List of works by Ethelbert Nevin

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Adapted from Vance Thompson, The Life of Ethelbert Nevin (Boston, 1913)

Contents 1 Works with Opus Number 2 Works without Opus Number by Year of Publication 2.1 1874 2.2 1880 2.3 1881 2.4 1883 2.5 1884 2.6 1886 2.7 1887 2.8 1888 2.9 1889 2.10 1890 2.11 1891 2.12 1892 2.13 1893 2.14 1894 2.15 1896 2.16 1898 2.17 1900 3 Works Published Posthumously 3.1 1901 3.2 1902 3.3 1907 3.4 1908 3.5 1909 3.6 1913 3.7 1914

Works with Opus Number

• Op.1 - ?
• Op.2 - Sketchbook (1888)

1. Gavotte - for piano
2. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai ('Twas in the lovely month of May) - song
3. Love Song - for piano
4. Du bist wie eine Blume (Oh! fair, and sweet and holy) - song
5. Berceuse - for piano
6. Lehn deine Wang (Oh! let thy tears fall fast with mine) - song
7. Serenata - for piano
8. Oh! that we two were maying - song
9. Valse Rhapsodie - for piano
10. In winter I get up at night - song
11. Of speckled eggs the birdie sings - song
12. Dark brown is the river - song
13. The night has a thousand eyes - song for mixed chorus and violin obbligato

• Op.3 - 3 Songs (1888)

1. Deep in a rose's glowing heart - song with violin and cello obbigato
2. One spring morning - song with violin and cello obbigato
3. Doris - song with violin and cello obbigato

• Op.4 - ?
• Op.5 - 5 Songs (1889)

1. Herbstgefühl (Autumn sadness)
2. Chanson des Lavandières (What care I, unwilling)
3. 'Twas April
4. Raft Song (From upwards my raft drifts down)
5. 'Before the daybreak'

• Op.6 - 3 Duets for the Piano (1890)

1. Valse Caprice
2. Country Dance
3. Mazurka

• Op.7 - 4 Piano Compositions (1890)

1. Valzer Gentile
2. Slumber Song
3. Intermezzo
4. Song of the Brook

• Op.8 - Two Pieces for Violin and Piano (1891)

1. Melody
2. Habanera

• Op.9 - Wynken, Blynken and Nod (1889) - song for solo and chorus of mixed voices with piano 4-hand accompaniment
• Op.10 - ?
• Op.11 - ?
• Op.12 - 5 Songs (1891)

1. A Summer Day
2. Beat upon mine little heart
3. In a Bower
4. Little Boy Blue
5. At Twilight

• Op.13 - Water Scenes (1891)

1. Dragon Fly
2. Ophelia
3. Water Nymph
4. Narcissus
5. Barcarolle

• Op.14 - ?
• Op.15 - ?
• Op.16 - In Arcady (1892)

1. A Shepherd's Tale
2. Shepherds All and Maidens Fair
3. Lullaby
4. Tournament

• Op.17 - 3 Songs (1892)

1. Hab'ein Röslein (The Rosebud)
2. Le vase brisé (The Vase)
3. Rappelle-toi (Remember well)

• Op.18 - 2 Etudes (1892)

1. In the form of a Romance
2. In the form of a Scherzo

• Op.19 - ?
• Op.20 - A Book of Songs

1. A Fair, Good Morn
2. Sleep, little Tulip
3. Ev'ry Night
4. Airly Beacon
5. When the Land Was White with Moonlight
6. A Song of Love
7. Nocturne (Up to her chamber window)
8. Dites-moi (Tell me)
9. Orsola's Song
10. In the Night

• Op.21 - May in Tuscany (1896)

1. Arlecchino
2. Notturno ('In Boccaccio's Villa')
3. Barchetta
4. Misericordia
5. Il Rusignuolo ('In my neighbor's garden')
6. La Pastorella ('Montepiano')

• Op.22 - 2 Songs (1896)

1. Rechte Zeit ('Time enough!')
2. Mädel, wie blühts (Maiden, how sweet)

• Op.23 - ?
• Op.24 - ?
• Op.25 - A Day in Venice (1898)

1. Alba (Dawn)
2. Gondolieri (Gondoliers)
3. Canzone Amorosa (Love Song)
4. Buona Notte (Good Night)

• Op.26 - ?
• Op.27 - ?
• Op.28 - Songs from Vineacre (1899)

1. A Necklace of Love
2. The Dream-maker Man
3. My Desire
4. The Nightingale's Song
5. Sleeping and Dreaming
6. La Lune Blanche
7. Ein Heldenlied
8. Ein Liedchen

• Op.29 - Captive Memories (1899), song cycle for baritone solo, solo quartet, and reader
• Op.30 - En Passant for Piano (1899)

1. A Fontainbleau
2. In Dreamland
3. Napoli
4. At Home (A June Night in Washington)

Works without Opus Number by Year of Publication

1874

• Lilian Polka - for Piano

1880

• Apple Blossoms - song and dance

1881

• The Lovers (In the garden were leisurely walking) - song
• The Milkmaid's Song - (Shame upon you, Robin) - song

1883

• I Once Had a Sweet Little Doll, Dears - song
• When All the World Is Young, Lad - song

1884

• Serenade (Good-night, good-night, beloved) - song

1886

• Summer Longings (Ah! My heart is weary waiting) - song

1887

• Stars of the Summer Night - song
• A Bed-Time Song (Sway to and fro in the twilight gray) - song
• Cradle Song (Sleep, baby, sleep) - song

1888

• May Day Dance - song for unison chorus with piano 4-hand accompaniment

1889

• The Earth has Grown Old - Christmas carol
• Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas Tonight - Christmas carol

1890

• Jesu, Jesu, Miserere - sacred song
• The Silent Skies are Full of Speech - Christmas carol
• Nunc Dimittis - for mixed voices
• Benedictus - for mixed voices
• Jubilate - for mixed voices

1891

• Une vieille chanson (If a lovely lawn there be) - song
• Barcarolle (The crimson glow of sunset fades) - song for men's voices

1892

• The Rhine and the Moselle - song for men's voices

1893

• Barcarolle - for violin and piano
• Evening Song - for mixed voices
• My Love - for mixed voices
• When Christmas Comes - Christmas carol

1894

• Mazurka - for piano, published in Half Hours with the Best Composers, vol.2
• The Merry, Merry Lark - song
• La Vie (Life) - song
• Ti saluto! (Thine my greeting) - song

1896

• La Guitare - for piano. This work is not mentioned in Thompson's The Life of Ethelbert Nevin.

1898

• The Rosary - song
• Life Lesson (There, little girl, don't cry) - song
• My Love's Waitin' - song
• March of the Pilgrims, for the Knight Templars - for piano

1900

• Memorial Day - song for mixed voices

Works Published Posthumously

1901

• An African Love Song
• Mighty lak’ a Rose - song
• To Anne - song
• At Rest - song
• The Four Seasons - for mixed voices

1902

• O'er Hill and Dale - for piano

1. 'Twas a lover and his lass
2. The Thrush
3. Love is a-straying, ever since maying
4. The Lark is on the wing

• The Quest - cantata
• The Woodpecker - song

1907

• Sweetest Eyes were ever seen - song

1908

• Egyptian Love Song - for piano. This work is not mentioned in Thompson's The Life of Ethelbert Nevin.

1909

• Wedding Morn - song

1913

• Marguerites - song
• Rain Song
• I Fear Thy kisses, gentle maiden

1914

• Marche nuptiale - for organ. Composed in 1892.