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works of Norbert Burgmnüller


 
 

LIST OF WORKS according to OPUSNUMBERS


Op.1

Concert  for piano and orchestra in f sharp minor
Allegro ma non troppo f sharp 2/4 
Larghetto con moto D 6/8 
Allegro moderato f sharp 3/4 
Composed - 1828 - 1829
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1863

Op.2

Symphony No.1 in c minor
Andante grave c 3/4 / Allegro moderato c 9/8 
Adagio A flat 2/4 
Scherzo / Allegro di molto c 6/4 
Allegro molto e con brio c  4/4 
Composed -  1831 - 1833
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1863

Op.3

Six Songs
No. 1 Einkehr (Uhland) Moderato D 2/4  approx. 1835 
No. 2 In der Ferne (Uhland) Andantino F 3/8  approx. 1835 
No. 3 Lied (Heine) Andante sostenuto Es 2/4  1829 
No. 4 Wintereise (Uhland) Con moto e 3/2  approx. 1834 
No. 5 Fischerknabe (Platen) Larghetto A flat 3/8  approx. 1834 
No. 6 Harfenspieler (Goethe) Largo c 4/4  approx. 1833 
First edition - Leipzig: Hofmeister 1838

Op.4

String Quartet No.1 in d minor
Allegro d 4/4 
Adagio B flat 3/4 
Allegro vivace d 3/4 (fragment) 
Allegro assai d 6/4 
Composed - 1825
Unpublished

Op.5

Overture in f minor (possibly to the opera Dionys)
Adagio grave F 4/4 - Allegro agitato f 4/4 alla breve 
Composed - approx. 1825
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1863

Op.6

Five Songs
No. 1 Harfenspieler II (Goethe) Largo b 4/4  1830 
No. 2 Omar's Nachtlied (Stieglitz) Andantino D 6/8  approx. 1833 
No. 3 Lied (Platen) Agitato f 4/4  1833 
No. 4 Sehnsucht nach Ruhe (Johanna Schopenhauer) slow E 6/8  1833 
No. 5 Nachtreise(Uhland) Agitato c 3/4 approx. 1834 
First edition - Leipzig: Hofmeister 1839

Op.7

String Quartet No. 2 in d minor
Allegro d 3/4 
Andante B flat 2/4 
Scherzo / Presto g 3/4 
Allegro molto D 4/4 alla breve 
Composed - 1825 - 1826
Unpublished

Op.8

Piano Sonata in f minor
Allegro molto f 6/4 
Romance / Andante E Flat 9/8 
Final / Allegro molto e con fuoco f 4/4 alla breve 
Composed - approx. 1826
First edition - Leipzig: Hofmeister 1839

Op.9

String Quartet No. 3 in A flat major
Allegro moderato A flat 4/4 
Menuetto / Allegro moderato c 3/4 
Adagio Es 3/4 
Final / Moderato A flat 6/8 
Composed - 1826
Unpublished

Op.10

Five songs
No. 1 NachWalther von der Vogelweide Andantino D 3/8  1833 
No. 2 Scheiden und Meiden(Uhland) Larghetto A 9/8  1834 
No. 3 Abreise (Uhland) Moderato f  4/4    approx. 1833 
No. 4 Hoffnungslos (unknown. - Burgmüller?) Larghetto Es 6/8  1827 
No. 5 Das Ständchen (Uhland) Larghetto A 3/8 approx. 1834 
First edition - Leipzig: Hofmeister 1840

Op.11

Symphony No.2 in D major
Allegro moderato D 3/4 
Andante b 2/4 
Scherzo / Presto D 3/4 (Intrumentation completed by Robert Schumann) 
Allegro D 6/4 (fragment, Instrumentation by Raymond Meylan) 
Composed - 1834 - 1836
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1864

Op.12

Five Songs
No. 1 Nähe des Geliebten (Goethe) Andante F 4/4 1830 
No. 2 Wie der Tag mir schleichet (J.-J. Rousseau) Largo cis  4/4  1827 
No. 3 Aus der Novelle "Der Sänger" (Aloys Schreiber ) Allegretto A 6/8  1827 
No. 4 Das Schicksal will's (unknown)  Con moto E 3/4  1827 
No. 5 Lebe wohl (unknown) Largo f 4/4  1827 
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1864

Op.13

Rhapsody for piano in b minor
Agitato b 6/8 - Poco Adagio B 6/8 
Composed - approx. 1834
First edition - Leipzig: Hofmeister 1839

Op.14

String Quartet No. 4 in a minor
Allegro moderato a 12/8 
Andante F 2/4 
Tempo di Menuetto C 3/4 
Allegretto con moto A 2/4 
Composed - approx. 1835
First edition - Leipzig: Hofmeister 1844

Op.15

Duo for clarinet and piano in E flat major
Allegro E flat 6/4 - Larghetto A flat 6/8 - Allegro E flat 6/4 
Composed - 1834
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1865

Op.16

Polonaise for piano in F major
Moderato F 3/4 
Composed - 1832
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1865

Op.17

Four Entr'actes for orchestra
No. 1 Adagio B flat 9/8 
No. 2 Scherzo / Allegro assai C 6/4 
No. 3 Andantino e 9/8 
No. 4 Andantino F 3/8 
Composed - 1827 - 1828
First edition - Leipzig: Kistner 1865



 
 

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Duo for clarinet and piano in E flat op.15 
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Piano Sonata in f op.8 (approx. 1826) 
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WORKS  without  OPUS  NUMBER

Ständchen,Allegretto for clarinet, viola and guitar in E flat major
Allegretto E flat major 6/8 
Composed - 1825
Alternative version for violoncello, viola and guitar in D major
Allegro D 6/8
Composed - 1825
First edition  -  Geneva: Philomele Editions 2001 (Edit. by Johann Gaitzsch und
Klaus Zehnder-Tischendorf)

Waltz for piano in E flat major (complete draft) 
Composed - 1827
Unpublished

Morgenlied (Uhland ) in E flat major (fragment)
Composed - 1834
Unpublished

Frühlingslied (Müller von Königswinter)
Andantino G major  6/8 
Composed - 1836
First edition - Leipzig: Friese 1840 (supplement to the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik)



 
 

LOST  WORKS



 
 
 

Instrumentation of a burlesque Quodlibet to the Posse "Die Wiener in Berlin"
(Karl von Holtei) Music by Karl Blum
Composed - approx. 1827

117. Psalm for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed choir
Composed - approx. 1828

Song: In des Irrtisch weisse Fluten (August von Kotzebue)
Composed - approx. 1831

Male choir to the "Epilog to Goethe's funeral eulogy"  (Karl Immermann)
Composed - approx. 1832

Incidental Music to "Albrecht Dürer's Dream" (Karl Immermann)
Composed - approx. 1833

Dionys , a  Heroic - Romantic opera (Ferdinand Wilhelm Seidel)
No. 1  Male choir
No. 2  Slaves choir
No. 3  Choir of the soldiers
No. 4  March
No. 5  Duett for two tenors and male choir
Composed -  approx. 1832 - 1834

Festival Chorus for the All-Highest Birthday Celebration of His Majesty the King
(Adolph of Vagedes)
Composed - approx. 1834

Easter Cantata (?  for solo voices, chorus and orchestra)
Composed - approx. 1836
 



 
 

CHRONOLOGICAL WORK LIST



 
 
 

1825
1) String Quartet No.1 d op.4     2/26/1825 - 5/9/1825
2) Allegretto  (Serenade, 2 versions)     Spring 1825
3) Overture f op.5      Summer / Autumn 1825

1826
4) String Quartet No. 2 d op.7     Winters 1825 / 1826
5) Piano Sonata f op.8     Summer 1826
6) String Quartet No. 3 A flat op.9     September / October. 1826

1827
7) Song „Hofnungslos “ op.10 No.4     1/3/1827
8) Waltz D      5/11/(18)27
9) Song „Wie der Tag.. “ op.12 No.2     8/6-8/1827
10) Song „Lebewohl“ op.12 No.5     9/26/1827
11) Song „Das Schicksal will's “ op.12 No.4     9/27-30/1827
12) Quodlibet Instrumentation     October / November 1827
13) Song „Aus der Novelle Der Sänger“ op.12 No.3     12/20/1827

1828
14) 4 Entr'Actes op.17     Autumn 1827 - Winter 1828
15) 117. Psalm      Spring 1828

1829
16) Song „Du bist wie eine Blume “ op.3 No.3     1829
17) Piano Concerto f sharp op.1     May 1828 - May 1829

1830
18) Song „Nähe des Geliebten“ op.12 No.1    4/30/1830
19) Song „Harfenspieler I" op.6 No.1     5/2/1830

1831
20) Song „In des Irrtisch... “   ca. Autumn 1831

1832
21) Chorus „Goethe`s eulogy “     Winter 1832
22) Polonaise F op.16     11/23/1832

1833
23) Incidental Music to „Dürer's Dream “      Spring 1833
24) Song „Omars Nachtlied “ op.6 No.2     Summer 1833
25) Song „Sehnsucht nach Ruhe“ op.6 No.4     Summer 1833
26) Song „Nach Vogelweide “ op.10 No.1     1.9.1833
27) Song „Ich schleich umher“ op.6 No.3     5.9.1833
28) Song „Abreise“ op.10 No.3     Sept. 1833
29) Song „Harfenspieler II“ op.3 No.6     Sept. 1833
30) Symphony No.1 c op.2     1830 - 10/18/1833

1834
31) Song „Winterreise“ op.3 No.4     Winter 1834
32) Opera fragment „Dionys “     1832 - Spring 1834
33) Song „Ständchen “ op.10 No.5     Spring 1834
34) Song „Fischerknabe “ op.3 No.5     Spring 1834
35) Song „Scheiden und Meiden“ op.10 No.2     7/8/1834
36) Song fragment „Morgenlied“     July 1834
37) Chorus: „Festival Chorus“      Summer 1834
38) Duo E flat op.15     Summer 1834
39) Song „Nachtreise “ op.6 No.5    Autumn 1834
40) Rhapsody b op.13     Autumn 1834

1835
42) Song „Einkehr“ op.3 No.1    Autumn 1835
43) Song „In der Ferne“ op.3 No.2    Autumn 1835

1836
44) Easter Cantata     Winter / Spring 1836
45) Song „Frühlingslied“      4/8/1836
46) Symphony No.2 D op.11     Autumn 1834 - Spring 1836
 
 

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