Edward Norman Hay - Compositions

Compositions

He composed several compositions including:

• The Silent Land, song for Contralto with cello accompaniment(1905)
• Vesper Hymn. Words translated from the German of Herbert (1912)
• Fantasy on Irish Folk Tunes (1917)
• Sonata on Irish Folk Tunes (1917)
• The Gilly of Christ (1917)
• String Quartet (1918). Winner of Carnegie Trust Award)
• A birthday, part song for ladies chorus, words by DG.Rossetti (1918)
• String Quartet in A Major for two violins, viola and cello (1920)
• The wind among the reeds -based on a poem by Yeats (Cantana 1921)
• Dunluce, tone poem (1921)
• Shed no tear, Part song for four voices, words by Keats(1923)
• Behold, what manner of love (1923)
• Fantasy on Irish Folk Tunes (orch) (1924)
• To wonder, tone poem for solo voices (1924)
• Thou O God hast taught me (1927)
• Four Irish sketches (1929–32)
• Paean, words G.Herbert. For mezzo soprano or contralto,solo,chorus and orchestra (1930)
• An Irish Rhapsody, tone poem (1932)
• Churnin' day -song - words by E.Shane (1936)
• An intercessional hymn. Words by Rev.R.Hall (1939)
• The Buttermilk Boy - Ulster Folk song - melody and words. (1939)
• Tryste Noel, sacred song, words by L.I. Guiney (1940)

The above were mainly published by Stainer and Bell, but also J.Curwen and Sons, Novello and Co. and Weekes and Co.