List of compositions by Henri Vieuxtemps
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Henri Vieuxtemps
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....

. The works are categorized by genre, opus number
Opus number
An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...

, date of composition, date of first publication, titles and scoring.

Opus numbers 1 through 5 (unused) were possibly designated for juvenile works. The date of composition for many works is unclear, and often appears in many sources to be based on the date of the first publication.
Genre Opus Composition
date
Publication
date
French title (original title) English title Scoring Notes
Vocal 1836 Le héros mourant, Imitation d'un chant russe Le héros mourant, Imitation d'un chant russe for voice and piano words by J.F. Dobelin; published by Van Lier, La Haye
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

Vocal 1837 Le papillon Le papillon for voice and piano words by Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic.-Career:...

; published in France Musicale, Paris, 1837
Vocal 5 Mélodies
  1. Mélancolie
  2. Toi
  3. Décision
  4. Les angelots et les cigognes
  5. La mort du meunier
5 Songs for voice and piano  
Chamber music 1838 Fantaisie concertante sur des motifs de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de G. Meyerbeer Fantaisie concertante on Themes from Meyerbeer's
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...

 Opera "Les Huguenots
Les Huguenots
Les Huguenots is a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of grand opera. The opera is in five acts and premiered in Paris in 1836. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps....

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Jacques Gregoir (1817–1876)
Chamber music 1838 Duo brillant en forme de fantaisie sur des airs hongrois concertant Duo brillant en forme de fantaisie sur des airs hongrois concertant for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Ferenc Erkel; dedicated to "à Madame la Baronne Fery d'Orczy" (Countess Emma Wass von Szentegyed und Czege, wife of Baron Felix Orczy de Orczi, mother of Baroness Emma Orczy)
Vocal 6 c.1845 Le chevalier Le chevalier for voice and piano published by A.M. Abrahams, La Haye
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

Chamber music 6 c.1837 1837 Air varié avec introduction de l'opéra "Il Pirata" de Bellini en ré majeur Air varié with Introduction on a Theme from Bellini's "Il Pirata
Il pirata
Il pirata is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani from a French translation of the tragic play Bertram, or The Castle of St Aldobrando by Charles Maturin...

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in D major
for violin and piano or orchestra  
Chamber music 7 1841 1846 3 Romances sans paroles
  1. Chant d'amour
  2. Désespoir
  3. Souvenir
3 Songs without Words
  1. in D major
  2. in C minor
  3. in C major
for violin and piano  
Chamber music 8
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c.1845 1850 4 Romances sans paroles
  1. Hilarité
  2. Innocence
  3. Barcarolle
  4. Air Savoyard
4 Songs without Words
  1. in E major
  2. in A major
  3. in G minor
  4. in D major
for violin and piano published also with Op. 7; the Violin Concerto No. 2 initially published as Op. 8, later Op. 19
Concertante 9 1845? 1846 Hommage à Paganini, Caprice sur des thèmes du celèbre maestro Homage to Paganini, Caprice for violin and orchestra or piano  
Concertante 10 1840 1840 Grand Concerto Nº 1 en mi majeur
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Introduction: Adagio
  3. Rondo: Allegretto
Concerto No. 1 in E major for violin and orchestra dedicated "au roi des belges" (Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

Concertante 11 1838 1840 Fantaisie-caprice en la majeur Fantaisie-caprice in A major for violin and orchestra at end: St. Pétersbourg ce 21 Février 1840; dedicated to Jean Radoux ("Offert à son ami Gean Radoux en témoignage de haute estime")
Chamber music 12 1843 1844 Grande sonate concertante en quatre parties en ré majeur
  1. Allegro assai
  2. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
  3. Largo ma non troppo
  4. Rondo: Allegro gioioso
Sonata in D major for violin and piano dedicated to pianist Édouard Wolff (1816–1880)
Chamber music 13 c.1843 1843 Grand duo sur des thèmes de "Le duc d'Olonne" d'Auber Grand duo on Themes from Auber's
Daniel Auber
Daniel François Esprit Auber was a French composer.-Biography:The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. Though his father expected him to continue in the print-selling business, he also allowed his son to learn how to play several musical instruments...

 "Le duc d'Olonne"
for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880)
Chamber music 14 c.1843 1844 Grande fantaisie concertante sur l'opéra "Obéron" de C. M. de Weber Grande fantaisie concertante on Themes from Weber's
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....

 Opera "Oberon
Oberon (opera)
Oberon, or The Elf King's Oath is a 3-act romantic opera in English with spoken dialogue and music by Carl Maria von Weber. The libretto by James Robinson Planche was based on a German poem, Oberon, by Christoph Martin Wieland, which itself was based on the epic romance Huon de Bordeaux, a French...

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880)
Concertante 15 c.1843 1843 Les arpèges, Caprice Les arpèges, Caprice in D major for violin and orchestra (or piano) with obligato cello  
Chamber music 16 c.1845 1845 6 Études de concert
  1. Alegro moderato
  2. Moderato
  3. Allegretto
  4. Allegro ma non troppo
  5. Adagio, non troppo
  6. Adagio
6 Concert Etudes
  1. in G minor
  2. in G major
  3. in D major
  4. in E major
  5. in C major
  6. in E major
for violin solo  
Chamber music 17 1843 1844 Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations burlesques sur "Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut...

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Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations burlesques sur "Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut...

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for violin and piano also for violin and string quartet
Concertante 18 1844 1844 Norma, Fantaisie sur la quatrième corde Norma, Fantasia on the G String for violin and orchestra or piano  
Concertante 19
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1836 1846 Concerto Nº 2 en fa dièse mineur
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Rondo: Allegro
Concerto No. 2 in F minor "Sauret
Émile Sauret
Émile Sauret was a French violinist and composer.-Biography:He began studying violin at the Conservatory at Strasburg at the age of six and began concertizing two years later. He studied under Charles de Bériot and later became the student of Henri Vieuxtemps.Sauret made his American debut in 1872...

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for violin and orchestra composed prior to Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 10; also published as Op. 8 by C. Joubert in Paris and others; dedicated "à son ami P. de Bremacker"
Chamber music 20
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c.1845 1845 Duo concertant sur des thèmes de "Don Juan" de Mozart Duo concertant on Themes from Mozart's
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

 "Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880); published by Schlesinger in Berlin; also published as Duo brillant sur les motifs de Don Juan de Mozart, Op. 19 by E. Troupenas & Cie in Paris
Concertante 21 c.1845 1846 Souvenirs de russie, Fantaisie Souvenirs de Russie, Fantasia in B minor for violin and orchestra or piano dedicated to B. Rubens
Chamber music 22 1846–1847 6 Morceaux de salon
  1. Morceaux brillant
  2. Air varié en ré mineur
  3. Rêverie: Adagio
  4. Souvenir du Bosphore 
  5. Tarantelle
  6. L'orage
6 Salon Pieces for violin and piano or orchestra
2. dedicated "à son ami Serge Wolkoff"
Chamber music 23
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c.1845 1854 Grande fantaisie sur l'opéra "L'étoile du nord" de G. Meyerbeer Grande fantaisie on Themes from Meyerbeer's
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...

 Opera "L'étoile du nord
L'étoile du nord
L'étoile du nord is an opéra comique in three acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The French-language libretto was by Eugène Scribe....

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Theodor Kullak
Theodor Kullak
Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer, and teacher.-Background:Kullak was born in Krotoschin in the Grand Duchy of Posen, in Wielkopolska - western part of Poland taken during the second partition of Poland by Kingdom of Prussia. He began his piano studies as a pupil of Albrecht Agthe in...

; published as Op. 24 by Brandus et Cie.
Transcription c.1846 La nuit, Thème de l'ode-symphonie "Le désert" La nuit for viola and piano by Félicien-César David
Félicien-César David
Félicien-César David was a French composer.-Biography:Félicien David was born in Cadenet , France, and began to study music at five under his father, whose early death however left him an impoverished orphan...

; transcription of "Hymne à la nuit" from Le désert
Le désert
Le désert is an 'ode-symphonie' in three parts by the French composer Félicien David with words by Auguste Colin, written after the composer’s stay in Egypt and the Holy Land....

(1844); original for tenor and orchestra
Chamber music
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c.1847 1847 Grand duo brillant sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Le camp de Silésie" ou "Vielka" de G. Meyerbeer Grand duo brillant on Themes from Meyerbeer's
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...

 Opera "A Camp in Silesia
Ein Feldlager in Schlesien
Ein Feldlager in Schlesien is a Singspiel in three acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer with a German-language libretto by Ludwig Rellstab after Eugène Scribe's Le champ de Silésie. It was first performed at the Hofoper, Berlin, on 7 December 1844; a version with a revised libretto by Charlotte...

" or "Vielka"
for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Theodor Kullak
Theodor Kullak
Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer, and teacher.-Background:Kullak was born in Krotoschin in the Grand Duchy of Posen, in Wielkopolska - western part of Poland taken during the second partition of Poland by Kingdom of Prussia. He began his piano studies as a pupil of Albrecht Agthe in...

; published as Op. 24 by Schlesinger
Chamber music 24 c.1850 1852 Divertissements d'amateurs sur des mélodies russes favorites, 6 Morceaux
  1. Romance d'A. Gourileff
  2. Divertissement sur "Le rossignol" d'Alex Alabieff
  3. Romance d'A. Dargomijsky
  4. Romance du Comte M. Wielhorsky (avec violoncelle ad libitum)
  5. Chanson russe: Troïka
  6. Deux chansons russes en si mineur et la majeur
6 Divertissements d'amateurs, 6 Pieces on Favorite Russian Melodies for violin and piano also published as Chansons russes, Transcrites et variées in 1854
1. after Aleksandr L'vovich Gurilyov [Gurilev] – Александр Львович Гурилёв (1803–1858)
2. after The Nightingale (Соловей) by Alexander Alyabyev
Alexander Alyabyev
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff was a Russian composer. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces. His most famous work is The Nightingale, a song based on a poem by Anton Delvig. It was composed while...

 
3. after Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a 19th century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Tchaikovsky....

 
4. after Count Matvei Wielhorski (Матвей Юрьевич Виельгорский) (1794–1866)
Concertante 25 1844 1848 Grand Concerto Nº 3 en la majeur
  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Rondo: Allegretto
Concerto No. 3 in A major for violin and orchestra dedicated to Guillaume II, roi de Hollande
William II of the Netherlands
William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 7 October 1840 until his death in 1849.- Early life and education :...

Chamber music 26 c.1850 1850 Grand duo sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Le prophète" de G. Meyerbeer Grand duo on Themes from Meyerbeer's
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...

 Opera "Le prophète
Le prophète
Le prophète is an opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The French-language libretto was by Eugène Scribe.-Performance history:...

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Anton Rubinstein
Anton Rubinstein
Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos...

Concertante 27 c.1850 1851 Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes slaves Grande fantaisie on Slavic Themes for violin and orchestra or piano version for violin and piano published 1878
Chamber music 1852 Duo sur des motifs de "Raymond", ou "Le Secret de la reine", Opéra de Thomas Duo on Themes from Ambroise Thomas
Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas was a French composer, best known for his operas Mignon and Hamlet and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death.-Biography:"There is good music, there is bad music, and then there is Ambroise Thomas."- Emmanuel Chabrier-Early life...

's Opera "Raymond" or "Le Secret de la reine"
for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880)
Concertante 28
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c.1850 1853 Andante et rondo (Introduction et rondo) en mi majeur Andante et rondo (Introduction et rondo) in E major for violin and orchestra or piano published as Op. 29 by J. Schuberth in Leipzig (1853); listed as Op. 28 in Grove and Radoux Vieuxtemps: Sa vie, ses œuvres
Chamber music 29 c.1852 1852–1853 3 Fantaisies sur les opéras de G. Verdi
  1. Fantaisie sur "I Lombardi" (Jérusalem)
  2. Fantaisie brillante sur "Ernani"
  3. Fantaisie sur "Luisa Miller"
3 Fantasias on Themes from Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...

's "I Lombardi
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
I Lombardi alla prima crociata is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi. Its first performance was given at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 11 February 1843...

", "Ernani
Ernani
Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. The first production took place at La Fenice Theatre, Venice on 9 March 1844...

" and "Luisa Miller
Luisa Miller
Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller. The first performance was given at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on December 8, 1849...

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for violin and piano published as Op. 29 by Schott in Mainz (and later C.F. Peters)
Chamber music 30 1854? 1854 Élégie en fa mineur Élégie in F minor for viola (or cello, or violin) and piano dedicated to Count Matvei Wielhorski (Матвей Юрьевич Виельгорский) (1794–1866) (see Russian Wikipedia)
Concertante 1854 1854 3 Cadences pour le concerto de violon de L. van Beethoven, œuvre 61 3 Cadenzas to Beethoven's
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

 Violin Concerto, Op. 61
Violin Concerto (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, was written in 1806.The work was premiered on 23 December 1806 in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Beethoven wrote the concerto for his colleague Franz Clement, a leading violinist of the day, who had earlier given him helpful advice on...

for violin solo  
Concertante 31 1849–1850 1854 Grand Concerto Nº 4 en ré mineur
  1. Andante – Moderato
  2. Andante religioso
  3. Scherzo: Vivace
  4. Finale marziale: Andante – Allegro
Concerto No. 4 in D minor for violin and orchestra composed 1846–1852?
Chamber music 1855 Grand duo sur des motifs de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de G. Meyerbeer Grand duo on Themes from Meyerbeer's
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...

 Opera "Les Huguenots"
for violin and cello composed in collaboration with Adrien-François Servais
Adrien-Francois Servais
Adrien-François Servais was one of the most influential cellists of the nineteenth century. He was born and died in Halle, Belgium.Servais was originally trained as a violinist before switching to the cello...

Chamber music 32 c.1850 1856 3 Morceaux de salon
  1. Souvenir de Beauchamps
  2. Rondino
  3. La chasse
3 Salon Pieces for violin and piano  
Chamber music 33 c.1855 1860 Bouquet américain, 6 Variations sur mélodies populaires
  1. O Willie, We Have Missed You
  2. St. Patrick's Day
  3. Days of Absence
  4. Garry Owen
  5. The Last Rose of Summer
  6. Arkansas Traveller and Banjo Tune
Bouquet américain, 6 Variations on Popular Melodies for violin and piano  
Transcription c.1855 Grand duo Grand duo for viola and piano transcription of the Clarinet Quintet, KV 581
Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...

 (1789) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

Arrangement 1855? "Le trille du Diable", Sonate de Tartini "The Devil's Trill
Devil's Trill Sonata
The Violin Sonata in G minor, more famously known as the Devil's Trill Sonata is a famous work for solo violin by Giuseppe Tartini , famous for being extremely technically demanding, even today....

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, Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini
Giuseppe Tartini
Giuseppe Tartini was an Italian baroque composer and violinist.-Biography:Tartini was born in Piran, a town on the peninsula of Istria, in the Republic of Venice to Gianantonio – native of Florence – and Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the oldest aristocratic Piranian families.It...

 
for violin and piano piano part arranged by Vieuxtemps
Chamber music 34 1859 1859 3 Mährchen (3 Contes)
  1. Hausmährchen
  2. Kindermährchen
  3. Wintermährchen
3 Tales
  1. Family Tale
  2. Tale for Children
  3. Winter Tale
for violin and piano  
Concertante 35 c.1859 1859 Fantasia appassionata en sol mineur
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Largo
  3. Finale: Saltarella – Allegro vivace
Fantasia appassionata in G minor for violin and orchestra or piano  
Transcription 1861 Scène et romance de l'opéra "Halka" de St. Moniuszko Scène et romance from the Opera "Halka
Halka
Halka is an opera by the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko. The libretto was by Wlodzimierz Wolski , a young Warsaw poet with radical social views. It is part of the canon of Polish national operas.-Performance history:...

" by Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

for violin and orchestra or piano  
Chamber music 36 1862 1863 Sonate en si bémol majeur
  1. Maestoso. Allegro
  2. Barcarolla: Andante con moto
  3. Finale scherzando: Allegretto
Sonata in B major for viola (or cello) and piano dedicated to George V, King of Hanover
George V of Hanover
George V was King of Hanover, the only child of Ernest Augustus I, and a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 2nd Earl of Armagh...

; original version for viola and piano, later transcribed for cello and piano
Concertante 37 1858–1859 1862 Concerto Nº 5 en la mineur "Le Grétry"
  1. Allegro non troppo
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro con fuoco
Concerto No. 5 in A minor "Le Grétry"
Violin Concerto No. 5 (Vieuxtemps)
The Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, Op. 37, by Henri Vieuxtemps was composed in 1861. This remains Vieuxtemps' most popular violin concerto. The second movement borrows from "Où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?" in Grétry's opera Lucile...

 
for violin and orchestra competition piece for Hubert Léonard
Hubert Léonard
Hubert Léonard was a famous Belgian violinist, born at Bellaire, Liège. His earliest preparatory training was given by Rouma, after which he entered the Paris Conservatory in 1836, where he studied for three years under Habeneck. In 1844 he started his extended tours which established his...

 and the Conservatory of Brussels
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....

; dedicated to Leopold II, Duke of Brabant
Leopold II of Belgium
Leopold II was the second king of the Belgians. Born in Brussels the second son of Leopold I and Louise-Marie of Orléans, he succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865 and remained king until his death.Leopold is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free...

; movement II borrows "Où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?" from André Grétry's opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 Lucile
Lucile (opera)
Lucile is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, in one act by the Belgian composer André Grétry, The French text was by Jean-François Marmontel, and the characters in the opera, though not the actual story, were derived from Marmontel's L'école des pères...

Concertante 38 c.1858 1863 Ballade et polonaise de concert en sol mineur Ballade et polonaise de concert in G minor for violin and orchestra (or piano)  
Concertante 39 1864? 1864 Duo brilliant en la majeur Duo brilliant in A major for violin, cello (or viola) and orchestra (or piano)  
Chamber music 40 1864? 1864 3 Feuilles d'album, 3 Morceaux
  1. Romance en fa majeur
  2. Les regrets
  3. Bohémienne
3 Album Leaves, 3 Pieces for violin and piano  
Choral 41 1863 1863 Ouverture et hymne national belge
(Ouverture avec l'hymne national belge)
Overture with the Belgian National Anthem for chorus and orchestra  
Chamber music 1864 Duo brillant sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Orphée" de Gluck Duo brillant on Themes from Gluck's
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years...

 Opera "Orphée
Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing...

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880)
Chamber music 1864 Duo brillant sur "Les Noces de Figaro" de Mozart Duo brillant on Mozart's
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

 "The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...

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for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880)
Chamber music 1864 Duo brillant sur "Preciosa" de C. M. de Weber Duo brillant on Weber's
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....

 "Preciosa"
for violin and piano composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880); after the 1820 music for the play by Pius Alexander Wolff
Chamber music 42 1865 1865 Old England, Caprice sur des airs anglais du XVIe et XVIIe siècle Old England, Caprice on 16th- and 17th-Century English Airs for violin and piano  
Chamber music 1869? 1869 Fantasie sur "Faust" de Ch. Gounod Fantasia on Themes from Gounod's
Charles Gounod
Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...

 "Faust
Faust (opera)
Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...

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for violin and piano or orchestra dedicated to violinist Wilma Norman-Neruda
Wilma Neruda
Wilma Neruda, Lady Hallé, originally Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda was a Moravian violinist.-Biography:...

Chamber music 43 1871 1871 Suite en si mineur
  1. Preludio
  2. Minuetto
  3. Aria
  4. Gavotta en ré majeur
Suite in B Minor
  1. Preludio
  2. Minuetto
  3. Aria
  4. Gavotte
for violin and piano  
Chamber music 44 1871 1871 Quatuor à cordes N° 1 en mi mineur String Quartet No. 1 in E minor for 2 violins, viola and cello dedicated to Monsieur de Rémusat
Chamber music 1868–1872
1868
1871
1871
1871
1872
1872
6 Morceaux de Salon
  1. Souvenir d'amitié, Romance en la majeur, Op. 8bis
  2. Andante, tirée de l'œuvre 19
  3. Romance-Sicilienne, tirée de l'œuvre 35
  4. Ballade, tirée de l'œuvre 38
  5. La Nuit, de Félcien David
  6. Larghetto de Mozart (du Quintetto, Op. 108)
6 Salon Pieces
  1. Souvenir d'amitié, Romance in A major, Op. 8bis
  2. Andante (from Op. 19)
  3. Romance-Sicilienne (from Op. 35)
  4. Ballade (from Op. 38)
  5. La Nuit, by Félcien David
  6. Larghetto de Mozart
for violin and piano arrangements for violin and piano
2. movement II of the Violin Concerto No. 2
5. transcription of "Hymne à la nuit" from Le désert
Le désert
Le désert is an 'ode-symphonie' in three parts by the French composer Félicien David with words by Auguste Colin, written after the composer’s stay in Egypt and the Holy Land....

(1844) by Félicien-César David
Félicien-César David
Félicien-César David was a French composer.-Biography:Félicien David was born in Cadenet , France, and began to study music at five under his father, whose early death however left him an impoverished orphan...

 
6. movement II of the Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...

, K. 581 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

; also for viola and piano
Chamber music 1872 Larghetto de Mozart (du Quintetto, Op. 108) Larghetto de Mozart for viola and piano movement II of the Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...

, K. 581 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

; arrangement of No. 6 from 6 Morceaux de Salon (1868–1872) for viola and piano; original version for violin and piano
Chamber music 45 1876 Voix intimes, 6 Pensées mélodiques
  1. Douleurs
  2. Espoir
  3. Foi
  4. Déception
  5. Sérénité
  6. Contemplation
Intimate Voices, 6 Melodic Thoughts
  1. Grief in C minor
  2. Hope in A major
  3. Faith in D major
  4. Disappointment in F minor
  5. Serenity in E major
  6. Contemplation in B minor
for violin and piano dedicated to Madame Léon van Hennebryck
Concertante 46 1875–1876 1877 Concerto Nº 1 en la minuer
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Finale: Allegro
Concerto No. 1 in A minor for cello and orchestra dedicated to Guillaume III
William III of the Netherlands
William III was from 1849 King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg until his death and the Duke of Limburg until the abolition of the Duchy in 1866.-Early life:William was born in Brussels as son of William II of the Netherlands and...

Chamber music c.1877 1877 Duo sur des motifs de l'opéra "Paul et Virginie" de V. Massé Duo on Themes of Victor Massé
Victor Massé
Victor Massé was a French composer.-Biography:...

's Opera "Paul et Virginie"
for violin and piano composed in collaboration with "D. Magnus", pianist Désiré Magnus
Désiré Magnus
Désiré Magnus was a Belgian concert pianist, teacher and composer of salon music who published under the pseudonym D Magnus.-Biography:...

 (1828–1884); dedication "À Mademoiselle Alix Massé"
Concertante 47 1865 1880 Concerto Nº 6 en sol majeur
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Pastorale: Andante con moto
  3. Intermezzo siciliano
  4. Rondo final: Allegretto
Concerto No. 6 in G major for violin and orchestra Op. 1 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Wilma Norman-Neruda
Wilma Neruda
Wilma Neruda, Lady Hallé, originally Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda was a Moravian violinist.-Biography:...

; composed 1877–1881?
Chamber music c.1880 Fantaisie sur "Lucia di Lammermoor", Souvenir de Donizetti Fantasia on "Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....

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, Souvenir de Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...

 
for violin and piano published as Op. 33 (c.1880)
Chamber music 48 1882 36 Études
6. Un conte
7. Tourmente
15. Dédiée à M. le Duc de Camposelice
20. Lament
21. Souvenir de Schumann
22. Mélancolie
24. Inquiétude
26. Cantilène
27. Tarantelle
36. Variations sur la célèbre Gavotte de Corelli
36 Études for violin solo Op. 2 posthumous; dedicated to the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...

Concertante 49 1879–1881 1882 Concerto Nº 7 en la mineur "À Jenő Hubay"
  1. Moderato
  2. Mélancolie
  3. Allegro vivo
Concerto No. 7 in A minor "À Jenő Hubay" for violin and orchestra Op. 3 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Jenő Hubay
Jeno Hubay
Eugen Huber , better known by his Hungarian name Jenő Hubay , was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.-Early life:Eugen Huber was born into a German family of musicians in Pest, Hungary...

Concertante 50 1879 1884 Concerto Nº 2 en si mineur
  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Finale: Allegretto con moto
Concerto No. 2 in B minor for cello and orchestra Op. 4 posthumous; dedicated to cellist Joseph Servais (1850–1885)
Chamber music 51 1884 Quatuor à cordes Nº 2 en ut majeur String Quartet No. 2 in C major for 2 violins, viola and cello Op. 5 posthumous
Chamber music 52 1884 Quatuor à cordes Nº 3 en si bémol majeur String Quartet No. 3 in B major for 2 violins, viola and cello Op. 6 posthumous
Chamber music 53 1883 Voies de cœur, 9 Morceaux
  1. Tendresse
  2. Décision
  3. Mélancolie
  4. Barcarolle
  5. Rêve
  6. Interrogation
  7. Souvenir
  8. Pourquoi?
  9. Thème et variations
Voices of the Heart, 9 Pieces for violin and piano Op. 7 posthumous; also Voix du cœur
Chamber music 54 1883 3 Fantaisies brilliantes
  1. Saltarelle
  2. Sérénade
  3. Pochade américaine
3 Fantaisies brilliantes for violin and piano Op. 8 posthumous
1. dedicated to Benjamin Godard
Benjamin Godard
Benjamin Louis Paul Godard was a French violinist and Romantic composer.-Biography:Born in Paris, Godard was a student of Henri Vieuxtemps. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1863 where he studied under Vieuxtemps and Napoléon Henri Reber and accompanied Vieuxtemps twice to Germany...

; orchestrated by Godard as Op. 54a
Chamber music 55 1883 6 Morceaux pour violon seul suivis d'un Capriccio pour alto seul
  1. Andante
  2. Moderato
  3. Prélude
  4. Tempo di minuetto
  5. Andante
  6. Introduction et fugue: Adagio cantabile
  7. Capriccio "Hommage à Paganini"
6 Pieces for Solo Violin, Followed by a Capriccio for Solo Viola for violin solo






7. for viola solo
Op. 9 posthumous


3. dedicated to violinist Léon Reynier
Chamber music 55 1883 Capriccio "Hommage à Paganini" Capriccio "Hommage à Paganini" in C minor for viola solo Op. 9 posthumous
Chamber music 56 1883 Salut à l'Amérique, Fantaisie originale Greeting to America, Fantasia for violin and piano or orchestra Op. 10 posthumous
Chamber music 57 1883 Impressions et réminiscences de Pologne Impressions and Memories of Poland for violin and piano Op. 11 posthumous; dedicated "à son gendre le Dr Édouard Landowski" (to his son-in-law Dr. Édouard Landowski)
Chamber music 58 1883 Ma marche funèbre My Funeral March for violin and piano Op. 12 posthumous
Chamber music 59 1884 Allegro de concert en si mineur
(1er Morceau d'un 8e Concerto inachevé, en si mineur)
Allegro de concert in B minor for violin and piano Op. 13 posthumous; movement I from the incomplete Violin Concerto No. 8; dedicated to violinist Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...

Chamber music 60 1884 Sonate inachevée (Allegro et scherzo) en si bémol majeur
(1er et 2me morceaux d'une sonate inachevée)
  1. Allegro
  2. Scherzo
Sonate inachevée in B major
  1. Allegro in B major
  2. Scherzo in F minor
for viola and piano Op. 14 posthumous; movements I and II of an incomplete sonata
Chamber music 61 1883 Divertissement Divertissement for violin solo Op. 15 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Lambert Massart
Chamber music Étude en ut mineur Étude in C minor for viola and piano undated manuscript found (c.1970) in the Brussels Museum
Chamber music Trio sur "L'africaine" de Meyerbeer Piano Trio on Themes from Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine
L'Africaine
L'africaine is a grand opera, the last work of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. The French libretto was written by Eugène Scribe. The opera is about fictitious events in the life of the real historical person Vasco da Gama...

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for violin, cello and piano  

Sources

  • Radoux, Jean Théodore (1835–1911). Vieuxtemps: Sa vie, ses œuvres, A. Bénard, Liège
    Liège
    Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....

    , 1891.
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