List of works by Fartein Valen

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Works with opus numbers

• Op.1: Legende for piano (1907–08)
• Op.2: Piano Sonata No.1 (1906-12) (published 1915, Norsk Musikforlag)
• Op.3: Violin Sonata (1912–19)
• Op.4: Ave Maria for soprano and orchestra (1914–21). Also an arrangement for soprano and piano (1921). Both versions ©1950
• Op.5: Piano Trio (1917–24, ©1930)
• Op.6: 3 Gedichte von Goethe (3 poems by Goethe) for soprano and piano (1925–27, ©1929)

• Sakontala
• Weiss wie Lilien
• Suleika

• Op.7: Mignon – Zwei Gedichte von Goethe, for soprano and orchestra (1920–27)

• So lasst mich scheinen
• Heiss mich nicht reden

• Op.8: Zwei Chinesische Gedichte for soprano and orchestra (from Hans Bethges Die Chinesische Flöte) (1925–27)

• In Erwartung des Freundes (Mong-Kao-Yen)
• Der Abschied des Freundes (Wang-Wei)

• Op.9: Darest Thou now, o Soul for voice (soprano?) and orchestra (Walt Whitman) (1927–28)
• Op.10: String Quartet No.1 (1928–29, ©1936 - score plate 24086 Hansen)
• Op.11: Pastorale for orchestra (1929–30, ©1933)
• Op.12: Hvad est du dog skiøn (H. A. Brorson) – motet for mixed choir a cappella (1930, ©1932)
• Op.13: String Quartet No.2 (1930–31, first edition ©1932, second edition ©1955)
• Op.14: Two motets for women's voices a cappella (1931, ©1932)

• Quomodo sedet sola civitas
• Regina coeli laetare

• Op.15: 2 Motets for Male choir a cappella (1931, ©1931)

• O Salutaris Hostia
• Quia vidisti me

• Op.16: 2 Motets for mixed choir a cappella (1931–32)

• Et dices in die illa (©1954)
• Deus noster refugium et virtus (©1950)

• Op.17:

• No.1: Sonetto di Michelangelo for orchestra (1931–32, ©1936)
• No.2: Cantico di ringraziamento for orchestra (1932–33, ©1959)

• Op.18:

• No.1: Nenia for orchestra (1932–33, ©1959)
• No.2: An die Hoffnung for orchestra (1933, ©1948)

• Op.19: Epithalamion for orchestra (1933, ©1958)
• Op.20: Le cimetière marin (Kirkegården ved havet) for orchestra (1933–34, ©1951)
• Op.21: La Isla de las Calmas (Den stille ø) for orchestra (1934, ©1948)
• Op.22: 4 Klavierstücke for piano (1934–35 , NMO-edition ©1938, Lyche edition ©1948

• Nachtstück
• Valse Noble
• Lied ohne Worte
• Gigue

• Op.23: Variations for piano (1935–36, ©1949)
• Op.24: Gavotte and Musette for piano (1936, ©1948)
• Op.25: Kom regn fra det høie (Josua Stegmann/Brorson) – motet for women's voices a cappella (1936)
• Op.26: O store Konge, Davids Søn (N. A. Urbimontanus) – motet for male choir a cappella (1936–37)
• Op.27: Vaagn op, min Sjæl (T. Kingo) – motet for mixed choir a cappella (1937)
• Op.28: Prelude and Fugue for piano (1937, ©1949)
• Op.29: 2 Preludes for piano (1937, ©1948)
• Op.30: Symphony No.1 (1937–39, ©1947)
• Op.31: Zwei Lieder, for soprano and piano (1939, (not published until) ©1976)

• Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schiller)
• Anakreons Grab (Goethe)

• Op.32: Die dunkle Nacht der Seele, for soprano and orchestra (Juan de la Cruz) (1939)
• Op.33: Prelude and Fugue for organ (1939, ©1948)
• Op.34: Pastoral for organ (1939, ©1949)
• Op.35: Ode to Solitude (Ode til ensomheten) for orchestra (1939, ©1955)
• Op.36: Intermezzo for piano (1939–40, ©1952)
• Op.37: Violin Concerto (1940, ©1948)
• Op.38: Piano Sonata No.2 (1940–41 , ©1948)
• Op.39: Zwei Lieder, for soprano and piano (1941, ©1954)

• Denk es, o Seele (E. Mörike)
• Tretet leise zu meinem Grabe (old grave inscription)

• Op.40: Symphony No.2 (1941–44)
• Op.41: Symphony No.3 (1944–46 , ©1949)
• Op.42: Serenade for Wind Quintet (1946–47, ©1954)
• Op.43: Symphony No.4 (1947–49 , ©1949)
• Op.44: Piano Concerto (1949–50, ©1953)
• Op.45: Symphony No.5 (unfinished, sketches only; 1951-52. Opus numbering appearing on first sketch)

Works without opus numbers

• Piano Sonata in D major (1899?, unpublished)
• Piano Sonatina in B major (1900?, unpublished)
• Albumblad for piano (1901?, unpublished)
• Nouvelette in F minor for piano (1901, unpublished)
• Four Piano Pieces (1901, unpublished)

• Barcarole
• Serenade
• Julesang (Christmas Song)
• Berceuse

• Piano Sonata in C minor (n.d., possibly lost?)
• Chant sans paroles for piano (1905, unpublished)
• String Quartet No.0 (two complete mvts. and one incomplete mvt. survive. Sketches for a fourth mvt. have been lost. 1908-1909, unclear publication status)
• Der 121 Psalm for mixed choir and orchestra (1911, vocal score ©1984 (organ reduction by editor, thus non-PD), full score (urtext) ©2005)

Arrangements and Transcriptions

• Menuet av Cecilie for piano (unclear authorship, n.d., unpublished)
• Norske Kjæmpeviser (Norwegian Folk Songs) for piano (arr. 1917, unpublished)

1. Alf I Oddeskjær
2. Axel og Valborg
3. Dronning Dagmar
4. Valravnen
5. Kong Valdemar og Tove
6. Storebroder og lillebroder
7. Herr Ole
8. Liti Kjersti som stalldreng
9. Magnus Algotsön
10. Villfar og Sylvklar
11. Steinfinn Fefinnson
12. (no title, unfinished?)

• Julesalmer (Christmas Psalms) for song and piano, (arr. 1928, ©1928)

• Jeg er så glad hver julekveld (Peder Knudsen)
• Deilig er jorden (Schönster Herre Jesu, german trad.)
• Du grønne, glitrende tre, goddag! (Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse)
• Et barn er født i Betlehem (german trad.)
• Glade jul, hellige jul (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Franz Xaver Gruber)
• Her kommer dine arme små (Hans Adolph Brorson)
• I denne søte juletid (Hans Adolph Brorson)
• Deilig er den himmel blå (Jacob Gerhard Meidell)
• Jeg synger julekvad (In dulci jubilo, german trad.)
• Kimer, I klokker (Henrik Rung)

• I denne søte juletid (Hans Adolph Brorson) for song and piano (n.d., ©1929)