Willem Pijper - List of Works

List of Works

• Orchestral music
  • Symphony No. 1 Pan (1917)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1921)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1926)
  • Six Adagios (1940)
  • Six Symphonic Epigrams (1928)
  • Concerto for Piano & Orchestra (1927)
  • Orchestral Piece with Piano (1915)
  • Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (1938–39)
  • Concerto for Violoncello Solo & Orchestra (1936/47)

• Chamber music
  • Septet for flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, double bass & piano (1920)
  • Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn & piano (1923)
  • Phantasie for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn & piano (1927) on Mozart's Phantasie für eine Spieluhr, 1791
  • Quintet for woodwinds: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn (1929)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1914)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1920)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1923)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (1928)
  • String Quartet No. 5 (1946)
  • Quattro Pezzi Antichi for 3 violins & violoncello (1923)
  • Trio for flute, clarinet & bassoon (1926–27)
  • Trio No. 1 for violin, violoncello & piano (1914)
  • Trio No. 2 for violin, violoncello & piano (1921)
  • Sonata for flute & piano (1925)
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin & piano (1919)
  • Sonata No. 2 for violin & piano (1922)
  • Sonata No. 1 for violoncello & piano (1919)
  • Sonata No. 2 for violoncello & piano (1924)
  • Sonata for violin solo (1931)
  • Passapied for carillon (1916)

• Piano music
  • De Boufon, Het Patertje Langs den Kant, Scharmoes for piano solo (1926) in the series "Folk Dances of the World"
  • Sonata for piano (1930)
  • Sonata for two pianos (1935)
  • Sonatina No. 1 for piano (1917)
  • Sonatina No. 2 for piano (1925)
  • Sonatina No. 3 for piano (1925)
  • Theme and Five Variations for piano solo (1913)
  • Three Aphorisms for piano solo (1915)

• Choral
  • La fille morte dans ses amours (1921) from "Deux Ballades de Paul Fort"
  • Le marchand de sable geork nos. 1 & 2 (1934) from "Deux Ballades de Paul Fort"
  • Chanson "Réveilles-vous piccars" (1932–33)
  • De Lente Komt (1917) (René de Clercq)
  • Op den Weefstoel (1918) (René de Clercq)
  • Heer Danielken (1925)
  • Heer Halewijn (1920)
  • Vanden Coning van Castilien (1936)

• Vocal (with instrumental accompaniment)
  • Fête Galantes (1916) (Paul Verlaine)
  • Hymne (1941–43) (Pieter Cornelis Boutens)
  • Songs from "The Tempest" (1930) (William Shakespeare)
  • Die Nächliche Heerschau (1922/43) (Carl Löwe)
  • Romance sans paroles, C'est le chien de Jean de Nivelle (1921) (Paul Verlaine)

• Voice and piano
  • Allerseelen (1914) (H. von Gilm)
  • Douwdeuntje (1916) (René de Clercq)
  • Fêtes Galantes (1916) (Paul Verlaine)
  • Two Songs on Ancient Dutch Texts (1923)
  • Four Songs (1916) (Bertha de Bruyn)
  • La Maumariée (1919–20)
  • Huit Noëls de France (1919)
  • Acht oud-Hollandsche liederen, first series (1924)
  • Acht oud-Hollandsche liederen, second series (1935)
  • Oud-Hollandsche minneliederen (1920/1942)
  • Vieilles chansons de France (1918/1946)
  • Twee Wachterliederen (1934)
  • Zestiende-eeuwsch Marialied (1929)

• Incidental music
  • Antigone (1920/1926) (Sophocles/Balthazar Verhagen)
  • De Bacchanten (1924) (Euripides/Verhagen)
  • De Cycloop (1925) (Euripides/Verhagen)
  • Faëton of Reuckelose Stoutheit (1937) (Joost van den Vondel)
  • The Tempest (1929–30) (William Shakespeare)

• Opera
  • Halewijn (1932–34), Symphonic drama in 9 scenes
  • Merlijn (1939–42) (Unfinished), Symphonic drama in 3 acts (Simon Vestdijk, libretto)

Adapted with permission from John Craton's Willem Pijper web page