List of works by Emmanuel Chabrier

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The table below gives the following information for works by Emmanuel Chabrier (where applicable):

  • Delage# — The catalogue number, if known, sourced from Emmanuel Chabrier (Fayard, 1999), a biography from Roger Delage (1922–2001).
  • Year — the year(s) of composition, where known
  • Genre — works are grouped in the following broad categories: Opera/Operetta, Vocal, Orchestral, Piano
  • Title — as used on IMSLP
  • Notes — concerning related works, completeness, authorship, etc.

By default, the works are first grouped by Genre, then sorted by ascending Year, and finally sorted by Delage number (or title) in case the previous two values are equal.

Delage# Year Genre Title Notes
D 23 1863-64 Opera Fisch-Ton-Kan (opéra bouffe - incomplete, P. Verlaine), f.p. (as Peh-Li-Kan) 31 March 1875, ‘Cercle de l'Union artistique’ in Paris.
D 22 1864 Operetta Vaucochard et fils Ier (operetta - incomplete, Verlaine & L. Viotti), f.p. Salle de l'Ancien Conservatoire, 22 April 1941
D 15 1867 Opera Jean Hunyade (opéra - incomplete, H. Fouquier)
D 29 1877 Opera L'étoile (opéra bouffe, Eugène Leterrier & Albert Vanloo) f.p. Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, 28 November 1877.
D ? 1877 Opera Le Sabbat (opéra comique - incomplete, A. Silvestre)
D 34 1879 Operetta Une éducation manquée (operetta, Leterrier & Vanloo) f.p. Cercle de la Presse, Paris, 1 May 1879.
D ? 1880 Opera Les muscadins (opéra - incomplete, J. Claretie & Silvestre)
D 37 1885 Opera Gwendoline (opéra, Catulle Mendès) f.p. Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, 10 April 1886.
D 55 1887 Opera Le roi malgré lui (opéra comique, E. de Najac & P. Burani, revised by J. Richepin, after Ancelot) Opéra Comique (Favart), 18 May 1887.
D 59 1888-91 Opera Briséïs drame lyrique - only one act complete, Mendès & E. Mikaël, after Goethe) f.p. Concerts Lamoureux, Paris, 13 January 1897
D 8 1862 Vocal Nine Songs
  1. Couplets de Mariette
  2. L'Enfant
  3. Ronde gauloise
  4. Le Sentier sombre
  5. Lied
  6. Chants d'oiseaux
  7. Sérénade
  8. Adieux à Suzon
  9. Ah! petit démon!
D 12 1866 Vocal Les pas d'armes du roi Jean
D ? 1867 Vocal Les lèvres closes
D 17 1869 Vocal Ivresses !
D 18 1870 Vocal L'invitation au voyage
D 25 1873 Vocal Ruy Blas "À quoi bon entendre"
D ? 1878 Vocal Cocodette et Cocorico Comic duet for soprano, tenor and orchestra
D ? 1877-79 Vocal Monsieur et Madame Orchestre Comic duet for 2 voices, choir and piano
D 40 1880 Vocal Sommation irrespectueuse
D 45 1883 Vocal Credo d'amour
D 47 1883 Vocal Tes yeux bleus
D 46 1884 Vocal La sulamite Scène lyrique for mezzo-soprano, female chorus and orchestra
D 48 1886 Vocal Chanson pour Jeanne
D 49 1886 Vocal Nez au vent (posthum)
D 60 1888 Vocal Duo de l'ouvreuse de l'Opéra-Comique et de l'employé du Bon Marché
D 67 1890 Vocal Ballade des gros dindons (in 6 Mélodies)
D 68 1890 Vocal Villanelle des petits canards (in 6 Mélodies)
D 69 1890 Vocal Les cigales (in 6 Mélodies)
D 70 1890 Vocal Pastorale des cochons roses (in 6 Mélodies)
D 71 1890 Vocal L'île heureuse (in 6 Mélodies)
D 72 1890 Vocal Toutes les fleurs (in 6 Mélodies)
D 73 1890 Vocal À la musique for soprano, female chorus and orchestra (or piano)
D 28 1875 Orchestral Lamento
D 26 1875 Orchestral Larghetto for horn and orchestra
D 44 1883 Orchestral España
D 61 1888 Orchestral Prélude pastoral Chabrier's orchestration of Prélude et Marche française for piano 4-hands (1883-85)
D 62 1888 Orchestral Joyeuse marche Chabrier's orchestration of Prélude et Marche française for piano 4-hands (1883-85)
D 63 1888 Orchestral Habanera orchestration of Habanera, D 54, for piano
D 42 1888 Orchestral Suite pastorale orchestrations by the composer of four pieces from the Pièces pittoresques for piano
D 75 1891 Orchestral Bourrée fantasque composer's last work, an unfinished orchestration; posthumuous orchestrations by Felix Mottl, 1898; Charles Koechlin, 1924; Robin Holloway, 1994 (a completion of Chabrier's setting)
D ? 1855 Piano Rêverie
D ? 1857 Piano Julia Op.1. Grande Valse
D 3 1861 Piano Le Scalp!!!
D 9 1862 Piano Souvenirs de Brunehaut Waltz
D 10 1863 Piano Marche des Cipayes
D 11 1865 Piano Impromptu in C major
D 16 1867-68 Piano Petits morceaux faciles 34 pieces; first pub: Paris: G. Billaudot, 2005
D 19 1872 Piano Suite de valses
D 24 1872 Piano Polka Early version of Air de ballet, D 35
D 20 1878 Piano Petite valse
D 35 1870-79 Piano Air de ballet Further developed version of an earlier piano piece, Polka, D 24
D 38 1880-83 Piano 3 Valses romantiques for 2 Pianos (also orchestrated by Felix Mottl)
D 41 1880 ca. Piano Ronde champêtre No. 5 of Cinq morceaux, published posthumously
D 39 1881 Piano 10 Pièces pittoresques
D 43 1881 Piano Cortège burlesque for four hands
D 50 1883-85 Piano Prélude et Marche française for piano 4-hands. Prélude orchestrated by Chabrier as Prélude pastoral, Marche française orchestrated as Joyeuse marche (both 1888; the latter revised 1890, and also arranged for piano solo)
D 52 1883 Piano Capriccio Finished by Maurice Le Boucher in 1914
D 53 1883 Piano Aubade No. 1 of Cinq morceaux, published posthumously
D 54 1885 Piano Habanera also orchestrated by the composer in 1888 (D 63)
D 57 1885-86 Piano Souvenirs de Munich Quadrille on Themes from Tristan und Isolde for piano 4-hands
D 51 1889 Piano Joyeuse marche Revised version, for piano 4-hands, of the march from Prélude et Marche française, D 50
D 64 1889 Piano Caprice Date of composition approximate; No. 3 of Cinq morceaux, published posthumously
D 65 1889 Piano Ballabile Date of composition approximate; No. 2 of Cinq morceaux, published posthumously
D 66 1889 Piano Feuillet d'album Date of composition approximate; No. 4 of Cinq morceaux, published posthumously
D 74 1891 Piano Bourrée fantasque orchestration initiated by composer as his final work (see D 75)