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) Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse; Deuxième air

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) Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse; Deuxième air de danse. Transcription for violin and piano. (1913) 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) Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse. Transcription for flute and piano. (1913)

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 Opus Number Title Text Year Composed Year Published 1/1 Le papillon et la fleur Victor Hugo 1861 1869 1/2 Mai Hugo ?1862 1871 — L’aube naît Hugo ?1862 lost — Puisque j’ai mis ma lèvre Hugo 8 Dec 1862 5/2 Rêve d’amour (S’il est un charmant gazon) Hugo 5 May 1864 1875 — Tristesse d’Olympio Hugo c1865 2/1 Dans les ruines d’une abbaye Hugo c1866 1869 2/2 Les matelots Théophile Gautier c1870 1876 4/2 Lydia C.M.R. Leconte de Lisle c1870 1871 — L’aurore Hugo c1870 1958 7/2 Hymne Charles Baudelaire ?1870 1871 3/1 Seule! Gautier 1871 1871 5/3 L’absent (Sentiers où l’herbe se balance) Hugo 3 April 1871 1879 8/2 La rançon Baudelaire ?1871 1879 5/1 Chant d’automne Baudelaire c1871 1879 4/1 La chanson du pêcheur (Lamento) Gautier ?1872 1877 6/1 Aubade L. Pomey c1873 1879 6/2 Tristesse Gautier c1873 1876 10/1 Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme (Duet) Hugo c1863-73 10/2 Tarantelle (Duet) Marc Monnier c1873 1879 7/3 Barcarolle Monnier 19 Oct 1873 1877 8/3 Ici-bas! Sully Prudhomme ?1874 1877 8/1 Au bord de l’eau Prudhomme Aug 1875 1877 7/1 Après un rêve (Levati sol que la luna è levata) anon., trans. Bussine 1877 1878 3/2 Sérénade toscane (O tu che dormie riposata stai) anon., trans. R. Bussine ?1878 1879 6/3 Sylvie Paul de Choudens 1878 1879 18/1 Nell Leconte de Lisle 1878 1880 18/2 Le voyageur Armand Silvestre ?1878 1880 18/3 Automne Silvestre 1878 1880 21 Poème d’un jour Charles Grandmougin 1878 1880 23/1 Les berceaux Prudhomme 1879 1881 23/2 Notre amour Silvestre c1879 1882 23/3 Le secret Silvestre 6 Jul 1881 1881 27/1 Chanson d’amour Silvestre 1882 1882 27/2 La fée aux chansons Silvestre 16 Sept 1882 1883 39/1 Aurore Silvestre 20 May 1884 1885 39/2 Fleur jetée Silvestre 25 May 1884 1885 39/3 Le pays des rêves Silvestre 30 May 1884 1885 39/4 Les roses d’Ispahan Leconte de Lisle 1884 1885 43/1 Noël V Wilder 1885 1886 with piano and hmn, ad lib 43/2 Nocturne Villiers de l’Isle Adam 1886 1886 46/1 Les présents Villiers de l’Isle Adam 1887 1888 46/2 Clair de lune Paul Verlaine 1887 1888 51/1 Larmes Jean Richepin 1888 1888 51/2 Au cimetière Richepin 1888 1888 51/3 Spleen Verlaine 1888 1888 51/4 La rose Leconte de Lisle Aug 1890 1890 — En prière S. Bordèse 1890 1890 58 Cinq mélodies "de Venise" Verlaine 1891 1891 posth. Sérénade du Bourgeois gentilhomme Molière 27 Feb 1893 1957 61 La Bonne Chanson Verlaine Sept 1892–Feb 1894 1894 83/1 Prison Verlaine 4 Dec 1894 1896 83/2 Soir Albert Samain 17 Dec 1894 London and Paris, 1896 72 Pleurs d'or (Duet) Samain 21 April 1896 76/1 Le parfum impérissable Leconte de Lisle 22 Aug 1897 London and Paris, 1897 76/2 Arpège Samain 6 Sept 1897 London and Paris, 1897 85/1 Dans la forêt de septembre C. Mendès 29 Sept 1902 1902 85/2 La fleur qui va sur l’eau Mendès 13 Sept 1902 1902 85/3 Accompagnement Samain 28 March 1902 1903 87/1 Le Plus doux chemin (Madrigal) Silvestre 1904 1907 87/2 Le ramier (Madrigal) Silvestre 1904 Milan, 1904 92 Le don silencieux Jean Dominique 20 Aug 1906 1906 94 Chanson Henri de Régnier 1906 1907 — Vocalise-Etude no text 1906 1907 95 La chanson d'Ève Charles van Lerberghe 1906–10 no.9 (1906), nos.1, 2 (1907), nos.3, 5 (1908), nos.6, 8 (1909),

no.10 (1910) 106 Le jardin clos van Lerberghe July–Nov 1914 1915 113 Mirages Renée de Brimont 1919 1919 114 C’est la paix G. Debladis 8 Dec 1919 1920 118 L'horizon chimérique Jean de La Ville de Mirmont 1921 1922

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) Il 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)