List of compositions by Joachim Raff
Joachim Raff (1822-1882) This is a list of compositions by Swiss-German Romantic composer Joachim Raff . Raff was a prolific composer and composed numerous works in a wide variety of genres. His works include eleven symphonies, five concertos, six operas, eight string quartets, numerous other chamber works, over 100 works for solo piano and many songs and song cycles.
Orchestral
Symphonies
WoO. 18: Grand Symphony in E minor in five movements (lost; movements 4 and 5 re-used in Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, Op. 101)
Op. 96: Symphony No. 1 in D major An das Vaterland ("To the Fatherland") (1859-1861)
Op. 140: Symphony No. 2 in C major (1866)
Op. 153: Symphony No. 3 in F major Im Walde ("In the Forest") (1869)
Op. 167: Symphony No. 4 in G minor (1871)
Op. 177: Symphony No. 5 in E major Lenore (1870-1872)
Op. 189: Symphony No. 6 in D minor Gelebt: Gestrebt, Gelitten, Gestritten - Gestorben - Umworben ("Lived: Struggled, Suffered, Fought - Died - Glorified") (1874)
Op. 201: Symphony No. 7 in B-flat major In den Alpen ("In the Alps") (1875)
Op. 205: Symphony No. 8 in A major Frühlingsklänge ("Sounds of Spring") (1876)
Op. 208: Symphony No. 9 in E minor Im Sommer ("In Summer") (1878)
Op. 213: Symphony No. 10 in F minor Zur Herbstzeit ("To Autumn Time") (1879; revised 1881)
Op. 214: Symphony No. 11 in A minor Der Winter ("The Winter") (1876, unfinished; completed by Max Erdmannsdörfer )
Soloist and orchestra
Orchestral suites
Other orchestral works
WoO. 15: Festival Overture (1851-1852; lost)
WoO. 16a: Fantasy in the form of a grand freely developed Overture (1853; destroyed by the composer)
WoO. 17: Music to the tragedy Bernhard von Weimar (1854)
Op. 103: Celebration Overture (1864)
Op. 117: Festival Overture in A major (1864)
Op. 123: Concert Overture in F major (1862)
Op. 124: Festival Overture in B-flat major (1865)
Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ouvertüre zu einem Drama aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg (A mighty fortress is our God", Overture to a drama about the Thirty Years' War), Op. 127Op. 139: Festival March (1867)
WoO. 48: Elegy for Orchestra (1879)
WoO. 49: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's The Tempest (1879)
WoO. 50: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Macbeth (1879)
WoO. 51: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1879)
WoO. 52: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Othello (1879)
WoO. 56: Grand Fugue for Orchestra (1882; fragment)
Operas and choral works
Operas
Works for chorus and orchestra
WoO. 8: Der 121. Psalm (Psalm 121 , 1848)
WoO. 16: Te Deum (1853)
WoO. 19: Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose ), fairy-tale epic in four parts (1855)
Op. 80: Wachet auf! (Awake!), cantata after Emanuel Geibel (1858)
Op. 100: Deutschlands Auferstehung (Germany's Resurrection ), Festival Cantata for the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of
Op. 141: De Profundis, Psalm 130 for soprano, eight-part choir, and orchestra, dedicated to Franz Liszt (1867)
WoO. 30a: Accompaniment of six wind instruments for the Laudi Sion & Stabat mater of the church in Lachen (1868; lost)
Op. 171: Zwei Lieder (Two songs) for mixed choir and orchestra(1871)
Op. 186: Morgenlied (Morning song)' and One Who Has Passed Away (1873)
Op. 209: Die Tageszeiten (The times of day), text by Helge Heldt (pseudonym of Helene Raff), four movements for piano, choir and orchestra (1877-1878)
WoO. 53: Die Sterne (The stars), text by Helge Heldt, cantata for choir and orchestra (1880)
Op. 212: Welt-Ende – Gericht – Neue Welt [de ] oratorio (1879-1881)
Works for choir a capella
Op. 97: Ten Songs for Men's Choir (1853-1863)
Op. 122: Ten Songs for Men's Choir (1853-1863)
WoO. 27: Four Marian Antiphones after the Cantus Firmus of the Roman church (1868)
WoO. 31: Kyrie and Gloria (1869)
WoO. 32: Pater Noster (1869)
WoO. 33: Ave Maria (1869)
Op. 195: Ten Songs for Men's Choir (1860-1870)
Op. 198: Ten Songs for Mixed Choir (1860-1874)
Chamber music
Piano quintets
Op. 107: Piano Quintet in A minor (1862)
Op. 207b: Fantasy for Piano Quintet in G minor (1877)
Piano quartets
Op. 202, No. 1: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G major (1876)
Op. 202, No. 2: Piano Quartet No. 2 in C minor (1876)
Piano trios
String quartets
Violin sonatas
Other works for violin and piano
Op. 57: From Switzerland: Fantastic Eclogue (1848)
Op. 58: Two fantasy pieces for violin and piano (1850-1852; revised 1861)
Op. 59: Duo for piano and cello or violin in A major (1855)
Op. 85: Six pieces for violin and piano (1859)
Op. 203: Volker , cyclic tone poem (1876)
Op. 210: Suite for violin and piano in A major (1879)
WoO. 55: Duo for violin and piano in G minor (1882)
Works for cello and piano
Op. 59: Duo for piano and cello or violin in A major (1855)
Op. 86: Three fantasy pieces for cello and piano (1854)
Op. 182: Two Romances for cello and piano (1873)
Op. 183: Cello Sonata in D major (1873)
Other chamber works
Op. 124: Festival Overture for wind instruments on four beloved student songs (1865)
WoO. 25: Introduction and Fugue for organ in E minor
Op. 176: String Octet in C major (1872)
Op. 178: String Sextet in G minor (1872)
Op. 188: Sinfonietta in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns (1873)
Piano music
Op. 2: 3 Pièces caractéristiques (first written 1842; revised and published 1877)
Op. 3: Scherzo in C minor (1842; revised 1881)
Op. 5: 4 Galop-caprices (1843; revised 1878)
Op. 6: Variations (1843; revised 1878)
Op. 7: Rondo brillante in B-flat major (1843)
Op. 11: Air suisse in A-flat major (1844)
Op. 14: Grand Sonata in E-flat minor (1844; revised 1881)
Op. 15: 6 Poèmes (1845)
Op. 17: Album lyrique (1845; revised 1849)
Op. 38: Grand Mazurka in A-flat major (1847)
Op. 41: Romance in A-flat major (1847; revised 1850)
Op. 54: 3 Dance-Caprices (1852)
Op. 64: Caprice in F-sharp minor (1855)
Op. 69: Piano Suite No. 1 in A minor (1857)
Op. 71: Piano Suite No. 2 in C major (1857)
Op. 72: Piano Suite No. 3 in E minor (1857)
Op. 79: Cachoucha-Caprice in C minor (1858)
Op. 82: 12 Pieces for Piano Four Hands (1858-1859)
Op. 91: Piano Suite No. 4 in D minor (1859)
Op. 92: Caprice in D minor (1860)
Op. 94: Impromptu-waltz in B-flat major (ca. 1860)
Op. 99: 3 sonatinas (1861)
Op. 104: Caprice brillante in E-flat major Le galop (1861)
Op. 106: Fantasy-Polonaise in A minor (1861)
Op. 111: 2 Caprices (1856; revised ca. 1865)
Op. 115: 2 Morceaux lyriques (1864)
Op. 116: Waltz-Caprice in G major (1864)
Op. 118: Waltz favorite in D-flat major (1864)
Op. 119: Fantasy in G minor (1864)
Op. 125: 3 Piano Pieces (1865)
Op. 126: 3 Piano Pieces (1865)
Op. 142: Fantasy in F-sharp major (1867)
Op. 144: Tarаntella in A minor (1867)
Op. 156: Waltz brillante in E-flat major (1870-1871)
Op. 157: 2 Piano Pieces (1870)
Op. 162: Piano Suite No. 5 in G minor (1870)
Op. 163: Piano Suite No. 6 in G major (1871)
Op. 164: 3 Piano Pieces (1871)
Op. 166: 2 Piano Pieces (1871)
Op. 168: Fantasy-Sonata in D minor (1871)
Op. 196: 4 Piano Pieces (1875)
Op. 197: Caprice in D-flat major (1875)
Op. 204: Piano Suite No. 7 in B-flat major (1876)
Songs
Orchestral songs
Op. 66: Dream-King and his Love (1854)
Op. 199: Two Scenes (1875)
Songs for multiple voices
Op. 114: Twelve Songs for Two Voices (1860-1864)
Op. 184: Six Songs from Emanuel Geibel for Three Female Voices (1870-1873)
Lieder
Op. 16: Three Lieder from Lord Byron (1844; destroyed by the composer)
Op. 18: Three Lieder from Julius Scheffel (1844; destroyed by the composer)
Op. 47: Three Lieder from J.G. Fischer (1848)
Op. 48: Two Lieder from Gotthold Logau (1848)
Op. 49: Three Lieder from J.G. Fischer (1848)
Op. 50: Two Italian Lieder from C.O. Sternau (1849)
Op. 51: Five Lieder from Emanual Geibel (1849-1850)
Op. 52: Three Lieder from C.O. Sternau (1850)
Op. 53: Two Lieder from the Rhine from C.O. Sternau (1849)
WoO. 20a: Fatal Love , cycle of lieder and songs (1855)
Op. 98: Spring Songs , 30 compositions for one voice (Romances, Ballads, Lieder and Songs) with piano accompaniment (1855-1863)
WoO. 21: Serenade from C.O. Sternau (1859)
Op. 172: Maria Stuart , cycle of songs (1872)
Op. 173: Eight Songs (1868-1870)
Op. 191: The Language of Flowers , six songs from Gustav Kastropp (1874)
WoO. 47: Spring Song (before 1879)
WoO. 52a: Two Settings of Tennyson's Tears, Idle Tears (1878 or 1879)
Op. 211: Blondel de Nesle , cycle of songs (1880)
Arrangements
Arrangements of works by others
Orchestral arrangements
WoO. 14a: Orchestration and arrangement of Liszt's original sketches for the overture Der entfesselte Prometheus
WoO. 34a: Orchestration of Huldigungsmarsch ("Homage March") by Richard Wagner (1871)
WoO. 39: J.S. Bach 's Chaconne for solo violin, arranged for large orchestra (1874)
WoO. 41: J.S. Bach's English Suite arranged for orchestra (1874)
Choral arrangements
WoO. 15b: Orchestral arrangement of Liszt's Psalm XX Domine salvum fac regum (1853)
Arrangements for piano four hands
Arrangements for violin and piano
WoO. 10a: Arrangement of 3 Etudes and an Elegy for piano four hands by Karl Vollweiler (1849; unknown fate)
WoO. 10b: Arrangement of 2 Romances for piano by Adolf von Henselt (1849; unknown fate)
WoO. 10c: Arrangement of a song by Louis Spohr (1849; unknown fate)
WoO. 10d: Arrangement of a song by Carl Reissiger (1849; unknown fate)
WoO. 42: 3 Sonatas by Benedetto Marcello for Cello with added piano accompaniment employing free use of the numbered bass (1875)
Arrangements for solo piano
Op. 4: Brilliant Fantasy on some motifs from the opera Maria Rudenz by Gaetano Donizetti (1842)
Op. 7: Brilliant Rondo on the air Io son ricco e tu sei bella from the opera L'Elisire d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti (1843)
Op. 18: Two Paraphrases on Lieder by Franz Liszt (1845)
Op. 19: Eight Lieder by Mendelssohn (1845; lost)
Op. 19: Dramatic Fantasy on motifs from the opera Die Beiden Prinzen by Heinrich Esser (1845)
Op. 20: Jaléo and Xeres : two Spanish Dances after Spanish national melodies (1844; lost)
Op. 28: Two famous airs from the opera Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1846; lost)
WoO. 4a: Paraphrase on Les Huguenots (1846; abandoned)
Op. 34: Six Lieder by Franz Abt , Luise Barthelemy, Franz Kücken , Bernhard Molique and Franz Schmidt (1847)
Op. 35: Fantasy on motifs from the opera Freischütz Carl Maria von Weber (1847)
Op. 36: Military Fantasy on some motifs from the opera Les Huguenot by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1847)
Op. 37: Fantasy on motifs from the opera La sonnambula Vincenzo Bellini (1847)
Op. 39: Nocturne after a Romance by Franz Liszt (1847)
WoO. 7: Fantasy on themes from Kücken's Prätendent (1847; lost)
Op. 42: Piano transcriptions from Der Prätendent by Franz Kücken (1847)
Op. 43: Divertimento on motifs from Fromental Halévy 's opera La Juive
Op. 44: Fantasy on motifs from the opera The Barber of Seville Gioachino Rossini (1848)
Op. 45: Reminiscences from Mozart 's Don Giovanni
Op. 46: Impromptu on "The Last Rose of Summer " (1849)
WoO. 10: Grand Fantasy on motifs from the opera Das Diamantkreuz by Siegried Salomon (1849; lost)
WoO. 11: Arrangement of two violin romances by Ludwig van Beethoven (1849)
WoO. 12: Valse-Rondino on motifs from the opera Das Diamantkreuz by Siegried Salomon (1849)
WoO. 12a: Concert Etude on a motif from the opera Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini (1849?)
Op. 61: Four arrangements for piano (1853-1855)
Op. 62: Three Salon-Etudes on Richard Wagner's Operas (1853)
Op. 65: Two arrangements for piano (1855)
Op. 68: Five Transcriptions after Beethoven, Gluck, Mozart, Schumann and Spohr (1857)
Op. 70: Trovatore and Traviata , 2 Salon paraphrases after Verdi (1857)
Op. 81: Two arrangements for piano (1858)
No. 1: Sicilienne, Favourite air from the opera Les Vêpres Siciliennes
No. 2: Tarantella after the tarantella from the opera Les Vêpres Siciliennes by Verdi
WoO. 22: Two Marches from Handel's oratorios: Saul and Jephta (1859)
Op. 121: Illustrations of the opera L'Africaine by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1864)
WoO. 23: Selected pieces from the Violin Sonatas by J.S. Bach (1865)
WoO. 24: Concert paraphrase on "Evening Song" by Robert Schumann (1865)
WoO. 26: Reminiscences on the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WoO. 30: Six Cello Sonatas by J.S. Bach arranged for piano (1868)
WoO. 34: Improvisation on the lied "Der Lindenzweig" by Leopold Damrosch (1870)
WoO. 37: Berceuse after an idea by Charles Gounod (1872)
WoO. 38: Juliet's Waltz by Charles Gounod (1872)
WoO. 40: Three orchestral suites by J.S. Bach arranged for piano (1874)
Arrangements of own works
Orchestral arrangements
Op. 163b: Evening Rhapsody, arrangement of Abends from the Piano Suite No. 5, Op. 163
Op. 174: Mazurka, Polonaise, Russian dance, orchestral arrangement of three pieces from Aus dem Tanzsalon
Op. 203: Hungarian Dance, arrangement for violin and orchestra
Arrangements for piano four hands
Most of the arrangements for piano four hands are made after Raff's orchestral works.
Op. 73b: First Grand Sonata, arrangement of the Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 73
Op. 77b: String Quartet, arrangement of the String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 77
Op. 78b: Second Grand Sonata, arrangement of the Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 78
Op. 96b: Symphony No. 1 in D major An Das Vaterland
Op. 99b: Three Sonatilles
Op. 101b: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major
Op. 103b: Celebration Overture
Op. 117b: Festival Overture
Op. 123b: Concert Overture
Op. 124b: Festival Overture for wind instruments on four beloved student songs
Op. 127b: A mighty fortress is our God : Overture to a drama about the 30 Years War
Op. 132b: Brilliant March
Op. 135b: Leaves and Blossoms , 12 Piano Pieces
Op. 136b: String Quartet No. 3, arrangement of the String Quartet No. 3 in E minor, Op. 136
Op. 137b: String Quartet No. 4, arrangement of the String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 137
Op. 138b: String Quartet No. 5, arrangement of the String Quartet No. 5 in G major, Op. 138
Op. 139b: Festival March
Op. 140b: Symphony No. 2 in C major
Op. 150: Chaconne for Two Pianos
Op. 153b: Symphony No. 3 in F major Im Valde
Op. 167b: Symphony No. 4 in G minor
WoO. 35b: Italian Suite in E minor
Op. 177b: Symphony No. 5 in E major Leonore
WoO. 28b: Waltz-Impromptu after The Tyrolienne
Op. 181b: Dance of Death , second humoresque in waltz form
Op. 188b: Sinfonietta in F major
Op. 189b: Symphony No. 6 in D minor Gelebt, Gestrebt, Gelitten, Gestritten, Gestorben, Umworbe
Op. 192b: Arrangement of the String Quartets Nos. 6, 7 & 8
Op. 194b: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in F major In the Hungarian Style
Op. 201b: Symphony No. 7 in B-flat major In den Alpen
Op. 205b: Symphony No. 8 in A major Frühlingsklänge
Op. 208b: Symphony No. 9 in E minor Im Sommer
Op. 213b: Symphony No. 10 in F minor Zur Herbstzeit
WoO. 49b: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's The Tempest
WoO. 50b: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Macbeth
WoO. 51b: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
WoO. 52b: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Othello
Arrangements for voice and piano
WoO 14b: King Alfred
WoO 20b: Samson
Op. 66b: Dream-King and his Love
Op. 80b: Awake!
Op. 100b: Germany's Resurrection , Festival Cantata for the fifty year's jubilee of the German people's Battle at Leipzig
Op. 141b: De profundis (Psalm 130)
WoO. 29b: The Password
Op. 154b: Lady Phantom
Op. 171b: Two Songs for Mixed Choir
Op. 186b: Morning Song and One Who Has Passed Away
Op. 199b: Two Scenes
Op. 209b: The Times of Day
WoO. 46b: Benedetto Marcello
Op. 212b: World's End - Judgement - New World
Arrangements for alternative piano accompaniment
Op. 67b: The Love Fairy
Op. 76b: Ode to Spring
Op. 161b: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B minor
Op. 180b: Suite for Violin and Orchestra G minor
Op. 193b: Cello Concerto No. 1 in D minor
WoO. 44b: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major
Op. 206b: Violin Concerto No. 2 in A minor
Arrangements for solo piano
Op. 82b: 12 Pieces for Piano Four Hands
Op. 139c: Festival March
Op. 101c: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major
Op. 154c: Lady Phantom
Op. 174: From the Dance Salon
Op. 177c: Symphony No. 5 in E major Leonore
Op. 200b: Suite for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat major
