List of compositions by Geirr Tveitt explained

This is a list of compositions by the 20th-century Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt. Since a sizable corpus of his works are lost, and since there are pieces that have been assigned an Opus number, but without names, pieces will be presented here as that.

By Opus number

NameOpusInstruments/voices usedNotes
Three sonatas for Solo Violin (lost)1Solo ViolinIn and interview for NRK 14 February 1977, Tveitt
claims that the first Opus wasn't for piano, but for violin.
He mentions that his first Opus was "Two-part Slått for piano".
"12 Two-part Inventions for piano" was published and is now known as
Op. 1, most likely because it was his first work which was published.
12 Two-part Inventions for piano2PianoFirst published as Op. 1 on Breitkopf & Härtel in 1930.
12 Three-part Inventions for piano (partially lost)3PianoAll movements but the fifth, Alegretto grazioso, are lost.
12 Four-part Inventions for piano (partially lost)4PianoAll movements but the third, Presto feroce, are lost.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major5Piano and orchestra
12 Five-part Inventions for piano (lost)6Piano
14 Etudes (lost)7Piano
Prillar8Orchestra
Fantasy for Cello and Piano (lost)9Cello and Piano
Concert halling in E lydian and F dorian10unknown, possibly Violin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat major "Hommage á Ravel"?(lost)11?Piano and orchestra,
later version for 2 pianos
unknown12-53unknown
Concerto pour Saxophone et Orchestra (lost)54Saxophone and Orchestra
unknown55-80unknown
Baldurs draumar81Orchestra
unknown82-90unknown
Baldurs draumar (partially lost)91PianoArrangement of Op. 81
unknown92-103unknown
Dragaredokko (lost?)104Orchestra/piano
unknown105-107unknown
The Ocean108Piano
unknown109-125unknown
Piano Concerto No. 3 "Hommage á Brahms (lost)126Piano and orchestraAlthough the work is lost, there is a recording of the piece.
Since 2011 there have been plans of reconstructing it.
unknown127-128unknown
Piano Sonata No. 29129Piano
Piano Concerto No. 4 130Piano and Orchestra
unknown131unknown
Aeolian Harp 132PianoAlthough a recording of Tveitt himself playing the piece exists,
it differs radically from the only known, existent autograph score.
It is possible that the recording is based on a later version
of this piece which did not survive the fire, since
the recording was made a few years after the score was completed.
If this is true, then the final version of the piece is lost.
unknown133-149unknown
Fifty Folk-Tunes from Hardanger150Piano
A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger
Suite No. 1 (1-15)
151OrchestraPartial arrangements of Op. 150
A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger
Suite No. 2 (16-30)
A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger
Suite No. 3 (31-45) (lost)
A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger
Suite No. 4 (46-60)
A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger
Suite No. 5 (61-75)
A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger
Suite No. 6 (76-100) (lost)
unknown152unknown
Nótt ok Dagr (Night and Day)153Bariton and piano
unknown154-155unknown
Piano Concerto No. 5156Piano and orchestra
unknown157-162unknown
Concerto No. 1 For Harding Fiddle and Orchestra163Harding Fiddle and Orchestra
Husguden?164unknown
unknown165unknown
7 Sivlesongs166unknown
Kjikarten167unknown
unknown168-169unknown
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra No. 2170Harp and Orchestra
unknown171-182unknown
Symphony No. 1 (Christmas)183Orchestra
The House God184Orchestra
unknown185-186unknown
Nykken187Orchestra
unknown188-202unknown
Sinfonietta di soffiatori203Orchestra
Det gamle kvernhuset204Orchestra
unknown205-242unknown
Songs to Poems by Olav H. Hauge243Voice and Piano
244-245
Songs to Poems by Aslaug Låstad Lygre246Voice and Piano
unknown247-248unknown
Songs to Poems by Knut Horvei249Voice and Piano
Jeppe250Orchestra and soloistsOpera
unknown251unknown
Concerto No. 2 for Harding Fiddle (Three Fjords)252Harding Fiddle and OrchestraEach movement is based on a fjord in Norway.
The Hardangerfjord, Sognefjord and the Nordfjord.

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