Vernon Perdue Davis Collection
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This alphabetical list by genre of work is adapted from A
Catalogue of the Works of Vernon Perdue Davis compiled by Professor L. Anderson
Orr of Virginia Wesleyan College. The acronym "VaMS" stands for the
"Virginia Music Series" in which a few the works of Dr. Davis ("V.P.D")
were published.
Anthems / Chamber Music / Descants / Harmonizations / Hymn-Anthems / Hymns / Hymns and Carols - Parts for First Violin / Hymns
and Carols - Parts for Second Violin / Hymns and Carols - Parts for Violoncello / Introductions
and Interludes / Miscellaneous Music / Modulations / Operas / Orchestral
Music / Organ / Pianoforte Solo / Pianoforte Four Hands / Pianoforte Duo / Published or Printed
Scores / Songs and Duets / Service
Music / Transpositions
ANTHEMS (All anthems are for SATB and organ unless
otherwise noted.)
Almighty and everlasting God [SATB or SA only, Collect for Trinity XIV]
Almighty God, who hast poured [unaccompanied, Collect for Christmas II]
Almighty God, who hast given us [two separate anthems on the same text, Collect
for Christmas]
Bell Chorus (Carol)
Benedictus qui venit [TTBB, arranged from Prof. Fickenscher] (See also Hymns.)
Blessed are they that die in the Lord
Blest are the pure in heart
Collect for Consecration of a Bishop
A Communion anthem (Tucker) [unaccompanied]
Could a man remain unfeeling (Fr. Duke) [from St. John Passion]
A Dutch Carol (Trevelyan)
An Easter Carol ("We deck our holy tables") [also with parts for violin
& violoncello]
Gradual for Easter Day [unaccompanied]
Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee [two setting, Collect for Trinity V]
Grant, we beseech thee, merciful God [TTBB, Collect for Trinity XXI]
It was my soul’s desire (Irish)
The Law of the Lord [TTBB and organ]
Lord of all power and might [unaccompanied, F or Eb, Collect for Trinity VII]
O Come, thou Holy Ghost (J. H. Davis) [with solo soprano]
O Holy Spirit (Brydon)
O Lord, who hast taught us [Collect for Quinquagesima]
O God the strength [Collect for Trinity I]
Propers for Easter Day [unaccompanied with parts]
Propers for Ash Wednesday, Introit, Gradual, Tract, and Offertory [SSA unaccompanied]
St. John Passion: Soloists--Evangelist (baritone), Pilate (tenor), Christ (bass),
soprano, mezzo soprano, and tenor soloists. Poetry by Francis Duke.
a. Chorus: Our sorrows He hath surely borne [also with accompaniment for four-hands]
b. Part One (Bb): Pilate, therefore, took Jesus
c. Chorus: To heaven Jesus lifted up his eyes
d. Part Two (C minor): When Pilate, therefore, heard that saying
e. Chorus: I have not slumbered
f. Part Three (C): And from thenceforth
g. Tenor: May true believers all be one
h. Part Four (A minor): And He bearing His cross
i. Chorus: In His cross is my protection
j. Part Five (A minor): Then the soldiers
k. Part Six (Bb): Now three stood by the Cross
l. Chorus: Could a man remain unfeeling
m. Part Seven (F minor): After this, Jesus knowing
n. Duet (soprano & mezzo soprano): Though in their sorrow
o. Part Eight (Gb minor): The Jews, therefore, because it was the preparation
p. Chorus: May we follow where thou hast trod
Secular "Nonsense Latin" ("Labor Amoris") [TTBB unaccompanied]
Teach me, my God & King [two-part choir and organ]
We beseech thee, Almighty God [Collect for Lent III]
CHAMBER MUSIC
A Christmas Paraphase for violin and pianoforte in B-flat [with optional
violoncello]
Concerto for violin and pianoforte in A minor [arrangement] 1961
Double concerto in D [fragment for pianoforte]
Hunting Fanfare for Six Horns and Kettle Drum in C
Hunting Fanfare for Six Horns and Kettle Drum in G
John Knowles Paine’s opus 32 [Larghetto & Scherzo edited V.P.D.]
Passacaglia for String Quartet
Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola and violoncello in D [score and parts]
Quartet for strings in C [score and parts]
Quartet for strings in E minor [score and parts]
Quintet for pianoforte, two violins, violoncello, and horn in D [with corrections,
part for horn arranged for viola]
Rhapsody for Violoncello and pianoforte
Several Fugues for Strings
Sonata for violoncello and pianoforte in D 1979 [plus voluntary second movement
in D minor]
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #1 (Violin Sonata for Montebello), 1949
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #2, 1973
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #3, 1977 [plus revisions]
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #4; 1979 [with notes, also scored for violin
and organ]
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #5, 1986 [also violoncello part for Allegro
cantabile]
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #6, 1986
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #7, 1990-91
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #8, 1991
Sonata for violin and pianoforte #9, s.d.
Theme and Variations in 5/4 for four-hands and violin
Trio for violin, violoncello, and pianoforte #1 in B-flat, 1963
Trio for harp, pianoforte, and violin in E-flat
Trio for violin, violoncello, and pianoforte #2 in D, 1984
Trio for violin, violoncello, and pianoforte #3 in F [four-hands], 1984
Trio for violin, violoncello, and pianoforte #4 in B-flat, 1993
Variations for violoncello and four-hands in A, 1986
Voluntary for violon and violoncello 1985
DESCANTS (See also Published and Printed Scores.)
Adeste, fideles ("O come, all ye faithful")
Angels we have heard on high in F -- ms.
Ar hyd y nos ("God that madest earth and heaven")
Aurelia ("The Church’s one foundation") D-flat and E
Beecher ("Love divine") [Two versions, one with violin obbligato]
Crimond ("The Lord’s my shepherd")
Darwall ("Ye holy angels bright") [with interludes and introduction]
Dominus regit me ("The King of love my shepherd is")
Duke Street ("Jesus shall reign")
Entre le boeuf [ Two versions, one with flute obbligato]
Eucharistic Hymn ("Bread of the world")
Eventide ("Abide with me")
Fortunatus ("Welcome, happy morning") (flute part also included)
French carol ("Les anges") [#42 in Hymnal 1940]
Heinlein ("Forty days and forty nights")
Hesperus ("O God of love")
Horsley ("There is a green hill")
Irby ("Once in royal David’s city")
Lancashire ("Lead on, O King eternal")
Lauda anima ("Praise, my soul")
Laudes Domini ("When morning gilds the skies")
Love Divine [Donald Dunn]
Lyra Davidica ("Christ the Lord is risen")
Manchester ("Hark! the herald-angels sing")
Melita ("Eternal Father, strong to save")
Merrial ("Now the day is over")
Nicaea ("Holy, holy, holy")
The Ocean’s Limits [C. K. Cook]
Old 124th ("Turn back, O man")
Pilgrims ("Hark! hark, my soul")
Psalm LXXXIV [Prof. Duke/V.P.D.]
Regent Square ("Angels from the realms of glory") [with instrumental
parts]
Sicilian Mariners ("Lord, dismiss us")
St. Anne ("O God our help")
St. Agnus ("Come, Holy Spirit")
St. Clement ("The day thou gavest")
St. Cross ("O come and mourn with me")
St. Denio ("Immortal, invisible")
St. George’s Windsor ("Come, ye thankful people")
St. Kevin ("Come, ye faithful, raise the strain")
St. Louis ("O little town of Bethlehem")
St. Theodulph ("All glory, laud, and honor")
St. Thomas (Williams) ("I love thy kingdom, Lord")
St. Christopher ("Beneath the Cross of Jesus")
St. Catherine ("Faith of our fathers")
Tidings ("O Zion, haste") [Two separate versions]
Victory ("The strife is o’er")
Vigiles et sancti ("Ye watchers and ye holy ones")
Wareham ("Triumphant Zion")
Wetherby ("O thou who through this holy week")
Winchester New ("On Jordan’s banks")
Yorkshire ("Christian, awake")
HARMONIZATIONS
Cambridge
Cantique de Noël [SATB]
Darwall’s Old 148th
Dundee
An Easter Hymn
The First Nowell [Phrygian Mode]
Gloucester
Hanover with Nare’s Decalogue and Haye’s Sanctus
Kirby’s Psalm LXXXIV
Lesser Litany
Lesser Litany and Litany Responses after Playford
Old 100th
Orientis partibus
Oxford
Psalm C
Psalm CL [in French, based upon a melody by Bourgeois]
Rockingham
Rouen Church Melody
Surrey
Tallis’s Canon [SATB]
Veni Emmanuel
Veni Creator (Hopkins)
Wareham
Westminster
Winchester
Windsor
York
HYMN-ANTHEMS (See also Published and Printed Scores.)
After the Third Collect [SATB, violin, violoncello, and organ]
a. Lancashire ("Lead on, O King eternal") Smart
b. Beatitudo ("O for a closer walk with God") Dykes
c. Diademata ("Crown Him with many crowns") Elvey
d. Aurelia ("The Church’s one foundation") S. S. Wesley
e. St. Catherine ("Thou hidden love of God") Hemy/Walton
f. Lauda anima ("Praise my soul the King of heaven") Goss
g. Maryton ("O Master, let me walk with thee") H. Percy Smith
h. Laudes Domini ("When morning gilds the skies") Barnby
i. Pilgrims ("Hark! hark, my soul") Smart
j. Alford ("Ten thousand times ten thousand") Duke
k. St. Chrysostom ("Jesu, my Lord, my God, my all") Barnby
l. Regent Square ("Christ is made the sure foundation") Smart
Ar hyd y nos (God that madest earth and heaven) Heber/Whateley [including descant]
Carol for Ascensiontide (#4 from "Four Hymns for Christchurch, Middlesex
Co.") - ms.
Darwall (Ye holy angels bright) Baxter/Gurney
Easter Hymn Marshal/ V.P.D. [with violin]
Entre le boeuf (French carol) 1978 [STB, also as a unison carol]
Fairest Lord Jesu (Silesian air) [German text; for keyboard and choir; for soprano
and baritone duet; solo or unison trebles with organ;
two violins, choir, and organ, for four hands (E-flat and G); for two-part choir;
and cello part]
Fairest Lord Jesu [with violin]
The First Nowell [in original Phrygian mode, including descant and violin part]
How can I keep from singing (Shaker hymn)
Huron Carol (French melody and Canadian text) [for trebles, basses, and keyboard]
I saw three kings [French carol and text, also version with violin and violoncello]
In Babilone [Easter text J.H.D.]
It Came upon a Midnight Clear - ms.
Jamestown Hymn Brydon/V.P.D. [unison choir and final descant]
The Legend (Miracle) of St. Nicholas (French tune) [versions with soloists,
SATB unaccompanied, and in French]
Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy) - ms.
Noël nouvelet (French carol) [For two-part choir]
O Jesu, ev’ry moment [Traditional Irish melody, with English paraphase
by Archbishop Simms]
O Jesu Mild (Bach) - facs.
O Jesu so sweet (Bach) [for TTBB]
O Filii et filiae French/Neale (traditional) [with optional 2 parts]
The Ocean’s Limits Taylor /Cook [with soloist and violin]
Once in royal David’s city Alexander/Gauntlett [with violin]
Pilgrims ("Hark! hark, my soul") Faber [Also arranged for duet]
Psalm LXXXIV Duke/V.P.D. [for unison voices] (See also Hymns.)
Psalm XXIII Tucker Beecham [with violin]
Psalm CL Turner/V.P.D. [for unison voices]
Sing lullaby (French tune) Baring-Gould
Sing! O sing our Saviour’s praise Joy/V.P.D. [for SASB and violoncello,
with descant]
Song 46 ("Drop, drop, slow tears") Gibbons/Fletcher [double choir
in contrary inverse motion]
Two Gallery-Carols from the opera "The Mellstock Quire" V.P.D.
a. Let Christians all with joyful mirth [SATB, violin, violoncello, and organ]
b. Rejoice and be merry [SATB, violin, violoncello, and organ]
Vox dilecti ("I heard the voice of Jesus say") Dykes/Boanr [F and
G]
Walch's Tidings (1993) - ms.
Wareham Doddridge/Knapp [for unison voices and descant (A and G), with unison
voices and organ only, for SATB and flute]
What doth the Lord require of thee? - ms.
Ye watchers and ye holy ones (German tune) Baxter/Gurney [also with violin]
HYMNS (See also Published and Printed Scores.)
Alleluia and Sequence for Easter Day (1950), SATB and Organ - ms.
Assorted church service music for Farmville and St. Peter's, New Kent - mss.,
facsimiles, photocopies
Blessed are they (Benedictus qui venit)
Easter/Spring carol ("I’ve brought you a bunch of May") [unison]
Free accompaniment on "Aurelia" and descant
Hail! O Day of joy and gladness [unison]
Hallelujah! sing to Jesus (L. Houston) [SATB]
Hymn for Tangier Island (J.H.D.) [unison]
Hymn of Brotherhood (Gregory) [unison]
Love divine (D. Dunn arranged V.P.D.) [SATB]
Modal hymn-tune (?)
Most holy, happy day of days (Marshall) [unison]
O Lord Christ, for sinners slain (Joy) [SATB, F or E-flat]
O Perfect love (Gurney) [unison]
O For a closer walk with God (Cowper) [SATB]
Over the hills and over the dales (Gillington) [unison or SATB]
Psalm LXXXIV ("How amiable") [four versions, G; F; F]
Psalm LXXXIV (1986); four-voice setting - facs.
Stabat mater (Fr. Duke)
Stars serene in skies above (Fr. Duke) [unison, C or B-flat]
To thee, O God, this day we give (Marshall) [unison or SATB, C & D]
A Tune in common metre
Woeful Stood the Mother (1975); words by Francis Duke. - ms.
HYMNS AND CAROLS -- PARTS FOR FIRST VIOLIN
After the dismissal from In Babilone
Agnus Dei (Bizet) [arranged V.P.D., also version for violin and voice]
America
Angels, we have heard on high
Ar hyd y nos
Breathe on me, Breath of God (Peace)
Cantique noël (Adams)
Carol on Ascensiontide
Christians awake
Darwell
Dix (#296/#52) (Kocher)
Dominus regit me (Dykes)
Doxology (Bourgeois)
Dutch tune (carol) [descant and harmonization]
Easter Hymn (V.P.D.) [long and short versions]
An Easter Hymn (Marshall)
Ellacombe
Emmanuel
England’s Lane
Entre le boeuf
First Noël [Phrygian]
Fortunatus (Sullivan)
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus
Hark the herald-angels
Hosanna
Houston
Hymn for St. Andrew’s Norfolk
I saw three ships
I saw three kings
Il est né
Irby (Gauntlett)
It came upon a midnight clear
Italian carol (arranged by Sowerby)
Jamestown Hymn (V.P.D.)
Jesus, O sweet Jesus
Joy to the world (Antioch)
Laud est Domini
Laude anima (Gross)
Lyra davidica
Maryton
Miracle of St. Nicholas
Noël nouvelet
Nunc dimittis of E-flat service (V.P.D.)
O Filii et filiae (V.P.D.)
O Perfect love (V.P.D.) (Harp part also)
O Little town of Bethlehem
O Jesulein süsz
The Ocean’s Limits (C. K. Cook)
Once in Royal David's City ("Irby" by Gauntlett)
Once to ev’ry man and nation (V.P.D.)
Over the hills and over the vales
Pentecost
Personent hodie piae cantiones (arranged by Holst)
Pilgrims (Smart)
Psalm LXXXIV
Psalm XXXIII (Beechum)
Excerpt from "Recessional" (V.P.D.)
Regent Square (Smart)
Purcell's Bell Anthem "Rejoice in the Lord always"
Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit (E-flat) (Schubert)
Since by man came death
Sofly the stars were shining (Adolf Forovsky)
St. Christopher (Maker)
St. Agnus
St. Denio
St. Clement
St. Kevin (Sullivan)
St. Anne (Croft)
To Thee, O God (Easter hymn, Mr. Marshall's text)
Untitled canon
Victory (Monk)
Vigiles et sancti
Voluntary in extremis for the Rev’d Mr. Coffey
Vox dilecti
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy ...
We three kings (Hopkins)
Westminster Abbey
What doth the Lord require of thee?
HYMNS AND CAROLS--PARTS FOR SECOND VIOLIN
Amor, quam dulcis est amor (Dutch carol) - ms.
Andantino - ms.
Angels, we have heard on high
Cantique de Noel (Adam) - ms.
Christians, Awake - ms.
Doxology (Bourgeois)
Dutch Tune - ms.
Emmanuel Powhatan (Dunn) - ms.
England's Lane (English) - ms.
Entre le Boeuf - ms.
The First Nowell - ms.
Fortunatus (Sullivan) - ms.
Gloria - ms.
Hark the herald angels
Hosanna (Dykes) - ms.
Hymn anthem on "O Filii et filiae" (V.P.D.) - ms.
I Saw Three Kings (French carol) - ms.
Il est né
Irby (Gauntlett)
Italian carol (arranged by Sowerby)
Jesus, O sweet Jesus
Joy to the world (Antioch)
Lauda Anima (Goss) - ms.
Lyra Davidica - ms.
Noël nouvelet
O Little town of Bethlehem
Once in Royal David's City ("Irby" by Henry John Gauntlett) - ms.
Personent hodie - ms.
Psalm XXIII (Beecham) - ms.
Purcell's Bell anthem, "Rejoice in the Lord always" - ms.
A Silesian Tune - ms.
Since by man came death (Handel) - ms.
Softly the stars were shining (Adolf Forovsky) - ms.
St. Kevin (Sullivan) - ms.
Victory (Monk) - ms.
Vigiles et sancti - ms.
Voluntary in extremis for The Rev. Coffey - ms.
We three kings (Hopkins)
HYMNS AND CAROLS--PARTS FOR VIOLONCELLO
Angels, we have heard on high
Bell anthem (Purcell)
Blessed be the God and Father (S. S. Wesley)
Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Peace) - ms.
Cantique noël (Adams)
Carol for Epiphany Washington (Torovsky’s)
Christmas paraphase
Dix (Kocher)
Doxology (Bourgeois)
Dutch tune (carol) [descant and harmonization]
Easter Hymn (V.P.D.) [long and short versions]
Ebling
England’s Lane
Entre le Boeuf - ms.
Fairest Lord Jesus
The First Nowell (in the Phrygian mode) - ms.
Fortunatus (Sullivan)
Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus
Hark the herald-angels
Houston - ms.
I Saw Three Kings - ms.
Il est né
Irby (Gauntlett)
It came upon a midnight clear
Italian carol (arranged by Sowerby)
Jamestown Hymn (V.P.D.)
Joy to the world (Antioch)
Laud est Domini
Laude anima (Gross)
Law of the Lord (V.P.D.)
La vierge a’la creche (C. Franck)
Lyra davidica
Maryton
Miracle of St. Nicholas
Noël nouvelet
Nunc dimittis of E-flat service (V.P.D.)
O Jesulein süsz
O Little town of Bethlehem
O How amiable (V.P.D.)
O Filii et filiae (V.P.D.)
O God, forasmuch
The Ocean’s Limits (C. K. Cook)
Once to every man and nation (V.P.D.)
Pentecost
Personent hodie piae Cantiones (arranged by Holst)
Psalm XXIII (Beechum)
Psalm LXXXIV
Regent Square (Smart)
Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit (E-flat) (Schubert) - ms.
Since by man came death
St. Kevin (Sullivan)
St. Christopher (Maker)
St. Denio
St. Clement
St. Anne (Croft)
Victory (Monk)
Vigiles et sancti
Voluntary in extremis for the Rev’d Mr. Coffey
Vox dilecti
We three kings (Hopkins)
Westminster Abbey adopted from Purcell - ms.
What doth the require of thee? (V.P.D.)
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Hymn-Anthem) - ms.
INTRODUCTIONS AND INTERLUDES
Amazing Grace
Angels we have heard on high
Attwood
Babylon’s streams
Bromley
Cambridge [Two settings]
Candlemas Carol (V.P.D.)
Carey
Carol for Ascensiontide (V.P.D.)
Crimond
Darwall
Day by day
Easter Hymn (V.P.D./Marshall)
Epiphanytide (Sue Elson McKnight)
Fortunatus
Geneva
God in our House (Burt)
Hanover (Dr. Croft)
Hereford
Hollingside [with Beecham descant]
Holst’s Carol
How brightly shines
Hymn to the Holy Ghost (Edwall)
I saw three ships
In Babilone
Jamestown Hymn
Jesulein süsz
Kingsfold
Land of rest
Manchester
Nicaea
O Filii et filiae
O Esca viatorum
The Ocean’s Limits
Old 120th
Old 124th
Oxford
Pilgrims
Praise to the Lord (Beecham)
Repton (Parry)
Schmücke dich
Sleepers, Wake
Stabat Mater (V.P.D.)
St. Anne
St. Peter’s New Kent
St. Mary’s Lullaby (V.P.D.)
St. Theodulph [Two versions, one with descant]
Tallis’s Canon
Tallis’s Third Mode
Wainwright
Wareham
What doth the Lord require of thee? (V.P.D.)
Winchester
Yorkshire
MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC
An Allegro (F) [for carillon or harp]
An Allegro (F) [for harp]
Andante Cantabile [for violin and cello?] - ms.
Carol for Ascensiontide (arr.) [for carillon or harp]
Carol for Ascensiontide (arr.) [for harp]
A Jamestown Hymn (arr.) [for carillon or harp]
A Jamestown Hymn (arr.) [for harp]
Rian (G) [for carillon or harp]
Rian (G) [for harp]
Serenade [for harp] - ms. and facs.
MODULATIONS
Chord from Collect to Epistle
Modulation from D (Lauda Anima) to E-flat
Modulation from F (O little town of Bethlehem) to G for Gospel
Modulation from Once to ev’ry man and nation to G for Officant
Modulation from Jamestown Hymn to G
Modulations D-flat to C, F minor to C, D to C, D to C, G to F-sharp (G-flat),
E minor to G, F minor to C, F minor to C, G to C minor, C minor to G, B-flat
minor to G.
Modulation for the Rev. Mr. Coffey--Regent Square to G, from F to G
Modulation interludes
Modulation E major to G major
OPERAS
The Admirable Crichton or The Honorable Ernest after Barrie [four acts, piano/vocal
score, full score, and first libretto]
Lady Mary’s Aria (optional, Act III) [full score]
The Divided Way after H.V. Esmond ( V.P.D. / Fr. Duke) [three acts, piano/vocal
score for all three acts, full
score for Acts I and II, scoring begun on Act III]
Horn parts: Act I, scene 2 of an opera [origin uncertain]
The Mellstock Quire after Hardy (V.P.D./Fr. Duke) [three acts, gallery carols,
piano/vocal score, full score, and
correspondence with Prof. Fr. Duke]
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Concerto # 1 for pianoforte in E minor
Concerto #2 for pianoforte in E minor [full score and reduction for two pianos]
Homesickness at Jamestown from Ballet Pocahontas [score and parts]
Overture for Greentop in B minor 1960 [full score, parts]
Symphony #1, 1963 [in honor of Michael Semanitzky, full score, lists metromonic
interpretations of Italian terms]
Symphony #2, 1976
Symphony #3, 1987 [score]
Symphony #3, 1987 [also reduction for pianoforte]
Toy Symphony in C [versions for pianoforte, two violins, viola; for four-hands
and toys; and for toys and strings]
Two pieces of Pamunkey Music
a. Indian Slinking Dance from Ballet Pocahontas [score and parts]
b. Pamunkey Tune [score and parts]
Variations for four-hands pianoforte, strings, two oboes, and two bassoons [score
for pianoforte and full score]
ORGAN (See also Published and Printed Scores.)
Adagio in G (keyboard) - ms.
Church Sonata s.d.[ with organ registration ideas]
Fugue à 4 and Canon (keyboard) - ms.
Fugue in F 1983 [four-hands]
Lamentation for Organ in E-flat minor (1952) - ms.
Pastorale in B
Prelude on Wondrous Love [Dorian]
Prelude in E minor 1945 [Prothalamion for Thelma and Putnam Stowe]
Prelude in C minor/C
Processional in F 1945
Recessional in G
Short prelude in E minor
Sonata in B-flat
Voluntary in B-flat
Fanfare (Allegro maestoso)
Moderato [variations on Dyke’s hymn-tune]
Fanfare (Andante maestoso)
Untitled worksheet (organ) - ms.
PIANOFORTE SOLO (See also Published and Printed Scores.)
Interlaken 1954
Last bagatelles
a. A Bagatelle (Many Moods) for the Charming Mrs. Louis Booke, 1994
b. A Bagatelle (Meditation) for the Scholarly the Rev’d Professor William
Boyd, 1994
c. A Bagatelle (Bells) for Miss Carol [Mrs. Richard Briscoe], 1994
d. A Waltz for Patricia and Watt Dunnington, s.d.
e. A Bagatelle for Charles William Fosler, III, Esq., 1994
f. A Bagatelle on G for the Gilbraltaresque Captains Robert and John Giannetti,
1994
g. A Bagatelle (Peace and Joy) for Girard Lawrey, Esq., 1994
h. A Bagatelle for Girard Lawrey, Jr, Esq., 1995
i. A Bagatelle for the Irrepressively Delightful Charles Edward Monell, Esq.,
1994
j. Bagatelle #1 for Frances Pulley Moore (A Lyric Piece), 1986 [solo and four-hands
versions]
k. Bagatelle #3 (a Lively March) for Handy Moore, 1986 [solo and four-hands
versions]
l. Toccatina for Allen and Ric Ohrstrom, 1994
m. Bagatelle for Lee Anderson Orr, Esq., 1987
n. A Bagatelle (Double Fughetta) for Squire Robert S. Pace, Jr, 1994
o. A Bagatelle (Rhapsody) for Dr. Palmer, 1994
p. Bagatelle #2 for John William Rollison, Jr (A Dance), 1986 [solo and four-hand
versions]
La Torre Caracciolo 1957
Nine brief études
Sonata #1 in D [revised 1970]
Sonata #2 in D-flat [s.d.]
Symphony #1 in F [transcription for pianoforte]
Two fragments, piano solo
PIANOFORTE -- FOUR-HANDS
Accompaniment for Ar hyd y nos and Tallis’s canon
Adeste Fideles for piano 4 hands - ms.
Allegro un poco serioso in G for piano 4 hands - ms.
Allegro vivace e spiritos in D for piano 4 hands - ms.
Andante elegante in E for piano 4 hands - ms.
Brief Overture in F
Classical Serenade by Nathanial Burt arr. by V.P.D. for piano 4 hands - mss.
Excerpts (sketches) from Pamunkey Ballet
Five-four variations in G for four-hands, violin, and violoncello
Fragment. Choral Finale for four hands (piano)
Overture for Greentop in B-flat minor 1951 [transcribed]
Overture in C for Act III of Mellstock Quire [transcribed]
Sonata for four-hands in G 1994
Sonata in A for piano 4 hands - ms.
String Quartet (no. 2) in C, transcription for piano 4 hands - mss.
Symphony no. 1 in F, transcription for piano 4 hands - facsimiles (bound)
Symphony #2 in D [transcribed]
Tea-Time Suite [seven sections]
Toy Symphony for four-hands [with toys and optional strings]
Untitled work for four-hands 1994
Variations for four-hands and violoncello
Velocissimo 1986
PIANOFORTE DUO
Concerto in E minor [orchestral score transcribed for the 2nd piano]
Concerto #2 in G [orchestral score transcribed for the 2nd piano]
Theme and Variations for "Deep Acres" in G (1960) for two pianos
- mss. and facsimile (bound)
PUBLISHED OR PRINTED SCORES
DESCANTS:
Angels we have heard on high (E-flat) [published,1988. The Dietz Press Inc,
Richmond]
An Easter Hymn (Dutch melody) [VaMS No. 17]
ANTHEMS:
Forasmuch as without thee [Collect for Trinity XIX, published, 1989. The Dietz
Press Inc, Richmond]
O How Amiable [published,1965. VaMS No. 18. E.C. Schirmer Music Co., Boston]
Once to ev’ry man and nation [two-part choir and keyboard, published, 1949.
E.C. Schirmer Music Co., Boston]
Psalm 150 [published, 1958. VaMS No. 11. E.C. Schirmer Music Co., Boston]
HYMN-ANTHEMS:
Entre le boeuf [unison, published, 1953. VaMS No. 1. Walter D. Moses and Co.,
Inc., Richmond]
Il est né [unison] [published, VaMS No. 4]
Whether in Little [published, 1953. VaMS No. 1. Walter D. Moses and Co., Inc.,
Richmond.]
HYMNS:
Beloved Church (Kyle) [published VaMS No. 14]
Carol for Candlemas (Gregory) [published, 1961. VaMS No. 15. E.C. Schirmer Music
Co., Boston]
Carol for Ascensiontide [published, VaMS No. 12]
An Easter Hymn [with descant, published 1963. VaMS No. 17. E.C. Schirmer Music
Co., Boston]
For Old Donation Church [published, VaMS No. 14]
Hymn for Forgotten Churches (Bennett) [unison, published VaMS No. 14]
A Jamestown Hymn (Brydon) [published, VaMS No. 10]
Most merciful God (Diehl) [published, VaMS No. 4]
O Lord, give strength to comprehend (J.H.D.) [VaMS No. 10. E.C. Schirmer Music
Co., Boston]
Paraphase of Psalm CL (Turner) [published, 1963. VaMS No. 17. E.C. Schirmer
Music Co., Boston]
Psalm LXXXIV ("How amiable") [Psalter, BCP 1929; published,1965. VaMS
No. 18. E.C. Schirmer Music Co., Boston]
Song for the Scholars of St. Paul’s, Raccoon Ford [published, 1960. VaMS
No. 13. E.C. Schirmer Music Co., Boston]
St. Mary’s Lullaby [short form, published, 1959. VaMS No. 15. E.C. Schirmer
Music Co., Boston]
What doth the Lord require of thee? (Johnson) [published, VaMS No. 4]
Whether In Little (for Christ Church, Charlottesville) (1953). Words by John
H. Davis. [published, VaMS No. 1]
ORGAN:
Prelude in B-flat 1986 [printed]
PIANOFORTE SOLO:
The Cedars of Winston [published, 1955. VaMS No. 6. E.C. Schirmer Music Co.,
Boston]
SERVICE MUSIC:
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Mark [published, 1955.
VaMS No. 5]
Psalm XXIII (Anglican chant), privately printed
The Twelve Prophecies of Easter Even [published, VaMS No. 9]
SERVICE MUSIC (See also Published and Printed Scores.)
Amens 1971 and1981
a. Threefold [SATB]
b. Threefold [SSATTB]
c. Twofold [SA or SATB]
Full Service in E-flat [for unison quire and organ] (also in Box 7)
a. Mattins: Venite, Te Deum, and Jubilate
b. Communion: Ninefold Kyrie (Greek and English), Threefold Kyrie (Greek and
English), Responses to
Decalogue, Nicene Creed, Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit, Agnus Dei, and
Greater Doxology
c. Evensong: Magnificat, Nunc dimittis
Full Service in G [SATB and organ]
Organ Harmonies for Nicene Creed and Lord’s Prayer
Verse-Service --Evensong [for SATB and independent organ]
a. Magnificat [with soprano solo]
b. Nunc dimittis [with tenor solo]
Short anthem [for unison quire and organ] at the Fraction
Psaume VI en vers mesures (Bourgeois 1549) - facs.
Nunc dimittis [French text] (1961) - facs.
Symbole des Apotres - facs.
Ordnung des Abenddienstes von dem Gebet-und Gesangbuch fur die Alt-Katholiken
in Deutschland - facs.
SONGS AND DUETS
"Archaeological Picnic"
A Ballad of Trees and the Master (Lanier) 1963 [for organ and voice, for piano
and voice]
Chinese Song (I. T. Chang) 1966 [setting by V.P.D. for voice, flute, and pianoforte]
A Christmas Paraphase (Carols) 1983 and 1987 [for voice and pianoforte]
Conversion (Burt) 1991 [duet]
Deep in my soul’s still sadness 1943 (T. Butterworth)
An Ecclesiological Picnic (Betjeman) 1963, 1985 [C and E, with four-hands accompaniment].
Betjeman,
Fairest Lord Jesu 1954 [versions for SB and organ, SB and keyboard, and with
German text]
The Field (W. de la Mare) 1963
Fret not thyself because of the ungodly 1985 ,1991 [duet upon Psalm 37, verses
1-4]
I need not go (Hardy) 1963
Jerusalem, my happy home (F.B.P.) 1985
Lady Mary’s Lament from The Admirable Crichton (Fr. Duke after Barrie)
Lady Brocklehurst’s Excuse from The Admirable Crichton (Fr. Duke after
Barrie)
Lord, with glowing heart (F. S. Key) 1984 [B-flat and D]
O Perfect love (Gurney) 1966 [with violin part and two-part arrangement]
Oui, ton amour 1966 [melody of O perfect love (V.P.D.), text by Saillens]
The Peace of God (Percy) 1991 [duet]
The Prodigy (A. P. Herbert) 1965
Pleasant are thy courts above (soprano and baritone)
St. Mary’s Lullaby (J.H.D./V.P.D. text) 1956 [solo version with keyboard]
Sweet is the solemn voice (Lyte) 1956 [F and D]
Three Songs for Tenor from J. Wenger’s Kapellmeister Kreisler [with clarinet
or violoncello obbligato]:
a. De ta tige (Arnhault) 1953
b. Ich hab’ dich Lieb’ (Arnhault) 1953
c. Mio ben, ricordate (J. Wenger after quotation of Hoffman, original perhaps
by Metastasio) 1953
Tweeny’s Lament from The Admirable Crichton (Fr. Duke after Barrie) [F
minor and D minor]
Winter nightfall (Bridges) [G and E-flat] 1964
TRANSPOSITIONS
Anglican chant on Psalm XCVIII (Bourgeois) in F
Anthem I on Isaiah XII
Apostles Creed in C, Salutation in C, Kyrie in G, and Lord’s Prayer in
F
Benedicite (S. Wesley) in F
Benedictus (J. Turle) in G
Benedictus es (R.H. Standley) in E minor
Evensong, Collect, and Prayers
Evensong, St. Peter’s New Kent
For William Byrd’s Passion
Il est né
Introduction/transitions. Sung Eucharist (Rite I)
a. Introduction to three-fold Kyrie (Healey Willan)
b. Transition from Kyrie to Salutation and Collect
c. Transition to "Lift up my heart. . ."
Jubilate (G.J. Elvey) in A
Justinian’s Troparion
Magnificat (John Blow) in E minor
My Heart Ever Faithful in E-flat
Non nobis, Domini (Wm. Byrd) [Englished]
Non nobis, Domini
Nunc dimittis (J. Barnby) in E-flat
Opening sentences and Preces in C
Psalm CL (Chant of John Goss) in G
St. Mary’s Lullaby (V.P.D.) in F minor
Suffrages in G
Te Deum (Frank and Croft) in B-flat
Venite (Anglican chant, R. Goodson) in C
The Violet (Mozart) from G to E-flat