List of works by Julius Rietz

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Sources

Main sources:

  • Carl Becker's "Die Tonkünstler des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: ein kalendarisches Handbuch zur Kunstgeschichte"
  • Hofmeisters Monatsberichte
  • Operone
  • Franz Pazdírek "Universal Handbuch der Musikliteratur"

Works with Opus Number

  • Op.1 - String Quartet (pub.1833)
  • Op.2 - Fantaisie for Cello and Orchestra (pub.1844)
  • Op.3 - Overture for Military Band (pub.1841)
  • Op.4 - ?
  • Op.5 - Scherzo capriccioso for piano (pub.1842)
  • Op.6 - 13 Songs (p1841)
  • Op.7 - Concert-Ouverture in A major (pub.1840)
  • Op.8 - 12 Songs (pub.1838)
  • Op.9 - 6 Duets (soprano and alto) (pub.1841)
  • Op.10 - Jery und Bately, Singspiel after Goethe (premiered 7 April 1840 in Düsseldorf, pub.1841)
  • Op.11 - Ouverture zu 'Hero und Leander' (pub.1842)
  • Op.12 - Altdeutscher Schlachtgesang (pub.1842) (bass section and orchestra)
  • Op.13 - Symphony No.1 in G minor (1843, pub.1844. Premiered? 8 February 1844 Leipzig) (Molto allegro con fuoco/Adagio in E/Scherzo. Allegretto con moto/Finale. Molto allegro ed assai appassionato. See RISM 280002074 for further information from parts at Rudolstadt).
  • Op.14 - Overture to The Tempest (pub.1845)
  • Op.15 - 9 Lieder (pub.1843)
  • Op.16 - Cello Concerto (pub.1844)
  • Op.17 - Piano Sonata No.1 in A minor (pub.1848)
  • Op.18 - Lustspiel-Ouverture in B major (pub.late 1853) (HMB gives 1854, score, parts and reduction advertised in the Rheinische Musik-Zeitung in December 1853. Performed in Leipzig late 1853 according to Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, November 1853.)
  • Op.19 - Recitative & Cavatine for Soprano "zum Concertgebrauch". (Sagt mir ihr kosenden Lüftchen.) (pub.1855)
  • Op.20 - Dithyramb ("Nimmer, das glaub mir, erscheinen die Götter") for Men's Voices and Orchestra (pub.1846)
  • Op.21 - Piano Sonata No.2 in E major (pub.1855)
  • Op.22 - Des Weines Hofstaat (Men's voices) (performed and published 1854)
  • Op.23 - Symphony No.2 in A major (1846? Premiered Leipzig, January 14 1847 (source: Carl Becker)
  • Op.24 - ?
  • Op.25 - 6 Psalmen for Alto or Bass (pub.1847)
  • Op.26 - 12 Songs (pub.1848-49)
  • Op.27 - 7 Songs (pub.1849)
  • Op.28 - 12 Songs (pub.1852)
  • Op.29 - Clarinet Concerto ( published 1857)
  • Op.30 - Violin Concerto in G (pub.1855)
  • Op.31 - Symphony No.3 in E major (1854-55, pub.1856) (Dedicated to Moritz Hauptmann. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco/Con moto moderato in G minor/Andante sostenuto in B/Allegro di molto. See RISM 280002539 for further information based on Sondershausen copy of score and parts)
  • Op.32 - ?
  • Op.33 - Konzertstück for Oboe and Orchestra (composed ca.1856?, published 1857)
  • Op.34 - 12 Kinderstücke for piano (pub.1856)
  • Op.35 - ?
  • Op.36 - Lied vom Wein (after Geibel) for Men's Voices and orchestra (pub.1856)
  • Op.37 - 6 Sacred Songs (pub.1857)
  • Op.38 - Concert arias (pub.1861)
  • Op.39 - ?
  • Op.40 - 6 Sacred Songs (pub.1873)
  • Op.41 - Konzertstück for Wind Quintet and Orchestra (pub.1873)
  • Op.42 - Flute Sonata (pub.1876)
  • Op.43 - ?
  • Op.44 - ?
  • Op.45 - ?
  • Op.46 - ?
  • Op.47 - 6 Gesänge for Men's Voices (pub. Ries & Erler)
  1. Einsamkeit
  2. Frühlingslied
  3. Soldatenied
  4. Frühlingslust
  5. Einsames Wandern
  6. Im grünen Wald
  • Op.48 - Arioso in E major for violin and orchestra (see RISM 451024881 for description, orchestration, incipit) (1869)
    • Also Offertorium (Laudate Dominum) (pub.1870)
  • Op.49 - ?
  • Op.50 - Te Deum laudamus (pub.1865)
  • Op.51 - Das grosse deutsche Vaterland, Hymnus (pub.1871)
  • Op.52 - ?
  • Op.53 - Ouverture für Feier der goldenen Hochzeit Ihrer Majestäten des Königs und der Königin von Sachsen für grosses Orchester (pub.ca.1872)

Works without Opus Number

(without known opus number- may move to the above list)

  • Etude for solo violin (unpublished manuscript, 1874)
  • Incidental music for "Maria Tudor" (1837)
  • Festouverture (premiered 1841)
  • Deutsche Liederhalle. Sammlung der ausgezeichnesten Volkslieder, herausgegeben von Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio (1803-69), f. 4 Männerstimme bearbeitet (p1846)
  • Operas and Operettas: (from Operone)
    • Herr Heiter (text by Carl von Holtei) - Leiderspiel, 3 acts (premiered 1832, Berlin
    • Lorbeerbaum und Bettelstab (Holtei) (premiered 16 February 1833, Berlin)
    • Dei Eremiten (Franz August von Kurländer), opera in 2 acts (1834, never given)
    • Ein Carnevalstag in Salamanka (Rolein), opera in 2 acts (1844, never given)
    • Der Corsar (Julius Otto d. J.?), Opera in 4 acts (21 December 1850, Leipzig)
    • Georg Neumark und die Gambe (Pasqué), opera in 1 act (25 May 1859, Weimar)
  • Chant du matin/Morgenlied (La combe est silencieuse) for men's chorus (pub.1901, Kahnt)
  • Deutsche Messe, 4 voices and organ (in E major) (copy at Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, see RISM 211008692)