This is a list of compositions by Guillaume Lekeu.
The list is initially in chronological order of composition completion date. The "V." header is clickable and doing so will sort the list by "V" numbers, which are grouped into genre and other categories, according to the 1993 catalogue by musicologist Luc Verdebout. (To return to the chronological order, reload the webpage.)
List of compositions V.TitleScoringDateNotes57Sonata in D minorviolin, piano1885unfinished, manuscript (marked "Opus 3")44Choral, (À mon oncle Pierre Lekeu)violin, piano1885/6-7Opus 3113Lamentoviolin1886/1193Andantino semplice, (Andantino semplice e molto espressivo)piano1887/6/2276Les Deux bonnes sœursvoice, piano1887/8Text: Charles Baudelaire; lost78Lied de matelotvoice, piano1887/8lost; completed but a manuscript of an unfinished sketch exists77La Fenêtre de la maison paternellemezzo-soprano, piano1887/8Text: Alphonse de Lamartine–Invocation à Mallarmévoice, piano1887/summerText: Stéphane Mallarmé80Les Pavotstenor/baritone, piano1887/9Text: Alphonse de Lamartine48Méditation for string quartet, in G major2 violins, viola, cello1887/8-9intended as 2nd mvt of a string quartet, but the other movements never written63String Quartet in D minor2 violins, viola, cello1887/8-9lost; mvts 1-3 completed, 4th mvt unknown, a manuscript of sketches exists49Menuet2 violins, viola, cello1887/952Mon âme est triste jusq'à la mort (My soul is sad unto death): Molto adagio, (Molto adagio sempre cantate e doloroso)2 violins, viola, cello1887/10/26Preface to a Quartet on phrases from the Bible84Adagio religioso, (Adagio religioso col piu grand' espressione)piano1887106Tempo di Mazurkapiano1887/109996102100Morceaux égoïstes Set 1piano1887/91887/10/201887/111887/11/26#1 & #2 lost58Quatuor contrapuntique2 violins, viola, cello1887/8-11planned, sketches?95Berceuse et Valse (pot-pourri)piano188771Prélude, Andantino and Tarentellecello, piano1887written for the cellist Gillet; lost66Thema con variazioniviolin, viola, cello1888/2/133Adagio molto espressivo2 violins, piano1888/260Quatuor (String Quartet), in G major2 violins, viola, cello1888/2/1550Minuetto2 violins1888/2/1865Sonate (Cello Sonata), in F majorcello, piano1888/3last few pages of last mvt are lost (though possibly it was unfinished); completed by Vincent d'Indy 192338Vouloir: Andante più tosto adagioviolin, piano1888/4/238588918687Morceaux égoïstes Set 2piano1887/11/271887/121888/1/41888/1/101888/5/1731Prèlude pour le troisième acte de Phèdreorchestra1888/9Text: Victor Hugo; piano reduction;
lost?2Scene from Les Burgravescontralto, tenor, orchestra1888/11Text: Victor Hugo; orchestra in a piano reduction, unknown whether it was ever orchestrated;
themes later reused in orchestral work Burgraves92Morceau: Andante sostenutopiano 4-hands1889a fantasia on a Cramignon or Walloon folk dance melody41Canon2 violins1889119Étude de fugue188927Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves, (Overture after Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves)orchestra1889/4/16the date is that of the 3 mvt sketch, before orchestration; the 3rd mvt was discarded and never orchestrated103Moderato quasi largopiano1889/spring127Poème de religionorchestra1889/9projected, never written?–(unknown title)chorus, orchestra1889/9/30written at the request of Professor Alphonse Voncken, director of the Société Royal de l'Emulation in Verviers; lost1Barberine, operaopera1889/12sketches, abandoned; Prélude au 2e acte completed (c.f.); themes of other sketches later used in Chant de triomphale délivrance14Barberine, Prélude, (Prélude au 2e acte) (Prelude to Act II of the abandoned opera Barberine)orchestra1889/1281Quelque antique et lente dansesoprano, piano1889/12Text: Lekeu79L'ombre plus densetenor, piano1889/12Text: Lekeu18Chant de triomphale délivrance, Étude symphonique, (Première Étude symphonique)orchestra1889/12–1890/early23Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un cramignon liégeois (Contrapuntal fantasy on the Liège Cramignon)chamber orchestra1890/3/23with choreography for the individual musicians1921129Hamlet, Étude symphonique, (Deuxième Étude symphonique), (Hamlet et Ophélie)orchestra; 3rd movement for chorus, orchestra1890/8/153rd movement never written; 2nd movement later revised with a different ending (c.f.)22Ophélieorchestra1890/8/22revised version of 2nd movement of Hamlet, with a different ending intended to lead into the 3rd movement.70Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, (Trio à clavier) (Piano Trio), in C minorpiano, violin, cello1889/12–1891/1/7105Sonate (Piano Sonata), in G minorpiano1891/2-313Les fleurs pâles du souvenir, Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestrestring orchestra (with violin solo)1891/4/28published as Opus 3; arrangement of string trio Adagio?35Adagioviolin, viola, cello1891arrangement of a fragment of the string orchestra Adagio?17Épithalameorgan, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 3 trombones)1891/473Chanson de Maitenor/baritone, piano1891/springText: Jean Lekeu7Chant lyriquechorus, orchestra1891/6Text: Alphonse de Lamartine3Andromède, Poème lyrique et symphonique, Cantata, 2 actssoprano, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, chorus, orchestra1891/8Text: Jules Sauvenière; composed for the Prix de Rome (Belgium)28Larghettocello, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 2 horns, bassoon)1892/2/326Introduction et Adagio pour tuba et orchestre d'harmonietuba, wind orchestrac.1892/2–Overture and Adagiobrass band1892arrangement of tuba/winds Introduction et Adagio?5Plainte d'Andromèdesoprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, doublebass1892/2arrangement of fragments of the choral/orchestral work132Paysage d'Ardenneviolin, orchestra1892planned, never written?130La Conquête du bonheurvocal1892Text: Lekeu; planned, never written?1073 Piècespiano189225Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins (Fantasy on two Angers folktunes)orchestra1892/5–Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevinspiano 4-hands1892/5reduction of orchestra work64Sonate pour piano et violin (Violin Sonata) in G majorviolin, piano1892/7further corrections made up to 1893/283Nocturnemezzo-soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello1892/11/17arrangement of No. 3 of Trois Poèmes94Berceusepiano1892/11/2282Trois Poèmessoprano/baritone, piano1892/4/7–1892/12/13Texts: Lekeu–Trois Poèmessoprano (unaccompanied)1892arrangement of the soprano/piano work133La Légende éternelle1892?planned, never written62Quatuor a clavier (Piano Quartet) in B minorpiano, violin, viola, cello1892/12/3–1894/11st mvt finished 1893/7/16, 2nd mvt unfinished; completed by Vincent d'IndyScenicVocal with orchestral accompanimentOrchestralChamber musicSongsPianoSketches:Exercises:Planned:
References
Sources Verdebout, Luc (1993). "Guillaume Lekeu. Correspondance. Introduction, Chronologie, et Catalogue des œuvres". 496pp. Liège: Pierre Mardaga. . (Includes complete catalogue of compositions and manuscripts (including unfinished fragments and sketchbooks) with incipits and detailed descriptions, p357 et seq.)
External links IMSLP List of selected works by Guillaume Lekeu with links to free downloadable scores