- List of compositions by Ernest Chausson
This is a list of compositions by
Ernest Chausson .Works with opus number
*Op. 1, Five Fantasies for piano (1879-80)
*Op. 2, Seven Melodies
**"Nanny", to words byLeconte de Lisle (1880)
**"Le charme", to words by A. Silvestre (1879)
**"Les papillons", to words byThéophile Gautier (1880)
**"La dernière feuille", to words by Gautier (1880)
**"Sérénade italienne", to words byPaul Bourget (1880)
**"Hébé", to words byLouise Ackermann (1882)
**"Le colibri", to words by Leconte de Lisle (1882)
*Op. 3, Piano Trio in G minor (1881)
*Op. 4, "Les caprices de Marianne", lyric comedy, with libretto byAlfred de Musset (1882-4), incomplete
*Op. 5, "Viviane",symphonic poem on a legend of theRound Table (1882, rev. 1887)
*Op. 6, TwoMotet s for voices, violin, and organ (1883)
**No. 1 Deus Abraham
**No. 2 Ave verum
*Op. 7, "Hélène", lyric drama, in two acts, with libretto by Leconte de Lisle (1883-4), incomplete
*Op. 8, Four Melodies, to words byMaurice Bouchor
**"Nocturne" (1886)
**"Amour d'antan" (1882)
**"Printemps triste" (1883)
**"Nos souvenirs" (1888)
*Op. 9, "Hymne védique" for four voices and orchestra, to words by Leconte de Lisle (1886)
*Op. 10, "Solitude dans les bois", symphonic poem (1886, destroyed)
*Op. 11, Two duos for voices (1883)
**"La nuit", to words byThéodore de Banville
**"Le réveil", to words byHonoré de Balzac
*Op. 12, Three motets for four voices, cello, harp, and organ (1886)
**No. 1 Ave Maria
**No. 2 Tota pulchra es
**No. 3 Ave maris stella
*Op. 13, Four Melodies
**"Apaisement", to words byPaul Verlaine (1885)
**"Sérénade", to words byJean Lahor (1887)
**"L'aveu", to words byVilliers de L'Isle-Adam (1887)
**"La cigale", to words by Leconte de Lisle (1887)
*Op. 14, La caravane, song to words by Gautier (1887, also orch.)
*Op. 15, ;"Chant nuptial", song for four female voices, to words by Leconte de Lisle (1887-8)
*Op. 16, Three Motets
**No. 1 Lauda Sion for voice, organ, and harp (1888)
**No. 2 Benedictus for two sopranos and harp (1890)
**No. 3 Pater noster for voice and organ (1891)
*Op. 17, Chansons de Miarka, to words byJean Richepin (1888)
**"Les morts"
**"La pluie"
*Op. 18, "La tempête", incidental music forShakespeare 's "The Tempest " (tr. M. Bouchor), for solo voices and small orchestra (1888); five pieces (Chant d'Ariel, Air de danse, Duo de Junon et Cérès, Danse rustique, Chanson d'Ariel) were later arranged for solo voices, flute, violin, viola, cello, harp, and celesta (pub. 1905)
*Op. 19, "Poème de l'amour et de la mer " for voice and orchestra, to words by M. Bouchor (1882-90; rev. 1893)
*Op. 20, Symphony in B-flat (1889-90)
*Op. 21, Concert in D for piano, violin, and string quartet (1889-91)
*Op. 22, "La légende de Sainte Cécile", incidental music, to words by Bouchor (1891)
*Op. 23, "Le roi Arthus ", original lyric drama in three acts (1886-95)
*Op. 24, "Serres chaudes", song cycle to words byMaurice Maeterlinck
**"Serre chaude" (1896)
**"Serre d'ennui" (1893)
**"Lassitude" (1893)
**"Fauves las" (1896)
**"Oraison" (1895)
*Op. 25, "Poème" for violin and orchestra (1896)
*Op. 26, Quelques Danses (Some Dances) for piano (1896)
**No. 1 Dédicace
**No. 2 Sarabande
**No. 3 Pavane
**No. 4 Forlane
*Op. 27, Three lieder, to words byCamille Mauclair (1896)
**"Les heures"
**"Ballade"
**"Les couronnes"
*Op. 28, Songs of Shakespeare (tr. Bouchor)
**"Chanson de clown" from "Twelfth Night " (1890)
**"Chanson d'amour" from "Measure for Measure " (1891)
**"Chanson d'Ophélie" from "Hamlet " (1896)
**"Chant funèbre" from "Much Ado about Nothing " for four female voices (1897)
*Op. 29, "Ballata" (orig. title "Canzoniere di Dante") , to words byDante , for four voices (1896-7)
*Op. 30, Piano Quartet in A (1897)
*Op. 31, "Vêpres pour le commun des vierges" for organ (1897)
*Op. 32, "Soir de fête", symphonic poem (1897-8)
*Op. 33, "Pour un arbre de Noël", song (1898)
*Op. 34, Deux poèmes (Two Poems), songs with words by Verlaine (1898)
**"La chanson bien douce"
**"Le chevalier malheur"
*Op. 35, String Quartet in C minor (1897-9)
*Op. 36, Two Melodies
**"Cantique à l'épouse", to words by A. Jounet (1896)
**"Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement", to words byJean Moréas (1898)
*Op. 37, "Chanson perpétuelle " for soprano and orchestra or piano quintet, to words byCharles Cros (1898)
*Op. 38, Paysage (Landscape) for piano (1895)
*Op. 39, Piece for cello or viola, and piano (1897)Works without opus number
Stage
*"Les oiseaux", incidental music forAristophanes ' "The Birds", for flute and harp (1889)Vocal-orchestral
*"La veuve du roi basque", ballad to words by L. Brethous-Lafargue (1879)
*"Hylas", to words by Leconte de Lisle (1879-80)
*"Esméralda", to words byVictor Hugo (1880)
*"Hymne à la nature", to words by A. Silvestre (1881)
*"L'arabe",cantata (1881)Orchestral
*Symphony No. 2 (sketches, 1899)Chamber
*Andante and Allegro for clarinet and piano (1881)
*Concerto for piano, oboe, viola, and string quartet (sketches, 1897)Piano
*Sonatinas for piano four hands (1878)
**No. 1 in G minor
**No. 2 in D minor
*Eleven Fugues on Themes by Bach, Franck, Massenet, and Saint-Saëns for piano (1880-1)
*Marche militaire for piano (1884)Sacred
*"O salutaris" in B for organ, piano, or harp (1879)
*"Tantum ergo" for voice, organ, violin, and harp (1891)Songs for voice and piano
*"Lilas", to words by Bouchor (1877)
*"Le petit sentier", to words by Bouchor (1878)
*"L'albatrois", to words byCharles Baudelaire (1879)
*"Le rideau de ma voisine", to words byAlfred de Musset (1879)
*"Nous nous aimerons", to words by anon. (1882)
*"Le mort maudit", to words by J. Richepin (1884)
*"Epithalame", to words by Bouchor (1886)
*"Marins dévots à la Vierge", to words by L.-P. Fargue (1898)References
*Adapted from Jean Gallois, 'Ernest Chausson', "The New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ", ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001)External links
* [http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/c/chausson.html Texts of Songs by Chausson]
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