List of compositions by Henri Vieuxtemps
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Henri Vieuxtemps. The works are categorized by genre, opus number, date of composition, date of first publication, titles and scoring.
Vieuxtemps initially numbered his Air variés Nos. 1–4 with the opus numbers 1–4 (as evidenced by the autograph of Air varié No. 4). In 1833, he restarted the numbering with the variations on a theme from "La muette di Portici", Op. 1. He then followed these with the Norma Variations, Op. 2, and continued the new numbering with the Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 5. He did not reassign the opus numbers 3 and 4, probably because he wanted to leave them with the corresponding Air variés.
The date of composition for many works is unclear, and often appears in many sources to be based on the date of the first publication.
| Genre | Opus | Composition date |
Publication date |
French title (original title) | English title | Scoring | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber music | 1 | 1833 | still unpublished | Variations brillantes sur un thème de l'opéra La Muette de Portici d'Auber | Variations on a theme from Aubert's opera "La Muette di Portici" | for violin and piano | autograph in Brussels: B-Br Mus. Ms. 4365, composed in collaboration with Adolf Gutman |
| Concertante | 2 | 1834 | 2021 | Variations sur un thême favori de Norma, musique de Bellini | Variations on a theme from Bellini's opera "Norma" | for violin and orchestra | not to be confused with Norma fantasia op. 18 |
| Chamber music | 3 (?) | 1833 | 2020 | 3me Air varié pour le violon avec accompagnement de piano ou de 2 violons, alto et basse | 3rd Air varié for violin and piano or strings | for violin and piano or strings | Dedicated to Henri Génin
("Dédié a son protecteur Monsieur Génin") |
| Chamber music | 4 | 1833 | 2022 | 4me Air varié pour le violon avec accompagnement de 2 violons, alto et basse ou de piano | 4th Air varié for violin and string quartet (or string orchestra) or piano | for violin and strings or piano | dedicated to his first violin teacher Léonard-Joseph Lecloux-Dejonc |
| Concertante | 5 | 1835/36 | 2022 | Concerto
en mi majeur
|
Violin Concerto
E major |
for violin
and orchestra |
|
| Vocal | 1836 | Le héros mourant, Imitation d'un chant russe | Le héros mourant, Imitation d'un chant russe | for voice and piano | words by J.F. Dobelin; published by Van Lier, La Haye | ||
| Chamber music | 1838 | Fantaisie concertante sur des motifs de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de G. Meyerbeer | Fantaisie concertante on Themes from Meyerbeer's Opera "Les Huguenots" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Jacques Gregoir (1817–1876) | ||
| Chamber music | 1838 | Duo brillant en forme de fantaisie sur des airs hongrois concertant | Duo brillant en forme de fantaisie sur des airs hongrois concertant | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Ferenc Erkel; dedicated to "à Madame la Baronne Fery d'Orczy" (Countess Emma Wass von Szentegyed und Czege, wife of Baron Felix Orczy de Orczi, mother of Baroness Emma Orczy) | ||
| Vocal | 6 | c.1845 | Le chevalier | Le chevalier | for voice and piano | published by A.M. Abrahams, La Haye | |
| Chamber music | 6 | c.1837 | 1837 | Air varié avec introduction de l'opéra "Il Pirata" de Bellini en ré majeur | Air varié with Introduction on a Theme from Bellini's "Il Pirata" in D major | for violin and piano or orchestra | |
| Concertante | 7 | 1837 | still unpublished | 2me concerto
en si mineur
|
2nd violin concerto in b minor | for violin and orchestra | Composed as Op. 7, Vieuxtemps reassigned the number 7 as the work was not printed.
violin part lost, incomplete autograph in Brussels: B-Br Mus. Ms. 4743 |
| Concertante | finished March 29, 1838 | 2021 | Romance de Beethoven, variée pour le violon avec accompagnement d’orchestre | Variations on the Romance in G major by Beethoven for violin and orchestra | for violin and orchestra | There are also versions for violin solo (1837) and violin and piano (1838). | |
| Chamber music | 7 | 1841 | 1846 | 3 Romances sans paroles
| 3 Songs without Words
| for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 8 [ 7 ] | c.1845 | 1850 | 4 Romances sans paroles
| 4 Songs without Words
| for violin and piano | published also with Op. 7; the Violin Concerto No. 2 initially published as Op. 8, later Op. 19 |
| Concertante | 9b | finished September 22, 1838 | 2020 | La Sentimentale Fantaisie en mi majeur | La Sentimentale
Fantaisie in E major |
for violin and orchestra or piano | Composed as Op. 9, Vieuxtemps reassigned the number 9 as the work was not printed. |
| Concertante | 9 | 1845? | 1846 | Hommage à Paganini, Caprice sur des thèmes du celèbre maestro | Homage to Paganini, Caprice | for violin and orchestra or piano | |
| Concertante | 10 | 1840 | 1840 | Grand Concerto Nº 1 en mi majeur
| Concerto No. 1 in E major | for violin and orchestra | dedicated "au roi des belges" (Leopold I of Belgium) |
| Concertante | 11 | 1838 | 1840 | Fantaisie-caprice en la majeur | Fantaisie-caprice in A major | for violin and orchestra | at end: St. Pétersbourg ce 21 Février 1840; dedicated to Jean Radoux ("Offert à son ami Gean Radoux en témoignage de haute estime") |
| Vocal | 1842 | Le papillon | Le papillon | for voice and piano | words by Alphonse de Lamartine; published in France Musicale, Paris, 1842: | ||
| Concertante | 1843 | 2022 | Marche de Rakoczy | Rákóczi March | for violin and orchestra | Autograph in Brussels: | |
| Chamber music | 12 | 1843 | 1843 | Grande sonate concertante en quatre parties en ré majeur
| Sonata in D major | for violin and piano | dedicated to pianist Édouard Wolff (1816–1880) |
| Chamber music | 13 | c.1843 | 1843 | Grand duo sur des thèmes de "Le duc d'Olonne" d'Auber | Grand duo on Themes from Auber's "Le duc d'Olonne" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880) |
| Chamber music | 14 | c.1843 | 1844 | Grande fantaisie concertante sur l'opéra "Obéron" de C. M. de Weber | Grande fantaisie concertante on Themes from Weber's Opera "Oberon" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880) |
| Concertante | 15 | c.1843 | 1843 | Les arpèges, Caprice | Les arpèges, Caprice in D major | for violin and orchestra (or piano) with obligato cello | |
| Chamber music | 16 | c.1845 | 1845 | 6 Études de concert
| 6 Concert Etudes
| for violin solo | |
| Chamber music | 17 | 1843 | 1844 | Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations burlesques sur "Yankee Doodle" | Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations burlesques sur "Yankee Doodle" | for violin and piano | also for violin and string quartet |
| Concertante | 18 | 1844 | 1844 | Norma, Fantaisie sur la quatrième corde | Norma, Fantasia on the G String | for violin and orchestra or piano | |
| Concertante | 19 [ 8 ] | 1837 | 1846 | Concerto Nº 2 en fa dièse mineur
| Concerto No. 2 in F♯ minor "Sauret" | for violin and orchestra | composed prior to Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 10; also published as Op. 8 by C. Joubert in Paris and others; dedicated "à son ami P. de Bremacker" |
| Chamber music | 20 [ 19 ] | c.1845 | 1845 | Duo concertant sur des thèmes de "Don Juan" de Mozart | Duo concertant on Themes from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880); published by Schlesinger in Berlin; also published as Duo brillant sur les motifs de Don Juan de Mozart, Op. 19 by E. Troupenas & Cie in Paris |
| Concertante | 21 | c.1845 | 1846 | Souvenirs de russie, Fantaisie | Souvenirs de Russie, Fantasia in B minor | for violin and orchestra or piano | dedicated to B. Rubens |
| Chamber music / Concertante | 22 | 1846–1847 | 6 Morceaux de salon
|
6 Salon Pieces | for violin and piano or orchestra
(only no. 2 and no. 5 published with orchestra) |
2. dedicated "à son ami Serge Wolkoff" | |
| Chamber music | 23 [ 24 ] | c.1845 | 1854 | Grande fantaisie sur l'opéra "L'étoile du nord" de G. Meyerbeer | Grande fantaisie on Themes from Meyerbeer's Opera "L'étoile du nord" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Theodor Kullak; published as Op. 24 by Brandus et Cie. |
| Transcription | 1847 | La nuit, Thème de l'ode-symphonie "Le désert" | La nuit | for viola and piano | by Félicien-César David; transcription of "Hymne à la nuit" from Le désert (1844); original for tenor and orchestra | ||
| Chamber music | [ 24 ] | c.1847 | 1847 | Grand duo brillant sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Le camp de Silésie" ou "Vielka" de G. Meyerbeer | Grand duo brillant on Themes from Meyerbeer's Opera "A Camp in Silesia" or "Vielka" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Theodor Kullak; published as Op. 24 by Schlesinger |
| Chamber music | 24 | c.1850 | 1852 | Divertissements d'amateurs sur des mélodies russes favorites, 6 Morceaux
| 6 Divertissements d'amateurs, 6 Pieces on Favorite Russian Melodies | for violin and piano | 1. after Aleksandr L'vovich Gurilyov [Gurilev] – Александр Львович Гурилёв (1803–1858) 2. after The Nightingale (Соловей) by Alexander Alyabyev 3. after Alexander Dargomyzhsky 4. after Count Matvei Wielhorski (Матвей Юрьевич Виельгорский) (1794–1866) |
| Chamber music | c.1851 | 1852 | Chansons russes de Werstofsky. Transcrites et variées | Russian songs by Werstofsky. Transcribed and varied | for violin and piano | not to be confused with op. 24, it is a single piece. D-Mbs Mus.Schott.Ha 13194 | |
| Concertante | 25 | 1844 | 1848 | Grand Concerto Nº 3 en la majeur
| Concerto No. 3 in A major | for violin and orchestra | dedicated to Guillaume II, roi de Hollande |
| Chamber music | 26 | c.1850 | 1850 | Grand duo sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Le prophète" de G. Meyerbeer | Grand duo on Themes from Meyerbeer's Opera "Le prophète" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Anton Rubinstein |
| Concertante | 27 | c.1850 | 1851 | Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes slaves | Grande fantaisie on Slavic Themes | for violin and orchestra or piano | version for violin and piano published 1878 |
| Chamber music | 1852 | Duo sur des motifs de "Raymond", ou "Le Secret de la reine", Opéra de Thomas | Duo on Themes from Ambroise Thomas's Opera "Raymond" or "Le Secret de la reine" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880) | ||
| Concertante | 28 [ 29 ] | c.1850 | 1853 | Andante et rondo (Introduction et rondo) en mi majeur | Andante et rondo (Introduction et rondo) in E major | for violin and orchestra or piano | published as Op. 29 by J. Schuberth in Leipzig (1853); listed as Op. 28 in Grove and Radoux Vieuxtemps: Sa vie, ses œuvres |
| Chamber music | 29 | c.1852 | 1852–1853 | 3 Fantaisies sur les opéras de G. Verdi
| 3 Fantasias on Themes from Verdi's "I Lombardi", "Ernani" and "Luisa Miller" | for violin and piano | published as Op. 29 by Schott in Mainz (and later C.F. Peters) |
| Chamber music | 30 | 1854? | 1854 | Élégie en fa mineur | Élégie in F minor | for viola (or cello, or violin) and piano | dedicated to Count Matvei Wielhorski (Матвей Юрьевич Виельгорский) (1794–1866) (see Russian Wikipedia) |
| Concertante | 1854 | 1854 | 3 Cadences pour le concerto de violon de L. van Beethoven, œuvre 61 | 3 Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Op. 61 | for violin solo | ||
| Concertante | 31 | 1849–1850 | 1854 | Grand Concerto Nº 4 en ré mineur
| Concerto No. 4 in D minor | for violin and orchestra | composed 1846–1852? |
| Chamber music | 1855 | Grand duo sur des motifs de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de G. Meyerbeer | Grand duo on Themes from Meyerbeer's Opera "Les Huguenots" | for violin and cello | composed in collaboration with Adrien-François Servais | ||
| Chamber music | 32 | c.1850 | 1856 | 3 Morceaux de salon
| 3 Salon Pieces | for violin and piano,
La Chasse also in a version for solo violin |
|
| Concertante | 32a | 1861 | 2024 | La Chasse ,
Impromptu pour violon et instruments à vent |
The Hunt,
Impromptu for violin and winds |
for violin and winds | based on op. 32, no. 3
autograph in Brussels: B-Br Mus. Ms. 4367 |
| Chamber music | 33 | c.1855 | 1860 | Bouquet américain, 6 Variations sur mélodies populaires
| Bouquet américain, 6 Variations on Popular Melodies | for violin and piano | |
| Transcription | c.1855 | Grand duo | Grand duo | for viola and piano | transcription of the Clarinet Quintet, KV 581 (1789) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Arrangement | 1855? | "Le trille du Diable", Sonate de Tartini | "The Devil's Trill", Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini | for violin and piano | piano part arranged by Vieuxtemps | ||
| Chamber music | 1856 | Transcription du Quintette avec Clarinette KV 581 de Mozart | Transcription of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 | for viola and piano | complete arrangement (all 4 parts) for viola and piano
(IMSLP) Only Larghetto as No. 6 from 6 Morceaux de Salon (1868–1872) for viola and piano; original version for violin and piano | ||
| Chamber music | 34 | 1859 | 1859 | 3 Mährchen (3 Contes)
| 3 Tales
| for violin and piano | |
| Concertante | 35 | c.1859 | 1859 | Fantasia appassionata en sol mineur
| Fantasia appassionata in G minor | for violin and orchestra or piano | |
| Transcription | 1861 | Scène et romance de l'opéra "Halka" de St. Moniuszko | Scène et romance from the Opera "Halka" by Stanisław Moniuszko | for violin and orchestra or piano | adapted for viola and piano by Hieronymus Weickmann | ||
| Chamber music | 36 | 1862 | 1863 | Sonate en si bémol majeur
| Sonata in B♭ major | for viola (or cello) and piano | dedicated to George V, King of Hanover; original version for viola and piano, later transcribed for cello and piano |
| Concertante | 37 | 1858–1859 | 1862 | Concerto Nº 5 en la mineur "Le Grétry"
| Concerto No. 5 in A minor "Le Grétry" | for violin and orchestra | competition piece for Hubert Léonard and the Conservatory of Brussels; dedicated to Leopold II, Duke of Brabant; movement II borrows "Où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?" from André Grétry's opera Lucile |
| Concertante | 38 | c.1858 | 1863 | Ballade et polonaise de concert en sol mineur | Ballade et polonaise de concert in G minor | for violin and orchestra (or piano) | |
| Concertante | 39 | 1864? | 1864 | Duo brilliant en la majeur | Duo brilliant in A major | for violin, cello (or viola) and orchestra (or piano) | |
| Chamber music | 40 | 1863 | 1864 | 3 Feuilles d'album, 3 Morceaux
| 3 Album Leaves, 3 Pieces | for violin and piano | |
| Concertante | 40a | 1864 | 2023 | Airs Bohémiens | Gipsy Airs | for violin and orchestra | based on Bohémienne op. 40 no. 3 |
| Choral | 41 | 1863 | 1863 | Ouverture et hymne national belge (Ouverture avec l'hymne national belge) | Overture with the Belgian National Anthem | for chorus and orchestra | |
| Chamber music | 1864 | Duo brillant sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Orphée" de Gluck | Duo brillant on Themes from Gluck's Opera "Orphée" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880) | ||
| Chamber music | 1864 | Duo brillant sur "Les Noces de Figaro" de Mozart | Duo brillant on Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880) | ||
| Chamber music | 1864 | Duo brillant sur "Preciosa" de C. M. de Weber | Duo brillant on Weber's "Preciosa" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with Édouard Wolff (1816–1880); after the 1820 music for the play by Pius Alexander Wolff | ||
| Chamber music | 42 | 1865 | 1865 | Old England, Caprice sur des airs anglais du XVIe et XVIIe siècle | Old England, Caprice on 16th- and 17th-Century English Airs | for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | 1869? | 1869 | Fantasie sur "Faust" de Ch. Gounod | Fantasia on Themes from Gounod's "Faust" | for violin and piano or orchestra | dedicated to violinist Wilma Norman-Neruda | |
| Chamber music | 43 | 1871 | 1871 | Suite en si mineur
|
Suite in B Minor
| for violin and piano
(Aria and Gavotte also with small orchestra) |
|
| Concertante | 43a | 1871 | 2024 | Aria et Gavotte | Aria and Gavotte | for violin and small Orchestra | Arrangement of movements 3 and 4 of the Suite, Op. 43, autograph: B-Br Mus. Ms. 4369 |
| Chamber music | 44 | 1871 | 1871 | Quatuor à cordes N° 1 en mi mineur | String Quartet No. 1 in E minor | for 2 violins, viola and cello | dedicated to Monsieur de Rémusat |
| Chamber music | 1868–1872 1868 1871 1871 1871 1872 1872 | 6 Morceaux de Salon
| 6 Salon Pieces
| for violin and piano | arrangements for violin and piano 2. movement II of the Violin Concerto No. 2 5. transcription of "Hymne à la nuit" from Le désert (1844) by Félicien-César David 6. movement II of the Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; also for viola and piano | ||
| Chamber music | 45 | 1876 | Voix intimes, 6 Pensées mélodiques
| Intimate Voices, 6 Melodic Thoughts
| for violin and piano | dedicated to Madame Léon van Hennebryck | |
| Concertante | 46 | 1875–1876 | 1877 | Concerto Nº 1 en la minuer
| Concerto No. 1 in A minor | for cello and orchestra | dedicated to Guillaume III |
| Chamber music | c.1877 | 1877 | Duo sur des motifs de l'opéra "Paul et Virginie" de V. Massé | Duo on Themes of Victor Massé's Opera "Paul et Virginie" | for violin and piano | composed in collaboration with "D. Magnus", pianist Désiré Magnus (1828–1884); dedication "À Mademoiselle Alix Massé" | |
| Concertante | 47 | 1865 | 1880 | Concerto Nº 6 en sol majeur
| Concerto No. 6 in G major | for violin and orchestra | Op. 1 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Wilma Norman-Neruda; composed 1877–1881? |
| Chamber music | c.1880 | Fantaisie sur "Lucia di Lammermoor", Souvenir de Donizetti | Fantasia on "Lucia di Lammermoor", Souvenir de Donizetti | for violin and piano | published as Op. 33 (c.1880) | ||
| Chamber music | 48 | 1881 | 1882 | 36 Études
|
36 Études | for violin and piano or for violin solo | Op. 2 posthumous; dedicated to the Conservatoire de Paris |
| Concertante | 49 | 1879–1881 | 1882 | Concerto Nº 7 en la mineur "À Jenő Hubay"
| Concerto No. 7 in A minor "À Jenő Hubay" | for violin and orchestra | Op. 3 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Jenő Hubay |
| Concertante | 50 | 1879 | 1884 | Concerto Nº 2 en si mineur
| Concerto No. 2 in B minor | for cello and orchestra | Op. 4 posthumous; dedicated to cellist Joseph Servais (1850–1885) |
| Vocal | c. 1880 | 1976 | 5 Mélodies
| 5 Songs
|
for voice and piano | German-language songs, presumably composed for his German-speaking daughter Julie Vieuxtemps, who was a singer (even if the last song is for male voice). | |
| Chamber music | 51 | 1884 | Quatuor à cordes Nº 2 en ut majeur | String Quartet No. 2 in C major | for 2 violins, viola and cello | Op. 5 posthumous | |
| Chamber music | 52 | 1884 | Quatuor à cordes Nº 3 en si bémol majeur | String Quartet No. 3 in B♭ major | for 2 violins, viola and cello | Op. 6 posthumous | |
| Chamber music | 53 | 1883 | Voies de cœur, 9 Morceaux
| Voices of the Heart, 9 Pieces | for violin and piano | Op. 7 posthumous; also Voix du cœur | |
| Chamber music | 54 | 1883 | 3 Fantaisies brilliantes
| 3 Fantaisies brilliantes | for violin and piano | Op. 8 posthumous 1. dedicated to Benjamin Godard; orchestrated by Godard as Op. 54a | |
| Chamber music | 55 | 1883 | 6 Morceaux pour violon seul suivis d'un Capriccio pour alto seul
| 6 Pieces for Solo Violin, Followed by a Capriccio for Solo Viola | for violin solo 7. for viola solo | Op. 9 posthumous 3. dedicated to violinist Léon Reynier | |
| Chamber music | 55 | 1883 | Capriccio "Hommage à Paganini" | Capriccio "Hommage à Paganini" in C minor | for viola solo | Op. 9 posthumous | |
| Chamber music | 56 | 1883 | Salut à l'Amérique, Fantaisie originale | Greeting to America, Fantasia | for violin and piano or orchestra | Op. 10 posthumous | |
| Chamber music | 57 | 1883 | Impressions et réminiscences de Pologne | Impressions and Memories of Poland | for violin and piano | Op. 11 posthumous; dedicated "à son gendre le Dr Édouard Landowski" (to his son-in-law Dr. Édouard Landowski) | |
| Chamber music | 58 | 1883 | Ma marche funèbre | My Funeral March | for violin and piano | Op. 12 posthumous | |
| Chamber music | 59 | Piano reduction of the 1st movement completed on November 12, 1880[1] | 1884 | Allegro de concert en si mineur (1er Morceau d'un 8e Concerto inachevé, en si mineur) | Allegro de concert in B minor | for violin and piano | Op. 13 posthumous; movement I from the incomplete Violin Concerto No. 8; dedicated to violinist Eugène Ysaÿe |
| Chamber music | 60 | 1884 | Sonate inachevée (Allegro et scherzo) en si bémol majeur (1er et 2me morceaux d'une sonate inachevée)
| Unfinished sonata in B♭ major
| for viola and piano | Op. 14 posthumous; movements I and II of an incomplete sonata | |
| Chamber music | 61 | 1883 | Divertissement | Divertissement | for violin solo | Op. 15 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Lambert Massart | |
| Chamber music | c. 1880 | 2021 | Marche funèbre : adieux adressés à un grand homme | Funeral march for string quartet in E♭ minor | for string quartet | ||
| Chamber music | Étude en ut mineur | Étude in C minor | for viola and piano | undated manuscript found (c.1970) in the Brussels Museum | |||
| Chamber music | Trio sur "L'africaine" de Meyerbeer | Piano Trio on Themes from Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine" | for violin, cello and piano |
Sources
- Radoux, Jean Théodore (1835–1911). Vieuxtemps: Sa vie, ses œuvres, A. Bénard, Liège, 1891.
- Vieuxtemps online, digitised sources, offered by the Royal Library of Brussels
References
- ↑ Last page of the autograph with date and signature by Vieuxtemps reprinted in the first edition of the five songs published by Chappell (1976)