List of compositions by César Franck explained

Most of César Franck's works seem to have been published during his lifetime, although only 21 works received a publisher's opus number. The mature published works were catalogued by Wilhelm Mohr in his Franck Werke Verzeichnis (FWV). He divided Franck's compositions into two main groups: instrumental works, M.1-48, and vocal works, M.49-91, arranging them by genre, and by composition date order within each genre.

The CFF catalogue (see § External links) compiled by Joël-Marie Fauquet (published in 1999) details almost every known work by Franck, including many not listed by Mohr. In addition, many dates are listed in Fauquet's catalogue that are incorrect in Mohr's, or missing altogether.

In 2022, a critical 8-volume edition of the complete organ and harmonium works by Franck was published by Lyrebird Music, which follows the CFF catalogue and includes previously unpublished compositions.[1] [2]

Juvenile works

Franck wrote a number of juvenile works between 1834-1837 to which he assigned an opus number; he later disowned these early works, except the Premiere Grande Fantaisie Op. 12 (1836), which he occasionally played in later life. These opus numbers are not to be confused with his mature published works, published with or without an opus number. Franck started the Opus numbering twice (as child prodigy, and again in the early 1840s). Fauquet proposed to write the earlier numbers with a prefixed 0 (e.g., Deuxième grand Concerto is marked Op. 011 instead of Op. 11).

Compositions

Organ

Harmonium

Piano

Chamber Music

Orchestra

Sacred Vocal Music

Oratorios

Operas

Songs

References

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    Notes and References

    1. https://lyrebirdmusic.com/product/lbmp-057-cesar-franck-integrale-de-loeuvre-dorgue-volumes-i-iv/ César Franck: Intégrale de l’œuvre d’orgue –– Vol. I–IV
    2. https://lyrebirdmusic.com/product/lbmp-057-cesar-franck-integrale-de-loeuvre-dorgue-volumes-v-viii/ César Franck: Intégrale de l’œuvre d’orgue –– Vol. V–VIII
    3. The work is lost or may never have been composed.
    4. The work is probably lost; the symphony was premiered on 16 February 1841 at the Société d’Orléans.
    5. The work ist lost.
    6. Another version: 1856, CFF 54b.
    7. Other versions: 1856 (CFF 53a), 1862 (CFF 53b) and 1868 (CFF 53c).
    8. Version for harmonium and piano (c. 1862), FWV 30a / CFF 30a.
    9. Another version: ca. 1865, CFF 35a (First edition 2024).
    10. Originally the finale of the "Trio Concertant" pp. 1 no. 3 (1842), FWV 3/ CFF 113.
    11. According to Fauquet, the work is lost (with the exception of “O Salutaris”). The only reference to the existence of this work is Vincent d'Indy's catalog.
    12. Final version 1872, CFF 203b.