List of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini


The following is a list of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini. A new comprehensive catalogue, created by Stephen Street can now be found on the Bottesini Urtext website

Operas

  • Colón en Cuba – Opera in one act. Spanish libretto by Ramón de Palma and. Tacón Theatre, Havana January 31, 1848. No known score remains.
  • L'assedio di Firenze
  • Il diavolo della notte
  • Marion Delorme
  • Vinciguerra - Opéra-bouffe en un acte
  • Alì Babà
  • Ero e Leandro
  • La regina del Nepal
  • Nerina
  • Azaële o La figlia dell'angelo
  • Cedar
  • ''Babele''

Orchestral works

  • Symphony in D major
  • Arabian Nights
  • Alba sul Bosforo
  • Promenade des ombres
  • Sinfonia Caratteristica
  • Fantasia funebre "alla memoria del colonnello Nullo"
  • Graziella
  • Marcia Funebre
  • Marcia Orientale
  • Margherita
  • Ouverture
  • Divertimento per corno da caccia and orchestra
  • Andante sostenuto, for string orchestra
  • Ero e Leandro, Prelude
  • Il diavolo della notte, Sinfonia
  • Ali Baba, Overture

Works for double bass

with piano

  • Adagio melanconico appassionato
  • Gran Allegro di Concerto "à la Mendelssohn"
  • Allegretto-Capriccio in F-sharp minor
  • Capriccio di bravura
  • Elegy No.1 in D major
  • Elegy No.2 in E minor, "Romanza drammatica"
  • Elegy No.3 in E minor, "Romanza patetica"
  • Rêverie
  • Tarantella in A minor
  • Fantasia Cerrito
  • Fantasia on Bellini's "Norma"
  • Fantasia on Bellini's "Beatrice di Tenda"
  • Fantasia on Bellini's "I Puritani"
  • Fantasia on Bellini's "La Straniera"
  • Fantasia on Bellini's "La Sonnambula"
  • Gran Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
  • Fantasia on Verdi's "Il Trovatore"
  • Introduzione e Gavotta in A major
  • Introduction et Variations sur Le Carnaval de Venise
  • Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento from Paisiello's La "Molinara"
  • Introduzione e Bolero
  • Introduzione e Fuga
  • Meditazione: Aria on G string from Suite BWV 1068 by J.S.Bach
  • Melodia No.1
  • Melodia No.2
  • Melodia No.3
  • Melodia No.4: Auld Robin Gray, Introduction and Variations on a Scottish Song
  • Serenata from Rossini's "Barber of Seville"
  • Aria from Verdi's "Il trovatore"
  • Una furtiva lacrima, Romanza on Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'amore"
  • Finale of Bellini's "La sonnambula"
  • Contrabass-Polka
  • ''Nocturne''

with orchestra

  • Concerto No.1 "Concerto di bravura" in A major for double bass
  • Concerto No.2 in B minor for double bass (1853)
  • Concerto No.3 in F-sharp minor for double bass
  • Concertino in C minor for double bass
  • Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.1 for 2 double basses and orchestra/piano
  • Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra/piano
  • Gran Duo Concertante for clarinet in A, double bass and orchestra/piano
  • Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.2 Passione Amorosa, for double bass, 2nd double bass and orchestra/piano
  • Duo Concertant on Themes of Bellini's "I Puritani" for cello, double bass and orchestra
  • Duet for clarinet and double bass
  • ''Concerto in G major, for cello and double bass''

duets

  • 3 Grandi Duetti, for 2 double basses:
  • *No.1
  • *No.2
  • *No.3
  • Duo in D major, for cello and double bass
  • Capriccio, for 2 double basses and piano
  • 3 Fantasie on Rossini's Canzonette, for 2 double basses and piano:
  • *1. La danza: Allegro non troppo
  • *2. La serenata: Andante
  • *3. I marinai: Allegro moderato

Chamber music

  • String Quartet No.1 in B minor
  • String Quartet No.2 in B-flat major, Op.2
  • String Quartet No.3 in F-sharp minor
  • String Quartet No.4 in D major
  • String Quartet No.5 in E-flat major
  • String Quartet No.6 in E minor
  • Quintet No.1 in C minor "Gran Quintetto"
  • Quintet No.2 in E minor
  • Quintet No.3 in A major
  • Quintet No.4 in F major
  • Morceaux, for viola and piano
  • Rêverie, for viola and piano
  • Capriccio, for cello and piano
  • 3 Melodies, for cello and piano
  • Rêverie, for cello and piano

Piano solo

  • Preludio
  • Fugue in A minor
  • 3 Polke:
  • *1. Arlecchino
  • *2. Brighella
  • *3. La Tremblante

Vocal

  • Il lamento della Ghisa in D major, for soprano and piano
  • Melodia: Giovinetto innamorato, for soprano and piano
  • Ci divide l'ocean, for soprano and piano
  • Romanza: Dove fuggiste mai, for soprano and piano
  • Romanza: Une bouche aimeé, for soprano, double bass and piano
  • Terzetto: Tutto che il mondo serra for soprano, double bass and piano

Sacred works

Instrumental music not including the solo double bass

  • Morceaux – Viola and piano; autograph score, Naples
  • Rêverie – Viola and piano; autograph score, Naples
  • Capriccio – Cello and piano; autograph score, Milan August 25, 1863
  • Three melodies – Cello and piano; autograph score, Milan
  • Rêverie – Cello and piano; autograph score, Naples
  • Various string quartets
  • Various string quintets