This full catalogue is also listed by Opus Number and by genre. See the Introduction for an explanation of the symbols and for more information.
| 1841 | Date if known |
Publisher & date |
Notes |
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WoO.1 |
Trois Fantasies de
Soir Three Night Fantasies |
Piano | Lost - destroyed by Raff | ||
WoO.2 |
Schicksale Fate |
Piano | Lost | ||
| 1842 | |||||
Op.1 |
Sérénade | Piano | André 1843 |
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Op.2 |
Trois Pièces
caractéristiques Three Characteristic Pieces |
Piano | Breitkopf & Härtel 1844 |
1st. Op.2 | |
Op.3 |
Scherzo | Piano | Breitkopf & Härtel 1844 |
1st. Op.3 | |
Op.4 |
Fantaisie brillante sur des
motifs de l'opéra "Maria Rudenz" de Doniizetti Brilliant Fantasy on some motifs from the opera "Maria Rudenz" by Donizetti |
Piano | Breitkopf & Härtel 1844 |
1st. Op.4 | |
| 1843 | |||||
Op.5 |
Quatre Galops
brillants Four Brilliant Galops |
Piano | Early | Breitkopf & Härtel 1844 |
1st. Op.5 |
Op.6 |
Fantaisie et Variations
brillantes: Morceau Instructif Fantasy and Brilliant Variations: Tuition Piece |
Piano | Spring | Breitkopf & Härtel 1844 |
1st. Op.6 |
Op.7 |
Rondo brillant sur l'air
"Io son ricco e tu sei bella" de l'opéra "L'Elisire
d'amore", de Donizetti Brilliant Rondo on the air "Io son ricco e tu sei bella" from the opera "L'Elisire d'amore" by Donizetti |
Piano | Summer | Breitkopf & Härtel 1844 |
|
Op.10 |
Hommage au Néoromantisme:
Grand Capriccio Homage to Neoranticism: Grand Capriccio |
Piano | Summer | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845 |
Composed as Op.8 1st. Op.10 |
Op.9 |
Impromptu brillant Brilliant Impromptu |
Piano | Autumn | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845 |
1st. Op.9 |
Op.8
|
Douze Romances en Forme
d'Études Twelve Romances in the form of Etudes |
Piano | Autumn | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845/1886 |
Composed as Op.10. 1886 edition is in Pianoforte-Werke zu 2 Händen. |
| 1844 | |||||
Op.11 |
Air Suisse Swiss Air |
Piano | Early | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845 |
|
Op.12 |
Morceau de Salon: Fantaisie
gracieuse Salon piece: Graceful Fantasy |
Piano | Early | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845 |
1st. Op.12 |
Op.13 |
Valse-Rondino sur des motifs
de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de Meyerbeer Waltz-Rondino on some motifs from the opera "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer |
Piano Four Hands | Early | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845 |
|
Op.14 |
Sonate avec Fugue Sonata with Fugue [Piano Sonata] |
Piano | Early | Breitkopf & Härtel 1845 |
1st. Op.14 |
Op.15 |
Fantasie über 2 Charktere
aus den Pariser Mysterien des Sue Fantasy on 2 Characters from the Paris Mysteries of Sue |
Piano | Early | Lost - 1st. Op.15. Destroyed by Raff after showing to Liszt. | |
Op.16 |
Drei Lieder des Lord
Byron Three Lieder from Lord Byron |
Voice & Piano | Spring | Lost - 1st. Op.16. Destroyed by Raff after showing to Liszt. | |
Op.17 |
Drei Charakterstücke Three Character pieces |
Piano | Summer | Lost - 1st. Op.17. Destroyed by Raff after showing to Liszt. | |
Op.18 |
Drei Lieder von Julius
Scheffel Three Lieder from Julius Scheffel |
Voice & Piano | October | Lost - 1st. Op.18. Destroyed by Raff after showing to Liszt. | |
Op.19 |
Jarner Fantasie im
ländlichen Stile Jarner Fantasy in rural style |
Piano | November | Lost - 1st. Op.19. Destroyed by Raff after showing to Liszt. Jarnen is the title of a Swiss legend. | |
Op.20 |
Jaléo und Xeres: Zwei
Spanische Tänze (nach Spanischen Nationalmelodien) Jaléo and Xeres: two Spanish Dances (after Spanish national melodies) |
Piano | December | Lost - 1st. Op.20. Destroyed by Raff after showing to Liszt. | |
| 1845 | |||||
Op.23 |
Trois Pièces
caractéristiques Three Characteristic Pieces |
Piano | March | Kistner 1845 |
|
Op.15 |
Six Poèmes Six Poems |
Piano | August | Schott 1846 |
2nd. Op.15 |
Op.16 |
Impromptu | Piano | August | Lost - 2nd. Op.16 - Destroyed by Raff in September 1849. | |
Op.17 |
Album lyrique Lyric Album |
Piano | August & September | Schuberth 1846 |
2nd. Op.17. 10 pieces in 4 volumes. |
Op.18 |
Zwei Paraphrasen über Lieder
von Franz Liszt Two Paraphrases on Lieder by Franz Liszt |
Piano | September | Eck & Lefebvre (later Hofmeister) 1846 | 2nd. Op.18 |
Op.19 |
Acht Lieder von
Mendelssohn Eight Lieder by Mendelssohn |
Piano | October | Lost - 2nd. Op.19. Manuscript was owned for many years by Franz Kroll. | |
Op.19 |
Fantaisie dramatique sur des
motifs de l'opéra "Les deux Princes": Musique de H. Esser Dramatic Fantasy on motifs from the opera "Die Beiden Prinzen": Music by H. Esser |
Piano | October | Meyer (later Litolff) 1847 |
3rd. Op.19 |
Op.20 |
Deux Morceaux de Salon Two Salon Pieces |
Piano | November & December | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | 2nd. Op.20 |
| 1846 | |||||
Op.21 |
Loreley: Dictung ohne
Worte Loreley: Song without words |
Piano | January | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | |
| Deux Rhapsodies
élélgiaques Two Elegiac Rhapsodies |
Piano | January | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | ||
Op.24 |
Valse mélancholique Melancholy Waltz |
Piano | February | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | |
Op.25 |
Romance-Étude | Piano | February | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | |
Op.26 |
Den Manen Scarlattis:
Scherzo In Scarlatti's style: Scherzo |
Piano | March | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | |
Op.27 |
Angelens letzter Tag im
Kloster: Ein Cyklus episch-lyrischer Fragmente Angela's last day in the convent: A cycle of epic-lyrical frangments |
Piano | October 1845 to April 1846 | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1846 | Nos.1,2,6 composed in October 1845 as Op.20. Nos.3-5, 7-12 completed by April 1846. |
Op.28 |
Deux airs fameux de l'opéra
"Robert le Diable" de G. Meyerbeer, transcrits Two famous airs from the opera "Robert le Diable" by G. Meyerbeer, transcribed |
Piano | April | Lost - destroyed by Raff in September 1849. Manuscript had 17 pages. | |
Op.29 |
Liebesfrühling: Dichtungen
ohne Worte Spring Love: Poems without words |
Piano | April & May | Lost - destroyed by Raff in September 1849. 6 nos. Manuscript had 33 pages. | |
Op.30 |
Deux Mazurkas suivies d'une
Sérénade espagnol Two Mazurkas after a Spanish serenade |
Piano | May | Lost - destroyed by Raff in September 1849. Manuscript had 12 pages. | |
Op.33 |
Albumstück Album Piece |
Piano | Summer | Lost - destroyed by Raff in February 1850. Manuscript had 17 pages. In Mazurka style. | |
WoO.3 |
Alla Tarantella: Caprice | Piano | Summer | Lost - destroyed by Raff. | |
WoO.4 |
Scherzo fantastique Fantastic Scherzo |
Piano | Autumn | Lost - destroyed by Raff in Stuttgart in 1847. | |
Op.31 |
Tarantelle | Piano | Summer | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1847 | |
Op.32 |
Am Rhein: Romanze On the Rhine: Romance |
Piano | Summer | Mechetti (later Spina, Schreiber & Cranz) 1847 | |
| 1847 | |||||
WoO.5 |
Sérénade | Piano | Early | Lost - destroyed by Raff in Stuttgart in 1848. | |
WoO.6 |
Sicilienne | Piano | Early | Lost - destroyed by Raff in 1848. | |
Op.34 |
Sechs Leider von F. Abt,
Luise Barthelemy, Fr. Kücken, B. Molique und Fr. Schmidt, ubertragen Six Lieder by F. Abt, Luise Barthelemy, Fr. Kücken, B. Molique und Fr. Schmidt, arranged |
Piano | July & August |
Müller (later Ebner) 1847 |
|
Op.35 |
Capricietto über Motive aus
dem "Freischütz" von C.M. von Weber Fantasy on motifs from the "Freischütz" by C.M. Weber |
Piano | August | Müller (later
Schuberth) 1848/1876 |
Vol. 1 of the collection Oper im Salon of 1876. |
Op.36 |
Fantaisie militaire sur des
motifs de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de Meyerbeer Military Fantasy on some motifs from the opera "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer |
Piano | August | Müller (later
Schuberth) 1848/1853/1876 |
Vol. 2 of the collection Oper im Salon of 1876. |
Op.37 |
Fantasie über Motive aus
"Die Nachtwanderlin" von V. Bellini Fantasy on motifs from "La Sonnambula" by V. Bellini |
Piano | August & September | Müller (later
Schuberth) 1848/1853/1876 |
Vol. 3 of the collection Oper im Salon of 1876. |
Op.38 |
Grande Mazurka Grand Mazurka |
Piano | September | Stoll 1847 |
|
Op.39 |
Notturno d'aprés une Romance
de Françoise Liszt Nocturne after a Romance by Franz Liszt |
Piano | October | Kistner 1847 |
|
Op.40 |
Capricietto à la
Bohémienne Bohemian Capricietto |
Piano | October | Kistner 1848 |
|
op.41 |
Romanze Romance |
Piano | October | Kistner 1853 |
Revised in May 1850 in Weimar. |
WoO.7 |
Fantasie über Themen aus
Kücken's "Prätendent" Fantasy on themes from Kücken's "Prätendent" |
Piano | December | Lost - last known of at the publisher Kistner. | |
Op.42 |
"Le Prétendant":
Musique de Fr. Kücken. Transcriptions. "Der Prätendent": Music by Franz Kücken. Transcriptions. |
Piano | November & December | Kistner 1847/1848 |
3 Nos. No.1 Capricietto and No.3 Grande Valse brillante arranged for Piano Four Hands (pub. 1848). |
| 1848 | |||||
Op.43 |
Divertimento über Motive aus
Halevy's "Jüdin" Divertimento on motifs from Halevy's "La Juive" |
Piano | January | Müller (later
Schuberth) 1848/1854/1876 |
Vol. 4 of the collection Oper im Salon of 1876. |
Op.44 |
Fantaisie sur des motifs de
l'opéra "Le Barbier de Séville" de Rossini Fantasy on motifs from the opera "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini |
Piano | January | Müller (later
Schuberth) 1848/1854/1876 |
Vol. 5 of the collection Oper im Salon of 1876. |
| Reminiscenzen aus Mozart's
"Don Juan" Reminiscences from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" |
Piano | January | Müller (later
Schuberth) 1848/1854/1876 |
Vol. 6 of the collection Oper im Salon of 1876. | |
| Duo für Pianoforte und
Violincell oder Violin Duo for Piano and Cello or Violin |
Piano & Cello or Violin | February | Nagel (later
Schuberth) 1855 |
Written as Caprice für Violincell und Pianoforte. Revised 1852 in Weimar. Improved 1866-67 (MR). | |
Op.47 |
Drei Lieder von J.G.
Fischer Three Lieder from J.G. Fischer |
Alto or Baritone & Piano | Spring | Senff 1850 |
|
Op.48 |
Zwei Lieder von Gotthold
Logau Two Lieder from Gotthold Logau |
Voice & Piano | Spring | Senff 1852 |
|
Op.49 |
Drei Lieder von J.G.
Fischer Three Lieder from J.G. Fischer |
Voice & Piano | Spring | Heinrichshofen (later Schuberth) 1852 | |
| Aus der Schweiz:
Fantastische Eklogue From Switzerland: Fantastic Eclogue |
Piano & Violin | Spring | Bachmann 1853 |
Composed as Eglogue Fantastique. Revised in 1852 in Weimar. | |
WoO.8 |
Der 121 Psalm The 121st. Psalm |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | Spring & Summer | Manuscript. | |
| 1849 | |||||
| "König Alfred":
Große heroische Oper in 4 Akten "King Alfred": Grand heroic opera in 4 acts |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | September 1848 - April 1849 | Manuscript. Revised 1850 in Weimar. | ||
Op.46 |
"The last Rose of Summer": Impromptu | Piano | Spring | Cranz 1849 |
|
Op.50 |
Zwei italienische Lieder von
C.O. Sternau Two Italian Lieder from C.O. Sternau |
Alto or Baritone & Piano | Spring | Heinrichshofen (later Schuberth) 1852 | |
Op.53 |
Zwei Lieder vom Rhein von
C.O. Sternau Two Lieder from the Rhine from C.O. Sternau |
Voice & Piano | Spring | Schloß 1853 / 1875 |
|
WoO.9 |
Trio |
Piano Trio | Spring & Summer | Lost - destroyed by Raff. Based on Mendelssohn's C minor Trio. | |
Op.56 |
Drei Salonstücke Three Salon pieces |
Piano | Summer | Bachmann 1854 |
|
Op.17 |
Album Lyrique Lyric Album |
Piano | September | Schuberth 1874-77 |
3rd. Op.17. Completely rewritten edition of 1845 work. 9 pieces in 5 volumes. |
WoO.10 |
Große Fantasie über Motive
aus der Oper "Das Diamantkreuz" von Seigfried Salomon Grand Fantasy on motifs from the opera "Das Diamantkreuz" by Siegfried Salomon |
Piano | November | Lost - Manuscript was held by the dedicatee, Freiherrn von König of Stuttgart. | |
WoO.11 |
2 Violin-Romanzen von L. van
Beethoven, übertragen 2 Violin Romances by L. van Beethoven, arranged |
Piano | November | Schuberth 1849 |
|
WoO.12 |
Valse-Rondino über Motive
aus der Oper "Das Diamantkreuz" von Seigfried Salomon Valse-Rondino on motifs from the opera "Das Diamantkreuz" by Siegfried Salomon |
Piano | November | Schuberth 1850 |
|
| 1850 | |||||
Op.51 |
Fünf Lieder von Emanuel
Geibel Five Lieder from Emanual Geibel |
Voice & Piano | Spring 1849 & during 1850 |
Kistner 1853 |
|
WoO.13 |
Quartett Quartet [String Quartet] |
String Quartet | Summer 1849 - Spring 1850 |
Lost - destroyed by Raff. In C major. 3rd. Movement a fugal adagio. | |
| Zwei Fantasie-Stücke für
Piano und Violine Nr.1 Two Fantasy pieces for Piano and Violin No.1 |
Piano & Violin | October | Heinrichshofen (later Schuberth)1854/1861 | Originally published as Deux Nocturnes pour Piano et Violin. Op.58 No.2 composed in 1852. | |
Op.52 |
Drei Lieder von C.O.
Sternau Three Lieder from C.O. Sternau |
Voice & Piano | Schlesinger 1853 |
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