List of works by Vítězslav Novák

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The table below gives the following information for works by Vítězslav Novák (where applicable):

  • Sch. — The catalogue number according to the chronological order listed by Miloš Schnierer in Vítězslav Novák: tematický a bibliografický katalog (Prague: Editio Praga, 1999).
  • Op. — The opus number assigned to the work.
  • Title — Page title as used on IMSLP. Alternate or translated subtitles are also listed here in parentheses.
  • Date — The year(s) of composition, where known.
  • Genre — Works are grouped in the following broad categories: Stage, Vocal, Orchestral, Chamber, and Keyboard
  • Key — Principal key of the work, if applicable.
  • Scoring — The instrumentation used. See IMSLP:Abbreviations for Instruments.
  • Notes — concerning related works, completeness, authorship, publication details, etc.
Sch. Op. Title Date Genre Key Scoring Notes
001 — Serenade in B minor 1886-87 Keyboard B minor pf
003 — Die rastlose Liebe 1886-87 Vocal  ? v pf text by Goethe
008 — Souvenir de mon pére (2 Pieces) 1888 Keyboard - pf
009 — Impromptu 1888 Keyboard  ? pf
010 — Korzár 1888 Keyboard  ? pf sketch
015 — Ich hab dich geliebet 1889 Vocal  ? v pf text by Heinrich Heine
017 — Rapsodie 1890 Keyboard G minor pf
027 — Violin Sonata 1891 Chamber D minor vn pf
028 — Korzár (Overture) 1892 Orchestral F minor orch
029 01 Piano Trio No.1 1892 Chamber G minor vn vc pf
030 04 Variations on a Theme by Schumann (Variace na Schumannovo téma) 1893 Keyboard C major pf
031 02 Ballade after Byron's Manfred (Balada) 1893 Keyboard E minor pf
032 04b 5 Písně (5 Lieder) 1893 Vocal - v pf First edition with Czech text only and likely did not have a German title. Contents: 1. V probuzení, 2. Na prsou svých nech snít mne zas, 3. Tak mám tebe plnou duši, 4. Kukačka volá doubravou, 5. Když jsme se loučili. Published in 1897 by Urbánek (Monatsbericht (1897), p.188), which appears to be when Dalibor advertisements first began appearing as well.
033 07 Piano Quartet (original version) 1894 Chamber C minor vn va vc pf the revised version has a separate catalogue number from Schnierer (Sch.65)
034 06 Memories (Vzpomínky) 1894 Keyboard  ? pf
035 — Serenade in F major (Serenáda) 1894-95 Orchestral F major orch for chamber orchestra
036 — Piano Concerto in E minor 1895 Orchestral E minor pf orch
038 09 Serenades (Serenády) 1895 Keyboard - pf
044 08 Pohádka srdce (5 Písně / A Tale of the Heart) 1896 Vocal  ? v pf/orch
045 10 Barcarollen (Barkaroly) 1896 Keyboard - pf
046 11 Eklogen (Eklogy) 1896 Keyboard - pf
047 13 Za soumraku (In der Dämmerung / At Dusk) 1896 Keyboard - pf
049 12 Piano Quintet 1896, rev. 1897 Chamber A minor 2vn va vc pf
050 14 Zigeunerlieder (Cigánské melodie / Gypsy Melodies) 1897 Vocal - v pf
051 15 3 Bohemian Dances (3 České tance) 1898 Keyboard - pf also set for piano 4 hands
053 16 Písničky na slova lidové poesie moravské I (Songs on Moravian Folk Poetry Volume 1) 1897-98 Vocal - v pf
054 17 Písničky na slova lidové poesie moravské II (Songs on Moravian Folk Poetry Volume 2) 1897-98 Vocal - v pf
057 18 Maryša (Overture) 1898 Orchestral orch
058 19 2 Balady na slova lidové poesie moravské (2 Ballads on Moravian Folk Poetry / Moravian Folk Ballads) 1898 Vocal - ch pf/orch
059 21 Písničky na slova lidové poesie moravské III (Songs on Moravian Folk Poetry Volume 3) 1897-98 Vocal - v pf
060 03 3 Pieces (3 Skladby) 1899 Chamber - vn pf
061 20 Můj máj (Mein Mai / My May) 1899 Keyboard - pf also set for piano 4 hands
062 22 String Quartet No.1 1899 Chamber G major 2vn va vc
063 05 Bagatelles (Bagately) 1899 Keyboard - pf
064 — Prelude on a Moravian Folksong 1899 Keyboard G major org Published posthumously.
065 07 Piano Quartet (revised version) 1899 Chamber C minor vn va vc pf the original version has a separate catalogue number from Schnierer (Sch.33)
066 — Jarní nálady (Spring Moods / Frühlingsstimmungen) 1900 Vocal - v pf
067 23 2 Balady na slova lidové poesie moravské (2 Ballads on Moravian Folk Poetry / Moravian Folk Ballads) 1900 Vocal - ch pf
068 24 Sonata eroica 1900 Keyboard - pf
069 — Slovak Songs (Slovenské spevy, Vol.1, Nos.1-15) 1901 Vocal - v pf 1st of 6-volume series
070 25 Melancholie (Melancholy) 1901 Vocal  ? v[mez] pf
071 — 2 Sbory (2 Choruses) 1901 Vocal - fch
072 — 25 Slovenských lidových písní (25 Slovak Folk Songs) 1901 Vocal - v pf
073 26 V tatrách (In the Tatras; Symphonic Poem) 1902 Orchestral orch
074 27 Piano Trio No.2 (Quasi una ballata) 1902 Chamber D minor vn vc pf published 1903
075 28 2 Balady (2 Ballads) 1902 Vocal - v[mez] pf/orch
076 29 Balada o duši Jana Nerudy (Ballad for Jan Neruda's Soul) 1902 Vocal  ? v[bar] pf/orch
077 30 Písně zimních nocí (Songs of a Winter's Night) 1903 Keyboard - pf
078 31 Údolí nového království (Valley of the New Kingdom) 1903 Vocal  ? v pf/orch
079 32 Slovak Suite (Slovácká svita / Slovácko Suite) 1903 Orchestral orch for chamber orchestra; first published in a version for piano
080 33 Von ewiger Sehnsucht (O věčné touze / Eternal Longing; Symphonic Poem) 1903-05 Orchestral orch
081 34 2 Valašské tance (2 Valaško Dances) 1904 Keyboard - pf
083 35 String Quartet No.2 1905 Chamber D major 2vn va vc
084 36 Serenade in D major (Serenáda) 1905 Orchestral D major orch
085 37 6 Mužských sborů (6 Male Choruses) 1906 Vocal - mch
086 38 Melancholické písně o lásce (Melancholy Songs about Love) 1906 Vocal  ? v orch
086 38b Melancholické písně o lásce (Melancholy Songs about Love) 1906 Keyboard - pf
087 39 8 Notturnos (Notturna) 1906-08 Vocal - v pf
088 40 Toman a lesní panna (Toman and the Wood Nymph; Symphonic Poem) 1906-07 Orchestral orch
090 — Slovak Songs (Slovenské spevy, Vol.2, Nos.16-25) 1906-07 Vocal - v pf 2nd of 6-volume series
091 41 Lady Godiva (Overture) 1907 Orchestral orch published by UE in 1919
095 42 Bouře (The Storm; Symphonic Cantata) 1908-10 Vocal  ? ch orch?
096 43 Pan (Tone Poem) 1910 Keyboard - pf
097 44 Na domácí půdě (On Native Soil) 1911 Vocal  ? mch
098 45 Exotikon (Suite) 1911 Keyboard - pf
100 46 Erotikon 1912 Vocal  ? v pf/orch
101 47 4 Básně Otokara Březiny (4 Poems of Otokar Březina) 1912 Vocal  ? ch
102 48 Svatební košile (The Wedding Shirt / The Spectre's Bride) 1912-13 Vocal  ? vv ch orch
103 49 Zvíkovský rarášek (The Zvíkov Imp) 1913-14 Stage opera
104 50 Karlštejn 1914-15 Stage opera
105 51 Síla a vzdor (Strength and Defiance) 1916-17 Vocal  ? mch
106 52 Jaro (Spring; 20 Children's Songs / 20 Písniček z dětského světa) 1918 Vocal - v pf published 1918
107 53 3 České zpěvy (3 Czech Songs) 1918 Vocal - mch orch
111 54 Sonatinas (6) 1919-20 Keyboard - pf
112 55 Youth Suite (Mládí) 1920 Keyboard - pf
114 — 12 Slovenských písní lidových (12 Slovak Folk Songs) 1921 Vocal - mch
115 56 Lucerna (The Lantern) 1919-22 Stage opera; published 1923
117 — Slovak Songs (Slovenské spevy, Vol.3, Nos.26-40) 1923 Vocal - v pf 3rd of 6-volume series
118 — Kytice lidových písní (A Bouquet of Folk Songs) 1923 Vocal - v pf
119 57 Dědův odkaz (Grandfather's Legacy) 1922-25 Stage opera
123 — Slovak Songs (Slovenské spevy, Vol.4, Nos.41-50) 1926 Vocal - v pf 4th of 6-volume series
124 — Slovak Songs (Slovenské spevy, Vol.5, Nos.51-60) 1926 Vocal - v pf 5th of 6-volume series
126 58 Signorina Gioventù (Ballet-Pantomime) 1926-28 Orchestral orch
127 59 Nikotina (Ballet-Pantomime) 1929 Orchestral orch
128 — Slovak Songs (Slovenské spevy, Vol.6, Nos.61-80) 1930 Vocal - v pf 6th of 6-volume series
132 60 Ze života (From One's Life) 1932 Vocal - mch
133 61 12 Ukolébavek na slova lidové kolébavky moravské (12 Lullabies on Moravian Folk Poetry) 1931-32 Vocal - fch
134 62 Podzimní symfonie (Autumn Symphony) 1931-34 Vocal  ? mch fch orch
135 63 2 Romance na slova Jana Nerudy (2 Romances) 1934 Vocal - v orch
136 65 In Memoriam 1936-37 Vocal - v[mez] perc hp str for mezzo-soprano, strings, harp and gong
137 64 Jihočeská suita (South Bohemian Suite) 1936-37 Orchestral 2vn orch
138 66 String Quartet No.3 1938 Chamber G major (ends in D♭ major) 2vn va vc 2 movements, opens in A minor, ends in D-flat major. First published by Breitkopf in 1939 (these parts seem rare) and next? published by Státní Hudební Vydavatelství in 1974 (with score; some versions of this come bound with the Op.68 cello sonata.)
140 67 De Profundis (Symphonic Poem) 1941 Orchestral org orch
141 68 Cello Sonata 1941 Chamber G minor vc pf pub. 1961 ed. by Frantisek Smetana
142 69 Domov (Home) 1941 Vocal  ? ch
143 70 Svatováclavský triptych (St. Wenceslas Triptych; Toccata, ciacona e fuga) 1941 Orchestral org orch / org the version for organ solo was published posthumously
144 71 5 Smíšených sborů (5 Mixed Choruses) 1942 Vocal  ? ch
145 72 Máj (May) 1942 Vocal  ? cch
147 73 Májová Symfonie (May Symphony) 1943 Vocal  ? vv ch orch published first 1962?
149? 74 Písničky na slova lidové poesie moravské IV (Songs on Moravian Folk Poetry Volume 4) 1944 Vocal - v pf
149 75 Písničky na slova lidové poesie moravské V (Songs on Moravian Folk Poetry Volume 5) 1944 Vocal - v pf
150 76 2 Legendy na slova lidové poesie moravské (2 Legends on Moravian Folk Poetry) 1944 Vocal - v[mez] orch
155 77 Jihočeské motivy (South Bohemian Motifs) 1947 Vocal - v pf
156 78 4 Ukolébavky (4 Lullabies) 1947 Vocal - v pf
157 79b Žižka (Scenická hudba ke hře F. Rachlíka) 1948 Orchestral orch incidental music
158 79 Píseň zlínského pracujícího lidu (Song of the Working People of Zlín; Cantata) 1948 Vocal  ? ch?
161 — Hvězdy (Stars) 1949 Vocal  ? fch orch
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