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This is a selective list of the works of the
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Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the ...
(1763–1845) who is credited with a total of some 600 compositions, including 70 operas.


Operas

See
List of operas by Simon Mayr This is a complete list of operas by Simon Mayr (1763 – 1845); for his other compositions see List of compositions by Simon Mayr. List References Notes Sources * Balthazar, Scott L (1992), "Mayr, Simon" in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera ...


Other secular vocal music


Cantatas

*''Femio, ossia La musica custode della fede maritale'', cantata for three voices and orchestra, text by Francesco Boaretti,
Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400  ...
, 1791 *''Ero'', cantata for voice and orchestra, text by Giuseppe Foppa, Venice, 1793 *''Temira e Ariostoo'', cantata for four voices and orchestra, Venice, 1795 *''Apelle e Campase'', Venice, 1795 (lost) *''Le sventure di Leandro'', cantata for one voice, chorus and orchestra, text by Comtesse Velo,
Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...
, 1797 *''Traiano all'Eufrate'', cantata for three voices, chorus and orchestra, text by
Angelo Anelli Angelo Anelli (10 November 1761 – 9 April 1820) was an Italian poet and librettist who also wrote under the pseudonyms Marco Landi and Niccolò Liprandi. He was born in Desenzano del Garda and studied literature and poetry at a seminary in Veron ...
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Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, 1807 *''Alcide al bivio'', cantata for voices and orchestra,
Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
, 1809 *''Cantata per la morte di Haydn'', cantata for tenor, voices and orchestra, Bergamo, 1809 *''Cantata per le nozze di Napoleone con Maria Luisa d'Austria'', cantata for three voices, chorus and orchestra, text by Comte Carrara-Spinelli, Bergamo, 1810 *''Ferramondo'', cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, text by Comte Carrara-Spinelli, Bergamo, 1810 *''Cantata per la nascita del re di Roma'', cantata for three voices, chorus and orchestra, Bergamo, 1811 *''Numa Pompilio'', cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, text by Muletti, Bergamo, 1811 *''Cantata per la nascita del re di Roma'', cantata for soprano, harp and orchestra, Bergamo, 1811 *''Egeria'', cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, text by C. Arici,
Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...
, 1816 *''Annibale'', cantata for tenor and orchestra, Bergamo, 1816 *''Lo spavento'', cantata for tenor and orchestra, Bergamo, 1816 *''La tempesta'', cantata for tenor and orchestra, Bergamo, 1816 *''Le feste d'Ercole'', cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, Bergamo, 1816 *''L'armonia'', Bergamo, 1816 *''Il sogno di Partenope'', melodramma allegorico, text by Urbano Lampredi,
Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, 1817 *''Arianna e Bacco'', cantata for voices, chorus and orchestra, Bergamo, 1817 *'' Arianna in Nasso'', cantata for one voice and orchestra, Naples, 1818 *''Cantata per la morte di Antonio Capuzzi'', cantata for 2 voices, chorus and orchestra, text by Muletti, Bergamo, 1818 *''Inno a Pallade'', text by
Vincenzo Monti Vincenzo Monti (19 February 1754 – 13 October 1828) was an Italian poet, playwright, translator, and scholar, the greatest interpreter of Italian neoclassicism in all of its various phases. His verse translation of the '' Iliad'' is considered ...
, Milan, 1820 (lost) *''Piccola cantata'', cantata for 3 voices, chorus and orchestra, Bergamo, 1822 *''Innalzamento al trono del giovane re Gioas'', cantata for soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra, 1822 *''La vita campestre'', cantata for tenor and orchestra, Bergamo, 1823 *''L'autunno'', 1824 *''L'armonia'', dramatic cantata, Bergamo, Teatro Ricciardi, 1825 *''Cantata per la morte di Beethoven'', cantata for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, Bergamo, 1827 *''Schiera di fausti eventi'', cantata for 4 voices, chorus and orchestra, Bergamo, 1838 Additionally, there were five other cantatas for several soloists, plus 31 cantatas for a single voice.


Other vocal music

*40 chansons, mélodies, arias **12 Lieder (1786,
Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
) **12 ballades vénitiennes (1797,
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
) **6 canzonette et duettini (
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) **Canzoni in Italian and German


Church music


Oratorios and sacred dramas

*'' Iacob a Labano fugiens'', oratorio in Latin, libretto by Giuseppe Foppa, Venice, 1791 *'' Sisara'', oratorio in Latin, libretto by Giuseppe Foppa, Venice, 1793 *''Tobia, o
Tobiae matrimonium ''Tobiae matrimonium, actio sacra pro filiabus chori S. Lazari'' is a 1794 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a Latin libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa Giuseppe Maria Foppa ( Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Italian librettist. He wrot ...
'', oratorio in Latin, Venice, 1794 *'' La Passione'', oratorio in Italian,
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, 1794 *''
David in spelunca Engaddi ''David in spelunca Engaddi'' (“David in the Cave of Engedi”) is a 1795 oratorio by Simon Mayr. The librettist is unknown, but is possibly Giuseppe Maria Foppa Giuseppe Maria Foppa ( Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Ita ...
'', oratorio in Latin and Italian, for 5 female soloists, chorus and orchestra, libretto by Giuseppe Foppa, Venice, 1795 *'' Il sagrifizio di Jefte'', oratorio in Italian, Forlì, 1795 axos CD 8.572719-20*''Il ritorno di Jefte, o Il voto incauto'', oratorio in Italian, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, Rome, 1814 (lost) *''Gioas salvato'', oratorio in Italian,
Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, 1816-17 (lost) *''Ifigenia in Tauride'', azione sacra drammatica per musica in forma scenica, after
Apostolo Zeno Apostolo Zeno (11 December 1668 in Venice – 11 November 1750 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters. Early life Apostolo Zeno was born in Venice to a colonial branch of the Zeno family, an ancient Venet ...
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Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, 1817 (lost) *'' Samuele'', oratorio in two parts in Italian, libretto by
Bartolomeo Merelli Bartolomeo Merelli (19 May 1794 – 10 April 1879Warrack & West 1997, p. 463.) was an Italian impresario and librettist, best known as the manager of the La Scala Milan opera house between 1829 and 1850, and for his support for the young Gi ...
, Bergamo, 1821 *''
Atalia ''Atalia'' ( he, עתליה) is a 1984 Israeli drama directed by Akiva Tevet. It was adapted from a story by Yitzhak Ben Ner and mostly shot on location at Kibbutz Yakum. Plot Atalia (Michal Bat-Adam) is a 40-year-old widow who lost her husba ...
'', dramma sacro per musica con apparato scenico, libretto by
Felice Romani Giuseppe Felice Romani (31 January 178828 January 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist betw ...
, Naples, 1822 *''San Luigi Gonzaga'', oratorio in Italian, libretto by P. Cominazzi, Bergamo, 1822


Other religious music

*18 masses, including: **Mass in ''C' minor for soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1826 *7 requiems, including: ** ''Grande Messa da Requiem'', 1815 *43 hymns *14
antiphon An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") is a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain. The texts of antiphons are the Psalms. Their form was favored by St Ambrose and they feature prominently ...
s *29 compositions for Holy Week *13 motets


Instrumental music


Symphonic music

*57 symphonies *2 symphony concertantes *2 concertos for pianoforte *2 ballets *3 intermezzi *3 marches


Chamber music

*3 sonatas for pianoforte and other instruments *8 sonatas à 6 for wind instruments *13 septets for wind instruments *3 octets wind instruments *2 septets for strings and wind instruments *Quintet for strings


Keyboard works

*4 sonatas *10 symphonies *58 études *10 divertimenti *Sonata for organ *2 symphonies for organ


References

*Most of the information in this article is taken from the related French Wikipedia article. {{Simon Mayr
Mayr Mayr is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian female long-distance runner * Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), German American evolutionary biologist * Georg Mayr (1564–1623), Bavarian Jesuit pri ...