List of compositions by César Franck

César Franck photographed by Pierre Petit.

Most of César Franck's works seem to have been published during his lifetime, although only 21 works received a publisher's opus number. The mature published works were catalogued by Wilhelm Mohr in his Franck Werke Verzeichnis (FWV). He divided Franck's compositions into two main groups: instrumental works, M.1-48, and vocal works, M.49-91, arranging them by genre, and by composition date order within each genre.

The CFF catalogue (see § External links) compiled by Joël-Marie Fauquet (published in 1999) details almost every known work by Franck, including many not listed by Mohr. In addition, many dates are listed in Fauquet's catalogue that are incorrect in Mohr's, or missing altogether.

Juvenile works

Franck wrote a number of juvenile works between 1834-7 to which he assigned an opus number; he later disowned all these early works, except for the Premiere Grande Fantaisie for piano, Op.12 (1836), which he occasionally played in later life. These opus numbers are not to be confused with his mature published works, published with or without an opus number.

Op. 2 - Concerto No. 1, piano & orch., 1834?
Op. 3 - Grand Rondo, piano, 1834
Op. 4 - Variations brillantes un thème original, piano, 1834
Op. 5 - Variations brillantes sur un air du Pré aux Clercs (Hérold), piano, 1834
Op. 6 - Grand Trio for piano, violin & cello, 1834
Op. 8 - Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III (by Auber), piano & orch., 1834
Op. 9 - O salutaris, chorus & piano, 1835
Op. 10 - Première grande Sonate, piano, 1834/5
Op. 11 - Deuxième grand Concerto, piano & orch., 1835
Op. 12 - Première grande Fantaisie, piano, 1836 (only piece not to be disowned)
Op. 13 - Fantaisie (lost), piano, 1836
Op. 14 - Deuxième grande Fantaisie, piano, 1836
Op. 15 - Two mélodies for piano, c. 1837
Op. 18 - Deuxième Sonate, piano, c. 1837
Op. 19 - Troisième grande Fantaisie for piano c. 1837

Mature works

This is an incomplete, sortable list of César Franck's mature works. The general layout of the table is according to Mohr's classification of the published compositions listed in FWV by genre and date, along with a few unpublished/unfinished works to which Mohr did not assign an FWV number; the latter are included in date order within each FWV genre. The corresponding publisher's Opus number is also shown where appropriate.

In some recorded performances, programme notes, and printed sheet music, Mohr's classification of FWV numbers is sometimes misunderstood and confused with opus numbers: e.g. "Fantaisie in C Major, Opus 16" may be given where "FWV 16" is meant.

Contents

Chamber, M. 1-10
Piano, M. 11-23
Organ, M. 24-42
Orchestra, M. 43-48
Operas, M. 49-50
Sacred works with orchestra, M. 51-54
Sacred works with organ, M. 55-69
Solo songs with piano, M. 70-88
Chorus songs with piano, M. 89-91

Op.	FWV	Title	Genre	Composed	Published	Notes
1 /1	1	Piano Trio No.1 in F#-	Chamber	1839-42
1 /2	2	Piano Trio No.2 in Bb	Chamber	1839-42		"Trio de Salon"
1 /3	3	Piano Trio No.3 in B-	Chamber	1839-42
2	4	Piano Trio No.4 in B-	Chamber	1842
6	5	Andantino Quietoso in Eb, for violin & piano	Chamber	1843
10		Solo de Piano on a theme from 'Ruth', for piano & string quartet	Chamber	1843		unfinished
14	6	Duo Concertant in Bb, for violin and piano	Chamber	1844
	7	Piano Quintet in F minor	Chamber	1878-79
	8	Violin Sonata in A major	Chamber	1886	1886
	9	String Quartet in D	Chamber	1889	1889
	10	Mélancolie, for violin & piano	Chamber	1889 ?	1911
3	11	Églogue	Piano	1842	1844
4	12	Duo for piano No.1, on 'God Save the King', for piano 4-hands	Piano	1842	1845 c.
5	13	Première Grand Caprice	Piano	1843	1845 c.
7	14	Souvenir d'Aix-la-Chapelle	Piano	1843	1845 c.
8	15	Four songs by Franz Schubert, arr. for piano solo	Piano	1844
9		Ballade	Piano	1844
11	16	Grande Fantaisie No. 1 on motifs from Gulistan by Nicolas Dalayrac	Piano	1844	1844	^[1]
	17	Grande Fantaisie No. 2 on motifs from Gulistan by Dalayrac	Piano	1844	1844
15	18	Fantaisie sur deux airs polonaises	Piano	1845	1845
16		Trois petits riens^{[nb 1]} Duettino Valse Le Songe	Piano	1845
17	19	Duo for piano No.2, on the quartet from Lucile by Grétry, for piano 4-hands^{[nb 2]}	Piano	1845-6	1846
	20	Les plaintes d'une poupée	Piano	1865	c. 1865
	21	Prélude, Choral et Fugue	Piano	1884	c. 1892	Sometimes wrongly numbered 'Op. 21' instead of M. 21
	22	Danse Lente	Piano	1885 ?	1888	publ. in "Album du Gaulois"
	23	Prélude, Aria et Final	Piano	1886-7	1902	Sometimes wrongly numbered 'Op. 23' instead of M. 23
	24	L'Organiste Vol.2	Organ	1858-63	1900	Consists of 30 early pieces, collected and published posthumously after the later pieces in L'Organiste, Vol. 1 (1896)
	25	Andantino in G minor	Organ	1856	1889
23	26	5 Pièces pour harmonium Offertoire Petit offertoire Verset I Verset II Communion	Organ	1863	1864	^[2]
	27	Trois Antiennes Quasi lento Allegretto Lent	Organ	1859	1859
16	28	6 pièces pour Grande Orgue, Op. 16-21, M.28-33 Fantasy in C major	Organ	1856-63	1868
17	29	Grande Pièce Symphonique in F♯ minor	Organ	1860-62	1868
18	30	Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor	Organ	1860-62	1868	Also arr. for 2 pianos; for piano & harmonium; and for solo piano by Harold Bauer and Ignaz Friedman
19	31	Pastorale in E major	Organ	1860-62	1868
20	32	Prière in C♯ minor	Organ	1860-62	1868
21	33	Final in B♭ major	Organ	1860-62	1868
22	34	Quasi Marcia, for harmonium	Organ	1862	1868
	35	Trois pièces pour Orgue, M.35-37 Fantaisie in A major	Organ	1878	1883
	36	Cantabile in B major	Organ	1878	1883
	37	Piece héroique in B minor	Organ	1878	1883
	38	Trois Chorales pour Orgue, M.38-40 Chorale in E major	Organ	1890	1892
	39	Chorale in B minor	Organ	1890	1892
	40	Chorale in A minor	Organ	1890	1892
	41	L'Organiste Vol.1	Organ	1889-90	1896	63 pieces published posthumously
	42	44 pieces for harmonium	Organ	1858-63	1900
		Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, symphonic poem	Orchestra	1846		Op. posth.
	43	Les Éolides, symphonic poem	Orchestra	1875-76
	44	Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem	Orchestra	1881-82
	45	Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano and orchestra	Orchestra	1884
	46	Symphonic Variations, for piano and orchestra	Orchestra	1885
	47	Psyché, symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra	Orchestra	1886-87
	48	Symphony in D minor	Orchestra	1887-88
		Stradella, unpub. opera in 3 acts	Opera	1841-2		Arranged by Luc van Hove from vocal score with indications for orchestration, perf. 2012-2013
		Le Valet de Ferme, unpub. opéra comique in 3 acts	Opera	1851-53
	49	Hulda	Opera	1882–85
	50	Ghiselle	Opera	1889
	51	Ruth, for soloists, chorus & orch.	Sacred w/orch	1843-6		Revised 1871
		Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix	Sacred w/orch	1859		Unperformed during his lifetime, only discovered in 1955
	52	Rédemption, symphonic poem for narrator, women's chorus, mixed chorus & orch.	Sacred w/orch	1872		Revised 1874. Text by Edouard Blau.^[3]
	53	Les Béatitudes, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orch.	Sacred w/orch	1869-79
	54	Rébecca, cantata for soloists, chorus & orch.	Sacred w/orch	1880–81		Text by Paul Collin
	55	O salutaris, for soprano, tenor or mezzo-soprano & organ	Sacred w/organ	1858
	56	Three Motets, M.56-58 O salutaris, for soprano, chorus and organ	Sacred w/organ	1865
	57	Ave Maria, hymn for soprano and bass soloists & organ	Sacred w/organ	1865
	58	Tantum ergo, hymn for bass voice, mixed chorus & organ	Sacred w/organ	1865
	59	Messe solennelle for bass and organ	Sacred w/organ	1858
	60	Le garde d'honneur, sacred canticle for voice, female chorus, organ	Sacred w/organ
Op 12	61a	Messe à trois voix for STB soloists, chorus and orchestra (or organ reduc.)	Sacred w/organ	1860
Op 12	61b	Panis Angelicus for tenor, cello, harp, organ	Sacred w/organ	1861		Included in the 1872 edition, replacing the offertory O salutaris for bass
	62	Ave Maria, for soprano, tenor, bass and organ	Sacred w/organ
	63	3 Offertories, M.63-65 Quae est ista	Sacred w/organ
	64	Domine Deus in simplicitate, for three voices with organ and double bass	Sacred w/organ	1861
	65	Dextera Domini pour sop, tén, bas, choeur et orgue	Sacred w/organ	1861		Orchestrated in 1877
	66	Domine non secundum, offertory for three voices and organ	Sacred w/organ
	67	Quare fremuerunt gentes	Sacred w/organ	1865
	68	Veni Creator, for two voices and organ	Sacred w/organ	1876
	69	Cantique au Sacré-Coeur	Sacred w/organ	1880
	70	"Souvenance", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	71	"Ninon", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	72	"L'émir de Bengador", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	73	"Le sylphe", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	74	"Robin Gray", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	75	"L'ange et l'enfant", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	76	"Aimer", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	77	"Les trois exilés", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	78	"S'il est un charmant gazon", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	79	"Paris: Ode patriotique" for soprano or tenor and piano (or orch.)	Solo song	1870
	80	"Le mariage des roses", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	81	"Roses et papillons", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	82	"Passez, passez toujours", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	83	"Pour moi sa main cueillait des roses", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	84	"Le Vase brisé", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	85	"Nocturne", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	86	? song for voice and piano	Solo song
	87	"Les Cloches du soir", song for voice and piano	Solo song
	88	"La Procession: Dieu s'avance à travers les champs!", for voice and piano (or orch.)	Solo song
	89	Six duos for female chorus and piano	Chorus song
	90	Premier sourire de Mai, for small 3-voice choir	Chorus song	1888
	91	Hymne de Jean Racine, for 4-part male chorus and piano (or orch.)	Chorus song	1888

Other miscellaneous works

Probably included in other works in the table

Andantino (1889), for harmonium
Petit offertoire, for harmonium
Entrée, for harmonium
Piece in Eb, for organ or harmonium
Offertoire in A, for harmonium
Offertoire sur un Noël bréton, CFF 34, for harmonium

References

Notes

↑ The opus numbers given to Trois Petits Riens, Op. 16, (1845), and Grand Duo on 'Lucile' by Grétry, Op. 17, M.19, (1845-6) were later assigned by a different publisher to Six Pieces for Organ Opp. 16-21, M.28-33.
↑ See note 1

Citations

↑ The MS of Gulistan is in the Württembergischen Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. Krekler, Ingeborg et al.,(2000). Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 9783447042413
↑ 5 Pièces pour harmonium (Franck, César). IMSLP. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ Libretto at Gallica.bnf.fr Retrieved 12 January 2016.

External links

List of works by César Franck at IMSLP, including CFF catalogue numbers.

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[2] The opus numbers given to Trois Petits Riens, Op. 16, (1845), and Grand Duo on 'Lucile' by Grétry, Op. 17, M.19, (1845-6) were later assigned by a different publisher to Six Pieces for Organ Opp. 16-21, M.28-33.

[3] See note 1

[1] The MS of Gulistan is in the Württembergischen Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. Krekler, Ingeborg et al.,(2000). Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 9783447042413

[4] 5 Pièces pour harmonium (Franck, César). IMSLP. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[5] Libretto at Gallica.bnf.fr Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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César Franck
List of compositions
Operas	Stradella Hulda Ghiselle
Symphonic music	Les Éolides Le Chasseur maudit Les Djinns Symphonic Variations Symphony in D minor
Chamber music	Piano Quintet Violin Sonata String Quartet
Choral music	Les Béatitudes Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix Psaume 150
Organ works	Grande Pièce Symphonique
Piano solo	Prélude, Choral et Fugue Prélude, Aria et Final
Namesakes	École César Franck Franck Nunataks
Related articles	Cello Sonata (Franck/Delsart) Symphonic Variations (ballet)
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