List Of Compositions By Gabriel Fauré

The following is a complete list of the compositions by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. Works are listed both by genre and by opus number.

By genre

Piano

Solo Piano

*Fugue à trois parties in F major (c1862)
*Sonata in F major (1863)
*Trois romances sans paroles, Op. 17 (?1863)
*Mazurka in B (c1865)
*Gavotte in C minor (1869)
*Huit pièces brèves, Op. 84 (1869-1902)
*Mazurka in B major, Op. 32 (c1875)
*Nocturne no.1 in E minor, Op. 33/1 (c1875)
*Ballade in F major, Op. 19 (1877-9)
*Impromptu no.1 in E major, Op. 25 (1881)
*Barcarolle no.1 in A minor, Op. 26 (?1881)
*Nocturne no.2 in B major, Op. 33/2 (c1881)
*Valse-caprice no.1 in A major, Op. 30 (1882)
*Impromptu no.2 in F minor, Op. 31 (1883)
*Nocturne no.3 in A major, Op. 33/3 (1883)
*Impromptu no.3 in A major, Op. 34 (1883)
*Valse-caprice no.2 in D major, Op. 38 (1884)
*Nocturne no.4 in E major, Op. 36 (1884)
*Nocturne no.5 in B major, Op. 37 (1884)
*Barcarolle no.2 in G major, Op. 41 (1885)
*Barcarolle no.3 in G major, Op. 42 (1885)
*Barcarolle no.4 in A major, Op. 44 (1886)
*Valse-caprice no.3 in G major, Op. 59 (1887-93)
*Valse-caprice no.4 in A major, Op. 62 (1893-4)
*Nocturne no.6 in D major, Op. 63 (1894)
*Barcarolle no.5 in F minor, Op. 66 (1894)
*Theme and variations in C minor, Op. 73 (1895)
*Barcarolle no.6 in E major, Op. 70 (?1895)
*Prelude in C major (1897)
*Nocturne no.7 in C minor, Op. 74 (1898)
*Nocturne no.8 in D major, Op. 84/8 (1902)
*Barcarolle no.7 in D minor, Op. 90 (1905)
*Impromptu no.4 in D major, Op. 91 (1905-6)
*Barcarolle no.8 in D major, Op. 96 (1906)
*Nocturne no.9 in B minor, Op. 97 (?1908)
*Nocturne no.10 in E minor, Op. 99 (1908)
*Barcarolle no.9 in A minor, Op. 101 (1908-9)
*Impromptu no.5 in F minor, Op. 102 (1908-9)
*Nine Preludes, Op. 103 (1909-10)
*Nocturne no.11 in F minor, Op. 104/1 (1913)
*Barcarolle no.10 in A minor, Op. 104/2 (1913)
*Barcarolle no.11 in G minor, Op. 105 (1913)
*Barcarolle no.12 in E minor, Op. 106bis (1915)
*Nocturne no.12 in E minor, Op. 107 (1915)
*Barcarolle no.13 in C major, Op. 116 (1921)
*Nocturne no.13 in B minor, Op. 119 (1921)

Piano four hands

*''Souvenirs de Bayreuth'' (1888)
*''Allegro symphonique'', Op. 68 (1895)
*'' Dolly'', Op. 56 (1894-6)

Chamber music

Violin and piano

* Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (1875-6)
* ''Berceuse'', Op. 16 (1879)
*''Romance'' in B major, Op. 28 (1883)
* ''Andante'', Op. 75 (1898)
*''Morceau de lecture'' (1903)
* Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108 (1916-7)

Cello and piano

* ''Élégie'', Op. 24 (1880)
*''Papillon'', Op. 77 (1885)
*''Romance'', Op. 69 (1894)
*'' Sicilienne'', Op. 78 (1898)
*''Sérénade'', Op. 98 (1908)
* Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 (1917)
* Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 (1921)

Flute and piano

* '' Fantaisie'', Op. 79 (1898)
* ''Morceau de concours'' (1898)

String ensemble and piano

* Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1876-9)
* Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 (1887)
* Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89 (1887-95)
* Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115 (1919-21)
*Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 (1922-3)

Strings

*''Morceau de lecture'' for two cellos (1897)
* String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 (1924)

Solo harp

*Impromptu, Op. 86 (1904)
*''Morceau de lecture'' (1904)
*''Une châtelaine en sa tour'', Op. 110 (1918)

Voice and piano

Choral

Religious

*''Super flumina Babylonis'' (1863)
*''Cantique de Jean Racine'', Op. 11 (1865)
*''Cantique à St Vincent de Paul'', lost (1868)
*Ave Maria, Op. posth (1871)
*''Cantique pour la Fête d’un supérieur'', lost (c1872)
*''Tu es Petrus'' (c. 1872)
*Benedictus (c. 1880) ( first edition 1999)
*''Messe basse'' (1882, rev. 1906)
*O salutaris, Op. 47/1 (1888)
*Maria Mater gratiae, Op. 47/2 (1888)
* Requiem, Op. 48 (1877, 1887–93)
*''Ecce fidelis servus'', Op. 54 (1889)
*Tantum ergo in A major, Op. 55 (?1890)
*Ave verum corpus, Op. 65/1 (1894)
*Tantum ergo in E major, Op. 65/2 (1894)
*Sancta mater (1894)
*Ave Maria in F major (?1894)
*Salve Regina, Op. 67/1 (1895)
*Ave Maria in A major, Op. 67/2 (1895)
*Tantum ergo in F major (1904)
*Ave Maria in B minor, Op. 93 (1906)

In collaboration with André Messager:
*''Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville''

Secular

*''Les djinns'', Op. 12 (?1875)
*''Le ruisseau'', Op. 22 (?1881)
*''La naissance de Vénus'', Op. 29, libretto by Paul Collin (1882)
*Madrigal, Op. 35 (1883)
*''l est né le divin enfant'' (1888)
*''Noël d’enfants (Les anges dans nos campagnes)'' (c1890)
*''Hymne à Apollon'', Op. 63bis (1894, rev. 1914)
*''Pleurs d’or'', Op. 72 (1896)

Orchestral

* ''Symphonic Suite'', Op. 20 in F major (1865-74)
* Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 14 (unfinished) (1878-9)
* Ballade for piano and orchestra in F major, Op. 19 (arr. of original version for piano solo) (1881)
* Symphony in D minor, Op. 40 (destroyed, material re-used in Op. 108 and Op. 109) (1884)
* ''Pavane'', Op. 50 (1887)
* ''Caligula'', Op. 52 (1888)
* '' Shylock'', Op. 57 (1890)
* '' Pelléas et Mélisande'', Op. 80 (1900)
* ''Le voile du bonheur'', Op. 88
* '' Fantaisie'' for piano and orchestra, Op. 111 (1918)
* '' Masques et bergamasques'', Op. 112 (1919)

Operas

*''Prométhée'', Op. 82 (Opera in three acts: ''Tragédie lyrique'', fp. 1900)
*''Pénélope'' (Opera in three acts: ''Poème lyrique'', fp. 1913)

By opus number

* Op. 1 Two Songs
**''Le papillon et la fleur''
**''Mai''
* Op. 2 Two Songs
**''Dans le ruines d'une abbaye''
**''Les matelots''
* Op. 3 Two Songs
**''Seule''
**''Sérénade toscane''
* Op. 4 Two Songs
**''Chanson du pêcheur (lamento)''
**''Lydia''
* Op. 5 Three Songs
**''Chant d'automne''
**''Rêve d'amour''
**''L'absent''
* Op. 6 Three Songs
**''Aubade''
**''Tristesse''
**''Sylvie''
* Op. 7 Three Songs (1870-8)
**''Après un rêve''
**''Hymne''
**''Barcarolle''
* Op. 8 Three Songs
**''Au bord de l'eau''
**''La rançon''
**''Ici-bas''
* Op. 9 Number was not allocated to a composition.Nectoux, Jean-Michel (translated by Roger Nichols). ''Gabriel Fauré: A Musical Life''. Cambridge University Press, 1991, p.525.
* Op. 10 Two Duets
**''Puisqu'ici-bas''
**''Tarantelle''
* Op. 11 ''Cantique de Jean Racine'' (1865)
* Op. 12 ''Les djinns'' (1875?), for mixed chorus and piano or orchestra, after Hugo
* Op. 13 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major (1875-6)
* Op. 14 Violin Concerto (1878-9), unfinished
* Op. 15 Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1876-9)
* Op. 16 ''Berceuse'' for piano and violin (1878-9), also for violin/cello and orchestra
* Op. 17 ''Romances sans paroles'' (1863)
** No. 1 ''Andante quasi allegretto''
** No. 2 ''Allegro molto''
** No. 3 ''Andante moderato''
* Op. 18 Three Songs (1878)
**''Nell''
**''Le voyageur''
**''Automne''
* Op. 19 Ballade (1881), originally for piano solo, orchestral accompaniment later added
* Op. 20 Symphonic Suite in F (1865–74)
* Op. 21 ''Poème d'un jour'', song cycle
**''Rencontre''
**''Toujours''
**''Adieu''
* Op. 22 ''Le ruisseau'', (1881?) for 2-part female chorus and piano
* Op. 23 Three Songs (1879)
**''Les berceaux''
**''Notre amour''
**''Le secret''
* Op. 24 ''Élégie'' for cello and piano (1883), orchestrated 1890
* Op. 25 Impromptu No. 1 in E-flat (1881)
* Op. 26 Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor (1881)
* Op. 27 2 Mélodies (1882)
**''Chanson d'amour''
**''La fée aux chansons''
* Op. 28 Romance for violin and piano (1877)
* Op. 29 ''La naissance de Vénus'' (1882)
* Op. 30 Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A (1882)
* Op. 31 Impromptu No. 2 in F minor (1883)
* Op. 32 Mazurka in B-flat (1875)
* Op. 33 Three Nocturnes
**No. 1 in E-flat minor (1875)
**No. 2 in B (1881)
**No. 3 in A-flat (1883)
* Op. 34 Impromptu No. 3 in A-flat (1883)
* Op. 35 Madrigal
* Op. 36 Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat (1884)
* Op. 37 Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat (1884)
* Op. 38 Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-flat (1884)
* Op. 39 Four Songs (1884)
**''Aurore''
**''Fleur jetée''
**''Le pays des rêves''
**''Les roses d'Ispahan''
* Op. 40 Symphony in D minor (1884)
* Op. 41 Barcarolle No. 2 in G (1885)
* Op. 42 Barcarolle No. 3 in G-flat (1885)
* Op. 43 Two Songs (1885-6)
**''Noël''
**''Nocturne''
* Op. 44 Barcarolle No. 4 in A-flat (1886)
* Op. 45 Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor (1885-6)
* Op. 46 Two Songs (1887)
**''Les présents''
**''Clair de lune''
* Op. 47 No. 1 ''O Salutaris'' (1887)
* Op. 47 No. 2 ''Maria, Mater Gratiae'' (1887)
* Op. 48 Requiem in D minor (1877, rev. 1887–90, orch. 1899)
* Op. 49 Petite Pièce in G for cello and piano (c. 1888) now lost
* Op. 50 Pavane in F-sharp minor (1887)
* Op. 51 Four Songs (1888)
**''Larmes''
**''Au cimetière''
**''Spleen''
**''La rose''
* Op. 52 ''Caligula'' (1888)
* Op. 53 Number was not allocated to a composition.
* Op. 54 ''Ecce fidelis servus'' (1890), motet
* Op. 55 Tantum ergo (1890)
* Op. 56 '' Dolly'' Suite for piano four hands (1894-7), orch. Rabaud 1906
** ''Berceuse'' (1894)
** ''Mi-a-ou'' (1896)
** ''Le jardin de Dolly'' (1896)
** ''Kitty-valse'' (1896)
** ''Tendresse'' (1896)
** ''Le pas espagnol'' (1897)
* Op. 57 ''Shylock'' Suite (1889)
* Op. 58 ''Cinq mélodies "de Venise"'' (1891), song cycle after Verlaine
**''Mandoline''
**''En sourdine''
**''Green''
**''À Clymène''
**''C'est l'extase''
* Op. 59 Valse-Caprice No. 3 in G-flat (1887–93)
* Op. 60 Number was not allocated to a composition. However, "Opus 60" was used to refer to an early version of the piano quintet Op. 89. Pott, Francis. "Faure:Piano Quintets". 199

Sleeve notes, p.3.
* Op. 61 '' La Bonne Chanson (Fauré), La Bonne Chanson'' (1892–4), song cycle after Verlaine
**''Une sainte en son auréole''
**''Puisque l'aube grandit''
**''La lune blanche luit dans les bois''
**''J'allais par des chemins perfides''
**''J'ai presque peur, en vérité''
**''Avant que tu ne t'en ailles''
**''Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été''
**''N'est-ce pas?''
**''L'hiver a cessé''
* Op. 62 Valse-Caprice No. 4 in A-flat (1893-4)
* Op. 63 Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat (1894)
* Op. 63bis ''Hymne à Apollon'' (1894)
* Op. 64 Number was not allocated to a composition.
* Op. 65 No. 1 ''Ave verum corpus'' (1894)
* Op. 65 No. 2 ''Tantum ergo'' (1894)
* Op. 66 Barcarolle No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1894)
* Op. 67 No. 1 ''Salve Regina'' (1894-5)
* Op. 67 No. 2 ''Ave Maria'' (1894-5)
* Op. 68 Allegro symphonique (1895), arr. for piano 4 hands from 1st movement of Symphonic Suite, Op. 20
* Op. 69 Romance in A for cello and piano (1894)
* Op. 70 Barcarolle No. 6 in E-flat (1895)
* Op. 72 ''Pleurs d’or''
* Op. 73 Theme and Variations for piano (1895), orch. Inghelbrecht 1955
** Theme
** Variation I ''L'istesso tempo''
** Variation II ''Piu mosso''
** Variation III ''Un poco piu mosso''
** Variation IV ''L'istesso tempo''
** Variation V ''Un poco piu mosso''
** Variation VI ''Molto adagio''
** Variation VII ''Allegro moderato''
** Variation VIII ''Andante molto moderato''
** Variation IX ''Quasi adagio''
** Variation X ''Allegro vivo''
** Variation XI ''Andante molto, moderato espressivo''
* Op. 74 Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor (1898)
* Op. 75 Andante for violin and piano (1897)
* Op. 76 Two Songs (1897)
**''Le parfum impérissable''
**''Arpège''
* Op. 77 Papillon for cello and piano (1884), also for string quintet or violin and piano
* Op. 78 Sicilienne for cello and piano, (1898)
* Op. 79 Fantaisie for flute and piano, (1898), orch. Aubuert (1957)
* Op. 80 '' Pelléas et Mélisande'' (1898)
* Op. 82 ''Prométhée'' (1900)
* Op. 83 Two Songs (1894)
**''Prison''
**''Soir''
* Op. 84 ''Huit pièces brèves'' (1869–1902)
** No. 1 Capriccio in E-flat major
** No. 2 Fantaisie in A-flat major
** No. 3 Fugue in A minor
** No. 4 Adagietto in E minor
** No. 5 Improvisation in C-sharp minor
** No. 6 Fugue in E minor
** No. 7 Allegresse in C major
** No. 8 Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major (1898–1902)
* Op. 85 Trois mélodies (1902)
**''Dans la forêt de septembre''
**''La fleur qui va sur l'eau''
**''Accompagnement''
* Op. 86 Impromptu for harp (1904) (piano arrangement is Op.86 bis, 'Impromptu No. 6' in D-flat)
* Op. 87 Two Songs (1904)
**'' Le Plus doux chemin''
**''Le ramier''
* Op. 88 Le voile du bonheur (1901), after Clemenceau
* Op. 89 Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor (1890-4, rev. 1903–5)
* Op. 90 Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor (1905)
* Op. 91 Impromptu No. 4 in D-flat (1905)
* Op. 92 ''Le don silencieux'' (1906)
* Op. 93 ''Ave Maria'' for two sopranos and organ (1906)
* Op. 94 Chanson (1906)
* Op. 95 ''La chanson d'Ève'' (1906–10), song cycle after van Lerberghe
**''Paradis''
**''Prima verba''
**''Roses ardentes''
**''Comme Dieu rayonne''
**''L'aube blanche''
**''Eau vivante''
**''Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil?''
**''Dans un parfum de roses blanches''
**''Crépuscule''
**''O mort, poussière d'étoiles''
* Op. 96 Barcarolle No. 8 in D-flat (1906)
* Op. 97 Nocturne No. 9 in B minor (1908)
* Op. 98 Sérénade for cello and piano (1908)
* Op. 99 Nocturne No. 10 in E minor (1908)
* Op. 100 Number was not allocated to a composition.
* Op. 101 Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor (1908-9)
* Op. 102 Impromptu No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1909)
* Op. 103 Nine Préludes (1909–10)
** No. 1 in D-flat major
** No. 2 in C-sharp minor
** No. 3 in G minor
** No. 4 in F major
** No. 5 in D minor
** No. 6 in E-flat minor
** No. 7 in A major
** No. 8 in C minor
** No. 9 in E minor
* Op. 104 No. 1 Nocturne No. 11 in F-sharp minor (1913)
* Op. 104 No. 2 Barcarolle No. 10 in A minor (1913)
* Op. 105 Barcarolle No. 11 in G minor(1913-5)
* Op. 106 ''Le jardin clos'' (1914), song cycle after van Lerberghe
**''Exaucement''
**''Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux''
**''La messagère''
**''Je me poserai sur ton coeur''
**''Dans la nymphée''
**''Dans la pénombre''
**''Il m'est cher, amour, le bandeau''
**''Inscription sur le sable''
* Op. 106bis Barcarolle No. 12 in E-flat (1913-5)
* Op. 107 Nocturne No. 12 in E minor (1915)
* Op. 108 Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1916-7)
* Op. 109 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1917)
* Op. 110 ''Une châtelaine en sa tour'' (1918) for harp, arr. Durand for piano
* Op. 111 ''Fantaisie'' for piano and orchestra (1918)
* Op. 112 '' Masques et bergamasques''
* Op. 113 '' Mirages'' (1919), song cycle after de Brimont
**''Cygne sur l'eau''
**''Reflets dans l'eau''
**''Jardin nocturne''
**''Danseuse''
* Op. 114 ''C'est la paix!'' (1919)
* Op. 115 Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor (1919–21)
* Op. 116 Barcarolle No. 13 in C (1921)
* Op. 117 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1921)
* Op. 118 ''L'horizon chimérique'' (1921), song cycle after de La Ville de Mirmont
**''La mer est infinie''
**''Je me suis embarqué''
**''Diane, Séléné''
**''Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés''
* Op. 119 Nocturne No. 13 in B minor (1921)
* Op. 120 Piano Trio in D minor (1922-3)
* Op. 121 String Quartet in E minor (1923-4)

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