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List of compositions by Stefan Wolpe

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A list of works by the composer Stefan Wolpe.

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Compositions

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Orchestral works

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  • Zwei Studien fur Grosses Orchester (1933)
  • Passacaglia for Full Orchestra (1937)
  • The Man from Midian: First Suite (1942)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1956)

Chamber works

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  • Duo für Zwei Geigen, violin duo (1924)
  • Musik zu Hamlet, flute, clarinet and cello (1929)
  • Drei Kleinere Canons in der Umkehrung Zweier 12-tönig Correspondierenden Hexachorde, viola and cello (1936)
  • Suite im Hexachord, oboe and clarinet (1936)
  • Lied, Anrede, Hymnus, Strophe zärteste Bewegung, oboe and piano (1939)
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1941)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949)
  • Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, and Piano (1950, rev. 1954)
  • Twelve Pieces for String Quartet (1950)
  • Piece For Oboe, Cello, Percussion, and Piano (1955)
  • Quintet with Voice, baritone, clarinet, horn, cello, harp, piano (1957)
  • Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano (1960)
  • Piece for Piano and Sixteen Instruments (1961)
  • In Two Parts for Six Players, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, harp, piano (1962)
  • Piece for Two Instrumental Units, large mixed ensemble (1963)
  • Chamber Piece No. 1, chamber orchestra (1964)
  • Trio in Two Parts, flute, cello and piano (1964)
  • Piece in Two Parts for Violin Alone (1964)
  • Second Piece for Violin Alone (1966)
  • Solo Piece for Trumpet (1966)
  • Chamber Piece No. 2, chamber orchestra (1967)
  • From Here On Farther, mixed quartet (1969)
  • String Quartet (1969)
  • Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments (1971)

Piano works

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  • Adagio (1920)
  • Gesang: Weil Ich Etwas Teures Verlassen Muss (1920)
  • Vier Adagien (1920)
  • Drei Klavierstücke (1923)
  • Early Piece for Piano (1925)
  • Stehende Musik (1925)
  • Rag-Caprice (1927)
  • Tango (1927)
  • Presto agitato (1929)
  • Tanz (Charleston) (1929)
  • March and Variations for Two Pianos (1933)
  • Cinq Marches Caracteristiques (1928–1934)
  • Zärtliche Addresse an Irmas 32 Geburtstag (1934)
  • Four Studies on Basic Rows (1936)
  • Dance in the Form of a Chaconne (1939)
  • Pastoral (1941)
  • Toccata in Three Parts for Piano (1941)
  • Zemach Suite (1941)
  • The Good Spirit of a Right Cause (1942)
  • The Man from Midian (1942)
  • Battle Piece (1943–1947)
  • Two Studies for Piano, Part II (1948)
  • Music for Any Instruments: Interval Studies (1944–1949)
  • Music for a Dancer (1950)
  • Seven Pieces for Three Pianos (1951)
  • Waltz for Merle (1952)
  • Enactments for Three Pianos (1953)
  • Form for Piano (1959)
  • Form IV: Broken Sequences (1969)
  • Fuge a 3 (undated)
  • Invention: Canon (undated)

Chamber operas

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  • Zeus und Elida: A Musical Grotesque (1928)
  • Schöne Geschichten (1927–1929)

Cantatas

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  • Cantata vom Sport, unision chorus and ensemble (1932)
  • Yigdal, baritone, SATB, organ (1945)
  • Lazy Andy Ant, singer/narrator, two pianos (1947)
  • Street Music: A Counter-offering to the Musical Offerings of Ten Composers on my 60th Birthday, baritone, narrator, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, piano (1962)
  • Cantata for Mezzo-soprano, Three Women's Voices, and Instruments (1963)

Incidental Music

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  • Schattenspiel-Musik, soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto (1923)
  • Da Leigt der Hund Begraben, voices, trumpet, saxophone, percussion, piano (1932)
  • La Malade imaginaire, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, double-bass (1934)
  • Palestine, flute, violin, viola, cello, piano (1941)
  • The Good Woman of Setzuan, voices, piano (1953)
  • Peer Gynt, voices, piano (1954)
  • King Oedipus: Music of Introduction and Setting the frame to the choruses, speakers, piano (1957)
  • The Hour Glass, voice, piano (1958)
  • The Tempest, chamber ensemble (1960)
  • The Exception and the Rule, voices, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, piano (1961)

Songs

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  • Früheste Leider (1920)
  • Fünf Lieder von Friedrich Hölderlin, mezzo-soprano or alto (1924, 1927, rev. 1936)
  • Drei Lieder Nach Heinrich von Kleist, soprano (1925)
  • Neun Vertonungen aus Gitanjali von Rabindranath Tagore, alto (1926)
  • Zwei Fabeln für Bariton und Klavier (1926)
  • Ja Wohl Es Muss die Ehrlichkeit (1928)
  • An Anna Blume von Kurt Schwitters, tenor (1929)
  • Blues, speaker, 2 saxophones, trumpet, percussion, 2 pianos (1929)
  • Decret No. 2 an die Armee der Künstler, soprano (1929)
  • Fantasie von Übermorgen, medium voice (1929)
  • Zwei Lieder von Lenin und Weh, medium voice (1929)
  • Auch die Kleinste Tat, pianist-speaker (1930
  • Politische Satiren, medium voice (1929–1930)
  • Drei Arbeitslieder, medium voice (1929–1930)
  • Acht Lieder auf Texte von Heine, Ottwald, Weinert, und Anderen, medium voice (1929–1930)
  • Agitprop Lieder, medium voice (1931)
  • Zwei Lieder von Ernst Ottwald, medium voice (1931)
  • Proletarische Selbstkritik, medium voice (1932)
  • Simple Songs for the People, medium voice (1929–1932)
  • Agitprop Lieder (1930–1933)
  • We Are One Driven Tortured Flock, baritone (1935)
  • Ssim Shalom (1936)
  • Three Songs for Medium Voice and Piano (1936)
  • Ve Hinehu, medium voice (1936?)
  • Two Songs for Alto and Piano from The Song of Songs (1937)
  • Vier Lieder für Alt oder Bariton und Klavier (1938)
  • Epitaph, low voice (1938)
  • Four Songs (1934–38)
  • If It Be My Fate, low voice (1938)
  • La-Menatzeach al Ha-Mecholot (To the Dancemaster), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano (1938)
  • Six Songs from the Hebrew (1936–1938, 1954)
  • Zwei Lieder für Bass und Klavier (1938)
  • Two Songs of Bialik (1938–1939)
  • Psalm 64 and Isaiah Chapter 35, soprano (1940)
  • Simple Music with Definitely Political Intentions for piano, band, or any other instrumental combination (1942)
  • Drei Lieder von Bertolt Brecht, alto (1943)
  • *Zwei Lieder aus Gedichte von Berthold Viertel, medium voice (1945)
  • Excerpts from Dr. Einstein's Address about Peace in the Atomic Era, medium voice (1950)
  • Apollo and Artemis, medium voice (1955)
  • The Angel, medium voice (1959)
  • Music for Medium Voice and Piano (1959)
  • Singables, medium voice (1959)
  • Under Green and Gold Step the Pioneer Bold (C.W. Post college song) (1959)
  • Täglich Schüttet Früh und Spät (undated)

Choral works

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  • Prolog fur Troilus und Cressida, SATB, cornet, trombone (1929)
  • Bauernlie, unison chorus (1930)
  • Ballade von Karl Schmidt aus der Grauen Stadt, unison chorus, piano (1930)
  • Tsedaktem Habonim Hatseirim (You Were Right), SATB (1936)
  • Songs from Ballad of the Unknown Soldier, SATB (1937)
  • Two Chinese Epitaphs for Mixed Chorus and Drums (1937)
  • Bim Komotenu (We Have a Court of Justice), SATB (1938)
  • Shir Hanapach (Song of the Blacksmith), SATB (1938)
  • Two Choral Songs, soprano, alto (1944)
  • Three Pieces for Mixed Chorus with Words from the Bible and a Piece by Gershon Shofman, SATB (1954)
  • The Way A Crow, SATB (1958)
  • All-Wielding God, SATB, chamber ensemble (1959)
  • To a Theater New, low voice, SATB, piano or guitar (1961)
  • When Evening Falls (C. W. Post college song), SATB (undated)

References

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  1. ^ Clarkson, Austin (June 1985). "The Works of Stefan Wolpe: A Brief Catalogue". MLA Notes. Second Series. 41 (4): 667–682. doi:10.2307/940850. JSTOR 940850.