Works for mandolin(s) and guitar
Air de Ballet
Published in London, c. 1895. Note on the dedicatee: Mr & Mrs Samuel D. Warmcastle were wealthy US industrialists and philanthropists from the Pittsburgh area.
- Original version for two mandolins with the original guitar accompaniment
- Modernized version for one mandolin and guitar. Typesetting and guitar part (based on the original piano part) by John Mackenzie
- Just the modernized guitar part
L’Allegro
Published in London, 1895. The Musical Herald (2 September 1895, p285) refers to this as a composition of "a high-class character".
There is a version of this piece for mandolin and piano on the ‘mandolin & piano’ page.
Cabaletta
From 1894. Original version for two mandolins and guitar:
- Mandolin 1 part
- Mandolin 2 part
- Guitar part
La Gracieuse
Copyrighted 1901 in the U.S., but probably composed in UK several years earlier. Original version for two mandolins and guitar:
- Mandolin 1 part
- Mandolin 2 part
- Guitar part
L'Idéal
c. 1894. Later republished as part of “Turner’s Mandoline Journal no. 40. Containing 6 select solos with pianoforte accomts. & a separate mandolin part in addition."
- Modern version for mandolin and guitar by John Mackenzie
Mémoires d'Amour
c. 1894. Original version for two mandolins and guitar.
- Mandolin 1 part
- Mandolin 2 part
- Guitar part
Sancta Maria
1892. Daily News (London, 25 August 1892): “Music of the Day… The mandolin is an instrument which when well played is very popular. A very effective piece for mandolin (or violin) and piano, with extra part for second mandolin or violin ad lib., is ‘Sancta Maria,’ composed by Clara Ross.”
Modern typeset version for one or two mandolins and guitar:
- Mandolin 1 part
- Mandolin 2 part (optional)
- Guitar part (modernised by John Mackenzie)
Serenade
Published London, 1894.
Modernised version with guitar part by John Mackenzie:
There is a version of this piece for one mandolin and piano on the ‘mandolin & piano’ page.
Sicilienne
1893. The Musical Standard (16 Dec 1893, pp 488-9): “On Wednesday evening at Queen’s Gate Hall, Mrs. Hart-Dyke and Miss Clara Ross gave an evening concert at which their band of mandolinists, ‘The Kensington Mandolinists’, was the chief attraction. We have noticed the performances of these young ladies before, and on Wednesday they again gave evidence of the good training they have received. Among other pieces, they performed some clever compositions of Miss Clara Ross, one of which ‘Sicilienne,’ is brilliant, melodious and excellently suited to the capability of the instruments…”
Version for one mandolin & guitar, with a modernised guitar part by John Mackenzie:
There is a version of this piece for one mandolin and piano on the ‘mandolin & piano’ page.