The music of Hans Gál
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179 works
| Opus | Title | Description | Year | Publisher | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Von ewiger Freude (Of Eternal Joy) | Cantata for four solo women's voices (SSAA) and double female choir, with organ and two harps | 1912 | Universal Edition (1916) | |
| 2 | Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt (The Tree That Wanted Different Leaves) | for alto solo, six-part female choir and small orchestra. text by Rückert | 1916 | Universal Edition (1916) | |
| 3 | Serbische Weisen (Serbian Melodies) | for piano duet (four hands) | 1916 | Universal Edition (1919) | |
| 3b | Serbische Weisen (Serbian Melodies) | for small orchestra | 1937 | Tischer&Jagenberg (now Eirich) | |
| 3c | Serbische Weisen (Serbian Melodies) | No. 5 for Mandolin Orchestra | (Hladky, 1937) now Heinrichshofen | ||
| 4 | Der Arzt der Sobeide (Sobeide's Doctor) | Comic opera in a prologue and two acts. Text by Fritz Zoref | 1917 | Universal Edition (1919) | |
| 5 | Phantasien (Fantasies): Three Songs to poems by Rabindranath Tagore | for alto solo, women's choir, clarinet, horn, harp (or piano) and string quartet (or string orchestra) | 1919 | Universal Edition (1922) | |
| 6 | Suite for Cello and Piano | 1919 | Simrock (1920), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 7 | Drei Skizzen (Three Sketches) | for piano | 1910 | Universal Edition (1921) | |
| 8 | Two Songs for 4-Part Male-Voice Choir a cappella | 1914 | Universal Edition (1927) | ||
| 9 | Variationen über eine Wiener Heurigenmelodie (Variations on a Viennese 'Heurigen' Melody) | for violin, cello and piano | 1914 | Simrock (1921), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 10 | Five Intermezzi | for string quartet | 1914 | Simrock (1921), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 10a | Vier Miniaturen (Four Miniatures) | for mandolin, violin, viola and cello (arr 1937) | Hladky (1967), now Trekel | ||
| 10b | Vier Miniaturen (Four Miniatures) | for mandolin orchestra | Hladky, now Trekel | ||
| 11 | Three Songs for 3- and 4-part Male-Voice Choir with piano (or small orchestra) | 1911 | Leuckart (1921) | ||
| 12 | Three Songs for 3- and 4-part Women's Choir with Piano | 1910 | Leuckart (1921) | ||
| 13 | Piano Quartet (B flat major) | for violin, viola, cello and piano | Simrock (1922), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 14 | Kinderverse (Children's Verses) | for 4-part women's choir a cappella (piano ad lib.) | Tischer & Jagenberg (1922), now Eirich | ||
| 15 | Die Heilige Ente (The Sacred Duck) | (Opera) A play with gods and men. In a prelude and three acts Text by K.M.Levetzow and Leo Feld. | 1921 | Universal Edition (1922) | |
| 16 | String Quartet No.I (F Minor) | 1916 | Simrock (1924), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 17 | Sonata in Bb Minor for Violin and Piano | 1920 | Simrock (1925), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 18 | Piano Trio (E Major) | for violin, cello and piano | 1923 | Simrock (1925), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 19 | Motette (Motet) | for 8-part mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella (Matthias Claudius) | 1924 | Simrock (1925), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 20 | Ouvertüre zu einem Puppenspiel (Overture to a Puppet Play) | for small orchestra | 1923 | Tischer & Jagenberg (1925), now Eirich | |
| 21 | Zwei geistliche Gesänge (Two Sacred Songs) | for soprano, organ and viola da gamba or cello | 1923 | Leuckart (1926) | |
| 22 | Divertimento for flute, oboe, two clarinets, trumpet, two horns and bassoon | 1924 | Leuckart (1925), now also Maecenas | ||
| 22b | Divertimento for Small Orchestra | 1924 | pending publication by Leuckart | ||
| 23 | Das Lied der Nacht (The Song of the Night) | (Opera) Dramatic ballad in three scenes. Text by K.M. von Levetzow | 1924 | Universal Edition (1926) | |
| 24 | Suite for Piano | 1922 | Simrock (1926), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 25 | Herbstlieder (Autumn Songs) | Five songs for 4-part women's choir (SSAA) a cappella. | 1912 | Simrock (1926), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 26 | Requiem for Mignon | fragment from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, for baritone solo, two choirs (SA, SATB), organ and orchestra | 1922 | Tischer & Jagenberg (1926), now Eirich | |
| 27 | Epigramme (Epigrams) | Five madrigals after poems by Lessing, for 4/8-part mixed choir a cappella (or 8 voices) | 1926 | Simrock (1927), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 28 | Sonata for Piano | 1927 | Simrock (1927), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 29 | Toccata | for organ | 1928 | Simrock (1928), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 30 | Symphony No.1 (D major) | for orchestra, originally Sinfonietta. | 1927 | Simrock (1929), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 31 | Three Songs to poems by R.M.Rilke | for three female voices or 3-part women's choir with piano | 1928 | Simrock (1928), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 32 | Fünf ernste Gesänge (Five Serious Songs) | to German seventeenth-century baroque poems for male-voice choir (TTBB) a cappella | 1928 | Tischer & Jagenberg (1929), now Eirich | |
| 33 | Five Songs | for middle voice and piano (no.4 and 5 also with harp) | 1917 | Simrock (1929), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 34 | Drei Porträtstudien (Three Portrait Studies) | to poems by Wilhelm Busch. For for 4-part male-voice choir with piano | 1929 | Schott (1930) | |
| 35 | String Quartet No.2 (A Minor) | 1929 | Schott (1930) | ||
| 36 | Ballet Suite 'Scaramuccio' | for orchestra | 1929 | Schott (1931) | |
| 37 | Drei Gesänge (Three Songs) for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella | 1929 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1932), private pending publication by Boosey and Hawkes | ||
| 38 | Der Zauberspiegel (The Magic Mirror) | A Christmas fairy-tale play in five scenes by Karl Erich Jaroschek. For small orchestra. | 1930 | Suite only: Universal Edition (1931) | |
| 39 | Concerto for violin and small orchestra | 1932 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1932) | ||
| 40 | Drei Idyllen (Three Idylls) | to poems by Wilhelm Busch for 4-part male-voice choir (TTBB) with piano | Breitkopf & Härtel (1933), now private | ||
| 41 | Serenade for violin, viola and cello | 1932 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1933), now Pending publication by Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 42 | Die Beiden Klaas (Rich Claus, Poor Claus) | Comic opera in three acts. Text by K.M. von Levetzow | 1932 | Schott (1934) | |
| 42b | Burleske (Burlesque) | for small orchestra (From 'Die beiden Klaas': Prelude to Act III) | 1932 | Schott | |
| 43 | Concertino for piano and string orchestra | 1934 | Simrock (1968), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 44 | Nachtmusik (Night Music) | for soprano solo, male voices (TTBB), flute, cello and piano (Grimmelshausen) | 1933 | Robitschek (1936), now private | |
| 45 | A Pickwickian Overture | for orchestra | 1939 | Novello (1946), now Music Sales | |
| 46 | Serenade for String Orchestra | 1937 | Novello (1942), now Music Sales | ||
| 47 | Summer Idylls (Stille Lieder) | Four songs to poems by Caesar Flaischlen for women's choir a cappella | 1935 | Association of American Choruses, now private | |
| 48 | Lilliburlero | Improvisations on a martial melody, for orchestra | 1945 | Novello (1950), now Music Sales | |
| 49a | Little Suite | for two violins and cello (piano ad lib.) | 1947 | Österreichischer Bundesverlag (1948), now private | |
| 49b | Trio for piano, violin and cello | Österreichischer Bundesverlag (1949), now private | |||
| 50 | De Profundis | Cantata to German barock poems, for four soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra | 1936 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1948) | |
| 51 | Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems | for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella. | 1939 | Novello (1949-52), now Music Sales | |
| 51b | Three Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems | for women's choir a cappella | 1939 | Novello, now Music Sales | |
| 52 | Concertino for violin and string orchestra | 1939 | Bruckner (1953), now Alkor | ||
| 53 | Symphony No. 2 (F major) | for orchestra | 1942 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1948) | |
| 54 | Kaledonische Suite (Caledonian Suite) | Schottische Tanz- und Singweisen (Scottish dance and song tunes) for small orchestra | 1949 | Tischer & Jagenberg (1958), now Eirich | |
| 55 | Concertino for organ and string orchestra | 1948 | Nordiska Musikförlaget (1954), now private | ||
| 56 | Suite for violin and piano | 1942 | Curwen (1951), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 56a | Partita for Mandolin and Piano | 1935 | Hladky (1966), now Heinrichshofen | ||
| 57 | Concerto for piano and orchestra | 1948 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1952) | ||
| 58 | Two Sonatinas for Piano | 1951 | Augener (1953), now Schott | ||
| 59a | Sonatina for Two Mandolins | 1952 | Hladky (1957), now Heinrichshofen | ||
| 59b | Suite for Three Mandolins | 1952 | Hladky (1956), now Heinrichshofen | ||
| 60 | Improvisation, Variations and Finale on a Theme by Mozart | for mandolin, violin, viola and liuto (also mandolin orchestra) | 1934 | Hladky, now Trekel | |
| 60b | Improvisation, Variations and Finale on a Theme by Mozart | for string quartet | 1934 | pending publication by Boosey&Hawkes | |
| 61 | Four Part-Songs | for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella | Boosey & Hawkes (1954) | ||
| 62 | Symphony No. 3 (A major) | for orchestra. | 1951 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1954) | |
| 63 | Two Songs for 4-Part Male-voice Choir a cappella | 1954 | Kistner & Siegel (1956) | ||
| 64 | Three Small Pieces for Piano | 1933 | Augener (1956), now Schott | ||
| 65 | Three Preludes for Piano | 1944 | Augener (1956), now Schott | ||
| 66 | Biedermeiertänze (Biedermeier dances) | Four pieces in 3/4 time for large mandolin orchestra | 1954 | Hladky (1955), now Trekel | |
| 66b | Biedermeiertänze (Biedermeier dances) | Four pieces in 3/4 time for mandolin, violin, mandola, guitar, mandoloncello and bass mandolin | 1954 | Hladky, now Trekel | |
| 67 | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra | 1944 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1955) | ||
| 68a | Suite for Recorder and Violin | 1954 | Haslinger (1955), now Doblinger | ||
| 68b | Six Two-Part Inventions | for descant and treble recorder | 1957 | Haslinger (1958), now Doblinger | |
| 68c | Divertimento for 2 Treble Recorders and Guitar | 1957 | Haslinger (1958), now Doblinger | ||
| 69 | Mäander (Meanders) | Suite for orchestra | 1954 | Novello (1955), now Music Sales | |
| 70 | Lebenskreise (Life Cycles) | Symphonic Cantata to poems by Hölderlin and Goethe, for 4 soloists (SATB), mixed chorus (SATB), youth choir and orchestra | 1955 | Alkor (Barenreiter) (1956) | |
| 71 | Three Sonatinas for violin and piano | 1956 | Augener (1958), now Schott | ||
| 72 | Satirikon | Four aphorisms for 4 male voices (TTBB) a cappella | 1937 | Kistner & Siegel (1957) | |
| 73 | Music for String Orchestra | 1957 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1958) | ||
| 74 | Drei Marionetten (Three Marionettes) | for piano duet | 1958 | Augener (1960), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 75 | Songs of Youth (Jugendlieder) | Five songs for women's voices a cappella | 1959 | Boosey & Hawkes, London (1959) | |
| 76 | A Clarion Call | for double women's choir a cappella (Anna Strawbridge) | 1959 | Association of American Choruses (1960), now private | |
| 77 | Of a Summer Day | Lyrical suite for 3-part women's choir with soprano (or mezzo soprano) solo and string orchestra | 1951 | Association of American Choruses (1960), now private | |
| 78 | Quartettino | for recorder quartet: 2 descant, treble (or tenor), tenor (or bass) | 1960 | Universal Edition, London (1960) | |
| 79 | Idyllikon | Four movements for small orchestra | 1958 | Boosey & Hawkes (1962) | |
| 80 | Divertimento for mandolin with harp or piano | 1957 | Hladky (1961), now Heinrichshofen | ||
| 80b | Divertimento for flute, viola and harp | 1957 | pending publication by Boosey&Hawkes | ||
| 81 | Sinfonietta No. 1 for mandolin orchestra | for mandolin orchestra, guitar, bass | 1961 | Hladky (1966), now Trekel | |
| 82 | Concertino for treble recorder/flute and string quartet | 1961 | Universal Edition, London (1963) | ||
| 83 | Twenty-four Preludes | for piano | 1959 | Universal Edition (1965) | |
| 84 | Sonata for clarinet and piano | 1964 | Hinrichsen (1965), now Schott | ||
| 85 | Sonata for oboe and piano | 1965 | Hinrichsen (1965), now Schott | ||
| 86 | Sinfonietta No. 2 (E Minor) for mandolin orchestra | 1966 | Hladky (1966), now Trekel | ||
| 87 | Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra | 1965 | Simrock (1968), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 88 | Trio-Serenade | for treble recorder (or flute), violin and cello | 1966 | Simrock,London (1967), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 89 | Sonata for Cello and Piano | 1953 | Simrock, London (1969), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 90(1) | Divertimento for Bassoon and Cello | 1958 | Simrock, London (1969), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 90(2) | Divertimento for Violin and Cello | 1967 | Simrock (1968), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 90(3) | Divertimento for Violin and Viola | 1969 | Simrock, London (1969), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 91 | Spätlese | Six songs for male-voice choir (TTBB) a cappella | 1966 | Breitkopf & Härtel (1970), now private | |
| 92 | Huyton Suite | for flute and two violins | 1940 | Simrock, London (1970), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 93 | Serenade for clarinet, violin and cello | Simrock, London (1970), now Boosey & Hawkes | |||
| 94 | Trio for oboe, violin and viola | 1941 | Simrock, London (1970), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 95 | String Quartet No.3 (B Minor) | 1969 | Simrock, London (1970), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 96 | Sonata for Two Violins and Piano | 1941 | Simrock, London (1971), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 97 | Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano | 1950 | Simrock, London (1971), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 98 | Divertimento for Three Recorders | for descant, treble and tenor recorder | 1970 | Schott (1972) | |
| 99 | String Quartet No.4 | 1970 | Simrock, London (1972), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 100 | Triptych | Three movements for orchestra | 1970 | Simrock (1973), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 101 | Sonata for Viola and Piano | 1942 | Simrock, London (1973), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 102a | Suite for viola and piano or orchestra | 1949 | Simrock (1973), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 102b | Suite for alto saxophone and piano or orchestra | Also known as Suite Concertante for Alto Saxophone and Small Orchestra | 1949 | Simrock, London (1973), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 103 | Three Intermezzi | for treble recorder or flute and harpsichord or piano | 1974 | Schott (1974) | |
| 104 | Trio in F sharp minor | for violin, viola d'amore (viola) and cello | 1971 | Simrock, London (1974), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 105 | Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia Concertante) | Sinfonia concertante for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and orchestra | 1974 | Simrock (1976), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 106 | String Quintet | for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello | 1976 | Simrock, London (1979), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 107 | Clarinet Quintet | for clarinet and string quartet | 1977 | Simrock, London (1979), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 108 | Twenty-four Fugues | for piano | 1979 | Simrock (1982), now Boosey & Hawkes | |
| 109a | Sonata for Cello Solo | 1982 | Simrock, London (1983), now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 109b | Suite for Cello Solo | 1982 | Simrock, London (1983) now Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| 110a | Four Bagatelles | for treble recorder solo | 1983 | Forsyth (1988) | |
| 110b | Recorder Sonatina | for treble recorder solo | 1983 | Forsyth (1993) | |
| Altwiener Tänze (Old Viennese Dances) | Freely arranged for piano by Hans Gál | 1925 | J.G.Cottasche Buchhandlung successors, Stuttgart/Berlin | ||
| Promenadenmusik | for military band | 1926 | Schott | ||
| Quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano left hand | for Paul Wittgenstein | 1926 | Simrock = Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| Folksongs from the Volksliederbuch für die Jugend | arranged by Hans Gál | 1930 | Peters, Leipzig | ||
| Sechs Volkslieder (Six Folk-Songs) | arranged for male chorus (TTBB) a cappella | 1930 | Kistner & Siegel (1930-31) | ||
| Morgengruss, Lockruf der Mutter (Barthel) | Provençale folk-songs arranged for female voices a cappella by Hans Gál | 1931 | Deutscher Arbeiter-Sängerbund in 'Internationale Volkslieder für Frauenchor' | ||
| Zelter: Bundeslied (Goethe) | arranged for 4-part male-voice choir by Hans Gál | 1931 | Kistner & Siegel, Leipzig | ||
| Hin und Her | Music for a farce. For chamber ensemble. Text by ödön von Horvath | 1933 | Marton (Sessler) | ||
| Sonata in D for violin and piano | 1933 | Simrock/Benjamin | |||
| Gluck: Symphony in G minor | for 2 horns and string orchestra. Arranged by Hans Gál | 1934 | Universal Edition | ||
| Weisen aus Alt-Wien (Tunes from old Vienna) | arranged for piano solo | 1934 | Universal Edition (1934), Vienna | ||
| Haydn: Symphony in B flat. Op.X No.2 | rediscovered, adapted and edited for orchestra by Hans Gál | 1938 | Universal Edition (orch. Parts: Boosey & Hawkes, London) | ||
| Haydn: Overture to 'Armida' | Adapted and edited by Hans Gál | 1939 | Augener, now private | ||
| Impromptu for Viola and Piano | 1940 | Schott | |||
| Capriccio for Mandolin Orchestra | 1948 | Österreichischer Bundesverlag (1949), now Trekel | |||
| Scherzando | for two violins and cello | 1949 | First published by Osterreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna; now private | ||
| A Pastoral Tune | for piano six hands | 1953 | Curwen (1954), now Music Sales | ||
| Handel: Suite of Airs and Dances | For 2 violins and piano; 2 violins (violin and viola) and cello, double bass and piano (continuo) ad lib.; or string orchestra with or without double bass and piano. Arranged by Hans Gál | 1954 | Hinrichsen, now private | ||
| Kleine Suite (Little Suite) | for harpischord or piano | 1962 | Schott | ||
| Drei Deutsche Volkslieder (Three German Folk-Songs) | arranged for male-voice choir (TTBB) a cappella | 1962 | Haslinger (1962), now Doblinger | ||
| Four British Folk-Songs | for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella (English and German) | 1969 | Schott (1969) | ||
| Moment Musical | for treble recorder solo | 1986 | Forsyth (1987) | ||
| Hugo Wolf: Corregidor Suite | arranged and ed. for orchestra by Hans Gál | Boosey & Hawkes, London | |||
| Brahms: Hungarian Dances nos. 8 and 9 | for orchestra, arranged by Hans Gál | Simrock, now Boosey & Hawkes | |||
| Handel: 6 Italian Arias | for soprano solo, violin and piano. Arranged by Hans Gál | Hinrichsen, now Peters | |||
| Schütz: Two Dialogues | for mixed voices (SATB, tenor and bass soli ad lib.) and piano or organ. Arranged by Hans Gál | Curwen, now private | |||
| Purcell: 'No, resistance is but vain' | duet for soprano and alto with continuo (or string orchestra) arranged and edited by Hans Gál | Curwen, London | |||
| Drei Alte Weisen (Three Old Songs) | arranged for male-voice choir (TTBB) | Leuckart (1962) | |||
| Vom heiligen Ehestand (On the holy marriage state) | for soprano and baritone solo with piano; poem by Abraham a Sancta Clara | 1928 | Unpublished | ||
| Lyrical Suite | to Browning's 'Pippa passes', for soprano solo, flute and string quartet. Also for flute, mandolin and string trio | 1934 | Unpublished | ||
| Three Vocal Quartets | for mixed voices (SATB) and piano | 1934 | Unpublished | ||
| Two Anthems | Psalm 121 for mixed voices and organ ad lib; Psalm 95 for soprano solo, four mixed voices and organ | 1936 | Unpublished | ||
| Schubert: Divertissement (E Minor) | arranged for orchestra by Hans Gál | 1939 | Unpublished | ||
| What a Life | Music to the bilingual internment camp revue, Douglas, Isle of Man. For middle voice(s), flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano | 1940 | Unpublished | ||
| Three Impromptus | for two pianos | 1942 | Unpublished | ||
| Three Lyrics to Poems by Thomas Moore | for mixed voices and piano | 1942 | Unpublished | ||
| Prelude and Fugue in A Flat | for organ | 1956 | Unpublished | ||
| Intrata Giocosa | for descant, treble and tenor recorders, two violins and cello (double bass ad lib) | 1958 | Unpublished | ||
| Two Scottish Rhapsodies | for cello and piano | 1960 | Unpublished | ||
| Vorspiel zu einer Feier (Prelude to a Pageant) | for orchestra | 1965 | Unpublished | ||
| In neue Räume (Into New Rooms) | for mixed choir (SATB), flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns and strings | 1965 | Unpublished | ||
| Part-songs | for mixed voices (SATB) a capella | 1966 | Unpublished | ||
| Phantasia, Arioso and Capriccioso | for organ | Unpublished | |||
| Beethoven: Three Marches, Op.45 | arranged for orchestra by Hans Gál | Unpublished | |||
| Five Provençale folk-songs | arranged for female choir (SSA) a cappella by Hans Gál | Unpublished | |||
| Handel: Overture to 'Bérénice' | arranged for string orchestra by Hans Gál | Unpublished | |||
| Handel: Overture to 'Faramondo' | arranged for flute and string orchestra by Hans Gál | Unpublished | |||
| Schubert: Two Marches Militaires | arranged for orchestra by Hans Gál | Unpublished | |||
| Monsigny: Das Lebenselixir | Komisches Singspiel, arranged by Hans Gál | Unpublished |