This is a list of compositions by Stanisław Moniuszko.
Work | Form | Composed | Libretto | Première |
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Biuraliści (The Bureaucrats) | operetta in one act | c. 1835 | I F Skarbeck | unperformed |
Nocleg w Apeninach (A Night in the Apennines) | operetta in one act | c. 1837-9 | A Fredro | Vilnius, 1839 |
Cudowna woda (The Miraculous Water) | operetta in two acts, lost except overture | 1840-1 | ||
Ideał, czyli Nowe Precjoza (Perfection, or The New Preciosa) | operetta in two acts | c. 1841 | O Milewski | Vilnius, 1840 |
Karmaniol, czyli Francuzi lubią żartować (Carmagnole, or The French Like Joking) | operetta | c. 1840-1 | O Milewski (after Théaulon de Torges and E Jaime) | unperformed |
Nowy Don Kichot, czyl Sto szaleństw (The New Don Quixote, or 100 Follies) | operetta in three acts | 1841 | A Fredro (after M de Cervantes) | Lwów 1849 Warsaw, 1923 |
Żółta szlafmyca (The Yellow Nightcap) | operetta | c. 1841 | F Zablocki | lost |
Loteria (The Lottery) | operetta in one act | c. 1842-3 | O Milewski | Minsk, 1843 |
Cyganie (The Gypsies) (revised as Jawnuta 1860) | operetta | c. 1852 | F D Kniaźnin | Vilnius, 20 May 1852 |
Beata | operetta in one act | c. 1870-1 | Jan Chęciński | Warsaw, 2 February 1872 |
Pobór rekrutów (Conscription) | operetta | 1842 | Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich | lost |
Work | Form | Composed | Libretto | Première | |
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Halka | opera in two acts, later enlarged to four acts | c. 1847–8 & 1857 | Włodzimierz Wolski (after Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki) | Vilnius, 1 January 1848 | |
Sielanka (Idyll) | opera in two acts | c. 1848? | Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich | Minsk, 9 February 1852 | |
Betty | comic opera in two acts | c. 1852 | F Schober (after Scribe and Mélesville) | Vilnius, 20 May 1852 | |
Flis (The Raftsman) | opera in one act | c. 1858 | S Boguslawski | Warsaw, 24 September 1858 | |
Rokiczana (The King of Peasants) | incomplete | c. 1859 | J Korzeniowski | unperformed | |
Hrabina (The Countess) | opera in three acts | c. 1859 | Włodzimierz Wolski | Warsaw, 7 February 1860 | |
Jawnuta | opera in two acts | c. 1860 | Warsaw 5 June 1860 | ||
Verbum nobile | opera in one act | c. 1860 | Jan Chęciński | Warsaw, 1 January 1861 | |
Straszny Dwór (The Haunted Manor) | opera in four acts | c. 1861–4 | Jan Chęciński (after Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki) | Warsaw, 28 September 1865 | |
Paria | opera in three acts with prologue | c. 1859–69 | Jan Chęciński (after a play by Delavigne) | Warsaw, 11 December 1869 | |
Trea | incomplete | c. 1872 | J Jasiński after a Femish legend | unperformed | |
Nowy dziedzic (The New Landlord) | incomplete | undated | unperformed | ||
Sen wieszcza (The Seer's Dream) | incomplete | undated | Władysław Syrokomla after J B Rosier and A de Leuven | unperformed | |
Walka muzyków (The Musicians' Struggle) | incomplete | undated | Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich | lost |
Work | Form | Composed | Text | Première | |
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Milda | cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra | 1848 | J.I. Kraszewski, after Witolorauda | Vilnius, 18 December 1848 | |
Nijoła (Wundyny | cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra | after 1848 | partly from Witolorauda | Vilnius, 8 March 1852 | |
Florian Szary (The Grey) | ballad from unfinished opera Rokiczana for baritone solo, choir and orchestra | 1858-9 | J. Korzeniowski | Warsaw, 16 December 1860 | |
Widma (The Ghosts) | cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra | before 1859 | Adam Mickiewicz, after Dziady (The Forefathers) | Warsaw, 1865 | |
Sonety krymskie (Crimean Sonnets) | cantata (8 sonnets) for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra | 1867 | Adam Mickiewicz | Warsaw, 16 February 1868 | |
Pani Twardowska | ballad for solo voices, choir and orchestra | 1869 | Adam Mickiewicz | Warsaw, December 1869 | |
Kurmine | cantata | unfinished |
Work | Form | Composed | Text | Première |
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Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.1 in F major | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra | 1843[1] | Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin) | |
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.2 in F major | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra | 1849 | Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin) | |
Pieśni żałobne do mszy świętej za dusze zmarłych (Polish funeral mass) in D minor | solo voices, mixed choir and organ | 1850 ca.[2] | Alojzy Feliński | |
Polish Mass in E minor | female choir (2 sopranos, alto) and organ | 1855 | A.E. Odyniec (Polish), Achilles Bonoldi (Latin) | |
Polish Mass in A minor | female choir (soprano, alto) and organ | 1856 ca. | A.E. Odyniec | 1857 or earlier |
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.3 in E minor | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra | before 1854 | Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin) | |
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.4 in C major | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra | 1855 | Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin) | |
Latin Mass in E-flat major | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet | 1865 | Latin | Warsaw, 26 November 1865 |
Latin Mass in D-flat major | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet | 1870[3] | Latin | Warsaw, September/October 1871 |
Msza żałobna (Funeral Mass) in G minor | solo voices, mixed choir, organ | 1871 ca. | Requiem (Latin) | |
Polish Mass in B-flat major "Piotrowinska" (Piotrowin Mass) | solo voices, mixed choir and organ | 1872 | Józef Wojewódzki | Warsaw, 19 May 1872 |
Work | Form | Composed | Text | Première | |
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Oto drzewo krzyza (Ecce lignum crucis) | motet for baritone solo, mixed choir and organ | 1872 | Latin or Polish translation by M. Kotarbinski | Warsaw, 29 March 1872 | |
Modlitwa Panska "Ojcze nasz" in E minor (The Lord's Prayer "Our Father") | 4-part mixed choir and orchestra or organ | Warsaw, 17 June 1859 | |||
Psalm "Ne memineris" | solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet | Latin | |||
Psalm "Vide humilitatem meam" | mixed choir, sting quintet and organ | Polish | |||
Requiem aeternam | 11 solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra |
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