The Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano was written in 1973. This three-movement work contains many atonal affectations though it centers tonally around the key of G-major. It is an energetic piece; often there are emphasized fourths and fifths in the accompaniment and violin part, creating a modal sound.
	Vernon Perdue Davis wrote his Second Symphony in 1976, thirteen years after his first symphony was completed. Like his first symphony, the first and second movements are marked Allegro con brio and Andante espressivo, respectively. The third and fourth movements are marked very simply: Allegro and Allegretto, respectively. Like his first symphony, the movements in Second Symphony are unusually and distinctively sectionalized within themselves and contain frequent tempo, key, and meter changes. Second Symphony is a large work which is over two hundred pages long in full score, and is generally rhythmically conservative throughout.
	Entre le Boeuf, or, "Here Among Oxen," was a seasonal Christmas piece that Dr. Davis often played. He arranged "and Englished" this piece for the first time in 1953. It was originally set as a carol for four-voice choir to be sung in unison. The original version of Entre le Boeuf was published as the first issue in Schirmer's Virginia Music Series. The arrangement shown here is a descant with flute obligato that Dr. Davis wrote in 1978. Arrangements of tunes, either Dr. Davis' or others', that resulted in descants, obligatos, and alternate accompaniments are prevalent in Vernon Perdue Davis' oeuvre.