List of compositions by Paul Hindemith

Operas

• Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, in one act, on a libretto by Oskar Kokoschka
• Das Nusch-Nuschi, in one act, on a libretto by Franz Blei
• Sancta Susanna, in one act, on a libretto by August Stramm
• Cardillac, in three acts, on a libretto by Ferdinand Lion after E. T. A. Hoffmann's Das Fräulein von Scuderi
• Hin und zurück, an operatic 'sketch' in one scene, on a libretto by Marcellus Schiffer
• Neues vom Tage, a comic opera, on a libretto by Marcellus Schiffer
• Lehrstück, music to a Lehrstück in seven scenes by Bertolt Brecht
• Wir bauen eine Stadt, a Schuloper, on a libretto by Robert Seitz
• Mathis der Maler, in 7 scenes, on a libretto by the composer
• Die Harmonie der Welt, in 5 acts, on a libretto by the composer
• The Long Christmas Dinner, in one act, on a libretto by Thornton Wilder

Oratorio

• Das Unaufhörliche
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: , for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on the poem by Walt Whitman

Ballets

• Der Dämon, Op. 28
• Triadisches Ballett, with Oskar Schlemmer
• Nobilissima Visione, with Léonide Massine
• The Four Temperaments
• Hérodiade, with Martha Graham

Vocal

• Lustige Lieder in Aargauer Mundart, Op. 5, for high voice and piano
• Drei Gesänge, Op. 9, for soprano and large orchestra
• Melancholie, Op. 13, 4 lieder for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, based on poems by Christian Morgenstern
• Hymns by Walt Whitman, for baritone and piano, Op. 14
• Acht Gesänge, Op. 18, for soprano voice and piano
• Des Todes Tod, Op. 23a, three songs, based on poems by Eduard Reinacher, for voice, 2 violas and 2 violoncellos
• Die junge Magd, Op. 23b, six poems by Georg Trakl, for voice, flute, clarinet and string quartet
• Tuttifäntchen, Weihnachtsmärchen mit Gesang und Tanz in drei Bildern
• Das Marienleben, Op. 27, song cycle for soprano and piano, based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, which exists in two versions.
• Sing und Spielmusiken für Liebhaber und Musikfreunde, Op. 45
• #"Frau Musika", lyrics by Martin Luther
• #8 canons for voices with instruments
• #"Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz", for strings and woodwinds
• #"Kleine Klaviermusik", easy pentatonic pieces
• #"Martinslied", soloist or unison choir
• Hin und zurück, Op. 45a, sketch with music, lyrics: Marcellus Schiffer,
• Six Chansons, 6 pieces for a cappella choir, settings of French poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke
• #"La biche"
• #"Un cygne"
• #"Puisque tout passe"
• #"Printemps"
• #"En hiver"
• #"Verger"
• Nine English Songs
• Apparebit repentina dies, cantata in four movements for mixed choir and brass ensemble, 2 trumpets,
• Ite, angeli veloces, cantata
• 12 Fünfstimmige Madrigale for mixed chorus
• Angelus Domini apparuit, motet for soprano or tenor and piano
• Mass for mixed chorus
• ″Die Serenaden″, Op.35 for soprano voice, oboe, viola, and cello

Solo piano

Solo organ

• Two Pieces for Organ
• Organ Sonata No. 1
• Organ Sonata No. 2
• Organ Sonata No. 3

Other

• Soundtrack for Hans Richter's 1928 avant-garde film Ghosts Before Breakfast, subsequently lost.