Unpublished Works List of Compositions
by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

 

SYMPHONIC WORKS FOR FULL ORCHESTRA (AND CHORUS)

Symphonies
Lobgesang, Symphony-Cantata in Bb Major (Op. 52) (Version 1)
[Symphony Fragment] in Bb Major (exposition only)
Symphony in A Major (Italian), First Movement (Version 1)
Symphony in A Major (Italian), First Movement (Version 2)
Symphony in A Major (Italian), Third Movement (Version 1)
Symphony in A Major (Italian), Fourth Movement (Version 1)
Symphony in C Major (fragment)
Symphony in D Minor (Reformation) (Version 1)

Overtures
Die erste Walpurgisnacht (Op. 60) (Version 1)
Overture: Die schöne Melusine (Op. 32) (Version 1)
Overture: Ein Sommernachtstraum (Version 1) (incomplete)
Overture in C Major (Trumpet) (Version 1)
Overture: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Op. 27) (Version 1)
Overture to Die beiden Neffen, oder Der Onkel aus Boston
Overture to Die wandernden Komödianten
Overture to Soldatenliebschaft

SYMPHONIC WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA AND INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS

Concerto in E Minor for Piano and Orchestra (incomplete)
Concerto in D Minor for Violin, Piano and Strings (Version with Winds)
Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra (Op. 64) (Version 1)
Concerto Movement for Piano and Strings
Fantasy and Variations on Webers La Preciosa

SYMPHONIC WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA

Sinfonia No. 3 in E Minor for Strings (Version 2)
Sinfonia No. 9 in C Major for Strings (Version 2 )

OPERAS AND OPERETTAS

Die beiden Neffen , or Der Onkel aus Boston
Die wandernden Komödianten
Incidental music to Caldéron de la Barcas The Steadfast Prince
L'homme automat
Soldatenliebschaft

ORATORIOS

Chorale: Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade (intended for Paulus)
Chorus: Danket den Göttern (intended for Paulus)
Chorus: Des Herrn Will gescheh (intended for Paulus)
Chorale: Erhebe dich, o meine Seel (intended for Paulus)
Chorus: Herr Gott, dessdie Rache ist, erscheine (intended for Paulus)
Chorus: Lobt ihn mit Pfeifen (intended for Paulus)
Chorale: O treuer Heiland Jesu Christ
Duet: Gelobet sei Gott (intended for Paulus)
Elijah (Op. 70) (Version 1)
Handel: Acis and Galatea (arrangement)  
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (arrangement)
Handel: Israel in Egypt (arrangement)
Handel: Joshua (arrangement)
Handel: Solomon (arrangement)
Handel: Two Movements from Messiah (arrangement)
Handel: Zadok the Priest (arrangement)
Paulus, (Op. 36) (Version 1)
Recit and Womens Chorus: Danket dem Gott/Danket dem Herrn (intended for Paulus)
Recit and Chorale: Die unter euch Gott f ü rchten/Mit unser Macht ist nichts getan
Recit: Die Menge der Gläubigen (intended for Paulus)
Recit: Paulus sandte hin

VARIOUS WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA WITH CHORUS AND/OR SOLOISTS

Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit , BWV 106 (arrangement)
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (arrangement)
Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Unacompanied Violin, BWV 1004: Chaconne (arrangement for Violin and Piano)
Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1006 Preludio (arrangement for Violin and Piano)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in Ab Major, Third Mvt. ( Marcia Funèbre ) (arrangement)
Begrüßung (Humboldt Cantata)
Che vuoi mio cor? / Was ist, mein Herz
Chio tabbandono
Cimarosa: Terzet (Le faccio un inchino) from Il matrimonio segreto (arrangement)
Die Lorelei, Op. posth. 98 (incomplete) (partially unpublished)
Ich, J. Mendelssohn (opera fragment)
Infelice! / Ah, Ritorna, età dell' oro
ein junger Mann In Frankfurt auf der Zeile, da steht
la ß t mich einen Augenblick noch hier (Version 1) (incomplete)
la ß t mich einen Augenblick noch hier (Version 2) (incomplete)
On Lenas Gloomy Heath
Quel bonheur pour mon coeur (opera fragment)
Tutto e silenzio (incomplete)
Wozu der Vöglein Chöre belauschen (Lied aus Ruy Blas ) Op. posth. 77/3

CHAMBER MUSIC

12 Fugues for String Quartet
Allegretto in E Major, for 5 instruments
Allegro in C Major for Violin and Piano
Allegro in D Minor for Bassoon and Piano
Andante and Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano
Andante in D Minor for Violin and Piano
Andante in G Minor for Violin and Piano
Assai tranquillo in B Minor for Cello and Piano
Duet in D Minor for 2 Violins
Fugue (Allegro) in A Minor for Violin and Piano
Fugue in C Major for Violin and Piano
Fugue in C Major for Violin and Piano
Fugue in C Major for Violin and Piano
Fugue in C Major for Violin and Piano
Fugue in C Minor for Violin and Piano (incomplete)
Fugue in C Minor for Violin and Piano (Version 1)
Fugue in C Minor for Violin and Piano (Version 2)
Fugue in D Major for Violin and Piano
Fugue in D Major for Violin and Piano
Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano
Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano
Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano
Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano (Version 1)
Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano (Version 2)
Fugue in D Minor for Violin and Piano (Version 3)
Fugue in G Minor for Violin and Piano
Fugue (Largo) in D Minor for Violin and Piano
Minuet from 1832 version of Quintet No. 1 in A Major for Strings (Op. 18)
Minuet in G Major for Violin and Piano   
Movement in F Major for String Quartet (incomplete)
Movement in G Major/G Minor for Violin and Piano
Prelude (Andante) and Fugue in D Minor/G Minor for Violin and Piano
Prelude in D Major for Violin and Piano
Quartet in D Minor for Strings
Quartet in Eb Major for Strings
Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Piano (incomplete)
Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Piano (incomplete)
Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Piano   (Op. 59) (arranged for violin and piano)
The Evening Bell (Version for Harp and Piano)
Theme and Variations in C Major for Violin and Piano
Theme in A Major for Variation, for String Quartet
Trio in A Major for Piano and Strings
Trio in C Minor for Piano and Strings
Trio in D Minor for Piano and Strings (Op. 49) (Version 1)

WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO

3 Fugues in D Minor, D Minor, and B Minor
Adagio in D Major
[Allegretto] in A Major [Lied ohne Worte]
Allegretto in A Minor
Allegro in A Minor
Allegro in C Major
Allegro in D Minor
Allegro moderato in Eb Major
Allegro molto in B Minor
Allegro vivace in F Minor (incomplete)
Andante and Canon in D Major
Andante in A Major
Andante in C Major
Andante in F Major
Andante sostenuto in E Major (incomplete)
Bärentanz in F Major
Canon in G Minor
Canon in G Minor
Capriccio Brillant in B Minor (Op. 22) (arrangement for solo piano)
Capriccio in E Major/E Minor
Con moto in A Major
Con moto in Bb Minor (incomplete)
Etude in A Minor
Etude in C Major
Etude in D Minor
Fantasia (Adagio) in C Minor
Fantasia (Allegro) in C Minor
Fantasie in Bb Major
Fantasy in B Minor/D Minor
Fugue in C# Minor
Fugue in Eb Major 
Fugue in Eb Major (incomplete)
Fugue in E Minor (incomplete)
Fugue in G Minor
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in E Major/E Minor, Op. 14 (Version 1)
Largo-Allegro di molto in C Minor/C Major
Largo-Allegro in C Minor
Largo in D Minor
Lied [ohne Worte] in A Major
Lied ohne Worte in D Major
Lied ohne Worte in D Major (incomplete)
Lied [ohne Worte] in Eb Major
Lied ohne Worte in Eb Major (incomplete)
Lied ohne Worte in F Major
Lied ohne Worte in F# Major
Lied [ohne Worte] in F Minor
Overture: Die schöne Melusine (Op. 32) (arrangement for solo piano)
Piece in A Minor
Piece in Bb Major
Piece in D Major/D Minor
Piece in E Minor
Piece in E Minor
Piece in E Minor
Piece in F Minor
Piece F# Minor
Piece in G Major
Piece in G Minor
Prelude in F Minor
Prestissimo in F Minor Presto agitato in B Minor
Presto in C Minor
Presto in in F Major (Auf fröhliches Wiedersehn)
Recitativo (Allegro) in E Minor
Sonata in A Major
Sonata in A Minor
Sonata in E Minor
Sonatina in E Minor
Sonata in F Major (incomplete) 
Sonata in F Minor
Sonata in G Major (incomplete)
Sostenuto in F Major
Theme and Variations in D Major
Three Caprices, Op. 33
Variations sérieuses in D Minor (Op. 54) (Version 1)
Vivace in C Minor
Waltz in D Major
Waltz in D Major
Work in G Major

WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO FOUR HANDS

Andante in C Major
Andante in G Minor
Capriccio Brillant in B Minor (arrangement for 4 hand piano)
Fantasy in D Minor
Lento-Vivace in G Minor
Moscheles: Septet Op. 88 (arrangement)
Mozart: Concerto in Eb Major for 2 Pianos, K. 265 (cadenza) Presto in C Major
Octet in Eb Major for Strings   (Op. 20) (arrangement)
Overture to Cherubini: Lés deux journées (arrangement)
Overture to Paulus (arrangement)
Quartet for Strings No. 2 in A Minor (Op. 13) (arranged for 4 hand piano)
Quartet No. 1 in Eb Major for Strings (Op. 12) (arranged for 4 hand piano)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (arrangement for four-hand piano with obbligato instruments)
The Evening Bell

SACRED A CAPPELLA WORKS (or with small instrumental forces)

Ach Herr und Gott in meiner Not
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (Psalm 95)
Ehre sei dem Vater (Version 3)
Grant us Thy Peace  (English version of  "Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich @ )
In secula seculorum amen
Lieb und Hoffnung
Psalm 114 (Op. 51) (English Version)
Was mein Gott will
Wenn der Abendluft durch die Wipfel zieht

SACRED WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

Allein Gott in der Höh
Arrangement of Bach: St. Matthew Passion , BWV 244 (1829 Version)
Ehre sei dem Vater (Version 4, in Latin)
Er wird öffnen die Augen der Blinden
Psalm 114 (Op. 51) (Latin Version)
Salvum fac populum
Verleih uns Frieden gnädichlich(Gebet) (Latin Version)
Vom Himmel hoch komm ich her
Wachet auf

SECULAR A CAPPELLA WORKS

6 Four Part Lieder...to be Sung Outdoors (Op. 41) (English Version)
6 Four Part Songs...to be Sung Outdoors, Book 3, Op. 59 (English Version)
Die Frauen und die Sänger ("Die Sänger")
Einst ins Schlaraffenland zogen
Kein bessre Lust in dieser Zeit ("Jägerlied")
Lass es heut am edlen Ort
Lieblich mundet der Becher Wein ("Ersatz für Unbestand")
Seht doch diese Fiedlerbänden ("Musikantenprügelei")
Seht, Freunde, die Gläser ("Lob des Weines")
Trünken müssen wir alle sein ("Lob der Trunkenheit")
Worauf kommt es überall an ("Dreistigkeit")

SECULAR WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

Große Festmusik zum Dürerfest
In rührend feierlichen Tönen

LIEDER FOR SOLO VOICE AND PIANO

[4 Gesänge]
6 Scottish National Songs (English Version)  
Am Seegestad
Auf schicke dich recht feierlich (Weihnachtslied)
Bist auf ewig du gegangen (Erwartung) (French Version)
Bist auf ewig du gegangen (Erwartung) (German Version)
Catina belina (Canzonetta Veneziana)
Da ging ich hin (Die Nachtigall)
Der Eichwald brauset (Des Mädchens Klage)
Der Geissbub bin ich auch noch da
Durch Fichten
Ein Mädchen wohnt
Er ist zerbrochen (Faunenklage)
Es rauscht der Wald
Far From the Moveless Dark Bright Eye (Charlotte and Werther) (English Version)
Ich denke dein
Ich flocht ein Kränzlein schöner Lieder (Lieben und Schweigen)
Ich hör ein Vöglein (Im Frühling)  
Ich reit ins finstre Land hinein (Reiselied) (incomplete)
Ich soll bei Tage und bei Nacht
Ich weiß mirn Mädchen (Mailied)
Ihr Töne Schwingt euch (Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters)
Ja, wärs nicht aber Fruhlingszeit
Lang ist her (Charlotte und Werther) (German Version)    
Leg in den Sarg mir mein grünes Gewand (Todeslied der Bojaren) (for 4-5 baritones) 
Mein Liebchen, wir sassen (Im Kahn)
Mein Vater ist ein Appenzeller
Meine Ruh ist hin (Gretchen) (incomplete)
MitliedSForte, Trostesgründe, neue Dornen diesem Herzen (Glosse)
Nacht ist um mich her (Der Verlassene)
Nun mußt du mich auch recht verstehn (Auf Wiedersehen)
könnt ich zu dir fliegen
Pauvre Jeanette
Raste Krieger, Krieg ist aus
Rausche leise, grünes Dach
Rieselt hernieder (Der Wasserfall)
Sanft wehn im Hauch der Abendluft
Schlummre Sanft (Wiegenlied)
Sicheln schallen
So schlaf in Ruh
Tanzt dem schönen Mai entgegen
Vier trübe Monden sind entflohn (An ihrem Grabe) (French Version)  
Vier trübe Monden sind entflohn (An ihren Grabe) (German Version)
Von allen deinen zarten Gaben
Warum sind denn die Rosen so blaß? (incomplete)
Was will die einsame Thräne? (Erinnerung) 
Weinend seh ich in die Nacht ("Warum ich weine") (French Version)  
Weinend seh ich in die Nacht (Warum ich weine!) (German Version)
Wenn ich auf dem Lager liege (Abendlied)
Wie die Blumen
Wie kann ich froh und lustig sein
Zarter Blumen leicht Gewinde (Lied der Freundin)

WORKS FOR SOLO ORGAN

Piece in E Major
Wedding Piece for Fanny

CANONS

46 - 50 Canons

 

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