Most of César Franck's works seem to have been published during his lifetime, although only 21 works received a publisher's opus number. The mature published works were catalogued by Wilhelm Mohr in his Franck Werke Verzeichnis (FWV). He divided Franck's compositions into two main groups: instrumental works, M.1-48, and vocal works, M.49-91, arranging them by genre, and by composition date order within each genre.

The CFF catalogue (see § External links) compiled by Joël-Marie Fauquet (published in 1999) details almost every known work by Franck, including many not listed by Mohr. In addition, many dates are listed in Fauquet's catalogue that are incorrect in Mohr's, or missing altogether.

In 2022, a critical 8-volume edition of the complete organ and harmonium works by Franck was published by Lyrebird Music, which follows the CFF catalogue and includes previously unpublished compositions.César Franck: Intégrale de l’œuvre d’orgue –– Vol. I–IV (Richard Brasier, ed.). Tynset, Norway: Lyrebird Music, 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2024.César Franck: Intégrale de l’œuvre d’orgue –– Vol. V–VIII (Richard Brasier, ed.). Tynset, Norway: Lyrebird Music, 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

Juvenile works Franck wrote a number of juvenile works between 1834-1837 to which he assigned an opus number; he later disowned these early works, except the Premiere Grande Fantaisie Op. 12 (1836), which he occasionally played in later life. These opus numbers are not to be confused with his mature published works, published with or without an opus number. Franck started the Opus numbering twice (as child prodigy, and again in the early 1840s). Fauquet proposed to write the earlier numbers with a prefixed 0 (e.g., Deuxième grand Concerto is marked Op. 011 instead of Op. 11).

Op. 02 - Premier Concerto (piano and orchestra, 1834–1835) Op. 03 - Grand Rondo (piano, 1834) Op. 04 - Variations brillantes un thème original (piano, 1834), CFF 132 Op. 05 - Variations brillantes sur un air du Pré aux Clercs (Hérold) (piano, 1834) Op. 06 - Grand Trio (piano, violin and violoncello, 1834), CFF 108 Op. 08 - Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III (par Auber) (piano and orchestra, 1835), CFF 133 Op. 09 - O salutaris (choir and piano, 1835), CFF 188 Op. 010 - Première grande Sonate (piano, 1835–1836), CFF 2 Op. 011 - Deuxième grand Concerto (piano and orchestra, 1836), CFF 135 Op. 012 - Première grande Fantaisie (piano, 1836) Op. 013 - Première grande Symphonie (orchestra, 1836) Op. 014 - Deuxième grande Fantaisie (piano, 1836), CFF 4 Op. 015 - Deux mélodies (piano, c. 1837), CFF 5 Op. 016 – Trio (violin, viola and piano) Op. 018 - Deuxième Sonate (piano, c. 1837) Op. 019 - Troisième grande Fantaisie (piano, c. 1837), CFF 7

Compositions Organ Grand Chœur (1846), CFF 49 Pièce en La majeur (1854), CFF 51 Andantino (1856), FWV 25 / CFF 54aAnother version: 1856, CFF 54b. Recueil de Noëls (c. 1860), CFF 249 Six Pièces d'orgue (First edition 1868 / revised edition 1880): Fantaisie, op. 16 (1863), FWV 28 / CFF 53Other versions: 1856 (CFF 53a), 1862 (CFF 53b) and 1868 (CFF 53c). Grande Pièce Symphonique, op. 17 (1863), FWV 29 / CFF 98 Prélude, fugue et variation, op. 18 (1864), FWV 30 / CFF 30bVersion for harmonium and piano (c. 1862), FWV 30a / CFF 30a. Pastorale, op. 19 (1863), FWV 31 / CFF 99 Prière, op. 20 (1860), FWV 32 / CFF 100 Final, op. 21 (1864), FWV 33 / CFF 101 Petit Offertoire (ca. 1877), CFF 96b Trois Pièces (First edition 1883): Fantaisie (1878), FWV 35 / CFF 102 Cantabile (1878), FWV 36 / CFF 103 Pièce Héroïque (1878), FWV 37 / CFF 104 Petit Offertoire (c. 1885), CFF 38 Trois Chorals (First edition 1892): Choral I (1890), FWV 38 / CFF 105 Choral II (1890), FWV 39 / FF 106 Choral III (1890), FWV 40 / CFF 107 Pièces posthumes pour harmonium ou orgue à pédales pour l'office ordinaire (First edition 1905): Offertoire en Mi bémol (1858), FWV 24, 2 / CFF 36b Grand Chœur en Ut (1858), FWV 24, 24 / CFF 56 Offertoire pour la Messe de minuit en Ré mineur (1858), FWV 24, 25 / CFF 57 Offertoire en Fa mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 1 / CFF 55 Magnificat en Ré (c. 1858), CFF 58 Grand Chœur en Ré (c. 1858), FWV 24, 4 / CFF 59 Andantino en Ré (c. 1858), FWV 24, 5 / CFF 60 Quasi Marcia en Ré mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 6 / CFF 61 Allegretto en Ré (c. 1858), FWV 24, 7 / CFF 62 Grand Chœur en Ré (c. 1858), CFF 63 Amen en Ré (c. 1858), FWV 24, 8 / CFF 64 Gloria Patri en Ré (c. 1858), CFF 65 Offertoire en La (c. 1858), FWV 24, 9 / CFF 33 Quasi lento en La (ca. 1858), FWV 24, 10 / CFF 66 Allegretto en Ut mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 11 / CFF 67 Andantino en Ut (c. 1858), CFF 68 Allegretto en Ré mineur (c. 1858), CFF 69 Allegretto non troppo en Ré (c. 1858), FWV 24, 12 / CFF 70 Magnificat en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 71 Magnificat en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 72 Grand Chœur en Mi bémol (c. 1858), FWV 24, 13 / CFF 73 Moderato con moto en Mi bémol (c. 1858), FWV 24, 14 / CFF 74 Andantino en Mi bémol (c. 1858), FWV 24, 15 / CFF 75 Allegretto non troppo en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 76 Gloria Patri en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 77 Gloria Patri en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 78 Amen en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 79 Gloria Patri en Mi bémol (c. 1858), CFF 80 Prélude pour l'Ave Maris Stella en Ré mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 16 / CFF 81 Prélude pour l'Ave Maris Stella en Ré (c. 1858), FWV 24, 17 / CFF 82 Prélude pour l'Ave Maris Stella en Ré mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 18 / CFF 83 Benedicamus en Do (c. 1858), CFF 84 Lento en Ré mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 19 / CFF 85 Kyrie de la Messe de Noël en Ut mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 21 / CFF 87 Moderato en Ut mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 22 / CFF 88 Moderato en Ut mineur (c. 1858), FWV 24, 23 / CFF 89 Grand Chœur en Ut mineur (c. 1858), CFF 90 Elevation en La (1859), FWV 24, 3 / CFF 93 Offertoire en Sol mineur (1859), FWV 24, 26 / CFF 92 Sortie en Ré (c. 1859), FWV 24, 27 / CFF 94 Trois Antiennes (c. 1859), FWV 27, 1–3 / CFF 91 Offertoire en Si (1860), FWV 24, 30 / CFF 95 Offertoire en Fa # mineur (1861), FWV 24, 28 / CFF 96a Allegro Moderato en Ré bémol (c. 1863), FWV 24, 29 / CFF 97

Harmonium Cinq Pièces, (ca. 1864), FWV 26, 1–5 / CFF 32: 1. Offertoire 2. Petit Offertoire 3. Verset 1 4. Verset 2 5. Communion Quasi Marcia, op. 22 (c. 1865), FWV 34 / CFF 35Another version: ca. 1865, CFF 35a (First edition 2024). Offertoire sur un noël Breton (c. 1867), CFF 34 Entrée (c. 1875), CFF 37 Andante et Prière, (c. 1888), CFF 39bis L’Organiste, Recueil de Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium (First edition 1891): Sept Pièces en Ut majeur et Ut mineur (1890), FWV 41, 1–7 / CFF 40 Sept Pièces en Ré bémol majeur et Ut # mineur (1890), FWV 41, 8–14 / CFF 41 Sept Pièces en Ré majeur et Ré mineur (pour le temps de noėl) (1890), FWV 41, 15–21 / CFF 42 Sept Pièces en Mi bémol majeur et Mi bémol mineur (1890), FWV 41, 22–28 / CFF 43 Sept Pièces en Mi majeur et Mi mineur (1890), FWV 41, 29–35 / CFF 44 Sept Pièces en Fa majeur et Fa mineur (1890), FWV 41, 36–42 / CFF 45 Sept Pièces en Fa # majeur et Fa # mineur (1890), FWV 41, 43–59 / CFF 46 Sept Pièces en Sol majeur et Sol mineur (1890), FWV 41, 50–56 / CFF 47 Sept Pièces en La bémol majeur et La bémol mineur (1890), FWV 41, 57–59 and FWV 42, 1–4 / CFF 48

Piano Eglogue, op. 3 (1842), FWV 11 / CFF 10 Premier grand caprice, op. 5 (1843), FWV 13 / CFF 11 Souvenirs d’Aix-la-Chapelle, op. 7 (1843), FWV 14 / CFF 12 Prélude, Choral et Fugue (1884), FWV 21 / CFF 24 Prélude, Aria et Final (1886–1887), FWV 23 / CFF 26

Chamber Music Grand trio, op. 6 (violin, cello and piano, 1834), CFF 108 Trois Trios concertants, op. 1 (violin, cello and piano): Trio (1841), FWV 1 / CFF 111 Trio ("Trio de salon", 1841), FWV 2 / CFF 112 Trio (1842), FWV 3 / CFF 113 Trio concertant, op. 2 (violin, cello and piano, 1842), FWV 4 / CFF 114Originally the finale of the "Trio Concertant" pp. 1 no. 3 (1842), FWV 3/ CFF 113. Duo, op. 14 (violin and piano, 1844), FWV 6 / CFF 117 Quintet (Two violins, viola, cello and piano, 1879), FWV 7 / CFF 121 Sonate (violin or cello and piano, 1886), FWV 8 / CFF 123 Quatuor à cordes (1889), FWV 9 / CFF 124

Orchestra Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne (1845–1847), CFF 126 Rédemption (1871–1874), FWV 52 / CFF 184 Les Éolides (after a poem by Leconte de Lisle, 1876), FWV 43 / CFF 127 Le chasseur maudit (1882), FWV 44 / CFF 128 Les Djinns (piano and orchestra, after a poem by Victor Hugo, 1884), FWV 45 / CFF 136 Variations symphoniques (piano and orchestra, 1885), FWV 46 / CFF 137 Symphonie en ré mineur (1886–1888), FWV 48 / CFF 130 Psyché (Soloists, choir and orchestra, 1887–1888), FWV 47 / CFF 129

Sacred Vocal Music Messe solennelle (1858), FWV 59 / CFF 202According to Fauquet, the work is lost (with the exception of “O Salutaris”). The only reference to the existence of this work is Vincent d'Indy's catalog. Messe, op. 12 (1860), FWV 61 / CFF 203Final version 1872, CFF 203b. Quare fremuerunt gentes (Offertoire pour la fête de Ste-Clothilde, 1871), FWV 74 / CFF 215 Psalm 150 (1884), FWV 69 / CFF 221

Oratorios Ruth (biblical oratorio in three parts, 1843–1846), FWV 51 / CFF 179 Les sept paroles du Christ en croix (1859), CFF 180 Les Béatitudes (1869–1879), FWV 53 / CFF 185 Rebecca (Biblical scene, 1881), FWV 54 / CFF 187

Operas Stradella (Opera in three acts, 1841), CFF 229 Le Valet de ferme (Comic opera in three acts, 1851–1853), CFF 230 Hulda (Opera in four acts und epilogue, 1882–1885), FWV 49 / CFF 231 Ghiselle (Lyric drama in four acts, 1888–1890), FWV 50 / CFF 232

Songs L’émir de Bengador (c. 1843), CFF 139 Le sylphe (1843), CFF 140 Robin Gray (c. 1843), CFF 141 L’ange et l’enfant (1846), CFF 142 Souvenance (1846), CFF 143 Les trois exilés (1848), CFF 146 Aimer (1849), CFF 147 Ninon (1851), CFF 148 S’il est un charmant gazon (I, c. 1855), CFF 149 S’il est un charmant gazon (II, 1857), CFF 150 Passez, passez toujours (c. 1860), CFF 151 Roses et papillons (c. 1860), CFF 152 Le mariage des roses (c. 1870), CFF 153 Paris (Patriotic ode for voice and orchestra, 1870), CFF 158 Lied (c. 1873), CFF 154 Le vase brisé (1879), CFF 155 Nocturne (1885), CFF 156 Pour les victimes (1887), FWV 86 Les cloches du soir (1888), CFF 157 La procession (1888), CFF 160 Premier sourire de mai (1888), CFF 172

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External links List of works by César Franck at IMSLP, including CFF catalogue numbers.