Franz Schmidt - Listing of Works

Listing of Works

Operas

• Notre Dame, romantic Opera in two acts, text after Victor Hugo by Franz Schmidt and Leopold Wilk; comp. 1902-4, 1st perf. Vienna 1914
• Fredigundis, Opera in three acts, text after Felix Dahn by Bruno Warden and Ignaz Welleminsky; comp. 1916-21, 1st perf. Berlin 1922

Oratorio

• Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book with Seven Seals) for Soli, Chorus, Organ and Orchestra, Text after the Revelation of St John; comp. 1935-37; 1st perf. Vienna, 1938

Cantata

• Deutsche Auferstehung a Festival Song for Soli, Chorus, Organ and Orchestra, Text by Oskar Dietrich; comp. 1938-39, unfinished, prepared for performance by Dr. Robert Wagner; 1st perf. Vienna, 1940

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 in E major; comp. 1896-99, 1st perf. Vienna 1902
• Symphony No. 2 in E flat major; comp. 1911-13, 1st perf. Vienna 1913
• Symphony No. 3 in A major; comp. 1927-28, 1st perf. Vienna 1928
• Symphony No. 4 in C major; comp. 1932-33, 1st perf. Vienna 1934

Piano Concerti

• Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Piano (left hand alone) with orchestral accompaniment; comp. 1923, 1st perf. Vienna 1924; Two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1952)
• Piano concerto in E flat major (for left hand alone); comp. 1934, 1st perf.: Vienna 1935; Two-handed version by Friedrich Wührer (1952)

Various Orchestral Works

• Carnival music and Intermezzo from the Opera Notre Dame; comp. 1902-03; 1st perf. Vienna 1903
• Variations on a Hussar Song for orchestra; comp. 1930-31; 1st perf. Vienna 1931
• Chaconne in D minor; transcribed from the Chaconne in C sharp minor from 1925; completed 1931; Manuscript

Chamber music

• Four little Fantasy pieces after Hungarian national melodies, for cello with piano accompaniment; comp. 1892; 1st perf. Vienna 1926 (three pieces)
• String Quartet in A major; comp. 1925; 1st perf. Vienna 1925
• String Quartet in G major; comp. 1929; 1st perf. Vienna 1930
• Quintet for piano (left hand alone), two violins, viola and cello in G major; comp. 1926; 1st perf. Stuttgart 1931; two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1954)
• Quintet for clarinet, piano (for left hand alone), violin, viola and cello in B major; comp. 1932; 1st perf. Vienna 1933
• Quintet for clarinet, piano (for left hand alone), violin, viola and cello in A major; comp. 1938; 1st perf. Vienna 1939; two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1952)

Music for Trumpets

• Variations and Fugue on an original Theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis); 3. Arrangement for Trumpets alone; comp. 1925, 1st perf. Vienna 1925

Music for Organ and Trumpet

• Variations and Fugue on an original Theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis); 4. Arrangement for 14 Trumpets, Kettledrum and Organ; comp. 1925, 1st perf. Vienna 1925
• Choral overture "God preserve us" for Organ with ad libitum processional Trumpet-chorus; comp. 1933, 1st perf. Vienna 1933
• Solemn Fugue (Fuga solemnis) for Organ with Entrance of 6 Trumpets, 6 Horns, 3 Trombones, Bass Tuba and Kettledrums; comp. 1937, 1st perf. Wien 1939

Piano music

• Romance in A major
• Christmas pastorale in A major (= Organ work, arrangement)
• Intermezzo F sharp minor (2nd movement of the A major Quintet)
• Toccata in D minor (for left hand alone); comp. 1938, 1st perf.: Vienna 1940 (two-handed arrangement); two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1952)

Organ works

• Variations on a theme by Christoph Willibald Gluck (lost)
• Variations and Fugue on an original theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis), 1. Arrangement; comp. 1916
• Phantasie and Fugue in D major; comp. 1923-24, 1st perf. Vienna 1924
• Variations and Fugue on an original theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis), 2. Arrangement; comp. 1924, 1st perf. Vienna 1924
• Toccata in C major; comp. 1924, 1st perf. Vienna 1925
• Prelude and Fugue in E flat major; comp. 1924, 1st perf. Vienna 1925
• Chaconne in C sharp minor; comp. 1925, 1st perf. Vienna 1925
• Four small Chorale preludes; comp. 1926, 1st perf. Vienna 1926

"O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort" (O Eternity thou Thundrous Word), F major

"Was mein Gott will" (What My God Wills), D major

"O, wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen" (O How Happy Are Ye Now, You Blessed), D minor

"Nun danket alle Gott" (Now Thank We All Our God), A major

• Fugue in F major; comp. 1927, 1st perf. Vienna 1932
• Prelude and Fugue in C major; comp. 1927, 1st perf. Vienna 1928
• Four little Preludes and Fugues; comp. 1928, 1st perf. Berlin 1929

Prelude and Fugue in E flat major

Prelude and Fugue in C minor

Prelude and Fugue in G major

Prelude and Fugue in D major

• Chorale Prelude, "Der Heiland ist erstanden"; comp. 1934, 1st perf. Vienna 1934
• Prelude and Fugue in A major, Christmas pastoral; comp. 1934, 1st perf. Vienna 1934
• Toccata and Fugue A flat major; comp. 1935, 1st perf. Vienna 1936