List of works by José María Usandizaga

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Contents

Works with Opus number

  • Op.1 - Capricho, for piano (1901/12/17)
  • Op.2 - Danza española, for piano (1902/05/12)
  • Op.3 - Scherzo [No.1] in F minor, for piano (1902)
  • Op.4 -
  • Op.5 - Valse [No.1] in C major, for piano - Op. number originally 5, then changed to 6 and 7
  • Op.6 -
  • Op.7 -
  • Op.8 - Romanza No.2, for soprano and piano (1902/05/23) - no text;
  • Op.9 -
  • Op.10 -
  • Op.11 -
  • Op.12 - Valse No.2 in A major (1904/03/15)
  • Op.13 - Romanza in C minor, for piano (1904/02/20)
  • Op.14 - Suite in A major, for orchestra (first perf. 1904/09/17) and piano reduction, without Finale (1904/03)
I. Prèlude
II. Menuet
III. Sarabande
IV. Final (en forme de gigue)
  • Op.15 - 5 Pieces, for organ (1904/04/16)
  1. Entrée
  2. Offertoire
  3. Elévation
  4. Communion
  5. Sortie
  • Op.16 - Lied, for violin and piano (1904/04/22)
  • Op.17 - Harmonisation d'un thème populaire Grec, for piano (1904/04/27)
  • Op.18 - 2 Pieces, for piano (1904/05/10)
  1. Moderato (C major)
  2. Andante (F major)
  • Op.19 - Sérénade, for violin and piano (1904/05/15)
  • Op.20 - Dans la mer, symphonic poem for orchestra (1904/06/01)
  • Op.21
- Ouverture symphonique sur un thème de plain chant, for orchestra (1904/10 – 1905/01)
- Offertoire and Elévation, for organ (1904/06)
  • Op.22 - Cantos populares vascos, for voice and piano
  1. Itsasoa [The sea] (1904/06/15) - Incipit: Itsasoa laino dago
  • Op.23 - Ave María, for tenor and organ, dedicated to Manuel Vidarte (1904/07/27)
  • Op.24 -
  • Op.25 - Pieza sinfónica (Introducción – Cantabile – Final), for organ (1904/08/19)
  • Op.26 -
  • Op.27 - Novena de Sta Teresa, for soli, chorus and organ
  • Op.28 - 3 Pieces, for piano
  1. Prélude (C minor)
  2. Intermezzo (A major)
  3. Final (B minor)
  • Op.29 -
  • Op.30 -
  • Op.31 - String Quartet (with double bass ad lib.) in G major sobre témas populares vascos = sur des thèmes populaires basques (1905; first perf. 1906/12/09)
I. Muy lento – Vivo – Muy lento = Très lent – Vif – Très lent
II. Muy vivo (Scherzo) = Très vif (Scherzo)
III. Moderato = Modéré
IV. Introducción, Zortziko y Final = Introduction, Zortziko, Finale
  • Op.32 - Toccata, for organ (1906/04)
  • Op.33 -
  • Op.34 - Gure erri maite ari, for voice and piano - originally Op.33; text incipit: Orra non dagon Donostiya

1906/03

  • Op.35 - Irurak bat, Rhapsody on 3 Basque folk themes, for orchestra (1906/05)
    • Arranged for piano 4-hands (1906/05)
  • Op.36 -
  • Op.37 -
  • Op.38 -
  • Op.39 -
  • Op.40 -
  • Op.41 - Souvenir, Lied, for violin solo with strings (4-2-2-1), dedicated to "Maestro Larrocha" (1907/12)

Works without Opus number

Operas

  • Mendi-Mendiyan (1909)
  • Las golondrinas (1913)
  • La llama (1914-15, finished by Ramón Usandizaga)

Orchestral

  • Bidasoa, overture for wind orchestra (1907; first perf. 1907/07/27)
  • Arranged for piano 4-hands - Ms marked "No.49"
  • Euskal Festara, Marcha vascongada, for wind orchestra (first perf. 1908/09/03)
  • Arranged for piano 4-hands: Euskal Festara, Paso-doble (1908/07) - Ms marked "No.17"
  • Hassan y Melihah, Fantasía-danza (1912) - also a piano solo version

Vocal with orchestra

  • Los Reyes Magos (1912/09/01, first perf. 1912/08/24) - also a voice & piano and piano solo version
  • Umezurtza, escena popular vascongada, for soli (ST), chorus (SATB) and orchestra (1913/06)
  • Bitz [Romance], La canción de Laurita, with strings (text by W.K. Hamilton) - there is also a version with piano
  • Horra Mari Domingui begira - also a voice and piano version

Choral

  • Misa (Kirie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus), for S, A, Bar, B (1901/01/01)
  • Üskal Herri Maitiari, Rapsodia vasco-francesa, for baryton solo and 4-part male chorus (1907; first perf. 1907/7/27) - Üskal Herri Maitiari [To the Beloved Basque Country] may be the dedication or the title
I. Ene izar maitia
II. Egünttobatez nindaguelarik
III. Iruten ari nuzu
  • Fantasía vascongada, for 4-part male chorus (1909; first perf. 1909/04/04)
  • Cantos vascos, for mixed chorus (SATB) - same music and texts as in Fantasía vascongada; photocopied parts
  1. Beñat Mardo - text incipit: Ni deitzenak Beñat Mardo
  2. Ormatxulo - text incipit: Ormatxulo batetik gau batean
  3. Uzariyo ederrak - text incipit: Uzariyo ederrak ziranan txiñetan
  4. Chorichoa / Txoriñoa nora ua - text incipit: Txoriñoa nora ua
  • 31 de Agosto 1813, Himno para la Conmemoración del Centenario del incendio de San Sebastian, for chorus and wind orchestra (1913/07; first perf. 1913/08/31)

Chamber

Duos
  • Romance, for violin and piano (1902/01/27) - Ms marked "No.5" and "No.6"; the original title was pour chant et piano, not violon
  • Danza, for violin and piano (1902) - the violin part (if it is violin) has a text incipit: Cuan bello
  • Arranged for piano solo: [Danza] (1902/04)
  • Fantasía, for cello and piano (1908/12; first perf. 1909/01/26)
I. Grave – Andante
II. Allegro
Trios
  • Cortejo, para dos trompas de caza y piano (1913/03)
Quartets
  • 1er. tiempo del Cuarteto en la [First movement of a Quartet in A major], for string quartet (1912/08)

Organ

  • Choral varié (1905/03)
  • [5 Pieces]
  1. Entrée (1904/11)
  2. Offertoire (1904/12-1905/03)
  3. Elévation (1904/09)
  4. Communion (1904/12)
  5. Sortie
  • 5 Pieces [1907]
  1. Entrada
  2. Ofertorio - from Op.21
  3. Elevación - same as in the previous collection
  4. Comunio
  5. Final - same as in the previous collection
  • Postludio (1908/01)
  • Variaciones Sinfónicas, dedicated to B. de Gabiola (1909)

Piano

  • Valse in G major (1895, at the age of 9) - Catalogued as 2 Valses, but the first is repeated after the second
  • Scherzo No.2 in B minor (1902/01/24)
  • Andante (composición verificada en París el 25 de Abril de 1903; composed 1902; first perf. 1903/07/10)
  • Gigue in A major (1904/09/28)
  • Valse in E major (1906/08/20)
  • Impromptu, dedicated to Leo de Silka (1908; first perf. 1910/01/30)
  • Scherzo No.3 in G major (1909/11) - Ms marked "No.11"
  • Rapsodia vascongada (1909)
  • Jota (1910)
  • Schottisch (1910)
  • Chopin, Valse in B minor (1912/01, first perf. 1912/08/24)
  • Hasshan y Melihah, Fantasía-danza (1912/03/15) - also an orchestral version
  • Unos titiriteros en la feria de Tetuán, Fantasía-danza (1912/03/15)
  • Los Reyes Magos, sobre un canto popular vasco (1912) - also a voice & piano and a voice & orchestra versions
  • En la aldea están de fiesta..., para "Nuevo mundo", Danza (1914/11/00)
  • Canto popular vasco (posth. pub. Barcelona: Revista Artes y Letras, 1916)
  • Valse in A major (pub. posth. 1920)
  • Allegro in A major
  • Souvenir de Mont de Marsan, dedicated to Mr. Francis Flante

Voice with piano

  • Allegretto in F major (1904/11/24) - no text
  • Published in Ecos de Vasconia collection [1905]:
No.82. Nere onguille maiteri - harmonization of an original zortziko by J.M. Iparraguirre, text incipit: Eztaquit nola esquerrac
No.84. Errukarriya - harmonization of an original zortziko by J.M. Iparraguirre, text incipit: Aspaldien ezta gure echean
No.86. Sugana Manuela = Zugana Manuela - harmonization of an original zortziko by J.M. Iparraguirre, text incipit: Sugana Manuela nuanian pensatu
No.87. Mari Domingui - harmonization of a folk song, there is also an orchestrated version; text incipit: Orra Mari Domingui beguira orri
No.90. Chan changorriya - text by Manuel Arrese, text incipit: Arbol baten gañian
  • Iru erregue orianteco [The three Orient Kings] (Los Reyes Magos), canción popular vascongada arreglada (1911/12/14) - also an orchestrated and a piano solo version
  • Pastora divina = Al Niño Jesús de Praga (two different publications with different titles and texts) - text incipit: Pastora divina seguirte / Niño de Praga con fé