List of works by Théodore Gouvy

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Opp.1-30

  • Op.1 - 2 Etudes for piano (Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1843)
  • Op.2 - Gondoliera ("O komm zu mir"; Gedicht von Geibel) for voice and piano (Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1843)
  • Op.3 - Sérénade No.1 in F major for piano (Leipzig: Peters, 1852)
  • Op.4 - Sérénade No.2 in A major for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1854; Paris: Richault, 1856)
  • Op.5 - Sérénade No.3 in B minor for piano (Leipzig: Breikopf & Härtel, 1854; Paris: Richault, 1856)
  • Op.6 - Sérénade No.4 in E major for piano (Leipzig: Breikopf & Härtel, 1854; Paris: Richault, 1856)
  • Op.7 - Sérénade No.5 in B major for piano (Leipzig: Peters, 1860)
  • Op.8 - Piano Trio No.1 in E major (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1852; Paris: Richault, 1854)
  • Op.9 - Symphony No.1 in E major (Paris: Richault, 1856, pf4h reduction); actually his 2nd symphony, but published first
  • Op.10 - Sérénade No.6 in A major for piano (Paris: Richault, 1855; Leipzig: Peters, 1860)
  • Op.11 - Sérénade for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (Paris: Richault, 1852 ca.)
  • Op.12 - Symphony No.2 in F major (Paris: Richault, 1847?; Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1850)
  • Op.13 - Jeanne d'Arc (Ouverture de concert No.1) in D major for orchestra (Paris: Richault, 1858, pf4h arrangement)
  • Op.14 - Le Festival (Ouverture de concert No.2) in E for orchestra (Paris: Richault, 1858, pf4h arrangement)
  • Op.15 - Le dernier Hymne d'Ossian (Scène lyrique) for bass voice and orchestra (Paris: Richault, 1858)
  • Op.16 - 2 String Quartets (Paris: Richault, 1859)
    1. String Quartet (No.1) in B major
    2. String Quartet No.2 in C major
  • Op.17 - Piano Sonata No.1 in G major (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1854)
  • Op.18 - Piano Trio No.2 in A minor (Paris: Richault, 1856; Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1857)
  • Op.19 - Piano Trio No.3 in B major (Paris: Richault, 1856; Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1857)
  • Op.20 - Symphony No.3 in C major (Leipzig: Kistner, 1854; Paris: Richault, 1860s?)
  • Op.21 - Poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann, 1st set for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1858)
  • Op.22 - Piano Trio No.4 in F major (Paris: Richault, 1858)
  • Op.23 - 12 Choeurs for 4 male voices (Paris: Richault, 1860); French text by Bélanger, adapted from poetry in German
  • Op.24 - Piano Quintet in A major (Paris: Richault, 1859)
  • Op.25 - Symphony No.4 in D minor (1855, rev. 1866; pub. Paris: Richault, 1859 (pf4h reduction), 1868 (score))
  • Op.26 - Poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann, 2nd set for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1860)
  • Op.27 - 3 Sérénades for piano (Paris: Richault, 1859; Leipzig: Peters, 1860)
    1. Sérénade No.7 in G major
    2. Sérénade No.8 in A major
    3. Sérénade No.9 in B major
  • Op.28 - Décaméron for cello and piano (Paris: Richault, 1860)
  • Op.29 - Piano Sonata No.2 in A major (Paris: Richault, 1861)
  • Op.30 - Symphony No.5 in B major (manuscript dated 1868 July 5; unpublished?)

Opp.31-60

  • Op.31 - Sérénade en quatuor for violin, viola, cello and piano (Paris: Richault, 1865); the work's title is according to Schneider, Théodore Gouvy 1819 - 1898 (see WorldCat) as well as the 1865 BdlF entry; listed in Fétis as Piano Quartet, which likely references the same work
  • Op.32 - 3 Choeurs (Cantiques) for mixed chorus (Paris: Richault, 1867 ca.); text by J.B. Rousseau
  1. Les cieux instruisent la terre
  2. Hymne à la vertu
  3. La gloire du seigneur
  • Op.33 - Piano Trio No.5 in G major (1860, pub. Paris: Richault, 1862)
  • Op.34 - 5 Duettos for violin and piano (Paris: Richault, 1867 ca.). This work is listed both in Richault's Gouvy catalogue and in the Institut Gouvy catalogue. However, in Fétis, Op.34 is listed as a Symphony...
  • Op.35 - Hymne et marche (triomphale) for orchestra (Paris: Richault, 1862 ca.)
  • Op.36 - Sonata No.1 for Piano 4 Hands in D minor (Paris: Richault, 1865)
  • Op.37 - 6 Odes de Ronsard for tenor and piano (Paris: Richault, 1867)
    1. "Chère vesper, lumière dorée"
    2. "Du grand Turc je n'ai souci"
    3. "Dieu vous gard', messagers fidèles"
    4. "Lorsque Bacchus entre chez moi"
    5. À Cassandre ("Mignonne, allons voir si la rose")
    6. "Fais rafraîchir le vin"
  • Op.38 - 3 Sérénades for piano (Paris: Richault)
    1. Sérénade No.10 in E major
    2. Sérénade No.11 in A major
    3. Sérénade No.12 in D major
  • Op.39 - 3 Sérénades for piano (Paris: Richault, 1865)
    1. Sérénade No.13 in G major
    2. Sérénade No.14 in D major
    3. Sérénade No.15 in C major
  • Op.40 - Sonata for clarinet (or violin) and piano? The Institut Gouvy catalogue lists the opera Le Cid for this opus.
  • Op.41 - 9 Poésies de Ronsard for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1867)
    1. Aubade ("Marie, levés-vous, vous estes paresseuse")
    2. "Prends cette rose"
    3. "Amour, amour, que ma maîtresse est belle"
    4. "Voici le bois"
    5. "Je compare à ta jeune beauté"
    6. "Amour me tue"
    7. "Que dites‑vous, que faites‑vous, mignonne"
    8. "Quand je pense à ce jour"
    9. À Corydon ("Je veux, me souvenant de ma gentille amie")
  • Op.42 - 6 Poésies de Ronsard for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1868 ca.)
    1. "Je meurs, hélas!"
    2. Le Rossignol ("O ma belle maitresse")
    3. "Je ne saurais aimer autre que vous"
    4. Le bouquet ("Je vous envoie un bouquet")
    5. À Hélène ("L'an se rajeunissait en sa verte jouvence")
    6. Chanson ("Quand ce beau printemps je vois")
  • Op.43 - 4 Odes de Ronsard for baritone and piano (Paris: Richault, 1868 ca.)
    1. "Versons ces roses en ce vin"
    2. À Nicolas ("Nicolas, faisons bonne chère")
    3. "Pour boire dessus l'herbe tendre"
    4. Adieu à la jeunesse ("Ma douce jouvence est passée")
  • Op.44 - 8 Poésies de Ronsard for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1868 ca.)
    1. À Marguerite ("En mon ame n'est ecrite")
    2. "Rossignol, mon mignon"
    3. À Marie ("Marie, qui voudrait votre nom retourner")
    4. L'attrait de tes beaux yeux ("A te servir l'attrait de tes beaux yeux")
    5. "Vous méprisez nature"
    6. "Quand vous serez bien vieille"
    7. Regrets ("Ah! mort, en quel état maintenant tu me changes!")
    8. Le poète à son livre ("Cesse tes pleurs, mon livre, il n'est pas ordonné")
  • Op.45 - 18 Poésies de Desportes for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1869 ca.)
  • Op.46 - 3 Élégies for 2 voices and piano (Paris: Richault, 1869 ca.)
  • Op.47 - 7 Poésies de Ronsard for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1869 ca.)
    1. "Page, suis-moi"
    2. Que vous ai-je fait? ("Dites, maitresse, hé! que vous ai-je fait?")
    3. "Chanson, voici le jour"
    4. Bonjour ("Bonjour mon cœur")
    5. Adieu ("Comment, en vous quittant, adieu pourrais-je dire?")
    6. "Le doux sommeil"
    7. Verse sans fin ("Corydon, verse sans fin")
  • Op.48 - La pléiade française (12 Poésies du 16me siècle) for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1870 ca.)
  • Op.49 - Sonata No.2 for Piano 4 Hands in C minor (Richault, 1869)
  • Op.50 - 6 Duettos for violin and piano (Paris: Richault, 1872; Leipzig: Rieter-Biedermann, 1888)
    1. Praeludium
    2. Serenade
    3. Capriccio
    4. Romanze
    5. Impromptu
    6. Rondo-Scherzando
  • Op.51 - Sonata No.3 for Piano 4 Hands in F major (Paris: Richault, 1872)
  • Op.52 - Variations sur un thème original for piano 4 hands (Vienna: Gotthard, 1872; Paris: Richault, 1876)
  • Op.53 - 3 Sérénades for piano (Vienna: Gotthard, 1872 (Nos.1-2); Paris: Richault, 1876 (Nos.1-3)); first published by Gotthard with serenades No.16 and 17 (see Monatsbericht (1872), p.168), and No.18 was added in the second edition, published by Richault (see BnF catalogue)
    1. Sérénade No.16 in C major
    2. Sérénade No.17 in A minor
    3. Sérénade No.18 in A major
  • Op.54 - Valses de fantaisie (2 Suites) for piano 4 hands (Paris: Richault, 1876 ca.; Leipzig: Senff, 1888); published in 2 volumes
  • Op.55 - String Quintet No.1 (2nd Quintet) in G major for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos (1870 November; pub. Paris: Richault, 1876)
  • Op.56 - 2 String Quartets (Paris: Richault, 1876); Op.56 No.2 is from 1873, see Bru Zane.
    1. String Quartet No.3 in D major
    2. String Quartet No.4 in A minor
  • Op.57 - Variations sur un air français for piano 4 hands (Paris: Richault, 1877)
  • Op.58 - Symphonie brève (variations et rondo) for orchestra (Paris: Richault, 1874?/188-?)
  • Op.59 - 6 Pieces for piano 4 hands (Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1878)
  • Op.60 - Scherzo for 2 pianos (Paris: Richault, 1877)

Opp.61-90

  • Op.61 - Violin Sonata in G minor (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1876); a Richault edition for a violin sonata is noted in 1880 BdlF, but it's unclear whether this refers to Op.61 or Op.67
  • Op.62 - Lilli Bulléro (Variations sur un air anglais) for 2 pianos (Leipzig: Senff, 1879)
  • Op.63 - Marche for 2 pianos (Paris: Richault, 1878)
  • Op.64 - 2 Sérénades for piano (Paris: Richault, 1878)
    1. Sérénade No.19 in A major
    2. Sérénade No.20 in A major
  • Op.65 - Stabat Mater for 3 principal voices (soprano, alto, tenor), chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Senff, 1879)
  • Op.66 - Sonata for 2 Pianos (Paris: Richault, 1880)
  • Op.67 - Clarinet Sonata in G minor (Paris: Richault, 1880 (or 1882?)); originally titled Sonate pour Piano et Clarinette ou Violon
  • Op.68 - String Quartet No.5 in C minor (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882)
  • Op.69 - Phantasie for 2 Pianos in G minor (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882)
  • Op.70 - Requiem for 4 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra, with organ ad lib. (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1880)
  • Op.71 - Octet No.1 in E major for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons (Leipzig: Kistner, 1882)
  • Op.72 - Messe brève (Missa brevis) for voices, chorus, and orchestra (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1883)
  • Op.73 - Cantate de printemps (Frühlings Erwachen; Kantate) for soprano voice, male chorus, and orchestra (Leipzig: Kistner, 1883); German/French text
  • Op.74 - 3 Duos for 2 sopranos and piano (Paris: Richault, 1889)
    1. Les fleurs aimées (text by Mme L. Collet)
    2. Lucy la moissonneuse (Ballade; text by Bouchor)
    3. Tarentelle (text by Monnier)
  • Op.75 - Oedipus auf Kolonos (Dramatische Kantate in 3 Theilen) for 4 voices, chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1883)
  • Op.76 - Iphigénie in Tauris (Dramatische Scenen) for 4 voices, chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Rahter, 1884); German/French text
  • Op.77 - Scherzo et Aubade for piano 4 hands (Leipzig: Rieter-Biedermann, 1885)
  • Op.78 - Divertissement for 2 Pianos (Leipzig: Kistner, 1886)
  • Op.79 - 6 Stücke for piano (Leipzig: Kistner, 1886)
    1. Praeludium (C major)
    2. Etüde (A minor)
    3. Impromptu (A major)
    4. Capriccio (D major)
    5. Romanze (G major)
    6. Divertimento (B minor)
  • Op.80 - Sinfonietta in D major for orchestra (Leipzig: Kistner, 1886)
  • Op.81 - Trastullo (7 Morceaux) for piano 4 hands (Leipzig: Senff, 1890)
    1. Menuet
    2. Humoresque
    3. Farandole
    4. Romance
    5. Scherzetto
    6. Inter pocula
    7. Ballet
  • Op.82 - Sérénade (Sextet No.1 américain) for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass, or for flute and string orchestra (1889; pub. Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, 1890)
  • Op.83 - Ghiribizzi (12 Morceaux) for piano 4 hands (Leipzig: Kistner, 1892); published in 2 volumes
    1. Prélude
    2. Siciliano
    3. Barcarolle
    4. Burlesca
    5. Impromptu
    6. Fanfare
    7. Bagatelle
    8. Chanson portugaise
    9. Intermezzo
    10. Tambourin
    11. Elégie
    12. Alla polacca
  • Op.84 - Sérénade (Sextet No.2 américain) in F minor for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass, or for flute and string orchestra (Hamburg: D. Rahter, 1892)
  • Op.85 - Électre (Dramatisches Konzertwerk) for voices, chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1892, in a German translation by Wilhelm Langhans with title Elektra)
  • Op.86 - Egill (Dramatische Kantate) for tenor, baritone, male chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Kistner, 1893)
  • Op.87 - Symphony No.7 in G minor (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1893); recorded as Symphony No.6
  • Op.88 - Polyxena (Dramatisches Konzertwerk) for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1896); German/French text
  • Op.89 - Paraphrases symphoniques (Symphonische Paraphrasen) for orchestra (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1899)
  • Op.90 - Petite suite gauloise for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons (München: Aibl, 1900)

Works without known Opus Number

  • 2 more Symphonies? (9 symphonies in all (I'm assuming they are not counting the Sinfonietta - Schissel) and an alternate version of the 6th, according to the Gouvy Institute)
    • The cpo recording with Jacques Mercier claims to be "The complete symphonies" (4 CDs), so the nine symphonies counted by the Gouvy Institute seem to include: Nos. 1–6(7), Symphonie brève (Op. 58), and Sinfonietta (Op. 80). The ninth work in this recording is Fantaisie symphonique (Op. 69, orchestrated version), which definitely can not count as a symphony. Hence the ninth should be a certain Symphony in B minor composed between Nos. 2 and 3 and "discarded after its premiere was a failure" (booklet notes to cpo 777 379-2). As cpo has not recorded it, perhaps the manuscript is lost (?).
  • Sérénade in G major for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (1893 November 12)
  • Sérénade vénitienne for viola and piano (Mainz: B. Schott, 1875?)
  • 6 String Quartets (Nos.6-11, unpublished) including quartets in A minor, E minor and D major from 1848 (see Bru Zane), and a quartet in G from 1888 (see Bru Zane)
  • 5 string quintets
    • No.1 in E minor (1869)
    • No.3 in D minor (1873/1880)
    • No.4 in B minor (1871/s.d.) (!!)
    • No.5 in E major (1872) (!!)
    • No.6 in A minor (1880)
  • Sextet No.3 (américaine) in D minor (1896)
  • Octet No.2 in G minor for winds (1884 August)
  • Nonet in C minor (1883 or 1884?)

Collections

  • 40 Poésies de Ronsard for voice and piano (Paris: Richault, 1870 ca.)
  • 20 Sérénades for piano (Paris: Richault, 1879 ca., Plate 16756 R)