List of compositions by Alexander von Zemlinsky

The following is a complete list of compositions by Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky.

Works with opus number

 * Op. 1, Ländliche Tänze (c. 1891)
 * Op. 2, Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier (1895-96)
 * Op. 3, Trio for clarinet (or violin), violoncello and piano in D minor (1896)
 * Op. 4, String Quartet No.1 in A major (1896)
 * Op. 5, Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier (1896-97)
 * Op. 6, Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern (1898)
 * Op. 7, Irmelin Rose und andere Gesänge (c. 1898-99)
 * Op. 8, Turmwächterlied und andere Gesänge (1898-99)
 * Op. 9, Fantasien über Gedichte von Richard Dehmel (1898)
 * Op. 10, Ehetanzlied und andere Gesänge (1899-1901)
 * Op. 11, Der Traumgörge (1904-06)
 * Op. 12, Kleider machen Leute (1907-09)
 * Op. 13, Six Songs to texts by Maurice Maeterlinck (1910/13)
 * Op. 14, Psalm 23 (1910)
 * Op. 15, String Quartet No.2 (1913-15)
 * Op. 16, Eine florentinische Tragödie (1915-16)
 * Op. 17, Der Zwerg (1919-21)
 * Op. 18, Lyric Symphony (1922-23)
 * Op. 19, String Quartet No.3 (1924)
 * Op. 20, Symphonische Gesänge for baritone or alto and orchestra (1929)
 * Op. 21, Der Kreidekreis (1930-31)
 * Op. 22, Sechs Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier (1934)
 * Op. 23, Sinfonietta (1934)
 * Op. 24, Psalm 13 (1935)
 * Op. 25, String Quartet No. 4 (Suite) (1936)
 * Op. 26, Der König Kandaules (1935-36)
 * Op. 27, 12 Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier (1937)

Works without opus number
Those works marked with an asterisk (*) are currently unavailable


 * Seven Songs (1889-90)
 * * Piano Sonata in C minor (1890)
 * Drei Stücke für Violoncello und Klavier (1891)
 * * Symphony in E minor (1891) — two surviving movements only
 * * Drei leichte Stücke für Klavier (1891)
 * * Terzet in A major for two violins and viola (1892)
 * Symphony No. 1 in D minor (1892)
 * 4 Ballads for piano (1892–93)
 * * Piano Quartet in D major (1893) — partially lost
 * String Quartet in E minor (c.1893)
 * Cello Sonata (1894)
 * Two Movements for String Quintet (1894-96) — surviving movements of the String Quintet in D minor
 * Lustspielouvertüre (1894-95)
 * Sarema (1893-95)
 * Orchestersuite (1895)
 * Albumblatt (Erinnerung aus Wien) for piano (1895)
 * Minnelied for male chorus and chamber ensemble (c.1895)
 * Waldgespräch for soprano, two horns, harp and strings (1895)
 * Five Songs (1895-96)
 * Skizze for piano (1896)
 * Hochzeitgesang for tenor solo, chorus and organ (1896)
 * Frühlingsglaube for mixed chorus and string orchestra (1896)
 * Geheimnis for mixed chorus and string orchestra (1896)
 * Serenade (Suite) for violin and piano (1896)
 * Frühlingsbegräbnis for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1896/97, rev. c.1903)
 * Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major (1897)
 * Es war einmal (1897-99)
 * Aurikelchen for female chorus (1898)
 * Maiblumen blühten überall for soprano and string sextet (1899)
 * * Fridl, singspiel for solo voices and piano (c.1900) — partially lost
 * Psalm 83 (1900)
 * Erdeinsamkeit (1900-01)
 * Der alte Garten (1900-01)
 * Der Triumph der Zeit, ballet in three acts (1900-04)
 * Menuett (from Das gläserne Herz) for piano (1901)
 * Drei Ballettstücke (1902)
 * Ein Tanzpoem (1904)
 * Two Brettl-Lieder (1901)
 * Ein Lichtstrahl, mimedrama for piano (1901)
 * Die Seejungfrau (The Little Mermaid), after Hans Christian Andersen (1902-03)
 * Four Songs (1903-5)
 * Arrangement of Mahler's Symphonie No. 6 for piano four-hands (1906)
 * Two Ballads for baritone and piano (1907)
 * Five Songs to texts by Richard Dehmel for voice and piano (1907)
 * Malwa (1912) — unfinished; fragment realised and orchestrated by Antony Beaumont (2021)
 * Incidental music for Shakespeare's Cymbeline (1913-15) — originally op. 14
 * Four Songs for voice and piano (1916)
 * Two Movements for string quartet (1927) — completed movements of abandoned quartet, originally intended as No.4
 * Und einmal gehst du (1933)
 * Das bucklichte Männlein (1934)
 * Ahnung Beatricens (1935)
 * Quartet for clarinet, violin, viola and cello (1938/39) — unfinished
 * Three Songs (1939-40)
 * Humoreske (Rondo) for wind quintet (1939)
 * Hunting Piece (Jagdstück) for two horns and piano (1939)

Other stage works

 * Ein Lichtstrahl (A Ray of Light). Mime drama for piano (scenario by Oskar Geller, 1901, rev. 1902)
 * Ein Tanzpoem. A Dance Poem in one act for orchestra (Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1901–04, final version of the ballet Der Triumph der Zeit)
 * Incidental music for Shakespeare's Cymbeline for tenor, reciters and orchestra (1913–15)

Choral works

 * Minnelied (T: Heinrich Heine) for men's choir and chamber ensemble (c.1895)
 * Frühlingsglaube for mixed chorus and string orchestra (T: Ludwig Uhland) (1896)
 * Geheimnis for mixed chorus and string orchestra (1896)
 * Hochzeitsgesang (T: Jewish liturgy) for Cantor (Tenor), chorus, and organ (1896) Text: Baruch Haba, Mi Adir
 * Frühlingsbegräbnis (Text: Paul Heyse). Cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1896/97, rev. c.1903)
 * Aurikelchen (T: Richard Dehmel) for women's choir (1898)
 * Psalm 83 for mixed chorus and orchestra (1900)
 * Psalm 23 for chorus and orchestra, Op. 14 (1910, first performance, Vienna 1910)
 * Psalm 13 for chorus and orchestra, Op. 24 (1935)

Voice and orchestra

 * Waldgespräch (T: Joseph von Eichendorff) for soprano, two horns, harp and strings (1896)
 * Maiblumen blühten überall (T: Richard Dehmel) for soprano and string sextet (1899)
 * Erdeinsamkeit (1900-01) (T: unknown) - orchestrated by Antony Beaumont (1999)
 * Der alte Garten (1900-01) (T: Eichendorff) - orchestrated by Antony Beaumont (1999)
 * Sechs Gesänge after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck, Op. 13 (1910/13, orchestrated 1913/21)
 * Lyric Symphony for soprano, baritone and orchestra, Op. 18 (after poems by Rabindranath Tagore) (1922–23)
 * Symphonische Gesänge Op. 20 for baritone or alto and orchestra (T: from Afrika singt. Eine Auslese neuer afro-amerikanischer Lyrik) (1929)

Songs for voice and piano

 * Seven Songs (1889-90)
 * Five Songs (1895-96)
 * Lieder, Op. 2 (2 volumes, 1895–96)
 * Gesänge, Op. 5 (2 volumes, 1896–97)
 * Walzer-Gesänge nach toskanischen Liedern von Ferdinand Gregorovius, Op. 6 (1898)
 * Irmelin Rose und andere Gesänge, Op. 7 (1898/99)
 * Turmwächterlied und andere Gesänge, Op. 8 (1898/99)
 * Ehetanzlied und andere Gesänge, Op. 10 (1899–1901)
 * Two Brettl-Lieder (1901)
 * Four Songs (1903-5)
 * Two Ballads (1907)
 * Five Songs to texts by Richard Dehmel (1907)
 * Sechs Gesänge after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck, Op. 13 (1910/13)
 * Four Songs (1916)
 * Und einmal gehst du (1933)
 * Sechs Lieder, Op. 22 (1934; first performance, Prague 1934)
 * Das bucklichte Männlein (1934)
 * Ahnung Beatricens (1935)
 * Zwölf Lieder, Op. 27 (1937)
 * Three Songs (T: Irma Stein-Firner) (1939)

Orchestral works

 * Symphony in E minor (1891) – two surviving movements only
 * Symphony No. 1 in D minor (1892–93)
 * Eine Lustspielouvertüre (1894–95)
 * Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major (1897)
 * Drei Ballettstücke. Suite from Der Triumph der Zeit (1902)
 * Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid), fantasy after Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" (1902–03, premiered in Vienna in 1905)
 * Sinfonietta, Op. 23 (1934, first performance, Prague 1935)

Chamber music

 * Three Pieces for cello and piano (1891)
 * String Quartet in E minor (c.1893)
 * Sonata in A minor for cello and piano (1894)
 * Two Movements for string quintet (1894/1896) – surviving movements of the String Quintet in D minor
 * Serenade (Suite) for violin and piano (1895)
 * Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano in D minor, Op. 3 (1896)
 * String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4 (1896)
 * String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 (1913–15, first performance, Vienna 1918)
 * String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19 (1924)
 * Two Movements for string quartet (1927) – completed movements of abandoned quartet, originally intended as No.4
 * String Quartet No. 4 (Suite), Op. 25 (1936)
 * Quartet for clarinet, violin, viola and cello (1938/39) – unfinished, fragments only
 * Humoreske (Rondo) for wind quintet (1939)
 * Jagdstück (Hunting Piece) for two horns and piano (1939)

Works for piano

 * Ländliche Tanze, Op. 1 (1892)
 * Vier Balladen (1892–93)
 * Albumblatt (Erinnerung aus Wien) (1895)
 * Skizze (1896)
 * Fantasien über Gedichte von Richard Dehmel, Op. 9 (1898)
 * Menuett (from Das gläserne Herz) (1901)

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