List of compositions by Arnold Schoenberg

The following is a list of all the compositions by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg.

Compositions with opus numbers

Works by genre

Operas

• Erwartung [Expectation], monodrama for soprano and orchestra, Op. 17 (1909)
• Die glückliche Hand [The Hand of Fate], drama with music, for voices and orchestra, Op. 18 (1910–13)
• Von heute auf morgen [From Today to Tomorrow], opera in one act, Op. 32 (1928–29)
• Moses und Aron [Moses and Aaron], opera in three acts (1930–32, unfinished)

Orchestral

• Frühlings Tod, in A minor, symphonic poem (Source: Malcolm McDonald, Schoenberg, "Master Musicians Series", J.M. Dent London)
• Gavotte and Musette in G Major for Strings (ibid.)
• Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 (1902/03)
• Kammersymphonie [Chamber Symphony] No. 1, E major, Op. 9 (1906)
• Fünf Orchesterstücke [5 Pieces for Orchestra], Op. 16 (1909)
• Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1926/28)
• Suite in G major for string orchestra ("In the Old Style") (1934)
• Kammersymphonie [Chamber symphony] No. 2, E♭ minor, Op. 38 (1906/39)
• Theme and Variations, in G minor Op. 43b (1943)

Concertos

• Cello Concerto "after Monn's Concerto in D major for harpsichord" (1932/33)
• Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, "freely adapted from Handel's Concerto grosso in B♭ major, Op. 6, No. 7" (1933)
• Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1934/36)
• Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)

Vocal/choral orchestral

• 6 Lieder [6 Songs] with orchestra, Op. 8 (1903/05)
• Gurre-Lieder [Songs of Gurre] (1901/11)
• 4 Lieder [4 Songs] for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 22 (1913/16)
• Kol nidre for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1938)
• Prelude to Genesis Suite for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 44 (1945)
• A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)

Band

• Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943)

Chamber

• Notturno for Harp and Strings, also known as Adagio für Streicher und Harfe (1896)
• Serenade in D major (first movement; a scherzo, slow movement, and finale partially completed. 1896)
• String Quartet
  • Presto, in C major for String Quartet (1894(?))
  • String Quartet in D major (1897)
  • Scherzo, in F major, and Trio in a minor for String Quartet, rejected from D major String Quartet (1897)
  • String Quartet No. 1, D minor, Op. 7 (1904/05)
  • String Quartet No. 2, F♯ minor (with soprano), Op. 10 (1907/08)
  • String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (1927)
  • String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)
  • String Quartet No. 5, (1949), fragments
• untitled work in D minor for violin and piano (unknown year)
• Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night] (string sextet), Op. 4 (1899)
• Ein Stelldichein [A Rendezvous] for Mixed Quintet (1905), fragment
• Die eiserne Brigade [The Iron Brigade] for Piano Quintet (1916)
• Serenade, for seven players, Op. 24 (1920/23)
• Weihnachtsmusik [Christmas music] for two violins, cello, harmonium, and piano (1921)
• Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (1924) 1. Schwungvoll, 2. Anmutig und heiter: Scherzando, 3. Etwas langsam, 4. Rondo
• Suite for three clarinets (E♭, B♭, and bass), violin, viola, violoncello and piano, Op. 29 (1925) (with ossia flute and bassoon parts substituting for E♭ and bass clarinet)
• Sonata for violin and piano (1927) (a 43-bar fragment)
• Suite for Strings in G Major in five movements (1934)
• Fanfare on motifs of Die Gurre-Lieder (11 brass instruments and percussion) (1945)
• String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
• Phantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47 (1949)

Keyboard

• Drei Klavierstücke [3 Pieces] (1894)
• 6 Stücke [6 Pieces] for 4 hands (1896)
• Scherzo (Gesamtausgabe fragment 1) (ca. 1894)
• Leicht, mit einiger Unruhe [Lightly with some restlessness], C♯ minor (Gesamtausgabe fragment 2) (ca. 1900)
• Langsam [Slowly], A♭ major (Gesamtausgabe fragment 3) (1900/01)
• Wenig bewegt, sehr zart [Calmly, very gentle], B♭ major (Gesamtausgabe fragment 4) (1905/06)
• 2 Stücke [2 Pieces] (Gesamtausgabe fragments 5a & 5b) (1909)
• Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 (1909)
• Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 6) (1909)
• Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 7) (1909)
• Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 8) (ca. 1910)
• Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 (1911)
• Mäßig, aber sehr ausdrucksvoll [Measured, but very expressive] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 9) (March 1918)
• Langsam [Slowly] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 10) (Summer 1920)
• Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 11) (Summer 1920)
• Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 23 (1923)
• Langsame Halbe [Slow half-notes], B (Gesamtausgabe fragment 12) (1925)
• Suite, Op. 25 (1921/23)
• Klavierstück, Op. 33a (1929)
• Klavierstück, Op. 33b (1931)
• Quarter note = mm. 80 (Gesamtausgabe fragment 13) (February 1931)
• Sehr rasch; Adagio [Very fast; Slowly] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 14) (July 1931)
• Andante (Gesamtausgabe fragment 15) (10 October 1931)
• Piece (Gesamtausgabe fragment 16) (after October 1933)
• Moderato (Gesamtausgabe fragment 17) (April 1934?)
• Organ Sonata (fragments) (1941)

Choral

• Ei, du Lütte [Oh, you little one] (late 1890s)
• Friede auf Erden [Peace on Earth], Op. 13 (1907)
• Die Jakobsleiter [Jacob's Ladder] (1917/22, unfinished)
• 3 Satiren [3 Satires], Op. 28 (1925/26)
• 3 Volksliedsätze [3 Folksong Movements] (1929)
• 6 Stücke [6 Pieces] for Male Chorus, Op. 35 (1930)
• 3 Folksongs, Op. 49 (1948)
• Dreimal tausend Jahre [Three Times a Thousand Years], Op. 50a (1949)
• Psalm 130 "De profundis", Op. 50b (1950)
• Modern Psalm, Op. 50c (1950, unfinished)

Songs

• Gedenken (Es steht sein Bild noch immer da) [Remembrance (His picture is still there)] (1893/1903?)
• "In hellen Träumen hab' ich dich oft geschaut" [In vivid dreams so oft you appeared to me] (1893)
• 12 erste Lieder [12 First songs] (1893/96)
• "Ein Schilflied (Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden)" [A bulrush song (Yonder is the sun departing)] (1893)
• "Warum bist du aufgewacht" [Why have you awakened] (1893/94)
• "Waldesnacht, du wunderkühle" [Forest night, so wondrous cool] (1894/96)
• "Ecloge (Duftreich ist die Erde)" [Eclogue (Fragrant is the earth)] (1896/97)
• "Mädchenfrühling (Aprilwind, alle Knospen)" [Maiden's spring (April wind, all abud)] (1897)
• "Mädchenlied (Sang ein Bettlerpärlein am Schenkentor)" [Maiden's song (A pair of beggars sang at the pub's door)] (1897/1900)
• "Mailied (Zwischen Weizen und Korn)" [May song (Between wheat and grain)]
• "Nicht doch! (Mädel, lass das Stricken)" [But no! (Girl, stop knitting)] (1897)
• 2 Gesänge [2 Songs] for baritone, Op. 1 (1898)
• 4 Lieder [4 Songs], Op. 2 (1899)
• 6 Lieder [6 Songs], Op. 3 (1899/1903)
• "Die Beiden (Sie trug den Becher in der Hand)" [The two (She carried the goblet in her hand)] (1899)
• "Mannesbangen (Du musst nicht meinen)" [Men's worries (You should not think)] (1899)
• "Gruss in die Ferne (Dunkelnd über den See)" [Hail from afar (Darkened over the sea)] (August 1900). Text by Hermann Lingg (1868)
• 8 Brettllieder [8 Cabaret songs] (1901)
• "Deinem Blick mich zu bequemen" [To submit to your sweet glance] (1903)
• 8 Lieder [8 Songs] for soprano, Op. 6 (1903/05)
• 2 Balladen [2 Ballads], Op. 12 (1906)
• 2 Lieder [2 Songs], Op. 14 (1907/08)
• 15 Gedichte aus Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [15 Poems from The book of the Hanging Gardens] by Stefan George, Op. 15 (1908/09)
• "Am Strande" [At the seashore] (1909)
• Herzgewächse [Foliage of the heart] for high soprano (with harp, celesta & harmonium) Op. 20 (1911)
• Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) (reciter with 5 instruments)
• "Petrarch-Sonnet" from Serenade, Op. 24 (1920/23) (bass with 7 instruments)
• 4 Deutsche Volkslieder [4 German folksongs] (1929)
• Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for voice, piano and string quartet, Op. 41 (1942). Based on Lord Byron's poem of the same name.
• 3 Songs, Op. 48 (1933)

Canons

• O daß der Sinnen doch so viele sind! [Oh, the senses are too numerous!] (Bärenreiter I) (April? 1905) (4 voices)
• Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt [When the sore oppressed complains] (Bärenreiter II) (April? 1905) (4 voices)
• Wer mit der Welt laufen will [He who wants to run with the world] (for David Bach) (Bärenreiter XXI) (March 1926; July 1934) (3 voices)
• Canon (Bärenreiter IV) (April 1926) (4 voices)
• Von meinen Steinen [From my stones] (for Erwin Stein) (Bärenreiter V) (December 1926) (4 voices)
• Arnold Schönberg beglückwünschst herzlichst Concert Gebouw [Arnold Schoenberg congratulates the Concert Gebouw affectionately] (Bärenreiter VI) (March 1928) (5 voices)
• Mirror canon with two free middle voices, A major (Bärenreiter VIII) (April 1931) (4 voices)
• Jedem geht es so [No man can escape] (for Carl Engel) (Bärenreiter XIII) (April 1933; text 1943) (3 voices)
• Mir auch ist es so ergangen [I, too, was not better off] (for Carl Engel) (Bärenreiter XIV) (April 1933; text 1943) (3 voices)
• Perpetual canon, A minor (Bärenreiter XV) (1933) (4 voices)
• Mirror canon, A minor (Bärenreiter XVI) (1933) (4 voices)
• Es ist zu dumm [It is too dumb] (for Rudolph Ganz) (Bärenreiter XXII) (September 1934) (4 voices)
• Man mag über Schönberg denken, wie man will [One might think about Schoenberg any way one wants to] (for Charlotte Dieterle) (Bärenreiter XXIII) (1935) (4 voices)
• Double canon (Bärenreiter XXV) (1938) (4 voices)
• Mr. Saunders I owe you thanks (for Richard Drake Saunders) (Bärenreiter XXVI) (December 1939) (4 voices)
• I am almost sure, when your nurse will change your diapers (for Artur Rodzinsky on the birth of his son Richard) (Bärenreiter XXVIII) (March 1945) (4 voices)
• Canon for Thomas Mann on his 70th birthday (Bärenreiter XXIX) (June 1945) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• Gravitationszentrum eigenen Sonnensystems [You are the center of gravity of your own solar system] (Bärenreiter XXX) (August 1949) (4 voices)

Transcriptions and arrangements

• Bach: Chorale prelude on "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" [Deck thyself, oh dear soul], BWV 654 (arr. 1922: orchestra)
• Bach: Chorale prelude on "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" [Come, God, Creator, Holy ghost], BWV 631 (arr. 1922: orchestra)
• Bach: Prelude and fugue in E♭ major "St Anne", BWV 552 (arr. 1928: orchestra)
• Brahms: Piano quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (arr. 1937: orchestra)
• Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque, Op. 42 (arr. 1920: flute, clarinet, string quintet, piano, harmonium)
• Denza: Funiculì, Funiculà (arr. 1921: voice, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello)
• Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde [The Song of the Earth] (arr. Arnold Schoenberg & Anton Webern, 1921; completed by Rainer Riehn, 1983: soprano, flute & piccolo, oboe & English horn, clarinet, bassoon & contrabassoon, horn, harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
• Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [Songs of a Wayfarer] (arr. 1920: voice, flute, clarinet, harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, percussion)
• Monn: Concerto for cello in G minor, transcribed and adapted from Monn's Concerto for harpsichord (1932/33)
• Max Reger: Eine romantische Suite [A Romantic Suite], Op. 125 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg & Rudolf Kolisch, 1919/1920: flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, harmonium for 4 hands, piano for 4 hands)
• Schubert: Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern Incidental music, D. 797 (arr. 1903?: piano for 4 hands)
• Schubert: Ständchen [Serenade], D. 889 (arr. 1921: voice, clarinet, bassoon, mandolin, guitar, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• Sioly: Weil i a alter Drahrer bin [For I'm a real old gadabout] (arr. 1921: clarinet, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello)
• Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer [Emperor Waltz], Op. 437 (arr. 1925: flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano)
• Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden [Roses from the South], Op. 388 (arr. 1921: harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• Johann Strauss II: Lagunenwalzer [Lagoon Waltz], Op. 411 (arr. 1921: harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)

See also

• Arnold Schönberg complete edition

External links

• Compositions – Overview, with links to comprehensive details for every work
• Free scores by Arnold Schoenberg at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 05:02