List of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu

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Guillaume Lekeu

This is a list of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu.

The list is initially in chronological order of composition completion date. The "V." header is clickable and doing so will sort the list by "V" numbers, which are grouped into genre and other categories, according to the 1993 catalogue by musicologist Luc Verdebout. (To return to the chronological order, reload the webpage.)

List of compositions[edit]

V. Title Scoring Date Notes

By date:

57 Sonata in D minor violin, piano 1885 unfinished, manuscript (marked "Opus 3")
44 Choral, (À mon oncle Pierre Lekeu) violin, piano 1885/6-7 Opus 3
113 Lamento violin 1886/11
93 Andantino semplice, (Andantino semplice e molto espressivo) piano 1887/6/22
76 Les Deux bonnes sœurs voice, piano 1887/8 Text: Charles Baudelaire;

lost

78 Lied de matelot voice, piano 1887/8 lost; completed but a manuscript of an unfinished sketch exists
77 La Fenêtre de la maison paternelle mezzo-soprano, piano 1887/8 Text: Alphonse de Lamartine
– Invocation à Mallarmé voice, piano 1887/summer Text: Stéphane Mallarmé
80 Les Pavots tenor/baritone, piano 1887/9 Text: Alphonse de Lamartine
48 Méditation for string quartet, in G major 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/8-9 intended as 2nd mvt of a string quartet, but the other mvts never written
63 String Quartet in D minor
  1. 1st mvt
  2. Adagio
  3. Canzonetta
  4. Finale
 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/8-9 lost; mvts 1-3 completed, 4th mvt unknown, a manuscript of sketches exists
49 Menuet 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/9
52 Mon âme est triste jusq'à la mort (My soul is sad unto death): Molto adagio, (Molto adagio sempre cantate e doloroso) 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/10/26 Preface to a Quartet on phrases from the Bible
84 Adagio religioso, (Adagio religioso col piu grand' espressione) piano 1887
106 Tempo di Mazurka piano 1887/10
99
96
102
100 		Morceaux égoïstes Set 1
  1. Lamento
  2. Chant pastorale
  3. Moderato poco allegro
  4. Lento doloroso
 piano 1887/9
1887/10/20
1887/11
1887/11/26 		#1 & #2 lost
58 Quatuor contrapuntique 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/8-11 planned, sketches?
95 Berceuse et Valse (pot-pourri) piano 1887
71 Prélude, Andantino and Tarentelle cello, piano 1887 written for the cellist Gillet;

lost

66 Thema con variazioni violin, viola, cello 1888/2/1
33 Adagio molto espressivo 2 violins, piano 1888/2
60 Quatuor (String Quartet), in G major
  1. Allegretto quasi allegro
  2. Adagio sostenuto
  3. Capriccio
  4. Romance
  5. Poco allegro e molto scherzoso
  6. Final
 2 violins, viola, cello 1888/2/15
50 Minuetto 2 violins 1888/2/18
65 Sonate (Cello Sonata), in F major
  1. Le cœuer plein des songes funèbres (The heart full of funeral dreams): Adagio malinconico
  2. It is both bitter and sweet during winter nights: Allegro molto quasi presto
  3. Mater suspiriorum: Lento assai
  4. You have caused me to prefer the sorrows of the night to the splendours of the day: Épilogue
 cello, piano 1888/3 last few pages of last mvt are lost (though possibly it was unfinished);

completed by Vincent d'Indy 1923

38 Vouloir: Andante più tosto adagio violin, piano 1888/4/23
85
88
91
86
87 		Morceaux égoïstes Set 2
  1. Allegro marcato
  2. Andante in F major
  3. Andantino malinconico, a tre voci
  4. Andante in A minor
  5. Andante
 piano 1887/11/27
1887/12
1888/1/4
1888/1/10
1888/5/17
31 Prèlude pour le troisième acte de Phèdre orchestra 1888/9 Text: Victor Hugo;

piano reduction;

lost?

2 Scene from Les Burgraves contralto, tenor, orchestra 1888/11 Text: Victor Hugo;

orchestra in a piano reduction, unknown whether it was ever orchestrated;

themes later reused in orchestral work Burgraves

92 Morceau: Andante sostenuto piano 4-hands 1889 a fantasia on a Cramignon or Walloon folk dance melody
41 Canon 2 violins 1889
119 Étude de fugue 1889
27 Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves, (Overture after Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves)
  1. Première partie: Modéré, très solennel
  2. Seconde partie
  3. Troisième partie
 orchestra 1889/4/16 the date is that of the 3 mvt sketch, before orchestration; the 3rd mvt was discarded and never orchestrated
103 Moderato quasi largo piano 1889/spring
127 Poème de religion orchestra 1889/9 projected, never written?
– (unknown title) chorus, orchestra 1889/9/30 written at the request of Professor Alphonse Voncken, director of the Société Royal de l'Emulation in Verviers;

lost

1 Barberine, opera opera 1889/12 sketches, abandoned;

Prélude au 2e acte completed (c.f.); themes of other sketches later used in Chant de triomphale délivrance

14 Barberine, Prélude, (Prélude au 2e acte) (Prelude to Act II of the abandoned opera Barberine) orchestra 1889/12
81 Quelque antique et lente danse soprano, piano 1889/12 Text: Lekeu
79 L'ombre plus dense tenor, piano 1889/12 Text: Lekeu
18 Chant de triomphale délivrance, Étude symphonique, (Première Étude symphonique) orchestra 1889/12–1890/early
23 Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un cramignon liégeois (Contrapuntal fantasy on the Liège Cramignon) chamber orchestra 1890/3/23 with choreography for the individual musicians
19
21
129 		Hamlet, Étude symphonique, (Deuxième Étude symphonique), (Hamlet et Ophélie)
  1. Première partie: Hamlet
  2. Seconde partie: Ophélie
  3. Troisième partie: Marche funèbre
 orchestra;

3rd movement for chorus, orchestra

1890/8/15 3rd movement never written;

2nd movement later revised with a different ending (c.f.)

22 Ophélie orchestra 1890/8/22 revised version of 2nd movement of Hamlet, with a different ending intended to lead into the 3rd movement.
70 Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, (Trio à clavier) (Piano Trio), in C minor
  1. Lent
  2. Très lent
  3. Très animé
  4. Lent
 piano, violin, cello 1889/12–1891/1/7
105 Sonate (Piano Sonata), in G minor
  1. (Prélude)
  2. (Fugue 1)
  3. (Fugue 2)
  4. Dans un mouvement plus lent
  5. Finale
 piano 1891/2-3
13 Les fleurs pâles du souvenir, Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestre string orchestra (with violin solo) 1891/4/28 published as Opus 3;

arrangement of string trio Adagio?

35 Adagio violin, viola, cello 1891 arrangement of a fragment of the string orchestra Adagio?
17 Épithalame organ, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 3 trombones) 1891/4
73 Chanson de Mai tenor/baritone, piano 1891/spring Text: Jean Lekeu
7 Chant lyrique chorus, orchestra 1891/6 Text: Alphonse de Lamartine
3 Andromède, Poème lyrique et symphonique, Cantata, 2 acts soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, chorus, orchestra 1891/8 Text: Jules Sauvenière;

composed for the Prix de Rome (Belgium)

28 Larghetto cello, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 2 horns, bassoon) 1892/2/3
26 Introduction et Adagio pour tuba et orchestre d'harmonie tuba, wind orchestra c.1892/2
– Overture and Adagio brass band 1892 arrangement of tuba/winds Introduction et Adagio?
5 Plainte d'Andromède soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, doublebass 1892/2 arrangement of fragments of the choral/orchestral work
132 Paysage d'Ardenne violin, orchestra 1892 planned, never written?
130 La Conquête du bonheur vocal 1892 Text: Lekeu;

planned, never written?

107 3 Pièces
  1. Chansonette sans paroles
  2. Valse oubliée
  3. Danse joyeuse
 piano 1892
25 Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins (Fantasy on two Angers folktunes) orchestra 1892/5
– Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins piano 4-hands 1892/5 reduction of orchestra work
64 Sonate pour piano et violin (Violin Sonata) in G major
  1. Très modéré
  2. Très lent
  3. Très animé
 violin, piano 1892/7 further corrections made up to 1893/2
83 Nocturne mezzo-soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello 1892/11/17 arrangement of No. 3 of Trois Poèmes
94 Berceuse piano 1892/11/22
82 Trois Poèmes
  1. Sur une tombe
  2. Ronde
  3. Nocturne
 soprano/baritone, piano 1892/4/7–1892/12/13 Texts: Lekeu
– Trois Poèmes soprano (unaccompanied) 1892 arrangement of the soprano/piano work
133 La Légende éternelle 1892? planned, never written
62 Quatuor a clavier (Piano Quartet) in B minor
  1. Dans un emportement douloureux (très animé)
  2. Lent et passionné
 piano, violin, viola, cello 1892/12/3–1894/1 1st mvt finished 1893/7/16, 2nd mvt unfinished;

completed by Vincent d'Indy

By genre:
Scenic

Vocal with orchestral accompaniment

Orchestral

Chamber music

Songs

Piano

Sketches:

Exercises:

Planned:

References[edit]

Sources

  • Verdebout, Luc (1993). "Guillaume Lekeu. Correspondance. Introduction, Chronologie, et Catalogue des œuvres". 496pp. Liège: Pierre Mardaga. ISBN 978-2-870-09557-7. (Includes complete catalogue of compositions and manuscripts (including unfinished fragments and sketchbooks) with incipits and detailed descriptions, p357 et seq.)

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