List of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu

This is a list of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu.

The list is initially in chronological order of composition completion date. The "V." header is clickable and doing so will sort the list by "V" numbers, which are grouped into genre and other categories, according to the 1993 catalogue by musicologist Luc Verdebout. (To return to the chronological order, reload the webpage.)

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 movements never written
63	String Quartet in D minor 1st mvt Adagio Canzonetta Finale	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 Lamento Chant pastorale Moderato poco allegro Lento doloroso	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 Allegretto quasi allegro Adagio sostenuto Capriccio Romance Poco allegro e molto scherzoso Final	2 violins, viola, cello	1888/2/15
50	Minuetto	2 violins	1888/2/18
65	Sonate (Cello Sonata), in F major Le cœuer plein des songes funèbres (The heart full of funeral dreams): Adagio malinconico It is both bitter and sweet during winter nights: Allegro molto quasi presto Mater suspiriorum: Lento assai You have caused me to prefer the sorrows of the night to the splendours of the day: Épilogue	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 Allegro marcato Andante in F major Andantino malinconico, a tre voci Andante in A minor Andante	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) Première partie: Modéré, très solennel Seconde partie Troisième partie	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) Première partie: Hamlet Seconde partie: Ophélie Troisième partie: Marche funèbre	orchestra; 3rd movement for chorus, orchestra	1890/8/15	3rd movement never written; 2nd movement later revised with a different ending (c.f.)
22	Ophélie	orchestra	1890/8/22	revised version of 2nd movement of Hamlet, with a different ending intended to lead into the 3rd movement.
70	Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, (Trio à clavier) (Piano Trio), in C minor Lent Très lent Très animé Lent	piano, violin, cello	1889/12–1891/1/7
105	Sonate (Piano Sonata), in G minor (Prélude) (Fugue 1) (Fugue 2) Dans un mouvement plus lent Finale	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 Chansonette sans paroles Valse oubliée Danse joyeuse	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 Très modéré Très lent Très animé	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 Sur une tombe Ronde Nocturne	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 Dans un emportement douloureux (très animé) Lent et passionné	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
Songs
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List of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu

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