List of works by Mel Bonis

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  • Op.1 - Impromptu for piano (Armiane, 2001)
  • Op.2 - Etiolles (valse) for piano (L. Grus, 1884)
  • Op.3 - Sur la plage for voice and piano (L. Grus, 1884); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.4 - Villanelle for voice and piano (L. Grus, 1884); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.5 - Invocation for voice and piano (Armiane, 2001); text by Édouard Guinand
  • Op.6 - Viens for voice and piano (Armiane, 2002); text by Édouard Guinand
  • Op.7 - Rondo dans le genre ancien for piano (L. Grus, 1889)
  • Op.8 - Viennoise for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1893)
  • Op.9 - Près du ruisseau for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1894)
  • Op.10 - Prélude in E-flat major for piano (V. Durdilly, 1889)
  • Op.11 - Gai printemps (impromptu) for piano (V. Durdilly, 1889)
  • Op.12 - Églogue for piano (V. Durdilly, 1889)
  • Op.13 - Aux champs for piano (V. Durdilly, 1889)
  • Op.14 - Menuet for piano (V. Durdilly, 1889)
  • Op.15 - Les Gitanos (valse espagnole) for piano (Hamelle, 1892); also arranged for piano 4 hands
  • Op.16 - Nocturne for violin, viola, cello and harp or piano (Armiane, 2007)
  • Op.17 - Berceuse for voice and piano (Armiane, 2003); text by Édouard Guinand
  • Op.18 - Dès l'aube for voice and piano (Armiane, 2002); text by Édouard Guinand
  • Op.19 - Pensées d'automne for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1894)
  • Op.20 - Noël pastoral for voice (Alphonse Leduc, 1892); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.21 - Le Ruisseau for soprano, alto and piano (Leduc, 1894)
  • Op.22 - Élève-toi mon âme for medium voice and piano (E. Bretonneau, 1894); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.23 - Berceuse for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1895)
  • Op.24 - La Chanson du Rouet for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1895)
  • Op.25 - Tambours et clairons (pas redoublé) for piano (E. Baudoux, 1901)
  • Op.26 - Mazurka for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1896)
  • Op.27 - Ballade for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1896)
  • Op.28 - Papillons for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1897)
  • Op.29 - Romance sans paroles in A-flat major for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1897)
  • Op.30 - Phoebé for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1909)
  • Op.31 - Carillon mystique for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1898)
  • Op.32 - Orientale (valse) for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1898)
  • Op.33 - Méditation for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1898)
  • Op.34 - Soirs d'antan (valse lente) for piano (Furore, 2014)
  • Opp.35-39 - Suite en forme de valses for various settings: piano, piano 4 hands, or orchestra (Leduc, 1898)
  1. Ballabile
  2. Valse lente
  3. Danse sacrée
  4. Scherzo-Valse
  5. Interlude et Bacchanale
  • Op.40 - Scherzo for 2 pianos (Alphonse Leduc, 1898)
  • Op.41 - Barcarolle in B-flat major for piano (Furore, 2006)
  • Op.42 - Marionnettes for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1899)
  • Op.43 - Barcarolle-Etude in B-flat major for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1899)
  • Op.44 - Prière de Noël for voice (Alphonse Leduc, 1899); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.45 - Regina coeli in G major for 2 voices and piano or harp with organ, violin or cello ad lib. (Alphonse Leduc, 1899)
  • Op.46 - Sérénade for cello (or violin) and piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1899)
  • Op.47 - Veille de Noël for 2 voices and piano (L. Grus, 1900); text by Madeleine Pape-Carpantier
  • Op.48 - Suite orientale for violin, cello and piano (Durand, 1900)
  1. Prélude
  2. Danse d'Almées
  3. Ronde de nuit
  • Op.49 - Reproche tendre for voice and piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1901); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.50 - O Salutaris for medium voice and organ or harmonium (Alphonse Leduc, 1901)
  • Op.51 - Prélude in A-flat major for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1901)
  • Op.52 - L'escarpolette (valse) for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1901)
  • Op.53 - Madrigal for 2-voice chorus with soloists (Hachette, 1901); text by Madeleine Pape-Carpantier
  • Op.54 - Noël de la Vierge Marie (berceuse) for voice and piano (Hachette, 1901); text by Madeleine Pape-Carpantier
  • Op.55 - Pourriez-vous pas me dire? for voice and piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1901); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.56 - Romance sans paroles in G-flat major for piano (Lemoine, 1903)
  • Op.57 - Berceuse de Noël pour les enfants for voice and piano (self-published, 1903, using pseudonym "L. de Poul ar Feuntun"); text by the composer; 2nd edition with text by Léon Rimbault (L. Grus, 1904)
  • Op.58 - La Mer! (mélodie italienne) for voice and piano (self-published, 1903, using pseudonym "L. de Poul ar Feuntun"); text by the composer
  • Op.59 - Suite en trio for flute, violin and piano (E. Demets, 1903)
  1. Sérénade
  2. Pastorale
  3. Scherzo
  • Op.60 - À Suzanne for voice and piano (E. Demets, 1904); text by Cécile Guinand
  • Op.61 - Sorrente for voice and piano (E. Demets, 1904); text by Cécile Guinand
  • Op.62 - Bourrée for piano (E. Demets, 1904)
  • Op.63 - Largo in E major for violin and piano, transcribed from a work attributed to Handel (E. Demets, 1904)
  • Op.64 - Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor (E. Demets, 1904)
  1. Andantino con moto
  2. Scherzo vivace
  3. Adagio
  4. Finale moderato
  • Op.65 - Adagio in E-flat minor for organ (Carrara, 1971)
  • Op.66 - Le moustique for piano (E. Demets, 1904)
  • Op.67 - Cello Sonata in F major (E. Demets, 1905)
  1. Moderato quasi Andante
  2. Très lent: Final
  • Op.68 - Ave Maria for medium voice and organ (E. Demets, 1904)
  • Op.69 - Piano Quartet No.1 in B-flat major (E. Demets, 1905)
  1. Moderato
  2. Intermezzo
  3. Adagio
  4. Final
  • Op.70 - Black pearl (habanera) for piano (E. Demets, 1905, composer using pseudonym "Pierre Domange")
  • Op.71 - Barcarolle in E-flat major for piano (E. Demets, 1906)
  • Op.72 - Fantaisie for 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano (Kossack, 2003)
  1. Modéré
  2. Scherzo
  3. Très vif
  • Op.73 - Allons prier (Hymne à Marie) for voice and piano or organ (Hamelle, 1906)
  • Op.74 - L'oiseau bleu for soprano and alto (or female chorus) and piano (Hamelle, 1905); text by Amédée-Louis Hettich
  • Op.75 - Epithalame for female chorus and piano (E. Demets, 1907)
  • Op.76 - 2 Trios for violin, cello and piano (E. Demets, 1907); first edition uses stylized title Soir-Matin split across two lines
  1. Soir
  2. Matin
  • Op.77 - Un soir for mezzo-soprano and piano (Armiane, 1998); text by Anne Osmont
  • Op.78 - Andante religioso for violin and piano (Henry Lemoine, 2019, collection Trois Pièces pour violon et piano)
  • Op.79 - Le dernier souvenir for bass voice and piano (Fortin-Armiane, 2014); text by Charles-Marie Leconte de Lisle
  • Op.80 - Viviane for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1909)
  • Op.81 - Pavane for piano (E. Demets, 1909); published earlier as a piano 4 hands arrangement (L'Illustration, 1904)
  • Op.82 - Sarabande for piano (E. Demets, 1909); also arranged for orchestra
  • Op.83 - Largo in E-flat major for violin and piano (Henry Lemoine, 2019, collection Trois Pièces pour violon et piano)
  • Op.84 - Allegretto ma non troppo for violin and piano (Henry Lemoine, 2019, collection Trois Pièces pour violon et piano)
  • Op.85 - Variations for 2 pianos (Hachette, 1901)
  • Op.86 - Omphale for piano (Simrock, 1910)
  • Op.87 - 6 Valses-Caprices for piano 4 hands (Poulalion, 1911)
  • Op.88 - Immortelle tendresse for medium voice and piano (E. Demets, 1910); text by André Godard
  • Op.89 - Écho for piano (Maurice Senart, 1910, No.1 in collection Deux pièces pour piano, with composer using pseudonym "Henry Wladimir Liadoff")
  • Op.90 - Narcisse for piano (Maurice Senart, 1910, No.2 in collection Deux pièces pour piano, with composer using pseudonym "Henry Wladimir Liadoff")
  • Op.91 - 3 Mélodies pour ténor (Armiane, 2001); text by Maurice Bouchor
  1. Viola
  2. Sauvez-moi
  3. Vers le pur amour
  • Op.92 - Scènes enfantines, 8 pieces for piano (E. Demets, 1912)
  • Op.93 - Le chat sur le toit (nocturne) for voice and piano (Maurice Senart, 1926)
  • Op.94 - Chanson d'amour for medium voice and piano (Armiane, 2002); text by Maurice Bouchor
  • Op.95 - Moderato for organ (Carrara, 1971)
  • Op.96 - Sortie for organ or harmonium (La Musique sacrée, n.d.)
  • Op.97 - Toccata en sol for organ or harmonium (La Musique sacrée, 1934)
  • Op.98 - Prélude et fuguette for organ (Armiane, 2011); transcription of the first pieces of Suite dans le style ancien, Op.127
  • Op.99 - L'ange gardien for piano (Armiane, 2001)
  • Op.100 - Salomé for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1909)
  • Op.101 - Desdémona for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1913)
  • Op.102 - Il pleut for piano (Maurice Senart, 1913)
  • Op.103 - Album pour les tout-petits, 20 pieces for piano (Philippo, 1913)
  • Op.104 - Ronde des marionnettes for children's chorus in unison (Poulalion, 1913); text by the composer
  • Op.105 - Prière for organ or harmonium (Procure de musique religieuse, 1913)
  • Op.106 - 2 Petites pièces for voice and piano (Armiane, 2008)
  • Op.107 - La Cathédrale blessée for piano (Max Eschig, 1929)
  • Op.108 - Air vaudois for flute and piano (Kossack, 2000)
  • Op.109 - Mélisande for piano (Alphonse Leduc, 1925)
  • Op.110 - Élégie sur le mode antique for medium voice and piano (Hamelle, 1918); text by Paul Rivollet
  • Op.111 - Au crépuscule for piano (Hamelle, 1923)
  • Op.112 - Violin Sonata in A major (Maurice Senart, 1923)
  1. Moderato
  2. Presto
  3. Lento
  4. Finale con moto
  • Op.113 - 2 Pièces for piano (Maurice Senart, 1924)
  1. Chevaux de bois
  2. Pavane pour Nanine
  • Op.114 - Suite in C major for violin and piano (Furore, 2006)
  1. Jour de fête
  2. Idylle (ou Sous la ramée)
  3. Cortège champêtre
  • Op.115 - Près du moulin for piano (Maurice Senart, 1926)
  • Op.116 - 17 Pièces enfantines for piano (Max Eschig, 1926); see Wikipedia page for listing of pieces
  • Opp.117-21 - 5 Petites pièces for piano (Maurice Senart, 1929); Une flûte soupire (No.1, Op.117) also arranged for flute and piano (Maurice Senart, 1936)
  1. Une flûte soupire
  2. Berceuse triste
  3. Boston valse (Valse lente)
  4. Agitato
  5. Cloches lointaines
  • Op.122 - Cantique à Marie for high voice, piano or harp, with organ ad lib. (Armiane, 2005); anonymous text
  • Op.123 - Scènes de la forêt for flute, horn and piano; composed 1927 ca.; derives from 2 manuscripts of differing chamber ensembles: (1) first 3 movements, with title "Suite pour cor, violon et harpe chromatique" (n.d.), and (b) all 4 movements, with title "Scènes de la forêt" (dated 1927); first publications of the 4 movement version: (1) for flute, horn and piano (Kossack, 2001), (2) for flute, horn and harp (Kossack, 2001), (3) for flute, viola and harp (Marcus Schmitt, 2001)
  1. Nocturne
  2. À l'aube
  3. Invocation
  4. Pour Artémis
  1. Moderato
  2. Allegretto
  3. Lento
  4. Allegro
  • Op.125 - Sevilliana for piano (Max Eschig, 1928)
  • Op.126 - Miocheries (14 scènes enfantines) for piano (Max Eschig, 1928)
  • Op.127 - Suite dans le style ancien for flute, violin, viola (or clarinet) and piano (Kossack, 2006); also arranged for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, horn and 2 bassoons (Max Eschig, 1958), with different movements: (1) Prélude, (2) Fuguette, (3) Choral, (4) Badinage
  1. Prélude
  2. Choral
  3. Fuguette
  4. Divertissement
  • Op.128 - Chant nuptial for violin and harp or piano, with organ ad lib. (Hamelle, 1928)
  • Op.129 - Ariel for piano (Furore, 2006); composition from 1925-28 ca.; one of the 4 extant manuscripts is signed by the composer using the pseudonym "Melàs Bonisouffsky"
  • Op.130 - 6 pièces à 4 mains (dont deux très faciles) for piano 4 hands (Max Eschig, 1930)
  • Op.131 - O Salutaris for mixed chorus and organ (P. Schneider, 1930)
  • Op.132 - Sub Tuum for female chorus and organ (P. Schneider, 1930)
  • Op.133 - Andante et Allegro for flute and piano (P. Schneider, 1930)
  • Op.134 - Barcarolle in G-flat major for piano (unpublished, manuscript dated 1930)
  • Op.135 - Couboulambou à Paris for voice and piano (unpublished, manuscript dated 1930, composer using pseudonym "Jacques Normandin" on the manuscript); anonymous text
  • Op.136 - Étude in G-flat major for piano (Armiane, 1999)
  • Op.137 - Chanson catalane for medium voice and piano (Fortin Armiane, 2014); anonymous text
  • Op.138 - Dolorosa: In memoriam for piano (Armiane, 1999)
  • Op.139 - Choral in B-flat major for organ (La Musique sacrée, 1937)
  • Op.140 - Prélude (Prière, Andante religioso) in C minor for organ (Carrara, 1933)
  • Op.141 - Prélude in G minor for organ (Carrara, 1933)
  • Op.142 - 2 Cantiques de première communion (No.1: Troupe innocente) for voice (or unison chorus) and organ or piano (Hamelle, 1934); the 2nd cantique is listed under Op.146
  • Op.143 - Noël ancien for soprano and organ or piano (Hamelle, 1934)
  • Op.144 - Cantique de Jean Racine for mixed chorus, tenor or soprano soloists, organ and harp (Max Eschig, 1977)
  • Op.145 - Panis angelicus for soprano, tenor and organ (Delephine, 1935)
  • Op.146 - 2 Cantiques de première communion (No.2: Ô mystère d'amour) for voice (or unison chorus) and organ or piano (Hamelle, 1934); the 1st cantique is listed under Op.142
  • Op.147 - Élévation ou Communion in D major for organ (Schola cantorum, 1936)
  • Op.148 - 9 Pièces faciles for piano (Max Eschig, 1936); see Wikipedia page for listing of pieces
  • Op.149 - Communion (Adoro te) for organ or harmonium (La Musique sacrée, 1937)
  • Op.150 - Adoro te for mixed chorus (Armiane, 1998)
  • Op.151 - Communion ou Invocation for organ (Schola cantorum, 1935); transcription of Prélude in E-flat major for piano, Op.10
  • Op.152 - Quasi Andante for organ or harmonium (Carrara, 1933)
  • Op.153 - Élévation ou Communion in G major for organ or harmonium (Schola cantorum, 1935)
  • Op.154 - Allegretto (ou Prélude) in E-flat major for organ or harmonium (Schola cantorum, 1935)
  • Op.155 - Verset for organ or harmonium (Armiane, 2011)
  • Op.156 - Pastorale for organ (Carrara, 1971); transcription of Aux champs, Op.13
  • Op.157 - Pièce (Contemplation) in C major for organ (Schola cantorum, 1935)
  • Op.158 - Cortège nuptial for organ or harmonium (Carrara, 1933)
  • Op.159 - Improvisation (ou Allegretto) for organ or harmonium (Carrara, 1971)
  • Op.160 - Élévation in E-flat major for organ (Carrara, 1971)
  • Op.161 - Quasi Marcia for organ (Carrara, 1971)
  • Op.162 - Moderato in G (major?) for organ (Carrara, 1935)
  • Op.163 - Inviolata for mixed chorus (Armiane, 2000)
  • Op.164 - Messe a cappella for mixed chorus (Armiane, 1998)
  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria
  3. Sanctus
  4. Agnus Dei
  • Op.165 - Ophélie for piano (Armiane, 1998); also arranged for orchestra (Furore, 2018)
  • Op.166 - Ave Verum for mixed chorus and organ (Armiane, 1998)
  • Op.167 - Tantum ergo for mixed chorus (Armiane, 2000)
  • Op.168 - Tantum ergo for 3 male voices (Armiane, 1999)
  • Op.169 - Salve Regina for soprano and alto (or female chorus) and organ (Armiane, 2000)
  • Op.170 - Kyrie in F-sharp minor for mixed chorus (Armiane, 2001)
  • Op.171 - Mirage for medium voice and piano (Armiane, 2000); text by Édouard Guinand
  • Op.172 - Chanson de printemps for high voice and piano (Armiane, 2002); text either by composer or Édouard Guinand
  • Op.173 - Andante religioso for organ (Armiane, 2011)
  • Op.174 - Vestiaire (2 chansons) for medium voice and piano (unpublished, manuscript n.d., composer using pseudonym "Fricoto Pusslink"), anonymous text
  1. L'éléphant
  2. Championnat
  • Op.175 - Au clair de la lune for mixed chorus and soprano soloist (unpublished, manuscript n.d.)
  • Op.176 - Ave Maria for soprano, tenor, and organ (unpublished, manuscript n.d.)
  • Op.177 - Boléro for piano (Furore, 2014)
  • Op.178 - Don Galaor for medium voice and piano (Hamelle, 1933); transcription of a song by Antoine-Louis Clapisson (1854) with text by Adolphe de Leuven
  • Op.179 - Idylle for organ (Armiane, 2011)
  • Op.180 - Le songe de Cléopâtre for piano 4 hands (Furore, 2009); also arranged for orchestra (Max Eschig, n.d.; reissued Furore, 2018)
  • Op.181 - Mazurka-Ballet for piano (Furore, 2015, composer using pseudonym "Pierre Domange")
  • Op.182 - Offertoire (grand chœur) for organ (Armiane, 2011)
  • Op.183 - Offertoire for organ (Armiane, 2011)
  • Op.184 - Rondeau en forme de canon for 3 equal voices (unpublished); text by A. Dupont
  • Op.185 - Symphonie burlesque for winds, percussion and piano (Fortin, 2016)
  1. En ballade
  2. Pique-nique
  3. Pastorale
  4. Retour
  • Op.186 - Diamant noir for piano (Furore, 2014, composer using pseudonym "Édouard Domange")
  • Op.187 - Scherzo (ou Final) for flute and piano (Kossack, 2008)
  • Op.188 - O Salutaris for tenor, baritone and organ, with violin ad lib. (Fortin Armiane, 2014)
  • Op.189 - Pièce for flute and piano (Kossack, 2000)
  • Op.190 - Boléro for chorus and soprano soloist (L. Grus, 1900, composer using pseudonym "Juan Sanchez"); text by Jules Ruelle
  • Op.191 - Le moulin for female chorus and piano (Hamelle, 1886)
  • Op.192 - Soir for violin, cello and piano (unpublished, manuscript n.d.); not to be confused with Soir, Op.76 No.1