List of compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff

The compositions of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...

(1873–1943) cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

with Nikolai Zverev

Nikolai Zverev

Nikolai Sergeyevich Zverev was a Russian pianist and teacher known for his pupils Alexander Siloti, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin, Konstantin Igumnov, Alexander Goldenweiser, and others.- Life :...

and Anton Arensky

Anton Arensky

Anton Stepanovich Arensky -Biography:Arensky was born in Novgorod, Russia. He was musically precocious and had composed a number of songs and piano pieces by the age of nine...

, and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including Prelude in C sharp minor (Op. 3, No. 2), and his first piano concerto

Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)

Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1, in 1892, at age 19. He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work thoroughly in 1917.-First version:...

(Op. 1). His Symphony No. 1

Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)

Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13, is a music piece by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, written at Ivanovka, an estate near Tambov, Russia, between January and October 1895...

(Op. 13) was one of his first compositions as a "Free Artist" after graduation, and subsequently his first critical failure. The derision he received sent him into depression

Depression (mood)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...

. After being sent through autosuggestive therapy

Autosuggestion

Autosuggestion is a psychological technique that was developed by apothecary Émile Coué from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.-Origins:...

, he composed his second piano concerto

Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900...

(Op. 18), which is still part of the major orchestra repertoire today. In 1909, he made his first tour of the United States

United States

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, and composed Piano Concerto No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)

The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, composed in 1909 by Sergei Rachmaninoff is famous for its technical and musical demands on the performer...

(Op. 30), notable for its difficult cadenza

Cadenza

In music, a cadenza is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display....

. After this, due to migration from Russia in 1917 and his busy concert career, his output as a composer decreased, and during this period, he completed only six compositions. His last work, Symphonic Dances
Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)
The Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is an orchestral suite in three movements. Completed in 1940, it is Sergei Rachmaninoff's last composition. The work summarizes Rachmaninoff's compositional output....

(Op. 45), was completed in 1940.

Works by musical form

Opus	Title	Instrumentation	Date completed
Orchestra
	Scherzo in D minor Scherzo in D minor (Rachmaninoff) Scherzo in D minor is Sergei Rachmaninoff's earliest surviving composition for orchestra, composed when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory. It is quite short, taking between four and five minutes to play....	orchestra Orchestra An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...	1887
	Manfred		1891, lost
	Suite in D minor Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1891
	Youth Symphony Youth Symphony (Rachmaninoff) The Youth Symphony in D minor is the first movement of a symphony written by Sergei Rachmaninoff, the score of which is dated September 28, 1891. It is the only movement of the work that has survived.The score was published posthumously by Muzgiz in 1947.... , unfinished		1891
	Prince Rostislav Prince Rostislav (Rachmaninoff) Prince Rostislav is a symphonic poem by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was composed when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory, and is one of his earliest surviving compositions for orchestra. A typical performance of the work lasts from sixteen to twenty minutes.It is written in D minor and uses...		1891
7	The Rock The Rock (Rachmaninoff) The Rock, Op. 7 is a fantasia or symphonic poem for orchestra written by Sergei Rachmaninoff in the summer of 1893. It is dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.- Inspiration :...		1893
	Two Don Juan Episodes		1894, lost
12	Caprice Bohémien Caprice Bohémien Caprice Bohémien, Op. 12 is a symphonic poem for full orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1892-1894. An earlier example of Rachmaninoff's compositions, the piece consists of many immense moments played in full a tutti, which was the same bombastic nature that critics would lambast with his...		1894
13	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13, is a music piece by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, written at Ivanovka, an estate near Tambov, Russia, between January and October 1895...		1896
27	Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 is a music piece by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, created in 1906–07. The premiere was conducted by the composer himself in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1908. Its duration is approximately 60 minutes when performed uncut; cut performances can be as...		1908
29	Isle of the Dead Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff) Isle of the Dead, Op. 29, is a symphonic poem composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was inspired by Arnold Böcklin's painting, Isle of the Dead, which he saw in Paris in 1907. He concluded the composition while staying in Dresden in 1908...		1909
44	Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 between 1935 and 1936. The Third Symphony is considered a transitional work in Rachmaninoff's output. In melodic outline and rhythm it is his most expressively Russian symphony, particularly in the dance rhythms of the finale...		1936
45	Symphonic Dances Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff) The Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is an orchestral suite in three movements. Completed in 1940, it is Sergei Rachmaninoff's last composition. The work summarizes Rachmaninoff's compositional output....		1940
Chamber
	Romance in A minor	violin Violin The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... and piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...	1880s?
	String Quartet No. 1	two violins, viola Viola The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average... , and cello Cello The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...	1890?
	Lied	cello and piano	1890
	Mélodie on a Theme of Rachmaninoff	violin or cello and piano	1890?
	Trio élégiaque No. 1 Trio Elégiaque No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor is a composition for piano, violin and cello by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The trio was written on January 18–21, 1892 in Moscow, when the composer was 19 years old. The work was first performed on January 30 of the same year with the composer at the piano, David Kreyn...	violin, cello, and piano	1892
2	Two Pieces (Prelude, Danse orientale)	cello and piano	1892
6	Two Pieces (Romance, Danse hongroise)	violin and piano	1893
9	Trio élégiaque No. 2	piano, violin, and cello	1893, revised 1906
	String Quartet No. 2	two violins, viola, and cello	1896?
19	Cello Sonata Cello Sonata (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, a sonata for cello and piano, was completed in November 1901 and published a year later. As typical of sonatas in the Romantic period, it has four movements. Rachmaninoff disliked calling it a cello sonata because he thought the two instruments...	cello and piano	1901
Piano and orchestra
	Concerto in C minor, projected	piano and orchestra Piano concerto A piano concerto is a concerto written for piano and orchestra.See also harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano...	1889
1	Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1, in 1892, at age 19. He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work thoroughly in 1917.-First version:...		1891, revised 1917
18	Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900...		1901
30	Piano Concerto No. 3 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, composed in 1909 by Sergei Rachmaninoff is famous for its technical and musical demands on the performer...		1909
40	Piano Concerto No. 4 Piano Concerto No. 4 (Rachmaninoff) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 is a music piece by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1926. The work currently exists in three versions. Following its unsuccessful premiere he made cuts and other amendments before publishing it in 1928. With continued lack of success, he...		1926, revised 1941
43	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43 is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It is written for solo piano and symphony orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto. The work was written at Villa Senar, according to the score, from July 3 to August 18, 1934...		1934
Solo piano
	Étude in F-sharp major Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1886?
	Lento in D minor Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1887?
	Four Pieces Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1887 or later?
\| Romance, Prelude, Mélodie, Gavotte
	Three Nocturnes Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1888
\| Andante cantabile, Andante maestoso-Allegro assai, Andante
	Piece (Canon) in D minor Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1891
	Prelude in F major Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1891
3	Morceaux de fantaisie Morceaux de Fantaisie Morceaux de fantaisie , Op. 3, is a set of five piano solo pieces composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1892...		1892
\| No. 1, Élégie in E-flat minor No. 2, Prélude in C sharp minor No. 3, Mélodie in E major (later revised) No. 4, Polichinelle No. 5, Serenade
10	Morceaux de salon		1894
\| No. 1, Nocturne in A minor No. 2, Valse in A major No. 3, Barcarolle in G minor No. 4, Mélodie in E minor No. 5, Humoresque in G major No. 6, Romance in F minor No. 7, Mazurka in D-flat major
	Four Improvisations Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of... (with Arensky Anton Arensky Anton Stepanovich Arensky -Biography:Arensky was born in Novgorod, Russia. He was musically precocious and had composed a number of songs and piano pieces by the age of nine... , Glazunov Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor... , Taneyev Sergei Taneyev Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev , was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.-Life:... )		1896
16	Six moments musicaux Six Moments Musicaux (Rachmaninoff) Six moments musicaux , Op. 16, is a set of solo piano pieces composed by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff between October and December, 1896. Moments musicaux comprises a group of six separate works which reproduce musical forms characteristic of previous musical eras...		1896
\| No. 1 Andantino in B-flat minor No. 2 Allegretto in E-flat minor No. 3 Andante cantabile in B minor No. 4 Presto in E minor No. 5 Adagio sostenuto in D-flat major No. 6 Maestoso in C major
	Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1899
	Fughetta in F major Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of...		1899
22	Variations on a Theme of Chopin Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff) Not to be confused with a work with the same title by Federico Mompou or Ferruccio Busoni's work of the same title.Variations on a Theme of Chopin , Op. 22, is a group of 22 variations on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor Not to be confused with a work with the same title by Federico Mompou or...		1903
23	Ten Preludes Preludes, Op. 23 (Rachmaninoff) Ten Preludes, Op. 23, is a set of ten preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1901 and 1903. This set includes the famous Prelude in G minor.- Composition :...		1903
\| No. 1, in F-sharp minor No. 2, in B-flat major No. 3, in D minor No. 4, in D major No. 5, in G minor Prelude in G minor (Rachmaninoff) Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5, was a music piece by Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1901. It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes despite having been written two years earlier than the other nine. It epitomizes Rachmaninoff's Russian nationalism, being rich, in full chords, and... No. 6, in E-flat major No. 7, in C minor No. 8, in A-flat major No. 9, in E-flat minor No. 10, in G-flat major
28	Piano Sonata No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 28, is a piano sonata in D minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1908. It is the first of three "Dresden pieces", along with Symphony No. 2 and part of an opera, which were composed in the quiet city of Dresden, Germany...		1908
32	Thirteen Preludes Preludes, Op. 32 (Rachmaninoff) Thirteen Preludes , Op. 32, is a set of thirteen preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1910.-Works in this opus:Opus 32 contains 13 preludes:No. 1 in C major No. 2 in B flat minor...		1910
\| No. 1, in C major No. 2, in B-flat minor No. 3, in E major No. 4, in E minor No. 5, in G major No. 6, in F minor No. 7, in F major No. 8, in A minor No. 9, in A major No. 10, in B minor No. 11, in B major No. 12, in G-sharp minor No. 13, in D-flat major
33	Études-Tableaux		1911
\| No. 1, in F minor No. 2, in C major No. 3, in C minor No. 4, in D minor No. 5, in E-flat minor No. 6, in E-flat major No. 7, in G minor No. 8, in C-sharp minor
36	Piano Sonata No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36, is a piano sonata in B-flat minor composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1913. Rachmaninoff revised it in 1931, with the note, "The new version, revised and reduced by author." It has three movements:#Allegro agitato#Non allegro...		1913, revised 1931
39	Études-Tableaux		1916
\| No. 1, in C minor No. 2, in A minor No. 3, in F-sharp minor No. 4, in B minor No. 5, in E-flat minor No. 6, in A minor No. 7, in C minor No. 8, in D minor No. 9, in D major
	Three Pieces Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) The composer Sergei Rachmaninoff produced a number of solo piano pieces that were either lost, unpublished, or not assigned an opus number. While often disregarded in the concert repertoire, they are nevertheless part of his oeuvre. He composed sixteen such pieces, and all others are lost. Ten of... (Prelude in D minor, Oriental Sketch, Fragments)		1917
42	Variations on a Theme of Corelli		1931
Other piano
	Two Pieces (Valse, Romance)	piano six hands	1891
	Russian Rhapsody Russian Rhapsody (Rachmaninoff) Russian Rhapsody is a piece for two pianos in E minor composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1891, when he was 18. It is more accurately described as a set of variations on a theme, rather than a true rhapsody...	two pianos	1891
5	Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos)	two pianos	1893
	Romance in G major	piano duet	1894?
11	Six Morceaux	piano duet	1894
\| No. 1, Barcarolle No. 2, Scherzo No. 3, Thème Russe No. 4, Valse No. 5, Romance No. 6, Slava
17	Suite No. 2	two pianos	1901
	Polka Italienne	piano duet	1906?
Transcriptions
	Transcription of Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"... : Manfred Symphony Manfred Symphony The Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58, is a programmatic symphony composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between May and September 1885. It is based on the poem "Manfred" written by Lord Byron in 1817...	piano duet	1886, lost
	Transcription of Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty	piano duet	1891
	Transcription of Glazunov Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor... : Symphony No. 6	piano duet	1896
	Paraphrase of Bizet Georges Bizet Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a... : Minuet from L'Arlésienne	piano	1900, revised 1922
	Transcription of Franz Behr Franz Behr Franz Behr was a prolific, but minor, and now almost forgotten, German composer of songs and salon pieces for piano.He was popular at one time, and many of his works were published . His works include names such as The Camp of the Gypsies, Will o’ the wisp, Valse des Elfes Franz Behr (1837–1898)... : Lachtäubchen, Op. 303 Franz Behr Franz Behr was a prolific, but minor, and now almost forgotten, German composer of songs and salon pieces for piano.He was popular at one time, and many of his works were published . His works include names such as The Camp of the Gypsies, Will o’ the wisp, Valse des Elfes Franz Behr (1837–1898)... (published as Polka de W.R. Polka de W.R. (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff's Polka de W.R. is a virtuoso piano arrangement of Franz Behr's Lachtäubchen in F major.-Composition:... )	piano	1911
	Transcription of John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.... : The Star-Spangled Banner The Star-Spangled Banner "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...	piano	1918
	Cadenza for Liszt Franz Liszt Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age... : Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set. Few other piano solos have achieved such widespread popularity, offering the pianist the opportunity to reveal exceptional skill as a virtuoso,...	piano	1919
	Paraphrase of Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately... : Liebesleid	piano	1921
	Paraphrase of Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period... : Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi	piano	1923
	Paraphrase of Schubert Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music... : Wohin? (D795/2)	piano	1925
	Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesfreud	piano	1925
	Paraphrase of Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period... : Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi	piano and violin	1926
	Paraphrase of Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful or The Mighty Coterie, refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev , César... : Flight of the Bumblebee Flight of the Bumblebee "Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to...	piano	1929
	Paraphrase of Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text... : Scherzo from the Incidental music Incidental music Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack".... to Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... 's A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...	piano	1933
	Paraphrase of Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity... : movements from Partita No. 3 in E major for unaccompanied violin Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach) The Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach for solo violin consists of the following movements:# Preludio# Loure# Gavotte en Rondeau# Menuets # Bourrée# GigaIt takes approximately 20 minutes to perform.... (BWV 1006)	piano	1933 or 1934
	Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky: Lullaby	piano	1941
Operas
	Esmeralda, projected		1888
	Aleko		1892
24	The Miserly Knight The Miserly Knight The Miserly Knight, also The Covetous Knight, is a Russian opera in one act with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with the libretto based on the drama of Alexander Pushkin. The composer decided essentially to set the Pushkin text as written, and had Feodor Chaliapin in mind for the role of the Baron...		1904
25	Francesca da Rimini		1905
	Salammbô Salammbô (Rachmaninoff) Salammbô was a projected opera conceived by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff around 1906. It was to be based on Salammbô, a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert... , projected		1906
	Monna Vanna, unfinished		1908
Choral works
	Deus Meus	six-part mixed chorus Choir A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...	1890?
	O Mother of God Perpetually Praying	mixed chorus	1893
	Chorus of Spirits	mixed chorus	1894?
	Song of the Nightingale	four-part mixed chorus and piano	1894?
15	Six Choruses for Women's or Children's Voices	Women's or Children's chorus	1895
\| Be Praised, Night, The Pine, The Waves Slumbered, Slavery, The Angel
	Panteley the Healer	mixed chorus	1899
20	Spring Cantata Spring Cantata (Rachmaninoff) The Vesna Cantata for Baritone, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 20 is a single-movement cantata written by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1902. The work was finished after the famous Second Piano Concerto...	baritone Baritone Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or... solo, chorus, and orchestra	1902
31	Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom	chorus	1910
35	The Bells The Bells (Rachmaninoff) The Bells , Op. 35, is a choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1913. The words are from the poem The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe, very freely translated into Russian by the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. The traditional Gregorian melody Dies Irae is used frequently throughout the work...	voice soloists, chorus, and orchestra	1913
37	All-Night Vigil	chorus	1915
41	Three Russian Songs Three Russian Songs, Op. 41 (Rachmaninoff) The Three Russian Songs, Op. 41 for chorus and orchestra were written by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1926. It is the last of Rachmaninoff's three works for chorus and orchestra, the others being the cantata Spring, Op. 20 , and the choral symphony The Bells, Op. 35...	chorus and orchestra	1927
Solo voice and piano
	"Again you are Bestirred, my Heart"		1890 or 1893
	"At the Gates of the Holy Cloister"		1890
	Two Boris monologues		1891?
	"C'etait en Avril"		1891
	"Dusk was Falling"		1891
4	Six Songs		1890–1893
\| colspan="3" \| "Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!", "Morning", "In the Silence of the Secret Night", "Sing not, O Lovely One", "Oh, My Corn Field!", "It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend"
	"Song of the Disenchanted,"		1893?
	"Do you Remember the Evening?"		1893?
	"The Flower Died"		1893
8	Six Songs		1893
\| colspan="3" \| "Water Lily", "My Child, Your Beauty is That of a Flower", "Thoughts, Reflections", "I Fell in Love, To My Sorrow", "A Dream", "Prayer"
14	Twelve Songs		1896
\| colspan="3" \| "I Await You", "Small Island", "How Fleeting is Delight in Love", "I was with Her", "Summer Nights", "You are so Beloved by All", "Do Not Believe me, Friend", "Oh, do not Grieve", "She is as Beautiful as Midday", "In my Soul", "Spring Torrents", "It is Time!"
	"Were you Hiccupping?"		1899
	"Night"		1900
21	Twelve Songs		1902
\| colspan="3" \| "Fate", "By a Fresh Grave", "Twilight", "They Replied", "Lilacs", "Fragment from 'de Musset'", "How Peaceful", "On the Death of a Linnet", "Melody", "Before the Icon", "I am not a Prophet", "How Pained I am"
26	Fifteen Songs		1906
\| colspan="3" \| "There are Many Sounds", "All was Taken from Me", "We shall Rest", "Two Farewells", "Let us Leave, my Sweet", "Christ is Risen", "To the Children", "Beg for Mercy", "I am Again Alone", "At my Window", "The Fountain", Night is Sorrowful", "Yesterday we Met", "The Ring", "All Passes"
	"Letter to Stanislavsky"		1908
34	Fourteen Songs		1912
\| colspan="3" \| "The Muse", "In the Soul of Each of Us", "The Storm", "The Migrant Wind", "Arion", "The Raising of Lazarus", "It Cannot Be", "Music", "You Knew Him", "I Remember that Day", "The Herald", "What Happiness", "Dissonance", "Vocalise" Vocalise (Rachmaninoff) Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Op. 34. Written for voice with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel...
	"From the Gospel of St. John"		1915
	"Prayer"		1916
	"All Things Wish to Sing"		1916
38	Six Songs		1916
\| colspan="3" \| "At Night in my Garden", "To Her", "Daisies", "The Pied Piper", "Sleep", "A-oo!"

Chronological

Composed	Opus	Title	Instrumentation
1880		Romance in A minor	violin and piano
1886		Transcription of Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony	piano duet
1886		Étude in F-sharp major	piano
1887		Lento in D minor	piano
1887		Four Pieces: Romance, Prelude, Mélodie, Gavotte	piano
1887		Scherzo in D minor Scherzo in D minor (Rachmaninoff) Scherzo in D minor is Sergei Rachmaninoff's earliest surviving composition for orchestra, composed when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory. It is quite short, taking between four and five minutes to play....	orchestra
1888		Three Nocturnes: Andante cantabile, Andante maestoso-Allegro assai, Andante	piano
1888		Esmeralda	opera
1889		Concerto in C minor	piano and orchestra
1890		String Quartet No. 1	two violins, viola, and cello
1890		Lied	cello and piano
1890		Melodie on a Theme of Rachmaninoff	violin/cello and piano
1890-1	1	Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1, in 1892, at age 19. He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work thoroughly in 1917.-First version:... , revised 1917	piano concerto
1890-1		Transcription of Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty	piano duet
1890-1		Two Pieces (Valse, Romance)	piano six hands
1890-1		Piece (Canon) in D minor	piano
1890		"At the Gates of the Holy Cloister"	solo voice and piano
1890		"Nothing Shall I Say You"	solo voice and piano
1890		Deus Meus	six-part mixed chorus
1890-1		Manfred, symphonic poem	orchestra
1891		Suite in D minor	orchestra
1891		Youth Symphony	orchestra
1891		Prince Rostislav, symphonic poem Prince Rostislav (Rachmaninoff) Prince Rostislav is a symphonic poem by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was composed when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory, and is one of his earliest surviving compositions for orchestra. A typical performance of the work lasts from sixteen to twenty minutes.It is written in D minor and uses...	orchestra
1891		Two Boris monologues	solo voice and piano
1891		"C'etait en Avril"	solo voice and piano
1891		"Dusk was Falling"	solo voice and piano
1891		Prelude in F major	piano
1891		Symphonic Movement in D minor	orchestra
1891		Russian Rhapsody	two pianos
1891-2	2	Two Pieces (Prelude, Danse Orientale)	cello and piano
1892		Trio élégiaque in G minor	violin, cello, and piano
1892		Aleko	opera
1892	3	Cinq Morceaux de Fantaisie	piano
		No. 1, Élégie in E-flat minor
		No. 2, Prélude in C-sharp minor
		No. 3, Mélodie in E major (later revised)
		No. 4, Polichinelle
		No. 5, Serenade
1893		"Again you are Bestirred, my Heart"
1893		"Song of the Disenchanted,"	solo voice and piano
1893		"Do you Remember the Evening?"	solo voice and piano
1893		"The Flower Died"	solo voice and piano
1893		O Mother of God Perpetually Praying	mixed chorus
1893	4	Six Songs	solo voice and piano
		"Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!"
		"Morning"
		"In the Silence of the Secret Night"
		"Sing not, O Lovely One"
		"Oh, My Corn Field!"
		"It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend"
1893	5	Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux)	two pianos
1893	6	Deux Morceaux de Salon (Romance, Danse hongroise)	violin and piano
1893	7	The Rock, symphonic poem	orchestra
1893	8	Six Songs
		"Water Lily"
		"My Child, Your Beauty is That of a Flower"
		"Thoughts, Reflections"
		"I Fell in Love, To My Sorrow"
		"A Dream"
		"Prayer"
1893	9	Trio élégiaque No. 2, revised 1906	piano, violin, and cello
1893-4	10	Sept Morceaux de Salon	piano
		No. 1, Nocturne in A minor
		No. 2, Valse in A major
		No. 3, Barcarolle in G minor
		No. 4, Mélodie in E minor
		No. 5, Humoresque in G major
		No. 6, Romance in F minor
		No. 7, Mazurka in D-flat major
1894		Chorus of Spirits	mixed chorus
1894		Song of the Nightingale	four-part mixed chorus and piano
1894		Romance in G major	piano duet
1894	11	Six Morceaux	piano duet
		No. 1, Barcarolle
		No. 2, Scherzo
		No. 3, Thème Russe
		No. 4, Valse
		No. 5, Romance
		No. 6, Slava
1894		Two Don Juan Episodes	orchestra
1894	12	Capriccio Bohémien	orchestra
1895	13	Symphony No. 1	orchestra
1894-6	14	Twelve Songs
		"I Await You"
		"Small Island"
		"How Fleeting is Delight in Love"
		"I was with Her"
		"Summer Nights"
		"You are so Beloved by All"
		"Do Not Believe me, Friend"
		"Oh, do not Grieve"
		"She is as Beautiful as Midday"
		"In my Soul"
		"Spring Torrents"
		"It is Time!"
1895-6	15	Six Choruses for Women's or Children's Voices	Women's or Children's chorus
		Be Praised
		Night
		The Pine
		The Waves Slumbered
		Slavery
		The Angel
1896		String Quartet No. 2	two violins, viola, and cello
1896		Four Improvisations (with Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev)	piano
1896	16	Six Moments Musicaux	piano
		No. 1 Andantino in B-flat minor
		No. 2 Allegretto in E-flat minor
		No. 3 Andante cantabile in B minor
		No. 4 Presto in E minor
		No. 5 Adagio sostenuto in D-flat major
		No. 6 Maestoso in C major
1896		Transcription of Glazunov: Symphony No. 6	piano duet
1899		Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor	piano
1899		Fughetta in F major	piano
1899		Panteley the Healer	mixed chorus
1899		"Were you Hiccupping?"	solo voice and piano
1900		"Night"	solo voice and piano
1900		Paraphrase of Bizet: Minuet from L'Arlésienne, revised 1922	piano
1900-1	17	Suite No. 2	two pianos
1900-1	18	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor	piano concerto
1901	19	Cello Sonata in G minor	cello and piano
1902	20	Spring Cantata	baritone solo, chorus, and orchestra
1900-2	21	Twelve Songs
		"Fate"
		"By a Fresh Grave"
		"Twilight"
		"They Replied"
		"Lilacs"
		"Fragment from 'de Musset'"
		"How Peaceful"
		"On the Death of a Linnet"
		Melody"
		"Before the Icon"
		"I am not a Prophet"
		"How Pained I am"
1903	22	Variations on a Theme of Chopin	piano
1901-3	23	Ten Preludes	piano
		No. 1, in F-sharp minor
		No. 2, in B-flat major
		No. 3, in D minor
		No. 4, in D major
		No. 5, in G minor
		No. 6, in E-flat major
		No. 7, in C minor
		No. 8, in A-flat major
		No. 9, in E-flat minor
		No. 10, in G-flat major
1903-5	24	The Miserly Knight	opera
1904-5	25	Francesca da Rimini	opera
1906		Salammbô	opera
1906		Polka Italienne	piano duet
1906	26	Fifteen Songs
		"There are Many Sounds"
		"All was Taken from Me"
		"We shall Rest"
		"Two Farewells"
		"Let us Leave, my Sweet"
		"Christ is Risen"
		"To the Children"
		"Beg for Mercy"
		"I am Again Alone"
		"At my Window"
		"The Fountain"
		"Night is Sorrowful"
		"Yesterday we Met"
		"The Ring"
		"All Passes"
1906-7	27	Symphony No. 2	orchestra
1906-8		Monna Vanna	opera
1908	28	Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor	piano
1908		"Letter to Stanislavsky"
1909	29	The Isle of the Dead, symphonic poem	orchestra
1909	30	Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor	piano concerto
1910	31	Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom	unaccompanied mixed chorus
1910	32	Thirteen Preludes	piano
		No. 1, in C major
		No. 2, in B-flat minor
		No. 3, in E major
		No. 4, in E minor
		No. 5, in G major
		No. 6, in F minor
		No. 7, in F major
		No. 8, in A minor
		No. 9, in A major
		No. 10, in B minor
		No. 11, in B major
		No. 12, in G-sharp minor
		No. 13, in D-flat major
1911		Transcription of Franz Behr:Lachtäubchen, Op. 303 (published as Polka de W.R.)	piano
1911	33	Études-Tableaux
		No. 1, in F minor
		No. 2, in C major
		No. 3, in C minor
		No. 4, in D minor
		No. 5, in E-flat minor
		No. 6, in E-flat major
		No. 7, in G minor
		No. 8, in C-sharp minor
1910-2	34	Fourteen Songs
		"The Muse"
		"In the Soul of Each of Us"
		"The Storm"
		"The Migrant Wind"
		"Arion"
		"The Raising of Lazarus"
		"It Cannot Be"
		"Music"
		"You Knew Him"
		"I Remember that Day"
		"The Herald"
		"What Happiness"
		"Dissonance"
		"Vocalise"
1913	35	The Bells	voice soloists, chorus, and orchestra
1913	36	Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat major, revised 1931	piano
1915		"From the Gospel of St. John"	solo voice and piano
1915	37	All-Night Vigil	unaccompanied mixed chorus
1916		"Prayer"	solo voice and piano
1916		"All Things Wish to Sing"	solo voice and piano
1916	38	Six Songs
		"At Night in my Garden"
		"To Her"
		"Daisies"
		"The Pied Piper"
		"Sleep"
		"A-oo!"
1916	39	Études-Tableaux	piano
		No. 1, in C minor
		No. 2, in A minor
		No. 3, in F-sharp minor
		No. 4, in B minor
		No. 5, in E-flat minor
		No. 6, in A minor
		No. 7, in C minor
		No. 8, in D minor
		No. 9, in D major
1917		Three Pieces (Prelude in D minor, Oriental Sketch, Fragments)	piano
1918		Paraphrase of John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner	piano
1919		Cadenza for Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2	piano
1921		Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesleid	piano
1923		Paraphrase of Mussorgsky: Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi	piano
1925		Paraphrase of Schubert: Wohin? (D795/2)	piano
1925		Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesfreud	piano
1926		Paraphrase of Mussorgsky: Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi	piano and violin
1926	40	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, revised 1941	piano concerto
1927	41	Three Russian Songs	chorus and orchestra
1929		Paraphrase of Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee	piano
1931	42	Variations on a Theme of Corelli	piano
1933		Paraphrase of Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream	piano
1934		Paraphrase of Bach: movements from Partita No. 3 in E major (BWV 1006)	piano
1934	43	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini	piano and orchestra
1936	44	Symphony No. 3	orchestra
1940	45	Symphonic Dances	orchestra
1941		Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky: Lullaby	piano

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