List of compositions by Henrique Oswald

List of compositions by Brazilian composer Henrique Oswald, by genre.

Opera

Vocal with orchestra
  • Invocação à arte [Invocation of the arts], for chorus and orchestra (1917)[1]
  • L'enseigne [The ensign], for solo voice and orchestra, in three parts (1917, French text by Jacques d'Avray, pseud. of José de Freitas Vale; there is a version of II arranged for voice and piano)[2]
I. L'aveugle in G minor
II. Le troubadour in C major
III. L'enamourée in B♭ minor

Sacred Music (complete list)
For mixed chorus
  • Mass in C minor (Missa Solene) - SATB chorus, string orchestra, organ (1925, edited by Vasti Atique Ferraz de Toledo, 2009; there is a manuscript version omitting orchestra)
  • Requiem in E minor (Missa de Réquiem) - SATB chorus, organ ad lib. (1925; edited by Susana Cecilia Igayara, 2001)
  • Pater noster - SATB chorus, harmonium ad lib. (1926)
  • Tantum ergo - SATB chorus, harmonium ad lib. (1930)
For female chorus
  • 3 Motets for female chorus (1913, the grouping proposed by Susana Cecilia Igayara)
    • Ave Maria - SSAA chorus, harmonium ad lib.
    • Magnificat - SSAA chorus, harmonium ad lib.
    • O salutaris hostia - SSAA chorus, harmonium / SSAA chorus, string orchestra, organ
  • 3 Motets for female chorus (1930, the grouping proposed by Susana Cecilia Igayara)
    • Tantum ergo - SSA chorus, harmonium
    • Veni Sancte Spiritus - SSA chorus, harmonium
    • Memorare - SSAA chorus, harmonium
For male chorus
  • 3 Motets for male chorus (1930, a version of the same motets for female chorus)
    • Tantum ergo - TTB chorus, harmonium
    • Veni Sancte Spiritus - TTB chorus, harmonium
    • Memorare - TTBB chorus, harmonium
Unfinished
  • Te Deum (only one-page sketch)

Symphony orchestra

Original compositions
  • Suite d'orchestre (1884; dedicated to Pedro II of Brazil; unpublished; autograph marked Op.1)
  • 'Festa', Symphonic poem (1885)
  • Sinfonietta (Sinfonia) in D minor op. 27 (1897;[1] edited as Sinfonia, Op. 27, in 2001)
  • Symphonia in C major op. 43 (1910–11)[1]
  • Prelude and Fugue in D minor
  • Prelude and Fugue in B minor

Transcriptions for symphony orchestra
  • Nocturno op. 6 nº 2
  • 4º Nocturno
  • Elegía (1896)
  • Paysage d'automne
  • En rêve
  • Il neige!..
  • Idylle op. 33 nº 2
  • Sur la plage op. 33 nº 1

String orchestra

Original compositions
  • Prelude and Fugue in C minor
  • 6 Fugues
  • Gavotte in F♯ minor
  • Minuet in D major
  • Sarabande
  • Scherzo
  • 2 Romances
  • Habanera in G major
  • Prelude and Fugue in A flat major
  • Prelude and Fugue in A minor

Transcriptions for string orchestra
  • Sonhando
  • Bebé S'endort op. 36 nº 1
  • Serenade

Concertante
  • Violin concerto in D minor (ca.1888; edited by M.G. Felice, 1997)[3]
  • Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 10 (1890; dedicated to Giuseppe Buonamici)
  • Andante and Variations (Andante e Variações) in E♭ minor for piano and orchestra (1918; edited by Eduardo Monteiro, 2002)

Chamber works

Violin and piano
  • Violin Sonata in E major op. 36 (finished February 14, 1908)
  • Canto elegíaco (1902)[2]
  • 3 Berceuses
  • 2 Romances op. 37 (pub. 1908)
  • Romance in E major op. 7 no. 2 (arranged from piano solo version; edited by Juliana D'Agostini and Eduardo Monteiro, 2007)[4]
  • Molto adagio
  • Noturne

Cello and piano

Other with piano
  • Piano Trio in G minor op. 9 - piano, violin, cello (1889;[5] edited by Helcio Vaz do Val, 2012)[6]
  • Piano Trio in D major op. 28 - piano, violin, cello (1897)[6][1]
  • Piano Trio in B minor op. 45 - piano, violin, cello (1916, published ca.1917/18)
  • Sonatina (Piccolo trio) in F♯ minor - piano, violin, cello
  • 'Serrana' in F major - piano, violin, cello (1918[1]/1925[2], published 1927)
  • Piano Quartet No. 1 (Piccolo Quartetto) in F♯ minor, op. 5 - piano, violin, viola, cello (1888)[7]
  • Piano Quartet No. 2 in G major op. 26 - piano, violin, viola, cello (second half of 1898; dedicated to Emilio Giorgetti; published by José Eduardo Martins, 2001)[7]
  • Piano Quintet in C major op. 18 - piano, 2 violins, viola, cello (1894/5, published 1937 by Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo; dedicated to Signora Karl Hillebrand)

Other without piano

Organ
  • Fuga in E minor
  • Petite maítrise fuga
  • Prelúdio in A minor
  • Prelúdio e Fuga in A♭ major
  • Prelúdio e Fuga in B♭ minor
  • Prelúdio e Fuga in F major
  • Sonata in C major (1925, pub. 1931 by Ricordi)

Piano

Published
  • Souveir-Polka in E♭ major, op. 1
  • Macchiette, op. 2 (12 pieces in 4 books): Le campane della sera, Scherzo, Valzer lento, Canzonetta, Ninna-nanna, Marcia, Romanza, Seconda Gavotta, Pastorale, Minuetto, Sarabanda, La caccia (published by Venturini)
  • Pagine d'album (Fogli d'album), op. 3: Preludio, Sognando, Improptu, In Hamac, Romanza, Scherzo (no. 2 is 1885;[4] published by Venturini)
    • No. 2 arranged for cello and piano[4]
  • Six Morceaux, op. 4: Valse, Rêverie, Menue, Berceuse, Barcarola, Improptu (published by Venturini)
  • Deux Nocturnes, op. 6 (published by Venturini)
  • Trois Romances sans paroles,[8] op. 7 (ca.1888; published by Venturini; dedicated to Mr. le Comte Alexandre Sigray de San Marzano)[4]
    • No. 2 was arranged for violin and piano[4]
  • Trois Morceaux, op. 8: Valse, Polonaise, Tarantelle
  • Deux Valses Caprice, op. 11 (published by Venturini)
  • Quatre Morceaux, op. 12: Sérénade, Valse Improptu, Berceuse, Tarantelle (published by Venturini)
  • Seis peças para piano, op. 14: Berceuse, Mazurka, Tarantella, Barcarola, Noturno, Scherzo
  • Sept Miniatures, op. 16: Confidência, Mazurka, Travessa, Ingenuidade, Doce Aflição, Saudade, Capricho
  • Improptu, op. 19
  • Feuilles d´Album, op. 20: Inquietude, Chansonette, Feux Follets, Désir Ardent
  • Trois Morceaux, op. 23: Menuet, Romance, Valse
  • Deux Valses, op. 25
  • Album, op. 32: Romance, Valse, Sérénade, Menuet
  • Album, op. 33: Sur la Plage, Idyle, Pierrot
  • Polonaise, op. 34 No. 1
  • Album, op. 36: Bébé s'endort, Pierrot se Meurt, Chauve-Sourris
  • Edição Escolar: Pequena Marcha, Valsa, Primeira Marcha, Segunda Marcha, Gavotta, Triste, Chansonette, Folha d' Album, Valsa Lenta, Mazurka, Tarantella, Scherzando.
  • Un Revê
  • En Nacelle
  • Sérénade Grise
  • Sérénade
  • Serenatella
  • Il neige!..
  • Valsa lenta op. posth.
  • Trois Études op. 42
  • Estudo (posthumous edition)
  • Étude pour la main gauche (1921, pub.1982)
  • Scherzo-Étude (1902, pub. 1982)
  • Variações sobre um tema de Barrozo Netto (1918[1]/1919[2])

Unpublished
  • Mazurka (1872)
  • Barcarola No.2 (1872)
  • Marcia religiosa (1873)
  • Berceuse orientale (ca.1870s)
  • Quand te reverrais-je? (1876)
  • Romance sans paroles (1876)
  • 3 Romances sans paroles (1878): Bonheur, Agitato, La plante [?] / La houle [?][9]
  • Nocturne (1883)
  • Menueto (1883)
  • Gavotte (1883)
  • Berceuse (1886)
  • Lento e espressivo (1887)
  • Vivacissimo (1887)
  • Tema e variações
  • Marchons
  • Molto allegro
  • Hino da família Oswald unida (1907)[2]

Voice with piano (complete list)
First period (1872–1879)
  • Ave Maria in F major, for voice and piano or harmonium (1872, Latin text; pub. by Bevilacqua, dedicated to Oswald's mother; new version for mezzo-soprano 1876)
  • Romanza in C major (1879, Italian text by Oswald's father-in-law Ottavio Gasperini; inedited)
  • Romanza in C minor (1879, Italian text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited, only incomplete manuscript)
  • Stornello in E♭ minor (1879, Italian text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited)
  • Berceuse in B major (1879, French text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited)
Second period (1897–1904)
  • Ave! in D♭ major (1897, Italian text by Solone Monti; dedicated to Sophia da Silva Prado; published without publisher name)
    • Ave! (version in Portuguese; first performed on September 2, 1903 by Ottavio Frosini in Rio de Janeiro; published by Ricordi Brasileira)
  • Habanera in E minor (1898, Portuguese text by unknown author; inedited)
  • Non ti svegliar in G♭ major (1900, Italian text by Eduardo Filippi; arrangement of a Berceuse from Oswald's opera Il Neo; first performed on September 2, 1903 by Ottavio Frosini in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua in supplement to Renascença No. 1, 1904)
  • Ophelia (Ofélia), Poemetto lirico, in 5 parts (1901, Italian text by Solone Monti; first performed: IV–V on November 13, 1903, I on November 16, 1903, complete cycle on October 29, 1905; published by Genesio Venturini, 1904; III and V were orchestrated by Oswald; manuscripts of I, III an V are marked Op.31)
I. (no title) in A♭ major
II. Ophelia in D major
III. Il genio della foresta in E♭ minor
IV. L'angelo del cimitero in G♭ major
V. La morta in E major
  • A Anunciação in E♭ minor (1903, Portuguese text by Coelho Neto; part of Neto's Partoral with music by four different composers: Prelúdio by Santana Gomes, A Anunciação by Oswald, A Visitação by Francisco Braga and Natal by Alberto Nepomuceno; published by Bevilacqua, 1904)
Third period (1910–1921)
  • Minha estrela in E♭ major (1916; Portuguese text by Esther Ferreira Vianna; dedicated to singer Frederico Nascimento Filho; first performed on August 10, 1916 by Carlos de Carvalho in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua; a manuscript with orchestrated version exists)
  • Aos sinos! in D♭ major (1916, Portuguese text by Olavo Bilac; dedicated to Carlos de Carvalho; first premiered by him in August 1916 in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua)
  • Cantiga bohemia in A minor (1916; Portuguese text by Olegário Mariano; dedicated to Carlos de Carvalho; first premiered by him in August 1916 in Rio de Janeiro; inedited)
  • Le troubadour in C major (1917, French text by Jacques d'Avray, pseud. of José de Freitas Vale; arrangement of second part of Oswald's L'enseigne for voice and orchestra; inedited)
  • Mendigo! in D♭ major (1921, Portuguese text by unknown author; inedited)
Works without artistic pretenses
  • Ad una rondinella in E♭ major (1874, Italian text by unknown author; dedicated to Maria Tosi; inedited)
  • Cris du coeur in B♭ major (undated; French text by unknown author; Oswald's authourship is dubious; piano part in pencil; inedited)
  • Hino para a 1a comunhão in E♭ major (undated; Portuguese text by Maria Gertrudes Bicalho Oswald; inedited)
  • Hynno in B♭ major (undated; Portuguese text by count Affonso Celso; dedicated to Cardeal Arcoverde; inedited)
  • Les adieux fraternels in F major (undated; French text by unknown author; piano part not composed; Oswald's authourship is dubious; inedited)
  • Vêm às nossas mãos floridas... in F major (undated; Portuguese text by unknown author; at two points a chorus is indicated; inedited)
  • Canto da coroação in C major (1919; Portuguese text by unknown author; dedicated to Antonio Pinto, vicar of Campo Grande; inedited)

References
  1. Lucia Cervini. Interpretação em Henrique Oswald: transformações entre o allegro agitato da sonata op. 21 e a sonata-fantasia op. 44 para violoncelo e piano. 2001. 215 p. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes, Campinas, SP.
  2. Cássia Paula Fernandes Bernardino. Ofélia, poemeto lírico de Henrique Oswald: confluências entre música e texto. São Paulo, 2009
  3. M.G. Felice. Edição crítica do concerto para violino e orquestra em ré menor de Henrique Oswald. 1997. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Escola de Música, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
  4. Juliana D'Agostini, Eduardo Monteiro. Edição crítica do Romance op. 7 no. 2, para violino e piano, de Henrique Oswald / XVII Congresso da ANPPOM, São Paulo, 2007.
  5. 1884 found in one of the manuscripts is incorrect.
  6. Helcio Vaz do Val. Trio op. 9 de Henrique Oswald: uma edição crítica. 2012
  7. Henrique Oswald (2001). Quarteto em sol maior opus 26, piano, violino, viola e violoncelo. EdUSP. p. 25. ISBN 978-85-314-0628-7.
  8. Sic. Not just Romances.
  9. Recorded by Nahim Marun. In this recording the third romance is called La houle.

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