List of works by Giuseppe Maria Cambini

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Vocal and Choral Works

Stage Works

1. Les romans (ballet-héroïque, 3, L.-C.-M. de Bonneval), Opéra (Palais-Royal), 2 Aug 1776, 1st entrée F-Po*
2. Rose et Carloman (comédie-héroïque, 3, A.D. Dubreuil), Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 24 April 1779; lib as Rose d'amour (Paris, n.d.)
3. La statue (comédie, 2, M.-R. de Montalembert), Hôtel de Montalembert, ?2 Aug 1784, Pn
4. La bergère de qualité (comédie, 3, Montalembert), Hôtel de Montalembert, 24 Jan 1786
5. Le tuteur avare (opéra bouffon, 3, J.-L. Gabiot de Salins), Beaujolais, 1 March 1788 (Paris, c1789) [ov., nos.12–17 and part of no.11 by Cambini, the rest from P. Anfossi: L'avaro]
6. La croisée (comédie, 2), Beaujolais, 26 April 1788, 14 airs (Paris, c1789)
7. Colas et Colette (opéra bouffon, 1), Beaujolais, 20 June 1788, 2 airs in Journal hebdomadaire, composé d'airs d'opéra, xxiii (Paris, 1788)
8. Le bon père (opéra bouffon, 1, J.-F. Le Pitre), Beaujolais, 18 Oct 1788, air arr. Fournier for 2 vn in Douze petits airs pour deux violons (Paris, 1789)
9. La prêtresse du soleil (drame, 3, Gabiot de Salins), Beaujolais, 26 March 1789; also as Cora, ou La prêtesse du soleil
10. La revanche, ou Les deux frères (comédie, 3, P.U. Dubuisson), Beaujolais, 12 July 1790; also as Les deux frères
11. Adèle et Edwin (opéra, 3), Beaujolais, ?1790; rev. (1), Louvois, 19 Aug 1791
12. Nantilde et Dagobert (opéra, 3, P.-A.-A. de Piis), Louvois, 1 Oct 1791
13. Les trois Gascons (opéra, 1, Cambini, ?after N. Boindin), Louvois, 1 July 1793
14. Encore un tuteur dupé (comédie, 1, P.-J.-A. Roussel), Montansier, 22 Feb 1798

Sacred

• Le sacrifice d'Isaac (oratoire françois), Concert Spirituel, April 1774, B-Bc
• Joad (oratoire françois), Concert Spirituel, May 1775, Bc
• Samson (oratoire, Voltaire), Concert Spirituel, 2 Feb 1779, lost
• Le sacrifice d'Abraham (oratoire), Concert Spirituel, 1 April 1780, lost

• 2 masses, 1 Kyrie, D-Bsb
• 3 masses, Bsb
• Domini est terra (Ps xxiii), F-Pc*

Lost

• Miserere, motet à grand choeur, 1775
• sacred ‘hyerodrame’, Concert Spirituel, 4 June 1775
• several solo and small motets perf. at Concert Spirituel, 1773–75

Secular

• Appollon prends pitié, scène lyrique, 1v, orch (Paris, n.d.)
• Le compositeur, scène comique, 1v, orch (Paris, c1786)
• Les amours d'Heloïse et d'Abelard, duo dialogué (Paris, 1793), lost
• Andromaque, scène lyrique, 1v, orch, F-Pn
• Various airs in 18th-century anthologies
• Revolutionary hymns and odes, partial thematic catalogue in Pierre

Les rois, les grands, les prêtres

Hymne à l'égalité

Hymne à la liberté

Hymne à l'Etre Suprême (Ame de l'univers!)

Hymne à l'Etre Suprême (Ordre éternel)

Hymne à la vertu; Hymne à la victoire

Ode sur les deux jeunes héros Bara et Viala

Ode sur la victoire

Ode sur nos victoires

Le pas de charge républicain

Piece(?s) in Chansonnier des amateurs, dédiés aux amis de la République (Paris, 1794)

Lost

• Les coalisés
• Les dangers de l'idolatrie
• Ode au peuple françois sur le nouveau triomphe de la liberté
• Salut et respect à la lois
• Stances sur la translation des jeunes héros Viala et Bara
• La femme républicaine
• Les exploits du Roi Guillaume
• Ronde patriotique sur les crimes des anglais

Orchestral Works

Symphonies

• 3 Symphonies for 2 ob, 2 hn, str, Op.5 (1776)
• 1 ed. in The Symphony 1720–1840, ser. D, v (New York, 1983)
• 3 Symphonies à grand orchestre, 2e livre, for fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str (1787)

no.2 also attrib. J.M. Kraus

• 3 Symphonies for 2 ob, 2 hn, str (?1788), also attrib. P.-D. Deshayes

Concertante

Grove lists 3 suites of 'Symphonies concertantes' - the first suite with 31 works, the second with 14, the third with 46; plus 6 not included in a 'suite'.
A number are lost and only 51 are known as of the article date

String Symphony Concertantes

• Symphony Concertante in F major, PL 22.101 (2 violins, orchestra)
• Symphony Concertante in D major, PL 22.102 (2 violins, viola, orchestra)
• Symphony Concertante in C major, PL 22.103 (2 violins, cello, orchestra)
• Symphony Concertante in A major, PL 22.104 (2 violins, orchestra)
• Symphony Concertante in B-flat major, PL 22.105 (2 violins, orchestra)
• Symphony Concertante in a major, PL 22.106 (2 violins, orchestra)
• Symphony Concertante in C major, PL 22.106 (2 violins, orchestra)

Wind Symphony Concertantes

• Symphony Concertante in D major, PL 22.201
• Symphony Concertante in G major, PL 22.202
• Symphony Concertante in D major, PL 22.203
• Symphony Concertante in B-flat major, PL 22.204
• Symphony Concertante in D major, PL 22.205

Mixed Symphony Concertantes

• Symphony Concertante in A major, PL 22.301
• Symphony Concertante in G major, PL 22.302

Solo String Concertos

• Violin Concerto No.1 (pub.ca.1782)

Solo Wind Concertos

• 2 Flute Concerti, Op.37
• Flute Concerto No.2
• Flute Concerto No.3
• Flute Concerto on 'Airs Connûs' (from "L'amitié à l'epreuve")
• 6 Petits Airs for Flute and Continuo (Cambini, Giuseppe Maria)

Solo Keyboard Concertos

Chamber Works

Quintets

• 6 Quintets for Flute, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso (Six Quintetti Op.8, Paris 1777; later edition No.1-3: Op.8, Frankfurt: Haueisen, 1777-8; later edition No.4-6: Op.9, Offenbach: André, 1777-8)
• 6 Quintets for Flute, Violin, 2 Violas and Basso (Six Quintetti, Second oeuvre de quintetti, Paris: Le Menu et Boyer 1781; later edition: Op.13, Offenbach: André c.1782)
• 3 String Quintets for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Basso (Trois Quintetti, 3me livre de quintetti, Paris c.1781)
• 2 String Quintets, No.1 for 2 Violas, No.2 for 2 Cellos (in: Quatre quatuors et deux quintetto Op.23, Paris 1781)
• 3 Wind Quintets for Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Horn and Bassoon (Trois quintetti concertans, livre 1, Paris c.1802)

1. No.1 in B♭ major
2. No.2 in D minor
3. No.3 in F major

• Cello (2Vn, Va, 2Vc) String Quintets Op.10 (at least 6) (no.6 in F minor in autograph manuscript at the Library of Congress. RISM 000141179.)
• Cello quintets in F major, A minor, F♯ minor (copies with first violin part missing at Library of Congress. Maybe Vn 1 elsewhere... RISM 000141315)
• Cello Quintets Op.15 (no.5 in A - autograph parts @ LoC RISM 000141301)

Quartets

String Quartets and Flute Quartets

Based on: D.L. Trimpert, Die Quatuors concertants von Giuseppe Cambini, Tutzing 1967 (T. refers to the number in Trimpert's catalogue)

• 6 String Quartets, T.1-6 (Sei Quartetti Op.1, Paris: Venier [1773])
• 6 String or Flute Quartets, T.7-12 (Six Quatuors Concertants Op.2, Paris: Sieber [1774]) (ms. copy of these quartets at Seitensetten. RISM 600025523)
• 6 String Quartets, T.13-18 (Six Quatuors Concertants Op.3, Paris: Sieber [1776]) (see RISM 550019043 for some of these in ms.copy)
• 6 String Quartets, T.19-24 (Six quatuors concertants Op.4, Paris: Bouin [1777])
• 6 String Quartets, T.25-30 (Six Quatuor Concertants Op.7, Paris: Durieu [1778]) (see RISM 550019043 for some of these in ms.copy)
• 6 Flute Quartets, T.31-36 (Op.9, Paris [1778])
• 6 String Quartets, T.37-42 (Six Quatuors concertants Op.9/10, Paris [1778])
• 7 String Quartets, T.43-49 (T.43-48: Six Quatuors concertants Op.11, Paris: Henry [1780]; T.43-45 and 47-49: Paris: Sieber)
• 5 String Quartets, T.50-54 (together with T.46: Six Quatuors concertant Op.13, Paris: Sieber [1780])
• 6 String Quartets, T.55-60 (Six Quatuors concertant Op.16, Paris: Sieber [1780])
• 6 String Quartets, T.61-65 (Six Quatuor concertants Op.17 = 9.e livre, Paris: Bouin [1780])
• 6 Quartets for Violin, 2 Violas and Cello, T.66-71 (Six Quatuors concertants Op.21, Paris: Sieber [ca.1780/81])
• 6 String Quartets, T.72-77 (Six Quatuors faciles et concertants Op.22, Paris: Le Duc [1781])
• 4 String Quartets, T.78-81 (Quatre quatuors et deux quintetto dialogues et concertants Op.23, Paris: Michaud [1781])
• 4 String Quartets, T.78, 82-84 (Quatuors Pour Deux Violons Alto et Basse, Paris: Aux adresses ordinaires de Musique [1781])
• 6 String Quartets, T.85-90 (Six Quartetto concertans Op.24, Paris: Durieux [ca.1782])
• 6 String Quartets, T.91-96 (Six Quatuors concertants Op.27 = 14.e livre, Paris: Bouin [1782])
• 6 String Quartets, T.97-102 (Six Quatuor concertans Op.29 = 15.e livre, Paris: Le Menu et Boyer [1782])
• 6 String Quartets, T.103-108 (Six Quatuor concertants Op.31 = 16.e livre, Paris: Bouin [1782])
• 6 String Quartets, T.109-114 (Six Quatuor concertants Op.32/39 = 17.e livre, Paris: Bouin [1783])
• 6 String Quartets, T.115-120 (Six Quatuors concertants 18.e livre, Paris: Sieber [ca.1783/84])
• 6 String Quartets, T.121-126 (Six Quatuor concertans 19.e livre, Paris: Bouin [1785])
• 6 String Quartets, T.127-132 (Six Quatuors concertants 20.e livre, Paris: Sieber [1784/85])
• 6 String Quartets, T.133-138 (Six Quatuors concertants 22.e livre, Paris: Imbault [1785])
• 6 Flute Quartets, T.139-144 (23.e livre)
• 6 Flute Quartets, T.145-150 (Six Quatuor concertans, 5.e Livre de Quatuor de Flûte. 24.e oeuvre de Quatuor, Paris: Boyer/Le Menu [ca.1788])
• 6 String Quartets, T.151-156 (Six Quatuors concertants 24.e livre, Paris: Sieber [1788])
• 12 String Quartets, T.157-168 (Douze nouveaux quatuor, 1ere-4e livraison, [ca.1788/89])
• 6 String Quartets, T.169-174 (Six Nouveaux Quatuors (dedication: Sénateur Lacépède), 1.-2. livraison, Paris: l’auteur/Decombe [1805]

Quatuors d'airs connus

• Six Quatuor d’Airs connus Dialogués et Variés, Paris: Le Menu et Boyer (1782)
• IIe livre de six Quatuors d’airs connus dont le 6me est un pot-pourri, Dialogués et Variés, Paris: Le Menu et Boyer [1782]
• Six Quatuors D’Airs Choisis Dialogués et Variés 3m, Paris: Sieber [1782-1786]
• Six Quatuors d’airs choisis, 4me livre, Paris: Sieber, [by 1786]
• Flute Quartets d'airs connus (6me livre)

Opera arrangements

• XXXe Suite d’airs d’opéra comiques en quatuor concertants avec l’ouverture ... choisis dans l’opéra ed Phèdre [Lemoine] arrangés par G. Cambini, Paris: Le Duc [1787]

Trios

• 3 Trios for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op.2
• 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Cello, Op.15 (Op.15 also used for string quintets)
• Trios for 2 Violins and Cello, Op.18
• 6 Trios for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op.26
• 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Viola, Op.30
• 6 Trios for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op.33
• 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Viola, Op.34
• 6 Trios for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op.40
• 6 Trios for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, Op.45

Duets

• 6 Violin Duets, Op.4
• 6 Duos for Two Violas, Livre 2
• 6 Duets for Violin and Viola, Livre 5
• 6 Flute Duets, Livre 5
• 6 Flute Duets, Livre 6
• 6 Flute Duets, Op.11
• 6 Duos for Violin and Viola, Op.14

Solos

• Sources

MGG, Personenteil, article on Cambini

RISM