List of compositions by César Franck by opus number

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The following is a list of compositions by César Franck by opus number.

With opus numbers

Published in lifetime

  • Opus 1: Trois Trios concertants pour piano, violon et violoncelle (Three piano trios for piano, violin and cello)(1840)
    • No. 1: Trio concertant in F# minor
    • No. 2: Trio concertant "Trio de salon"
    • No. 3: Trio concertant
  • Opus 2: Trio concertant
  • Opus 3: Eglogue, for solo piano
  • Opus 4:
  • Opus 5: Première Grande Caprice, for solo piano
  • Opus 6: Andantino Quietoso in E flat minor, for violin and piano
  • Opus 7:
  • Opus 8:
  • Opus 9: Ballade, for solo piano
  • Opus 10: Piano Quintet for solo piano and string quintet (1843)
  • Opus 11: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor
  • Opus 12: Messe à trois voix (1860, version of 1872 replaced the offertory O salutaris for bass with the well known aria Panis Angelicus)
  • Opus 13:
  • Opus 14: Grand Duo for piano and violin concertante in B flat major
  • Opus 15:
  • Six Pièces, Opus 16 - , for organ or harmonium (published 1868):
    • Opus 16: Fantaisie in C major
    • Opus 17: Grande Pièce Symphonique in F-sharp minor
    • Opus 18: Prélude, fugue et variation in B minor, Op. 18 (originally for organ, but arranged by the composer for harmonium and piano, and well-known in piano arrangements by Harold Bauer and Ignaz Friedman)
    • Opus 19: Pastorale in E major
    • Opus 20: Prière in C-sharp minor
    • Opus  : Final in B-flat major
  • Opus 21: Prélude, chorale, et fugue, for solo piano (1884)
  • Opus 22: Quasi marcia, for harmonium
  • Opus 23: Prélude, aria, et final, for solo piano (1886 - 1887)

Published posthumously

  • Opus posth.: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (symphonic poem after Victor Hugo, 1845–87)

Works without opus number

In (M. )/FWV catalogue

Works without opus number listed in Wilhelm Mohr's catalogue (M.)


  • M. 35 - 37: Trois Pièces (for organ, 1878)
    • M. 35: Fantaisie in A major
    • M. 36: Cantabile in B major
    • M. 37: Pièce héroïque in B minor
  • M. 38 - 40: Trois Chorals (for organ or harmonium, 1890)
    • M. 38: Choral in E major
    • M. 39: Choral in B minor
    • M. 40: Choral in A minor
  • M. 41:
  • M. 42:
  • M. 43: Les Éolides (symphonic poem, 1876)
  • M. 44: Le Chasseur maudit (symphonic poem, 1882)
  • M. 45: Les Djinns (symphonic poem for piano and orchestra, 1884)
  • M. 46: Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra (1885)
  • M. 47: Psyché (symphonic poem for orchestra and chorus, 1886–88)
  • M. 48: Symphony in D minor (1886–88)
  • M. 49: Hulda (opera, 1882–85)
  • M. 50: Ghiselle (opera, 1889)
  • M. 51: Ruth (oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra)
  • M. 52: Rédemption (symphonic poem for soprano, chorus and orchestra, 1872, rev. 1874)
  • M. 53: Les Béatitudes (oratorio for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, 1881)
  • M. 54: Rébecca (cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, text by Paul Collin, 1880–1881)
  • M. 55:
  • M. 56:
  • M. 57: Ave Maria (sacred hymn, for 2 Vocal soloists (soprano and bass) and organ, 1865)
  • M. 58: Tantum ergo (sacred hymn, for bass voice, mixed chorus, organ, 1865)
  • M. 59: Messe solennelle (mass, 1858)
  • M. 60: Le garde d'honneur (sacred canticle, for voice, female chorus, organ)


  • M. 65: Dextera Domini (offertory, for oprano, tenor, bass and orchestra (or organ and double bass), 1871)
  • M. 66: Domine non secundum (sacred cantata, for soprano, tenor, bass and organ, 1871)
  • M. 67:
  • M. 68: Veni creator (sacred hymn, for 2 voices (tenor and bass) and organ, 1872)
  • M. 69: Psalm 150 (for SATB and Organ, 1883)
  • M. 70: Souvenance (song, for voice and piano, 1842 - 3)
  • M. 71: Ninon (song, for voice and piano, 1851)
  • M. 72: L'émir de Bengador (song, for voice and piano, 1842 - 3)
  • M. 73: Le sylphe (song, for voice, cello and piano, 1842 - 3)
  • M. 74: Robin Gray (song, for voice and piano, 1842 - 3)
  • M. 75:
  • M. 76: Aimer (song, for voice and piano, 1849)
  • M. 77:
  • M. 78:
  • M. 79: Paris (ode, for voice and orchestra, 1870)
  • M. 80: Le mariage des roses (song, for voice and piano, 1871)
  • M. 81: Roses et papillons (song, for voice and piano, ca. 1860)
  • M. 82: Passez, passez toujours (song, for voice and piano, 1860)
  • M. 83: Lied (for voice and piano, 1873)
  • M. 84: Le vase brisé (song, for voice and piano, 1879)
  • M. 85: Nocturne (song, for voice and piano, 1884)


Not in (M. )/FWV catalogue

List of Franck's remaining works. (Incomplete)

  • Quae est ista (offertorium for chorus, 1871)
  • Danse lente, for solo piano (1885)
  • Operas and works for stage
    • Stradella (1841)
    • Le Valet de ferme (1851–53)
  • Works for Organ or harmonium
    • Andantino in G minor (1857)
    • Trois Antiennes (1859)
    • 44 Petites Pièces (1858–1863)
    • Andantino (1889)
    • 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).
  • Unpublished choral music
    • Le valet de ferme (unpublished comic opera, 1851–53)
    • Trois cantatas
      • Cantique de Moïse (cantata, 1881)
      • Plainte des israélites (cantata, 1865)
      • La tour de Babel (cantata, 1865)
    • Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix (oratorio)
  • Miscellaneous early works for piano

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