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I: Historical repertoire
II: Arrangements
III: Contemporary Music
Items marked ‘IMSLP’ can be found online at imslp.org. The works marked * are incomplete in the original sources, and have had one part added by the editor named. Further additions are welcomed, and a list of works for keyboard four-hands will be added in due course. For a short history of the subject, see Francis Knights, ‘Early keyboard duets’, Sounding Board xvi (2021), pp.21-33 www.harpsichord.org.uk/sounding-board-archive/
I: Historical repertoire
C. P. E. Bach
Double Concerto in Eb H479 (with orchestra) (facsimile IMSLP)
Double Concerto in F H408 (with orchestra) (facsimile IMSLP)
Sonata in C Wq.87 (Carus 33.451, 1998)
Vier kleine Duetten Wq.115 (Collected Works i/8.2 p.80; Breitkopf, 1989; ed Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-023)
J. C. Bach
Sonata in G (Collected Works; Schott 2445; ed Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-023)
Sonata in A Op.18/5 (four hands)
Sonata in F Op.18/6 (four hands)
J. C. F. Bach
Sonata in A (four hands)
Sonata in C (four hands)
J. S. Bach
Double Concertos BWV1060-2 (with strings) (IMSLP; 1060 ed Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-023)
Contrapunctus XIII (Art of Fugue) (IMSLP; ed Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-023)
W. F. Bach
Sonata in F (IMSLP; ed Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-023)
Binder
Concerto in D (with orchestra) (facsimile IMSLP)
Concerto in c (with orchestra) (ii only IMSLP)
Concerto in F (with orchestra)
Blanco
Concerto in G (Schott ED 4809)
Concerto No.2 in G (Zerboni 7288)
attrib Bull
A Battle and no battle (three hands) (Musica Britannica xix p.111)
Burney
Four sonatas (1777) (four hands)
Byrd
Ut re mi (three hands) (Musica Britannica xxviii p.37)
Carlton
A verse (In Nomine)* (four hands) (ed Brown, Musica Britannica xcvi p.4)
Prelude* (four hands) (ed Brown, Musica Britannica xcvi p.3, also ed Rose, English Harpsichord Magazine ii/1 (Oct 1977) p.20)
Armand-Louis Couperin
Symphonies de clavecins in D (https://www.martinpearlman.com/, also A-R C002, p.1)
Premiere Quatuor in Bb* (ed Perlman, https://www.martinpearlman.com/)
Deuxieme Quatuor in Eb (https://www.martinpearlman.com/, also A-R C002, p.41)
Troisieme Quatuor in C* (ed Perlman, https://www.martinpearlman.com/)
Francois Couperin
Allemande in A, Musete de Choisi, Musete de Taverni, La Lativille, from Pieces de clavecin (IMSLP, Heugel)
Ramón Ferreñac
Sonata in D a 4 manos, 1794 (organ, Tecla Aragonesa IV)
Farnaby
[Alman] For two virginals (Musica Britannica xxiv p.71, also Fitzwilliam Virginal Book i p.202)
Giussani
Sonata Concertata in G (Breitkopf 8296)
Graun
Concerto in Bb (IMSLP)
Handel
Suite in c H446* (arr Dart, OUP, 1950, also arr Burrows, B&H 8691, 1998)
Hofmann
Concerto V in A (facsimile IMSLP)
Concerto III in C (facsimile IMSLP)
Krebs
Concerto in a (dvfm, 1966)
Le Roux
Pieces de clavecin (IMSLP, also ed Jon Baxendale, Cantando C4294, 2018)
Félix Máximo López
Two sonatas for four hands
Mattheson
Sonata in g (Hinrischen 311a, 1960)
Suite in g (Hinrischen 311b, 1960)
Mozart
Allegro in c (IMSLP)
Concerto No.10 in Eb (with orchestra) (IMSLP)
Fugue in c (IMSLP)
Larghetto and Allegro in Eb (IMSLP)
Sonata in D (IMSLP)
Sonata movement in Bb (IMSLP)
Müthel
Duet in C (facsimile IMSLP, also ed Knights)
Duet in Eb (Nagels 176, 1954)
Pasquini
Sonatas No.1-14 for figured bass (Kunzelmann GM 1238, 1987)
Piazza
Sonata in F (Breitkopf 8296 and IMSLP)
Rigel
Trois Duos pour piano-forte et clavecin, Op.14 (Éditions du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles CAH 191-196)
Schaffrath
Duet in C (Noetzel N 3493, 1982)
Duet in a (Noetzel N 3493, 1982)
Schuster
Concerto in D (facsimile IMSLP)
Variations in G (facsimile IMSLP)
Soler
Sonatas No.1-6 (Schott ED 6230/6231, 1972/2004)
Strogers
Upon Ut re mi (three hands)
Joaquín Tadeo de Murguía
Sonata a cuatro manos
Terreni
Sonata in D (Breitkopf 8296)
Tomkins
A Fancy for two to play (four hands) (Musica Britannica v p.66, also IMSLP)
Vanhal
Sonatina in C, Op.19 (four hands)
Anon
Concertino in G (Carus 18.504, 2000)
Sonata in C (Carus 18.504, 2000)
Collections
‘Italienische Meister’ (Guami, Gabrieli, Gussago, Bonelli) (arr Tamminga, Doblinger 967, 1988)
‘Music fur Zwei Tasteninstrumente’ (ed Fedtke, Breitkopf 8296)
II: Arrangements
All those listed are by Francis Knights unless indicated; for other duet arrangements, see IMSLP imslp.org/ (many by Pierre Gouin, for example), and elsewhere.
C. P. E. Bach
Sonata in D Wq.83 (ed Knights, Peacock Press)
J. C. Bach
Quintet in D
J. S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV1048 (three harpsichords)
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV1044 (with two recorders)
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 BWV1051 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Concerto in D BWV42
Concerto in G BWV916
Musical Offering BWV1079 (Trio Sonata: arr Leopold/Paul; arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-037)
The Art of Fugue (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-028; arr Petrenz, Carus 18.523, 2005)
Sonata in g BWV1020
Sonata in G BWV1027 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-037)
Sonata in D BWV1028 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-037)
Sonata in g BWV1029 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-037)
Sonata in b BWV1030 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-037)
Sonata in Eb BWV1031
Sonata in A BWV1032 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-037)
Trio Sonatas No.1-6 BWV525-530 (also arr Ponsford, arr Leopard/Paul)
Prelude and Fugue in D BWV532 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Fantasia and Fugue in c BWV537
Toccata and Fugue in d, Dorian BWV538 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Prelude and Fugue in G BWV541 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Prelude and Fugue in g BWV542 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Prelude and Fugue in a BWV543 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Prelude and Fugue in b BWV544 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Prelude and Fugue in C BWV547 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Prelude and Fugue in e BWV548 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Prelude and Fugue in Eb BWV552 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-034)
Passacaglia in c BWV582 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Alla breve BWV589 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Canzona BWV588 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Capriccio in Bb BWV992
14 Canons on the Goldberg Variations bass BWV1087 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Fugue alla giga (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
Fugue in G BWV550
Sinfonia BWV29 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
Sinfonia BWV152
Sinfonia BWV1045 (arr Knights, Lyrebird LBMP-045)
W. F. Bach
Sonata in C
Boccherini
Fandango in d
Boyce
Trio Sonata No.9 in C
Bull
Fantasia
In nomine a4
Ut re mi
Buxtehude
Chaconne in c (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
Chaconne in d
Passacaglia in e
Byrd
Browning
Fantasia a4 No.1
In Nomine a4
Pavan and Galliard
Prelude and Ground
Canale
Canzona a8 ‘La Bevilacqua’
Cavalli
Canzon a8 (1565)
Couperin
Le Sultane
Les Nations
Six dominos (arr Devlieger, Golden River Music)
attrib Charles Couperin
Suite in C
Delius
Dance (1919)
Distler
Organ Sonata Op.18/2 (arr Leopard/Paul)
Ernst arr Bach
Concerto in C BWV585/984 (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
Foucquet
Les Graces (arr Smith, Fondaco dei Music, 2013)
Les Ris (arr Smith, Fondaco dei Music, 2013)
Frescobaldi
Canzon Quarta a4
Fux
Rondeau in C
Gibbons
Pavan and Galliard a6
Go from my window
Goldberg
Trio Sonata in C BWV1037
Graupner
Sonata Canonica in d
Handel
Prelude and Fugue in c
Haydn
Il maestro e lo scolare
Krebs
Prelude and Fugue in D (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
Langlais
Trio Sonata (arr Leopard/Paul)
Leclair
Chaconne in D
Lully
Chaconne des Africains
Marcello
Concerto in G
Merula
Sonata chromatica
Mozart
Fugue in g K401
Muthel
Fugenfantasie in C
Purcell
Fantasia on one note
In Nomine a6
Rameau
Pieces de clavecin en concert No.1-5 (arr Johnson, PCH Publishing PCH-1a/b, 1998/2004)
Dances from the Opera-Ballets (arr Smith, Fondaco dei Music, 2013)
Reger
Six Trios (arr Leopard/Paul)
Schmelzer
Sonata a 7 (1662)
Soler
Fandango (arr Guy Penson)
Telemann
Concerto in G
Fantasia in D
XX Fugen (Nos. 4, 7, 10, 17, 19)
Trio Sonata in e (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
Trio Sonata in a (arr Leopard/Paul)
Tovey
Quadruple Fugue (for Bach’s Art of Fugue)
Vivaldi
Concerto in g RV107 (arr Smith, Fondaco dei Music, 2013)
Concerto in d Op.3/2 (also arr Smith, Fondaco dei Music, 2013; arr Dart, for four harpsichords; (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
Weiss
Concerto in G (arr Knights, Peacock Press)
III: Contemporary Music
Works without a publisher or composer website listed are thought to be unpublished, or available direct from the composer. Some further contact information may be found in Bedford (1993), Appendices. A 2017 harpsichord duo Call for Scores with Colchester New Music, see colchesternewmusic.com/calls-for-scores/call-for-scores-harpsichord-duets/, has generated a substantial number of new works too. Bibliography: Frances Bedford, Harpsichord & Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century (Berkeley, 1993); Martin Elste, Modern Harpsichord Music: A Discography (Westport, CT, 1995).
Courtney Adams
Chiaroscuro (1986)
William Albright
Three new chestnuts (1986)
Robert Baksa
Duo Sonata for two harpsichords (1995) (Composer’s Library CLE-67)
Helmut Bieler
Dialog (1971) (Moeseler)
Mark Bellis
A prelude and two fugues (2017)
Vulcan chess (2018) (three harpsichords)
Alexander Blustin colchesternewmusic.com/members/cnm-members/
The Children on the lawn (2014)
Idle thoughts of owls (2017)
Bernard van den Boogaard
Oilless Motors (three harpsichords) (Donemus)
Ivan Božicevic www.ivanbozicevic.com
A thousand pines, one moon (2017)
Roger Briggs
Monolith (two amplified harpsichords)
Earle Brown
Nine Rarebits (1965) (Universal)
Live recording at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHi_GE7xwnA
Neely Bruce soundcloud.com/neelybrucemusic/sets/five-pieces-for-two
Canon (1985)
Random Study 2016
Scar Lotty, à la manière d’Henri (2017)
Albert’s Chaconne (2005/2016)
Gerald Busby
Parallel (1983) (two harpsichords, dancer, gymnast)
James C Burke jamesburke.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/
Fugue for two harpsichords (IMSLP)
Fugue for three harpsichords
Fugue for five harpsichords
John Carbon
Dreaming (1985) (two harpsichords, tape)
Seasick barcarolle (1987)
Theresa Chapman
Conversations (2017)
Terence Charlston www.charlston.co.uk/
Five pieces for two clavichords (2018)
Charles Chaynes web.archive.org/web/20130707180849/charleschaynes.com/
Joutes (organ and harpsichord)
Henry Clarke
Give and take (1977) (ACA)
Terza rima (1978) (ACA)
Marius Constant
Moulins a priere (1969) (Salabert)
Conrad Cummings
Denouement (1988, rev 2013) (two amplified harpsichords)
D. Edward Davis sound.warmsilence.org
daybook (2017)
Pamela Decker
Portales (2000) (Edition Peters 67990)
Frederick Delius arr Knights
Dance (1919)
Stephen Dodgson www.stephendodgson.com/
Carillon (1967) (Anglo-American)
Carillon (two harpsichords and strings)
Dorothy Dushkin
Sonata (1948)
Alan Felice
Trio expressivo (1969)
Evelyn Ficarra www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/41192
Close (1994) (two harpsichords and tape)
Graham Fitkin www.fitkin.com/scores/1931/compress
Compress (2006)
Jeffrey Goodman www.jeffreygoodmanmusic.com
Fall colors of New England
Hans Georg Görner
Cembalo Konzert
Bengt Hambraeus
Concerto for organ and harpsichord (1947-51)
Martin Haselböck
Quattro
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati
Catch I (1968) (Universal)
Raymond Head raymondhead.com/
Shamash Stramash
Peter Helbut
2 x 2: Leichte concertante Musik (1983) (Hug)
Asako Hirabayashi www.asakohirabayashi.com/
Scherzo for fortepiano and harpsichord (2009)
Elegy for fortepiano and harpsichord (2009)
Tango for fortepiano and harpsichord (2009)
Concerto for four harpsichords and strings (2010/revised 2018)
May Howlett www.australianmusiccentre.com.au
Tilting at Windmills (2017)
Léonie Jenkins
The elements (1986) (PRB CC002)
Mark Janello markjanello.com/
Concerto for two (2015), recorded on CD Baby
Philip Joy
Scherzo (2017)
Dick Koomans
Capriccio, Adagio and Fugue (IMSLP)
Toccata (IMSLP)
Georg Kouiki
Imaginor, Op.10 (1975) (SUISA)
Jean Lesage
Les unites discretes (1987) (CMCQ)
Denis Lorrain
La nuova ricordanza (1986)
Ester Mägi www.emic.ee
Concerto for organ and harpsichord (1980)
Kevin Malone www.opusmalone.com/
Remote Control (1999) (two harpsichords, electronic playback)
George Malcolm
Variations on a theme by Mozart (four harpsichords, rec 1956 and 1966)
Joanna Marsh www.joannamarsh.co.uk
The art of duelling (2014)
William R. Matthews
Harpsichord Harpsichord (1981)
Michael Mazzatenta www.mikemazzatenta.com/
Comic duets for two harpsichords (1987)
Peter Maxwell Davies
Four lessons for two keyboards (1978) (Boosey & Hawkes)
Edwin McLean
Sonata for two harpsichords No.1 (1992), recorded on CD Baby
Sonata for two harpsichords No.2 (2014), recorded on CD Baby
Sonata for three harpsichords (1998), recorded on CD Baby
Claudi Meneghin www.meantone.org
Prelude & Fugue, ‘New Orleans’ (2022)
Klaus Miehling klausmiehling.musicaneo.com/de/
Symphonie à deux Clavecins, Op.9 (1985)
Georges E. Migot
Prelude a deux (1931)
Robin Milford
Night piece (1949)
Robert Moran robertmorancomposer.com/
Basha (four clavichords) (1983)
Ivan Moody www.ivanmoody.co.uk/
Keskiyő (2014)
Sheli Nan
Fandango ardiente! (2003) (PRB CK015)
Janet Oates
Elements* (2017)
Flor Peeters
Concertino, organ and harpsichord (1975)
Francesco Pennisi
Note a paragrafi (1971) (Suivini Zerboni)
Peter Planyavsky
Quatre pieces pour 2 clavecins (1978) (Doblinger)
Serge Prokofiev
Polka (1931) (MZK)
Serge Provost
Cretes (1980) (CMCQ)
Lawrence Rackley
Chaconne (1980) (LRS)
Mona Reese
Chaconne (1984)
Vittorio Rieti
Trittico (1982)
Gertrude Roberts
Music for Theatre: 9 songs for Yerma (1960)
Waltz (1960)
Eva Schorr
Zwei fugen fur zwei cembali (1990)
Hermann Schroeder
Duplum, organ and harpsichord (1976) (Schott)
Salvatore Sciarrino
In memoriam (1971)
Allen Shawn
Dance music (1985) (Galaxy)
Thorkell Sigurbjornsson
Convention (1981) (IMIC)
Bengt-Goran Skold
For tva cembali, Op.25 (1969) (STIM)
Randall Snyder digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicsnyder/
Spring Rounds (2017)
David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com/index.html
Superlocrian Trio (2012) (three harpsichords)
José Jesus de Azevedo Souza www.phasma-music.com/composers-club/Jose-Jesus-de-Azevedo-Souza
Looking back (2017)
Simone Stella
Fugue in C (IMSLP)
Alan Stout
Belle sans paire (1964) (ACA)
Plus outre (1966) (ACA)
Peter Thorne www.peterthornemusic.co.uk/composing/
Dap dap da da dap (2016)
Kevin Volans
Matepe (1980) (Chester) (2 harpsichords, rattles)
Alexander Voormolen
Concert voor 2 klavieren (harpsichord or piano) and strings (1950) (Donemus)
Kate Waring (d.2015) keyworksmusic.com/
Conversation Excursion (2014)
Stephen Watkins
Passacaglia – Low water (2016)
Héloïse Werner (1991-) https://heloisewerner.com/
a many-layered object (2021), 2 clavichords
Jan Welmers
Muziek voor twee clavecymbels (1974) (Donemus)
Roger Williams
Opus II
Ian Wilson
Tarantella (2017)
Istvan Zelenka
Tangibles (1975) (SUISA)
Rasmus Zwicki rasmuszwicki.com
Counterfeit (2017)