Compositions

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Stage works
Wozzeck, opera in three acts based on Georg Büchner’s Wozzeck [Woyzeck] (1914–1922) [Op. 7] BSW I/1
Lulu, opera in three acts based on the dramas Erdgeist [Earth Spirit] and Die Büchse der Pandora [Pandora’s Box] by Frank Wedekind (1927–1935), fragment BSW I/2

Symphonic pieces from operas
Three Fragments from the Opera Wozzeck (1924) BSW I/3
Symphonic Pieces from the Opera Lulu (1934) BSW I/3

Orchestral works BSW I/4
Three Orchestra Pieces [Op. 6] (1913–15)
Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite (Movements 2, 3 and 4) for String Orchestra (1928)
Johann Strauss: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Waltz, Op. 333: arrangement for small chamber ensemble (1921) Orchestral fragments BSW Separatum
Passacaglia, fragment (1911)
Symphony, fragment (1913)

Concertos BSW I/5
Chamber Concerto for violin, piano and 13 wind instruments (1923–1925)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (1935)

Orchestra songs BSW I/6
Five Songs to Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg for voice and orchestra, Op. 4: 1. Seele, wie bist du schöner, tiefer, nach Schneestürmen 2. Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald 3. Über die Grenzen des All blicktest du sinnend hinaus 4. Nichts ist gekommen, nichts wird kommen für meine Seele 5. Hier ist Friede (1912)
Seven Early Songs for voice and orchestra (1928)
Der Wein, concert aria for soprano and orchestra based on texts by Baudelaire – George (1929)

Chamber music BSW I/7
String Quartet, Op. 3 (1910)
Lyric Suite for string quartet (1925–1926)
Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)
Arrangement of the 2nd movement (Adagio) from the Chamber Concerto for violin, clarinet and piano (1935)
Hier ist Friede, No. 4 from the Five Songs to Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg for chamber ensemble (1917)

Piano music
Sonate op. 1 for piano (1909) BSW I/8

Songs for Voice and Piano
Jugendlieder (1904–1908) BSW II/2
Four Songs for voice and piano, Op. 2: 1. Aus Dem Schmerz sein Recht by Friedrich Hebbel; three songs from Der Glühende by Alfred Mombert: 2. Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland, 3. Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten überwand, 4. Warm die Lüfte (1909/1910) BSW I/8
Seven Early Songs for voice and piano: 1. Nacht (Hauptmann), 2. Schilflied (Lenau), 3. Die Nachtigall (Storm), 4. Traumgekrönt (Rilke), 5. Im Zimmer (Schlaf), 6. Liebesode (Hartleben), 7. Sommertage (Hohenberg) (1905–08, compiled 1928) BSW I/8
Two songs, Schließe mir die Augen beide (Theodor Storm) (1907 and 1925) BSW I/8

Canon
An das Frankfurter Opernhaus (In deines Lebens fünfzig Jahren), four-part canon on the twelve-tone row in Schönberg’s opera “From today till tomorrow” for the anniversary of Frankfurt Opera House (1930) BSW I/8

For further canons and compositions from his youth and student days, see BSW II.


Arrangements of his own works for piano:
Three Orchestra Pieces, Op. 6 (piano, eight hands, c.1919)
Three Orchestra Pieces, Op. 6, No. 1: Präludium (piano, four hands)
String Quartet, Op. 3 (piano, four hands, c.1920)
Five Songs to Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (piano reduction, 1913)

Arrangements of works by other composers:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op. 7, 4th movement, arrangement for string orchestra (c.1910) BSW II/2,2
Franz Schreker: Der Ferne Klang, piano reduction (1911)
Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder, piano reduction (1912)
Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet No. 2, 3rd movement Litanei and 4th movement Entrückung, piano reduction (1912)
Arnold Schönberg: Chamber Symphony, Op. 9 (piano, four hands, 1914)
Johann Strauss: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Waltz, Op. 333: arrangement for small chamber ensemble (1921)

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