List of works by Max Bruch

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Works with Opus number

• Op.1 - Scherz, List und Rache, Comic Opera in 1 Act (1858)
• Op.2 - Capriccio for Piano 4-hands (ca.1857?)
• Op.3 - Jubilate-Amen for Chorus (1858)
• Op.4 - 3 Duets for Soprano, Alt and Piano (1858)
• Op.5 - Piano Trio in C minor(ca.1857?)
• Op.6 - 7 Kleine zwei- und dreistimmige Gesänge (1859)
• Op.7 - 6 Songs for Voice and Piano (1859)
• Op.8 - Die Birken und die Erlen for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra (1859)
• Op.9 - String Quartet No.1 in C minor (1859)
• Op.10 - String Quartet No.2 in E major (1860)
• Op.11 - Fantaisie for 2 Pianos in D minor (1861)
• Op.12 - 6 Klavierstücke (1861)
• Op.13 - Hymnus for Soprano and Piano (1862)
• Op.14 - 2 Klavierstücke (ca.1862)
• Op.15 - 4 Songs for Voice and Piano (ca.1862)
• Op.16 - Die Loreley, Opera (1862)
• Op.17 - 10 Songs for Voice and Piano (ca.1863)
• Op.18 - 4 Songs for Baritone and Piano (ca.1863)
• Op.19 - 4 Male Choruses (1863)
• Op.20 - Die Flucht der heiligen Familie" for Chorus and Orchestra (ca.1864)
• Op.21 - Gesang der heiligen drei Könige for Chorus and Orchestra (ca.1864)
• Op.22 - 5 Songs for Chorus a capella
  • 4. Oft in der stillen Nacht
• Op.23 - Frithjof for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
• Op.24 - Schön Ellen, ballad for soloists, chorus and orchestra (published 1867)
• Op.25 - Salamis: Siegesgesang der Griechen for Soli and Orchestra (1868)
• Op.26 - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor (1868)
• Op.27 - Frithjof auf seines Vaters Grabhügel for Soli and Orchestra (1870)
• Op.28 - Symphony No.1 in E flat major (1868)
• Op.29 - Rorate coeli for Chorus and Orchestra (1870)
• Op.30 - Die Priesterin der Isis in Rom, Song for Alto and Orchestra (1870)
• Op.31 - 2 Cantatas for solo soprano, women's chorus and orchestra (1870)
  • a. Die Flucht nach Ägypten
  • b. Morgenstunde
• Op.32 - Normannenzug for Baritone, Male Chorus and Orchestra (1870)
• Op.33 - 4 Songs for Voice and Piano (1870)
• Op.34 - Römische Leichenfeier for Choir and Orchestra (1870)
• Op.35 - Kyrie, Sanctus und Agnus Dei for Soli, Chorus SSAATTBB and Orchestra (1870)
• Op.36 - Symphony No.2 in F minor (1870)
• Op.37 - Das Lied vom Deutschen Kaiser for mixed chorus and orchestra (1871)
• Op.38 - 5 Songs for unaccompanied Chorus (ca.1871)

1. Waldpsalm
2. Der Wald von Traquair
3. Tannhäuser
4. Rheinsage
5. Feierliches Tafellied

• Op.39 - Dithyrambe for Tenor and Voices (ca.1871)
• Op.40 - Hermione, Opera (ca.1871)
• Op.41 - Odysseus (Szenen aus der Odyssee), Oratorio (1872)
• Op.42 - Romance in A minor for violin and orchestra (1874)
• Op.43 - Arminius, oratorio (1875, revised 1877)
• Op.44 - Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor (1878)
• Op.45 - Das Lied von der Glocke for Chorus (1879)
• Op.46 - Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (1880)
• Op.47 - Kol Nidrei, Adagio for Cello and Orchestra (1880)
• Op.48 - 4 Works for male Chorus (1881)

1. Morgenständchen
2. Trinklied
3. Friede den Schlummernden
4. Media vita, Schlachtgesang der Mönche

• Op.49 - 7 Songs for Voice and Piano (1882)
• Op.50 - Achilleus for Soloists and Orchestra (1885)
• Op.51 - Symphony No.3 in E major (1887)
• Op.52 - Das Feuerkreuz for Soloists and Orchestra (1889)
• Op.53 - 2 Works for male Chorus (1890)
• Op.54 - Songs for Voice, Violin and Piano (1891)
• Op.55 - Canzona for Cello and Orchestra (1891)
• Op.56 - Adagio on Celtic Melodies for Cello and Orchestra (1891)
• Op.57 - Adagio appassionato for Violin and Orchestra (1891)
• Op.58 - Violin Concerto No.3 in D minor (1891)
• Op.59 - 5 Songs for Baryton (1892)
• Op.60 - 9 Lieder for mixed chorus a cappella (1892)

1. In der Christnacht (Christmas Night)
2. Sommerlied (Song of Summer)
3. Der Mutter Klage (The Mother's Lament)
4. Gebet (A Prayer)
5. Ausreise zum Turnier (Departure to Tournament)
6. Weit, weit aus ferner Zeit (Lang, Long, from long ago)
7. Nachruf an Walter von der Vogelweide (In Memory of Walter von der Vogelweide)
8. Weihnachtsliedchen (Christmas Carol)
9. Palmsonntagmorgen (Palm-Sunday Morning)

• Op.61 - Ave Maria for cello and orchestra (1892)
• Op.62 - Gruss an die heilige Nacht for Alto, Chorus and Orchestra (1892)
• Op.63 - Swedish Dances for Violin and Piano (1892)
• Op.64 - Hymne for Chorus (with Soli) and Orchestra (1893)
• Op.65 - In Memoriam, Adagio for Violin and Orchestra (1893)
• Op.66 - Leonidas for Baritone, Voices and Orchestra after Bulthaupt (1893)
• Op.67 - Moses, Oratorio (1894)
• Op.68 - 3 Works (Neue Männerchöre) for 4-part male Chorus and Orchestra (early 1896, ©1896)

1. Seeräuberlied (Kruse)
2. Der 23te Psalm.
3. Kriegsgesang (Goethe)

• Op.69 - Sei getreu bis an den Tod for 5-part mixed chorus (1885, revised 1896)
• Op.70 - 4 Pieces for Cello and Piano (1897)
• Op.71 - 7 Lieder for Chorus a cappella (1897)

1. Sommerlust im Walde
2. Der fröhliche Musicus
3. An die Musik
4. Narrenfahrt
5. Musicaklang
6. Lenz, komm herbei!
7. Morgengesang

• Op.72 - In der Nacht for men's chorus (1897)
• Op.73 - Gustav Adolf, Oratorio (1898)
• Op.74 - Herzog Moritz, for male Voices (1899)
• Op.75 - Serenade in A minor for Violin and Orchestra (1900)
• Op.76 - Der letzte Abschied des Volkes for male Voices and Orchestra (1901)
• Op.77 - not assigned?
• Op.78 - Damajanti for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra (1903)
• Op.79 - Lieder und Tänze nach Russischen und Schwedischen Volksmelodien for Violin and Piano (published 1903)
• Op.79b - Suite nach russischen Volksmelodien (1905) (orchestral suite from Op.79)
• Op.80 - Szene der Marfa, Song for Mezzosporano and Orchestra (1906)
• Op.81 - Osterkantate for Soprano, Chorus, Organ, and Orchestra (1908)
• Op.82 - Das Wessobrunner Gebet for Soli and Orchestra (1910)
• Op.83 - 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (1910)
• Op.84 - Konzertstück in F♯ minor for Violin and Orchestra (1911)
• Op.85 - Romanze for Viola and Orchestra (1911)
• Op.86 - 6 Songs for unaccompanied Chorus (1911)

1. Ackley
2. Kleine Maria
3. Deutscher Frühling
4. Geh, wo Ruhm dir winket
5. Im Moselthal
6. Weit über dem Meere

• Op.87 - Die Macht des Gesanges for baritone, choir, organ and orchestra (1912)
• Op.88 - Double Concerto in E minor for Clarinet and Viola
• Op.88a - Concerto for 2 Pianos
• Op.88b - Suite for Organ and Orchestra
• Op.89 - Heldenfeier for Voices and Orchestra (1915)
• Op.90 - 5 Songs for unaccompanied Mixed Chorus (1917)

1. Im Himmelreich
2. Der Gärtner als Ulan
3. Wiegenlied im Chiemgau
4. Auf eines deutschen Jägers Grab
5. Abendläuten

• Op.91 - Die Stimme der Mutter Erde for Mixed Chorus, Organ and Orchestra (ca.1916. Leuckart, 1917)
• Op.92 - Christkindlieder, 6 Songs for Soli, Chorus SSAA and Piano (Leuckart, 1917)
• Op.93 - Trauerfeier für Mignon for Soli, Choir, Organ and Orchestra
• Op.94 - ?
• Op.95 - ?
• Op.96 - ?
• Op.97 - 5 Songs for Voice and Piano (ca.1919)

Re Opp. 77 and especially Opp. 94-96, Fifield conjectures (Max Bruch: His Life and Works, p.320) that "several unpublished works written around this time [in the later years of his life] and later placed in the dubious care of [his friend] Eichmann could have filled those numbers."

Works without Opus number

• 3 Hebrew Chants (1888)
• Piano Quintet in G minor (1886) (manuscript digitized at SB Berlin)
• 12 Schottische Volkslieder (Breslau: F.E.C. Leuckart, 1864)
• Septet for Winds and Strings (1849)
• Serenade nach schwedischen Melodien
• String Octet in B flat major - 4 Vln, 2 Vla, Vc, Cb - (1920)
• String Quintet No.1 in A minor (ca.1918)
• String Quintet No.2 in E♭ major (ca.1920?)
• 6 Songs for male Voices (ca.1908)
• Wiegenlied der Hirten.
• String Quartet "No. 0"