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Works with Opus number
Opus 1 - 99
- Op.1 - Piano Quartet No.1 (composed Weimar, July 1826. Wien: Haslinger, ca.1826)
- Op.2 - Duo concertant for Violin and Piano (pub.1829, dedicated to Fred. Kalkbrenner) (poss. earlier)
- Op.3 - Piano Quartet No.2 (Bonn: Simrock / Paris: Farrenc, 1830)
- Op.4 - 3 Caprices (Bonn: Simrock / Paris: Farrenc, 1829)
- Op.5 - Piano Concerto No.1 (Bonn: Simrock, 1832)
- Op.6 - Piano Trio No.1 (Paris: Maurice Schlesinger / Bonn: N. Simrock, 1832)
- Op.7 - Piano Trio No.2 (Paris: Maurice Schlesinger / Bonn: N. Simrock, 1832). Possibly published by Lemoine in 1830.
- Op.8 - Piano Trio No.3 (Paris: Maurice Schlesinger / Bonn: N. Simrock, 1832). Possibly published by Lemoine in 1830.
- Op.9 - La Danse des fées (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1833)
- Op.10 - Caprice fantastique (Bonn: Simrock, 1834)
- Op.11 - La sérénade (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1833)
- Op.12 - String Quartet No.1 in G major (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1834)
- Op.13 - String Quartet No.2 in B minor (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1834)
- Op.14 - 3 Caprices (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1834)
- Op.15 - Etudes, 24 in 6 suites (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1834)
- Op.16 - Neuer Frühling, 12 songs (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1834)
- Op.17 - 4 Rêveries (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1835)
- Op.18 - 6 Lieder (Leipzig: Kistner, 1841)
- Op.19 - Rondeau in E major (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1840)
- Op.20 - 3 Caprices (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1840)
- Op.21 - 4 Rêveries (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1840)
- Op.22 - Grand Duo/Cello Sonata in E♭ major (Milan: Ricordi / Bonn: N. Simrock, 1843)
- Op.23 - 6 Pezzi per canto (Berlin: Schlesinger, 1843)
- Op.24 - Die Zerstörung Jerusalems, Oratorio (Leipzig: Kistner, 1842)
- Op.25 - 6 Gesänge (Bonn: N. Simrock, 1843)
- Op.26 - 6 Gesänge (Bonn: N. Simrock, 1843)
- Op.27 - 2 Psalms (Bonn: Simrock, 1844)
- An den Wassern zu Babilon
- Wenn der Herr die Gefangenen Zions
- Op.28 - 6 Gesänge for 4-part male chorus (Offenbach: André, 1844)
- Die bange Nacht ist nun herum
- Guten Abend lieber Mondenschein
- Solche Düfte sind mein Leben
- Soldat sein ist gefährlich
- O brich nicht, Steg
- Es lebe was auf Erden
- Op.29 - 3 Morceaux de salon (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1844)
- Op.30 - 2 Impromptus (Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1845)
- Op.31 - 6 Gesänge (Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1844)
- Op.32 - Schlummerlied (Gute Nacht, süsse Ruh) (Berlin: Stern & Co., 1845). See Monatsbericht (1845), p.77, with no opus listed.
- Op.32 - Concert-Overture No.1 (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1844)
- Op.33 - 2 Rêveries (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1844)
- Op.34 - 3 Gesänge (Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1846)
- Trost im Scheiden: Du ziehst dahin
- Im Wald im hellen Sonnenschein
- Sehnsucht: Als mein Auge sie fand
- Heimliche Liebe
- Gruss
- Wie treu ich es mein'!
- Sonntag
- Mein Schatzerl
- Trost
- Wiegenlied
- Op.40 - Impromptu (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1850)
- Op.40 also? - Kinderszenen, 8 pieces?
- Op.41 - 4 Gesänge (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1850)
- Op.42 - 3 Gesänge for bass or baritone (Cologne: Schloss, 1849)
- Op.43 - Die Zigeunerin for soprano (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1851)
- Op.44 - 2 Morceaux de salon (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1851)
- Polonaise
- Waltz
- Op.45 - Käferhochzeit for 2 female voices and piano (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1851)
- Op.46 - 6 Gesänge for alto and piano (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1853)
- Gebet
- Agnes
- So treiben wir den Winter aus
- Herbstklage
- Primula veris
- Vergebliche Liebesmüh
- Op.47 - Piano Sonata No.1 (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1852)
- Op.48 - Elegie (source?)
- Op.48 - Die lustigen Musikanten for 4 voices and piano (Hamburg: Schuberth & Co., 1853)
- Op.49 - O weint um sie nach den hebräischen Gesängen des Lord Byron for soprano, chorus, and orchestra (Bonn: Simrock, 1850)
- Op.50 -
- Op.51 -
- Op.52 - Rhythmische Studien (Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1851)
- Op.52 - 10 Lieder from Waldmeisters Brautfahrt (Mainz: Schott, 1852)
- Op.53 - ?
- Op.54 - 3 Ghasèles (Berlin: Schlesinger, 1854)
- Op.55 - 3 Marches (Berlin: Schlesinger, 1854)
- Op.55a - Valse expressive
- Op.56 - 24 Esquisses et études rhythmiques — Rhythmische Studien und Skizzen (Berlin: Schlesinger, 1854)
- Op.57 - Huit mésures variées (Mainz: Schott, 1859)
- Op.58 - Duetto appassionato ("Duo p. Pfte et Violon (in C.)") for Violin and Piano (may be the duo published in 1853 "Album de Heinrich Esser" according to a contemporary issue of Bibliographie de la France; published 1854/55 according to HMB.)
- Op.59 - Piano Sonata No.2
- Op.60 - Psalm 125, Die auf den Herrn hoffen (Mainz: Schott, 1855)
- Op.61 - 6 Volksthümliche Lieder (Offenbach: Johann André, 1854)
- Op.61 - Pater noster and Benedictus for SATB and Organ/Piano (Mainz: Schott, 1854)
- Op.62 - Gesang Heloïsens und der Nonuen am Grabe Abälards for alto, female chorus and small orchestra (Breslau: Leuckart, 1860)
- Op.63 - 2 Duettinen for soprano and bass (Vienna: Lewy, 1856). Re-issued by Spina in 1867 and in an edition for soprano and alto by Cranz in 1878.
- Abschied: Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald
- Mailied: Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein
- Op.63 - 3 Gedichte for male chorus (Mainz: Schott, 1857)
- Meine Göttin
- Gränzen der Menschheit
- Menschengefühl
- Geistliche Lied
- Ach wie nichtig!
- Morgenlied
- Litaney auf das Fest aller Seelen
- Ein geistlich Abendlied
- Wach' auf, mein Herz, und singe
- Op.72 - Weine nicht! (Bremen: Cranz, 1864)
- Op.73 -
- Op.74 - Piano Trio No.5 in E major
- Op.75 - Ver sacrum oder Die Gründung Roms' for Soli, Choir and Orchestra
- Op.76 - 9 Songs
- Op.77 -
- Op.78 - Piano Sonata No.3
- Op.79 - Christnacht - Cantata
- Op.79 - 8 Leichte Klavierstücke
- Op.80 - Saul - Oratorio
- Op.81 - Vermischte Klavierstücke, 8 piano pieces (Mainz: Schott, 1860)
- Op.82 - 24 Vocalises for 4 Voices
- Op.83 - Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar
- Op.84 - 3 Gesänge (Mainz: Schott, 1861)
- Op.85 - 4 Songs
- Op.86 - Suite in canonischer Form for Violin and Piano
- Op.87 - Toccata, Adagio und Capriccio for Violin and Piano
- Op.88 - Capriccio
- Op.89 - Duett Gott mit mir
- Op.90 - 10 Duetts
- Op.91 - An das Vaterland - Cantata
- Op.92 - Sechs leichte Zwiegesänge (Songs)
- Op.93 - 6 Marienlieder for SATB and piano (Bonn: N. Simrock, 1863)
- Op.94 - 8 Works for three female Voices
- Op.95 - 6 Sonatinen
- Op.96 -
- Op.97 - Zur Guitarre
- Op.98 - Variations
- Op.99 - Die Nacht- Hymn
Opus 100 - 199
- Op.100 - Neue Gesänge (Songs)
- Op.101 - Concert-Overture No.2
- Op.102 - Palmsonntagmorgen for Soprano and female Choir with Orchestra
- Op.103 -
- Op.104 - Konzertstück
- Op.105 - String Quartet No.3 in D major
- Op.106 - Der Morgen for TTBB
- Op.106 - Operette ohne Text for Piano 4-hands
- Op.107 - Aus der Edda for male chorus and orchestra (Breslau: Leuckart, 1863)
- Op.108 - Duett
- Op.109 - Serenade for Cello and Piano
- Op.110 - Fantasia
- Op.111 - 12 Lieder
- Op.112 - Psalm 93 for male Choir and Orchestra
- Op.113 - Concert (Concertstück) for Piano and Orchestra (published 1866 under both names by Cranz)
- Op.114 - Dem Manne ziemt die Rache, aus dem Gedichten des Mirza-Schaffy, für vierstimmigen Männerchor (pub. 1874, Kistner)
- Op.114 - Serenade for Violin and Orchestra in F major (unpublished (?))
- Op.115 - Gavotte, Courante, Sarabande for piano
- Op.116 - 8 Gedichte for SATB (Hamburg: Cranz, 1865)
- Op.117 - Leichte Lieder und Tänze
- Op.118 - 8 Ritornelles
- Op.119 - Pfingsten for chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Kistner, 1865)
- Op.120 - Der Deserteur, opera in 3 acts, text by Ernst Pasqué (performed 1865 in Cologne; Mainz: Schott, 1865/66)
- Op.121 - 6 Chamber-Duets
- Op.122 - 2 Piano Pieces
- Op.123 - 8 Gesänge for 3 female Voices
- Op.124 - Theme and Variations (Rieter-Biedermann, 1870)
- Op.125 - Impromptu
- Op.126 - 3 Phantasiestücke
- Op.127 - Symphonische Phantasie for orchestra (performed 1867)
- Op.128 - Leichte Serenade for Piano 4-hands
- Op.129 - 12 Gesänge (Bremen: Cranz, 1867)
- Op.130 - 6 Clavierstücke (Leipzig: Kistner, 1867)
- Op.131 - Au crépuscule (Leipzig: Kistner, 1867)
- Op.132 - 2 small Duets
- Op.133 - Piano Quartet No.3 in A major
- Op.134 - Ostermorgen for Soprano and TTBBO
- Op.135 - Grosses Duett for 2 pianos (4 hands)
- Op.136 - Es muß doch Frühling werden for TTBB and Orchestra
- Op.137 - All'antico - Impromptu
- Op.138 - 8 Songs
- Op.139 - Frühlingsnacht for SATB and Orchestra (Mainz: Schott, 1869)
- Op.140 - Serenade for Cello and Piano in D minor (Leipzig: Kistner, 1869)
- Op.141 - Zum Ausruhen, six light piano pieces for young performers (Leipzig: Kistner, 1870)
- Op.142 - 3 Fantasiestücke for Violin and Piano
- Op.143 - 8 Gesänge for 3 female Voices
- Op.144 - Modern Suite
- Op.145 - Overture to Schiller's 'Demetrius' for orchestra (Leipzig: Kistner, 1871)
- Op.146 - Aus dem Soldatenleben - Fantasiestücke
- Op.147 - Großer Festmarsch for Piano 4-hands
- Op.148 - 8 Works for TTBB
- Op.149 - 6 easy Songs
- Op.150 - Nala und Damayanti (1870) - Dramatic Cantata
- Op.151 - Israel's Siegesgesang - Hymn for soprano, mixed chorus, and orchestra (Leipzig: Leuckart, 1871)
- Op.152 - Prestissimo - Etude in A minor
- Op.152a - Violin Concerto
- Op.152b - Fantasiestück in A major for Violin and Orchestra
- Op.153 - Vermischte Gesänge, 4 songs for voice and piano (Leipzig: Kistner, 1874-76)
- Op.154 - Ghasel and Waltz
- Op.155 -
- Op.156 - Piano Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano
- Op.157 - Tragödie - 3 Songs for Voice, Cello, and Piano
- Op.158 - Gestalten aus dem Mittelalter - Charakterstücke
- Op.159 - 8 Volksthümliche Lieder (Cologne: Tonger, 1878)
- Op.160 - Tambourin, Capriccio
- Op.161 -
- Op.162 -
- Op.163 - 6 Inventionen
- Op.164 - 6 Works for 2 Voices
- Op.165 - 8 Gesänge for SATB (Leipzig: Siegel, 1874)
- Op.166 - Dramatische Fantasie for Orchestra
- Op.167 -
- Op.168 - Suite sérieuse
- Op.169 - Dances for Piano 4-hands
- Op.170 - Piano Concerto No. 3 in A flat major, Concerto espressivo
- Op.171 -
- Op.172 - Cello Sonata in A minor (Hamburg: August Cranz, 1878)
- Op.173 - 50 small Impromptus
- Op.174 - Bundeslied
- Op.175 - Rondino amoroso
- Op.176 - 8 volkstümliche Gesänge for 3 female Voices
- Op.177 - 7 Duets
- Op.178 - Impromptu Zwei Monate nach Sicht
- Op.179 - Reiner von Bingen, Songs
- Op.180 -
- Op.181 - Psalm 43 for male chorus
- Op.182 - Rebecca - Ein biblisches Idyll for Soli, SATB and Orchestra
- Op.183 - Instrumentalstücke und Chöre zum dramatische Märchen Prinz Papagei von Görner for Piano 4-hands Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann 1878.
- In den Lüften (Perpetuum mobile) (aus Prinz Papagei, Op. 183). Concert-Etude f. V. m. Pfte – f. Fl. m. Pfte. Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann 1878.
- Op.184 - Jugenderinnerungen
- Op.185 - 7 Songs
- Op.186 - Serenade No.2 for Violin, Cello and Piano, (also called piano trio no.6. pub.late 1878/early 1879 by Kistner, plate 5109.)
- Op.187 - 2 Ballads for Soli, SATB and Piano
- Op.188 - Waltz in D major
- Op.189 - Dallo profundo chiamo a te Signore
- Op.190 - 9 Lyric Pieces for Violin and Piano
- Op.191 - Festtage - 6 Piano Pieces
- Op.192 - Sanctus - for Choir
- Op.193 - Es fürchte Gott das Menschengeschlecht for SATB and Orchestra
- Op.194 - 2 Chorgesänge for SATB (Bonn: Gustav Cohen, 1880)
- Op.195 - 3 Lieder nach dem Spanische for soprano and piano (Cologne: Alt & Uhrig, 1881)
- Murmelndes Lüftchen, Blütenwind
- Ich sterbe vor Liebe: Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
- Will die Nachtigall belauschen: In dem Garten spriesst die Rose
Opus 200 - 207
- Op.200 - Richard Löwenherz - Ballade for SATB, T-Solo and Orchestra (Leipzig: Kistner, 1883)
- Op.201 - Capriccio affettuoso
- Op.202 - Capriccio
- Op.203 - Capriccio fugato (for 4 violins?)
- Op.204 - 6 Lieder (Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, 1885)
- Op.205 - 4 Works for 2 voices
- Op.206 - 3 Stücke for Violin and Piano (posthumously published; Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann, 1886)
- Op.207 - String Trio in C major
Works Without Opus Number
Orchestral Music
- Symphony No.1 in E minor (1829 September 23, according to Hiller's datebook).
- Symphony in C major (from ca.1830) (poss. symphony no.1?).
- Symphony in E minor (concluded February 5 1831) -both scanned in at the Goethe University of Frankfurt (in autograph Mus Ms 87 and abschrift Mus Ms 88. Different incipit from 1829 symphony. 4 movements ending in a Chant des Pirates.)
- Symphony No.2 in A minor (performed 1831 December at the Paris Conservatoire, with the premiere of the Opus 5 piano concerto -- ? could this be the E minor, mis-described in a source?).
- Symphony No.3? (possibly Symphony in F minor, ca.1832 with new finale 1833).
- Symphony No.4? Im Freien in G major (British premiere 1852. Could be opus 50 or 51?).
- Symphony No.5? in C (performed at the Gewandhaus in 1877 according to Geschichte der Gewandhausconcerte zu Leipzig vom 25. November 1781 bis 25. November 1881).
- 4 other symphonies (according to recent research?).
- Tänze für die Harmoniebälle in Frankfurt, 6 dances for small orchestra (composed 1825).
- Tänze für die Weimarische Stadtmusik, auf Bällen, 3 dances for small orchestra (composed ca.1825).
- Romance for violin and orchestra in E (February, 1834).
- Overture to 'Faust' (composed Passy, 1831).
- Overture in E major (1836 June).
- Overture in D minor (1836 September).
- Lustspielouvertüre (Adagio quasi andante - Molto allegro) in D (Autograph? in Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, Berlin; see RISM 464000411 which also has instrumentation.) (by 1845).
- Prometheus und die Oceaniden, concert overture (composed 1845-46).
- Sieg!, concert overture (composed August, 1870). Unknown if this work was ever completed.
- Idyll in C major for Orchestra (composed ca.early 1880s(?)).
- Fantasiestücke, 3 pieces for orchestra (composed by 1869).
Chamber Music
Vocal Music
- Romilda, opera in 2 acts, text by Gaetano Rossi (performed 1839 in Milan)
- Ein Traum der Christnacht, opera in 3 acts, text by Karl Gollmick (performed 1845 in Dresden)
- Konradin, der letzte Hohenstaufen, opera in 5 acts, text by Robert Reinick (performed 1847 in Dresden)
- Der Advokat, opera in 2 acts, text by Roderich Benedix (performed 1854 in Cologne)
- Die Katakomben, opera in 4 acts, text by Moritz Hartmann (performed 1862 in Wiesbaden)
- Caesario, oper nach Schakspear (composed 1828)
- Der gefesselte Prometheus, cantata (composed 1875)
- Prinz Papagei, incidental music to a play by Carl August Görner (performed 1877 in Hamburg)
- Vous, lied to words by Baraleau (Paris: M. Schlesinger, 1834)
- Psalm 108 for soprano and small ensemble (November 30, 1836)
- Psalm 81 for Chorus and Orchestra (April 11, 1837)
- Heil dir Liebling der Camönen for voice and piano (composed 1826)
- Ich sende einen Gruss for voice and piano (composed 1827)
- Le sénateur for voice and piano (composed 1827)
- Wandrers Nachtlied for voice and piano (composed ca.1827)
- In tausend Formen magst du dich verstecken for voice and piano (composed ca.1827)
- Ein alter greiser Rittersmann for voice and piano (composed 1827)
- Wenn die süße Freundin lachet for voice and piano (composed ca.1827)
- Ist der Frühling da for voice and piano (composed 1827)
- Um Mitternacht for voice and piano (composed ca.1827)
- Der Herr erhält alle die da fallen for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- Der letzte Exulant vom Geschlechte Jedithuns for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- Des Mädchens Thränen for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- Nascesti alle pene for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- Odi d'un uom che more for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- Abendruhe for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- Arietta for voice and piano (composed 1837)
- The Tear for voice and piano (composed 1838)
- Trinklied im Wald for 4 voices (SATB) (composed ca.1839)
- Ave Maria for 4-part men's chorus and organ (Paris: Benoit aîné, 1865)
- Erwin for tenor and orchestra (composed December, 1881)
- Sonntag (Es tönet über das weite Feld)
- Balladen vom Pagen und der Königstochter, melodrama for voice and piano (Offenbach: Johann André, 1893)
- Der Blinde, for voice and piano (composed 1882)
Piano Music
Other Instrumental Music
Note - The composer's two early thematic catalogs - 1828–1831, 1832–1837 - while they do not cover a period of some months in 1831–1832 it seems - may, indeed should - help with cataloguing his very prolific output of early works. These have been digitally scanned by Goethe-Universitat.
Books
- Uebungen zum Studium der Harmonie und des Contrapunktes (Cologne: DuMont-Schauberg, 1860)
- Die Musik und das Publicum – ein Vortrag (Cologne: DuMont-Schauberg, 1864)
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy — Lettres et souvenirs / Briefe und Erinnerungen (Paris: Baur, 1867). Published in French, German, and English, the latter by M.E. von Glehn. Most recently republished in English New York: Vienna House, 1972 apparently.)
- Aus dem Tonleben unserer Zeit. Gelegentliches von Ferdinand Hiller. 3 volumes (Leipzig, 1868-71)
- Ludwig van Beethoven – gelegentliche Aufsätze (Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckart, 1871)
- Musikalisches und Persönliches (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1876)
- Briefe von Moritz Hauptmann an Ludwig Spohr und andere (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1876). As editor.
- Briefe an eine Ungenannte (Cologne: DuMont-Schauberg, 1877)
- Hector Berlioz (1879). Note: Künstlerleben included a chapter on Berlioz so perhaps this is the same.
- Künstlerleben (Cologne: DuMont-Schauburg, 1880)
- Wie hören wir Musik? (Leipzig: Gerhard, 1881)
- Goethe's musicalisches Leben (Cologne: DuMont-Schauburg, 1883)
- Erinnerungsblätter (Cologne: DuMont-Schauburg, 1884)