List of compositions by Alexander von Zemlinsky


The following is a complete list of compositions by Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky.

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  • Seven Songs
  • * Piano Sonata in C minor Drei Stücke für Violoncello und Klavier
  • * Symphony in E minor — two surviving movements only
  • * Drei leichte Stücke für Klavier
  • * Terzet in A major for two violins and viola
  • Symphony No. 1 in D minor
  • 4 Ballads for piano
  • * Piano Quartet in D major — partially lost
  • String Quartet in E minor
  • Cello Sonata
  • Two Movements for String Quintet — surviving movements of the String Quintet in D minorLustspielouvertüre Sarema Orchestersuite Albumblatt for piano Minnelied for male chorus and chamber ensemble Waldgespräch for soprano, two horns, harp and strings
  • Five Songs Skizze for piano Hochzeitgesang for tenor solo, chorus and organ Frühlingsglaube for mixed chorus and string orchestra Geheimnis for mixed chorus and string orchestra
  • Serenade for violin and piano Frühlingsbegräbnis for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
  • Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major Es war einmal Aurikelchen for female chorus Maiblumen blühten überall for soprano and string sextet
  • * Fridl, singspiel for solo voices and piano — partially lost
  • Psalm 83 Erdeinsamkeit Der alte Garten Der Triumph der Zeit, ballet in three acts
  • *Menuett for piano
  • *Drei Ballettstücke
  • *Ein Tanzpoem Two Brettl-Lieder Ein Lichtstrahl, mimedrama for piano Die Seejungfrau, after Hans Christian Andersen
  • Four Songs
  • Arrangement of Mahler's Symphonie No. 6 for piano four-hands
  • Two Ballads for baritone and piano
  • Five Songs to texts by Richard Dehmel for voice and piano Malwa — unfinished; fragment realised and orchestrated by Antony Beaumont
  • Incidental music for Shakespeare's Cymbeline — originally op. 14
  • Four Songs for voice and piano
  • Two Movements for string quartet — completed movements of abandoned quartet, originally intended as No.4Und einmal gehst du Das bucklichte Männlein Ahnung Beatricens
  • Quartet for clarinet, violin, viola and cello — unfinished
  • Three Songs Humoreske for wind quintet Hunting Piece for two horns and piano

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Other stage works

Ein Lichtstrahl. Mime drama for piano Ein Tanzpoem. A Dance Poem in one act for orchestra

Choral works

Minnelied for men's choir and chamber ensemble Frühlingsglaube for mixed chorus and string orchestra Geheimnis for mixed chorus and string orchestra Hochzeitsgesang for Cantor, chorus, and organ Text: Baruch Haba, Mi AdirFrühlingsbegräbnis. Cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Aurikelchen for women's choir Psalm 83 for mixed chorus and orchestra Psalm 23 for chorus and orchestra, Op. 14 Psalm 13 for chorus and orchestra, Op. 24

Voice and orchestra

Waldgespräch for soprano, two horns, harp and strings Maiblumen blühten überall for soprano and string sextet Erdeinsamkeit - orchestrated by Antony Beaumont Der alte Garten - orchestrated by Antony Beaumont Sechs Gesänge after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck, Op. 13 Lyric Symphony for soprano, baritone and orchestra, Op. 18 Symphonische Gesänge Op. 20 for baritone or alto and orchestra

Songs for voice and piano

  • Seven Songs
  • Five Songs
  • Lieder, Op. 2
  • Gesänge, Op. 5
  • Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Liedern von Ferdinand Gregorovius, Op. 6 Irmelin Rose und andere Gesänge, Op. 7 Turmwächterlied und andere Gesänge, Op. 8 Ehetanzlied und andere Gesänge, Op. 10
  • Two Brettl-Lieder
  • Four Songs
  • Two Ballads
  • Five Songs to texts by Richard Dehmel
  • Sechs Gesänge after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck, Op. 13
  • Four Songs Und einmal gehst du
  • Sechs Lieder, Op. 22 Das bucklichte Männlein Ahnung Beatricens
  • Zwölf Lieder, Op. 27
  • Three Songs

Orchestral works

Chamber music

  • Three Pieces for cello and piano
  • String Quartet in E minor
  • Sonata in A minor for cello and piano
  • Two Movements for string quintet – surviving movements of the String Quintet in D minor
  • Serenade for violin and piano
  • Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano in D minor, Op. 3
  • String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4
  • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15
  • String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19
  • Two Movements for string quartet – completed movements of abandoned quartet, originally intended as No.4
  • String Quartet No. 4, Op. 25
  • Quartet for clarinet, violin, viola and cello – unfinished, fragments onlyHumoreske for wind quintet Jagdstück for two horns and piano

Works for piano

Ländliche Tanze, Op. 1
  • Vier Balladen Albumblatt
  • Skizze
  • Fantasien über Gedichte von Richard Dehmel, Op. 9
  • Menuett
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