Musical Works

A song about public school sports, with words by Maurice Holt and music by Peter Tranchell. The only surviving manuscript [...Read More]

In 1958 Peter Tranchell wrote a revue titled Child's Play for the Players’ Theatre, comprising four songs (according to the Classified Handlist).

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A poignant song by Peter Tranchell, written before 1960. No musical score survives, but the song features on a recording of songs made by Tranchell himself c.1960

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Tranchell's 1950 Organ Sonata, in four movements: I Prelude, II Scherzo, III Threnody (en petite passacaille), IV Finale

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Wish Road, a hymn written by Peter Tranchell for Eastbourne College in 1950, later used in the anthem Fortunare Nos

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8 songs for baritone and piano, with words from News of the World, 9th Aug 1953, and the Daily Telegraph, 8th or 10th Aug 1953

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Twice A Kiss, an operetta in one act for seven soloists, piano and electronic organ, with libretto by Maurice Holt, was written for Peter le Huray and St Catherine’s College to perform in May Week in June 1955.

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Just a stub page for this work at present, mainly to capture this unexpected reference, from "The Diapason", September 1967, [...Read More]

Peter Tranchell wrote the music for the Ballet Rambert's "Fate's Revenge" in 1950-51. The CUL archive holdings reveal the work [...Read More]

Peter Tranchell' opera The Mayor of Casterbridge was first performed on 30 July 1951, by a largely amateur and student cast, at the Arts Theatre as part of the Cambridge Festival.

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DAISY SIMPKINS

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THE SPINNING HOUSE

A Concert Entertainment in One Act

The Libretto by H. C. PORTER & PETER [...Read More]

Four Voluntaries for Organ by Peter Tranchell (Pastorale, Fantasy, Prayer, Epilogue), first performed by Basil Ramsey (later to be Editor of The Musical Times and Choir and Organ) in 1952

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"Heaven!", for voice and piano, was written in 1954 for performance in "Just as it Comes" at Trinity College, Cambridge. The lyrics are by Simon Phipps (Chaplain at Trinity College 1953-57 and Bishop of Lincoln between 1974 and 1987).

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In 1954 Peter wrote the music for the musical comedy Zuleika, which culminated in a three month run in the West End in 1957. We have published a typeset version of Peter Tranchell's own piano edition.

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Four Piano Duets (One Piano – Four Hands), by Peter Tranchell (1922 – 1993). Composed in May 1953.

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Peter T wrote the music for two Cambridge Greek plays, including Antigone of Sophocles in 1959.

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Peter T wrote the music for two Cambridge Greek plays, including The Bacchae of Euripides in 1956.

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Peter Tranchell composed this 1958 Sonata for Organ (his second) for, and partly based on the name of, Peter Le Huray, a fellow lecturer in the Music Faculty of Cambridge University, and Director of Music at St Catharine’s College.

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Prelude and Passacaglia for Organ, on 'Liebster Jesu, wir sind Hier' and 'Who would true valour see', Peter Tranchell, 1952

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