Works

This is a list of some of Duff's most well know works:

 

Who is Silvia?

for John Coates
(1928)

For voice and piano 3 minutes long
Published by Oxford University Press London, 1928


Irish Suite for Strings

for E.J. Moeran
(1940)

For string orchestra 12 minutes long
Published by Novello & Co. Ltd. London, 1946

Recorded by Black Box Music BBM1003

1.    Midir's Song For Etain
2.    Windy Gap
3.    Fishamble Street - Dublin 1742
4.    Dance Of Daemar
5.    On The Bridge At Clash

1. Andante


Meath Pastoral

for Brinsley MacNamara
(1940)

For string orchestra 5 minutes long
Purchase manuscript from CMC

Recorded by Black Box Music BBM1003

1.    Moderato

Arthur Duff intended this work as an act of thanksgiving for the deliverance of this country from invasion in 1940.


The Drinking Horn Ballet Suite

(1953)

For 1 flt, 1 ob, 2 clar, 2 bas, 2 hrn, timp and strings 12 minutes long
Purchase manuscript from CMC

Recorded by RTÉ

1. Lento
2. Allegro Moderato
3. Allegretto
4. Allegro Moderato
5. Lento


Echoes of Georgian Dublin

(1955)

For 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 Bassoon, 2 horns and strings 16 minutes long
Purchase manuscript from CMC

Recorded by Marco Polo 8.223804


1.   In College Green
2.   Song For Amanda
3.   Minuet
4.   Largo (The Tender Lover)
5.   Rigaudon


Music for Strings

(1941 revised 1955)


For string orchestra 10 minutes long
Purchase manuscript from CMC

Recorded by RTÉ


1. Twilight in Templeogue
2. Georgian Square
3. Ceilish (Irish Dance)

 

 

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