List of compositions by Anton Webern

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Anton Webern in Stettin, October 1912

This is a list of compositions by Anton Webern, the Austrian composer and conductor.

Works with opus numbers[]

The works with opus numbers are the ones that Webern saw fit to have published in his own lifetime, plus a few late works published after his death. They constitute the main body of his work, although several pieces of juvenilia and a few mature pieces that do not have opus numbers are occasionally performed today.

  • Op. 1, Passacaglia for orchestra (1908)
  • Op. 2, Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen for a cappella choir, on a poem by Stefan George (1908)
  • Op. 3, Fünf Lieder (Five Songs) for voice and piano, on Der Siebente Ring by Stefan George (1907–08)
  • Op. 4, Fünf Lieder for voice and piano, poems by Stefan George (1908–09)
  • Op. 5, Five Movements for string quartet (1909); version for string orchestra (1929)
  • Op. 6, Six Pieces for large orchestra (1909–10, revised 1928)
  • Op. 7, Four Pieces for violin and piano (1910)
  • Op. 8, Zwei Lieder (Two Songs) for voice and 8 instruments, on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (1910)
  • Op. 9, Six Bagatelles for string quartet (1913)
  • Op. 10, Five Pieces for orchestra (1911–13)
  • Op. 11, Three Little Pieces for cello and piano (1914)
  • Op. 12, Vier Lieder (Four Songs) for voice and piano (1915–17)
  • Op. 13, Vier Lieder for voice and orchestra (1914–18)
  • Op. 14, Sechs Lieder (Six Songs) for voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and cello on poems by Georg Trakl (1917–21)
  • Op. 15, Five Sacred Songs for voice and small ensemble (1917–22)
  • Op. 16, Five Canons for high soprano, clarinet and bass clarinet (1923–24)
  • Op. 17, Three Traditional Rhymes for voice, violin (doubling viola), clarinet and bass clarinet (1924–25)
  • Op. 18, Drei Lieder (Three Songs) for voice, E-flat clarinet and guitar (1925)
  • Op. 19, Zwei Lieder, for mixed choir, celesta, guitar, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet, on poems by Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1926)
  • Op. 20, String Trio (1927)
  • Op. 21, Symphony (1928)
  • Op. 22, Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano (1930)
  • Op. 23, Drei Lieder for voice and piano, on Hildegard Jone's Viae inviae (1934)
  • Op. 24, Concerto for Nine Instruments (1934)
  • Op. 25, Drei Lieder for voice and piano, on poems by Hildegard Jone (1934–35)
  • Op. 26, Das Augenlicht for mixed choir and orchestra, on a poem by Hildegard Jone (1935)
  • Op. 27, Variations for piano (1936)
  • Op. 28, String Quartet (1937–38)
  • Op. 29, Cantata No. 1 for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, on a poem by Hildegard Jone (1938–39)
  • Op. 30, Variations for orchestra (1940)
  • Op. 31, Cantata No. 2 for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra, on a poem by Hildegard Jone (1941–43)

Works without opus numbers[]

  • Two Pieces for cello and piano (1899)
  • Three Poems for voice and piano (1899–1902)
    • "Vorfruhling"
    • "Nacthgebet der Braut"
    • "Fromm"
  • Eight Early Songs for voice and piano (1901–04)
    • "Tief von Vern"
    • "Aufblick"
    • "Blumengruss"
    • "Bild der Liebe"
    • "Sommerabend"
    • "Heiter"
    • "Der Tod"
    • "Heimgang in der Fruhe"
  • Three Songs after Ferdinand Avenarius (1903–04)
    • "Gefunden"
    • "Gebet"
    • "Freunde"
  • Im Sommerwind, idyll for large orchestra after a poem by Bruno Wille (1904)
  • Langsamer Satz (slow movement) for string quartet (1905)
  • String Quartet (August 1905)
  • Piece for piano (1906)
  • Rondo for piano (1906)
  • Rondo for string quartet (1906)
  • Five Songs after Richard Dehmel (1906–08)
  • Piano Quintet (1907)
  • Four Songs after Stefan George (1908–09)
  • Five Pieces for orchestra (1913) - related to op. 10, first pub. 1971, edited by Friedrich Cerha
  1. Bewegt
  2. (Sostenuto)
  3. bewegte Viertel
  4. Viertel
  5. (Alla Breve)
  • Three Pieces for String Quartet and Mezzosoprano (1913)
  1. Bewegt
  2. "Schmerz immer Blick nach oben"
  3. zu langsam
  • Three Songs for voice and orchestra (1913–14)
  1. "Leise Düfte"
  2. "Kunfttag III. 'Nun wird es wieder Lenz'"
  3. "O sanftes Glühn der Berge"
  • Cello Sonata (1914)
  • Piece for children for piano (1924)
  • Piece for piano, in the tempo of a minuet (1925)
  • Piece for string trio (1925)

Arrangements[]

  • "Thränenregen", "Ihr Bild", Romance [from Rosamunde], "Der Wegweiser", and "Du bist die Ruh’", by Franz Schubert, arranged for voice and orchestra (1903)
  • Schatzwalzer by Johann Strauss II for string quartet, harmonium, and piano (1921)
  • Chamber Symphony No. 1, op. 9, by Arnold Schoenberg, arranged for flute (or violin), clarinet (or viola), piano, violin, and cello (1922–23)
  • Arbeiterchor by Franz Liszt, arranged for bass solo, chorus, and orchestra (1924)
  • Deutsche Tänze (German Dances) by Schubert (1824, drawn from D.820), orchestrated by Webern (1931)
  • Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci [Fugue No. 2] from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Musical Offering", orchestrated (1934–35)

By Genre[]

Piano[]

  • Piece for piano (1906)
  • Rondo for piano (1906)
  • Piece for children for piano (1924)
  • Piece for piano, in the tempo of a minuet (1925)
  • Op. 27, Variations for piano (1936)

Chamber Music[]

String Quartet[]

  • Langsamer Satz (slow movement) for string quartet (1905)
  • String Quartet (August 1905)
  • Rondo for string quartet (1906)
  • Op. 5, Five Movements for string quartet (1909); version for string orchestra (1929)
  • Op. 9, Six Bagatelles for string quartet (1913)
  • Op. 28, String Quartet (1937–38)

String Trio[]

  • Piece for string trio (1925)
  • Op. 20, String Trio (1927)

Cello and Piano[]

  • Two Pieces for cello and piano (1899)
  • Op. 11, Three Little Pieces for cello and piano (1914)
  • Cello Sonata (1914)

Other Chamber Music[]

  • Piano Quintet (1907)
  • Op. 7, Four Pieces for violin and piano (1910)
  • Op. 22, Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano (1930)
  • Op. 24, Concerto for Nine Instruments (1934)

Vocal[]

Voice and Piano[]

  • Three Poems for voice and piano (1899–1902)
  • Eight Early Songs for voice and piano (1901–04)
  • Three Songs after Ferdinand Avenarius (1903–04)
  • Five Songs after Richard Dehmel (1906–08)
  • Op. 3, Fünf Lieder (Five Songs) for voice and piano, on Der Siebente Ring by Stefan George (1907–08)
  • Four Songs after Stefan George (1908–09)
  • Op. 4, Fünf Lieder for voice and piano, poems by Stefan George (1908–09)
  • Op. 12, Vier Lieder (Four Songs) for voice and piano (1915–17)
  • Op. 23, Drei Lieder for voice and piano, on Hildegard Jone's Viae inviae (1934)
  • Op. 25, Drei Lieder for voice and piano, on poems by Hildegard Jone (1934–35)

Voice and Chamber Ensemble[]

  • Op. 8, Zwei Lieder (Two Songs) for voice and 8 instruments, on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (1910)
  • Three Pieces for String Quartet and Mezzosoprano (1913)
  • Op. 14, Sechs Lieder (Six Songs) for voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and cello on poems by Georg Trakl (1917–21)
  • Op. 15, Five Sacred Songs for voice and small ensemble (1917–22)
  • Op. 16, Five Canons for high soprano, clarinet and bass clarinet (1923–24)
  • Op. 17, Three Traditional Rhymes for voice, violin (doubling viola), clarinet and bass clarinet (1924–25)
  • Op. 18, Drei Lieder (Three Songs) for voice, E-flat clarinet and guitar (1925)

Voice and Orchestra[]

  • Three Songs for voice and orchestra (1913–14)
  • Op. 13, Vier Lieder for voice and orchestra (1914–18)

Choral[]

  • Op. 2, Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen for a cappella choir, on a poem by Stefan George (1908)
  • Op. 19, Zwei Lieder, for mixed choir, celesta, guitar, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet, on poems by Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1926)
  • Op. 26, Das Augenlicht for mixed choir and orchestra, on a poem by Hildegard Jone (1935)
  • Op. 29, Cantata No. 1 for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, on a poem by Hildegard Jone (1938–39)
  • Op. 31, Cantata No. 2 for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra, on a poem by Hildegard Jone (1941–43)

Orchestra[]

  • Im Sommerwind, idyll for large orchestra after a poem by Bruno Wille (1904)
  • Op. 1, Passacaglia for orchestra (1908)
  • Op. 6, Six Pieces for large orchestra (1909–10, revised 1928)
  • Op. 10, Five Pieces for orchestra (1911–13)
  • Five Pieces for orchestra (1913) - related to op. 10, first pub. 1971, edited by Friedrich Cerha
  • Op. 21, Symphony (1928)
  • Op. 30, Variations for orchestra (1940)

See also[]

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