List of works by Joseph Achron

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Based on 'Philip Moddel: Joseph Achron, Tel Aviv, 1966'

Works with Opus number

  • Op.1 – Lullaby for Violin and Piano (1893, manuscript in the British Museum)
  • Op.2 – Souvenir de St. Petersburg (1897, manuscript)
  • Op.3 – Moto perpetuo for Violin and Piano (1898, manuscript lost)
  • Op.4 – Violin Concerto (1899, manuscript lost)
  • Op.5 – lost
  • Op.6 – Barcarolle (1902, manuscript)
  • Op.7 – La Toupie for Violin and Piano (1903, manuscript)
  • Op.8 – Ballade for Violin and Piano (1903, manuscript)
  • Op.9 – Scherzo Gavotte for Violin and Piano (1904, manuscript)
  • Op.10 – lost
  • Op.11 – Valse mélancolique for Violin and Piano (1902-1906, manuscript)
  • Op.12 – Variations humoristiques et caractéristiques sur l’air russe ‘Kamarinskaya’ (1904, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
  • Op.13Prelude for Violin and Piano (1904, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
  • Op.14 – Souvenir de Varsovie for Violin and Piano (1905, manuscript)
  • Op.15Coquetterie for Violin and Piano (1905, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
  • Op.16 – Idylle for Violin and Piano (1905, manuscript)
  • Op.17 – Serenade for Violin and Piano (1906, manuscript)
  • Op.18Les Sylphides for Violin and Piano (1905, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
  • Op.19Dans l'intimité for Violin solo (1909, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
  1. Improvisation
  2. Plaisanterie musicale sur l'air populaire 'Oh, du lieber Augustin'
  • Op.20 – Berceuse No.2 for Violin or Cello and Piano (1906, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
  • Op.21Suite No.1 en Style ancien for Violin and Piano (Johansen, St. Petersburg; Universal Edition, Wien)
  1. Prelude
  2. Gavotte
  3. Sicilienne
  4. Fughetta
  5. Gigue
  1. En passant
  2. Souvenir de Mozart
  3. Souvenir de Schumann
  4. Intermezze
  5. Marionettes
  • Op.234 Tableaux fantastiques for Violin and Piano (1906-1907, Johansen, St. Petersburg, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.24 – Hör ich das Liedchen klingen (Heine) for Voice and Piano (1907, manuscript)
  • Op.25 – 3 Poems for Voice and Piano (1907, Russischer Musikverlag)
  • Op.26 – Chromatic String Quartet (1907, manuscript)
  • Op.27 – 4 Poems for Voice and Piano (1907, manuscript)
  1. An der Brücke (Nietzsche)
  2. Ich war ein Kind (Wedekind)
  3. Wie der wilde Gletscherbach (Morgenstern)
  4. Über ein Glück (Kurz)
  • Op.28 – In der Gewalt des Schönen – 5 Pieces for Piano (1908, manuscript)
  1. Grüsse (Greetings)
  2. Des Walzers Nachtstimmungen (Night Moods)
  3. Lieben und Besingen (Serenade)
  4. An die Weiblichkeit (To Womanhood)
  5. Der Kunstsieg (Victory of Art)
  • Op.29Violin Sonata No.1 (1910, Belaieff, Leipzig)
  • Op.29 – Marche mélancolique for Piano (manuscript)
This work is listed as Op.29 too
  • Op.30 – Das Gespenst (Ernst Hardt) for Male Voice and Orchestra or Piano. Dedicated to Feodor Chaliapin. (1912, Jurgenson, Moscow) (manuscript @ Achron archive WorldCat.)
  • Op.31 – 2 Poems for Voice and Piano
  1. Aus silbergrauen Gründen (Morgenstern, 1910, manuscript)
  2. Graue Engel (Maximilian Dauthenday, 1911, manuscript lost)
  • Op.322 Stimmungen for Violin and Piano (1910, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.33Hebrew Melody for Violin and Piano (1911, Society of Jewish Folk Music, St. Petersburg; Fischer, New York)
  • Op.34 – Hazan for Cello and Piano or Orchestra (1912, manuscript)
  • Op.352 Hebrew Pieces for Violin and Piano (1912, Juval, Berlin; Fischer, New York)
  1. Hebrew Dance
  2. Hebrew Lullaby
  • Op.362 Stimmungen for Violin and Piano (1913, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.37Dance Improvisation on a Hebrew Folksong for Violin and Piano (1914, Society of Jewish Folk Music, St. Petersburg)
  • Op.38 – Epitaph for large Orchestra (1915, manuscript)
  • Op.39Symphonic Variations and Sonata on the folk song ‘El Yivneh Hagalil’ for Piano (1915, Juval, Berlin)
  • Op.40 – To the Jewess (Sh. Kupernik) – Melodrama (1915, manuscript)
  • Op.41Suite bizarre for Violin and Piano (1916, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.42Scher for Violin and Piano (1917, Juval, Berlin)
  • Op.43Fragment mystique for Cello and Piano or Orchestra (1917, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.44 – 2 Pastels for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
  • Op.45 – Violin Sonata No.2 (1918, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.46Agada for Violin and Piano (1920, Juval, Berlin)
  • Op.47 – Incidental Music to Maeterlinck’s Play ‘Les aveugles’ for chamber orchestra (1919, manuscript)
  • Op.48 – Incidental Music to Maeterlinck’s Play ‘L’Intruse’ (1919, manuscript)
  • Op.49 – Incidental Music to ‘Fartog’ by Waiter (1920, Yibneh, Berlin)
  • Op.50 – Incidental Music to Peretz’s ‘The Fiddler’s Soul’ (1920, manuscript)
  • Op.51Liebeswidmung for Violin and Piano (1921, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.522 Lieder for Voice and Piano (1922, manuscript)
  1. Zu dir führt mein Wandern (Fichmann)
  2. Licht so träumend (Ben Jizchak), also published as Canzonetta for Violin and Piano (1923, Jibneh, Berlin)
  • Op.53 – 3 Lieder for Voice and Piano (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem)
  1. Wie einsam wurde ich (D. Frishman)
  2. Ein Täubchen flog vorüber (J. Cohen)
  3. Freund, Du ferner (J. Kami)
  • Op.54 – Der Letzte (D. Shimonovich) – Poem for Voice and Orchestra (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem; Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.55 – Mohne (S. Schneur) for High Voice and Orchestra (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem)
  • Op.562 Pieces for Piano (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem; Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.57Kindersuite for Piano (1923, Universal Edition, Wien)
also published for String Quartet, Clarinet and Piano (Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.58 – Belshazzar – 2 Tableaux for Large Orchestra (1924, manuscript)
  • Op.59 – Schmuel (1924, fragment, manuscript)
  • Op.60Violin Concerto No.1 (1925, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Op.61 – Danse de Salome (1925, Israeli Music Publications Limited, Tel Aviv)
  • Op.62Elegy for String Quartet (1927, J. Naidat, Tel Aviv; Israeli Music Publications Limited, Tel Aviv)
  • Op.63 – 4 Improvisations for String Quartet (1927, manuscript)
  • Op.64 – A Kapelle Konzertisten (A. Lutzki) for Voice and Piano (1928, manuscript)
  • Op.65 – 2 Pieces for Viola and Piano (1932, manuscript)
  • Op.66Statuettes for Piano (1931, New Music Edition, San Francisco)
  • Op.67 – Evening Service for the Sabbath (1932, Bloch Publishing, New York)
  • Op.68 – Violin Concerto No.2 (1934, manuscript)
  • Op.69 – Po Eyn Harod (A.Z. Ben-Yishai) for Baritone and Piano (1933, manuscript)
  • Op.70 – Children’s World for Piano (1934, manuscript)
  • Op.71 – Sinfonietta for String Quartet (1935, manuscript)
  • Op.72 – Violin Concerto No.3 (1933, manuscript)
  • Op.73 – Sextett for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn and Trumpet (1938, New Music Edition, San Francisco)
  • Op.73 also – Scherzo Impromptu (Fischer, New York; Peters, Leipzig)
  • Op.74 – Concerto for Piano alone (1941, Israeli Music Publications Limited, Tel Aviv)
  • Op.74 also – 2 Pieces in the first Position for Violin and Piano (1939, manuscript)

Works without Opus number

  • Pensée de Leopold Auer for Violin and Piano (1925, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Golem – Suite from the music for the play for Chamber Orchestra (1932, manuscript)
  • Little Dance Fantasy for Piano (1932, manuscript)
  • A Dance Ouverture for Orchestra (1932, manuscript for piano)
  • Stempenyu - Suite from the music for Sholom Aleichem's play (1929)
arr. for Violin and Piano (1930, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Dance of the Tzadikim for Orchestra (1933, manuscript for piano)
  • A Night with Pan - A ballet for the screen by Frank and Tatiana Tuttle for Piano (manuscript)
  • Infinite Canon for Voices on the name SCH(o)E(n)BE(r)G (1942, manuscript)
  • Monisch for Recitation and Piano (manuscript)
  • Nach Begräbnis for Recitation, Violin and Cello (manuscript)
  • The Torah of Israel for Voice and Piano (manuscript)
  • In a kleiner Schtibele for Voice and Piano (manuscript)
  • Simchat Torah for Voice and Quartet (manuscript)
  • God Supreme for Choir and Quartet (manuscript)
  • Psalm 90 for Choir (manuscript)
  • Psalm 121 for Choir (manuscript)
  • There is a mystic tie for Choir (manuscript)
  • 3 Hebrew Workers Songs for Choir (manuscript)
  • Cadenzas
3 Cadenzas to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (1906)
Cadenza to Brahms’ Violin Concerto (1903)
Cadenza to Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D (1910)
3 Cadenzas to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 (1932)
3 Cadenzas to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 (1907)
3 Cadenzas to Mozart’s Adelaide Violin Concerto (1927)
Cadenza to Paganini’s Violin Concerto (1903)
3 Cadenzas to Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto for 3 Violins (1928)

Paraphrases and Transcriptions

  • Anonymous
La Romanesca for Violin and Piano (1913, Universal Edition, Wien)
Liszt uses the same melody in S.252, but it's not a transcription of the Liszt work
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
Ecossaise for Violin and Piano (1912, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Johannes Brahms
Liebestreu for Violin and Piano (1920, manuscript)
  • Jakob Dont
Etude (1908, manuscript)
  • Federigo Fiorillo
Etude (1911, manuscript)
  • Edvard Grieg
At Home for Violin and Piano (1917,Fischer, New York)
Dance from Jolster for Violin and Piano (1918, Fischer, New York)
Grandmother’s Minuet for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
Lonely Wanderer for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
Moods, Op. 73
Puck for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
Scherzo-Impromptu for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
Valse for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
  • Franz Liszt
Gnomenreigen for Violin and Piano (1913, manuscript)
Liebestraum No.3 for Violin and Piano (1913, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Alexey Lvov
Wolochl (1913, Juval, Berlin)
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
On Wings of Song for Violin and Piano (1906, Zimmermann, Leipzig; Fischer, New York)
  • Niccolo Paganini
Caprice No.9 for Violin and Piano (1919)
Caprice No.13 for Violin and Piano (1922, manuscript)
Caprice No.14 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)
Caprice No.15 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)
Caprice No.16 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)
Caprice No.17 for Violin and Piano (1920, manuscript)
Caprice No.18 for Violin and Piano (1922, manuscript)
Caprice No.19 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)
Caprice No.20 for Violin and Piano (1920, manuscript)
Caprice No.21 for Violin and Piano (1919, manuscript)
Caprice No.24 for Violin and Piano (1921, manuscript)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tambourin for Violin and Piano (1910, Schirmer, New York)
  • Franz Schubert
Valse in a for Violin and Piano (1930, Fischer, New York)
Valse in A for Violin and Piano (1930, Fischer, New York)
  • Robert Schumann
Bilder aus dem Osten Op.66 No.4 for Violin and Piano (1917, Universal Edition, Wien)
  • Leo Zeitlin
Eli Zion for Violin and Piano (1912, Society for Hebrew Music, St. Petersburg; Juval, Jerusalem)