List of works by Giovanni Bottesini

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Complete Catalogue

A complete catalogue of Bottesini's works, with BOT. numbers, is included in (needs verification): Luigi Inzaghi et al.: Giovanni Bottesini: Virtuoso del contrabbasso e compositore. Milano: Nuove Edizioni, 1989. This catalog is not entirely compatible with IMSLP practices, as arrangements of the same piece (be it under a different title) are given different catalogue numbers.

Operas (complete)

• Colón en Cuba (Cristoforo Colombo) - Opera in one act. Spanish Libretto by Ramon de Palma. Tacón Theatre Havana January 31, 1848. No known score remains.
• L'assedio di Firenze (1856)
• Il Diavolo della Notte (1858)
• Marion Delorme (1862)
• Un amour en Bavière
• Vinciguerra il bandito (1870)
• Alì Babà (1871)
• Ero e Leandro (1879)
• Cedar (1880)
• La regina del Nepal (1880)
• Nerina
• La figlia dell'angelo o Azäele
• Babele
• Le Asher del greato

Works for solo double-bass (partial)

• Adagio melanconico appassionato (Elegie par Ernst)
• Allegretto-Capriccio
• Allegro Di Concerto "Alla Mendellssohn" (aka "Gran Allegro")
• Andante sostenuto
• Aria da Bach
• Auld Robin Gray
• Barber of Seville
• Bolero
• Capriccio Di Bravura
• Introduction et Variations sur le Carnaval de Venise
• Cerrito
• Concertino
• Concerto for Violoncello and double bass G major
• Double Bass Concerto No.1 in F-sharp minor (also known as concerto for students in some publications/arrangements/lower transpositions, studienkonzert in German publications)
• Double Bass Concerto No.2 in B minor
• Duo Concertante for Violin and Bass
• Gran Duo Concertante on themes from Bellini's 'I Puritani' for cello, double bass and orchestra
• Elegy in D, No.1
• Elegy No. 2, "Romanza Drammatica"
• Elegy No. 3, "Romanza Patetica"
• Fantasia Beatrice di Tenda
• Fantasia on 'La sonnambula'
• Passione amorosa, Gran duo (Andante)
• Introduction And Gavotte
• Melodia
• Melody in E minor
• Reverie
• Tarantella in A minor
• Three duets for two double basses
• Variations on a Theme of Paisiello (Variations on the aria "Nel cor piu non mi sento")

Sacred works

• Garden of Olivet

Instrumental music not including the solo double bass

• Morceaux - Viola and piano, Autographed score, Naples
• Rêverie - Viola and piano, Autographed score, Naples
• Capriccio - Cello and piano, Autographed score, Milan August 25, 1863
• Three melodies - Cello and piano, Autographed score, Milan
• Rêverie - Cello and piano, Autographed score, Naples
• Various String Quartets
• Various String Quintets