The compositional career of the British composer Michael Tippett extended over eight decades, from juvenilia and unpublished works written in the 1920s to his final works of the 1990s. He composed across many genres, from large-scale orchestral works and full-length operas to solo songs and brass band fanfares. From the mid-1930s his music began to be published and performed publicly. The main list is restricted to published and publicly performed works; a subsidiary list gives details of unpublished pieces, some of which may have been privately performed.

Published works

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Genre	Date of composition	Title	Musical forces	First performance details	Notes	Ref.
Opera	1946–52	The Midsummer Marriage	Voices and orchestra	27 January 1955: London. Royal Opera House cond. John Pritchard	Opera in three acts. Libretto by composer. See also "Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage" in orchestral works	[1]
Opera	1958–61	King Priam	Voices and orchestra	29 May 1962: Coventry. Coventry Theatre. Royal Opera House chorus & orch. cond. John Pritchard	Opera in three acts. Libretto by composer.	[2]
Opera	1966–69	The Knot Garden	Voices and orchestra	2 December 1970: London. Royal Opera House cond. Colin Davis	Opera in three acts. Libretto by composer.	[3]
Opera	1973–76	The Ice Break	Voices and orchestra	7 July 1977: London. Royal Opera House cond. Colin Davis	Opera in three acts. Libretto by composer.	[3]
Opera	1985–88	New Year	Voices and orchestra	27 October 1989: Houston, Texas. Houston Grand Opera cond. John DeMain	Opera in three acts. Libretto by composer. Orchestral Suite 1989.	[4][5]
Orchestral	1938–39	Concerto for Double String Orchestra	Orchestra	21 April 1940: London. South London Orchestra (Morley College) cond. Michael Tippett	Dedicated "to Jeffrey Mark"	[6]
Orchestral	1944–45	Symphony No. 1	Orchestra	10 November 1945: Liverpool. Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Malcolm Sargent		[1]
Orchestral	1946	Little Music for Strings	String Orchestra	9 November 1946: London. Jacques Orchestra cond. Reginald Jacques	Written for 10th anniversary of Jacques String Orchestra	[1]
Orchestral	1948	Suite in D: Birthday Suite for Prince Charles	Orchestra	15 November 1948: London. BBC broadcast, BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Adrian Boult	BBC commission to mark Prince Charles's birth. Revised in 1983 by Brian Bowen	[1]
Orchestral	1952	Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage	Orchestra and optional chorus	13 February 1953: Basel. Basler Kammerorchester cond. Paul Sacher	Dedicated "to Walter Goehr"	[1]
Orchestral	1953	Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Composite work: second variation, "Lament" by Tippett)	Small Orchestra	16 June 1953: London. BBC broadcast, orchestra cond. Benjamin Britten	Variations by six composers. First public performance Aldeburgh Festival, 20 June 1953	[7]
Orchestral	1953	Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli	String orchestra	29 August 1953: Edinburgh. BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Michael Tippett	Edinburgh Festival celebration of tercentenary of birth of Arcangelo Corelli	[8]
Orchestral	1953–54	Divertimento on Sellinger's Round	Chamber orchestra	5 November 1954: Zürich. Collegium Musicum Zürich cond. Paul Sacher	Commissioned by, and dedicated to, Paul Sacher	[8]
Orchestral	1956–57	Symphony No. 2	Orchestra	5 February 1958: London. BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Adrian Boult	Dedicated "to John Minchinton"	[2]
Chamber/ /instrumental	1962	Incidental Music; The Tempest	Voices and ensemble	29 May 1962: London. Old Vic production; music directed by John Lambert		[9]
Orchestral	1962–63	Concerto for Orchestra	Orchestra	28 August 1963: Edinburgh. London Symphony Orchestra cond. Colin Davis	Written in celebration of Benjamin Britten's 50th birthday and dedicated to him	[10]
Orchestral	1966	"Braint" (last of Severn Bridge Variations, a composite work)	Orchestra	12 January 1967: Swansea. BBC Training Orchestra cond Sir Adrian Boult	One of 7 variations on a trad. Welsh melody, each by a different composer	[3]
Orchestral	1970–72	Symphony No. 3	Soprano and orchestra	22 June 1972: London. Heather Harper, London Symphony Orchestra cond. Colin Davis	Dedicated "to Howard Hartog"	[3]
Orchestral	1976–77	Symphony No. 4	Orchestra	6 October 1977: Chicago. Chicago Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Georg Solti	Dedicated "to Ian Kemp"	[11]
Orchestral	1988	Water Out of Sunlight	Orchestra	15 June 1988: London. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields cond. Neville Marriner	Orchestral arrangement by Meirion Bowen of String Quartet No. 4 (1977–78)	[5][12]
Orchestral	1991–93	The Rose Lake	Orchestra	19 February 1995: London. London Symphony Orchestra cond. Colin Davis	Premiered at a Tippett 90th birthday celebration concert	[13]
Concertante	1939–41	Fantasia on a Theme of Handel	Piano and orchestra	7 March 1942: London. Phyllis Sellick, London Symphony Orchestra cond. Walter Goehr	Dedicated "to Phyllis Sellick"	[6]
Concertante	1953–55	Piano Concerto	Piano and orchestra	30 October 1956: Birmingham. Louis Kentner, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cond. Rudolf Schwarz	Dedicated "to Evelyn Maude"	[8]
Concertante	1978–79	Triple concerto for violin, viola and cello	Violin, viola, cello and orchestra	22 August 1980: London. György Pauk, Nobuko Imai, Ralph Kirshbaum, London Symphony Orchestra cond. Colin Davis	Dedicated "to Herbert and Betty Barrett"	[11]
Choral	1939–41	Oratorio: A Child of Our Time	SATB soloists, choir and orchestra	19 March 1944: London. Joan Cross, Margaret MacArthur, Peter Pears, Roderick Lloyd, London Regional Civil Defence Choir, Morley College Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Walter Goehr	Text by Michael Tippett, who in 1958 arranged the five spirituals for unaccompanied chorus.	[6]
Choral	1942	Two Madrigals for unaccompanied chorus: "The Source" and "The Windhover"	SATB chorus	17 July 1943: London. Morley College Choir cond. Walter Bergmann	Settings of poems by Edward Thomas and Gerard Manley Hopkins	[6]
Choral	1943–44	Motet: Plebs Angelica	Double choir	16 September 1944: Canterbury. Fleet Street Choir cond. T. B. Lawrence	Commissioned by Canterbury Cathedral and dedicated to the cathedral's choir	[6]
Choral	1944	Motet: The Weeping Babe	Soprano and SATB choir	24 December 1944: London. BBC broadcast, BBC Singers cond. Leslie Woodgate	Setting of poem by Edith Sitwell. Dedicated "in memory of Bronwen Wilson"	[1]
Choral	1956	Four Songs from the British Isles: "Early One Morning"; "Lillibullero"; "Poortith cauld"; "Gwenllian"	Unaccompanied SATB chorus	6 July 1958: Royaumont Abbey, France. London Bach Group cond. John Minchinton	Performed at the 1958 Royaumont Festival	[2]
Choral	1956	"Over The Sea To Skye"	Unaccompanied SATB chorus	31 July 2003: Dublin. National Chamber Choir of Ireland conducted by Celso Antunes	Work lost after 1956, rediscovered 2002	[14]
Choral	1958	Cantata: Crown of the Year	SSA chorus; recorders or flutes, oboe, clarinet, cornet or trumpet, string quartet, percussion, handbells and piano	25 July 1958: Bristol. Badminton School choir and ensemble, cond. Michael Tippett	Composed for the Badminton School centenary	[2]
Choral	1958	Hymn tune: Wadhurst (setting for "Unto the hills around", by John Campbell)			Written at the request of The Salvation Army	[2]
Choral	1960	"Music" (Shelley poem)	Unison voices, strings and piano (or voices and strings)	26 April 1960: Tunbridge Wells. Choirs of East Sussex and West Kent Choral Festival, cond. Trevor Harvey		[2]
Choral	1961	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis	SATB chorus and organ	13 March 1962: Cambridge. St John's College Chapel Choir cond. George Guest	Composed for the 450th anniversary of the foundation of St John's College, Cambridge	[10]
Choral	1962–65	The Vision of Saint Augustine	Baritone solo, chorus and orchestra	19 January 1966: London. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Michael Tippett	Commissioned by BBC	[10]
Choral	1965–70	The Shires Suite	Chorus and orchestra	8 July 1970: Cheltenham. Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra cond. Michael Tippett	Written for the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra	[3]
Choral	1980–82	Oratorio: The Mask of Time	SATB soloists, chorus and orchestra	5 April 1984: Boston. Faye Robinson, Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear, John Cheek, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra cond. Colin Davis	Commissioned for 100th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra	[11]
Vocal	1943	Cantata: Boyhood's End	Tenor and piano	5 June 1943: London. Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)	Text by W. H. Hudson	[6]
Vocal	1950–51	Song cycle: The Heart's Assurance	Solo high voice and piano	7 May 1951: London. Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano)	Setting of poems by Sidney Keyes and Alun Lewis. Dedicated "in memory of Francesca Allinson (1902–45)"	[1]
Vocal	1952	Madrigal for five voices: "Dance, Clarion Air"	Two sopranos, alto, tenor, bass	1 June 1953: London. Golden Age Singers and the Cambridge University Madrigal Society cond. Boris Ord	Text by Christopher Fry. From A Garland for the Queen, a collection of madrigals by various composers, marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II	[8]
Vocal	1956	Bonny at Morn (folksong arrangement)	Unison voices, recorder accompaniment	April 1956	Written for 10th anniversary of the International Pestalozzi Children's Village at Trogen	[8]
Vocal	1959	Lullaby for Six Voices	Six voices, alternately for alto solo and small SSTTB choir	31 January 1960: London. Deller Consort	Written for the Deller Consort's 10th anniversary	[2]
Vocal	1960	Words for Music Perhaps	Speaking voice and chamber ensemble	8 June 1960: London. BBC broadcast, ensemble conducted by Michael Tippett	Poem by W. B. Yeats	[10]
Vocal	1961	Songs for Achilles	Tenor and guitar	7 July 1961: Aldeburgh. Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar)	Sung at Aldeburgh Festival 1961	[10]
Vocal	1962	Songs for Ariel	Solo voice, piano or harpsichord	21 September 1962: London. Grayston Burgess and Virginia Pleasants	Adapted from The Tempest incidental music (1962); rearranged in 1964 for voice and small instrumental ensemble	[10][14]
Vocal	1970	Songs for Dov	Tenor and small orchestra	12 October 1970: Cardiff. Gerard English, London Sinfonietta cond. Michael Tippett	Dedicated "to Eric Walter White"	[3]
Vocal	1988–90	Byzantium	Soprano and orchestra	11 April 1991: Chicago. Faye Robinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Georg Solti		[15]
Vocal	1995	Caliban's Song	Baritone and piano	26 November 1995: London. BBC broadcast, David Barrell (bar), and Iain Burnside (piano)	Incorporated in Suite: The Tempest (1995)	[16]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1934–35	String Quartet No. 1	Violin (2), viola, cello	9 December 1935: London. Brosa Quartet	Dedicated "to Wilfred Franks". Revised in 1943	[17]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1936–38	Piano Sonata No. 1	Piano	11 November 1938: London. Phyllis Sellick	Dedicated "to Francesca Allinson"	[6]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1941–42	String Quartet No. 2 in F Sharp	Violin (2), viola, cello	27 March 1943: London. Zorian Quartet	Dedicated "to Walter Bergmann"	[6]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1945–46	String Quartet No. 3	Violin (2), viola, cello	19 October 1946: London. Zorian Quartet	Dedicated "to Mrs Mary Behrend"	[1]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1946	"Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi"	Solo organ	5 July 1946: London. Geraint Jones	Dedicated "for Geraint Jones"	[1]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1954	Four Inventions for recorders	Treble and descant recorders	1 August 1954: London. Society of Recorder Players		[8]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1955	Sonata for Four Horns	French horns	20 December 1955: London Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble		[8]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1962	Piano Sonata No. 2	Piano	3 September 1962: Edinburgh. Margaret Kitchin	Dedicated "to Margaret Kitchin"	[10]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1962	Praeludium	Brass, bells and percussion	14 November 1962: London. BBC Symphony Orchestra (sections) cond. Antal Doráti	Composed for 40th anniversary of the BBC	[10]
Chamber/ Instrumental	1962–63	"Mosaic"