List of compositions by Mauricio Kagel
A list of works by the composer Mauricio Kagel.
Sources:
Chronological
;1950Palimpsestos for mixed choir a capella;1952
- Two Pieces for Orchestra
- Variations for mixed quartet
- Sextet ; revised 1957 as String Sextet
- Four Pieces for piano
;1956De ruina mundis: Cantata for voice and instrumentsAforismos de Apollinaire for clarinet and piano
- Prelude No. 1 for bandoneonCuatro piezas breves for stringsElegía para clarinete solo for clarinet solo
;1959Transición II for piano, percussion and two tape recorders
;1960Transición I for electronic soundsSur scène: Chamber music theatre pieceSonant for guitar, double bass, harp, and skin instrumentsPandorasbox for bandoneonJournal de théâtre: Collection of situations for instruments, actors and props; later to comprise 'Pas de cinq', 'Camera oscura', 'Die Himmelsmechanik', 'Variaktionen' and 'Kommentar und Extempore' Le Bruit: Invection pour toute sorte de sources sonores et expressions injurieuses
;1961Mimetics for solo piano, b) interrupted by other compositions, c) as Metapiece , simultaneous with other compositions by Kagel or other composersHeterophonie for orchestra
;1962Improvisation ajoutée for organ; rev. 1968Antithese; a) Music for electronic and public sounds; b) Play for one actor with electronic and public sounds
;1964Phonophonie: Four melodramas for two voices and other sound sources; rev. 1965; radiophonic version 1965Die Frauen : Theatrical piece for ladies for voices and instruments Prima vista for slide pictures and indeterminate number of sound sourcesDiaphonie Nos 1-3 for choir and/or orchestra and slide projectorsMatch for three playersComposition und Decomposition: A reading piece
;1965Tremens; a) Scenic montage of a test for two actors, electric instruments, percussion, tapes and slide projection; b) Variaktionen über Tremens: Scenic montage of a test for two actors, tapes and slide projection; c) Musik aus Tremens
- 'Pas de cinq': Walking scene for five actors; part of
- Music for renaissance instruments for 23 players; alt. Chamber Music for Renaissance Instruments for 2-22 players
- String Quartet I/II
- 'Kommentar und Extempore' : Monologues with gestures; part of
;1969Synchronstudie for singer, Foley artists and film projectionUnter Strom for three players Ein Aufnahmezustand A State of Recording
;1970Ludwig van: Homage by BeethovenAcustica: Music for experimental sound producers, loudspeakers and two to five playersKlangwehr for marching music corpsTactil for threeAtem for one wind playerStaatstheater: Scenic composition; constituents:
;1971 Ein Aufnahmezustand Probe for an improvised collective; radiophonic version 1972Morceau de concours for one or two trumpeters; rev. 1992Guten Morgen! : radio play consisting of advertisements
;1972Programm: conversations with chamber music; sections:Exotica for extra-European instrumentsCon Voce for three mute playersVariationen ohne Fuge for large orchestra on Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel for piano Op. 24 by Johannes Brahms
;19731898 for children's voices and instruments; rev. 1996Zwei-Mann-Orchester for two one-man-orchestras
;1975Soundtrack: A filmic radio play Mare nostrum: Discovery, pacification and conversion of the Mediterranean region by a tribe from Amazonia Kantrimiusik: Pastoral for voices and instruments
;1976Bestiarium: Acoustic fables on two stagesZählen und Erzählen for non-grownups Die Umkehrung Amerikas : Epic radio playMM 51: A piece of film music for piano
;1977An Tasten : Piano etudeQuatre degrés ; sections:
;1978Tango Alemán for voice, violin, bandoneon, and pianoEx-Position; constituents:
- 'Zehn Marsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen' for winds and percussion; from
;1981Mitternachtsstük for voices and instruments on fragments from the diaries of Robert Schumann ; fourth movement added in 1986Finale with chamber ensemble
;1982Rrrrrrr...Fürst Igor, Strawinsky for bass voice and instrumentsFragen: Hörspot Szenario for strings and tape
;1983
- Intermezzo for voices and chamber ensemble
;1985Pan for piccolo and string quartetSaint Bach's Passion for solo voices, choirs and large orchestraCäcilia: Ausgeplündert, ein Besuch bei der Heiligen ; Radio play
- Trio in Three Movements for violin, violoncello and piano
;1987Ce-A-Ge-E for piano and harmonizerFor Us: Happy Birthday to You!; a) for four violoncellos; b) arranged for picc, cl, vla, db, mandoline, gt, hp, perc
- Third String Quartet in four movements
;1989
- Music for keyboard instruments and orchestra
- 'Nordosten' ; from
- 'Nordwesten' ; from
- Konzertstück for tympani and orchestra
- Étude No. 1 for large orchestra
- Fourth string quartet in three movements
- 'Südwesten' ; from
- 'Westen' ; from
- Serenade for three players
- Études Nos 2–3 for large orchestra
;1998Duodramen for voices and orchestra
- Impromptu No. 2 for piano
;2000Burleske for baritone saxophone and choir
;2001Quirinus' Liebeskuss for vocal ensemble and instrumentsBroken Chords for large orchestra
- Second Trio in One Movement for violin, violoncello and piano
- Double Sextet for ensemble
;2003Andere Gesänge : Intermezzi for soprano et pour l'orchestre
;2004Magic Flutes: Perpetual Canon Interrupted for 12Vorzeitiger Schlußverkauf Unvollendete Memoiren eines Toningenieurs ; radio playMotetten for eight violoncellos
;2005Fremde Töne und Widerhall for orchestra
- Capriccio for two pianos
- Fifth string quartet in two movements
;2008In der Matratzengruft'' for tenor solo and ensemble
By genre
Stage works
Camera obscura chromatic play for light sources with performers Staatstheater Mare nostrum, Scenic Play for countertenor, baritone, flute, oboe, guitar, harp, cello and percussion Kantrimiusik, pastorale for voices and instruments- ''Music-Epic about the Devil "La trahison orale"''
For orchestra
Dos piezas for orchestra Heterophonie for orchestra Zehn Märsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen, for brass orchestra Les idées fixes, rondo for orchestra Opus 1.991 for orchestra Konzertstück, for timpani and orchestra Études for orchestra Fremde Töne & Widerhall, for orchestraChamber music
- String Sextet Transición II for piano, percussion, and two tapes Sonant for guitar, harp, contrabass, and skin instruments Improvisation ajoutée for organist and 2–3 "registrants" Match for three players Musik für Renaissance-Instrumente, for two up to twenty-two instruments
- String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 Der Schall for five players performing on 54 plucked-string, percussion, and wind instruments Acustica for experimental sound-producers and loud-speakers Atem for a wind instrument Morceau de concours for 1 or 2 trumpets 1898 for children's voices and instruments Dressur, trio for wood percussion Rrrrrrr...: 5 Jazzstucke for clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, violin and piano Rrrrrrr..., six duos for two percussionists Pan a tutti i Papagheni, for piccolo and string quartet
- Piano Trio No. 1
- String Quartet No. 3 Aus dem Nachlass, pieces for viola, cello, and contrabass Zwei Akte grand duo for sopranino, alto, baritone saxophones and harp Phantasiestück for flute and piano ..., den 24.XII.1931 mutilated news for baritone and instruments
- String Quartet No. 4 Schattenklänge, three pieces for bass clarinet Art bruit for a percussionist and an assistant
- Piano Trio No. 2
Vocal works
Blue's Blue, for voice and glass trumpet, E-flat clarinet and alto saxophone, acoustic guitar and violin Fürst Igor – Strawinsky, a requiem for Igor Strawinsky for bass and instruments Sankt-Bach-Passion for soloists, choirs and orchestra Ein Brief for mezzo soprano and orchestra Mitternachtsstük for voices and instruments on four fragments from the diary of Robert Schumann Schwarzes Madrigal, for choir, trumpet, tuba and 2 percussionists In der Matratzengruft for tenor and ensembleFilm
Antithese Match Solo Duo Hallelujah Ludwig van Tactil Zwei-Mann-Orchester Unter Strom Kantrimiusik Phonophonie Blue's Blue MM 51 Szenario: Un chien andalou Er: Television play on A Radio Fantasy Dressur Mitternachtsstük Répertoire- ''Bestiarium''