List of works by Max Jentsch

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Works with Opus Number († indicates works lost)

  • Op.1 -
  • Op.2 -
  • Op.3 - Tarantelle in B-flat minor for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  • Op.4 - Künstlers Erdenwallen, 'Chromatic' Piano Sonata in C minor; 5 movements † (unpublished, performed by the composer including in Berlin, 26 February 1878, and Vienna)
  • Op.5 - [2 Lieder].
  2. Am Abend: Es singt eine Lerche im Abendroth [Ferdinand Stolle (RISM gives Moritz Horn/Martin Hahn)] (Berlin: Uhse, 1891)
  • Op.6 - [2 Lieder].
  2. Wanderers Nachtlied (Der du von dem himmel ist) [Goethe], piano and voice (Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1892 (Year 8); performed in Vienna, 1901. Edited and arranged for harmonium or piano (with poem included) by Paul Hassenstein.)
  • Op.7 - String Quartet in B-flat major † (unpublished; publicly performed and examined in the Stern Conservatoire, Berlin, March 1879; also performed by the Duesberg Quartet in Vienna).
"A mature, melodic work, though clearly influenced by Schumann and Mendelssohn." – Wilhelm Stekel in Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, 2 February 1900, p.2.
  1. Allegro - C
  2. Adagio amabile - 6/8
  3. Scherzo - Allegretto grazioso ¾
  4. Finale - Molto vivace 2/4
  • Op.8 - Auf dem Meere, Concert Overture in D minor † (Unpublished; composed 1879. This (and/or the composer's Festival Overture below) performed in Istanbul in 1884 by the Teutonia Orchestra under Paul Lange Bey. Also performed in 1890 and 1891 in Berlin.)
"Its brisk and lively form, its skillful and effective writing, speaks of the experienced musician." — Staatsbürger-Zeitung, Berlin, April 1890.
"We quite liked Max Jentsch's Concert Overture; it shows that even among the youngest composers there are talented artists who possess a sense of form, melody, and tonal beauty. The overture is long, yet flowing and clear in form, brilliant and effective in its orchestration." — Staatsbürger-Zeitung, Berlin, February 1891.
  • Op.9 - 2 Lieder (Berlin: Hermann Weinholtz, 1880) †
  1. Nachtgesang: Die Sterne leuchten am Himmel [Robert Reinick]
  2. Bringt her die schmucken Kränze [Thomas Moore?]
  • Op.10 - Elysium, cantata for mixed choir, solos and orchestra [Schiller] (n.d., unperformed; manuscript held by the Archive, library and collections of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna).
  • Op.11 -
  • Op.12 -
  • Op.13 -
  • Op.14 - Scherzo in F-sharp minor for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  • Op.15 - Elfenreigen. Konzert-Etüde for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  • Op.16 -
  • Op.17 - Serenade in A major for orchestra † (composed 1881, unpublished; performed in 1908 and 1909 in Vienna)
  • Op.18 - Fantasie in F major for piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1906)
  • Op.19 - 2 Waltzes for piano 4 hands † (Berlin: Uhse, 1891. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  1. Waltz in G major
  2. Waltz in F major
  • Op.20 - Novellette for piano (Berlin: Luckhardt, 1890. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  • Op.21 - 2 Mazurkas for piano (Berlin: Barth, 1887; Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  1. Mazurka in C major
  2. Mazurka in F major
  • Op.22 - 3 Mazurkas for piano (in C, C♯ minor and in A♭). The third Mazurka was also published separately by Koch, Leipzig in 1892.
  • Op.23 - Violin Sonata (composed before 1885, according to a letter to Radecke at Kalliope; publ. Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  • Op.24 - Grosse Fest-Polonaise in D major for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  • Op.25 - 2 Stücke for violin and piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  1. Rêverie (E minor)
  2. Humoreske (A major)
  • Op.26 - Nocturne for piano (Berlin: Luckhardt, 1890. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.).
  • Op.27 -
  • Op.28 - 6 Konzert-Etüden for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  1. in A minor
  2. in C minor (Eroica)
  3. in A♭ major (Galop de concert)
  4. in G♯ minor (Chromatische Etüde)
  5. in A major (Perles d'écume)
  6. in F minor (Appassionata)
  • Op.29 - 3 Romanzen for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  1. in E major
  2. in G♯ minor
  3. in E♭ major
  • Op.30 -
  • Op.31 - Tarantelle for piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905)
  • Op.32 -
  • Op.33 - Märchenbilder. Fantasiestück for piano (Berlin: Richard Kaun, 1891) - earned particular praise from August Stradal.
  • Op.34 - Piano Concerto in E-flat minor † (unpublished; composition begun before 1889; sole orchestral performance in Vienna in December 1894 with the composer at the piano under Gustav Kühle (apparently initially prepared for performance by Hans Richter). Also performed in a 2-piano version in March 1909 by Natalie Duesberg (solo), and Hans Wagner).
  • Op.35 - 'Heroische Romantische' Symphony in E-flat major † (unpublished; composition begun before 1888; 4th mvt. performed in the Vienna Musikverein on 13 and 18 March 1902 by the Wiener Concertverein under Hans Wagner. Contemporary reviews of the movement make comparisons with the music of Joachim Raff.)
  4. Finale: Grave - Allegro eroico
  • Op.36 - Scherzo in A minor for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  • Op.37 - 2 Lieder (Leipzig: Rühle)
  1. Wenn ich nicht mehr bin [H. Herold] - also published as Op.39/2 by O. Dietrich (Leipzig) and Gustave Kühle (Vienna)
  2. Wehmut †
  • Op.38 -
  • Op.39 - 2 Lieder (Schott, Brussels; Junne, Leipzig; 1905)
  1. In eine junge Knospe möcht'ich meine Liebe schliessen (middle voice) [Hedwig Herold]
  2. Mit deinen Märchenaugen hast Du mich angelacht (high voice) (Op.39/2 also published as Wenn ich nicht mehr bin [Hedwig Herold] by O. Dietrich (Leipzig))
  1. Praeludium
  2. Träumerei
  • Op.41 - 2 Lieder (high voice) (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. Mein Schatz ist ein Spielmann [Hedwig Herold]
  2. Wenn ich dich sehe! [Hedwig Herold]
  • Op.42 - Sylphentanz for piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1906)
  • Op.43 - 2 Etüden for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  1. Terzen-Etüde in D major
  2. Sexten-Etüde in G♭ major
  • Op.44 - Barcarole for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899. Dedicated to August Stradal.)
  • Op.45 - 2 Etüden for piano [likely a catalogue error for the Op.43 Etüden. The Op.45 designation also appears in some catalogues erroneously attributed to the 2 Praeludien, Op.46.]
  • Op.46 - 2 Praeludien for organ (A-flat major & C-sharp minor) (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  • Op.47 - Weihnachtslieder for voice and piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6 and 1912 (no.3)). Published as part of Christweihe. No.3 previously published Berlin, Verlagsgesellschaft Dr Russak & Co. / John Henry Schwerin, Dec. 1896.
  1. Weihnachten - Weihnachtszeit, sel'ge Zeit [Anna Cador]
  2. Christnacht - Heil'ge Nacht, auf Engelschwingen [R. E. Prutz] (Also published by O. Junne in a version for string quartet, voice ad lib.)
  3. Weihnachtsglocken - Weihnachtsglocken, wie so lieblich [Hedwig Herold]
  • Op.48 - Marsch in C major for piano ((Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1897 (Year 13).
  • Op.49 - String Quartet in F-sharp minor (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  • Op.50 - Piano Quintet in G major (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  • Op.51 -
  • Op.52 -
  • Op.53 - Phantastisches Quartett (String Quartet) in F minor † (unpublished; performed in Vienna in 1901 by the Duesberg Quartet)
  1. Mondnacht im Gebirge (slow introduction),
  2. Gemischte Eindrücke aus einer Wanderung (Allegro)
  3. Frühlingszauber (Scherzo)
  4. Waldeinsamkeit und Vision (introduction to last movement)
  5. Rückkehr in die Heimat (Finale)
  • Op.54 - 3 Lieder (middle voice) (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. ?
  2. In der Mondnacht [A. Duesberg]
  3. Ein Herz, ein Leben [A. Duesberg]
  • Op.55 - 2 Lieder
  1. Das Kirchlein (middle/deep voice) [Natalie, Herzogin von Oldenburg] (Dedicated to Fräulein Josephine von Statzer) (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  2. Ich wollt', ich wär eine Lerche (middle voice) (manuscript detailed @ RISM) [Natalie, Herzogin von Oldenburg]. Unpublished? Noted as 'In Preparation' for October 1906 by the publisher Otto Junne.
  • Op.56 - Lied(er?) (manuscript detailed @ RISM)
  1. Komm! (female voice) [Fritz Lemmermayer] Unpublished? Noted as 'In Preparation' for October 1906 by the publisher Otto Junne.
  • Op.57 -
  • Op.58 - Piano Quartet in E major, † (c.1900, unpublished; dedicated to pianist Natalie Duesberg; first performance 1902 by the Quartet Duesberg and Natalie Duesberg, piano)
  1. Allegro ma non troppo e patetico
  2. Adagio con espressione
  3. Scherzo
  4. Finale
  1. Nun zog dahin (middle/deep voice) [Othmar Seidel]
  2. Schnee (middle voice) [Othmar Seidel]
  • Op.62 -
  2. Erwähltes Gelage for male choir and large orchestra [Fritz Lemmermayer] (Also referred to in print, incorrectly, as Jentsch's Op.51. Performed in the Vienna Musikverein on 5 March 1905 by the work's dedicatees, the Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein and Wiener Concertverein under Hans Wagner. Full score unpublished †; piano reduction published by Verlag der Lyra is at ÖNB.)
  • Op.63 - Ballade in B-flat minor for piano (Junne, 1905/6. Dedicated to Mathilde Kralik.)
  • Op.64 - 2 Lieder (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905/6) - Dedicated to Emy Karvasy-Borchert.
  1. Sonnenuntergang (high/middle voice) [Franz Josef Zlatnik]
  2. Traumglück (high voice) [Franz Josef Zlatnik]
  • Op.65 - 2 Lieder (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. Tändelei (high voice) [Friedrich Hebbel]
  • Op.66 - 2 Lieder [Nietzsche] (unpublished; performed in 1904(?) by Georg Maikl; manuscript in the Goethe and Schiller Archive, Weimar)
  1. Heimweh - Unpublished? Noted as 'In Preparation' for October 1906 by the publisher Otto Junne.
  2. Dem unbekannten Gott
  • Op.67 - String Quartet in A major (unpublished, performed by Duesberg Quartet in Vienna, 1907)
  1. Etwas bewegt
  2. Sehr langsam u. mit elegischem Ausdruck
  3. Scherzo - Lebhaft — Ausdrucksvoll u. mit sinnlichen Reiz — Ruhiger, mässig bewegt — Lebhaft (Tempo I) — Ausdrucksvoll u. mit grossen sinnlichen Reiz — Ruhiger, mässig bewegt — Lebhaft (Tempo I)
  4. Langsam — Frisch u. lebhaft, doch nicht zu schnell
  • Op.68 -
  • Op.69 -
  • Op.70 - 2 Stücke for violin and piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  1. Romanze
  2. Scherzo capriccioso

Works without Opus Number († indicates works lost)

  • Orchestral
    • Symphony No.2 † (existence questionable, but mentioned in at least one Austrian source post 1900, as well as in Friedrich Jansa's Deutsche Tonkünstler und Musiker in Wort und Bild, 1911.)
    • Symphonische dichtung † (before 1911, existence questionable; mentioned by Jansa, op. cit.)
    • Festival Overture in B minor † (composed 1880, possibly for the Meyerbeer-Stipendium of the Prussian Academy of Arts (prize awarded in 1881 to Engelbert Humperdinck). This Overture (and/or the composer's Op.8) performed in 'Constantinople' (Istanbul) in 1884 by the Teutonia Orchestra under Paul Lange Bey; also performed in the Vienna Musikverein on 21 December 1902 under Adolf Kirchl.)
  • Operas / Theatrical
    • Eine Venetianische Hochzeit, one-act opera, text by Hedwig Herold (composed by 1894; partly performed in 1893 in Berlin (Saale von Duysen) in a voice/piano reduction by the composer and guests; seemingly published 1897 by the Wiener Theater-zeitung publishing house. Planned for performance in Teplice/Teplitz in 1908, and Graz in 1909, but never staged.) Includes a movement entitled Ständchen, performed in Schönthal by the Jägerkapelle of Aschaffenburg, 1894. Full score †.
    • Der Paria, opera in two acts, based on the play by Michael Beer (1892-97; seemingly published 1897 by the Wiener Theater-zeitung publishing house; only the Prelude to (the 2nd act(?) of) the opera was ever performed, by the 'Accord' music society, Vienna, 1897, under Richard Hildebrand. Full score †.)
    • Music for the 3-act folk play Die Dorfmusikanten ('The Village Musicians') by Heinrich Sohnrey, 2nd edition, 1903. (Likely in the Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Details at RISM. This edition of the play was staged in Weimar in 1903, although the composer noted in Theaterzettel is the unknown 'Gustav Brandenburger'. Perhaps this was a pseudonym used specifically for the occasion by Jentsch?)
    • [Possibly by Jentsch]: Marquise Meyer, operetta, 1912 †. Based on a book by E. Engerth. Mentioned in the Wiener-Montags Journal, 10 Jun 1912 - here the composer is given as 'M. Jantsch'.
  • Choral
    • Waldesruhe, for six/seven-voice male choir (performed in March 1910) †
    • Liebesfreude, for mixed choir (performed in Vienna(?), 1906) †
  • Organ
    • Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, chorale prelude for organ (Kaiserslautern, 1909)
  • Piano
    • Variationen, for piano † (performed by the composer in Berlin, 1877. Possibly Jentsch's Op.1 or 2.)
    • Paraphrase sur la marche persane de Strauss † (dédiée à Son Excellence Monsieur Mirza Mohsin Khan), (unpublished. Performed by the composer on 10 February 1889 in the Salle de la Teutonia, Constantinople (Istanbul).)
    • Phantasie über den Sultans-Marsch † (Possibly the same work as the Paraphrase above. Performed by the composer in September 1889 in Stendal. Unpublished. )
    • Reverie (unpublished - possibly one of Jentsch's early opus numbers. Performed by the composer on 10 February 1889 in the Salle de la Teutonia, Constantinople (Istanbul).)
    • Choralmelodie - Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1892 (Year 8)
    • Die Spieluhr - Berlin , Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1896.
    • Heiliger Abend - Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, Dr Russak & Co. / John Henry Schwerin, 1897.
    • Transcriptions and paraphrases for piano † (unpublished; mentioned by Wilhelm Stekel as having been composed in Constantinople (between 1884-90), in the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, February 1900)
  • Lieder
    • Wär ich ein Edelstein - Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1892 (Year 8)
    • Ständchen - Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1893 (Year 9). This is a reduction for voice and piano of an excerpt from Jentsch's first opera Eine Venetianische Hochzeit.
    • Trinklied - Berlin, Musikbeilage zum Magazin Mode und Haus, John Henry Schwerin, 1893 (Year 9). This is a reduction for voice and piano of an excerpt from Jentsch's first opera Eine Venetianische Hochzeit.
    • Das Veilchen - Unpublished; performed in 1899 in Vienna(?)
    • Sturmlied † [A. Duesberg] (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • Liebeskummer † [A. Duesberg] (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • O, wenn wir warten † [Hildegard Stradal]; piano and voice (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • Aus der Jugendzeit † [Hildegard Stradal]; piano and voice (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • Winter †, voice and piano (unpublished; performed in Vienna, 1903)

The following three lieder were possibly unpublished(?) but were noted as 'In Preparation' for October 1906 by the publisher Otto Junne.

    • Traum und Tod †, voice and piano
    • Kornblumen †, voice and piano
    • Das trunkene lied † [Nietzsche], voice and piano
    • Die wilden Stürme wehen, piano and middle/high voice [Natalie von Oldenburg] (manuscript detailed at RISM)
    • Elegie : dem Genius eines großen Tondichters geweiht [Anton Bachmaier] - (voice and piano; manuscript in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna)
    • Vergebens † [August Duesberg] - piano and voice (unpublished; possibly the composer's Op.54/1)
    • Wassersonne † - piano and voice (unpublished?)
    • Abendgefühl † [Friedrich Hebbel] - piano and voice (unpublished; possibly the composer's Op.65/2). In the repertoire of singer Rosa Stwertka and pianist Tony Colbert.
    • Herbstlied † (Possibly Jentsch's Op.1 or 2. Performed in Berlin, 26 February 1878, by 'Herr Alfermann')
  • Folksong settings
    • Lichtungsgesang der norwegischen Matrosen, published 1904
    • Ach, wie ist's möglich dann, published 1903
    • Der König der Himmel - ein Kind (Alter Weihnachtsgesang), published 1903
    • O edle frau, wenn ich euch schau', der ich in ehren mich vertrau, pub. 1923
    • Ich schmiß zwo ädel ruisen zum hien fenster hinäuß (liebchens grab), pub. 1923
    • es geht mit ihrem trutzen doch noch zum bösen end' , pub. 1923
    • Weiß mir ein mägdlein schön von art, pub. 1923
    • Mir ward in aller zeit kein größer glück gegeben, pub. 1923 (same piece as Minnedienst below?)
    • Minnedienst (mentioned in the Grazer Tagblatt, 1909)
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