Biography
Scott was born in Oxton, Cheshire to Henry Scott (1843-1918), shipper andMusic
His experiments in free rhythm, generated by expanding musical motifs, above all in his First Piano Sonata of 1909, appear to have exerted an influence on Stravinsky'sAlternative medicine
Scott had an interest in alternative medicine, health foods, occultism,Compositions (selective list)
Dramatic
Opera
* ''The Alchemist'' (1917–18) * ''The Saint of the Mountain'' (1924–25) * ''The Shrine'' (c. 1925–26) * ''Maureen O'Mara'' (1945)Ballet
* ''The Incompetent Apothecary'' (1923) * ''Karma'' (1924) * ''Masque of the Red Death'' (1930)Incidental music
* ''Othello'' (1920) * ''Return to Nature'' (1920) * ''Smetse Smee'' (c. 1925–26) * ''Susannah and the Elders'' (1937)Orchestral
* Symphony No. 1 in G major (1899) * ''Pelleas and Melisanda'', overture, Op. 5 (1900) ater revised as Op. 20* ''Lyric Suite'', Op. 6 (1900) * ''Heroic Suite'', Op. 7 (c. 1900) * ''Christmas Overture'' (c. 1900) * Symphony No. 2 in A minor (1901–02) ithdrawn and revised as ''Three Symphonic Dances''* ''Princess Maleine'', overture, Op. 18 (1902) ithdrawn and revised as ''Festival Overture''* ''Aglavaine et Sélysette'', overture, Op. 21 (c. 1902) * Rhapsody for orchestra No. 1, Op. 32 (1904) * ''Aubade'', Op. 77 (1905, revised c. 1911) * ''Three Symphonic Dances'', Op. 22 (c. 1907) evised from Symphony No. 2* ''Egypt'', ballet suite (1913) * Two Passacaglias on Irish Themes (1914) * ''Britain's War March'' (1914) * ''Suite Fantastique'', for chamber orchestra (c. 1928) * ''Neptune'', poem of the sea (1933, revised 1935) riginally titled ''Disaster at Sea''* Symphony No. 3, ''The Muses'', with chorus (1937) * ''Ode descantique'', for string orchestra (c. 1940) * ''Hourglass Suite'', for chamber orchestra (c. 1949) * Symphony No. 4 (1951–52) * ''Neapolitan Rhapsody'' (1959) * Sinfonietta for organ, harp and strings (1962)Concertante works
* Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 10 (1900) * Cello Concerto, Op. 19 (1902) * Piano Concerto No. 1 (1913–14) * Violin Concerto (c. 1925) * ''Philomel'', for cello and orchestra (c. 1925) * Double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (1926) * ''The Melodist and the Nightingale'', for cello and orchestra (1929) * ''Early One Morning'' for piano and orchestra (1930–31, revised 1962) * Concertino for two pianos and orchestra (1931) * Double concerto for two violins and orchestra (1931) * ''Passacaglia Festevole'', for two pianos and orchestra (c. 1935) * Cello Concerto (1937) * Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra (1937) * Concerto for oboe and strings (1946) * Concertino for bassoon, flute and strings (1951) * Piano Concerto No. 2 (1958)Choral music
* Magnificat, for soloists, chorus orchestra and organ (1899) * ''The Ballad of Fair Helen of Kirkonnel'', for baritone, chorus and orchestra, Op. 8 (1900) * ''My Captain'', for voice and piano, Op. 38 (1904) * ''Nativity Hymn'', for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1913–14) * ''La belle dame sans merci'', for baritone, chorus and orchestra (1915–17) * ''Festival Overture'', for chorus and orchestra (1929) * ''Mystic Ode'', for chorus and chamber orchestra (1932) * ''Summerland'', for chorus and orchestra (1935) * ''Ode to Great Men'', for tenor, female chorus and orchestra (1936) * ''Hymn to Unity'', for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1947)Chamber music
* Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 3 (c. 1899) * Piano Quartet in E minor, Op. 16 (1899) * String Quartet, Op. 12 (c. 1900) * Sextet for piano and strings, Op. 26 (c. 1903, rev. 1914 as Quintet, performed and later withdrawn) * String Quartet, Op. 28 (c. 1903) * String Quartet in F major, Op. 31 (c. 1904) * Violin Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 59 (1908) * String Quartet No. 1 (1919) * String Quintet No. 1 (1919) * Piano Trio No. 1 (c. 1920, publ. 1922) * Piano Quintet No. 1 (1920, publ. 1924, previous Quintets had been performed, but later withdrawn) * Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1926) * String Trio No. 1 (1931) * ''Sonata Lirica'' for violin and piano (1937) * Viola Sonata (1939, revised 1953) * String Trio No. 2 (1949) * Piano Trio No. 2 (1950) * Violin Sonata No. 2, ''Sonata Melodica'' (1950) * Cello Sonata (1950) * String Quartet No. 2 (1951) * Quintet for clarinet and strings (1951) * Piano Quintet No. 2 (1952) * String Quintet No. 2 (1953) * Violin Sonata No. 3 (1955) * Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (c. 1955) * Violin Sonata No. 4 (1956) * Piano Trio No. 3 (1957) * String Quartet No. 3 (1961) * Flute Sonata (1961) * ''Trio Pastorale'' for flute, cello and piano (1961) * String Quartet No. 4 (1964)Piano solo
* Piano Sonata in D major, Op.17 (1901)(W 329) ** Handelian Rhapsody, for piano (revision, ed. Percy Grainger), Op. 17 (1909) (W 134) * Scherzo, Op.25 (1904) * 2 Pierrot Pieces, Op.35 (1904) * 2 Piano Pieces, Op.37 (1904) * ''Solitude'', Op.40–1 (1904) * ''Vesperale'', Op.40–2 (1904) * ''Chimes'', Op.40–3 (1904) * ''Lotus Land'', Op.47–1 (1905) * ''Columbine'', Op.47–2 (1905) * ''Summerland'', Op.54 (1907) * 2 Alpine Sketches, Op.58 (1908) * ''Dance Nègre'' (1908) * ''Sphinx'', Op.63 (1908) * Piano Sonata No.1, Op.66 (1909) * 4 Piano Pieces, Op.67 (1909–10) * Piano Suite, Op.71–1 (1910) * ''Water-Wagtail'' (1910) * Berceuse in E-flat (1911) * ''Pierrette'' (1912) * 3 ''British Melodies'' (1912) * ''Rainbow Trout'' (1916) * Piano Sonata No.2 (1935) * Piano Sonata No.3 (1956)Other instrumental solo
* ''The Ecstatic Shepherd'', for solo flute (c. 1922) * ''Celtic Fantasy'', for solo harp (1926) * Sonatina, for solo guitar (c. 1927) (commissioned byLiterature
Prose
*1917Alternative medicine
*1939 ''Victory Over Cancer: Without Radium Or Surgery'' *1940 ''Health, Diet and Commonsense'' *1938 ''Doctors, Disease and Health'' *1946 ''Crude Black Molasses'' *1946 ''Medicine, Rational and Irrational'' *1948 ''Cider Vinegar'' *1953 ''Simpler and Safer Remedies for Grievous Ills'' *1955 ''Sleeplessness: Its Prevention and Cure by Harmless Methods'' *1956 ''Constipation and Commonsense'' *1968 ''Cancer Prevention: Fallacies and Some Reassuring Facts''Occultism
*1935 ''Outline of Modern Occultism'' *1957 ''Occultism: An Alternative to Scientific Humanism''Poetry
*190? ''The Shadows of Silence and the Songs of Yesterday'' *1907 ''The Grave of Eros and the Book of Mournful Melodies'' *1909 Translation: ''The Flowers of Evil'' (Charles Baudelaire) *1910 Translation: ''Poems of Stefan George (Selections from his Works)'' *1910 ''The Voice of the Ancient'' *1912 ''The Vales of Unity'' *1915 ''The Celestial Aftermath: A Springtime of the Heart and Faraway Songs'' *1943 ''The Poems of playboy''Bibliography
* Hull, A. Eaglefield: ''Cyril Scott. Composer, Poet and Philosopher.'' London, 1918. * Sampsel, Laurie J.: ''Cyril Scott: A Bio-Bibliography.'' Greenwood, 2000. * Collins, Sarah. ''The Aesthetic Life of Cyril Scott.'' Boydell, 2013. * Scott, Desmond, and others (edd.), ''The Cyril Scott Companion.'' Boydell, 2018.See also
* * '' The Initiate'', by Cyril ScottReferences
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