List of works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges

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Contents

Published Works

Opus Title Scoring Published Premiere Notes
Op.1 6 String Quartets 2 Violins, Viola, Cello 1773 (Sieber) Probably composed around 1770-71.
Op.1a 3 Sonatas Harpsichord/Fortepiano and Violin 1791 (Le Duc)
Op.2 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1773 (Bailleux) Winter 1772-73, Hôtel de Soubise
Op.3 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1774 (Bailleux)
Op.4 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1774 (Bailleux) No.1 mistakenly republished by Pleyel as Op. Posth. No. 2.
Op.5 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1775 (Bailleux)
Op.6 2 Symphonies Concertantes 2 Violins (or Violin, Cello) and Orchestra 1775 (Bailleux)
Op.7 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1777 (Bailleux)
Op.8 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1777? (Bailleux)
Op.9 2 Symphonies Concertantes 2 Violins and Orchestra 1777 (Le Duc)
Op.10 2 Symphonies Concertantes 2 Violins, Viola and Orchestra 1778 (La Chevadière)
Op.11 2 Symphonies Orchestra 1779 (La Chevadière) 17??, Exécuté au Concert des Amateurs No.2dentical with the Overture to the opéra comique, L'Amant anonime
Op.12 2 Violin Concerti Violin and Orchestra 1777 (Bailleux)
Op.13 2 Symphonies Concertantes 2 Violins and Orchestra 1778 (Sieber)
Op.14 6 String Quartets 2 Violins, Viola, Cello 1785 (Boyer)
Op. posth. 6 Sonatas Violin accompanied by a second Violin. 1800 (Pleyel)
6 String Quartets 'au gout de jour' 2 Violins, Viola, Cello 1779 (Durieu)

Unublished Works

Title Key Scoring Notes
Sonata E-flat major Flute and Harp
Quartet G minor Harpsichord, Violin, Viola, Cello Quatuor pour le Clavessin avec l'Accompagnement de Violon Viola et Basse
Manuscript (ca.1780) in Fürstlich Hohenlohe-Langenburg'sche Schloßbibliothek (grüne Mappe VIII/26)
10 Harpsichord Sonatas Harpsichord Manuscript held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, France
Sonata G major Harpsichord and Violin Sonate de clavecin avec violin obligé
An arrangement of the Violin Concerto in G major, Op.2, No.1.
Songs Voice & Piano Around 100 songs in manuscript form. Some of doubtful authenticity.

Stage Works

Title Genre Premiere Venue Librettist Notes
L'Amant anonime Comédie mélée d'ariettes et de ballets 1780, March 8 Paris, Théâtre de Mme. de Montesson after a play by Mme. de Genlis
Ernestine Opéra comique in 3 acts 1777, July 19 Paris, Comédie Italienne Choderlos de Laclos revised by Desfontaines Mostly Lost ; Surviving numbers can be found in a collection Recueil d'airs et duos avec orchestre from the Bibliothèque Nationale, France.
La partie de chasse Opéra comique in 3 acts 1778, October 12 Paris, Comédie Italienne Desfontaines Mostly Lost ; Surviving numbers can be found in a collection Recueil d'airs et duos avec orchestre from the Bibliothèque Nationale, France.
La fille garçon Opéra comique mélée d'ariettes in 2 acts 1787, August 18 Paris, Comédie Italienne Desmaillot Lost
Aline et Dupré, ou le marchand de marrons Children's opera 1788 Paris, Théâtre du comte de Beaujolais Lost
Guillaume tout coeur ou les amis du village Opéra comique in one act 1790, September 8 Lille Monnet Lost

Lost and Spurious Works

Title Scoring Premiere Notes
Les Caquets Violin & Piano 1936, November 14 Doubtful authenticity. Supposedly an original work by Saint-Georges from 1783, harmonised by Casadesus (famous for his forgeries) in 1936.
Clarinet Concerto 1782, March 25, Château Tuileries Lost ; Performed 6 times between March 1782 and April 1783 by the clarinettist Antonio Soler.
Clarinet Concerto Lost ; A second Concerto for Clarinet from 1787.
Bassoon Concerto 1782, March 28, Hôtel de Soubise Lost ; First performed by Étienne Ozi.
Cello Sonata 1792, April 8 (Easter) Lost ; performance by Lombart mentioned in a review in the Gazette du département du Nord, April 10, 1792
Pastorale "Les amours et la mort du pauvre oiseau" Violin 1791? Lost ; A detailed account of the piece by Louise Fusil was published in the 8th volume of Gazette musicale de Paris in 1841. Fusil describes 3 distinct sections. Guédé interprets these as movements, and calls this a sonata.
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