The year 1859 in classical music and in lyrical art
1859. With other artists, Edward Lear, Franz Liszt and Jacques Offenbach influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Louis Spohr. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Un ballo in maschera” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1859 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 240 of these moments for 1859.
1859, from day to day
January
05
Death of Luciano FornasariThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1800)
06
Birth of Anatoliy BrandukovThat year: 1859, Classical music, cellist (dead in 1930)
Death of Luís AbadieThat year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (born in 1814)
08
Birth of Max PuchatThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1919)
10
Birth of Léon Du BoisThat year: 1859, Classical music, Belgian composer and organist (dead in 1935)
11
Birth of Francisco d'd’AndradeThat year: 1859, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (dead in 1921)
13
Death of Francisco José DebaliThat year: 1859, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1791)
15
Birth of Andrew BlackThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1920)
18
Birth of Konstantin AntipovThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
21
Birth of Antoni RutkowskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer, pianist, pedagogue (dead in 1886)
22
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Johannes Brahms
23
Birth of Adolph Julius EggersThat year: 1859, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1919)
Birth of Ottokar WöberThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
24
Birth of Alexander IlyinskyThat year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer and music teacher (dead in 1920)
25
Birth of Olaf PaulusThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
26
Birth of W. O. ForsythThat year: 1859, Classical music, Canadian pianist and composer (dead in 1937)
29
Birth of Karl ScheidemantelThat year: 1859, Classical music, German baritone (dead in 1923)
31
Death of Michał KrogulskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, pianist (born in 1789)
February
01
Birth of Victor HerbertThat year: 1859, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1924)
Birth of Karel HalířThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech violinist (dead in 1909)
Birth of Tatjana Spiridonovna LjubatovitsjThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (dead in 1932)
04
Birth of Jules CombarieuThat year: 1859, Classical music, French musicologist (dead in 1916)
07
Birth of Emma NevadaThat year: 1859, Classical music, singer (dead in 1940)
10
Death of Peter McLeodThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1797)
13
Birth of Abraham LilienthalThat year: 1859, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1928)
Death of Karl von SchlözerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1780)
17
Premiere of Un ballo in mascheraThat year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
18
Birth of Ondřej KadlecThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (dead in 1928)
19
Birth of Arthur ClaassenThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
20
Birth of Hermann BodeThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
23
Birth of Kajetán TichýThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1937)
26
Death of Ferdinand SchubertThat year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1794)
Death of Julius BeckerThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer, author and musicologist (born in 1811)
27
Birth of William Ramsey SpenceThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
March
03
Death of Carl Wilhelm GüntherThat year: 1859, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1809)
06
Birth of Max BüttnerThat year: 1859, Classical music, German baritone singer (dead in 1927)
Birth of Jacques ManheitThat year: 1859, Classical music, (1859--1918) opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 1918)
08
Birth of Otto TaubmannThat year: 1859, Classical music, German conductor and composer (dead in 1929)
Birth of Karl GoepfartThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1942)
Birth of Louise Thuillier-LeloirThat year: 1859, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1936)
12
Birth of Josef Cyril SychraThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1935)
13
Birth of Robert BartramThat year: 1859, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1943)
14
Birth of Nikolay SokolovThat year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1922)
Death of Nicola TacchinardiThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1772)
Birth of Irma ReichováThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech actress and opera singer (dead in 1930)
15
Death of Adelaide TosiThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1800)
Birth of George Balch NevinThat year: 1859, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1933)
18
Death of Friedrich LayrizThat year: 1859, Classical music, German theologian (born in 1808)
19
Premiere of FaustThat year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Charles Gounod
Birth of Carrie PringleThat year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1930)
Death of David CampbellThat year: 1859, Classical music, British clarinetist, born 1953 (born in 1953)
20
Birth of Ludwig AuspitzThat year: 1859, Classical music, singer, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1917)
23
Birth of Karl HessThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
29
Birth of Herman BembergThat year: 1859, Classical music, French-Argentine composer (dead in 1931)
Birth of Hermann HeberleinThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and music educator (dead in 1907)
Birth of Vincent PisekThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
30
Death of Philip MusardThat year: 1859, Classical music, French conductor and composer (born in 1792)
April
03
Birth of Reginald De de KovenThat year: 1859, Classical music, American music critic and composer (dead in 1920)
Birth of Jean GrafströmThat year: 1859, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1925)
04
Premiere of Dinorah-Quadrille, Op. 224That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Johann Strauss II
Birth of Zoraide Amedea Mei FignerThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian Russian opera singer (dead in 1952)
Birth of Julius RauscherThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1929)
08
Birth of Noah BrandtThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
11
Birth of Basil HarwoodThat year: 1859, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1949)
12
Birth of Emil AscherThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
18
Birth of Per LassonThat year: 1859, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1883)
Birth of Vittorina BartolucciThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1915)
22
Birth of Hermann BendixThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1935)
29
Birth of Eduardo BoccalariThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
Also in April
Birth of Sándor VeresThat year: 1859, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 1913) .
May
01
Birth of Tivadar NachézThat year: 1859, Classical music, Hungarian violinist and composer (dead in 1930)
Death of Amalia Anglès y MayerThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, guitarist (born in 1827)
04
Birth of Antonie SchlägerThat year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1910)
06
Birth of Ernst Hermann SeyffardtThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1942)
08
Birth of Juliette Simon-GirardThat year: 1859, Classical music, singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Oscar KloseThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1924)
09
Birth of Richard MandlThat year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1918)
Death of Augustus MevesThat year: 1859, Classical music, British pianist (1785-1859) (born in 1785)
13
Birth of August EnnaThat year: 1859, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1939)
15
Birth of Alexandra AhngerThat year: 1859, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1940)
16
Birth of Ernest WunderlichThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
22
Birth of Ferdinand MarianThat year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1942)
26
Birth of Aleksandra KlamrzyńskaThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1946)
30
Birth of Guenther KiesewetterThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
June
08
Birth of Carl HeinsThat year: 1859, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1923)
13
Birth of Konstanty GorskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1924)
18
Death of Joseph Hartmann StuntzThat year: 1859, Classical music, Swiss composer, conductor and musicologist (1793-1859) (born in 1793)
22
Premiere of Le mari à la porteThat year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
27
Birth of Mildred J. HillThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
29
Death of Kamilo MašekThat year: 1859, Classical music, Slovenian music educator and composer of Czech descent (born in 1831)
July
05
Birth of Hedwige ChrétienThat year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1944)
09
Birth of Hermann VetterThat year: 1859, Classical music, German pianist, music educator and university teacher (1859-1928) (dead in 1928)
13
Birth of Wilhelm DörwaldThat year: 1859, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1917)
15
Birth of Carlo MunierThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1911)
22
Birth of Ellen SandelsThat year: 1859, Classical music, musician, author (dead in 1931)
23
Death of Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreThat year: 1859, Classical music, French poet and novelist (born in 1786)
27
Birth of Johann Baptist ZerlettThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
29
Death of Auguste Mathieu PanseronThat year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (born in 1795)
31
Birth of Hermann KleemeyerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
August
02
Birth of Ludwik Teodor PłosajkiewiczThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer, conductor, pedagogue (dead in 1926)
06
Death of Ludwig WolfThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
07
Birth of Harold BoultonThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
08
Birth of Léon EscalaisThat year: 1859, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1941)
15
Birth of Phil. B. PerryThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1953)
16
Birth of Percy GodfreyThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
21
Birth of Carl SchmeidlerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
Birth of Wilhelm Carl Ernst SeeboeckThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
September
03
Birth of Richard LundinThat year: 1859, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1933)
09
Birth of William ReedThat year: 1859, Classical music, Canadian organist, conductor, composer (dead in 1945)
Birth of Elvira ColonneseThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1949)
17
Birth of Richard Henry WarrenThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
18
Death of Freeman LewisThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1780)
21
Birth of Otto LohseThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1925)
Birth of Ilka PálmayThat year: 1859, Classical music, Hungarian singer and actress (dead in 1945)
22
Birth of Rudolph Sophus BerghThat year: 1859, Classical music, Danish composer and zoologist (dead in 1924)
24
Birth of Julius KlengelThat year: 1859, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1933)
25
Birth of Joseph BuccialiThat year: 1859, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1943)
29
Death of Johann Christian SchärtlichThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1789)
30
Birth of Adèle RémyThat year: 1859, Classical music, French opera singer
October
01
Death of Salomo Heinrich BodenschatzThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1807)
04
Birth of Henri de SaussineThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
07
Birth of Carlo SchmidlThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
11
Birth of Valentin EngelThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
12
Birth of Léon HonnoréThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
14
Birth of Camille ChevillardThat year: 1859, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1923)
Birth of J. G. Adolf StierlinThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1939)
16
Death of John Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandThat year: 1859, Classical music, British Army general (born in 1784)
Birth of Henryk PachulskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1921)
19
Birth of Max RichardsThat year: 1859, Classical music, theater director, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1932)
20
Birth of Guglielmo ZuelliThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian composer/conductor (dead in 1941)
Birth of John Reinhard LundThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
22
Death of Louis SpohrThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer, violinist and conductor (born in 1784)
Birth of Karl MuckThat year: 1859, Classical music, German-born Swiss conductor of classical music (dead in 1940)
29
Birth of Anna Severine LindemanThat year: 1859, Classical music, Norwegian composer and music educator (1859-1938) (dead in 1938)
November
04
Birth of Stanisław NiewiadomskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, Polish composer, music critic and music educator (dead in 1936)
07
Birth of Mikhail Ippolitov-IvanovThat year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer, conductor and teacher (dead in 1935)
Death of Carl Gottlieb ReissigerThat year: 1859, Classical music, German musician (born in 1798)
15
Birth of Joseph VidalThat year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1924)
16
Birth of Wilhelm WeberThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
Death of Joseph StadlerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1796)
17
Birth of Gerhard SchjelderupThat year: 1859, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1933)
18
Birth of Sergei LyapunovThat year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (dead in 1924)
19
Premiere of Geneviève de Brabant (1)That year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
21
Birth of Charlton Templeman SpeerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
Birth of Battison HaynesThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
22
Birth of Cecil SharpThat year: 1859, Classical music, founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century (dead in 1924)
29
Birth of Rudolf von MildeThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1927)
30
Death of Stanisław SerwaczyńskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1781)
December
05
Birth of Philipp GretscherThat year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1937)
Birth of Alois KutscheraThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
Birth of Anton StrelezkiThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
Birth of Franco EscherThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
06
Birth of Théophile SourilasThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
07
Birth of Antonin JoubertiThat year: 1859, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1925)
09
Birth of Algernon AshtonThat year: 1859, Classical music, English Composer and Piano Teacher (dead in 1937)
13
Birth of Elisabeth RödigerThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1914)
Birth of Gabriel FránekThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1930)
17
Birth of Emilie WeltiThat year: 1859, Classical music, (1859-1923) (dead in 1923)
24
Birth of Roman StatkowskiThat year: 1859, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1925)
25
Birth of Raoul GunsbourgThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera director, impresario, composer and writer (dead in 1955)
26
Birth of Franz SchollarThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
27
Birth of William Henry HadowThat year: 1859, Classical music, British educational innovator/reformer, composer, and musicologist (dead in 1937)
28
Birth of Gerard von Brucken FockThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (1859-1935) (dead in 1935)
30
Birth of Josef Bohuslav FoersterThat year: 1859, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (dead in 1951)
31
Birth of Max FiedlerThat year: 1859, Classical music, German conductor and composer (dead in 1939)
Death of Luigi RicciThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian opera composer (born in 1805)
Birth of Ernst MünchThat year: 1859, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1928)
This was also in 1859
Birth of Luiza Leonardo BoccaneraThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926). Birth of A. H. Fox StrangwaysThat year: 1859, Classical music, British musicologist (dead in 1948). Birth of Viktoria BlankThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue, film actor (dead in 1928). Birth of Victor BausenweinThat year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1928). Birth of Ernest BucalossiThat year: 1859, Classical music, British-Italian composer and orchestral arranger (dead in 1933). Birth of Carl LundmarkThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1908). Birth of Émile SpencerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921). Birth of Eduard MirusThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Antonio D'AntoniThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1801). Birth of Clovis LecailThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932). Birth of Aleksey YermolovThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925). Death of Eleazer Fitch BackusThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1770). Birth of Tieste WilmantThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian baritone (dead in 1937). Birth of Arling ShaefferThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934). Birth of Giulia NovelliThat year: 1859, Classical music, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (dead in 1932). Birth of musée Grobet-LabadiéThat year: 1859, Classical music, museum in France (dead in 1917). Birth of Frank Addison PorterThat year: 1859, Classical music, Pianist; Composer (dead in 1941). Death of Alling BrownThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1794). Birth of Charles Le ThièreThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929). Death of Estelle HewittThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1807). Death of Aleksander PohlensThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer . Birth of Max HalperThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1917). Birth of Hope TempleThat year: 1859, Classical music, Irish songwriter and composer (dead in 1938). Birth of Pjotr Pavlovitsj FigoerovThat year: 1859, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1859-1925) (dead in 1925). Birth of Carl GrafströmThat year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Wilhelm Adolph MüllerThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1793). Death of Carl Leopold BöhmThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1806). Death of MolinierThat year: 1859, Classical music, French baritone (born in 1807). Death of Lewis Henry LavenuThat year: 1859, Classical music, British musician (born in 1818). Birth of Georgine von JanuschofskyThat year: 1859, Classical music, singer, opera singer, stage actor, music pedagogue (dead in 1914). Death of Thomas ClarkThat year: 1859, Classical music, English composer of West Gallery music (born in 1775). Birth of Charles Whitney CoombsThat year: 1859, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1940). Birth of Reinhold Wilhelm KühnelThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922). Birth of Theodor Franz SchildThat year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Hector Berlioz (age 56)
- Hymne pour la consécration du nouveau tabernacle (Work for choir)
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Franz Liszt (age 48)
- Deux Épisodes d'apres le Faust de LenauThat year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 3That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 4That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 2That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Psalm CXXXVII (137), “By the rivers of Babylon” (Work for choir)
- Morgenlied (Work for choir)
- Psalm XXIII (23), “Mein Gott, der ist mein hirt” (Work for choir)
- Prelude from “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” (JS Bach) (Work for soloist)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 46)
- Waltz in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Jacques Offenbach (age 40)
- Les vivandières de la grande-armée (Opera)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 35)
- Bettina Polka (1) (Work for soloist)
- Macbeth and the Witches (Work for soloist)
- Concert Étude (Work for soloist)
- Wallenstein’s Camp, Op. 14 (Work for orchestra)
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Johann Strauss II (age 34)
- Bright and Full, Op. 216 (Work for orchestra)
- Graduations, Op. 221 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 26)
- Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 3 Quartets, Opp. 31 (Work for choir)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 24)
- Bénédiction nuptiale, Op. 9 (Work for soloist)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55 (Work for orchestra)
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Georges Bizet (age 21)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 20)
- Overture to King Lear (Work for soloist)
- Children's Games (Work for soloist)
- Leaves Rustled Sadly (Song, lied)
- Impromptu (Work for soloist)
- Passionate Impromptu (Work for soloist)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 19)
- Mon génie, mon ange, mon ami (Song, lied)
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Antonín Dvořák (age 18)
- Mass in B-flat major (Work for choir)
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Edvard Grieg (age 16)
- 23 Short Pieces for piano, WoO 104 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Pieces, WoO 103 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Pieces for piano, WoO 102 (Work for soloist)
- Siehst du das Meer, WoO 121 (Song, lied)