This full catalogue is also listed by Opus Number and by date. See the Introduction for an explanation of the symbols and for more information. Only original compositions are listed here. Raff's arrangements of other composers' compositions and of his own compositions are listed separately.
| Operas (6) | Date |
Publisher & date |
Notes |
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| "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. | ||
| Samson: Musikalisches
Trauerspiel Samson: Music Drama |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | Spring 1853 - Summer 1854 |
Manuscript. Libretto written by Raff Summer 1851 - Autumn 1852. Orchestrated April - late Autumn 1857. In 3 parts and 5 acts. | ||
| Die Parole: Opern in 3
Aufzügen The Password: Opera in 3 Acts |
Soloists, Choir ? & Orchestra | 1868 | Libretto written by Raff in Autumn 1867 and published in 1873 by Schellenberg (under pseudonym of Arnold Börner). | ||
| Dame Kobold: Komische Oper
in drei Akten Dame Goblin: Comic Opera in three acts |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | Bote & Bock 1870/1871 |
Overture pub. 1870. Vocal score pub.1871. Libretto pub. by Schellenberg in 1870. Full score in Manuscript. Overture arranged for piano (pub. 1881) | ||
| Benedetto Marcello: Lyrische
Oper in 3 Akten Benedetto Marcello: Lyric Opera in 3 Acts |
Soloists, Male Choir & Orchestra | 1877 - 1878 | Nordstern 2002 |
Also vocal score. | |
WoO.55 |
Die Eifersüchtigen: Komische
Oper in 3 Akten The Jealous Ones: Comic Opera in 3 Acts |
Solists, Choir ? & Orchestra | Spring 1881 - Spring 1882 | Manuscript. Text by written by Raff in 1880. | |
| Choral with Orchestra (11) | |||||
WoO.8 |
Der 121 Psalm The 121st. Psalm |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | Spring & Summer 1848 | Manuscript. | |
WoO.16 |
Te Deum | Choir & Orchestra | July 1853 | Manuscript. 38 pages. | |
WoO.19 |
Dornröschen: Märchen-Epos in
4 Teilen Sleeping Beauty: Fairy Tale Epic in 4 parts |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | Summer 1855 | Manuscript. | |
Op.80 |
Wachet auf! Awake! |
Soloist, Male Choir & Orchestra | 1858 | Schott 1862/1878 |
Also vocal Score. |
Op.100 |
Deutschlands Auferstehung:
Festkantate zu dem fünzigjährigen Jubiläum der deutschen Völkerschlacht bei
Leipzig Germany's Resurrection: Festival Cantata for the fifty year's jubilee of the German people's battle at Leipzig |
Male Choir & Orchestra | December 1862 - January 1863 | Kahnt 1864 |
Winner of a competition announced in November 1862 by the publisher Kahnt. Also vocal score. |
| De Profundis (130 Psalm) | Soprano, Choir & Orchestra | 1867 | Schuberth 1868 |
Also vocal score. | |
Op.171 |
Zwei Gesänge für gemischten
Chor Two Songs for Mixed Choir |
Choir & Orchestra | Autumn 1871 | Siegel 1872/1880 |
Also vocal score. 1880 vocal/piano edition has English & German text. |
Op.186 |
A. Morgenlied A. Morning Song B. Einer Entschlafenen B. A Lullaby |
A. Choir & Orchestra B. Soprano, Choir & Orchestra |
Spring 1873 | Siegel 1874 |
Arranged for Piano accompaniment (pub. 1877). Editions have English & German text. Text for B. by Raff (under pseudonym of Arnold Börner). |
Op.209 |
Die Tageszeten: Konzertante
in vier Satzen The Times of Day: Concertante in Four Movements |
Piano, Choir & Orchestra | Autumn 1877 - Early 1878 |
Breitkopf & Härtel 1879-80 |
Arranged for Choir & 2 Pianos (pub. 1880) |
WoO.54 |
Die Sterne: Kantate The Stars: Cantata |
Choir & Orchestra | Summer & Autumn 1880 |
Manuscript. | |
| Welt Ende - Gericht - Neue
Welt: Oratorium World's End - Judgement - New World: Oratorio |
Soloists, Choir & Orchestra | Between 1879 & March 1881 | Breitkopf & Härtel 1882-3 |
Also vocal score. SCH: Writing began 1879 and the larger part of 1880 was devoted to it. Finished March 1881, MR: 1879-1880. | |
| A Capella (8) | |||||
Op.97 |
Zehn Gesänge für
Männerchor Ten Songs for Men's Choir |
Male Choir | 1853 - 1863 | Kahnt 1865 |
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Op.122 |
Zehn Gesänge für
Männerchor Ten Songs for Men's Choir |
Male Choir | 1853 - 1863 | Kahnt 1867 |
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WoO.28 |
Vier Marianische Antiphonen
nach dem Cantus firmus der römischen Kirche Four Marian Antiphones after the Cantus Firmus of the Roman church. |
Choir | May 1868 | Nordstern 1999 |
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WoO.32 |
Kyrie und Gloria | Choir | 1869 | Manuscript. | |
WoO.33 |
Pater Noster | Choir | 1869 | Nordstern 1999 |
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WoO.34 |
Ave Maria | Double Choir | 1869 | Nordstern 1999 |
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Op.195 |
Zehn Gesänge für
Männerchor Ten Songs for Men's Choir |
Male Choir | 1860 - 1870 | Kahnt 1876 |
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| Zehn Gesänge für gemischten
Chor Ten Songs for Mixed Choir |
Mixed Choir | 1860 - 1874 | Seitz (later Ries &
Erler) 1875 |
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Orchestral : Opera & Choral : Chamber : Songs : Piano 1 : Piano 2 : Piano 3 : Arrangements 1 : Arrangements 2
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