List of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu

V. Title Scoring Date Notes

By date:

57 Sonata in D minor violin, piano 1885 unfinished, manuscript (marked “Opus 3”) 44 Choral, (À mon oncle Pierre Lekeu) violin, piano 1885/6-7 Opus 3 113 Lamento violin 1886/11 93 Andantino semplice, (Andantino semplice e molto espressivo) piano 1887/6/22 76 Les Deux bonnes sœurs voice, piano 1887/8 Text: Charles Baudelaire;

lost

78 Lied de matelot voice, piano 1887/8 lost; completed but a manuscript of an unfinished sketch exists 77 La Fenêtre de la maison paternelle mezzo-soprano, piano 1887/8 Text: Alphonse de Lamartine – Invocation à Mallarmé voice, piano 1887/summer Text: Stéphane Mallarmé 80 Les Pavots tenor/baritone, piano 1887/9 Text: Alphonse de Lamartine 48 Méditation for string quartet, in G major 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/8-9 intended as 2nd mvt of a string quartet, but the other mvts never written 63 String Quartet in D minor

2 violins, viola, cello 1887/8-9 lost; mvts 1-3 completed, 4th mvt unknown, a manuscript of sketches exists 49 Menuet 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/9 52 Mon âme est triste jusq’à la mort (My soul is sad unto death): Molto adagio, (Molto adagio sempre cantate e doloroso) 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/10/26 Preface to a Quartet on phrases from the Bible 84 Adagio religioso, (Adagio religioso col piu grand’ espressione) piano 1887 106 Tempo di Mazurka piano 1887/10 99
96
102
100 Morceaux égoïstes Set 1

piano 1887/9
1887/10/20
1887/11
1887/11/26 #1 & #2 lost 58 Quatuor contrapuntique 2 violins, viola, cello 1887/8-11 planned, sketches? 95 Berceuse et Valse (pot-pourri) piano 1887 71 Prélude, Andantino and Tarentelle cello, piano 1887 written for the cellist Gillet;

lost

66 Thema con variazioni violin, viola, cello 1888/2/1 33 Adagio molto espressivo 2 violins, piano 1888/2 60 Quatuor (String Quartet), in G major

2 violins, viola, cello 1888/2/15 50 Minuetto 2 violins 1888/2/18 65 Sonate (Cello Sonata), in F major

cello, piano 1888/3 last few pages of last mvt are lost (though possibly it was unfinished);

completed by Vincent d’Indy 1923

38 Vouloir: Andante più tosto adagio violin, piano 1888/4/23 85
88
91
86
87 Morceaux égoïstes Set 2

piano 1887/11/27
1887/12
1888/1/4
1888/1/10
1888/5/17 31 Prèlude pour le troisième acte de Phèdre orchestra 1888/9 Text: Victor Hugo;

piano reduction;

lost?

2 Scene from Les Burgraves contralto, tenor, orchestra 1888/11 Text: Victor Hugo;

orchestra in a piano reduction, unknown whether it was ever orchestrated;

themes later reused in orchestral work Burgraves

92 Morceau: Andante sostenuto piano 4-hands 1889 a fantasia on a Cramignon or Walloon folk dance melody 41 Canon 2 violins 1889 119 Étude de fugue 1889 27 Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves, (Overture after Victor Hugo’s Les Burgraves)

orchestra 1889/4/16 the date is that of the 3 mvt sketch, before orchestration; the 3rd mvt was discarded and never orchestrated 103 Moderato quasi largo piano 1889/spring 127 Poème de religion orchestra 1889/9 projected, never written? – (unknown title) chorus, orchestra 1889/9/30 written at the request of Professor Alphonse Voncken, director of the Société Royal de l’Emulation in Verviers;

lost

1 Barberine, opera opera 1889/12 sketches, abandoned;

Prélude au 2e acte completed (c.f.); themes of other sketches later used in Chant de triomphale délivrance

14 Barberine, Prélude, (Prélude au 2e acte) (Prelude to Act II of the abandoned opera Barberine) orchestra 1889/12 81 Quelque antique et lente danse soprano, piano 1889/12 Text: Lekeu 79 L’ombre plus dense tenor, piano 1889/12 Text: Lekeu 18 Chant de triomphale délivrance, Étude symphonique, (Première Étude symphonique) orchestra 1889/12–1890/early 23 Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un cramignon liégeois (Contrapuntal fantasy on the Liège Cramignon) chamber orchestra 1890/3/23 with choreography for the individual musicians 19
21
129 Hamlet, Étude symphonique, (Deuxième Étude symphonique), (Hamlet et Ophélie)

orchestra;

3rd partie for chorus, orchestra

1890/8/15 3rd partie never written;

2nd partie later revised with a different ending (c.f.)

22 Ophélie orchestra 1890/8/22 revised version of 2nd partie of Hamlet, with a different ending intended to lead into the 3rd partie. 70 Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, (Trio à clavier) (Piano Trio), in C minor

piano, violin, cello 1889/12–1891/1/7 105 Sonate (Piano Sonata), in G minor

piano 1891/2-3 13 Les fleurs pâles du souvenir, Adagio pour quatuor d’orchestre string orchestra (with violin solo) 1891/4/28 published as Opus 3;

arrangement of string trio Adagio?

35 Adagio violin, viola, cello 1891 arrangement of a fragment of the string orchestra Adagio? 17 Épithalame organ, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 3 trombones) 1891/4 73 Chanson de Mai tenor/baritone, piano 1891/spring Text: Jean Lekeu 7 Chant lyrique chorus, orchestra 1891/6 Text: Alphonse de Lamartine 3 Andromède, Poème lyrique et symphonique, Cantata, 2 acts soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, chorus, orchestra 1891/8 Text: Jules Sauvenière;

composed for the Prix de Rome (Belgium)

28 Larghetto cello, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 2 horns, bassoon) 1892/2/3 26 Introduction et Adagio pour tuba et orchestre d’harmonie tuba, wind orchestra c.1892/2 – Overture and Adagio brass band 1892 arrangement of tuba/winds Introduction et Adagio? 5 Plainte d’Andromède soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, doublebass 1892/2 arrangement of fragments of the choral/orchestral work 132 Paysage d’Ardenne violin, orchestra 1892 planned, never written? 130 La Conquête du bonheur vocal 1892 Text: Lekeu;

planned, never written?

107 3 Pièces

piano 1892 25 Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins (Fantasy on two Angers folktunes) orchestra 1892/5 – Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins piano 4-hands 1892/5 reduction of orchestra work 64 Sonate pour piano et violin (Violin Sonata) in G major

violin, piano 1892/7 further corrections made up to 1893/2 83 Nocturne mezzo-soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello 1892/11/17 arrangement of No. 3 of Trois Poèmes 94 Berceuse piano 1892/11/22 82 Trois Poèmes

soprano/baritone, piano 1892/4/7–1892/12/13 Texts: Lekeu – Trois Poèmes soprano (unaccompanied) 1892 arrangement of the soprano/piano work 133 La Légende éternelle 1892? planned, never written 62 Quatuor a clavier (Piano Quartet) in B minor

piano, violin, viola, cello 1892/12/3–1894/1 1st mvt finished 1893/7/16, 2nd mvt unfinished;

completed by Vincent d’Indy

By genre:
Scenic

Vocal with orchestral accompaniment

Orchestral

Chamber music

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