Edition Nordstern
A modern partial edition of works by Raff is being published by Edition Nordstern of Stuttgart, Germany. In all 71
publications are planned with the main focus being on chamber music and on
works which have been previously unpublished. All volumes are newly edited
with the musical text being based upon the original publications or the composer's
autographs, if available. Deviations from the original sources are documented
and each volume is prefaced with an introduction to the work - in both German
and English - generally containing previously unpublished sources and studies. Some have been published on this site. Scores available so far, or shortly to become available:
Opera:
• Opera Benedetto Marcello WoO 47. Orchestral score– Ref. 0118-0470. Piano score - Ref. 0118-0471
Choral:
• Psalm 130 for Solo, eight-part mixed choir and orchestra De Profundis Op. 141. Orchestral score -
Ref. 0114-1410. Piano score - Ref. 0114- 1411.
• Four Marian Antiphones WoO.28 for mixed choir, a capella. Score - Ref. 0115-3070
• Ave Maria (Motet) for eight part choir, a capella, WoO.34. Score – Ref. 0115-3110
• Pater Noster (Motet) for eight part choir, a capella, Score - Ref. 0115-3100
Orchestral:
• Symphony No.2 Op.140. Orchestral score - Ref. 0122-1400. Study score
- Ref. 0122-1403
• Cello concerto No.2 WoO.45. Orchestral score - Ref. 0116-3130, Piano score -
Ref. 0116-3131
• Violin concerto No.1 Op. 161. Orchestral score - Ref. 0116-1610.
Piano Score - Ref. 0116-1611
• Violin concerto No.2 Op. 206. Orchestral score - Ref. 0116-2060. Piano
Score - Ref. 0116-2061
• Suite for Violin & Orchestra op.180. Orchestral score - Ref. 0116-1800. Piano score
with separate Violin part - Ref. 0116-1801. Study score - Ref. 0116-1802.
• Overture to Benedetto Marcello WoO.47. Orchestral score - Ref. 0117-3190
• Elegie WoO.49 for orchestra. Orchestra score - Ref. 0117-3200.
• Chaconne for solo violin by J.S. Bach WoO40, transcribed for full Orchestra. Orchestral
score - Ref. 0119-3340
• Prometheus Symphonic Poem by Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Raff. Orchestral score -
Ref. 0119-3450. Study score - Ref. 0119-3451.
• Sturm Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Orchestral score -
Ref. 0117-W490.
• Overture to Die Eifersüchtigen WoO.55. Orchestral score.
Chamber:
• String Octet Op. 176. Score and Parts - Ref. 0113-1760. Complete set of Parts
- Ref. 01131762. Study score - Ref. 0113-1761.
• String Sextet Op. 178. Score and Parts - Ref. 0113-1780
• Piano Trio No.1 Op. 102. Score and Parts - Ref. 0112-1020
• String Quartet No. 2 Op. 90. Score and Parts - Ref. 0110-0900
• String Quartet No. 4 Op. 137. Score and Parts - Ref. 0110-1370
• String Quartet No. 6 Suite in älterer Form Op. 192/1. Score and Parts - Ref.
0110-1921. Study score - Ref. 0110-192a
• String Quartet No. 7 Die Schöne Müllerin Op. 192/2. Score and Parts - Ref.
0110- 1922. Study score - Ref. 0110-192b
• String Quartet No. 8 Suite in Kanonform Op. 192/3. Score and Parts - Ref.
0110-1923
• Volker Cyclic Tonepoem op.203 for violin and piano
Piano:
• Piano sonata Op. 14 (1844 version) - Ref. 0101-0141
• Piano sonata Op. 14 (1881 version) - Ref. 0101-0142
• Fantasy sonata for piano op 168 - Ref. 0101-1680
• Piano Suite in a op.69 - Ref. 0102-0690
• Piano Suite in C op.71 - Ref. 0102-0710
• Piano Suite in e op.72 - Ref. 0102-0720
• Two pieces for piano Op. 157, Cavatina, La Fileuse - Ref. 0103-1570
• Cello Suites by J.S. Bach transcribed for piano WoO.31:
Cello suite No.1 WoO.31-1 - Ref. 0105-2171
Cello suite No.2 WoO.31-2 - Ref. 0105-2172
Cello suite No.3 WoO.31-3 - Ref. 0105-2173
Cello suite No.4 WoO.31-4 - Ref. 0105-2174
Cello suite No.5 WoO.31-5 - Ref. 0105-2175
Cello suite No.6 WoO.31-6 - Ref. 0105-2176
Musikproduction Jürgen Höflich
This German company Musikproduction Jürgen Höflich has facsimile study scores available for seven Raff symphonies and a concerto amongst other works in their fascinating catalogue of neglected masterpieces. Each features an extensive essay introducing the work, some of which have been published this site:
- Symphony No.1 An das Vaterland op.96 - ref.655
- Symphony No.3 Im Walde op.153 - ref. 136
- Symphony No.4 op.167 - ref. 458
- Symphony No.6 op.189 - ref.676
- Symphony No.5 Lenore op.177 - ref. 118
- Symphony No.7 In den Alpen op.201 - ref. 316
- Symphony No.8 Frühlingsklänge op.205 - ref. 351
- Symphony No.9 Im Sommer op.209 - ref. 692
- Symphony No.10 Zur Herbstzeit op.213 - ref. 361
- Symphony No.11 Der Winter op.214 - ref. 640
- Die Tageszeiten op.209 for Piano, Choir & Orchestra - ref. 931
- Piano Concerto op.185 - ref. 313
- Cello Concerto No.1 op.193 - ref. 921
- Suite for Piano & Orchestra op.200 - ref. 916
- Macbeth WoO.51 - ref. 369
- Overture: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott op.127
- Cavatine op.85 no.3 (arr. Singer for violin & orch.) - ref. 354
Elibron
Raff scores digitised from the holdings of the Russian State Library can be supplied to order in both hardcover and softcover versions from Elibron:
- Symphony No. 1 in D major An das Vaterland op. 96. Full Score.
- Symphony No. 2 in C major op. 140. Full Score.
- Symphony No. 3 in F major Im Walde op. 153. Full Score.
- La Fée D'Amour, op. 67. Raff's arrangement for violin & piano.
- Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, op. 102. Full Score and Instrumental Parts.
- Cavatina op.85 No.3 for violin (or cello) and piano
- Piano Suite in a op. 69
- Piano Suite in C op.71
- Piano Suite in e op.72
- Piano Suite in d op. 91
- Grand Mazurka for piano op.38
- Romance for piano op.41
- 3 Dance Caprices op.54
- Frühlingsboten - 12 Kurze Klavierstücke op. 55
- Drei Salonstücke op.56
- Schweitzerwiesen for piano op.60
- Three Piano Solos op.74
- Selected Piano Works:
- Piano Suite in a op.69
- Cachoucha-caprice op.79
- Mazurka-caprice op.83
- Chant de l'Ondin op.84
- Introduction and Allegro op.87
- Am Giessbach op.88
- Villanella op.89
- Caprice op.92
- Dans la Nacelle op.93
- Impromptu-waltz op.94
- La Polka de la Reine op.95
IMSLP
The International Music Score Library Project is a vast collection of free public domain scores, downloadable in PDF format. There are currently 102 Raff scores available at IMSLP:
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Opera:
- Die Parole WoO.29

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Choral:
- Domine Salvum Fac Regem by Liszt, arr. choir, organ & orchestra WoO.15B
- Concertante: Die Tageszeiten (SATB Score in English. II. & IV. only)
- Oratorio: Welt Ende-Gericht-Neue Welt (Vocal score)
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Orchestral:
- Symphony No.1 An das Vaterland
- Symphony No.2
- Symphony No.3 Im Walde
- Symphony No.5 Lenore
- Symphony No.10 Zur Herbstzeit
- Symphony No.11 Der Winter
- Konzertstuck: Ode au Printemps op.76 (piano & orchestra score)
- Violin Concerto No.1 op.161 (violin & piano score)
- Piano Concerto op.185 (piano & orchestra score)
- Cello Concerto No.1 op.193 (cello & piano score)
- Orchestral Suite No.1 op.101 (orchestral score)
- Thüringian Suite (orchestral score)
- Festival Overture, op.117 (orchestral score)
- Overture: Eine feste Burg op.127 (orchestral score)
- Prelude to Shakespeare's Macbeth WoO.50 (orchestral score)
- Prelude to Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet WoO.51 (orchestral score)
- Russian Dance op.174 no.12 (orchestral arrangement)
Chamber:
- Sinfonietta Op.188
- Octet op.176
- Piano Quintet
- Fantasy for Piano Quintet
- Piano Quartet No.1
- Piano Quartet No.2
- String Quartet No.1
- String Quartet No.2
- String Quartet No.3
- String Quartet No.4
- String Quartet No.5
- String Quartet No.6
- String Quartet No.7
- String Quartet No.8
- Piano Trio No.1
- Piano Trio No.2
- Piano Trio No.3
- Piano Trio No.4
- Violin Sonata No.1 op.73
- Violin Sonata No.2 op.78
- Violin Sonata No.3 op.128
- Violin Sonata No.4 op.129
- Violin Sonata No.5 op.145
- Cello Sonata op.183
- Aus der Schweitz for violin & piano op.57
- Two Fantasy Pieces for violin & piano op.58
- Three Duos on motifs from Wagner's Operas for violin & piano op.63
- Six Morceaux op.85
- Two Fantasiestücke for cello and piano op.86
- Two Romances for horn or cello & piano op.182
Song: - Sanges-Frühling op.98 (nos.9, 10, 12 & 29 only)
- Two Songs for Mixed Choir & Orchestra (piano score - No.2 only)
- Two settings of Tennyson's "Tears, idle Tears"
Piano: - Piano Sonata op.14
- Piano Suite op.69
- Piano Suite op.71
- Piano Suite op.72
- Piano Suite op.91
- Piano Suite op.162 (no.4 only)
- Piano Suite op.163
- Piano Suite op.204 (No.3 Rigaudon only)
- Trois pieces caracteristiques op.2 (No.2 Romance only)
- Scherzo op.3
- Quatre Galop-Caprices op.5
- Variations op.6
- Rondeau brillant on Io son ricco e tu sei bella from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore op.7
- 12 Romances en Forme d'Études op.8
- Air Suisse op.11
- Album Lyrique op.17 (vol.3 no.2 only)
- Two Paraphrases on Lieder by Liszt op.18
- Angelens letzter Tag im Kloster op.27 (no.3 only called "Dedication" by IMSLP)
- Capriccietto on Weber's Der Freischütz op.35
- Fantaisie militaire on Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots op.36
- Fantasy on Bellini's La Sonnambula op.37
- Grande Mazurka op.38
- Notturno d'après une romance de François Liszt op.39
- Romanze op.41
- Divertimento on Halévy's La Juive op.43
- Fantasie on Rossini's Barber of Seville op.44
- Reminiscences from Mozart's Don Giovanni op.45
- Drei Tanz-Caprizen op.54
- Frühlingsboten op.55
- Drei Salonstücke op.56
- Schweizerweisen op.60
- Quatre Paraphrases de Salon op.61
- Duex Paraphrases de Salon op.65
- Five piano Transcriptions op.68 (Nos.1-4 only)
- Two Salon Paraphrases after Verdi op.70
- Suite de Morceaux op.75 (Nos.1, 2, 3, 5 & 6 only)
- Cachoucha-Caprice op.79 (4 hands arrangement by Lange)
- Sicilienne & Tarantelle de l'opéra "Les Vêpres Siciliennes" de Verdi op.81
- Douze morceaux a quatre mains op.82 (no.12 only)
- Mazurka-Caprice op.83
- Chant de l'Ondin op.84
- Cavatina op.85 No.3 (piano arrangement by Ritter)
- Introduction and Allegro scherzoso op.87
- Am Geißbach op.88
- Villanella op.89
- Capriccio op.92
- Dans la nacelle: Reverie-Barcarole op.93
- Impromptu-Valse op.94
- La Polka de la Reine, Op.95
- Trois Sonatilles op.99 (No.1 only)
- Le galop op.104
- Bolero & Valse op.111
- Illustrations de L'Africaine op.121 (no.2 only)
- Selected pieces from Violin Sonatas of JS Bach arr. piano (vols.1, 2, 4 & 5 only)
- Concert paraphrase on Schumann's Abendlied WoO.24
- Op.125 (No.1 Gavotte only)
- Deux Études mélodiques op.130
- Vom Rhein op.134 (Nos.1-4 only)
- Reminiscenzen aus Richard Wagner's Oper: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" WoO.26
- Chaconne for 2 Pianos op.150 (Raff's piano 4 hands arrangement)
- Valse-impromptu a la tyrolienne WoO.28
- Six Cello Sonatas of JS Bach arr. piano WoO.30 (Nos.1 & 2, 4-6)
- Valse Brillant op.156
- Op.157: No.1 Cavatine & No.2 La Fileuse
- Humoreske in Walz form op.159
- Op.166: No.1. Idylle & No.2 Valse Champêtre
- Three Orchestral Suites by JS Bach arr. piano WoO.40 (Nos.1 & 2 only)
- Op.196: No.1 Im Schilf, No.2 Berceus, No.3 Novellete & No.4 Impromptu
- Capriccio op.197
- König Alfred WoO.14 (Liszt's trannscription of Andante & March)
- Piano arrangement of JS Bach's Chaconne WoO.24 No.1
- 30 Progressive Etudes, WoO.37
- Piano arrangement of 3 Suites by JS Bach, WoO.41
Kalmus
The US based music publisher Edwin A Kalmus has facsimile study scores available of several of Raff's symphonies and other works, available for hire or purchase:
- Symphony No.1 op.96 An das Vaterland
- Symphony No.3 op.153 Im Walde
- Symphony No.5 op.177 Lenore
- Symphony No.6 op.189
- Symphony No.8 op.205 Frühlingsklänge
- Symphony No.9 op.208 Im Sommer
- Sinfonietta op.188
- Cavatine from Six Morceaux op.85
Merton Music
British publishers Merton Music have an extensive collection of facsimile reproductions and new editions of parts and study scores of hard to find chamber music. There is no website, but they may be contacted through email and have agents in other European countries, the USA and Australia:
- String Octet in C Op.176 - Ref. 8004
- String Sextet in G minor Op.178 - Ref. 6006
- Piano Quintet in A minor Op.107 - Ref. 5710
- Fantasie for Piano Quintet op.207b - Ref. 5656
- Piano Quartet in G major op.202 no.1 - Ref.4748
- Piano Quartet in C minor op.202 no.2 - Ref.4749
- String Quartet No.1 in D minor Op.77 - Ref. 4214
- String Quartet No.2 in A Op.90 - Ref. 4215
- String Quartet No.3 in E minor Op.136 - Ref. 4216
- String Quartet No.4 in A minor Op.137 - Ref. 4217
- String Quartet No.5 in G Op.138 - Ref. 4218
- String Quartet No.6 in C minor Suite in älterer Form Op.192-1 - Ref. 4389
- String Quartet No.7 in D Die schöne Müllerin Op.192 No.2 - Ref. 4219
Study Score - Ref. 4220 - String Quartet No.8 in C Suite in Canonform Op.192 No.3 - Ref. 4221
- Piano Trio No.1 in C minor Op.102 - Ref. 3717
- Piano Trio No.2 in G Op.112 - Ref. 3718
- Piano Trio No.3 in A minor Op.155 - Ref. 3719
Ries & Erler
The German music house Ries & Erler publish a number of Raff scores:
- Symphony No.4 op.167 Ref. - ISMN 013-80131-2
- Symphony No.5 Lenore op.177 Ref. - ISMN 013-80177-0
- Symphony No.7 In den Alpen op.201 - Ref. ISMN 013 -80128-2
- Symphony No.10 Zur Herbstzeit op.213 - Ref. ISMN 013-80216-6
- Die Liebesfee Konzerstück for Violin & Orchestra op.67
- Ref. ISMN 013-81101-4 - Italian Suite for Orchestra WoO.36 Ref. - ISMN 013-80129-9
- Suite for Orchestra Aus Thüringen WoO.46 Ref. - ISMN 013 -80130-5
- Abends Rapsodie op.163b – Ref. - ISMN 013-80190-9
- Ten Songs for mixed choir op.198:
Volume 1 - Ref. ISMN 013-65015-6
Volume 2 - Ref. ISMN 013-65016-3
Volume 3 - Ref. ISMN 013-65017-0
Volume 4 - Ref. ISMN 013-65018-7
Volume 5 - Ref. ISMN 013-65019-4 - String Octet op.176 Ref. - ISMN 013-88015-7
- String Sextet op.178 Ref. - ISMN 013-88016-4
Edition Silvertrust
US publishers Edition Silvertrust specialise in reprinting editions of chamber music by neglected romantic composers, and currently have sets of parts for 13 major chamber works by Raff :
- Octet op.176
- String Sextet op.178
- Piano Quintet op.107
- Piano Quartet No.2 Op.202 no.2
- String Quartet No.1 op.77
- String Quartet No.6 op.192 No.1
- String Quartet No.7 op.192 No.2
- Piano Trio No.1 op.102
- Piano Trio No.2 Op.112
- Piano Trio No.3 op.155
- Piano Trio No.4 op.158
- Violin Sonata No.1 in e minor, Op.73
- Violin Sonata No.2 in A Major, Op.78
- Violin Sonata No.3 in D Major, Op.128
- Violin Sonata No.4 "Chromatic" in g minor, Op.129
- Violin Sonata No.5 in c minor, Op.145
- Six Morceaux for Violin & Piano, Op.85
Bisel Classics ![]()
Bisel Classics are selling new editions of several piano works by Raff:
- Grande Mazurka op.38
- Romanze op.41
- Reminiscenzen aus Don Giovanni op.45
- Ungarische Rhapsodie op.113
- Deux Elegies op.149
Recital Publications
Recital Publications of
Huntsville, Texas USA have several reprints of original editions of Raff lieder and chamber music works:
- Five Lieder op.51 - Catalog number 1176
- 16 Lieder from Sanges-Frühling op. 98 (nos.1-5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17-20, 25, 26 & 29) - Catalog number 742
- Maria Stuart, song cycle op.172 - Catalog number 379
- Violin Sonata No.2 op.78 - Catalog number 874
Musica Obscura
Aptly named Musica Obscura Edition specialise in the works of negelcted composers. They offer four reproduction scores of piano works by Raff:
- Romance op.2 No.2
- Frühlingsboten - 12 Kurze Klavierstücke op. 55
- Impromptu Valse op.94
- La Fileuse, op.157 No.2
- Octave Etude
Edition Koru
Th small Swiss publishing house Edition Koru have available the scores for two of Raff's piano works:
- Two Salon Paraphrases after Verdi op.70
- Valse-Impromptu u à la Tyrolienne WoO.28
Edition Steingraber
The German imprint Edition Steingraber have republished its original 1883 edition of
Raff's largest set of piano pieces:
- 30 Progressive Etudes WoO.36 - Catalog number ST 470.
Amadeus Verlag
Music publishers Amadeus of Winterthur, Switzerland publish a new edition of Raff's only work for French Horn & Piano:
- Two Romances for Horn (or Cello) and Piano op.182 - Catalog number BP 2369.
Bardon Enterprises
Bardon Enterprises of Southsea, UK publish a modern edition of Raff's only work for Organ:
- Introduction & Fugue for Organ in e minor WoO.25 - Catalog number BE00331.
Arrangements for organ by others of some works by Raff are available through Bardon Enterprises' Custom Service.
Classical Sheet Music
Classical-sheet-music.eu have a free download of a facsimile of op.18 no.1, the first of two piano paraphrases of songs by Liszt.
Edition Musica Rinata
Edition
Musica Rinata of Ditzingen, Germany publish a modern edition of
Raff's only work for Organ:
- Introduction & Fugue for Organ in e minor WoO.25 - Catalog number MR 5.105.00
Original Editions
Most of Raff's music remains available only in the 19th. century original editions
- see the Guide to finding scores page.
Need More? A definitive 314 page Catalogue of Raff's Music has been published by raff.org. It contains much more information than can be included on the website and can be ordered direct from the Raff Shop.


