Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Works

Works

  • Extemporale for piano (1946)
  • Capriccio for Piano
  • Lob der Torheit (burlesque cantata by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), for solo, choir and large orchestra (1947)
  • Enchidrion I for piano (1949)
  • Märchensuite for orchestra (1950)
  • Alagoana (Caprichos Brasileiros) Ballet Suite (1950)
  • Rheinische Kirmestänze (1950, rearranged in 1962 for 13 wind instruments)
  • Concert for Violin and orchestra (1950)
  • Sonata for solo violin (1951)
  • Symphony in one movement (1951, revised 1953)
  • Enchidrion II for piano (1951)
  • Concerto for oboe and chamber orchestra (1952)
  • Des Menschen Unterhaltsprozeß gegen Gott (lit. The People's Maintenance Suit Against God) Radio opera in three acts with text from Pedro Calderón de la Barca and adapted by Matthias Bungart.
  • Nobody knows the trouble I see Concert for trumpet and chamber orchestra (1954)
  • Sonata for Viola solo (1955)
  • Konfigurationen (Configurations) for piano (1956)
  • Perspektiven — Musik für ein imaginäres Ballet (Perspectives — Music for an imaginary ballet.) for 2 pianos (1956)
  • "Die fromme Helene" after Wilhelm Busch sounded as a "Rondo popolare" for narrator and *instrumental ensemble (1957)
  • Canto di speranza Cantata for cello and small orchestra (1957)
  • Omnia tempus habent Cantata for soprano and 17 instruments (1957)
  • Impromptu for orchestra (1958)
  • Dialoge Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1960)
    • Re-written with the title Monologue for two pianos (1964)
  • Sonata for solo cello (1960)
  • Présence, ballet blanc for piano trio and narrator (with words from Paul Pörtner) (1961)
  • Antiphonen for viola and 25 instrumentalists (1961)
  • Tempus Loquendi for solo flute (1963)
  • Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu (Ballet noir en sept parties et une entrée) Ballet after "Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry (1966)
  • Die Soldaten Opera in four acts, libretto by the composer after the drama of the same name by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1965)
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra en forme de pas de trois (1966), dedicated to Siegfried Palm
  • Tratto Electronic composition (1967)
  • Intercomunicazione for cello and piano (1967)
  • Die Befristeten for jazz quintet (1967)
  • Photoptosis Prelude for large orchestra (1968)
  • Requiem für einen jungen Dichter — Lingual for narrator, soprano, baritone, three choirs, electric tape, orchestra, jazz combo and organ (1969)
  • Vier kurze Studien for solo cello (1970)
  • Stille und Umkehr orchestra sketches (1970)
  • Tratto 2 Electronic composition (1970)
  • Ich wandte mich um und sah alles Unrecht das geschah unter der Sonne — Ekklesiastische Aktion for two narrators, bass and orchestra (1970)
  • Plus various compositions for radio, theater and film

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