List of compositions by Gabriel Fauré

The following is a complete list of the compositions by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. Works are listed both by genre and by opus number.

Solo Piano

 * Fugue à trois parties in F major (c1862)
 * Sonata in F major (1863)
 * Trois romances sans paroles, Op. 17 (?1863)
 * Mazurka in B♭ (c1865)
 * Gavotte in C♯ minor (1869)
 * Huit pièces brèves, Op. 84 (1869-1902)
 * Mazurka in B♭ major, Op. 32 (c1875)
 * Nocturne no.1 in E♭ minor, Op. 33/1 (c1875)
 * Ballade in F♯ major, Op. 19 (1877-9)
 * Impromptu no.1 in E♭ major, Op. 25 (1881)
 * Barcarolle no.1 in A minor, Op. 26 (?1881)
 * Nocturne no.2 in B major, Op. 33/2 (c1881)
 * Valse-caprice no.1 in A major, Op. 30 (1882)
 * Impromptu no.2 in F minor, Op. 31 (1883)
 * Nocturne no.3 in A♭ major, Op. 33/3 (1883)
 * Impromptu no.3 in A♭ major, Op. 34 (1883)
 * Valse-caprice no.2 in D♭ major, Op. 38 (1884)
 * Nocturne no.4 in E♭ major, Op. 36 (1884)
 * Nocturne no.5 in B♭ major, Op. 37 (1884)
 * Barcarolle no.2 in G major, Op. 41 (1885)
 * Barcarolle no.3 in G♭ major, Op. 42 (1885)
 * Barcarolle no.4 in A♭ major, Op. 44 (1886)
 * Valse-caprice no.3 in G♭ major, Op. 59 (1887-93)
 * Valse-caprice no.4 in A♭ major, Op. 62 (1893-4)
 * Nocturne no.6 in D♭ major, Op. 63 (1894)
 * Barcarolle no.5 in F♯ minor, Op. 66 (1894)
 * Theme and variations in C♯ minor, Op. 73 (1895)
 * Barcarolle no.6 in E♭ major, Op. 70 (?1895)
 * Prelude in C major (1897)
 * Nocturne no.7 in C♯ minor, Op. 74 (1898)
 * Nocturne no.8 in D♭ major, Op. 84/8 (1902)
 * Barcarolle no.7 in D minor, Op. 90 (1905)
 * Impromptu no.4 in D♭ major, Op. 91 (1905-6)
 * Barcarolle no.8 in D♭ major, Op. 96 (1906)
 * Nocturne no.9 in B minor, Op. 97 (?1908)
 * Nocturne no.10 in E minor, Op. 99 (1908)
 * Barcarolle no.9 in A minor, Op. 101 (1908-9)
 * Impromptu no.5 in F♯ minor, Op. 102 (1908-9)
 * Nine Preludes, Op. 103 (1909-10)
 * Nocturne no.11 in F♯ minor, Op. 104/1 (1913)
 * Barcarolle no.10 in A minor, Op. 104/2 (1913)
 * Barcarolle no.11 in G minor, Op. 105 (1913)
 * Barcarolle no.12 in E♭ minor, Op. 106bis (1915)
 * Nocturne no.12 in E minor, Op. 107 (1915)
 * Barcarolle no.13 in C major, Op. 116 (1921)
 * Nocturne no.13 in B minor, Op. 119 (1921)

Piano four hands

 * Souvenirs de Bayreuth (1888)
 * Allegro symphonique, Op. 68 (1895)
 * Dolly, Op. 56 (1894-6)
 * Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse; Deuxième air de danse. Transcription for four hands. (1913)

Violin and piano

 * Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (1875-6)
 * Berceuse, Op. 16 (1879)
 * Romance in B♭ major, Op. 28 (1883)
 * Andante, Op. 75 (1898)
 * Morceau de lecture (1903)
 * Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse; Deuxième air de danse. Transcription for violin and piano. (1913)
 * Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108 (1916-7)

Cello and piano

 * Élégie, Op. 24 (1880)
 * Papillon, Op. 77 (1885)
 * Romance, Op. 69 (1894)
 * Sicilienne, Op. 78 (1898)
 * Sérénade, Op. 98 (1908)
 * Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 (1917)
 * Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 (1921)

Flute and piano

 * Fantaisie, Op. 79 (1898)
 * Morceau de concours (1898)
 * Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse. Transcription for flute and piano. (1913)

String ensemble and piano

 * Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1876-9)
 * Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 (1887)
 * Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89 (1887-95)
 * Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115 (1919-21)
 * Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 (1922-3)

Strings

 * Morceau de lecture for two cellos (1897)
 * String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 (1924)

Solo harp

 * Impromptu, Op. 86 (1904)
 * Morceau de lecture (1904)
 * Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110 (1918)

Religious

 * Super flumina Babylonis (1863)
 * Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (1865)
 * Cantique à St Vincent de Paul, lost (1868)
 * Ave Maria, Op. posth (1871)
 * Cantique pour la Fête d’un supérieur, lost (c1872)
 * Tu es Petrus (c. 1872)
 * Benedictus (c. 1880) (first edition 1999)
 * Messe basse (1882, rev. 1906)
 * O salutaris, Op. 47/1 (1888)
 * Maria Mater gratiae, Op. 47/2 (1888)
 * Requiem, Op. 48 (1877, 1887–93)
 * Ecce fidelis servus, Op. 54 (1889)
 * Tantum ergo in A major, Op. 55 (?1890)
 * Ave verum corpus, Op. 65/1 (1894)
 * Tantum ergo in E major, Op. 65/2 (1894)
 * Sancta mater (1894)
 * Ave Maria in F major (?1894)
 * Salve Regina, Op. 67/1 (1895)
 * Ave Maria in A♭ major, Op. 67/2 (1895)
 * Tantum ergo in F major (1904)
 * Ave Maria in B minor, Op. 93 (1906)

In collaboration with André Messager:
 * Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville

Secular

 * Les djinns, Op. 12 (?1875)
 * Le ruisseau, Op. 22 (?1881)
 * La naissance de Vénus, Op. 29, libretto by Paul Collin (1882)
 * Madrigal, Op. 35 (1883)
 * l est né le divin enfant (1888)
 * Noël d’enfants (Les anges dans nos campagnes) (c1890)
 * Hymne à Apollon, Op. 63bis (1894, rev. 1914)
 * Pleurs d’or, Op. 72 (1896)

Orchestral

 * Symphonic Suite, Op. 20 in F major (1865-74)
 * Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 14 (unfinished) (1878-9)
 * Ballade for piano and orchestra in F♯ major, Op. 19 (arr. of original version for piano solo) (1881)
 * Symphony in D minor, Op. 40 (destroyed, material re-used in Op. 108 and Op. 109) (1884)
 * Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)
 * Caligula, Op. 52 (1888)
 * Shylock, Op. 57 (1890)
 * Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (1900)
 * Le voile du bonheur, Op. 88
 * Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, Op. 111 (1918)
 * Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (1919)

Operas

 * Prométhée, Op. 82 (Opera in three acts: Tragédie lyrique, fp. 1900)
 * Pénélope (Opera in three acts: Poème lyrique, fp. 1913)

By opus number

 * Op. 1 Two Songs
 * Le papillon et la fleur
 * Mai
 * Op. 2 Two Songs
 * Dans le ruines d'une abbaye
 * Les matelots
 * Op. 3 Two Songs
 * Seule
 * Sérénade toscane
 * Op. 4 Two Songs
 * Chanson du pêcheur (lamento)
 * Lydia
 * Op. 5 Three Songs
 * Chant d'automne
 * Rêve d'amour
 * L'absent
 * Op. 6 Three Songs
 * Aubade
 * Tristesse
 * Sylvie
 * Op. 7 Three Songs (1870-8)
 * Après un rêve
 * Hymne
 * Barcarolle
 * Op. 8 Three Songs
 * Au bord de l'eau
 * La rançon
 * Ici-bas
 * Op. 9 Number was not allocated to a composition.
 * Op. 10 Two Duets
 * Puisqu'ici-bas
 * Tarantelle
 * Op. 11 Cantique de Jean Racine (1865)
 * Op. 12 Les djinns (1875?), for mixed chorus and piano or orchestra, after Hugo
 * Op. 13 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major (1875-6)
 * Op. 14 Violin Concerto (1878-9), unfinished
 * Op. 15 Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1876-9)
 * Op. 16 Berceuse for piano and violin (1878-9), also for violin/cello and orchestra
 * Op. 17 Romances sans paroles (1863)
 * No. 1 Andante quasi allegretto
 * No. 2 Allegro molto
 * No. 3 Andante moderato
 * Op. 18 Three Songs (1878)
 * Nell
 * Le voyageur
 * Automne
 * Op. 19 Ballade (1881), originally for piano solo, orchestral accompaniment later added
 * Op. 20 Symphonic Suite in F (1865–74)
 * Op. 21 Poème d'un jour, song cycle
 * Rencontre
 * Toujours
 * Adieu
 * Op. 22 Le ruisseau, (1881?) for 2-part female chorus and piano
 * Op. 23 Three Songs (1879)
 * Les berceaux
 * Notre amour
 * Le secret
 * Op. 24 Élégie for cello and piano (1883), orchestrated 1890
 * Op. 25 Impromptu No. 1 in E-flat (1881)
 * Op. 26 Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor (1881)
 * Op. 27 2 Mélodies (1882)
 * Chanson d'amour
 * La fée aux chansons
 * Op. 28 Romance for violin and piano (1877)
 * Op. 29 La naissance de Vénus (1882)
 * Op. 30 Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A (1882)
 * Op. 31 Impromptu No. 2 in F minor (1883)
 * Op. 32 Mazurka in B-flat (1875)
 * Op. 33 Three Nocturnes
 * No. 1 in E-flat minor (1875)
 * No. 2 in B (1881)
 * No. 3 in A-flat (1883)
 * Op. 34 Impromptu No. 3 in A-flat (1883)
 * Op. 35 Madrigal
 * Op. 36 Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat (1884)
 * Op. 37 Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat (1884)
 * Op. 38 Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-flat (1884)
 * Op. 39 Four Songs (1884)
 * Aurore
 * Fleur jetée
 * Le pays des rêves
 * Les roses d'Ispahan
 * Op. 40 Symphony in D minor (1884)
 * Op. 41 Barcarolle No. 2 in G (1885)
 * Op. 42 Barcarolle No. 3 in G-flat (1885)
 * Op. 43 Two Songs (1885-6)
 * Noël
 * Nocturne
 * Op. 44 Barcarolle No. 4 in A-flat (1886)
 * Op. 45 Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor (1885-6)
 * Op. 46 Two Songs (1887)
 * Les présents
 * Clair de lune
 * Op. 47 No. 1 O Salutaris (1887)
 * Op. 47 No. 2 Maria, Mater Gratiae (1887)
 * Op. 48 Requiem in D minor (1877, rev. 1887–90, orch. 1899)
 * Op. 49 Petite Pièce in G for cello and piano (c. 1888) now lost
 * Op. 50 Pavane in F-sharp minor (1887)
 * Op. 51 Four Songs (1888)
 * Larmes
 * Au cimetière
 * Spleen
 * La rose
 * Op. 52 Caligula (1888)
 * Op. 53 Number was not allocated to a composition.
 * Op. 54 Ecce fidelis servus (1890), motet
 * Op. 55 Tantum ergo (1890)
 * Op. 56 Dolly Suite for piano four hands (1894-7), orch. Rabaud 1906
 * Berceuse (1894)
 * Mi-a-ou (1896)
 * Le jardin de Dolly (1896)
 * Kitty-valse (1896)
 * Tendresse (1896)
 * Le pas espagnol (1897)
 * Op. 57 Shylock Suite (1889)
 * Op. 58 Cinq mélodies "de Venise" (1891), song cycle after Verlaine
 * Mandoline
 * En sourdine
 * Green
 * À Clymène
 * C'est l'extase
 * Op. 59 Valse-Caprice No. 3 in G-flat (1887–93)
 * Op. 60 Number was not allocated to a composition. However, "Opus 60" was used to refer to an early version of the piano quintet Op. 89.
 * Op. 61 La Bonne Chanson (1892–4), song cycle after Verlaine
 * Une sainte en son auréole
 * Puisque l'aube grandit
 * La lune blanche luit dans les bois
 * J'allais par des chemins perfides
 * J'ai presque peur, en vérité
 * Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
 * Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
 * N'est-ce pas?
 * L'hiver a cessé
 * Op. 62 Valse-Caprice No. 4 in A-flat (1893-4)
 * Op. 63 Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat (1894)
 * Op. 63bis Hymne à Apollon (1894)
 * Op. 64 Number was not allocated to a composition.
 * Op. 65 No. 1 Ave verum corpus (1894)
 * Op. 65 No. 2 Tantum ergo (1894)
 * Op. 66 Barcarolle No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1894)
 * Op. 67 No. 1 Salve Regina (1894-5)
 * Op. 67 No. 2 Ave Maria (1894-5)
 * Op. 68 Allegro symphonique (1895), arr. for piano 4 hands from 1st movement of Symphonic Suite, Op. 20
 * Op. 69 Romance in A for cello and piano (1894)
 * Op. 70 Barcarolle No. 6 in E-flat (1895)
 * Op. 72 Pleurs d’or
 * Op. 73 Theme and Variations for piano (1895), orch. Inghelbrecht 1955
 * Theme
 * Variation I L'istesso tempo
 * Variation II Piu mosso
 * Variation III Un poco piu mosso
 * Variation IV L'istesso tempo
 * Variation V Un poco piu mosso
 * Variation VI Molto adagio
 * Variation VII Allegro moderato
 * Variation VIII Andante molto moderato
 * Variation IX Quasi adagio
 * Variation X Allegro vivo
 * Variation XI Andante molto, moderato espressivo
 * Op. 74 Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor (1898)
 * Op. 75 Andante for violin and piano (1897)
 * Op. 76 Two Songs (1897)
 * Le parfum impérissable
 * Arpège
 * Op. 77 Papillon for cello and piano (1884), also for string quintet or violin and piano
 * Op. 78 Sicilienne for cello and piano, (1898)
 * Op. 79 Fantaisie for flute and piano, (1898), orch. Aubuert (1957)
 * Op. 80 Pelléas et Mélisande (1898)
 * Op. 82 Prométhée (1900)
 * Op. 83 Two Songs (1894)
 * Prison
 * Soir
 * Op. 84 Huit pièces brèves (1869–1902)
 * No. 1 Capriccio in E-flat major
 * No. 2 Fantaisie in A-flat major
 * No. 3 Fugue in A minor
 * No. 4 Adagietto in E minor
 * No. 5 Improvisation in C-sharp minor
 * No. 6 Fugue in E minor
 * No. 7 Allegresse in C major
 * No. 8 Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major (1898–1902)
 * Op. 85 Trois mélodies (1902)
 * Dans la forêt de septembre
 * La fleur qui va sur l'eau
 * Accompagnement
 * Op. 86 Impromptu for harp (1904) (piano arrangement is Op.86 bis, 'Impromptu No. 6' in D-flat)
 * Op. 87 Two Songs (1904)
 * Le Plus doux chemin
 * Le ramier
 * Op. 88 Le voile du bonheur (1901), after Clemenceau
 * Op. 89 Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor (1890-4, rev. 1903–5)
 * Op. 90 Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor (1905)
 * Op. 91 Impromptu No. 4 in D-flat (1905)
 * Op. 92 Le don silencieux (1906)
 * Op. 93 Ave Maria for two sopranos and organ (1906)
 * Op. 94 Chanson (1906)
 * Op. 95 La chanson d'Ève (1906–10), song cycle after van Lerberghe
 * Paradis
 * Prima verba
 * Roses ardentes
 * Comme Dieu rayonne
 * L'aube blanche
 * Eau vivante
 * Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil?
 * Dans un parfum de roses blanches
 * Crépuscule
 * O mort, poussière d'étoiles
 * Op. 96 Barcarolle No. 8 in D-flat (1906)
 * Op. 97 Nocturne No. 9 in B minor (1908)
 * Op. 98 Sérénade for cello and piano (1908)
 * Op. 99 Nocturne No. 10 in E minor (1908)
 * Op. 100 Number was not allocated to a composition.
 * Op. 101 Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor (1908-9)
 * Op. 102 Impromptu No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1909)
 * Op. 103 Nine Préludes (1909–10)
 * No. 1 in D-flat major
 * No. 2 in C-sharp minor
 * No. 3 in G minor
 * No. 4 in F major
 * No. 5 in D minor
 * No. 6 in E-flat minor
 * No. 7 in A major
 * No. 8 in C minor
 * No. 9 in E minor
 * Op. 104 No. 1 Nocturne No. 11 in F-sharp minor (1913)
 * Op. 104 No. 2 Barcarolle No. 10 in A minor (1913)
 * Op. 105 Barcarolle No. 11 in G minor(1913-5)
 * Op. 106 Le jardin clos (1914), song cycle after van Lerberghe
 * Exaucement
 * Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux
 * La messagère
 * Je me poserai sur ton coeur
 * Dans la nymphée
 * Dans la pénombre
 * Il m'est cher, amour, le bandeau
 * Inscription sur le sable
 * Op. 106bis Barcarolle No. 12 in E-flat (1913-5)
 * Op. 107 Nocturne No. 12 in E minor (1915)
 * Op. 108 Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1916-7)
 * Op. 109 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1917)
 * Op. 110 Une châtelaine en sa tour (1918) for harp, arr. Durand for piano
 * Op. 111 Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1918)
 * Op. 112 Masques et bergamasques
 * Op. 113 Mirages (1919), song cycle after de Brimont
 * Cygne sur l'eau
 * Reflets dans l'eau
 * Jardin nocturne
 * Danseuse
 * Op. 114 C'est la paix! (1919)
 * Op. 115 Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor (1919–21)
 * Op. 116 Barcarolle No. 13 in C (1921)
 * Op. 117 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1921)
 * Op. 118 L'horizon chimérique (1921), song cycle after de La Ville de Mirmont
 * La mer est infinie
 * Je me suis embarqué
 * Diane, Séléné
 * Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés
 * Op. 119 Nocturne No. 13 in B minor (1921)
 * Op. 120 Piano Trio in D minor (1922-3)
 * Op. 121 String Quartet in E minor (1923-4)