guitar & String Quartet
Duration: 19 mins
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String sextet

String Sextet

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1996
For: String Sextet (Quartet, Viola & Cello)
Duration: 18 mins
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Large ensemble

A Bag of Winds (for five string quartets and narrator):

  1. Prelude: The Ancient Empire of the Winds (Tutti)
  2. Boreas (Quartet A)
  3. Zephyrus (Quartet B)
  4. Eurus and Notus (Quartets C & D)
  5. Odysseus (Quartet E and tutti)
  6. Odysseus Again (Quartet E)
  7. Odysseus and his Companions on their Best Behaviour (tutti)
  8. The Good Life at Aeolia (tutti)
  9. The Winds Imprisoned (Quartets A, B C and D)
  10. Homeward Bound (Quartet B and tutti)
  11. The Fateful Sleep (Quartet E and tutti)
  12. Back at Aeolia (tutti)
  13. The Dismissal (tutti)
  14. Find Assembly of the Winds (tutti)

NB: Quartet C consists of 4 violins and Quartet D of 2 violas and 2 cellos. Quartets A, B and E are normally constituted.

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1973
For: An entertainment for 5 string quartets and narrator with optional double bass
Duration: 18 mins
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String orchestra

Concerto Chacony

Published by Peacock Press
2000
For: Recorder & String Orchestra
Duration: 9 mins

Essay No. 7

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1992
For: Symphony-Strength Strings
Duration: 14 mins
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Idyll for Strings

1957
For: String Orchestra
Duration: 3 mins

Last of the Leaves;
Cantata Setting of Four Poems:

  1. The Rose and the Gardener (Austin Dobson)
  2. The Leaf Burners (Ernest Rhys)
  3. The Donkey (GK Chesterton)
  4. At a Country Dance in Provence (Harold Monro)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: Bass, Solo Clarinet & String Orchestra
Duration: 22 mins
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Nocturne for String Orchestra

1959
For: String Orchestra
Duration: 6 mins

Baryton

Daphne to Apollo – Soprano with Baryton
(Text by Matthew Prior)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1977
For: Soprano & Baryton (alternative Soprano & Guitar version also available on this website)
Duration: 5 mins
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