Selim Palmgren

Selim Palmgren (1878–1951) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. Palmgren studied with Ferruccio Busoni, and in 1921 came to the United States, where he taught composition at the Eastman School of Music, later returning to Finland. Most of his works were for piano, and his smaller lyric pieces are his most noteworthy for the use of Scandinavian folk elements. His hometown Pori has a Palmgren conservatory named by him.

Palmgren's larger oeuvre includes 5 piano concertos (No.2 "The River") and opera Daniel Hjort.

An incomplete works list (elaborated by Joel Valkila):

Works Listed by Opus Number

• Op.1 - Prelude, Illusion, & Etude for Piano
• Op.2 - 3 Pieces for Piano
• Op.3 - Suite for Piano
• Op.4 - Drei Klavierstücke
• Op.5 - Two Songs
• Op.6 - Fantasie for Piano
• Op.7 - Den Unge Piges Viser, Song Cycle for Voice & Piano
• Op.8 - Lyric Intermezzo for Piano / Pieces for Violin and Piano
• Op.9 - En Route, Concert Study for Piano
• Op.10 - Impromptu and Scherzo for Piano
• Op.11 - Piano Sonata in D minor
• Op.12 - Songs
• Op.13 - Piano Concerto No.1 in g minor (1904)
• Op.14 - Barcarole for Piano, Op.14
• Op.15 - Songs
• Op.16 - Menuet in Folk-Style (Menuett i folkton) for Piano
• Op.17 - 24 Preludes for Piano
• Op.18 - Ballad with Theme and Variations for Piano
• Op.19 -
• Op.20 - Songs
• Op.21 -
• Op.22 - Finnish Lyrics, 12 Pieces for Piano
• Op.23 -
• Op.24 - Aus Finnland, 4 Symphonic Pieces for Orchestra
• Op.25 -
• Op.26 - 3 Humoresques for Piano
• Op.27 - 7 Klavierstücke, "Spring"
• Op.28 - 6 Lyric Pieces for Piano
• Op.29 -
• Op.30 -
• Op.31 - 5 Sketches from Finland for Piano
• Op.32 - 3 Klavierstücke
• Op.33 - Piano Concerto No.2 ("Der Fluss" or "The River") (1913)
• Op.34 - 2 Kleine Balletszenen for Piano
• Op.35 - Klavierskizzen for Piano
• Op.36 - The Masquerade for Two Pianos
• Op.37 - Mephistowaltzer, Op.37 / Song 'Nocturne'
• Op.38 - Dunkelrote Rosen für eine Singstimme und Klavier
• Op.39 - Nordischer Sommer - 5 Piano Pieces
• Op.40 -
• Op.41 - Piano Concerto No.3 ("Metamorphoses") (1916) / Song 'Die Stadt' for Voice and Orchestra (1914)
• Op.42 -
• Op.43 - 4 Morceaux for Violin & Piano
• Op.44 -
• Op.45 - 3 Piano Pieces, Op.45
• Op.46 - Exotisk Marsch for Piano
• Op.47 - "Spring", 6 Piano Pieces
• Op.48 - 2 Songs for Voice & Piano
• Op.49 - Piano Pieces ('Längtansvals och andra klaverstycken')
• Op.49b - Rondo a Capriccio for Piano
• Op.50 - A Pastoral in 3 Scenes, Suite for Piano / Orchestra
• Op.51 - Light and Shade - 6 Piano Pieces ('Ljus och skugga')
• Op.52 - Three Songs
• Op.53 -
• Op.54 - 3 Pianostycken
• Op.55 -
• Op.56 - Three Songs
• Op.57 - Piano Pieces
• Op.58 - Incidental Music from the Play "Juhana Herttua"
• Op.59 -
• Op.60 - Three Songs
• Op.61 - Cantata(?) 'Kaunehin Maa' ("The Most Beautiful Land")
• Op.62 - Incidental Music from the Play "Juhana Herttua"
• Op.63 - 2 Impromptus for Piano
• Op.64 - Piano Pieces "Klanger och Rytmer"
• Op.65 -
• Op.66 - Deux impromptus for Piano, Op.66
• Op.67 - 6 Morceaux for Piano
• Op.68 -
• Op.69 -
• Op.70 - Two Songs
• Op.71 - Piano Pieces
• Op.72 - Nocturne in 3 Scenes for Piano
• Op.73 - Piano Pieces
• Op.74 - 3 Morceaux for Piano
• Op.75 - Piano Pieces
• Op.76 - Piano Pieces
• Op.77 - 24 Etudes for Piano
• Op.78 - Pieces for Violin & Piano
• Op.79 - Piano Pieces
• Op.80 -
• Op.81 - Piano Pieces "Triptych"
• Op.82 - 3 Fantasier for Piano
• Op.83 - Piano Pieces
• Op.84 - Piano Pieces
• Op.85 - Piano Concerto No.4 ("April") (1928)
• Op.86 - Cantata "For Fatherland's Freedom"
• Op.87 - New Piano Sketches
• Op.88 - 4 Piano Pieces
• Op.89 -
• Op.90 -
• Op.91 -
• Op.92 -
• Op.93 - Sonatine for Piano
• Op.93b - Festpräludium for Piano
• Op.94 - Four Songs
• Op.95 -
• Op.96 -
• Op.97 -
• Op.98 - Cantata[?] 'Vanhojen Messujen Aikaan' ("At the Times of the Ancient Masses")
• Op.99 - Piano Concerto No.5 (1940)
• Op.100 - Cantata[?] 'Nouskohon Sukuni Suuri' ("Let My Great Nation Rise")
• Op.101 -
• Op.102 - Sun & Clouds, 12 Pieces for Piano
• Op.103 - Cantata for the 300th anniversary of the town of Naantali
• Op.104 - Concert-Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
• Op.105 - Ballet Scenes from the Ballet 'Cinderella'
• Op.106 - Songs
• Op.107 - Songs
• Op.108 -
• Op.109 -
• Op.110 -
• Op.111 - Autobiography (in Finnish)
• Op.112 -
• Op.113 - Sonatine for Piano
• Op.114 - Op 114/1 "a Gaspar Cassado" / "Violoncello - Repertoire de Gaspar Cassado" for Cello and Piano

Works Listed Without a Known Opus Number, In an Alphabetic Order

• Op posth. - Arabeske (1946) for Piano
• Op posth. - Ballade for Orchestra
• Op posth. - Barcarolle (1908) for Piano
• Op posth. - Berceuse for Piano
• Op posth. - Berceuse (1895) for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Daniel Hjort' - Opera in Six Acts (1910)
• Op posth. - 'De Fallna' ("The Fallen Ones"), Song (1919)
• Op posth. - 'Drömmen' ("Dream") for Choir (1898)
• Op posth. - 'En Idyll' for Choir
• Op posth. - 'Eroitus mielillä' ("Thinking of the Depart") for Choir (1900)
• Op posth. - Etude de Concert for Piano (c.1900)
• Op posth. - Finnische kabinettstücke (7 Piano Pieces)
• Op posth. - Gavotte et Musette for Piano
• Op posth. - Grave of Chopin for Piano and Orchestra
• Op posth. - 'Helsinki Oldboys Regement' March for Piano
• Op posth. - Intermezzo (1895) for Piano
• Op posth. - Intermezzo Marziale for Orchestra
• Op posth. - 'Julkvällen' ("Christmas Eve")(1917) - Cantata/Oratory/Mass(?)
• Op posth. - 'Keijukaiset' ("Fairies") for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Kevätauerta' for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Lullaby for Wounded Hearts' for Orchestra (orchestral adaption from a piano piece in Op 81?)
• Op posth. - Musette for Orchestra
• Op posth. - Overture for Piano (1934) = same as Op 93b! (Published as a "posthumous" work in 1982)
• Op posth. - 'Pieni legenda' ("A Small Legend")(1895) for Piano
• Op posth. - Prélude funebre for Piano
• Op posth. - Preludietto for Piano
• Op posth. - Scherzo (1893) for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Solsken genom tårar' ("Sunshine Through the Tears")(1946) for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Spinnrocken' for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Syysprologi' ("An Autumnal Prologue") for Piano
• Op posth. - Ungarischer Tanz for Piano
• Op posth. - Valkokaarti ("The White Guard") for Vocal and Piano
• Op posth. - 'Valssi länsisuomalaiseen tapaan' ("Waltz in a Western Finnish Style") for Piano
• Op posth. - 'Vårbräckarnas brus' ("Russtles of Spring") for Piano

Free scores by Selim Palmgren at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)