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Bar Numbering in the Published Editions
This page lists those modern editions of works by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji that use bar numbering. Several of his works, especially those for piano, contain very long bars that often reach two or three dozen beats in groups of semiquavers or even more rapid note values spread over two or three systems. Many editors have therefore refrained from using the bar numbering function offered by notation software. The table below gives the titles in chronological order, followed by the year of publication, and the name of the editor.
Bar numbers are usually given at the beginning of systems, with the numbers in parentheses when the bar is the continuation of the previous system. Exceptions are:
The large numbers inside boxes in the score of the Symphonic Nocturne for Piano Alone (1977-78; 113 pp.), edited by Lukas Huisman (publ. 2016), are not bar numbers, but the page numbers of the manuscript.
The manuscript of the Concerto [no. 1] pour piano et grand orchestre (1915-16; 177 pp.) is unique in that Sorabji himself numbered every tenth bar. The published score of the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [no. 5] (1920; 144 pp.) is numbered every tenth bar; however, as some publishers did at the time, the first bar happens to be 0 rather than 1, and the numbering is off by one.
The published score of the Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Quartet of Stringed Instruments (1919-20; 72 pp.), the manuscript of which is unknown, includes an “index of beats” consisting of a series of numbers aligned below the piano part, cued to each quaver.
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Title | Publication Year | Editor |
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Title | Publication Year | Editor |
The Poplars (1915; 3 pp.) | Withheld | Roberge, Marc-André |
Chrysilla (1915; 4 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Roses du soir (1915; 4 pp.) | 2002 | Powell, Jonathan |
L’heure exquise (1916; 2 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Vocalise pour soprano fioriturata (1916; 3 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Apparition (1916; 5 pp.) | 2001 | Abrahams, Simon |
Hymne à Aphrodite (1916; 5 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Sonata no. 0 for Piano (1917; 30 pp.) | 2015 | Jarvis, Frazer |
Chaleur—Poème (1916-17; 32 pp.) | 2013 | Jarvis, Frazer |
Quasi habanera (1917; 6 pp.) | 1992 | Roberge, Marc-André |
L’étang (1917; 2 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Désir éperdu (Fragment) (1917; 1 p.) | 2005 | Jarvis, Frazer |
I Was Not Sorrowful—Poem for Voice and Piano [Spleen] (between 1917 and 1919; 3 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Le mauvais jardinier (1918 or 1919; compl. Chappell Kingsland, 2023; 5 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Music to “The Rider by Night” (1919; 54 pp.) | 2008 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Arabesque (1920; 2 pp.) | 2006 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Two Piano Pieces (1918, 1920; 20 pp.) | 2019 | Lee, R. D. [Ramer Davey] |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [no. 5] (1920; 144 pp.) | 1923 | — |
Sonata III for Piano (1922; 75 pp.) | 2021 | Lee, R. D. [Ramer Davey] |
Three Pastiches for Piano (1922; 17 pp.) | 1992 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Opusculum for Orchestra (1923; 36 pp.) | 2014 | Jarvis, Frazer |
Cinque sonetti di Michelagniolo Buonarroti (1923; 40 pp.) | 2005, 2022 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Concerto per pianoforte e piccola orchestra, “Simorg-Anka” [no. 7] (1924; 100 pp.) | 2020 | Powell, Jonathan |
L’irrémédiable (1927; 8 pp.) | 1993 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Sonata IV for Piano (1928-29; 111 pp.) | 2004 | Abrahams, Simon |
Symphony no. 0 for Piano Solo (1930-31; 333 pp.) | 2019 | Sánchez-Aguilera, Abel |
Movement for Voice and Piano (1927, 1931; 9 pp.) | 2001 | Abrahams, Simon |
Quintet II for Piano and String Quartet (1932-33; 432 pp.) | 2007 | Abercrombie, Alexander |
Pasticcio capriccioso sopra l’op. 64, no 1 del Chopin (1933; 8 pp.) | 1994 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Fragment Written for Harold Rutland (1926, 1928, 1937; 2 pp.) | 1993 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Symphonic Variations for Piano (1935-37; 484 pp.) | 2022 | Jarvis, Frazer |
Tāntrik Symphony for Piano Alone (1938-39; 284 pp.) | 2015 | Sánchez-Aguilera, Abel |
Transcription in the Light of Harpsichord Technique for the Modern Piano of the Chromatic Fantasia of J. S. Bach, Followed by a Fugue (1940; 15 pp.) | 1993 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Trois poèmes (1941; 13 pp.) | 2007, 2021 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Transcription of the Prelude in E-flat by Bach (1945; 4 pp.) | 1992 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Concerto da suonare da me solo e senza orchestra, per divertirmi (1946; 70 pp.) | 2001 | Powell, Jonathan (general editor), Richard Younger, Alexander Abercrombie, and François Fabre |
Schlussszene aus “Salome” von Richard Strauss—Konzertmäßige Übertragung für Klavier zu zwei Händen (1947; 25 pp.) | 2007 | Powell, Jonathan |
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1935-37, 1953-56; 540 pp.) | 2014 | Vignani, Alberto |
Toccata terza (1955; 91 p.) | 2021 | Sánchez-Aguilera, Abel |
Third Symphony for Piano Solo (1959-60; 144 pp.) | 2016 | Sánchez-Aguilera, Abel |
Suggested Bell-Chorale for St. Luke’s Carillon (1961; 1 p.) | 2004 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Messa grande sinfonica (1955-61; 1,001 pp.) | 2017 | Fabre, François |
Frammento cantato (1967; 1 p.) | 1992 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Concertino non grosso for String Sextet with Piano obbligato quasi continuo (1968; 48 pp.) | 2004 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi (1973; 2 pp.) | 2013 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Symphonia brevis for Piano (1973; 120 pp.) | 2010 | Abrahams, Simon |
“Il gallo d’oro” da Rimsky-Korsakov: Variazioni frivole con una fuga anarchica, eretica e perversa (1978-79; 93 pp.) | 2004 | Abercrombie, Alexander |
Il tessuto d’arabeschi (1979; 32 pp.) | 2004, 2022 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Villa Tasca: Mezzogiorno siciliano—Evocazione nostalgica e memoria tanta cara e preziosa del giardino meraviglioso, splendido, tropicale (1979-80; 47 pp.) | 2008 | Abrahams, Simon |
Passeggiata variata sul nome del caro e gentile giovane amico Clive Spencer-Bentley (1981; 3 pp.) | 2013 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Fantasiettina atematica (1981; 2 pp.) | 2005, 2021 | Roberge, Marc-André |
Passeggiata arlecchinesca sopra un frammento di Busoni (“Rondò arlecchinesco”) (1981-82; 16 pp.) | 2024 | Penafiel, William |
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