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List of compositions by Antonio Salieri

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Portrait of Salieri by Joseph Willibrord Mähler

This is a list of musical compositions by Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), organized by genre. Together, the opus consists of approximately 652 works.

Secular vocal music

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Operas

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Insertion arias and ensembles

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  • "Addio carina bella" (Meng.) aria in G major for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Affé questa sera grandissima" - "Una domina? Una nipote?" (Don Anchise) arie & recitative for bass and orchestra (1775?), for P. Anfossi's "La finta giardiniera"?
  • "Ah ciel che noja è questa" - fragment -
  • "Ah dove amici" recitative for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Ah non siete ogni si facile" (Tenast) aria for tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "Alla speranza" (Galatea) aria for soprano and Orchestra, for?
  • "All'idea del gran mistero" aria in A major for soprano, choir and orchestra, for?
  • "Anch'io nello specchio talora" aria in E major for soprano and orchestra (1771), for?
  • "Cedo l'intatto pegno" (Dely - Davidde) duet for soprano, tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "Che mi s'appresti?" (Capitano) aria in C major for bass and orchestra (1775), for?
  • "[...] che strane vicende" (Ros. - Fior. - Pasq. - Fulg.) fragmentary finale of an opera (Atto II), for A. Felici's "La novità"?
  • "Chi vuol la zingara" Duett für zwei Soprane und Orchester, für?
  • "Dall'uso parigino il bello, il sopraffino" aria in C major for soprano and orchestra (1773), for?
  • "Del morir le angoscie adesso" scene and aria for tenor and orchestra
  • "Denke nicht der Zeit der Schmerzen" duet for soprano, tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "Dico sol, che la padrona" (Lena) aria for soprano and orchestra, for "La Locandiera"?
  • "D'oro saranno i letti" (Fulg.) aria in D major for bass and orchestra (1775), for?
  • "Dottorini saputelli" (Clar.) arie for soprano and orchestra (1774), for?
  • "Eccomi al punto ch'io già tanta temei" fragmentary aria for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Fate largo al gran Pasquino" (Pasquino) aria in D major for bass and orchestra (1775), for A. Felici's "La novità"?
  • "Figlia mia diletta" trio for soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Fra tanto pietre brune" (Polidoro) recitative for bass and orchestra (1785?), für D. Cimarosa's "L'Italiana in Londra"?
  • "Goder lasciatemi" (Gianetta) aria for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Gran diavolo!" (Uberto) aria in F major for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Guarda in quel volto" aria in E-flat major for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Ho perduto la mia pace" (Brettone) aria for tenor and orchestra (1775), for G. Paisiello's "L'innocenza fortunata"?
  • "Ho stampato libri in foglio" aria for tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "Il pargoletto amabile" aria in A major for tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "In tuo favore mi parla il core" duet for two sopranos and orchestra, for?
  • "Io contento", recitative, for?
  • "Io di nuovo vel ripeto" aria for soprano and orchestra (1777), for?
  • "Io lo dico e il posso dire" trio for alto, tenor, bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Io non so che pensare" recitative and cavatina for tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "La donna è sempre instabile" (Belfusio) aria for tenor and orchestra, for "La fiera di Venezia"?
  • "La mia morosa me l'ha fatta" (Sandrina) aria for soprano and orchestra, for "Il talismano"?
  • "L'amour est un dieu" Canzone for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "La sposa se cedo" aria for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Le diras, che il campione" (Gusman) aria for bass and orchestra (1775), for?
  • "Le Inconvenienze teatrali" quartet for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and orchestra, for?
  • "L'introduco immantinente" - "Quando ho visto il dottorino" (Rosina) recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra (1776), for "La finta scema"
  • "Madame vezzosissima" (Zeffirina - Valerio) fragmentary recitative and duet, for?
  • "Ma quai mali intorno al core" aria for tenor and orchestra
  • "Ma quale agli occhi miei" (Conte) recitative, for?
  • "Mia vaga Dorilla" aria for Bass and orchestra (1775), for B. Galuppi's "Il marchese villano"
  • "Moriam, moriam mia vita" recitative and duet for soprano, tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "Nel mio seno" aria, for?
  • "Non per parlar d'amore" (Laurina) aria in E-flat major for soprano and orchestra, for N. Piccinni's "L'astretta"
  • "Non temer che d'altri" (Falsirena) aria for soprano and orchestra (1779), for "La fiera di Venezia"
  • "Non veste alla moda" (Aga.) aria for bass and orchestra (1774), for?
  • "Non vi fidate" aria for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Oh che donna che matta" (Peppino), recitative, for?
  • "Oh me infelice - Allor potrei" recitative and aria, for?
  • "Oh qual sorpasso giubilo" (Pilemone) aria in F major für bass and orchestra, for "Eraclito e Democrito"?
  • "Oh quanti veggarsi" (Cardano) aria for tenor and orchestra, for "Il talismano"?
  • "Oh sancte inviete" aria for soprano and orchestra (1775), for?
  • "Padrona stimatissima" (Pasquino) aria in D major for bass and orchestra, for A. Felici's "La novità"?
  • "Parlaste d'un cappone" aria for bass and orchestra (1776), for?
  • "Pasquino avrà quest'ora" recitative, for A. Felici's "La novità"?
  • "Paterio giudizio" aria for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Per amore io già vancillo" (Perillo) aria for tenor and orchestra (1770), for?
  • "Perder sogetto amato" duet for two sopranos and orchestra, for?
  • "Per voi s'avanzi" aria for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Qual densa notte" (Artalice - Chabri - Nehemia - Chor) finale of an opera, for?
  • "Quando sarà mia sposa" (Capitano) aria for bass and orchestra (1775), for?
  • "Quest'è un mar di confusione" quartet for sopran, alto, tenor, bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Rasserena nel tuo barbaro" fragmentary aria, for?
  • "Sans argent et sans crédit" (Boschetto - Pirati - Lauretta) scene with orchestra (1768), for?
  • "Scomodarmi da palazzo e trattarmi in questa guisa" aria in F major for soprano and orchestra (1775), for?
  • "Se amor m'ha dato in testa, se mi far delirare" aria for soprano and orchestra (1776), for?
  • "Se credessi di volare" (Peppino) aria in E-flat major for bass and orchestra (1774), for?
  • "Se Dio veder tu vuoi" (Achio - Azia) duet, for?
  • "Se tu vedessi il core" (Isabella) aria in G major for soprano and strings, for B. Galuppi's "Il villano geloso"
  • "Signor mio scrivete bene" (Pasquino) aria in F major for bass and orchestra (1775), for A. Felici's "La novità"?
  • "S'odo, o duce" (Epponina - Voadice - Sabino - Arminio - Annio) finale of an opera (1785?), for G. Sarti's "Giulio Sabino"
  • "Son dama, ma so l'arte ancor delle plebe" (Polissena) aria in B-flat major for soprano and orchestra (1774), for G. Paisiello's "Il tamburo (notturno)"
  • "Son nipote d'un togato" (Isabella) aria in F major for soprano and strings, for B. Galuppi's "Il villano geloso"
  • "Talor non si comprende" aria for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Tenero cor" recitative and cavatina for soprano and orchestra (1780), for?
  • "Tu che ferita sei" aria for tenor and orchestra, for "Il barone di Rocca antica"?
  • "Tutte le furie unite in questo petto io sento" aria for soprano and orchestra (1776), for?
  • "Tutti dicon che la moglie" aria for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Una domina? una nipote?" - see: aria "Affé questa saria grandissima" -
  • "Un bel marito" aria for soprano and orchestra, for?
  • "Un pescatore mi pare amore" aria for bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Vedi ben che queste scene" trio for soprano, alto, bass and orchestra, for?
  • "Venga su la finestra" aria for tenor, choir and orchestra, for?
  • "Venissi cari, l'affare è serio" (Patenio) aria for bass and orchestra (1777), for?
  • "Verdammter Streich" (Mauser) aria for tenor and orchestra, for?
  • "[...] vicino a perdere l'amato ben" fragmentary aria, for?
  • "Villottino mio bellino" (Lisetta) aria for alto and orchestra (1775), for?
  • aria (Polissena) for soprano and orchestra (1774), for G. Paisiello's "Il tamburo (notturno)"
  • finale of an opera for three sopranos, two tenors, bass and orchester (1779), for "La scuola de'gelosi"?

Ballets and incidental music

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  • Ballet in 7 movements for "L'Europa riconosciuta" (1778)
  • Ballet in 16 movements
  • Ballet in 10 movements
  • Ballet in 8 movements
  • Fragmentary ballet
  • Overture, four incidental pieces and nine choirs for "Die Hussiten vor Naumburg" by August von Kotzebue (1803)

Secular cantatas

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  • Cantata per le nozze di Francesco I for soloists, choir and orchestra (1808)
  • Der Tyroler Landsturm for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, double choir, orchestra and speaker (1799)[1]
  • Die vier Tageszeiten for choir and orchestra (1819)
  • Du, dieses Bundes Fels for choir and orchestra
  • Habsburg for tenor, bass, choir and orchestra (1805/06)
  • Il Trionfo della Gloria e della Virtù for two sopranos, tenor, choir and orchestra (1774 or 1775)
  • La Riconoscenza for soprano, choir of five voices and orchestra (1796)
  • La Riconoscenza de' Tirolesi for choir and Orchester (1800)
  • La Sconfitta di Borea for soloists, choir and orchestra (1774 or 1775)
  • Lasset uns nahen alle for tenor, bass, choir and Orchester
  • Le Jugement dernier for tenor, choir and orchestra (1787/88)
  • L'Oracolo muto for soloists, choir and orchestra (1802/03)
  • Wie eine purpur Blume for two sopranos, choir and orchestra

Secular choirs

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  • "An den erwünschten Frieden im Jahr 1814" for choir and orchestra (1814)
  • "An die Religion" for choir a cappella (1814) - there is also a version for SATB choir with basso continuo. This work was intended for choir and orchestra, but in manuscript, only 1st Violin part is noted occasionally.
  • "Bei Gelegenheit des Friedens" for soprano solo, tenor, bass and orchestra (1800)
  • "Beide reichen Dir die Hand" for choir - fragment -
  • "Del redentore lo scempio" for choir and orchestra (ca. 1805)
  • "Der Vorsicht Gunst beschütze, beglücktes Österreich, dich" for choir and orchestra (1813) - new version of the final movement of "Der Tyroler Landsturm" (1799) -
  • "Dio serva Francesco" for choir and orchestra
  • "Do re mi fa" for choir a cappella (1818)
  • "Es schallen die Töne" for choir and orchestra
  • "Herzliche Empfindung bey dem so lange ersehnten und nun hergestellten Frieden im Jahr 1814" for choir and orchestra (1814)
  • "O Friede, reich am Heil des Herrn" - see: "Herzliche Empfindung bey dem so lange ersehnten und nun hergestellten Frieden im Jahr 1814" -
  • "Hinab in den Schoß der Amphitrite" for choir and orchestra (from "Danaus"?)
  • "Il piacer la gioia" for choir and orchestra
  • "Ogni bosco, ogni pendice" for choir and orchestra
  • "Religion, Du Himmelstochter" - see: "An die Religion" -
  • "Schweb herab, o holder Seraph Friede" - see: "An den erwünschten Frieden im Jahr 1814" -
  • "Schwer lag auf unserem Vaterlande" - see: "Rückerinnerung der Deutschen nell'anno 1813" -
  • "Rückerinnerung der Deutschen nell'anno 1813" for choir and orchestra (1813/14)
  • Songs, ensembles and canons with or without piano - approximately 340 works -

Sacred vocal music

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Oratories and sacred cantatas

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  • Davidde for soloists, choir and orchestra (1791) - fragment -
  • Gesù al limbo for soloists, choir and orchestra (1803)
  • La passione di Gesù Cristo for soloists, choir and Orchester (1776)
  • Le Jugement dernier for tenor, choir and orchestra (1787/88) - see above -
  • Saul for soloists, choir and orchestra (1791) - fragment -

Masses and single movements

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  • Mass in C major for choir a Cappella (1767) - also known as Missa Stylo a Cappella
  • Mass in D major for choir and orchestra (1788) - called Hofkapellmeistermesse
  • Mass in C major for double choir and orchestra (1799) - called Proklamationsmesse
  • Mass in D minor for soloists, choir and orchestra (1805)
  • Mass in B-flat major for soloists, choir and orchestra (1809)
  • Kyrie in C major for soloists, choir and orchestra (1812) - part of an unfinished mass -
  • Kyrie in F major for choir and orchestra - a fragment -

Requiem masses

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  • Requiem in C minor for soloists, choir and orchestra (1804)
  • Requiem in D minor for choir and orchestra (c. 1815–20) - fragment -

Graduals

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  • "Ad te levavi animam meam" in E-flat major for choir and orchestra
  • "A solis ortu" pro Festo SS. Corporis Christi, in C major for choir and orchestra (1810)
  • "Benedicam Dominum" pro Dominica 12ma post Pentecostem aut de Tempore, in B-flat major for choir and orchestra
  • "Improperium" in c minor for choir a Cappella (1810)
  • "Justorum animae" in A major for choir and orchestra
  • "Liberasti nos, Domine" pro Dominica XXIII. et ultima post Pentecostem, in D major for choir and orchestra (1799)
  • "Magna opera Domini" da tempore, in D major for choir and orchestra (1810)
  • "Spiritus meus" in d minor for choir and orchestra (1820)
  • "Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo" de SS. Trinitate, in D major for choir and orchestra
  • "Veni Sancte Spiritus" in B-flat major for choir and orchestra (1800)
  • "Veni Sancte Spiritus" pro Festo Pentecostem, in B-flat major for choir and orchestra (1805)
  • "Venite gentes" in C major for double choir and orchestra (1799)
  • "Vox tua mi Jesu" in C major for choir and orchestra (1774)

Offertories

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  • "Alleluja (deinde) Bonum est" in D major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Alleluja" in D major for choir and orchestra (1774) - 1788 reused as "Amen"-Fugue in the "Gloria" of the Mass in D major -
  • "Assumpta est Maria" in C major for choir and orchestra (1799)
  • "Audite vocem magnam" in C major for Chor und orchestra (1809)
  • "Beatus vir, qui non abit" in D major for soloists, choir and orchestra
  • "Benedixisti Domine" in F major for choir a cappella
  • "Benedixisti Domine" in F major for choir a cappella
  • "Cantate Domino omnis terra" in C major for double choir and orchestra (1799)
  • "Confirma hoc Deus" in C major for soloists, choir and orchestra (1809)
  • "Desiderium animae" in F major for soprano, alto, bass and orchestra
  • "Domine, Dominus noster" in G major for choir and orchestra (1812)
  • "Dum corde pio" in C major for choir, double-bass and organ
  • "Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus" in C major for choir and orchestra (1806)
  • "Gloria et honor(e)" in C major for choir and orchestra (1809)
  • "Jubilate Deo" in A major for choir and orchestra
  • "Justus ut palma" in B-flat major for choir and orchestra
  • "Lauda Sion Salvatorem" in C major for choir and orchestra (1805)
  • "Laudate Dominum omnes gentes" in D major for choir and orchestra (1809)
  • "Magna et mirabilia sunt opera tua" in C major for choir and orchestra (1809)
  • "Magna opera Domini" in C major for chor and orchestra (1812)
  • "Miserere nostri" in g minor for choir and orchestra (1805)
  • "Miserere nostri" in E-flat major for choir and orchestra (1803)
  • "O altitudo divitiarium" in C major for choir and orchestra (1809)
  • "O quam bonus et suavis est" in B-flat major for soloists, choir and orchestra
  • "Populi timente sanctum nomen Domini" in E-flat major choir and orchestra (1778)
  • "Salve Regina" in D major for choir and orchestra (1815)
  • "Salve Regina" (on German words) in G major for choir and organ
  • "Salve Regina" in B-flat major for choir and orchestra
  • "Salvum fac populum" (1805) - lost -
  • "Si ambulavero in medio" in g minor for choir and orchestra (1809)
  • "Sub tuum praesidium" in B-flat major for choir and orchestra (1820)
  • "Tui sunt coeli" in C major for choir and orchestra
  • "Tui sunt coeli" in E-flat major for choir and orchestra

Psalms

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  • Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (Psalm 112) in D major for two tenors, choir and orchestra
  • Confitebor Domine in B-flat major for choir and orchestra
  • De profundis (Psalm 130) in F minor for choir, bass and organ (1815)
  • De profundis in G minor for choir and orchestra (1805)
  • Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110) in G major for choir and orchestra
  • Lauda Jerusalem Dominum (Psalm 147) in C major for choir and orchestra (1815)
  • Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 113) in G major for choir of six voices and orchestra

Canticles

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  • Magnificat in C major for choir and orchestra (1815)
  • Magnificat in F major for two-part choir and orchestra (1815)

Litanies

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  • Litania di B.M.V. in F major for soloists, choir and orchestra
  • Litania pro Sabbato Sancto in B-flat major for choir a cappella (1820)

Hymns

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  • "Coelestis urbs Jerusalem" Hymnus de dedicatione Ecclesiae, in A major for choir and orchestra
  • "Genitori" in F major for soprano, choir and orchestra
  • "In te Domine speravi" in E-flat major for two sopranos and bass (1817)
  • "Tantum ergo" in C major for double choir, two clarinets, four horns, four trumpets (Clarini), timpani, double-bass and organ
  • "Tantum ergo" in C major for choir, two oboes, two bassoons, four trumpets (Clarini), timpani and organ
  • "Tantum ergo" in C major for choir, two trumpets (Clarini), timpani and organ
  • "Tantum ergo" in F major for soprano and strings (1768)
  • "Te Deum laudamus" in C major for soloists, choir and orchestra (1819)
  • "Te Deum laudamus" de Incoronazione, in D major for choir and orchestra (1790)
  • "Te Deum laudamus" in D major for double choir and orchestra (1799) - new version of the "Te Deum" from 1790 -

Introitus

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  • "Avertisti captivitatem Jacob" pro Dominica XXIII. et XXIV. post Pentecostem, in B-flat major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Beati immaculati" de Virginibus et Martyribus et de Sancto Stephano, in F major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Concupiscit et deficit" in dedicatione Ecclesia et in Festo Tranfigurationis Domini, in F major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Dico ergo" pro Festis Beatae Mariae Virginis, in d minor for choir, strings and organ
  • "Domine exaudi vocem meam" pro Dominica XXII. post Pentecostem, in F major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Et justitiam tuam" pro Festo Epiphaniae, in d minor for choir, strings and organ
  • "Et psallare" pro Festo S. Joannis Apost. et S. Joannis Bapt., in B-flat major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Inductus est Dominus" pro Dominica infra octavem Nativitas Domini et ad secundam missam, in F major for choir, strings and organ
  • "In civitate" pro Festo Purificationis Mariae et Dominica VIII. post Pentecostem, in C major for choir, strings and organ
  • "In mandatis ejus" de Confessore et in Festo Sancti Joachim, in g minor for choir, strings and organ
  • "Jubilate Deo Jacob" pro Dominica in albis, pro Feria II. post Pentecostem et in solemnitate corporis Christi, in d minor for choir, strings and organ
  • "Jubilate Deo" pro Festo St. Januarii Episcopus et Mart., pro Festo Ascensionis Domini, in F major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Laetentur insulae" pro Dominica III., IV., V., VI. post Epiphaniam, in F major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Ne quando taceas" pro Dominica VI. post Pentecostem, in d minor for choir, strings and organ
  • "Neque celaveris" de Confessore, in B-flat major for choir, strings and organ
  • "Quam admirabile est nomen tuum" pro Festo Sanctissime Trinitatis, in d minor for choir, strings and organ
  • "Tu cognovisti" pro Festo Sanctorum Apostolorum, in d minor for choir, strings and organ

Motets and sacred arias and chants

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  • "Audimus Dei verbum" - lost -
  • "Contra vos, o monstra horrenda" in B-flat major, motet for soprano, choir and orchestra (1769)
  • "Cor meum conturbatum" in g minor for choir and orchestra
  • "Ecce enim veritatem" in G major for bass, three violas, double-bass and organ
  • "Fremat tirannus" in C major, motet for soprano, choir and orchestra (1778)
  • "Magna est virtus" - lost -
  • "Misericordius Dominus" in E-flat major, duet for soprano, bass, violine and orchestra
  • "O mortales, festinate" in B-flat major, aria for soprano, clarinet and orchestra
  • "Quae est illa" in B-flat major, aria in honorem B.V.M. for soprano, oboe, strings and organ
  • "Quem terra pontus sidera" in A major for soprano and orchestra
  • "Salve Jesu pie" duet - lost -
  • "Tu es spes mea, Domine" for soprano, flute, oboe and orchestra

Instrumental music

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Concerti

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  • Concerto for oboe, violin, violoncello and orchestra in D major (1770)
  • Concerto for organ and orchestra in C major (1773) - second movement lost -
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra in C major (1773)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra in B-flat major (1773)
  • Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra in C major (1774)
  • Concertino da camera for flute or oboe and strings G major (1777)

Symphonies, overtures and variations

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  • Symphonie in D major "Il Giorno onomastico" (1775)
  • Symphonie in D major "La Veneziana" (built from overtures to "La Scuola de'gelosi" and "La Partenza inaspettata")
  • Three minuets for orchestra
  • 26 Variations on "La Follia di Spagna" for orchestra (1815)
  • Allegretto in D major for orchestra
  • Symphonie (ouverture) in C major - overture to "Habsburg" -
  • Overture "La Frascatana"
  • Fragmentary Symphonie (overture) in G major
  • Fragmentary movement for bassoons and strings

Serenades

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  • Piccola Serenata in B-flat major for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon (1778)
  • Serenade in B-flat major for 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double-bass
  • Serenade in C major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double-bass (alternative version of the serenade in B-flat major for seven instruments)
  • Serenade in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double-bass
  • Cassation in C major for 2 oboes, 2 English horns, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
  • Three trios in G major, E-flat major and C major for 2 Oboes and bassoon
  • Armonia per un tempio della notte in E-flat major for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns (ca. 1795)

Marches

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  • 11 Marches for orchestra (ca. 1804)
  • March for wind ensemble "Prägt tief in eure Herzen, Brüder"
  • "Parademarsch" in C major for wind ensemble
  • March "Die Landwehr" (1809)
  • March in honour of Gassmann in C major for orchestra (1820)

Chamber music

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  • 4 Scherzi armonici istrumentali for string quartet
  • Fugue for string quartet (tema H.! b.e.n. Die m. ist ein s. Ma non il testo)
  • Fugue for three instruments
  • Fugue in C major for two instruments (1818)
  • Fugue in E-flat major for two instruments (Tema Kerscorchiano)
  • 6 little pieces for piano
  • 6 pieces for guitar - lost -

Revisions of other composers' works and joint compositions with other composers

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References

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  1. ^ Hammerle-Bortolotti, Martino. "Salieris weltliche Kantate "Der Tyroler Landsturm" aktueller denn je". Online Merker.