List of compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The following is a working list of compositions by the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

*In keeping with the Anglophone nature of en.wikipedia.org, titles of overall works are supplied in English unless the non-Russian original is distinctive in some way. Russian titles are added where helpful and applicable. Years given refer to the composition dates, not publishing dates.

*Complete listings of individual numbers within a larger work are not given, although certain well-known selections are cited. For important vocal selections within an opera, go to the Wikipedia article for that opera, listed below and on the .

"(Note: only completed works are listed below.)"

Opera

*"The Maid of Pskov" ("Псковитянка" = "Pskovitjanka"): 1868-1872 (1st version); 1876-1877 (2nd version); 1891-1892 (3rd version)
*"Mlada" ("Млада"): 1872 (portions of Acts II and III from project composed collectively by Borodin, Cui, Minkus, Musorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov)
*"May Night" ("Майская ночь" = "Majskaja noch’"): 1878-1879
*"The Snow Maiden" ("Снегурочка" = "Sneguročka"): 1880-1881 (1st version); ca. 1895 (2nd version)
*"Mlada" ("Млада"): 1889-1890 (complete setting of unstaged collaborative project from 1872)
*"Christmas Eve" ("Ночь перед Рождеством" = "Noč' pered Roždestvom"): 1894-1895
*"Sadko" ("Садко"): 1895-1896
*"Mozart and Salieri" ("Моцарт и Сальери" = "Mocart i Sal'eri"): 1897
*"The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga" ("Боярыня Вера Шелога" = "Bojarynja Vera Šeloga"): 1898
*"The Tsar's Bride" ("Царская невеста" = "Carskaja nevesta"): 1898
*"The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son, the Famous and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess Swan" ("Сказка о царе Салтане, о сыне его, славном и могучем богатыре князе Гвидоне Салтановиче и о прекрасной Царевне Лебеди" = "Skazka o care Saltane, o syne ego, slavnom i mogučem bogatyre knjaze Gvidone Saltanoviče i o prekrasnoj Carevne Lebedi"): 1899-1900
*"Servilia" ("Сервилия" = "Servilija"): 1900-1901
*"Kashchey the Immortal" ("Кащей бессмертный" = "Kaščej bessmertnyj"): 1901-1902
*"Pan Voyevoda" ("Пан воевода" = "Pan vojevoda"; literally, "The Gentleman Provincial Governor"): 1902-1903
*"The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya" ("Сказание о невидимом граде Китеже и деве Февронии" = "Skazanie o nevidimom grade Kiteže i deve Fevronii"): 1903-1904
*"The Golden Cockerel" ("Золотой петушок" = "Zolotoj petušok"): 1906-1907

Choral music

acred choral

(all "a cappella")
*"Thee, O God, We Praise" ("Тебе Бога хвалим"), for double chorus, 1883
*"Collection of Sacred Musical Compositions by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Used at the Imperial Court. Four-Voice Compositions from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom", Op. 22, 1883; contains 8 pieces
*"Collection of Sacred Musical Arrangements by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Used at the Imperial Court", Op. 22b, 1884; contains 6 hymns based on chant melodies
*"Collection of Sacred Musical Compositions and Arrangements by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov for Mixed Chorus", 1883-1884; contains 23 pieces, published posthumously in 1913

ecular choral

("a cappella" unless otherwise indicated)
*Two Choruses, Op. 13, for three women's parts, 1874
*Four Variations and a Fughetta on the Russian Folksong "Надоели ночи", Op. 14, for four women's parts with piano or harmonium "ad lib." 1874
*Six Choruses, Op. 16, variously for mixed, women's, and men's voices, 1875-1876
*Two Choruses, Op. 18/22, for mixed voices, 1876
*Four Choruses, Op. 23, for three men's parts with piano "ad lib.", 1876
*"Poem about Alexei, Man of God", Op. 20, for altos, tenors, and basses with orchestra, 1878
*Fifteen Russian Folksongs, Op. 19, for mixed voices, 1879
*"Glory" ("Слава" = "Slava"), Op. 21, for mixed voices with orchestra, 1879-1890
*Two Choruses, for children's voices, 1884
*"Switezianka", Op. 44, cantata for soprano and tenor soloists and mixed voices with orchestra, 1897
*"Song of Oleg the Wise", Op. 58, cantata for tenor and bass soloists and men's voices with orchestra, 1899
*"From Homer", Op. 60, prelude-cantata for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and alto soloists and women's voices with orchestra, 1901

Orchestral and band music

Works for symphony orchestra

*Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 1, 1861-1865 (1st version), 1884 (2nd version)
*Overture on Three Russian Themes, op. 28 1866 (1st version), 1879-1880 (2nd version)
*Fantasy on Serbian Themes, Op. 6 1867 (1st version), 1886-1887 (2nd version); also called "Serbian Fantasy"
*Sadko, Op. 5, musical tableau, 1867 (1st version), 1869 (2nd version), 1891-1892 (3rd version)
*"Antar", Op. 9, 1868 (1st version), 1875 (2nd version), 1897 (3rd version), 1903 (amended 2nd version published by Bessel). Originally designated "Symphony No. 2," he later reclassified it a "symphonic suite." (See Rimsky-Korsakov, "My Musical Life", 92.)
*Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 32, 1866-1873 (1st version), 1886 (2nd version)
*Music to Mey's drama "The Maid of Pskov", suite of five numbers, 1877 (adapted from the opera as incidental music)
*"Fairytale" ["Сказка" = "Skazka"] , Op. 29, 1879-1880
*"Sinfonietta on Russian Themes" in A minor, Op. 31, 1879-1884; adaptation of first three movements from string quartet of 1878-1879
*"Capriccio on Spanish Themes" (i.e., "Capriccio espagnol"), Op. 34, 1887 (Based mainly on Asturian traditional folk music themes)
*"Scheherezade", Op. 35, symphonic suite, 1888
*"Easter Festival" ("Светлый праздник", i.e., "Russian Easter"), overture, op. 36, 1888
*Theme and Variation No. 4, 1903, from collective set of variations on a Russian theme, with Artsybushev, Vitols, Liadov, Sokolov, and Glazunov
*"On the Tomb", Op. 61, prelude, 1904, in memory of M.P. Belaieff
*"Dubinushka", Op. 62, 1905 (1st version), 1906 (2nd version with choral parts "ad lib.")
*"Greeting" ["Здравица"] , 1907, for Glazunov
*Neapolitan Song [i.e., "Funiculi, funicula"] , Op. 63, 1907

Opera excerpts for orchestral concerts

*"The Snow Maiden"
**Suite; includes:
***Dance of the Skomorokhi (Act III) (also known as "Dance of the Clowns" or "Dance of the Tumblers")
*"Mlada"
**Suite; includes:
***Procession of the Nobles
**Night on Mount Triglav, 1899-1901; purely orchestral adaptation of Act 3
*"Christmas Eve" -- suite
*"The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
**Three Musical Pictures (introductions to Act 1, Act 2, and Act 4, Tableau 2)
**"Flight of the Bumblebee" (from Act III, Tableau 1)
*"Pan Voyevoda" -- Suite
*"The Golden Cockerel"
**Introduction and Wedding March
**Suite (prepared by Glazunov and M. Steinberg)
*"The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya" -- Suite (prepared by Glazunov and M. Steinberg)

olo instrumental music with orchestra or band

*Concerto in B-flat, for trombone and military band, 1877
*Variations in G Minor on a theme by Glinka, for oboe and military band, 1878
*Konzertstück in E-flat, for clarinet and military band, 1878
*Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor, Op. 30 1882-1883
*Fantasy on Two Russian Themes, Op. 33, for violin and orchestra, 1886-1887
*Mazurka on [Three] Polish Folk Themes, for violin and orchestra, 1888; also called "Souvenir de trois chants polonais"
*Serenade, Op. 37, for violoncello and orchestra, orchestrated in 1903 from violoncello/piano original

ongs

Romances, other art songs, and duets

(Note: To view texts to many of Rimsky-Korsakov's songs, see the [http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/r/rimsky.html Rimsky-Korsakov page] at [http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/ the Lied and Art Song Texts site.] The following are for solo voice with piano accompaniment unless otherwise indicated.)
*Butterfly [Бабочка = Babochka] , duet, 1855
*Come out to me, signora [Выходи ко мне, синьора = Vykhodi ko mne, sin'ora] , 1861
*In the blood burns the fire of desire [В крови горит огонь любви = V krovi gorit ogon' ljubvi] , 1865 "(current provenence unknown)"
*Four Songs, Op. 2, 1865-1866
**3. Lullaby from the drama "The Maid of Pskov" [Колыбельная песня из драмы "Псковитянка" = Kolybel'naja pesnja iz dramy "Pskovitjanka"] ; incorporated later into the opera "The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga"
*Four Songs, Op. 3, 1866
*Four Songs, Op. 4, 1866
*Four Songs, Op. 7, 1867
*Six Songs, Op. 8, 1878-1870
*Two Songs, Op. 25, 1870
*Four Songs, Op. 26, 1882
*Four Songs, Op. 27, 1883
*Four Songs, Op. 39, 1897
*Four Songs, Op. 40, 1897
*Four Songs, Op. 41, 1897
*Four Songs, Op. 42, 1897
*"In Spring" ["Весной"] , Op. 43, 1897 (four songs)
*"To the Poet" ["Поэту"] , Op. 45, 1897-1899 (five songs)
*"By the Sea" ["У моря"] , Op. 46, 1897 (five songs)
*Two Duets, Op. 47, for mezzo-soprano and baritone or soprano and tenor, 1897
*Two Songs, Op. 49, for bass, 1882-1897
*Four Songs, Op. 50, 1897-1898
*Five Songs, Op. 51, 1898
*Two Duets, Op. 52, 1897-1898
*Dragonflies [Стрекозы] , Op. 53, for two sopranos, 1897
*Four Songs, Op. 55, for tenor, 1897-1898
*Two Songs, Op. 56, for soprano, 1898

Folksong collections

*Collection of One Hundred Russian Folksongs, Op. 24, 1875-1876
*Forty Folksongs, 1875-1882

Chamber music

*String Quartet in F, Op. 12, 1875
*String Sextet in A, for pairs of violins, violas, and violoncellos, 1876
*Quintet in B-flat, for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano, 1876
*String Quartet on Russian Themes, 1878-1879
**First three movements later adapted for Sinfonietta, Op. 31
**Remaining fourth movement has title "In a Monastery" ["В монастыре"] (version for piano four-hands is entitled "In a Church")
*Four Variations on a Chorale in G minor, for strings quartet, 1885
*String Quartet "B-la-F", 1st movement, 1886; other movements by Liadov, Glazunov, and Borodin
*String Quartet "Jour de fête" ["Именины"] , finale ("Round-Dance" ["Хоровод"] ), 1887; other movements by Glazunov and Liadov
*Nocturne in F, for four horns, ca. 1888
*Two Duets in F, for two horns, 1883?-1894?
*Canzonetta and Tarantella, for two clarinets, 1883?-1894?
*Serenade, for violoncello and piano, 1893; also orchestrated as Op. 37
*String Quartet in G, 1897
*Trio in C Minor, for violin, violoncello, and piano, 1897; completed by his son-in-law Maximilian Steinberg in 1939
*Theme and Variation No. 4 in G Major, for string quartet, 1898; for collective Variations on a Russian Theme ("Надоели ночи надоскучили"), with Artsybushev, Skriabin, Glazunov, Liadov, Vitols, Blumenfeld, Ewald, Winkler, and Sokolov
*Allegro in B-flat, for string quartet, 1899, for the collective set of string quartet pieces entitled "Les vendredis," with Glazunov, Artsybushchev, Sokolov, Liadov, Vitols, Osten-Sacken, Blumenfeld, Borodin, and Kopylov

Piano music

*Six Variations on the theme BACH, Oр. 10 1878 (Waltz, Intermezzo, Scherzo, Nocturne, Prelude and Fugue)
*Four Pieces, Oр. 11 1876-1877 (Impromptus, Novelette, Scherzino, Etude)
*Three Pieces, Oр. 15 1875-1876 (Waltz, Romance, Fugue)
*Six Fugues, Op. 17 1875
*Two Pieces, Oр. 38 1894-1897 (Prelude-Impromptus, Mazurka)
*Variations (Nos. 1, 2, 6, 11, 3, 16 and 19) and Pieces (Lullaby, Little Fugue on the theme BACH, Tarantella, Minuet, Bells [Трезвон — Trezvon] , Comic Fugue) from a collective paraphrase to the constant theme 1878 (without opus no)
*Fugues and Fughettas 1875-1876 (without opus no)
*Allegretto C major 1895 (without opus no)
*Prelude G major 1896 (without opus no)
*Theme and 1st variation from collective variations to the Russian theme 1899 (without opus no)
*Fugue C major in 4 hands (also: transcription in 2 hands) 1875 (without opus no)
*Variations to the theme by Misha, c.1878-1879 (without opus no)
*Song [Песенка — Pesenka] (Andantino) from the army collection "Arzunkner" 1901 (without opus no)
*Finale of the collective Joke-Quadrille in 4 hands 1890 (without opus no)

Editing or completion of works by others

Alexander Borodin

*"Prince Igor". Completed with Glazunov.

César Cui

*"William Ratcliff". Orchestrated several passages for first performance in 1869.

Alexander Dargomyzhsky

*"The Stone Guest". Orchestration only. Composition finiished by César Cui.

Mikhail Glinka

*"A Life for the Tsar". Edited with Mili Balakirev and Anatoly Lyadov.
*"Ruslan and Lyudmila". Edited with Balakirev and Lyadov.
*Complete Orchestral Works. Edited with Balakirev and Lyadov.

Modest Mussorgsky

*"Boris Godunov"
*"Khovanshchina"
*"Songs and Dances of Death". Orchestration only.
*"Night on Bald Mountain"

Transcriptions

Bibliography

Rimsky-Korsakov, N.A. "The Complete Sacred Choral Works". "Monuments of Russian Sacred Music", Series III. Madison, CT: Musica Russica, 1999.

_______. "Полное собрание сочинений" ["Complete" [sic] "Collection of Works"] . Москва, 1946-1970. (Reprinted by Kalmus/Belwin Mills.)

Walker, Marina Frolova, "'Rimsky-Korsakov: (1) Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov", Grove Music Online (Accessed 08 December 2005), (subscription required)

External links

* [http://staratel.com/music/classic/composers/photo1084.htm A Russian list of Rimsky-Korsakov's works]
* [http://www.russisches-musikarchiv.de/werkverzeichnisse/rimsky-korsakow-werkverzeichnis.htm A German list of Rimsky-Korsakov's works] at [http://www.russisches-musikarchiv.de/midi/midi.htm Russisches Musikarkhiv]