List of works by William Sterndale Bennett

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Source: Williamson, Rosemary. William Sterndale Bennett: A Descriptive Thematic Catalogue. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.

Works with Opus number

• Op.1, Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor (1832), London 1833
• Op.2, Capriccio in D minor for Piano (ca.1834), London 1835
• Op.3, Parisina, Overture (1835)
• Op.4, Piano Concerto No.2 in E♭ major (1833), London 1835
• Op.5, [not used]
• Op.6, [not used]
• Op.7, [not used]
• Op.8, Sextett for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, composed perhaps ca.1835, published 1846
• Op.9, Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor (ca.1834?), London 1836
• Op.10, 3 Musical Sketches (1835/36)
• Op.11, 6 Etudes in the Form of Capriccios for Piano (1834-35), London 1836
• Op.12, 3 Impromptus (1836), London 1836 (Kistner edition has been digitized by BSB)
• Op.13, Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor (1836-37), Leipzig 1837
• Op.14, 3 Romances for Piano (1836-37), Leipzig 1837
• Op.15, The Naiades, Overture (1836), Leipzig 1837
• Op.16, Fantaisie in A for Piano, 4 movements (1837), Leipzig 1837
• Op.17, 3 Diversions for Piano Duet (1838), London and Leipzig 1839 (digitised autograph of no.3 only)
• Op.18, Allegro Grazioso (1838), London and Leipzig 1839
• Op.19, Piano Concerto No.4 in F minor (ca.1838/39), London and Leipzig 1839
• Op.20, Die Waldnymphe (Overture, The Woodnymph, 1838), London and Leipzig 1839
• Op.21, [not used]
• Op.22, Capriccio in E major for Piano and Orchestra (1836-38), Leipzig 1840
• Op.23, 6 Songs (after Robert Burns, Ludwig Uhland, L. Landon, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Pietro Metastasio)
• Op.24, Suite de pièces for Piano, 6 movements (1841/42), London and Leipzig 1842
• Op.25, Rondo Piacevole for Piano (1842, published London the same year, Leipzig 1843)
• Op.26, Chamber Trio in A major (1839, London and Leipzig 1845.)
• Op.27, Scherzo in E minor for Piano (1845?, Published London & Leipzig 1846)
• Op.28, 3 Pieces for Piano
• Op.29, 2 Etudes (1841), London 1841
• Op.30, 6 Sacred Duets for 2 Sopranos and Piano (1849-51)
• Op.31, Tema e Variazioni (ca.1850)
• Op.32, Sonata Duo for Piano and Cello in A major (1852), London 1852
• Op.33, Preludes and Lessons, 30 short Pieces for Piano (1842-53), London 1853
• Op.34, Rondo 'Pas Triste, Pas Gai' (1854), London 1855
• Op.35, 6 Songs (after B.Cornwall, J.Clare, Burns, C.Klingemann)
• Op.36, 6 Songs (after B.Cornwall, J.Clare, Burns, C.Klingemann) (German edition)
• Op.36, 2 Piano Pieces (English edition, published posthumously)

1. January for Piano (1856) (see WoO 55)
2. February for Piano (1856) (see WoO 56)

• Op.37, Rondeau à la Polonaise for Piano (1857), Leipzig 1858
• Op.38, Toccata in C minor for Piano (1854)
• Op.39, The May Queen, Cantata (1858/59?)
• Op.40, International Exhibition Ode (1862)
• Op.41, Cambridge Installation Ode (1862)
• Op.42, Paradise and the Peri, Fantasia-Overture (1862), Leipzig 1870 (RISM 464120098 - description of autograph, dated to ca.1867)
• Op.43, Symphony in G minor (1863–64)
• Op.44, The Woman of Samaria (1867-68)
• Op.45, [not used]
• Op.46, Piano Sonata 'The Maid of Orleans' in A♭ major (1869-73), London, pub. 1873
• Op.47, 4 Songs (after Heine, Case, Burns)

Works without Opus number

• WoO 1, Canon 2 in 1 in A major (1828)
• WoO 2, Single Chant in C major (1829)
• WoO 3, Single Chant in G major (1829)
• WoO 4, Canon 2 in 1 in D major (1829)
• WoO 5, Canon 2 in 1 on Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano" (1829)
• WoO 6, Canon 4 in 2 in C major (1829)
• WoO 7, Double Chant in C major (1829)
• WoO 8, Canon 3 in 1 in C major (1829/30)
• WoO 9, Fairy Chorus "Now no more in dells we sleep" (1829)
• WoO 10, Fugue in 3 Parts, on Gibbons's "Hosannah" (1830)
• WoO 11, Fugue in 4 Parts, on Byrd's "Boy thine ear" (1830/31)
• WoO 12, Canon 3 in 1 in F major (1831)
• WoO 13, Canon 4 in 1 in B♭ major (1831/32)
• WoO 14, Double Chant in G minor (1831/32)
• WoO 15, Minuetto and Trio in F minor for Piano (1831/32)
• WoO 16, Double Chant in F major (1831/32)
• WoO 17, String Quartet in G major (1831) (premiered no later than 1886)
• WoO 18, Single Chant in C minor (1832)
• WoO 19, Single Chant in F major (1832)
• WoO 20, Symphony No.1 in B♭ major (1832)
• WoO 21, Lady Georgina in A major for Piano
• WoO 22, The Tempest, Overture (1832)
• WoO 23, Symphony No.2 in D minor (1832-33)
• WoO 24, Overture in D minor (1833)
• WoO 25, The Merry Wives of Windsor (1834)
• WoO 26, In radiant Loveliness (1834)
• WoO 27, Adagio in G minor for Piano and Orchestra (1834)
• WoO 28, Symphony No.4 in A major (1833-34)
• WoO 29, Concerto in C major for 2 Pianos (1835), in collaboration with G. Macfarren
• WoO 30, Resignation, Song (1836)
• WoO 31, Symphony No.5 in G minor (1835-36)
• WoO 32, Piano Concerto in F minor (1836)
• WoO 33, Romance in B minor (1836)
• WoO 34, Ch'io speri! amato patre, Song (1831-1836?)
• WoO 35, Scherzo and Trio (1836)
• WoO 36, Herr Schumann ist ein guter Mann, Song (Bennet?) (WoO 37 according to RISM 211009019.)
• WoO 37, A Stroll through the Meadow for Piano and Orchestra (1836), is 2nd movement of WO 32, lost.
• WoO 38, 11 Hymn Tunes
• WoO 39, Chorale in A major (1839)
• WoO 40, Waltz in E♭ major for Piano
• WoO 41, The better Land, Song (1839)
• WoO 42, Geneviève, Romance for Piano (1839)
• WoO 43, Fandango for Piano (1840)
• WoO 44, Allegretto Semplice (1842)
• WoO 45, Prelude in a minor for Piano
• WoO 46, Marie du Bois, Overture (1842-43, rev. 1844)
• WoO 47, Come, live with me for Choir
• WoO 48, Concert-Stück (Piano Concerto) in A minor (1841-43, rev. 1848)
• WoO 49, St. Lawrence, Hymn Tune (ca. 1849)
• WoO 50, Single Chant in A minor (1853)
• WoO 51, St. Junia, sacred (1853)
• WoO 52, Russel Place (1854)
• WoO 53, Minuetto espressivo in E♭ major for Piano (ca.1854)
• WoO 54, Remember now thy creator, Anthem with Organ (1855)
• WoO 55, January for Piano (1856), London 1876
• WoO 56, February for Piano (1856), London 1876
• WoO 57, Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?, Hymn (1856)
• WoO 58, Oh that I knew where I might find him, Hymn (ca.1861)
• WoO 59, Great is our Lord, Hymn
• WoO 60, Praeludium in B flat major for Piano (1863), London 1863 (unpublished, manuscript BL Add MS 45909)
• WoO 61, The Fool hath said in his heart, Hymn (1864)
• WoO 62, Chant in C minor (1864)
• WoO 63, God, who madest earth and heaven (1864)
• WoO 64, Holy, holy, holy (1864)
• WoO 65, Tell me where, ye summer breezes (1861, rev. 1866)
• WoO 66, Single Chant in A minor (1866)
• WoO 67, Single Chant in A minor (1866)
• WoO 68, Peace be to this habitation (1866)
• WoO 69, Single Chant in A minor (1867)
• WoO 70, Lord, to thee qour song we raise
• WoO 71, Single Chant in G minor (1868)
• WoO 72, Now, my God, let, I beseech thee (1869)
• WoO 73, Chant in A major (1869)
• WoO 74, Adagio for 4 Voices (1869?)
• WoO 75, The Lord bless thee and keep thee (ca. 1870)
• WoO 76, From all thy saints (1870)
• WoO 77, The radiant Morn (1870)
• WoO 78, Sweet stram that winds
• WoO 79, Sonatina in C major for Piano (1871), London and Leipzig 1876
• WoO 80, Andante in E major for Piano (ca.1871), London 1892
• WoO 81, Watching all through the weary night (1871)
• WoO 82, Jesu, solace of my soul (1872)
• WoO 83, Ajax, Incidental Music, unfinished (ca.1873)
• WoO 84, In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust (1856-73)
• WoO 85, Of all the arts (1873)

• 12 Anglican Chants
• Dramatic Overture (1836), unfinished
• An Album Leaf for Piano
• Dies irae, Dies illa, Hymn
• God is a spirit for Choir
• Le Repos, pensée musicale for Piano
• 3 Pieces (Rondino, Lento sostenuto, The Lake) for Organ
• Oratorio "Zion" (1839-44), unfinished