List of compositions by Wolfgang Rihm

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This is a list of compositions by Wolfgang Rihm. His output numbers more than 500 works. [1]

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Rihm's compositions were published by Universal Edition. [2] IRCAM has a list of Rihm's works. [3]

Rihm was extremely prolific, and much of his music has yet to be commercially recorded. His works include thirteen string quartets, the opera Die Eroberung von Mexico (1987–1991, based on texts by Antonin Artaud), over twenty song cycles, the oratorio Deus Passus (1999–2000, commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart), Jagden und Formen for chamber orchestra (1995–2001), [4] more than thirty concertos, and a series of interrelated orchestral works bearing the general title Vers une symphonie fleuve ("Towards a river symphony").

He sometimes revised or adapted his finished work. [4] For example, in 1992 he completely rewrote Ins Offene ... for orchestra (1990) [5] and used it as the basis for his piano concerto Sphere (1994). Then he recast the piano part of Sphere to create Nachstudie for solo piano (1994). In 2002, he wrote Sphäre nach Studie (a new version of Nachstudie) for harp, two double basses, piano, and percussion, as well as Sphäre um Sphäre (a new version of Sphere) for two pianos and chamber ensemble. [6]

He also experimented with writing musical fragments, for example in his Alexanderlieder (1975–1976, described as a "fragmentary song accompaniment"), cuts and dissolves for orchestra (1976–1977), Bagatelles (1977–1978), Lenz-Fragmente (1980), or more recently Fetzen (Scraps) for string quartet and accordion (1999–2004) [7]

Works

Source: [2]

Stage works

Orchestral works

Concertante

Chamber works

String quartet

Vocal works

Voice and piano

  • Gesänge, Op. 1 (1968–71)
  • Vier Gedichte aus "Atemwende" (Paul Celan) (1973)
  • Alexanderlieder (1975/76) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and two pianos. (Ernst Herbeck)
  • Hölderlin-Fragmente (1976/77) piano version
  • Neue Alexanderlieder (1979) (Herbeck) for baritone
  • Lenz-Fragmente (1980) for tenor
  • Wölfli-Liederbuch (1980/81) bass-baritone & piano, with optional episodes for 2 bass drums (orch. version 1982)
  • Das Rot (Karoline von Gunderrode) (1990)
  • Vier Gedichte von Peter Härtling (1993)
  • Drei Gedichte von Monique Thoné (1997)
  • Apokryph (1997) (deathbed words attributed to Georg Büchner)
  • Nebendraußen (1998) (Hermann Lenz)
  • Ende der Handschrift. Elf späte Gedichte von Heiner Müller (1999)
  • Rilke: 4 Gedichte (2000)
  • Sechs Gedichte von Friedrich Nietzsche (2001)
  • Lavant-Gesänge (2000–01), on five poems by Christine Lavant
  • Brentano-Phantasie (2002) (Clemens Brentano)
  • Eins und doppelt. Fünf Lieder aus dem Zwielicht, for baritone and piano. (2005)
    • Abendempfindung (Arnim)
    • Gingo biloba (Goethe)
    • Dämmrung senkte sich von oben (Goethe)
    • Ausgang (Fontane)
    • Worte sind der Seele Bild (Goethe)
  • Drei Hölderlin-Gedichte (2004)
    • Abbitte
    • Hälfte des Lebens
    • An Zimmern
  • 2 Sprüche (2005) (Friedrich Schiller)
  • Heine zu "Seraphine" (2006), seven poems by Heinrich Heine
  • Goethe-Lieder (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 30'), 2004–07
  1. An Zelter
  2. Gingo biloba
  3. Dämerung senkte sich von oben
  4. Worte sind der Seele Bild
  5. Phänomen
  6. Selige Sehnsucht
  7. Parabase
  8. Lebensgenuss
  9. Höchste Gunst
  10. Heut und ewig
  11. Aus "Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahren"
  12. Willst du dir ein gut Leben zimmern
  13. An Zelter
  • Wortlos (2007)
  • Vier späte Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert baritone, 2008
  • Zwei Gedichte von Joseph Eichendorff (2009)
  • Zwei kleine Lieder (Eduard Mörike, 2009)
  • Auf dem See for tenor (or high baritone) and piano (Conrad Ferdinand Meyer)

Choral works

Solo instruments

Piano solo

Organ solo

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Wolfgang Rihm: the composer's life and work". Universal Edition. 13 March 1952. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Kaltenecker, Martin (30 July 2024). "Wolfgang Rihm, Brahms". Ressources IRCAM (in Latin). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 Clements, Andrew (3 March 2022). "Rihm: Sphäre nach Studie, Stabat Mater, etc review – a modern great, still springing surprises". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ins Offene... for orchestra". Universal Edition. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Wolfgang Rihm: Sphären". NEOS Music (in German). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Knockaert, Yves. 2010. Wolfgang Rihm, a Chiffre: The 1980s and Beyond, fwd. Richard McGregor. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN   978-94-6166-237-8 (ebk). ISBN   978-94-6270-123-6 (pbk).
  8. ↑ Wierzbicki, James (18 August 1991). "Non-Verbal Opera?". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. p. 32. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2020– via Newspapers.com.
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  11. ↑ Schacher, Thomas (22 January 2020). "Wo so viel Licht ist, sollte auch ein bisschen Schatten sein". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  12. ↑ Baker, Robert A. (2016). "The Hunt for Form in Wolfgang Rihm's Ninth String Quartet, 'Quartettsatz'". Perspectives of New Music . 54 (1): 197–244. doi:10.7757/persnewmusi.54.1.0197.
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