List of compositions by Hans Pfitzner

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This article contains the most important musical works by Hans Erich Pfitzner (born May 5, 1869 in Moscow , † May 22, 1949 in Salzburg ).

Stage works

Operas

  • (Revised version 1944?)

Incidental music

  • Music for Das Fest auf Solhaug by Henrik Ibsen (WoO 18; 1889/90; dedicated to the parents). Premiere November 28, 1895 Mainz
  • Music for Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist (op. 17; 1905; dedication: The immortal poet as a minor homage ). Premiere (overture): October 19, 1905 Berlin ( Deutsches Theater ; director: Max Reinhardt ; further numbers were successively added to the production)
  • Gesang der Barden (WoO 19; 1906) from Die Hermannsschlacht by Heinrich von Kleist, for male choir, 6 horns, 4 violas and 4 violoncellos

Vocal compositions

Piano songs

Orchestrated piano songs

Orchestral songs

Works with a choir

  • Der Blumen Rache (1888) for alto solo, female choir and orchestra. Text: Ferdinand Freiligrath (1838). Premiere December 6, 1911 Strasbourg
  • Rundgesang zum Neujahrsfest 1901 (1900) for baritone, mixed choir and piano. Text: Ernst von Wolzüge
  • Columbus (op. 16; 1905) for 8-part mixed choir a cappella (on the 100th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller's death ). Text: Friedrich Schiller. Premiere December 6, 1911 Strasbourg
  • Gesang der Bard (1906) from Kleist's Hermannsschlacht : see under Drama Music
  • Two German chants (op. 25; 1915/16) for baritone, male choir (ad libitum) and orchestra ( dedicated to Alfred von Tirpitz ). Texts: August Kopisch , Joseph von Eichendorff
1.  The Trumpeter (Kopisch). Premiere March 14, 1916 Strasbourg - 2nd  lawsuit (Eichendorff). Premiere March 22, 1915 Munich
1.  We're going there (Franck) - 2.  The little ship (Uhland)
  • Drei Gesänge (op. 53; 1944) for male choir and small orchestra. Texts: Werner Hundertmark (from: And when the scythe crossed grain and poppy seeds. Poems . Hamburg [Hans Dulk] 1943). Premiere 1944 Vienna
1.  Blessed Summer - 2.  Change - 3.  Soldiers' Song

Orchestral works

  • Scherzo in C minor (1887; dedicated to the Berlin Philharmonic ). Premiere June 23, 1888 Frankfurt am Main
  • Cello Concerto in A minor [No. 1], op. Posth. (1888). Premiere 1977 Würzburg, soloist: Esther Nyffenegger , conductor: Hermann Dechant . The work with a difficult to play orchestra (three trumpets), which Pfitzner had composed for a cellist friend, was only rediscovered in the Vienna Music Library by the Würzburg musicologist Wolfgang Osthoff .
  • Piano concerto in E flat major (op. 31; 1922; dedicated to Fritz Busch ). Premiere March 16, 1923 Dresden ( Walter Gieseking [piano]; conductor: Fritz Busch)
  • Violin Concerto in B minor (op.34; 1923; dedicated to Alma Moodie ). Premiere June 4, 1924 Nuremberg (Alma Moodie [violin]; conductor: Hans Pfitzner)
  • Symphony in C sharp minor [No. 1] (op. 36a; 1932; arrangement of the string quartet in C sharp minor, op. 36). Premiere March 23, 1933 Munich ( Tonhalle ; Munich Philharmonic , Conductor: Hans Pfitzner)
  • Cello Concerto in G major [No. 2] (op. 42; 1935; dedicated to Gaspar Cassadó ). Premiere September 27, 1942 Frankfurt am Main
  • Duo for violin, violoncello and small orchestra (op. 43; 1937; dedicated to Max Strub and Ludwig Hoelscher ). Premiere December 3, 1937 Frankfurt am Main
  • Little Symphony in G major [No. 2] (op. 44; 1939). Premiere November 17, 1939 Berlin
  • Elegy and dance (op. 45; 1940). Premiere April 29, 1941 Salzburg
  • Symphony in C major [No. 3] (op. 46; 1940; dedication: To the friends ). Premiere October 11, 1940 in Frankfurt am Main
  • Cello Concerto in A minor [No. 3] (op. 52; 1944; dedicated to Ludwig Hoelscher ). Premiere March 23, 1944 Solingen
  • Krakow welcome (op. 54; 1944; dedicated to Hans Frank ). Premiere December 2nd (?) 1944 Cracow ("Philharmonic of the Generalgouvernement ", conductor: Hans Swarowsky )
  • Fantasia in A minor (op. 56; 1947; dedicated to Rolf Agop ). Premiere April 23, 1947 Nuremberg

Chamber music

  • Piano Trio in B flat major (1886)
  • String Quartet in D minor [No. 1] (1886)
  • Sonata in F sharp minor ("The song should shudder and quiver ..."; Op. 1; 1890) for violoncello and piano (dedicated to Heinrich Kiefer). Premiere January 21, 1891 Frankfurt am Main (Hall of the Lodge Carl; Heinrich Kiefer [violoncello], Hans Pfitzner [piano]). - Factory introduction:
  • Piano trio in F major (op. 8; 1895/96; dedicated to Alexander Friedrich von Hessen [1863–1945]). UA December 14, 1896 Frankfurt am Main (Alfred Heß [1868–1927] [violin], Friedrich Heß [1863–?] [Cello], James Kwast [piano]). - Factory introduction:
  • String Quartet in D major [No. 2] (op. 13; 1902/03; dedicated to Alma Mahler ). Premiere January 13, 1903 Vienna
  • Piano quintet in C major (op.23; 1908; dedicated to Bruno Walter ). Premiere November 17, 1908 Berlin
  • Sonata in E minor (op. 27; 1918) for violin and piano ( dedicated to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music ). Premiere September 25, 1918 Munich ( Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten , on the occasion of the founding of the Hans Pfitzner Association ; Felix Berber [1871–1930] [violin], Hans Pfitzner [piano]). - Factory introduction:
  • String Quartet in C sharp minor [No. 3] (op. 36; 1925; dedicated to Max von Schillings ). Premiere November 6, 1925 Berlin
  • String Quartet in C minor [No. 4] (op. 50; 1942; dedicated to Max Strub ). Premiere June 5, 1942 Berlin
  • Unorthographic Fugato (1943) for string quartet
  • Sextet in G minor (op. 55; 1945) for clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and piano. Premiere April 19, 1946 Berlin

Piano music

  • Concert Waltz in A minor (1892; lost)
  • Five pieces for piano (op. 47; 1941; dedicated to Walter Gieseking ). Premiere 1941 Berlin
1.  Last rearing - 2.  Exuberance - 3.  Hieroglyph - 4.  Discord - 5.  Melody
  • Six studies for the pianoforte (op. 51; 1943; dedicated to Friedrich Wührer ). Premiere March 10, 1943 Vienna

Remarks

  1. ↑ Ernst Kern : Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000. ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 327.
  2. ↑ Hans Pfitzner: Sonata for piano and violoncello, F sharp minor, op.1. Factory introduction.
  3. ^ Hans Pfitzner: Trio for pianoforte, violin and violoncello, F major, op.8. Factory introduction.
  4. ^ Hans Pfitzner: Sonata for violin and pianoforte, E minor, op.27. Factory introduction.

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