List of compositions by Henrique Oswald explained

List of compositions by Brazilian composer Henrique Oswald, by genre.

Opera

• La croce d'oro [The Golden Cross], 3 acts (1872, unpublished, performances unknown)
• Il Neo (La mouche), Novelletta musicale in 3 piccoli quadri, 1 act (1900, libretto by Eduardo Filippi, after La mouche by Alfred de Musset; unpublished, performed in 1900?, 1925, 1929?; 1950 and/or 1952; 1954)
• Le Fate, Fiaba musicale in due parti [The Fairies], 2 acts, (1902-1903, libretto by Eduardo Filippi; unpublished, performances unknown)

Vocal with orchestra

• Invocação à arte [Invocation of the arts], for chorus and orchestra (1917)
• L'enseigne [The ensign], for solo voice and orchestra, in three parts (1917, French text by Jacques d'Avray, pseud. of ; there is a version of II arranged for voice and piano)

I. L'aveugle in G minor

II. Le troubadour in C major

III. L'enamourée in B minor

Sacred Music (complete list)

For mixed chorus

• Mass in C minor (Missa Solene) - SATB chorus, string orchestra, organ (1925, edited by Vasti Atique Ferraz de Toledo, 2009; there is a manuscript version omitting orchestra)
• Requiem in E minor (Missa de Réquiem) - SATB chorus, organ ad lib. (1925; edited by Susana Cecilia Igayara, 2001)
• Pater noster - SATB chorus, harmonium ad lib. (1926)
• Tantum ergo - SATB chorus, harmonium ad lib. (1930)

For female chorus

• 3 Motets for female chorus (1913, the grouping proposed by Susana Cecilia Igayara)
  • Ave Maria - SSAA chorus, harmonium ad lib.
  • Magnificat - SSAA chorus, harmonium ad lib.
  • O salutaris hostia - SSAA chorus, harmonium / SSAA chorus, string orchestra, organ
• 3 Motets for female chorus (1930, the grouping proposed by Susana Cecilia Igayara)
  • Tantum ergo - SSA chorus, harmonium
  • Veni Sancte Spiritus - SSA chorus, harmonium
  • Memorare - SSAA chorus, harmonium

For male chorus

• 3 Motets for male chorus (1930, a version of the same motets for female chorus)
  • Tantum ergo - TTB chorus, harmonium
  • Veni Sancte Spiritus - TTB chorus, harmonium
  • Memorare - TTBB chorus, harmonium

Unfinished

• Te Deum (only one-page sketch)

Symphony orchestra

Original compositions

• Suite d'orchestre (1884; dedicated to Pedro II of Brazil; unpublished; autograph marked Op.1)
• 'Festa', Symphonic poem (1885)
• Sinfonietta (Sinfonia) in D minor op. 27 (1897; edited as Sinfonia, Op. 27, in 2001)
• Symphonia in C major op. 43 (1910–11)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor
• Prelude and Fugue in B minor

Transcriptions for symphony orchestra

• Nocturno op. 6 nº 2
• 4º Nocturno
• Elegía (1896)
• Paysage d'automne
• En rêve
• Il neige!..
• Idylle op. 33 nº 2
• Sur la plage op. 33 nº 1

String orchestra

Original compositions

• Prelude and Fugue in C minor
• 6 Fugues
• Gavotte in F minor
• Minuet in D major
• Sarabande
• Scherzo
• 2 Romances
• Habanera in G major
• Prelude and Fugue in A flat major
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor

Transcriptions for string orchestra

• Sonhando
• Bebé S'endort op. 36 nº 1
• Serenade

Concertante

• Violin concerto in D minor (ca.1888; edited by M.G. Felice, 1997)^[1]
• Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 10 (1890; dedicated to Giuseppe Buonamici)
• Andante and Variations (Andante e Variações) in E minor for piano and orchestra (1918; edited by Eduardo Monteiro, 2002)

Chamber works

Violin and piano

• Violin Sonata in E major op. 36 (finished February 14, 1908)
• Canto elegíaco (1902)^[2]
• 3 Berceuses
• 2 Romances op. 37 (pub. 1908)
• Romance in E major op. 7 no. 2 (arranged from piano solo version; edited by Juliana D'Agostini and Eduardo Monteiro, 2007)^[3]
• Molto adagio
• Noturne

Cello and piano

• Cello Sonata in D minor op. 21 (1898, pub. 1982 by José Eduardo Martins; a second version of 1901 exists in autograph manuscript; a 1901 manuscript arrangement for double bass edited by Fausto Borém De Oliveira, 1993)^[4]
• Sonata-Fantasia in E major op. 44 (1915/1916, pub. 1982 by José Eduardo Martins; may be only the first movement of a not realized longer sonata)
• Elegy in F minor (1898)
• Berceuse (1898)
• Sognando in F [sic] major op. 3 no. 2 (arranged from piano solo version)

Other with piano

• Piano Trio in G minor op. 9 - piano, violin, cello (1889;^[5] edited by Helcio Vaz do Val, 2012)^[6]
• Piano Trio in D major op. 28 - piano, violin, cello (1897)
• Piano Trio in B minor op. 45 - piano, violin, cello (1916, published ca.1917/18)
• Sonatina (Piccolo trio) in F minor - piano, violin, cello
• 'Serrana' in F major - piano, violin, cello (1918/1925, published 1927)
• Piano Quartet No. 1 (Piccolo Quartetto) in F minor, op. 5 - piano, violin, viola, cello (1888)^[7]
• Piano Quartet No. 2 in G major op. 26 - piano, violin, viola, cello (second half of 1898; dedicated to Emilio Giorgetti; published by José Eduardo Martins, 2001)
• Piano Quintet in C major op. 18 - piano, 2 violins, viola, cello (1894/5, published 1937 by Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo; dedicated to Signora Karl Hillebrand)

Other without piano

• String Quartet No. 1 (Sonatina) op. 16 - 2 violins, viola, cello
• String Quartet No. 2 in E minor (Quarteto Brasileiro) op. 17 - 2 violins, viola, cello
• String Quartet No. 3 op. 39 - 2 violins, viola, cello (1908; dedicated to Francisco Braga)
• String Quartet No. 4 in C minor op. 46 - 2 violins, viola, cello (finished in July–August 1921)
• String Quartet op. 47 - 2 violins, viola, cello (June 1927, incomplete, 2 unfinished versions)
• 'Estudio-scherzo' in B minor for string quartet
• String Octet - 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (1899/1900)

Organ

• Fuga in E minor
• Petite maítrise fuga
• Prelúdio in A minor
• Prelúdio e Fuga in A major
• Prelúdio e Fuga in B minor
• Prelúdio e Fuga in F major
• Sonata in C major (1925, pub. 1931 by Ricordi)

Piano

Published

• Souveir-Polka in E major, op. 1
• Macchiette, op. 2 (12 pieces in 4 books): Le campane della sera, Scherzo, Valzer lento, Canzonetta, Ninna-nanna, Marcia, Romanza, Seconda Gavotta, Pastorale, Minuetto, Sarabanda, La caccia (published by Venturini)
• Pagine d'album (Fogli d'album), op. 3: Preludio, Sognando, Improptu, In Hamac, Romanza, Scherzo (no. 2 is 1885; published by Venturini)
  • No. 2 arranged for cello and piano
• Six Morceaux, op. 4: Valse, Rêverie, Menue, Berceuse, Barcarola, Impromptu (published by Venturini)
• Deux Nocturnes, op. 6 (published by Venturini)
• Trois Romances sans paroles,^[8] op. 7 (ca.1888; published by Venturini; dedicated to Mr. le Comte Alexandre Sigray de San Marzano)
  • No. 2 was arranged for violin and piano
• Trois Morceaux, op. 8: Valse, Polonaise, Tarantelle
• Deux Valses Caprice, op. 11 (published by Venturini)
• Quatre Morceaux, op. 12: Sérénade, Valse Impromptu, Berceuse, Tarantelle (published by Venturini)
• Seis peças para piano, op. 14: Berceuse, Mazurka, Tarantella, Barcarola, Noturno, Scherzo
• Sept Miniatures, op. 16: Confidência, Mazurka, Travessa, Ingenuidade, Doce Aflição, Saudade, Capricho
• Impromptu, op. 19
• Feuilles d´Album, op. 20: Inquietude, Chansonette, Feux Follets, Désir Ardent
• Trois Morceaux, op. 23: Menuet, Romance, Valse
• Deux Valses, op. 25
• Album, op. 32: Romance, Valse, Sérénade, Menuet
• Album, op. 33: Sur la Plage, Idyle, Pierrot
• Polonaise, op. 34 No. 1
• Album, op. 36: Bébé s'endort, Pierrot se Meurt, Chauve-Sourris
• Edição Escolar: Pequena Marcha, Valsa, Primeira Marcha, Segunda Marcha, Gavotta, Triste, Chansonette, Folha d' Album, Valsa Lenta, Mazurka, Tarantella, Scherzando.
• Un Revê
• En Nacelle
• Sérénade Grise
• Sérénade
• Serenatella
• Il neige!..
• Valsa lenta op. posth.
• Trois Études op. 42
• Estudo (posthumous edition)
• Étude pour la main gauche (1921, pub.1982)
• Scherzo-Étude (1902, pub. 1982)
• Variações sobre um tema de Barrozo Netto (1918/1919)

Unpublished

• Mazurka (1872)
• Barcarola No.2 (1872)
• Marcia religiosa (1873)
• Berceuse orientale (ca.1870s)
• Quand te reverrais-je? (1876)
• Romance sans paroles (1876)
• 3 Romances sans paroles (1878): Bonheur, Agitato, La plante [?] / La houle [?]^[9]
• Nocturne (1883)
• Menueto (1883)
• Gavotte (1883)
• Berceuse (1886)
• Lento e espressivo (1887)
• Vivacissimo (1887)
• Tema e variações
• Marchons
• Molto allegro
• Hino da família Oswald unida (1907)

Voice with piano (complete list)

First period (1872–1879)

• Ave Maria in F major, for voice and piano or harmonium (1872, Latin text; pub. by Bevilacqua, dedicated to Oswald's mother; new version for mezzo-soprano 1876)
• Romanza in C major (1879, Italian text by Oswald's father-in-law Ottavio Gasperini; inedited)
• Romanza in C minor (1879, Italian text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited, only incomplete manuscript)
• Stornello in E minor (1879, Italian text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited)
• Berceuse in B major (1879, French text by Oswald's wife Laudomia; inedited)

Second period (1897–1904)

• Ave! in D major (1897, Italian text by Solone Monti; dedicated to Sophia da Silva Prado; published without publisher name)
  • Ave! (version in Portuguese; first performed on September 2, 1903 by Ottavio Frosini in Rio de Janeiro; published by Ricordi Brasileira)
• Habanera in E minor (1898, Portuguese text by unknown author; inedited)
• Non ti svegliar in G major (1900, Italian text by Eduardo Filippi; arrangement of a Berceuse from Oswald's opera Il Neo; first performed on September 2, 1903 by Ottavio Frosini in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua in supplement to Renascença No. 1, 1904)
• Ophelia (Ofélia), Poemetto lirico, in 5 parts (1901, Italian text by Solone Monti; first performed: IV–V on November 13, 1903, I on November 16, 1903, complete cycle on October 29, 1905; published by Genesio Venturini, 1904; III and V were orchestrated by Oswald; manuscripts of I, III an V are marked Op.31)

I. (no title) in A major

II. Ophelia in D major

III. Il genio della foresta in E minor

IV. L'angelo del cimitero in G major

V. La morta in E major

• A Anunciação in E minor (1903, Portuguese text by Coelho Neto; part of Neto's Partoral with music by four different composers: Prelúdio by Santana Gomes, A Anunciação by Oswald, A Visitação by Francisco Braga and Natal by Alberto Nepomuceno; published by Bevilacqua, 1904)

Third period (1910–1921)

• Minha estrela in E major (1916; Portuguese text by Esther Ferreira Vianna; dedicated to singer Frederico Nascimento Filho; first performed on August 10, 1916 by Carlos de Carvalho in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua; a manuscript with orchestrated version exists)
• Aos sinos! in D major (1916, Portuguese text by Olavo Bilac; dedicated to Carlos de Carvalho; first premiered by him in August 1916 in Rio de Janeiro; published by Bevilacqua)
• Cantiga bohemia in A minor (1916; Portuguese text by Olegário Mariano; dedicated to Carlos de Carvalho; first premiered by him in August 1916 in Rio de Janeiro; inedited)
• Le troubadour in C major (1917, French text by Jacques d'Avray, pseud. of ; arrangement of second part of Oswald's L'enseigne for voice and orchestra; inedited)
• Mendigo! in D major (1921, Portuguese text by unknown author; inedited)

Works without artistic pretenses

• Ad una rondinella in E major (1874, Italian text by unknown author; dedicated to Maria Tosi; inedited)
• Cris du coeur in B major (undated; French text by unknown author; Oswald's authourship is dubious; piano part in pencil; inedited)
• Hino para a 1a comunhão in E major (undated; Portuguese text by Maria Gertrudes Bicalho Oswald; inedited)
• Hynno in B major (undated; Portuguese text by count Affonso Celso; dedicated to Cardeal Arcoverde; inedited)
• Les adieux fraternels in F major (undated; French text by unknown author; piano part not composed; Oswald's authourship is dubious; inedited)
• Vêm às nossas mãos floridas... in F major (undated; Portuguese text by unknown author; at two points a chorus is indicated; inedited)
• Canto da coroação in C major (1919; Portuguese text by unknown author; dedicated to Antonio Pinto, vicar of Campo Grande; inedited)

Sources consulted

• Book: José Eduardo Martins. Henrique Oswald: músico de uma saga romântica. 1995. EdUSP. 978-85-314-0302-6. 199–201.
• Book: Miguel Ficher. Martha Furman Schleifer. John M. Furman. Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. 16 October 2002. Scarecrow Press. 978-1-4616-6911-1. 414.
• LATIN AMERICAN & HISPANIC-AMERICAN ORGAN MUSIC: Compiled by James Welch and Calvert Johnson, 2008
• Cássia Paula Fernandes Bernardino. Ofélia, poemeto lírico de Henrique Oswald: confluências entre música e texto. São Paulo, 2009
• Susana Cecilia Igayara. Henrique Oswald e a música vocal. Revista Glosas. Revista do Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa, v. 9, p. 19-25. Setembro 2015.

Notes and References

1. M.G. Felice. Edição crítica do concerto para violino e orquestra em ré menor de Henrique Oswald. 1997. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Escola de Música, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
2. Cássia Paula Fernandes Bernardino. Ofélia, poemeto lírico de Henrique Oswald: confluências entre música e texto. São Paulo, 2009
3. Juliana D'Agostini, Eduardo Monteiro. Edição crítica do Romance op. 7 no. 2, para violino e piano, de Henrique Oswald / XVII Congresso da ANPPOM, São Paulo, 2007.
4. Lucia Cervini. Interpretação em Henrique Oswald: transformações entre o allegro agitato da sonata op. 21 e a sonata-fantasia op. 44 para violoncelo e piano. 2001. 215 p. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes, Campinas, SP.
5. 1884 found in one of the manuscripts is incorrect.
6. Helcio Vaz do Val. Trio op. 9 de Henrique Oswald: uma edição crítica. 2012
7. Book: Henrique Oswald. Quarteto em sol maior opus 26, piano, violino, viola e violoncelo. 2001. EdUSP. 978-85-314-0628-7. 25.
8. Sic. Not just Romances.
9. Recorded by Nahim Marun. In this recording the third romance is called La houle.