List of works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges

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1 Sources
2 Published Works
3 Unpublished Works
4 Stage Works
5 Lost and Spurious Works

Sources

Include Guédé, Alain. (1999). Monsieur de Saint-George : le nègre des Lumières : biographie. Arles: Actes sud. (It has been noted by some reviewers of this biography that his conclusions differ from those of other biographies of the subject, suggesting that others should be used as well.)

Published Works

Opus	Title	Contents	Scoring	Published	Notes
Op.1	6 String Quartets	Quartet I in C major, G.002 Quartet II in E♭ major, G.003 Quartet III in G minor, G.004 Quartet IV in C minor, G.005 Quartet V in G minor, G.006 Quartet VI in D major, G.007	2 Violins, Viola, Cello	1773 (Sieber)	Probably composed around 1770-71.
Op.1a	3 Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard	Sonata I in B♭ major, G.076 Sonata II in A major, G.077 Sonata III in G minor, G.078	Harpsichord/Fortepiano and Violin	1791 (Le Duc)
Op.2	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in G major, G.025 Concerto II in D major, G.026	Violin and Orchestra	1773 (Bailleux)	Premiere: Winter 1772-73, Hôtel de Soubise
Op.3	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in D major, G.027 Concerto II in C major, G.028	Violin and Orchestra	1774 (Bailleux)
Op.4	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in D major, G.029 Concerto II in D major	Violin and Orchestra	1774 (Bailleux)	No.1 mistakenly republished by Pleyel as Op. Posth. No. 2.
Op.5	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in C major, G.031 Concerto II in A major, G.032	Violin and Orchestra	1775 (Bailleux)
Op.6	2 Symphonies concertantes	Symphonie concertante I in C major, G.037 Symphonie concertante II in B♭ major, G.038	2 Violins (or Violin, Cello) and Orchestra	1775 (Bailleux)
Op.7	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in A major, G.039 Concerto II in B♭ major, G.040	Violin and Orchestra	1777 (Bailleux)
Op.8	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in D major Concerto II in G major, G.050	Violin and Orchestra	1777? (Bailleux)
Op.9	2 Symphonies concertantes	Symphonie concertante I in C major, G.065 Symphonie concertante II in A major, G.066	2 Violins and Orchestra	1777 (Le Duc)
Op.10	2 Symphonies concertantes	Symphonie concertante I in F major, G.064 Symphonie concertante II in A major, G.049	2 Violins, Viola and Orchestra	1778 (La Chevadière)
Op.11	2 Symphonies	Symphony I in G major, G.073 Symphony II in D major, G.074	Orchestra	1779 (La Chevadière)	Premiere 17??, Exécuté au Concert des Amateurs ; No.2 identical with the Overture to the opéra comique, L'Amant anonime
Op.12	2 Violin Concertos	Concerto I in D major, G.021 Concerto II in G major, G.022	Violin and Orchestra	1777 (Bailleux)
Op.13	2 Symphonies concertantes	Symphonie concertante I in E♭ major, G.023 Symphonie concertante II in G major, G.024	2 Violins and Orchestra	1778 (Sieber)
Op.14	6 String Quartets	Quartet I in D major, G.002 Quartet II in B♭ major, G.003 Quartet III in F minor, G.004 Quartet IV in G major, G.005 Quartet V in E♭ major, G.006 Quartet VI in G minor, G.007	2 Violins, Viola, Cello	1785 (Boyer)
Op. posth.	6 Sonatas	Sonata I in B♭ major, G.209 Sonata in E♭ major, G.210 Sonata in A major, G.211 Sonata in G major, G.212 Sonata in B♭ major, G.213	Violin accompanied by a second Violin.	1800 (Pleyel)
	6 String Quartets 'au gout de jour'	Quartet I in B♭ major, G 067 Quartet II in G minor, G.068 Quartet III in C major, G.069 Quartet IV in F major, G.070 Quartet V in G major, G.071 Quartet VI in B♭ major, G.072	2 Violins, Viola, Cello	1779 (Durieu)

Unpublished Works

Title	Scoring	Notes
Violin Concerto in A major	Violin, Orchestra	Incipit given on RISM does not match any published Concerto by Saint-Georges. (See A-SCH 19.)
Sonata for Flute and Harp in E-flat major, G.001	Flute and Harp
Harpsichord Quartet in G minor	Harpsichord, Violin, Viola, Cello
10 Harpsichord Sonatas, G.079-088	Harpsichord	Manuscript held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, France
Sonata in G major, G.041	Harpsichord and Violin	Sonate de clavecin avec violin obligé An arrangement of the G major concerto from the 2 Violin Concertos.
Variations in G major, G.089	Violin and Piano
Violin Sonata in G major, G.188	Violin and Piano	According to Guédé, a work from 1783
Rondeau in F major, G.205	2 violins	According to Guédé, a work from 1789
Air and Variations in G major, G.175	2 violins	According to Guédé, a work from 1786
Adagio in F minor	Piano	Not included in Vauban's collection of Keyboard Sonatas
Se miro quel volto	2 Sopranos, Continuo	In the library of the University of California. (See the collection US-BEm MS 33)
Tu mi abbandoni bell'idol mio	2 Sopranos, Continuo	In the library of the University of California. (See again US-BEm MS 33)
Che tempo piovoso che freddo	2 Sopranos, Bass	In the library of the University of California. (See US-BEm MS 33)
Vous l'ordonnez je me ferai connaître, G.119	Voice and Guitar	In the library of Yale University. (See US-NH Misc. Ms. 363)
Songs, G.088-181, 200-203	Voice & Piano	Around 100 songs in manuscript form. Some of doubtful authenticity.

Stage Works

Title	Genre	Premiere	Venue	Librettist	Notes
L'Amant anonime, G.075	Comédie mélée d'ariettes et de ballets	1780, March 8	Paris, Théâtre de Mme. de Montesson	after a play by Mme. de Genlis
Ernestine, G.051	Opéra comique in 3 acts	1777, July 19	Paris, Comédie Italienne	Choderlos de Laclos revised by Desfontaines	Mostly Lost ; 11 surviving movements can be found in a collection Recueil d'airs et duos avec orchestre from the Bibliothèque Nationale, France. G 052-61 in Guédé's catalogue.
La partie de chasse, G.062	Opéra comique in 3 acts	1778, October 12	Paris, Comédie Italienne	Desfontaines	Mostly Lost ; One surviving air "Soir et matin sur la fougère" (G 063 in Guédé's catalogue) can be found in a collection Recueil d'airs et duos avec orchestre from the Bibliothèque Nationale, France.
La fille garçon, G.199	Opéra comique mélée d'ariettes in 2 acts	1787, August 18	Paris, Comédie Italienne	Desmaillot	Lost
Aline et Dupré, ou le marchand de marrons, G.204	Children's opera	1788	Paris, Théâtre du comte de Beaujolais		Lost
Guillaume tout coeur ou les amis du village, G.208	Opéra comique in one act	1790, September 8	Lille	Monnet	Lost
Le Droit de seigneur, G.190				Beaumarchais	Actually by Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, with one Aria by Saint-Georges (now lost)

Lost and Spurious Works

Title	Scoring	Premiere	Notes
Symphony Concertante, G.189	3 Violins & Orchestra		An account of the performance of this work in 1784 describes the 3 solo instruments as violins. Probably one of the op.10 Symphonie Concertantes, with the viola mistaken for a violin.
Les Caquets, G.187	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, G.182		1782, March 25, Château Tuileries	Lost ; Performed 6 times between March 1782 and April 1783 by the clarinettist Antonio Soler.
Clarinet Concerto, G.198		1787, February 2, Concert Spirituels	Lost ; A second Concerto for Clarinet from 1787.
Bassoon Concerto, G.184		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", G.207	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.