Born: Hamburg, Germany, May 7, 1833
Died: Vienna, April 3, 1897

Major Works:

• Orchestral Music:
  • Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • 4 symphonies
  • Academic Festival Overture
  • Tragic Overture
  • Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra
  • 2 concertos for piano and orchestra
  • Concerto in A minor, for violin, cello, and orchestra
    
    
• Choral Music:
  • A German Requiem
  • Rhapsody, for alto voices, men’s chorus, and orchestra
  • Liebeslieder waltzes, for four voices and two pianos
    
    
• Chamber Music:
  • 3 piano quartets
  • Piano Quintet
  • Clarinet Quintet
  • 3 string quartets
  • 3 piano trios
  • 3 sonatas for violin and piano
  • 2 sonatas for cello and piano
     
• Piano Music:
  • Variations on a Theme by Handel
  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini
  • Ballades
  • Capriccios
  • Intermezzi
  • Rhapsodies
  • Hungarian Dances
  • Waltzes
    
    
• Vocal Music:

  songs for voice and piano, including

  • "Wiegenlied" ("Lullaby")
  • "Ständchen"
  • "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer"
  • "Die Mainacht"
  • "Von ewiger liebe"
  • "Vergebliches Ständchen"
  • "Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht"
  • "Vier ernste Gesänge"
     
• Other Works:
  • Schicksalslied (Song of Fate), for chorus and orchestra
  • Ziguenerlieder (Gypsy Songs), for four voices and piano
  • 2 sonatas for clarinet (or viola) and piano
  • 2 string quintets
  • 2 string sextets
  • 3 sonatas for piano

Source: Cross, Milton, and David Ewen. 1962. Milton Cross' Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

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