List of works by Max Jentsch

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Works with Opus Number

  • Op.1 -
  • Op.2 -
  • Op.3 - Tarantelle in B-flat minor for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  • Op.4 - Künstlers Erdenwallen, 'Chromatic' Piano Sonata in C minor; 5 movements (unpublished, performed by the composer in Berlin, 26 February 1878)
  • Op.5 - [2 Lieder].
  2. Am Abend: Es singt eine Lerche im Abendroth [Ferdinand Stolle (RISM gives Moritz Horn/Martin Hahn] (Berlin: Uhse, 1891)
  • Op.6 -
  • Op.7 - String Quartet in B-flat major (unpublished; publicly examined in the Stern Conservatoire, Berlin, March 1879).

"A mature, melodic work, though clearly influenced by Schumann and Mendelssohn." – Wilhelm Stekel in Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, 2 February 1900, p.2.

  1. Allegro - C
  2. Adagio amabile - 6/8
  3. Scherzo - Allegretto grazioso ¾
  4. Finale - Molto vivace 2/4
  • Op.8 - Auf dem Meere, Concert Overture in D minor (Unpublished; likely composed 1879, or possibly 1880-81 for the Meyerbeer-Stipendium of the Prussian Academy of Arts (prize awarded in 1881 to Engelbert Humperdinck). This (or the composer's Festival Overture below) performed in Istanbul in 1884 by the Teutonia Orchestra under Paul Lange Bey.)
  • Op.9 - 2 Lieder (Berlin: Hermann Weinholtz, 1880)
  1. Nachtgesang: Die Sterne leuchten am Himmel [Robert Reinick]
  2. Bringt her die schmucken Kränze [Thomas Moore?]
  • Op.10 - Elysium, cantata for mixed choir, solos and orchestra [Schiller] (n.d., Manuscript held by the Archive, library and collections of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna).
  • Op.11 -
  • Op.12 -
  • Op.13 -
  • Op.14 - Scherzo in F-sharp minor for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  • Op.15 - Elfenreigen. Konzert-Etüde for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  • Op.16 -
  • Op.17 - Serenade in A major for orchestra (composed 1881, unpublished; performed in 1908 and 1909 in Vienna)
  • Op.18 - Fantasie in F major for piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1906)
  • Op.19 - 2 Waltzes for piano 4 hands (Berlin: Uhse, 1891. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  1. Waltz in G major
  2. Waltz in F major
  • Op.20 - Novellette for piano (Berlin: Luckhardt, 1890. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  • Op.21 - 2 Mazurkas for piano (Berlin: Barth, 1887; Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  1. Mazurka in C major
  2. Mazurka in F major
  • Op.22 - 3 Mazurkas for piano (in C, C♯ minor and in A♭)
  • Op.23 - Violin Sonata (composed before 1883(?); publ. Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  • Op.24 - Grosse Fest-Polonaise in D major for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.)
  • Op.25 - 2 Stücke for violin and piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  1. Rêverie (E minor)
  2. Humoreske (A major)
  • Op.26 - Nocturne for piano (Berlin: Luckhardt, 1890. Also published by Barth by 1885, according to a letter written by the composer.).
  • Op.27 -
  • Op.28 - 6 Konzert-Etüden for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  1. in A minor
  2. in C minor (Eroica)
  3. in A♭ major (Galop de concert)
  4. in G♯ minor (Chromatische Etüde)
  5. in A major (Perles d'écume)
  6. in F minor (Appassionata)
  • Op.29 - 3 Romanzen for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  1. in E major
  2. in G♯ minor
  3. in E♭ major
  • Op.30 -
  • Op.31 - Tarantelle for piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905)
  • Op.32 -
  • Op.33 - Märchenbilder. Fantasiestück for piano (Berlin: Richard Kaun, 1891) - earned particular praise from August Stradal.
  • Op.34 - Piano Concerto in E-flat minor (unpublished; composition begun before 1889; first performed in Vienna in December 1894 with the composer at the piano (under Gustav Kühle; apparently initially prepared for performance by Hans Richter). Also performed in a 2-piano version in March 1909 by Natalie Duesberg (solo), and Hans Wagner).
  • Op.35 - 'Heroische Romantische' Symphony in E-flat major (unpublished; composition begun before 1888; 4th mvt. performed in the Vienna Musikverein on 13 and 18 March 1902 by the Wiener Concertverein under Hans Wagner. Contemporary reviews compare the movement favourably to the symphonic output of Joachim Raff.)
  4. Finale: Grave - Allegro eroico
  • Op.36 - Scherzo in A minor for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  • Op.37 - 2 Lieder (Leipzig: Rühle)
  1. Wenn ich nicht mehr bin [H. Herold] - also published as Op.39/2 by O. Dietrich (Leipzig)
  2. Wehmut (unpublished?)
  • Op.38 -
  • Op.39 - 2 Lieder (Schott, Brussels; Junne, Leipzig; 1905)
  1. In eine junge Knospe möcht'ich meine Liebe schliessen (middle voice) [Hedwig Herold]
  2. Mit deinen Märchenaugen hast Du mich angelacht (high voice) (Op.39/2 also published as Wenn ich nicht mehr bin [Hedwig Herold] by O. Dietrich (Leipzig))
  1. Praeludium
  2. Träumerei
  • Op.41 - 2 Lieder (high voice) (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. Mein Schatz ist ein Spielmann [Hedwig Herold]
  2. Wenn ich dich sehe! [Hedwig Herold]
  • Op.42 - Sylphentanz for piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1906)
  • Op.43 - 2 Etüden for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  1. Terzen-Etüde in D major
  2. Sexten-Etüde in G♭ major
  • Op.44 - Barcarole for piano (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899. Dedicated to August Stradal.)
  • Op.45 - 2 Etüden for piano [likely a catalogue error for the Op.43 Etüden. The Op.45 designation also appears in some catalogues erroneously attributed to the 2 Praeludien, Op.46.]
  • Op.46 - 2 Praeludien for organ (A-flat major & C-sharp minor) (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  • Op.47 - Weihnachtslieder for voice and piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6 and 1912 (no.3)). Published as part of Christweihe.
  1. Weihnachten - Weihnachtszeit, sel'ge Zeit [A. Cador]
  2. Christnacht - Heil'ge Nacht, auf Engelschwingen [E. Prutz] (Also published by O. Junne in a version for string quartet, voice ad lib.)
  3. Weihnachtsglocken - Weihnachtsglocken, wie so lieblich [Hedwig Herold]
  • Op.48 -
  • Op.49 - String Quartet in F-sharp minor (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899)
  • Op.50 - Piano Quintet in G major (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1900)
  • Op.51 -
  • Op.52 -
  • Op.53 - Phantastisches Quartett (String Quartet) in F minor (unpublished; performed in Vienna in 1901 by the Duesberg Quartet)
  1. Mondnacht im Gebirge (slow introduction),
  2. Gemischte Eindrücke aus einer Wanderung (Allegro)
  3. Frühlingszauber (Scherzo)
  4. Waldeinsamkeit und Vision (introduction to last movement)
  5. Rückkehr in die Heimat (Finale)
  • Op.54 - 3 Lieder (middle voice) (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. ?
  2. In der Mondnacht [A. Duesberg]
  3. Ein Herz, ein Leben [A. Duesberg]
  • Op.55 - 2 Lieder (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. Das Kirchlein (middle/deep voice) [Natalie, Herzogin von Oldenburg]
  2. Ich wollt', ich wär eine Lerche (middle voice) (manuscript detailed @ RISM) [Natalie, Herzogin von Oldenburg]
  • Op.56 - Lied(er?) (manuscript detailed @ RISM)
  1. Komm! (female voice) [Fritz Lemmermayer]
  • Op.57 -
  • Op.58 - Piano Quartet in E major, (c.1900, unpublished; dedicated to pianist Natalie Duesberg; first performance 1902 by the Quartet Duesberg and Natalie Duesberg, piano)
  1. Allegro ma non troppo e patetico
  2. Adagio con espressione
  3. Scherzo
  4. Finale
  1. Nun zog dahin (middle/deep voice) [Othmar Seidel]
  2. Schnee (middle voice) [Othmar Seidel]
  • Op.62 -
  2. Erwähltes Gelage for male choir and large orchestra [Fritz Lemmermayer] (Also referred to in print, incorrectly, as Jentsch's Op.51. Performed in the Vienna Musikverein on 5 March 1905 by the work's dedicatees, the Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein and Wiener Concertverein under Hans Wagner. Full score unpublished; piano reduction published by Verlag der Lyra is at ÖNB.)
  • Op.63 - Ballade in B-flat minor for piano (Junne, 1905/6. Dedicated to Mathilde Kralik.)
  • Op.64 - 2 Lieder (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905/6)
  1. Sonnenuntergang (high/middle voice) [Fr. Jos. Zlatnik]
  2. Traumglück (high voice) [Fr. Jos. Zlatnik]
  • Op.65 - 2 Lieder (Brussels: Schott; Leipzig: Junne, 1905)
  1. Tändelei (high voice) [Friedrich Hebbel]
  • Op.66 -
  • Op.67 - String Quartet in A major (unpublished, performed by Duesberg Quartet in Vienna, 1907 ?)
  1. Etwas bewegt
  2. Sehr langsam u. mit elegischem Ausdruck
  3. Scherzo - Lebhaft — Ausdrucksvoll u. mit sinnlichen Reiz — Ruhiger, mässig bewegt — Lebhaft (Tempo I) — Ausdrucksvoll u. mit grossen sinnlichen Reiz — Ruhiger, mässig bewegt — Lebhaft (Tempo I)
  4. Langsam — Frisch u. lebhaft, doch nicht zu schnell
  • Op.68 -
  • Op.69 -
  • Op.70 - 2 Stücke for violin and piano (Leipzig: Otto Junne, 1905/6)
  1. Romanze
  2. Scherzo capriccioso

Works without Opus Number

  • Orchestral
    • Symphony (No.2 - existence questionable, but mentioned in at least one Austrian source post 1900, as well as in Friedrich Jansa's Deutsche Tonkünstler und Musiker in Wort und Wild, 1911.)
    • Symphonische dichtung (before 1911, existence questionable; mentioned by Jansa, op. cit.)
    • Festival Overture in B minor (possibly composed 1880-81 for the Meyerbeer-Stipendium of the Prussian Academy of Arts (prize awarded in 1881 to Engelbert Humperdinck). This Overture (or the composer's Op.8) performed in 'Constantinople' (Istanbul) in 1884 by the Teutonia Orchestra under Paul Lange Bey, and in the Vienna Musikverein on 21 December 1902 under Adolf Kirchl.)
    • Bäuerliche Festmusik (performed in the Reichssender Wien on 14 September 1940 by the Stadtorchester Wiener Symphoniker under Rudolf Kattnig). It is highly likely that this is Bäurische Festmusik (published 1935) by Walter Jentsch and not by 'Max Jentsch' as noted in the Wiener Symphoniker archive.
  • Operas / Theatrical
    • Eine Venetianische Hochzeit, one-act opera, text by Hedwig Herold (composed by 1894; seemingly published 1897 by the Wiener Theater-zeitung publishing house) - includes a movement entitled Ständchen, performed in Schönthal by the Jägerkapelle of Aschaffenburg, 1894.
    • Der Paria, opera in two acts, based on the play by Michael Beer (1892-97; seemingly published 1897 by the Wiener Theater-zeitung publishing house; Prelude to the opera performed by the 'Accord' music society, Vienna, 1897, under Richard Hildebrand)
    • Music for the 3-act folk play Die Dorfmusikanten ('The Village Musicians') by Heinrich Sohnrey, 2nd edition, 1903.
  • Choral
    • Waldesruhe, for seven-voice male choir (performed in March 1910)
    • Liebesfreude, for mixed choir (performed in Vienna(?), 1906)
  • Organ
    • Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, chorale prelude for organ (Kaiserslautern, 1909)
  • Piano
    • Variationen, for piano (performed by the composer in Berlin, 1877. Possibly Jentsch's Op.1 or 2.)
    • Mazurka for piano (Leipzig: Koch, 1892)
    • Paraphrase sur la marche persane de Strauss (dédiée à Son Excellence Monsieur Mirza Mohsin Khan), (unpublished - possibly improvised? Performed by the composer on 10 February 1889 in the Salle de la Teutonia, Constantinople (Istanbul).)
    • Transcriptions and paraphrases for piano (unpublished; mentioned by Wilhelm Stekel as having been composed in Constantinople (between 1884-90), in the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, February 1900)
  • Lieder
    • Wanderers Nachtlied (Der du von dem himmel ist) [Goethe], piano and voice (unpublished; performed in Vienna, 1901). Arranged for harmonium and violin (ed./arr. Hassenstein, Paul)
    • Sturmlied [A. Duesberg] (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • Liebeskummer [A. Duesberg] (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • O, wenn wir warten [Hildegard Stradal]; piano and voice (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • Aus der Jugendzeit [Hildegard Stradal]; piano and voice (unpublished; performed 1901, Vienna)
    • Winter, voice and piano (unpublished; performed in Vienna, 1903)
    • Die wilden Stürme wehen, piano and middle/high voice [Natalie von Oldenburg] (manuscript detailed at RISM)
    • Elegie : dem Genius eines großen Tondichters geweiht [Anton Bachmaier] - (voice and piano; manuscript(?) available in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna)
    • Vergebens [August Duesberg] - piano and voice (unpublished; possibly the composer's Op.54/1)
    • Wassersonne - piano and voice (unpublished?)
    • Abendgefühl [Friedrich Hebbel] - piano and voice (unpublished; possibly the composer's Op.65/2). In the repertoire of singer Rosa Stwertka and pianist Tony Colbert.
    • Two settings of poems by Friedrich Nietzsche (voice and piano; manuscript; available in the Goethe and Schiller Archive, Weimar)
      • Dem unbekannten Gott
      • Heimweh
    • Herbstlied (Possibly Jentsch's Op.1 or 2. Performed in Berlin, 26 February 1878, by 'Herr Alfermann')
  • Folksong settings
    • Lichtungsgesang der norwegischen Matrosen, published 1904
    • Ach, wie ist's möglich dann, published 1903
    • Der König der Himmel - ein Kind (Alter Weihnachtsgesang), published 1903
    • O edle frau, wenn ich euch schau', der ich in ehren mich vertrau, pub. 1923
    • Ich schmiß zwo ädel ruisen zum hien fenster hinäuß (liebchens grab), pub. 1923
    • es geht mit ihrem trutzen doch noch zum bösen end' , pub. 1923
    • Weiß mir ein mägdlein schön von art, pub. 1923
    • Mir ward in aller zeit kein größer glück gegeben, pub. 1923 (same piece as Minnedienst below?)
    • Minnedienst (mentioned in the Grazer Tagblatt, 1909)
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