List of compositions by Vincent d'Indy
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Works with opus numberOpus numberAn Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...
- Op. 1, Piano Sonata in C minor (1869)
- Op. 2, La chanson des aventuriers de la mer for male voices, piano, and string quintet after Victor HugoVictor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
(1872) - Op. 3, Attente, song for voice and piano after Hugo (1871)
- Op. 4, Madrigal, song for voice and piano after de Bonnières (1872)
- Op. 5, Jean Hundaye, symphonySymphonyA symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
(1874-5) [cf. John HunyadiJohn HunyadiJohn Hunyadi John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: Ioannes Corvinus or Ioannes de Hunyad, Romanian: Iancu (Ioan) de Hunedoara, Croatian: Janko Hunjadi, Serbian: Сибињанин Јанко / Sibinjanin Janko, Slovak: Ján Huňady) John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: ...
] - Op. 6, Antoine et Cléopâtre, overtureOvertureOverture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera...
after William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
(1876) - Op. 7, Piano Quartet in A minor (1878–88)
- Op. 8, La forêt enchantée (Harald), symphonic legend after UhlandLudwig UhlandJohann Ludwig Uhland , was a German poet, philologist and literary historian.-Biography:He was born in Tübingen, then Duchy of Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature, especially old German and French poetry...
(1878) - Op. 9, Petite sonate dans la forme classique for piano (1880)
- Op. 10, Plainte de Thécla, song after de Bonnières and Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
(1880) - Op. 11, Au galop (Melodie espagnole), song after de Bonnières (1876-9)
- Op. 12, Wallenstein, three symphonic overtures after Schiller's WallensteinWallenstein (play)Wallenstein is the popular designation for a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays Wallenstein's Camp with a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini , and Wallenstein's Death...
(1870–81)- No. 1 Le camp
- No. 2 Les piccolomini
- No. 3 La mort de Wallenstein
- Op. 13, Clair de lune, song for soprano and piano after Victor Hugo (1872), orch. (1881)
- Op. 14, Attendez-moi sous l'orme, opéra-comique in one act after J. Prével (1876–82)
- Op. 15, Poème des montagnes, symphonic poemSymphonic poemA symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
for piano (1881) - Op. 16, Quatre pièces for piano (1882)
- Op. 17, Helvétia, three waltzWaltzThe waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...
es for piano (1882) - Op. 18, Le chant de la cloche, legend dramatique with prologue and seven scenes, text by d'Indy after Schiller, for solo voices, double chorus, and orchestra (1879–83), also adapted for stage
- Op. 19, Lied for cello/viola and orchestra (1884)
- Op. 20, L'amour et la crane, song for voice and piano after Charles BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
(1884) - Op. 21, Saugefleurie, legend for orchestra after de Bonnières (1884)
- Op. 22, Cantate Domino, canticleCanticleA canticle is a hymn taken from the Bible. The term is often expanded to include ancient non-biblical hymns such as the Te Deum and certain psalms used liturgically.-Roman Catholic Church:From the Old Testament, the Roman Breviary takes seven canticles for use at Lauds, as follows:*...
for three voices and organ (1885) - Op. 23, Sainte Marie-Madeleine, cantataCantataA cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
for soprano, female voices, piano, and harmonium (1885) - Op. 24, Suite dans le style ancien in D for trumpet, two flutes, and string quartet with Bass ad libitum (1886)
- Op. 25, Symphonie sur un chant montagnard françaisSymphonie sur un chant montagnard françaisThe Symphony on a French Mountain Air , Op. 25, written in 1886 by Vincent d'Indy, is virtually the only work by the composer that still receives regular performances today....
(Symphonie cévenoleCévennesThe Cévennes are a range of mountains in south-central France, covering parts of the départements of Gard, Lozère, Ardèche, and Haute-Loire.The word Cévennes comes from the Gaulish Cebenna, which was Latinized by Julius Caesar to Cevenna...
) for piano and orchestra (1886) - Op. 26, Nocturne for piano (1886)
- Op. 27, Promenade for piano (1887)
- Op. 28, Sérénade et valse for orchestra (1885)
- Op. 29, Trio in B flat for clarinet/violin, cello, and piano (1887)
- Op. 30, Schumanniana, three songs without words for piano (1887)
- Op. 31, Fantaisie sur des thèmes populaires français for oboe and orchestra (1888)
- Op. 32, Sur la mer, for female voices (1888)
- Op. 33, Tableaux de voyage, thirteen pieces for piano (1889)
- Op. 34, Karadec, incidental music after A. Alexandre (1890)
- Op. 35, String Quartet No. 1 in D (1890)
- Op. 36, Tableaux de voyage (orch. 1892 after piano works Op. 33/1. 2. 5. 4, 6, 13)
- Op. 37, Cantate de fête pour l'inauguration d'une statue for baritone, voices, and orchestra after E. Augier (1893)
- Op. 38, Prélude et petit canon à trois parties for organ (1893)
- Op. 39, L'art et le peuple, for four male voices after Hugo (1894), orch. (1918)
- Op. 40, FervaalFervaalFervaal is an opera in three acts with a prologue by the French composer Vincent d'Indy, his opus 40. The composer wrote his own libretto, based in part on the lyric poem Axel by the Swedish author Esaias Tegnér...
, action musicale with prologue and three acts (1889–93) - Op. 41, Deus Israel conjungat vos, motetMotetIn classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
for four to six voices (1896) - Op. 42, Istar, symphonic variations (1896)
- Op. 43, Lied maritime, song for voice and piano (1896)
- Op. 44, Ode à Valence, for soprano, male voices, and orchestra after Genest (1897)
- Op. 45, String Quartet No. 2 in E (1897)
- Op. 46, Les noces d'or du sacerdoce, canticle for voice and harmonium after P. Delaporte (1898)
- Op. 47, Médée, incidental music after C. Mendès (1898)
- Op. 48, La première dent, song for voice and piano after J. de La Laurencie (1898)
- Op. 49, Sancta Maria, succure miseris, motet for two equal voices and organ (1898)
- Op. 50, Chansons et danses for wind instruments (1898)
- Op. 51, Vêpres du commun des martyrs for organ (1899)
- Op. 52, Quatre-vingts huit chansons populaires du VivaraisVivaraisVivarais is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the département of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône...
(1900) - Op. 53, L'étranger, action musicale in two acts (1898–1901)
- Op. 54, Marche du 76ème régiment d'infanterie for military band (1903)
- Op. 55, Choral varié, for saxophone/viola and orchestra (1903)
- Op. 56, Mirage, song for voice and piano after P. Gravollet (1903)
- Op. 57, Symphony No. 2 in B flat (1902-3)
- Op. 58, Les yeux de l'aimée, song for voice and piano (1904)
- Op. 59, Violin Sonata in C (1903-4)
- Op. 60, Petite chanson grégorienne for piano four hands (1904)
- Op. 61, Jour d'été à la montagne, symphonic triptychTriptychA triptych , from tri-= "three" + ptysso= "to fold") is a work of art which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works...
(1905) - Op. 62, Souvenirs, poem for orchestra (1906)
- Op. 63, Piano Sonata in E (1907)
- Op. 64, Vocalise, song for voice and piano (1907)
- Op. 65, Menuet sur le nom de Haydn for piano (1909)
- Op. 66, Pièce in E flat for harmonium (1911), pub. for organ (1912) and as Prélude (1913)
- Op. 67, La légende de Saint Christophe, drame sacré in three acts (1908–15), libretto by d'Indy after J. de VoragineJacobus de VoragineBlessed Jacobus de Varagine or Voragine was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the most popular...
's Legende aureaGolden LegendThe Golden Legend is a collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de Voragine that became a late medieval bestseller. More than a thousand manuscripts of the text have survived, compared to twenty or so of its nearest rivals... - Op. 68, Treize pièces brèves for piano (1908–15)
- Op. 69, Douze pièces brèves faciles dans le style classique de la fin du XVIIIe siècle for piano (1908–15)
- Op. 70, Symphony No. 3 Sinfonia brevis de bello gallico (1916–18)
- Op. 71, Cent thèmes d'harmonie et réalisations (1907–18)
- Op. 72, Sarabande et menuet for wind quintet and piano (1918), arr. from Op. 24
- Op. 73, Sept chants de terroir for piano four hands (1918)
- Op. 74, Pour les enfants de tous les âges, twenty-four pieces for piano (1919)
- Op. 75, Pentecosten, twenty-four popular Gregorian canticles, for voice, union voices, and organ (1919)
- Op. 76, Veronica, incidental music after C. Gos (1919–20)
- Op. 77, Poèmes des rivages, symphonic suite (1919–21)
- Op. 78, Two Scholars' Songs for two voices after anon. (1921)
- Op. 79, Ave, regina coelorum, motet for four voices (1922)
- Op. 80, Le rêve de Cinyras, comédie musicale in three acts after X. de Courville (1922)
- Op. 81, Piano Quintet in G minor (1924)
- Op. 82, Trois chansons populaires françaises for four voices (1924)
- Op. 83, Deux motets en l'honneur de la canonisation de Saint Jean Eudes for four voices (1925)
- Op. 84, Cello Sonata in D (1924-5)
- Op. 85, Thème varié, fugue and chorale for piano (1925)
- Op. 86, Contes de fées, five pieces for piano (1925)
- Op. 87, Diptyque méditerranéen for orchestra (1925-6)
- Op. 88, O dominea mea', motet for two equal voices and organ (1926)
- Op. 89, Concert for flute, cello, and strings (1926)
- Op. 90, Six chants populaires français (1927)
- Op. 91, Suite for flute, string trio, and harp (1927)
- Op. 92, Sextet in B flat for two violins, two violas, and two cellos (1927)
- Op. 93, Le bouquet de printemps for three female voices after anon. (1928)
- Op. 94, Madrigal à deux voix, song for soprano and cello after Charles d'Orléans (1928)
- Op. 95, Six paraphrases sur des chansons enfantines de France (1928)
- Op. 96, String Quartet No. 3 in D flat (1928-9)
- Op. 97, Les trois fileuses, for three equal voices after M. Chevais (1929)
- Op. 98, Piano Trio in G (1929)
- Op. 99, Fantaisie sur un viel air de ronde française for piano (1930)
- Op. 100, Six chants populaires français for four voices (1930)
- Op. 101, Cinquante chansons populaires du Vivarais (1930)
- Op. 102, Chanson en forme de canon à l'octave for soprano and baritone (1931)
- Op. 103, Chant de nourrice for three equal voices after J. Aicard (1931)
- Op. 104, Le forgeron for three voices and string quartet after Aicard (1931)
- Op. 105, La vengeance du mari for soprano and two tenors, four voices, and small wind band/piano (1931), pub. as Op. 104
Works without opus number
Orchestral- Symphony No. 1 in A Symphonie italienne (1870–72)
- La divine comédie, symphonic poem after DanteDante AlighieriDurante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
(1871)
Chamber
- Scherzo in D for piano quartet (1871)
- Mosaïque sur Fervaal for military band (1897)
- Trois petites pièces (1907–15)
- No. 1 in D for flute and piano
- No. 2 in B flat for clarinet and piano
- No. 3 in F for horn and piano
- Rondino for four trumpets (1911)
- String Quartet No.4 (1931, incomplete)
Piano
- Quatre romances sans paroles (1870)
Secular vocal
- O gai soleil for two voices (1909)
- Vive Henry quatreHenry IV of FranceHenry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....
for four voices and wind band/piano (1909), harmonization of song by anon.
Songs for voice and piano
- L'Académie Française nous a nommés tous trois, authorship of lyrics doubtful, possibly d'Indy (1888)
- Vingt-neuf chansons populaires du Vivarais et du VercorsVercorsVercors is an upland district in the south-east of France:* Vercors Caves, a set of long caves* Vercors Plateau, a range of mountains and plateaus in the department of Isère, French Alps* Vercors Regional Natural Park, a protected area of southeastern France...
(1892) - Deux chansons enfantines (1896)
- Six chansons anciennes du Vivarais (1926)
- Ariette pour Tina (1927)
- Cinq chansons folkloriques et deux rigaudons à une voix (c. 1931)