List of compositions by Thomas de Hartmann

Musical compositions of the composer Thomas de Hartmann (1884–1956).

Orchestral edit

  • Suite from “La Fleurette rouge”. (1911)[1]
  • Scherzo fantastique. Op. 25. (1929)[2]
  • Two Organ Fugues of Bach transcribed for Orchestra. Op. 48. (1934)[3]
  • First Symphonie-Poème. Op. 50. (1934)[4]
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra. Op. 57. (c. 1936, published 1938)[5]
  • Twelve Russian Fairy Tales. Op. 58. (1937)[6]
  • Koliadky. Noëls ukrainiens, chant spiritual. Op. 60. (c. 1938)[2]
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Op. 61. (1939)[7]
  • Suite pour grand orchestre: Une Fête en Ukraine. Op. 62. (1941)[2]
  • Fantasie-concerto for Contrabass and Orchestra. Op. 65. (1944)[2]
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Op. 66. (1944)[8]
  • Second Symphonie-Poème – Le dit du soleil. Op. 68. (1950)[9]
  • “La Guzla” – Concerto for Harp and Orchestra. Rapsodie slave d’après P. Merimé. Op. 72. (1945)[10]
  • Concerto d’après un cantate de Bach. For Violoncello and String Orchestra. Op. 73. (1949)[11]
  • Dances from the opera Esther. Op. 76. (1949)[12]
  • Concierto Andaluz, for Flute and Orchestra. Op. 81. (1949)[13]
  • Third Symphonie-Poème. Op. 85. (1953)[14]
  • Fourth Symphonie-Poème. Unfinished. Op. 90. (1956)[15]

Chamber and instrumental music edit

  • Sonate pour violon et piano. Op. 51. (1935)[16]
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra. Arrangement for Violoncello and Piano. Op. 57. (1936)[17]
  • Koliadky. Noëls ukrainiens, chant spiritual. Arrangement for Saxophone Quartet. Op. 60. (c. 1938)[18]
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Arrangement for Two Pianos. Op. 61. (1939)[19]
  • Sonate pour violoncelle et piano. Op. 63. (1941)[20]
  • Deux Pleureuses. Violin and Piano. Op. 64 (c. 1942)[12]
  • Fantasie-concerto for Contrabass and Orchestra. Arrangement for Contrabass and Piano. Op. 65. (1944)[21]
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Arrangement for Violin and Piano. Op. 66. (1944)[21]
  • La Guzla: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra. Rapsodie slave d’après P. Merimé. Arrangement for Harp and Piano. Op. 72. (1945)[2]
  • Concerto d’après un cantate de Bach. Arrangement for Violoncello and Piano. Op. 73. (1945)[21]
  • Trio pour flute, violon et piano – “Quasi variations.” Op. 75. (1946)[22]
  • Two Preludes of J.S. Bach. Cello and piano. (1947)[2]
  • Dances from the opera Esther. Arrangement for Violin and Piano. Op. 76. (1949)[23]
  • Concierto Andaluz, for Flute and Orchestra. Arrangement for Flute and Piano. Op. 81. (1949)[21]
  • La Kobsa: deux musiques de veilleurs ukrainiens pour violoncelle solo. (1950)[21]

Music for stage works edit

  • Incidental music for the play “Caligula,” by Alexander Dumas. For Orchestra. (1903)[24]
  • La Fleurette rouge, ballet en cinq actes. Op. 9. (1906)[25]
  • Les Bacchantes, Choreographic Suite for “Danses Plastique” performed by Sacharoff. (1910)[26]
  • Fra Mino. Choreographic poem. Op. 14. (1912)[27]
  • Gelbe Klang [Yellow Sound], with Wassily Kandinsky. Unfinished. (1912)[28]
  • Forces de l’amour et de la sorcellerie, divertissement comique en trois interludes. Op. 16. (1916)[2]
  • Flenushka. Unfinished opera. (1916)[29]
  • Music for the drama “In the Grip of Life,” by Knut Hamson. Tiflis Art Theater. Op. 22. (1919)[30]
  • Music for “The King of the Dark Chamber,” by Rabindranath Tagore. Tiflis. Op. 23. (1919)[30]
  • Le General Boulanger, d’après Maurice Rostand. Unfinished. (c. 1931)[28]
  • Babette, comédie-ballet en deux actes par Henri Cain. Op. 49 (1935)[2]
  • Suite pour grand orchestre: Une Fête en Ukraine, ballet en un acte. Op. 62. (1941)[2]
  • Esther, tragédie musicale d’après Racine. Opera. Op. 76. (1949)[2]
  • Musique pour la fête de la Patronne, d’après Degas. Ballet. Op. 77. (1949)[2]

Piano Solo edit

  • Sonata for Piano. Op. 2. (1902)[30]
  • Trois Morceaux. Op. 4. (c. 1903)[31]
  • Six Pieces. Op. 7. (c. 1903)[32]
  • Three Preludes. Op. 9. (1904)[30]
  • La Fleurette rouge. Reduction for Piano Solo. Op. 9. (1906)[24]
  • Suite from “La Fleurette rouge”. Arranged for Piano Solo. (1911)[21]
  • Fra Mino. Selections. Reduction for Piano Solo. Op. 14. (1912)[21]
  • Forces de l’amour et de la sorcellerie. Reduction for Piano Solo. Op. 16. (1917)[21]
  • Humoresque Viennoise. Op. 45. (1931)[21]
  • Babette, comédie-ballet en deux actes par Henri Cain. Arranged for Piano Solo. Op. 49 (1935)[21]
  • Twelve Russian Fairy Tales. Version for Piano Solo. Op. 58. (1937)[33]
  • Koliadky. Version for Piano Solo. Op. 60. (c. 1940)[30]
  • First Piano Sonata. Op. 67. (1942)[34]
  • Lumière noire. Op. 74. (1948)[35]
  • Musique pour la fête de la Patronne, d’après Degas. Reduction for Piano Solo. Op. 77. (1949)[2]
  • Second Piano Sonata. Op. 82. (1951)[36]
  • Six Preludes. Op. 83. (1952)[37]
  • Two Nocturnes. Op. 84. (1954)[38]
  • Four Serenades. Op. 86. (1954)[39]
  • Three Songs. Under pseudonym of Thomas Kross. (c. 1955)[40]
  • Poco Rubato. Piano solo. n.d.[30]

Vocal edit

  • Romance. Words by Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik. Voice and Piano. (1901)[41]
  • Three Romances. Words by Pyotr Kapnist and Mikhail Golenischev-Kutusov. Op. 5. Voice and Piano. (c. 1903)[42]
  • Mermaids. Words by B. Kakhovsky. Op. 5. Voice and Piano. (c. 1903)[30]
  • Four Poems of K. Balmont. Op. 8. Voice and Piano. (c. 1904)[32]
  • John of Damascus, cantata for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra. Text based on the poem by A. K. Tolstoy. Op. 1. (1906)[26]
  • From the Verses of D.M. Ausonius. Op. 13. Voice and Orchestra. Also arranged for Voice and Piano. (1911)[43]
  • Three Songs of Balmont. Op. 12. Voice and Piano. (1912)[30]
  • Three Moorish Songs. Translated by Konstantin Balmont. Op. 15. Voice and Piano. (1913)[44]
  • Four Melodies. Words by Anna Achmatova. Op. 17. Voice and Piano. (1915)<Reproduced manuscript in Montreal collection</ref>
  • Christ is Risen. Words by Sergei Gorodetsky. Op. 18. Voice and Piano. (1915)[30]
  • Two Spanish Songs. Words by Valery Bryusov. Op. 19. Voice and Piano. (1916)[45]
  • To the moon. Words by Shelley. Op. 11. Voice and Piano. (1917)[12]
  • Nightingale. Voice and Orchestra. (c. 1919)[30]
  • Cranes. Words by Vassily Zota. Voice and Piano. (1920)[46]
  • Bulgarian Songs. Translated by Konstantin Balmont. Op. 46. Voice and Piano. (1933)[47]
  • Three Ballads. Words by G. Adamovich and Maria Tsvetaeva. Op. 47. Voice and Piano. (1934)[48]
  • Lament for King Alexander. Voice and Piano. (1934)[30]
  • Three Poems of Shelley. Op. 52. Voice and Orchestra. Also arranged for Voice and Piano. (1936)[49]
  • Sonnet de Ronsard. Op. 54. Voice and Piano. (1934)[50]
  • Romance 1830. Op. 55. Voice and Piano. (1936)[51]
  • In Helen’s Herb Garden. Words by Vassilli Travnikov. Voice and Piano. (1936)[12]
  • A Poet’s Love: Nine Poems by Pushkin. Op. 59. Voice and Piano. (1936)[52]
  • Indian Summer. Words by Don Aminado. Voice and Piano. (1938)[30]
  • Sept Paysages Tristes. Words by Paul Verlaine. Op. 69. Voice and Piano. (1943)[12]
  • Two Songs. Words by Fyodor Sologub and William Shakespeare. Voice and Piano. (c. 1943)[12]
  • Fragment of Proust. Op. 70. Voice and Piano. (1945)[30]
  • Six Commentaries from Ulysses by James Joyce. Op. 71. Voice and Piano. (1948)[53]
  • Second Fragment of Proust. Op. 79. Voice and Piano. (1948)[2]
  • Les Courbes d’Atalante: Déclamation avec musique d’Harpe. Words by Serge Moreux. (1949)[30]
  • La Tramuntana. Words by J. Gual. Op. 80. For a cappella choir. (1949)[2]
  • A la St. Jean d’été. Words by Serge Moreux and Thomas Kross (pseud.). Voice and Piano. (1949)[54]
  • Frenchman in Arizona. Words and Music by Thomas Kross (pseud.). Voice and Piano. (1951)[12]
  • The Song of the Dead Venetian. Words by Jean Loynel; Music: Thomas Kross (pseud.). Voice and Piano. (c. 1951)[30]
  • The Barrel Organ Girl. Words by Maria Tsvetaeva. Voice and Piano. (c. 1954)[12]
  • Four popular Russian songs. Men’s a cappella quartet. (n.d.)[30]
  • In the Nocturnal Silence. Men’s a cappella quartet. (n.d.)[30]
  • Twilight. Words by Luc Durtin. Voice and Piano. (n.d.)[12]
  • Two Chinese Songs. Translated by George Soulié de Morant. Voice and Piano. (n.d.)[30]
  • White flocks. Words by Anna Achmatova. Voice and Piano. (n.d.)[30]

Collaborations with G.I. Gurdjieff edit

The following volumes are all published by Schott Music Group:

  • Gurdjieff/de Hartmann: Music for the Piano.
    • Volume I: Asian Songs and Rhythms
    • Volume II: Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes
    • Volume III: Hymns, Prayers and Rituals
    • Volume IV: Hymns from a Great Temple and Other Selected Works

References edit

  1. ^ Photocopy of reproduced manuscript in Montreal collection
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Reproduced manuscript in Yale collection
  3. ^ Referred to in lists of works, but current location unknown
  4. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549820 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  5. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549781 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  6. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549836 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  7. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549793 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  8. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549798 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  9. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549825 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  10. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549806 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  11. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549774 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i Reproduced manuscript in Montreal collection
  13. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549765 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  14. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549828 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  15. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549832 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  16. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549859 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  17. ^ Published by M.P.Belaieff, 1938, copy in Montreal archive
  18. ^ Manuscript in Montreal archive
  19. ^ Published by M.P.Belaieff, 1951, copy in Yale archive
  20. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549854 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Manuscript in Yale collection
  22. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549853 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  23. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549847 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  24. ^ a b Photocopy of manuscript in Montreal collection
  25. ^ Location of full orchestral score unknown
  26. ^ a b Manuscript in Moscow collection
  27. ^ Location of score unknown
  28. ^ a b Manuscript sketches in Yale collection
  29. ^ Location of manuscript unknown
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Manuscript in Montreal collection
  31. ^ Published by Jurgenson in Moscow, copies of Nos. 2 & 3 in Montreal collection, No. 1 currently unavailable
  32. ^ a b Published by Jurgenson in Moscow, copy in Montreal collection
  33. ^ Published by M.P. Belaieff, 1937, copy in Montreal collection
  34. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549882 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  35. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549871 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  36. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549884 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  37. ^ Location of manuscript unknown - a recording of Thomas de Hartmann playing the piece exists in the Montreal collection
  38. ^ Published by M.P. Belaieff, 1954, copy in Montreal collection
  39. ^ Reproduced Manuscript in Montreal collection
  40. ^ Photostats of Manuscript in Montreal collection
  41. ^ Photocopy of printed version, publisher unknown, in Montreal collection
  42. ^ Printed version, publisher unknown, in Montreal collection
  43. ^ Orchestral version: Photocopy of manuscript in Montreal collection; Voice and Piano version: Published by Jurgenson in Moscow, copy in Montreal collection
  44. ^ Manuscript in Yale collection - mistranslated as "Three Maori songs" in Yale catalogue
  45. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549892 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  46. ^ Printed, 1955, publisher unknown, copy in Montreal collection
  47. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549895 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  48. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549894 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  49. ^ Orchestral version: Manuscript in Montreal collection; Voice and Piano version: Published by Éditions Musicale Sam Fox, 1936, copy in Montreal collection
  50. ^ Published by M.P. Belaieff, 1953, copy in Montreal collection
  51. ^ Location of music unknown
  52. ^ Printed by M.P. Belaieff, 1960, copy in Montreal collection
  53. ^ MSS 46, The Thomas de Hartmann Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2549897 Accessed August 31, 2022.
  54. ^ Published by Boosey & Hawkes, 1955, copy in Montreal collection

Sources edit

  • Thomas de Hartmann papers, MSS 46, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University.
  • Thomas de Hartmann collection, private collection in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Russian National Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow, Russia.
  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France catalogue
  • Schott Music Group

External links edit