List of compositions by Kurt Atterberg

This is a list of compositions by Kurt Atterberg.

List of works by main categories

Orchestral

Symphonies

• Op. 3 Symphony No. 1 in B minor (1909–1911)
• Op. 6 Symphony No. 2 in F major (1911–1913)
• Op. 10 Symphony No. 3 in D major "Västkustbilder" (1914–1916)
• Op. 14 Symphony No. 4 in G minor "Sinfonia piccola" (byggd på svenska folkmotiv) (1918)
• Op. 20 Symphony No. 5 in D minor "Sinfonia funèbre" (1919–1922)
• Op. 31 Symphony No. 6 in C major "Dollar Symphony" (1927–1928)
• Op. 45 Symphony No. 7 in A minor "Sinfonia romantica" (1942)
• Op. 48 Symphony No. 8 in E minor "På Svenska Folkmotiv" (1944)
• Op. 53 Symphony for Strings (Sinfonia per Archi, 1953)
• Op. 54 Symphony No. 9 "Sinfonia visionaria" for soloists (mezzo-soprano & baritone), chorus, and orchestra (1955–1956)

Orchestral Suites

• Suite No. 1 "Orientale" (1913)
• Suite No. 2 "Fem stycken" for chamber orchestra (1915)
• Op. 19,1 Suite No. 3 for violin, viola and string orchestra (1917)
• Op. 19,2 Suite No. 4 "Turandot" or '"Chinese suite" for small orchestra (1920)
• Op. 23 Suite No. 5 "Barocco" for flute, oboe, clarinet, and strings (1923)
• Op. 30 Suite No. 6 "Orientalische Legende" for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano and string orchestra (1925)
• Op. 29 Suite No. 7 for string orchestra after music for a scene of Antoine et Cléopatre of Shakespeare (1926)
• Op. 34 Suite No. 8 "Suite pastorale in modo antico" for small orchestra (1931)
• Op. 47 Suite No. 9 "Suite dramatica" for chamber orchestra (1944)

Concertos

• Op. 1Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (1909)
• Op. 7 Concerto for Violin in E minor (1913)
• Op. 21 Concerto for Cello in C minor (1922)
• Op. 28 Concerto for Horn in A minor (1926)
• Op. 37 Concerto for Piano in B-flat minor (1935)
• Op. 57 Double concerto for violin, cello, and string orchestra (1959–1960)

Works for brass

• De fåvitska jungfrurna rhapsody arranged by Gösta Morberg
• Marica trionfale della bella Lucia

Other orchestral works

• Op. 4Concert Overture in A minor (1910/12 rev. 1933)
• Op. 18Svit ur Stormen ("Storm suite") No. 1 (1921/1936)
• Op. 26Rondeau retrospectif (1925)
• Op. 33Älven - från fjällen till havet (The River - from the Mountains to the Sea) symphonic poem (1929)
• Op. 36En värmlandsrapsodi (A Varmland Rhapsody) (published 1935) ^[1]
• Op. 38Ballade and Passacaglia over a theme from a Swedish folk tune (1935)
• Op. 40Kungahyllning for Concert Band (1938)
• Op. 41Concert overture in popular style (1940)
• Op. 42Rondeau caracteristique (1939–1940)
• Op. 43Aladdin - five pieces (1941)
• Op. 44Aladdin. Ouverture (Perpetuum mobile orientale)
• Op. 51Indian tunes (1950)
• Op. 52Daldansen (1951-1952)
• Op. 55Rondo-overture on melodies from Birger Sjoberg's "Fridas Bok" (1956-7)
• Svensk sommarfest (Swedish summer party) for chamber orchestra (1957)
• Op. 56 Ballad without words (1958)
• Op. 58Vittorioso (1962) (original finale to Symphony No. 7)
• Op. 59Svit ur Stormen "Storm suite" No. 2 (1964–1965)

Stage music

Operas

• Op. 12Härvard Harpolekare (1916–18)
• Op. 50Härvards Heimkehr - Revision of Op. 12 (1951)
• Op. 24Bäckahästen (1923–24)
• Op. 35Fanal (1929–32)
• Op. 43 Aladdin (1936–41)
• Op. 49Stormen "The Storm" (1946–47)

Ballets

• Op. 9Per Svinaherde (1914–15)
• Ballettskizzen (1919)
• Op. 17De fåvitska jungfrurna (1920)

Music for the theatre

• Jefta (1913)
• Mats und Petter (1915)
• Schwester Beatrice (1917)
• Op. 13Perseus och vidundret "Persus and the wonder" (1918)
• Turandot (1920)
• Op. 18Der Sturm "The Storm" (1921)
• Op. 22De tre mostrarna (1923)
• Ein Wintermärchen (1923)
• Hassan (1925)
• Antonius und Kleopatra (1926)

Vocal

• Op. 5Det är sabbatsdag i bygden for baritone and orchestra (text of Olof Thunman) (1911/13)
• Svarta svanor song for baritone or soprano and orchestra (text of Carl Johan Gustaf Snoilsky) (1913/14)
• Ave maris stella for chorus (1917)
• Op. 8Requiem for soloists, chorus and orchestra (text of van Gustav Schlyter) (1914)
• Op. 16Järnbäraland for soloists, chorus and orchestra (text of van Hugo Tigerschiöld) (1919)
• Op. 25Das Lied for soloists (chœur ad lib.) and orchestra (1925)
• Op. 32Sångens land "The Land of Song" for soloists (chœur ad lib.) and orchestra (text of Ture Rangström) (1928)

Chamber music

String quartets

• Op. 2 String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1909) ("Adagio and Scherzo")
• Op. 11 String Quartet No. 2 (1918)
• Op. 39 String Quartet No. 3 in D major (1937)

Other chamber

• Reverence à Bach for two cellos (1905)
• Op. 19,2 Suite No. 4 "Suite chinoise" for string quartet (1920)
• Op. 22 bisBergslags-serenad for string quartet or string orchestra (published ca. 1950)
• Op. 27 Sonata for cello (or violin/viola/horn) and piano in B minor (1925, horn version 1955)
• Op. 31a Piano Quintet in C major (adaption from Symphony No. 6; 1928/1942)
• Op. 46 Variations and fugues - over a text of Bellman for string quartet (1944)
• Sorgmarch (Funeral march) in memoriam His Majesty Gustav V for horn quartet (1950)
• Op. 53a Symphony for strings - version for string quintet of Sinfonia Op. 53 (1953)
• Op. 57a Trio concerto for violin, cello and harp - chamber version (1959/60, rev. 1965)

Instrumental

Piano

• Syster Beatrice - Valse "Fantôme" of Maeterlinck (1917)
• Op. 152 Höstballader "Autumn Ballads" (1918)
• Op. 26Rondeau rétrospectif for piano four hands

Organ

• Bröllopsmarsch "Wedding March" for organ (1916)
• Preludium and fugue for organ (1917)

Arrangements

• Op. 36 Brahms, String Sextet No. 2 for string orchestra (1939)

References

1. Published late 1935: Hofmeisters Monatsberichte, December 1935 issue. Composition date may be earlier?