List of Compositions Featuring "The Last Rose of Summer"

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This is the page to list compositions with direct/indirect use of the theme The Last Rose of Summer, its text and melody, by the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779–1852). The Wikipedia page of this exact poem is used as reference here.

Composer Work Title Instrumentation Year of Composition Publication Remarks
Ernst The Last Rose of Summer Vl 1864 1864
Mendelssohn The Last Rose of Summer, Op.15 Pf 1827
Buck The Last Rose of Summer, Op.59 Organ 1877 (Schirmer)
Thalberg The Last Rose of Summer, Op.73 Pf 1857
Kuhlau 7 Variations on an Irish Folksong, Op.105 Fl, pf 1829 1830
Kummer The Last Rose of Summer (Air varié), Op.157 No.6 Fl, pf 1866?
Herz The Last Rose of Summer, Op.159 Pf
Dressler Tis the Last Rose of Summer Voice, pf (or harp)
Vieuxtemps Last Rose of Summer, Op.33 No.5 Vl, pf 1860 or before Incl. in Artists' Repertoire for Violin and Piano
Chipp The Last Rose of Summer with Variations Harp
Wallace Last Rose of Summer, Op.74 Vl, pf 1856 (Schuberth)
Raff La dernière rose, Op.46 Pf 1849 1849 (Cranz)
Dorn The Last Rose of Summer Guitar 1897
(Anony.) La Dernière Rose Vc, pf
Rochard The Last Rose of Summer Pf
Richards The Last Rose of Summer, Op.45 Pf 1853
Smith The Last Rose of Summer, Op.173 Pf 1883?
Jaëll The Last Rose Of Summer, Op.25 Pf
Hayden The Last Rose of Summer Guitar 1877
Hartmann Variations on The Last Rose Of Summer Cornet, pf
Godefroid La dernière rose d'été Harp
Aptommas Last Rose of Summer Harp 1855
Foden Tis the Last Rose of Summer Guitar 1919
Hindemith On hearing "The Last Rose of Summer" Voice, pf 1942–44 1944–45
Farmer The Last Rose of Summer Vl, pf
Labarre A favorite Irish air Harp
Ryder Last Rose of Summer, Op.68 Pf 1873 (White, Smith & Perry)
Elson Folk Songs of Many Nations (Nos.46, 77) Voice, pf 1905
Miné The Last Rose of Summer Pf
Herman The Last Rose of Summer, Op.155 No.1 Vl, pf 1875 ca.
Cramer The Last Rose of Summer, Op.57 No.2 Pf 1849
Cramer The last Rose of Summer, Op.67 No.1 Pf
Kalkbrenner Fantasia No.10 'Sur un air irlandais', Op.50 Pf 1824
Bochsa Mosaique Musicale Harp
Flotow Martha Harp Excerpt of the opera
Leybach La dernière rose d'été, Op.159 Pf 1874
Sechter The Last Rose of Summer, Op.53 No.14 Pf4h
Schultz 18 Favorite Irish Melodies arranged for the Guitar Guitar
Rosewig Home Recreations Pf
Maylath Last Rose of Summer, Op.57 No.9 Pf 1870
Maylath Music of our Home Pf4h
Schuetze The Last Rose of Summer Harp
Ries Sextet, Op.100 2 vls, va, vc, db, pf 1820/21 (J. Power)
Beethoven Air écossais, Op.105 No.4 Fl (or vl), pf 1818–19 1819
Glinka Thème écossais varié Pf 1847 1855?
Oberthür Fantaisie brillante, Op.116 Harp
Hess La Dernière rose d'été (Rêverie), Op.66 Pf 1860
Gounod The Last Rose of Summer Mixed choir 1873
Reger Vierstimmiger Kanon No.1 über 'Letzte Rose', WoO VIII/8 Pf 1903 (?)
Reger Dreistimmiger Kanon über 'Letzte Rose', WoO VIII/11 Pf 1904
Reger Vierstimmiger Kanon No.2 über 'Letzte Rose', WoO VIII/15 Pf 1913

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