List of compositions by César Franck

The following is a list of compositions by César Franck.

"M." numbers refer to Wilhelm Mohr's catalogue of Franck's works (1969).

Operas and works for stage

• Stradella (1841)
• Le Valet de ferme (1851–53)
• Hulda (1882–85)
• Ghiselle (1889)

Symphonic music

• Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (symphonic poem after Victor Hugo, 1845–87, op. posth.)
• Rédemption (symphonic poem for soprano, chorus and orchestra, 1872, rev. 1874) (M. 52)
• Les Éolides (symphonic poem, 1876)
• Le Chasseur maudit (symphonic poem, 1882) (M. 44)
• Les Djinns (symphonic poem for piano and orchestra, 1884) (M. 45)
• Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra (1885) (M. 46)
• Psyché (symphonic poem for orchestra and chorus, 1886–88) (M. 47)
• Symphony in D minor (1886–88) (M. 48)

Masses

• Messe solennelle (M. 59, 1858)
• Messe à trois voix (M. 61, 1860, version of 1872 replaced the offertory O salutaris for bass^{[citation needed]} with the well known aria Panis Angelicus)

Other choral music

• Ruth (oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra) (M. 51)
• Panis Angelicus (for voice, harp, cello, and organ, 1872; also included in Messe à trois voix M. 61)
• Quae est ista (offertorium, 1871)
• Les Béatitudes (oratorio for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, 1881) (M. 53)
• Rebecca (cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, 1880–1881) (M. 54)

Unpublished choral music

• Le valet de ferme (unpublished comic opera, 1851–53)
• Three cantatas
  • Cantique de Moïse (cantata, 1881)
  • Plainte des israélites (cantata, 1865)
  • La tour de Babel (cantata, 1865)
• Les sept paroles du Christ (oratorio)

Organ or harmonium

• Andantino in G minor (1857)
• Trois Antiennes (1859)
• 44 Petites Pièces (1858–1863)
• Six Pièces, Op. 16-21 (published 1868)

• Fantaisie in C major
• Grande Pièce Symphonique in F-sharp minor
• Prelude, fugue et variation in B minor
• Pastorale in E major
• Prière in C-sharp minor
• Final in B-flat major

• Trois Pièces (1878)

• Fantaisie in A major
• Cantabile in B major
• Pièce héroïque in B minor

• Andantino (1889)
• Trois Chorals (1890)

• Choral in E major
• Choral in B minor
• Choral in A minor

• The incomplete collection of 59 short works known as "L'Organiste" was written for the harmonium and is most often played on organ (1889–1890).

Piano

• Prélude, chorale, et fugue (1884)
• Danse lente (1885)
• Prélude, aria, et final (1887)
• Miscellaneous early works which even his disciple D'Indy dismissed as showpieces

Chamber music

• Trios concertants pour piano, violon et violoncelle Op.1 & Op.2 (Four piano trios) (1840)
  • Trio concertant Op.1 No.1 in F# minor (M. 1)
  • Trio concertant Op.1 No.2 "Trio de salon" (M. 2)
  • Trio concertant Op.1 No.3 (M. 3)
  • Trio concertant Op.2 (M. 4)
• Piano Quintet in F minor (1878–79) (M. 7)
• Violin Sonata in A major (1886) (M. 8)
• String Quartet in D major (1889–90) (M. 9)
• Andantino Quietoso in E flat minor Op. 6 for violin and piano (M. 5)
• Grand Duo for piano and violin concertante in B flat major Op. 14 on motives from Gulistan by Dalayrac (M. 6)

References

• Mohr, Wilhelm (1969) (in German). César Franck (2nd expanded ed.). Tutzing: Schneider. 
• John Trevitt, Joël-Marie Fauquet: 'Franck, César', Grove Music Online (Accessed 12 November 2005)

External links

• (French) Catalogue des oeuvres
• (French) Catalogue des oeuvres de César Franck
• Catalogue from karadar.com
• (German) Catalogue sorted by year, genre, opus and Mohr numbers