List of compositions by Henrique Oswald

List of compositions by Brazilian composer Henrique Oswald, by genre.

Opera

 * La croce d'oro [The Golden Cross], 3 acts (1872, unpublished, performances unknown)
 * Il Neo (La mouche), Novelletta musicale in 3 piccoli quadri, 1 act (1900, libretto by Eduardo Filippi, after La mouche by Alfred de Musset; unpublished, performed in 1900?, 1925, 1929?; 1950 and/or 1952; 1954)
 * Le Fate, Fiaba musicale in due parti [The Fairies], 2 acts, (1902-1903, libretto by Eduardo Filippi; unpublished, performances unknown)

Vocal with orchestra

 * Invocação à arte [Invocation of the arts], for chorus and orchestra (1917)
 * L'enseigne [The ensign], for solo voice and orchestra, in three parts (1917, French text by Jacques d'Avray, pseud. of José de Freitas Vale; there is a version of II arranged for voice and piano)
 * I. L'aveugle in G minor
 * II. Le troubadour in C major
 * III. L'enamourée in B♭ minor

Sacred Music (complete list)

 * For mixed chorus
 * Mass in C minor (Missa Solene) - SATB chorus, string orchestra, organ (1925, edited by Vasti Atique Ferraz de Toledo, 2009; there is a manuscript version omitting orchestra)
 * Requiem in E minor (Missa de Réquiem) - SATB chorus, organ ad lib. (1925; edited by Susana Cecilia Igayara, 2001)
 * Pater noster - SATB chorus, harmonium ad lib. (1926)
 * Tantum ergo - SATB chorus, harmonium ad lib. (1930)
 * For female chorus
 * 3 Motets for female chorus (1913, the grouping proposed by Susana Cecilia Igayara)
 * Ave Maria - SSAA chorus, harmonium ad lib.
 * Magnificat - SSAA chorus, harmonium ad lib.
 * O salutaris hostia - SSAA chorus, harmonium / SSAA chorus, string orchestra, organ
 * 3 Motets for female chorus (1930, the grouping proposed by Susana Cecilia Igayara)
 * Tantum ergo - SSA chorus, harmonium
 * Veni Sancte Spiritus - SSA chorus, harmonium
 * Memorare - SSAA chorus, harmonium
 * For male chorus
 * 3 Motets for male chorus (1930, a version of the same motets for female chorus)
 * Tantum ergo - TTB chorus, harmonium
 * Veni Sancte Spiritus - TTB chorus, harmonium
 * Memorare - TTBB chorus, harmonium
 * Unfinished
 * Te Deum (only one-page sketch)

Original compositions

 * Suite d'orchestre (1884; dedicated to Pedro II of Brazil; unpublished; autograph marked Op.1)
 * 'Festa', Symphonic poem (1885)
 * Sinfonietta (Sinfonia) in D minor op. 27 (1897; edited as Sinfonia, Op. 27, in 2001)
 * Symphonia in C major op. 43 (1910–11)
 * Prelude and Fugue in D minor
 * Prelude and Fugue in B minor

Transcriptions for symphony orchestra

 * Nocturno op. 6 nº 2
 * 4º Nocturno
 * Elegía (1896)
 * Paysage d'automne
 * En rêve
 * Il neige!..
 * Idylle op. 33 nº 2
 * Sur la plage op. 33 nº 1

Original compositions

 * Prelude and Fugue in C minor
 * 6 Fugues
 * Gavotte in F♯ minor
 * Minuet in D major
 * Sarabande
 * Scherzo
 * 2 Romances
 * Habanera in G major
 * Prelude and Fugue in A flat major
 * Prelude and Fugue in A minor

Transcriptions for string orchestra

 * Sonhando
 * Bebé S'endort op. 36 nº 1
 * Serenade

Concertante

 * Violin concerto in D minor (ca.1888; edited by M.G. Felice, 1997)
 * Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 10 (1890; dedicated to Giuseppe Buonamici)
 * Andante and Variations (Andante e Variações) in E♭ minor for piano and orchestra (1918; edited by Eduardo Monteiro, 2002)

Violin and piano

 * Violin Sonata in E major op. 36 (finished February 14, 1908)
 * Canto elegíaco (1902)
 * 3 Berceuses
 * 2 Romances op. 37 (pub. 1908)
 * Romance in E major op. 7 no. 2 (arranged from piano solo version; edited by Juliana D'Agostini and Eduardo Monteiro, 2007)
 * Molto adagio
 * Noturne

Cello and piano

 * Cello Sonata in D minor op. 21 (1898, pub. 1982 by José Eduardo Martins; a second version of 1901 exists in autograph manuscript; a 1901 manuscript arrangement for double bass edited by Fausto Borém De Oliveira, 1993)
 * Sonata-Fantasia in E♭ major op. 44 (1915/1916, pub. 1982 by José Eduardo Martins; may be only the first movement of a not realized longer sonata)
 * Elegy in F♯ minor (1898)
 * Berceuse (1898)
 * Sognando in F [sic] major op. 3 no. 2 (arranged from piano solo version)

Other with piano

 * Piano Trio in G minor op. 9 - piano, violin, cello (1889; edited by Helcio Vaz do Val, 2012)
 * Piano Trio in D major op. 28 - piano, violin, cello (1897)
 * Piano Trio in B minor op. 45 - piano, violin, cello (1916, published ca.1917/18)
 * Sonatina (Piccolo trio) in F♯ minor - piano, violin, cello
 * 'Serrana' in F major - piano, violin, cello (1918 /1925, published 1927)
 * Piano Quartet No. 1 (Piccolo Quartetto) in F♯ minor, op. 5 - piano, violin, viola, cello (1888)
 * Piano Quartet No. 2 in G major op. 26 - piano, violin, viola, cello (second half of 1898; dedicated to Emilio Giorgetti; published by José Eduardo Martins, 2001)
 * Piano Quintet in C major op. 18 - piano, 2 violins, viola, cello (1894/5, published 1937 by Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo; dedicated to Signora Karl Hillebrand)

Other without piano

 * String Quartet No. 1 (Sonatina) op. 16 - 2 violins, viola, cello
 * String Quartet No. 2 in E minor (Quarteto Brasileiro) op. 17 - 2 violins, viola, cello
 * String Quartet No. 3 op. 39 - 2 violins, viola, cello (1908; dedicated to Francisco Braga)
 * String Quartet No. 4 in C minor op. 46 - 2 violins, viola, cello (finished in July–August 1921)
 * String Quartet op. 47 - 2 violins, viola, cello (June 1927, incomplete, 2 unfinished versions)
 * 'Estudio-scherzo' in B♭ minor for string quartet
 * String Octet - 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (1899 /1900)

Organ

 * Fuga in E minor
 * Petite maítrise fuga
 * Prelúdio in A minor
 * Prelúdio e Fuga in A♭ major
 * Prelúdio e Fuga in B♭ minor
 * Prelúdio e Fuga in F major
 * Sonata in C major (1925, pub. 1931 by Ricordi)

Published

 * Souveir-Polka in E♭ major, op. 1
 * Macchiette, op. 2 (12 pieces in 4 books): Le campane della sera, Scherzo, Valzer lento, Canzonetta, Ninna-nanna, Marcia, Romanza, Seconda Gavotta, Pastorale, Minuetto, Sarabanda, La caccia (published by Venturini)
 * Pagine d'album (Fogli d'album), op. 3: Preludio, Sognando, Improptu, In Hamac, Romanza, Scherzo (no. 2 is 1885; published by Venturini)
 * No. 2 arranged for cello and piano
 * Six Morceaux, op. 4: Valse, Rêverie, Menue, Berceuse, Barcarola, Impromptu (published by Venturini)
 * Deux Nocturnes, op. 6 (published by Venturini)
 * Trois Romances sans paroles, op. 7 (ca.1888; published by Venturini; dedicated to Mr. le Comte Alexandre Sigray de San Marzano)
 * No. 2 was arranged for violin and piano
 * Trois Morceaux, op. 8: Valse, Polonaise, Tarantelle
 * Deux Valses Caprice, op. 11 (published by Venturini)
 * Quatre Morceaux, op. 12: Sérénade, Valse Impromptu, Berceuse, Tarantelle (published by Venturini)
 * Seis peças para piano, op. 14: Berceuse, Mazurka, Tarantella, Barcarola, Noturno, Scherzo
 * Sept Miniatures, op. 16: Confidência, Mazurka, Travessa, Ingenuidade, Doce Aflição, Saudade, Capricho
 * Impromptu, op. 19
 * Feuilles d´Album, op. 20: Inquietude, Chansonette, Feux Follets, Désir Ardent
 * Trois Morceaux, op. 23: Menuet, Romance, Valse
 * Deux Valses, op. 25
 * Album, op. 32: Romance, Valse, Sérénade, Menuet
 * Album, op. 33: Sur la Plage, Idyle, Pierrot
 * Polonaise, op. 34 No. 1
 * Album, op. 36: Bébé s'endort, Pierrot se Meurt, Chauve-Sourris
 * Edição Escolar: Pequena Marcha, Valsa, Primeira Marcha, Segunda Marcha, Gavotta, Triste, Chansonette, Folha d' Album, Valsa Lenta, Mazurka, Tarantella, Scherzando.
 * Un Revê
 * En Nacelle
 * Sérénade Grise
 * Sérénade
 * Serenatella
 * Il neige!..
 * Valsa lenta op. posth.
 * Trois Études op. 42
 * Estudo (posthumous edition)
 * Étude pour la main gauche (1921, pub.1982)
 * Scherzo-Étude (1902, pub. 1982)
 * Variações sobre um tema de Barrozo Netto (1918 /1919 )

Unpublished

 * Mazurka (1872)
 * Barcarola No.2 (1872)
 * Marcia religiosa (1873)
 * Berceuse orientale (ca.1870s)
 * Quand te reverrais-je? (1876)
 * Romance sans paroles (1876)
 * 3 Romances sans paroles (1878): Bonheur, Agitato, La plante [?] / La houle [?]
 * Nocturne (1883)
 * Menueto (1883)
 * Gavotte (1883)
 * Berceuse (1886)
 * Lento e espressivo (1887)
 * Vivacissimo (1887)
 * Tema e variações
 * Marchons
 * Molto allegro
 * Hino da família Oswald unida (1907)

Voice with piano (complete list)

 * First period (1872–1879)
 * Ave Maria in F major, for voice and piano or harmonium (1872, Latin text; pub. by Bevilacqua, dedicated to Oswald's mother; new version for mezzo-soprano 1876)
 * Romanza in C major (1879, Italian text by Oswald's father-in-law Ottavio Gasperini; inedited)
 * Romanza in C minor (1879, Italian text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited, only incomplete manuscript)
 * Stornello in E♭ minor (1879, Italian text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited)
 * Berceuse in B major (1879, French text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited)


 * Second period (1897–1904)
 * Ave! in D♭ major (1897, Italian text by Solone Monti; dedicated to Sophia da Silva Prado; published without publisher name)
 * Ave! (version in Portuguese; first performed on September 2, 1903 by Ottavio Frosini in Rio de Janeiro; published by Ricordi Brasileira)
 * Habanera in E minor (1898, Portuguese text by unknown author; inedited)
 * Non ti svegliar in G♭ major (1900, Italian text by Eduardo Filippi; arrangement of a Berceuse from Oswald's opera Il Neo; first performed on September 2, 1903 by Ottavio Frosini in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua in supplement to Renascença No. 1, 1904)
 * Ophelia (Ofélia), Poemetto lirico, in 5 parts (1901, Italian text by Solone Monti; first performed: IV–V on November 13, 1903, I on November 16, 1903, complete cycle on October 29, 1905; published by Genesio Venturini, 1904; III and V were orchestrated by Oswald; manuscripts of I, III an V are marked Op.31)
 * I. (no title) in A♭ major
 * II. Ophelia in D major
 * III. Il genio della foresta in E♭ minor
 * IV. L'angelo del cimitero in G♭ major
 * V. La morta in E major


 * A Anunciação in E♭ minor (1903, Portuguese text by Coelho Neto; part of Neto's Partoral with music by four different composers: Prelúdio by Santana Gomes, A Anunciação by Oswald, A Visitação by Francisco Braga and Natal by Alberto Nepomuceno; published by Bevilacqua, 1904)


 * Third period (1910–1921)
 * Minha estrela in E♭ major (1916; Portuguese text by Esther Ferreira Vianna; dedicated to singer Frederico Nascimento Filho; first performed on August 10, 1916 by Carlos de Carvalho in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua; a manuscript with orchestrated version exists)
 * Aos sinos! in D♭ major (1916, Portuguese text by Olavo Bilac; dedicated to Carlos de Carvalho; first premiered by him in August 1916 in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua)
 * Cantiga bohemia in A minor (1916; Portuguese text by Olegário Mariano; dedicated to Carlos de Carvalho; first premiered by him in August 1916 in Rio de Janeiro; inedited)
 * Le troubadour in C major (1917, French text by Jacques d'Avray, pseud. of José de Freitas Vale; arrangement of second part of Oswald's L'enseigne for voice and orchestra; inedited)
 * Mendigo! in D♭ major (1921, Portuguese text by unknown author; inedited)


 * Works without artistic pretenses
 * Ad una rondinella in E♭ major (1874, Italian text by unknown author; dedicated to Maria Tosi; inedited)
 * Cris du coeur in B♭ major (undated; French text by unknown author; Oswald's authourship is dubious; piano part in pencil; inedited)
 * Hino para a 1a comunhão in E♭ major (undated; Portuguese text by Maria Gertrudes Bicalho Oswald; inedited)
 * Hynno in B♭ major (undated; Portuguese text by count Affonso Celso; dedicated to Cardeal Arcoverde; inedited)
 * Les adieux fraternels in F major (undated; French text by unknown author; piano part not composed; Oswald's authourship is dubious; inedited)
 * Vêm às nossas mãos floridas... in F major (undated; Portuguese text by unknown author; at two points a chorus is indicated; inedited)
 * Canto da coroação in C major (1919; Portuguese text by unknown author; dedicated to Antonio Pinto, vicar of Campo Grande; inedited)

Sources consulted

 * LATIN AMERICAN & HISPANIC-AMERICAN ORGAN MUSIC: Compiled by James Welch and Calvert Johnson, 2008
 * Cássia Paula Fernandes Bernardino. Ofélia, poemeto lírico de Henrique Oswald: confluências entre música e texto. São Paulo, 2009
 * Susana Cecilia Igayara. Henrique Oswald e a música vocal. Revista Glosas. Revista do Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa, v. 9, p. 19-25. Setembro 2015.
 * Cássia Paula Fernandes Bernardino. Ofélia, poemeto lírico de Henrique Oswald: confluências entre música e texto. São Paulo, 2009
 * Susana Cecilia Igayara. Henrique Oswald e a música vocal. Revista Glosas. Revista do Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa, v. 9, p. 19-25. Setembro 2015.