List of works by Fartein Valen

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Works with opus numbers

• Op.1: Legend for piano (1907–08)
• Op.2:

• Piano Sonata No.1 (1906–12) (published 1915, Norsk Musikforlag)
• Salme 121 for choir and orchestra (1911)

• Op.3: Violin Sonata (1912–19)
• Op.4: A: Ave Maria for soprano and orchestra (1915–21) B: Version for soprano and piano (1918) Both versions ©1950.
• Op.5: Trio for violin, cello and piano (1917–24, ©1930)
• Op.6: Drei Gedichte von Goethe (3 poems by Goethe) for soprano and piano (1925–27, ©1929)

• Sakontala
• Weiss wie Lilien
• Suleika

• Op.7: Mignon – Zwei Gedichte von Goethe, for soprano and orchestra (1920–27)

• So lasst mich scheinen
• Heiss mich nicht reden

• Op.8: Zwei Chinesische Gedichte for soprano and orchestra (from Hans Bethges Die Chinesische Flöte) (1925–27)

• In Erwartung des Freundes (Mong-Kao-Yen)
• Der Abschied des Freundes (Wang-Wei)

• Op.9: Darest Thou now, o Soul for voice (soprano?) and orchestra (Walt Whitman) (1927–28)
• Op.10: String quartet No.1 (1928–29, ©1936 - score plate 24086 Hansen)
• Op.11: Pastorale for orchestra (1929–30, ©1933)
• Op.12: Hvad est du dog skiøn (H. A. Brorson) – motet for mixed choir a cappella (1930, ©1932)
• Op.13: String quartet No.2 (1930–31, ©1932/55 ?)
• Op.14: Two motets for women's voices a cappella (1931, ©1932)

• Quomodo sedet sola civitas
• Regina coeli laetare

• Op.15: Two motets for male choir a cappella (1931, unpub?)

• O Salutaris Hostia
• Quia vidisti me

• Op.16: Two motets for mixed choir a cappella (1931–32)

• Etdices in die illa (©1954)
• Deus noster refugium et virtus (©1950)

• Op.17:

• Sonetto di Michelangelo, for orchestra (1931–32, ©1936)
• Cantico di Ringraziamento, for orchestra (1932–33, ©1959)

• Op.18:

• Nenia sulla morte d'un giovane for orchestra (1932–33, ©1959) (sometimes published as Op.1?)
• An die Hoffnung for orchestra (1933, ©1948)

• Op.19: Epithalamion, for orchestra (1933, ©1958)
• Op.20: Le Cimetière marin (Kirkegården ved havet), for orchestra (1933–34, ©1951)
• Op.21: La Isla de las calmas, for orchestra (1934, ©1948)
• Op.22: 4 Stücke for piano (1934–35 , published (©?)1948)

• Nachtstück
• Valse Noble
• Lied ohne Worte
• Gigue

• Op.23: Variations for piano (1935–36, ©1949)
• Op.24: Gavotte and Musette for piano (1936, ©1948)
• Op.25: Kom regn fra det høie (Josua Stegmann/Brorson) – motet for women's voices a cappella (1936)
• Op.26: O store Konge, Davids Søn (N. A. Urbimontanus) – motet for male choir a cappella (1936–37)
• Op.27: Vaagn op, min Sjæl (T. Kingo) – motet for mixed choir a cappella (1937)
• Op.28: Prelude & Fugue for piano (1937, ©1949)
• Op.29: Two preludes for piano (1937, ©1948)
• Op.30: Symphony No. 1 (1937–39, ©1947)
• Op.31: Zwei Lieder, for soprano and piano (1939, (not published until) ©1976)

• Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schiller)
• Anakreons Grab (Goethe)

• Op.32: Die dunkle Nacht der Seele, for soprano and orchestra (Juan de la Cruz) (1939)
• Op.33: Prelude and Fugue for organ (1939, ©1948)
• Op.34: Pastoral for organ (1939, ©1949)
• Op.35: Ode til ensomheten (Ode to the solitude) for orchestra (1939, ©1955)
• Op.36: Intermezzo for piano (1939–40, ©1952)
• Op.37: Concerto for violin and orchestra (1940, ©1948)
• Op.38: Piano Sonata No.2 (1940–41 , ©1948)
• Op.39: Zwei Lieder, for sopran and piano (1941, ©1954)

• Denk es, o Seele (E. Mörike)
• Tretet leise zu meinem Grabe (old grave inscription)

• Op.40: Symphony No.2 (1941–44)
• Op.41: Symphony No.3 (1944–46 , ©1949)
• Op.42: Serenad for wind quintet (1946–47)
• Op.43: Symphony No.4 (1947–49 , ©1949)
• Op.44: Concerto for piano and orchestra (1949–50, ©1953)