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.)
| V. | Title | Scoring | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 57 | Sonata in D minor | violin, piano | 1885 | unfinished, manuscript (marked "Opus 3") |
| 44 | Choral, (À mon oncle Pierre Lekeu) | violin, piano | 1885/6-7 | Opus 3 |
| 113 | Lamento | violin | 1886/11 | |
| 93 | Andantino semplice, (Andantino semplice e molto espressivo) | piano | 1887/6/22 | |
| 76 | Les Deux bonnes sœurs | voice, piano | 1887/8 | Text: Charles Baudelaire; lost |
| 78 | Lied de matelot | voice, piano | 1887/8 | lost; completed but a manuscript of an unfinished sketch exists |
| 77 | La Fenêtre de la maison paternelle | mezzo-soprano, piano | 1887/8 | Text: Alphonse de Lamartine |
| – | Invocation à Mallarmé | voice, piano | 1887/summer | Text: Stéphane Mallarmé |
| 80 | Les Pavots | tenor/baritone, piano | 1887/9 | Text: Alphonse de Lamartine |
| 48 | Méditation for string quartet, in G major | 2 violins, viola, cello | 1887/8-9 | intended as 2nd mvt of a string quartet, but the other mvts never written |
| 63 | String Quartet in D minor
| 2 violins, viola, cello | 1887/8-9 | lost; mvts 1-3 completed, 4th mvt unknown, a manuscript of sketches exists |
| 49 | Menuet | 2 violins, viola, cello | 1887/9 | |
| 52 | Mon âme est triste jusq'à la mort (My soul is sad unto death): Molto adagio, (Molto adagio sempre cantate e doloroso) | 2 violins, viola, cello | 1887/10/26 | Preface to a Quartet on phrases from the Bible |
| 84 | Adagio religioso, (Adagio religioso col piu grand' espressione) | piano | 1887 | |
| 106 | Tempo di Mazurka | piano | 1887/10 | |
| 99 96 102 100 | Morceaux égoïstes Set 1
| piano | 1887/9 1887/10/20 1887/11 1887/11/26 | #1 & #2 lost |
| 58 | Quatuor contrapuntique | 2 violins, viola, cello | 1887/8-11 | planned, sketches? |
| 95 | Berceuse et Valse (pot-pourri) | piano | 1887 | |
| 71 | Prélude, Andantino and Tarentelle | cello, piano | 1887 | written for the cellist Gillet; lost |
| 66 | Thema con variazioni | violin, viola, cello | 1888/2/1 | |
| 33 | Adagio molto espressivo | 2 violins, piano | 1888/2 | |
| 60 | Quatuor (String Quartet), in G major
| 2 violins, viola, cello | 1888/2/15 | |
| 50 | Minuetto | 2 violins | 1888/2/18 | |
| 65 | Sonate (Cello Sonata), in F major
| cello, piano | 1888/3 | last few pages of last mvt are lost (though possibly it was unfinished); completed by Vincent d'Indy 1923 |
| 38 | Vouloir: Andante più tosto adagio | violin, piano | 1888/4/23 | |
| 85 88 91 86 87 | Morceaux égoïstes Set 2
| piano | 1887/11/27 1887/12 1888/1/4 1888/1/10 1888/5/17 | |
| 31 | Prèlude pour le troisième acte de Phèdre | orchestra | 1888/9 | Text: Victor Hugo; piano reduction; lost? |
| 2 | Scene from Les Burgraves | contralto, tenor, orchestra | 1888/11 | Text: Victor Hugo; orchestra in a piano reduction, unknown whether it was ever orchestrated; themes later reused in orchestral work Burgraves |
| 92 | Morceau: Andante sostenuto | piano 4-hands | 1889 | a fantasia on a Cramignon or Walloon folk dance melody |
| 41 | Canon | 2 violins | 1889 | |
| 119 | Étude de fugue | 1889 | ||
| 27 | Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves, (Overture after Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves)
| orchestra | 1889/4/16 | the date is that of the 3 mvt sketch, before orchestration; the 3rd mvt was discarded and never orchestrated |
| 103 | Moderato quasi largo | piano | 1889/spring | |
| 127 | Poème de religion | orchestra | 1889/9 | projected, never written? |
| – | (unknown title) | chorus, orchestra | 1889/9/30 | written at the request of Professor Alphonse Voncken, director of the Société Royal de l'Emulation in Verviers; lost |
| 1 | Barberine, opera | opera | 1889/12 | sketches, abandoned; Prélude au 2e acte completed (c.f.); themes of other sketches later used in Chant de triomphale délivrance |
| 14 | Barberine, Prélude, (Prélude au 2e acte) (Prelude to Act II of the abandoned opera Barberine) | orchestra | 1889/12 | |
| 81 | Quelque antique et lente danse | soprano, piano | 1889/12 | Text: Lekeu |
| 79 | L'ombre plus dense | tenor, piano | 1889/12 | Text: Lekeu |
| 18 | Chant de triomphale délivrance, Étude symphonique, (Première Étude symphonique) | orchestra | 1889/12–1890/early | |
| 23 | Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un cramignon liégeois (Contrapuntal fantasy on the Liège Cramignon) | chamber orchestra | 1890/3/23 | with choreography for the individual musicians |
| 19 21 129 | Hamlet, Étude symphonique, (Deuxième Étude symphonique), (Hamlet et Ophélie)
| orchestra; 3rd movement for chorus, orchestra | 1890/8/15 | 3rd movement never written; 2nd movement later revised with a different ending (c.f.) |
| 22 | Ophélie | orchestra | 1890/8/22 | revised version of 2nd movement of Hamlet, with a different ending intended to lead into the 3rd movement. |
| 70 | Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, (Trio à clavier) (Piano Trio), in C minor
| piano, violin, cello | 1889/12–1891/1/7 | |
| 105 | Sonate (Piano Sonata), in G minor
| piano | 1891/2-3 | |
| 13 | Les fleurs pâles du souvenir, Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestre | string orchestra (with violin solo) | 1891/4/28 | published as Opus 3; arrangement of string trio Adagio? |
| 35 | Adagio | violin, viola, cello | 1891 | arrangement of a fragment of the string orchestra Adagio? |
| 17 | Épithalame | organ, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 3 trombones) | 1891/4 | |
| 73 | Chanson de Mai | tenor/baritone, piano | 1891/spring | Text: Jean Lekeu |
| 7 | Chant lyrique | chorus, orchestra | 1891/6 | Text: Alphonse de Lamartine |
| 3 | Andromède, Poème lyrique et symphonique, Cantata, 2 acts | soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, chorus, orchestra | 1891/8 | Text: Jules Sauvenière; composed for the Prix de Rome (Belgium) |
| 28 | Larghetto | cello, ensemble (orchestra of strings, 2 horns, bassoon) | 1892/2/3 | |
| 26 | Introduction et Adagio pour tuba et orchestre d'harmonie | tuba, wind orchestra | c.1892/2 | |
| – | Overture and Adagio | brass band | 1892 | arrangement of tuba/winds Introduction et Adagio? |
| 5 | Plainte d'Andromède | soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, doublebass | 1892/2 | arrangement of fragments of the choral/orchestral work |
| 132 | Paysage d'Ardenne | violin, orchestra | 1892 | planned, never written? |
| 130 | La Conquête du bonheur | vocal | 1892 | Text: Lekeu; planned, never written? |
| 107 | 3 Pièces
| piano | 1892 | |
| 25 | Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins (Fantasy on two Angers folktunes) | orchestra | 1892/5 | |
| – | Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins | piano 4-hands | 1892/5 | reduction of orchestra work |
| 64 | Sonate pour piano et violin (Violin Sonata) in G major
| violin, piano | 1892/7 | further corrections made up to 1893/2 |
| 83 | Nocturne | mezzo-soprano, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello | 1892/11/17 | arrangement of No. 3 of Trois Poèmes |
| 94 | Berceuse | piano | 1892/11/22 | |
| 82 | Trois Poèmes
| soprano/baritone, piano | 1892/4/7–1892/12/13 | Texts: Lekeu |
| – | Trois Poèmes | soprano (unaccompanied) | 1892 | arrangement of the soprano/piano work |
| 133 | La Légende éternelle | 1892? | planned, never written | |
| 62 | Quatuor a clavier (Piano Quartet) in B minor
| piano, violin, viola, cello | 1892/12/3–1894/1 | 1st mvt finished 1893/7/16, 2nd mvt unfinished; completed by Vincent d'Indy |
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