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This is a list of compositions by the composer Wolfgang Rihm. His output numbers more then 500 works.

Rihm's compositions were published by Universal Edition.[1]

Stage works

Orchestral works

  • Form / 2 Formen (second state)
  • Gejagte Form (first version)
  • Gejagte Form (second version)
  • IN-SCHRIFT (1995)
  • Ernster Gesang (1996)[3]
  • Jagden und Formen[4]
  • Jagden und Formen (state 2008)
  • Symphony No. 1, Op. 3
  • Symphony No. 2 (first and last movement)
  • Sub-Kontur for large orchestra
  • Vers une symphonie fleuve I–IV
  • IN-SCHRIFT 2 (2013)
  • Dunkles Spiel, for small orchestra
  • Schwarzer und roter Tanz, a fragment from "Tutuguri", for orchestra

Concertante

  • Violin
    • Lichtzwang
    • Gesungene Zeit
    • Lichtes Spiel
    • COLL'ARCO
  • Viola
    • Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
    • Concerto for Viola and Orchestra No. 2
  • Violoncello
    • Konzert in einem Satz
    • Monodram
    • Styx und Lethe
    • Concerto en Sol (2018)[5]
  • String quartet
    • "CONCERTO"
  • Clarinet
    • Musik für Klarinette und Orchester
  • Oboe
    • Musik für Oboe und Orchester
  • Bassoon
    • Psalmus
  • Trumpet
    • Gebild
    • Marsyas, Rhapsodie für Trompete mit Schlagzeug und Orchester
  • Trombone
    • Canzona per sonare
  • Piano
    • Piano Concerto (1969)
    • Sphere
    • Sotto voce, a Notturno for piano and small orchestra
    • Sotto voce 2, a Capriccio for piano and small orchestra
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 (2014)
  • Harp
    • Die Stücke des Sängers
  • Organ
    • Unbenannt IV
  • Mixed instruments
    • Erster Doppelgesang, for viola, cello and orchestra
    • Zweiter Doppelgesang, for clarinet, cello, and orchestra
    • Dritter Doppelgesang, for clarinet, viola, and orchestra

Chamber works

  • Chiffre-Zyklus
    • Chiffre I (1982)
    • Nach-Schrift (eine Chriffre) (1982/2004)
    • Silence to be beaten (Chiffre II) (1983)
    • Chiffre III (1983)
    • Chiffre IV (1983/84)
    • Chiffre V (1984)
    • Bild (eine Chiffre) (1984)
    • Chiffre VI (1984)
    • Chiffre VII (1985)
    • Chiffre VIII (1985/88)

String quartet

  • Grave
  • Quartettstudie
  • String Quartet No. 1
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • String Quartet No. 4
  • String Quartet No. 5
  • String Quartet No. 6
  • String Quartet No. 7
  • String Quartet No. 8
  • String Quartet No. 9[6]
  • String Quartet No. 10
  • String Quartet No. 11
  • String Quartet No. 12
  • String Quartet No. 13
  • Fetzen (Shreds) 1-8, for string quartet and accordion

Vocal works

  • Voice and orchestra
    • Fünf Abgesangsszenen
    • Drei späte Gedichte von Heiner Müller
    • Ernster Gesang mit Lied
    • Frau / Stimme
    • Hölderlin-Fragmente
    • Lenz-Fragmente
    • Penthesilea Monolog
    • Rilke: Vier Gedichte

Voice and piano

  1. An Zelter
  2. Gingo biloba
  3. Dämerung senkte sich von oben
  4. Worte sind der Seele Bild
  5. Phänomen
  6. Selige Sehnsucht
  7. Parabase
  8. Lebensgenuss
  9. Höchste Gunst
  10. Heut und ewig
  11. Aus "Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahren"
  12. Willst du dir ein gut Leben zimmern
  13. An Zelter

Choral works

  • Choir a cappella
    • Sieben Passions-Texte
  • Choir with orchestra or ensemble
    • Dies, an oratorio for four soloists, two speakers, mixed choir, speaking choir, children's choir, organ and orchestra
    • Deus Passus, a passion for five soloists, choir, and orchestra
    • Astralis
    • Et Lux, for vocal quartet and string quartet
    • Vigilia
    • Symphony No. 3, for soprano, baritone, choir, and orchestra
    • Départ, for mixed choir, speaking choir, and 22 instrumentalists
    • Requiem-Strophen (2017)

Solo instruments

  • Grat (violoncello)
  • Über die Linie (violoncello)
  • Über die Linie VII (violin)

Piano solo

  • Auf einem anderen Blatt
  • Brahmsliebewalzer
  • Klavierstücke nos. 1–7 1970–80
  • Ländler 1979
  • Nachstudie
  • Zwiesprache 1999

Organ solo

  • Drei Fantasien

References

  1. ^ "Wolfgang Rihm: the composer's life and work". Universal Edition. 13 March 1952. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ Wierzbicki, James (18 August 1991). "Non-Verbal Opera?". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 32. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Webster, Daniel (23 April 1997). "In Brahms celebration, orchestra's first Rihm". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia. pp. 37, 39. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com. continued on page 39. Archived 28 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Perry, Richard (26 May 2002). "The 'Jackson Pollock' of German avantgarde". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 18 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Schacher, Thomas (22 January 2020). "Wo so viel Licht ist, sollte auch ein bisschen Schatten sein". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. ^ Baker, Robert A. (2016). "The Hunt for Form in Wolfgang Rihm's Ninth String Quartet, 'Quartettsatz'". Perspectives of New Music. 54 (1): 197–244. doi:10.7757/persnewmusi.54.1.0197.
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