Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)

Friedrich Kuhlau (11 septembre 1786 à Uelzen près de Hanovre - 12 mars 1832 à Lyngby près de Copenhague) fut un compositeur allemand/danois.

Il est un enfant d'une famille humble, qui a déménagé à Lünebourg en 1793. Trois ans plus tard, il perd son oeil droit, quand il eut 9 ans, à cause d'un accident. Plus tard, en 1802, et après quelques années de nomadisme, la famille s'intalle à Hambourg. Il y reçut son instruction musicale auprès de C.F.G. Schwenke, le Cantor et directeur de musique de la ville.
En 1804 il a commencé à participer à plusieurs récitals en tant que pianiste, une année où il a également commencé à publier ses premiers travaux, principalement des Lieder et des pièces pour flûte et piano. En 1810, pour fuir la conscription française, il partit pour Copenhague et put y trouver une place dans une formation de musique de chambre de la Cour.
La représentation de ses premiers opéras intitulés "Die Räuberburg" (Le château des voleurs, 1814) et "Trylleharpen" (La harpe magique, 1817) fut très appréciée. À partir de 1816, il travailla comme maître du chœur du Det Kongelige Teater, où il publia également son opéra Trylleharpen en 1817.

Dans les années 1820, sa popularité a atteint son apogée avec "Elisa" (1820) et Lulu (1824), il fut nommé compositeur officiel de la cour royale de Danemark.
A la suite de la composition du drame "Elverhoj" en 1828, il fut distingué comme professeur. Les années suivantes ont été consacrées à voyager en Europe et en Scandinavie, retournant à Copenhague à la fin de sa vie où, fatigué, ruiné et malade, il est mort le 12 mars 1832, (en fait à Lyngby dans la banlieue).

En sus d'autres opéras, tels que "Lulu", "Die Zauberharfe" (La harpe enchantée) et "Hugo und Adelheid" il composa des œuvres vocales et instrumentales ainsi que des pièces pour le piano, dont beaucoup de sonates à destination pédagogique qui sont encore aujourd'hui très utilisées pour l'enseignement.

Le drame "Elverhoj" (en français : la colline des elfes), a été composé à l'occasion d'un mariage à la cour de Danemark en 1828. Il a été adapté en cinq mois à partir de nombreuses mélodies populaires danoises et suédoises. Le lexte a été écrit par Johann Ludvig Heiberg.

La première représentation eut lieu le 6 novembre 1828 au théâtre royal de Copenhague. Cette œuvre jouit toujours d'une grande popularité au Danemark.

Compositeur intéressant qu'on redécouvre depuis quelques années. Il existe pas mal de CD, depuis ses ouvertures d'opéras, sa musique de chambre (très importante) ou ses très nombreuses oeuvres pour piano. Il est curieux que ce pianiste (et flûtiste) n'ait composé qu'un seul concerto pour piano, son opus 7;
les deux seuls genres qu'il n'ait pas abordé sont la symphonie et la musique religieuse.

Par contre il est bien connu des pianistes débutants car de nombreuses méthodes ( slaves ) utilisent ses oeuvres pour piano comme exercices.

Snoopy a écrit:

Par contre il est bien connu des pianistes débutants car de nombreuses méthodes ( slaves ) utilisent ses oeuvres pour piano comme exercices.

Je ne sais pas si à l'instar des compositeurs pianistes virtuoses, comme Czerny par exemple, il a composé des études. Par contre, dans ses opus il y a quantité de numéros consacrés à des sonatines.

J'en ai écouté une douzaine, c'est pas mal du tout, sans doute plus mélodieux que des Etudes.

Pas d'études proprement dites à ma connaissance mais de nombreuses "pièces" qui en font offices.

Catalogue des oeuvres

With Opus Numbers

Op. 1, 3 Rondos For Piano. Key: C major - Composed in about 1809 / Published in 1810
Op. 2, 3 Rondos For Piano. Key: A major - Composed in about 1809 / Published in 1810
Op. 3, 3 Rondos For Piano. Key: F major - Composed in about 1809 / Published in 1810
Op. 4, Sonata For Piano. Key: Eb major - Composed in about 1810 / Published in 1810
Op. 5a, Sonata For Piano. Key: D major minor - Composed in about 1811-2 / Published in 1812
Op. 5b, 3 Songs With Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1806 / Published in about 1806-7
Op. 6a, 3 Sonatas For Piano. Key: A minor, D major, F major - Composed in about 1811 / Published in 1812
Op. 6b, Sonatina For Piano And Optional Violin. Key: D major - Composed in 1811-2 / Published in 1812
Op. 7, Concerto For Piano. Key: C major - Composed in 1810 / Published in 1812
Op. 8a, Sonata For Piano. Key: A major - Composed in about 1812 / Published in 1814
Op. 9, 6 Songs With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1813 / Published in 1814
Op. 10a, 3 Duos For Two Flutes. Key: E major minor, D major, G major - Composed in ? / Published in ?
Op. 10b, 12 Variations And Solos For Flute. Key: D major, A major, D minor, G major, G major, E minor, G major, C minor, D major, G major, D major, D minor - Composed before 1810 / Published in 1810
Op. 11a, 10 German Songs With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1813 / Published in 1814
Op. 11b, "The Oracle Bell" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1810 / Published in 1810
Op. 12, 7 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1814 / Published in 1815
Op. 13, 3 Trios For Three Flutes. Key: D major, G minor, F major - Composed in about 1814 / Published in 1815
Op. 14, 5 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1813 / Published in 1813
Op. 15, 8 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1815 / Published in 1816
Op. 16, 8 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1818 / Published in 1819
Op. 17, Sonatina For Piano Four Hands. Key: F major - Composed in ? / Published in 1818
Op. 18, 9 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1819
Op. 19, 10 German Songs With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1818 / Published in 1819
Op. 20, 3 Sonatinas For Piano. Key: C major, G major, F major - Composed in about 1819 / Published in 1820
Op. 21, 3 Poems By Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1820 / Published in 1820
Op. 22, Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1820 / Published in 1820
Op. 23, 12 German Songs With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1819 / Published in 1820
Op. 24, 8 Waltzes For Piano Four Hands. Key: ? - Composed in about 1820 / Published in 1821
Op. 25, Fantasy And Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1815 / Published in 1821
Op. 26, 3 Sonatas For Piano. Key: G major major, C major, Eb major - Composed in ? / Published in 1821
Op. 27, "The Magic Harp"; music for drama. Key: ? - Composed in 1816 / Published in 1820
Op. 28, 6 Waltzes For Piano Four Hands. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1821/2
Op. 29, "Elisa"; music for drama. Key: ? - Composed in 1819-20 / Published in 1820
Op. 30, Sonata For Piano. Key: B major - Composed in ? / Published in 1821
Op. 31, 3 Easy Rondos For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1820 / Published in 1821
Op. 32, Quartet For Piano, Violin, Viola, And Violoncello. Key: C minor - Composed in 1820-1 / Published in 1821
Op. 33, Sonata For Piano And Violin. Key: F minor - Composed in about 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 34, Sonata For Piano. Key: G major - Composed in 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 35, 9 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1821 / Published in 1821
Op. 36, "The Celebration Of Goodwill" For Voices And Accompaniment. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1822
Op. 37, Divertimento For Piano. Key: Eb major - Composed in 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 38, 3 Fantasies For Flute. Key: D major, G major, C major - Composed in 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 39, 3 Duos For Two Flutes. Key: E major minor, B major, D major - Composed in ? / Published in 1821/2
Op. 40, 6 Easy Rondos For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 41, 8 Easy Rondos For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 42, 6 Variations For Piano On Austrian Folk Songs. Key: ? - Composed in about 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 43, ? Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
Op. 44, 3 Sonatinas For Piano Four Hands. Key: G major, C major, F major - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1822
Op. 45, Concertino For Two Horns. Key: ? - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1830
Op. 46, 3 Sonatas For Piano. Key: G major, D minor, C major - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1823
Op. 47, "Eurydice In Tartarus"; music for drama (By Jens Immanuel Baggesen). Key: ? - Composed in 1816 / Overture published in 1823
Op. 48, 10 Variations For Piano On A Folk Song From Carl Maria von Weber's "The Freeshooter". Key: ? - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1822
Op. 49, Variations For Piano On Six Themes From Carl Maria von Weber's "The Freeshooter". Key: ? - Composed in 1822 / Published in 1822
Op. 50, Quartet For Piano, Violin, Viola, And Violoncello. Key: A major - Composed in about 1821 / Published in 1822
Op. 51, Quintet For Flute, Violin, Two Violas, And Violoncello. Key: D major, E major, A major - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1823
Op. 52, 3 Sonatas For Piano. Key: F major, B major, A major - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1823
Op. 53, Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1822/3 / Published in 1823
Op. 54, 10 Variations For Piano On Giuseppe Francesco Bianchi. Key: ? - Composed in about 1823 / Published in 1823
Op. 55, 6 Sonatinas For Piano. Key: C major, G major, C major, G major, D major, C major - Composed in 1823 / Published in 1823
Op. 56, 3 Easy Rondos For Piano On Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage Of Figaro, Or The Day Of Madness". Key: ? - Composed in 1823 / Published in 1823
Op. 57, 3 Solos For Flute And Optional Piano. Key: F major, A minor, G major - Composed in ? / Published in 1824
Op. 58, 4 Variations For Piano Four Hands On "Give Calm, O Heaven" From Gioachino Antonio Rossini's "Otello". Key: ? - Composed in about 1823 / Published in 1824
Op. 59, 3 Sonatinas For Piano. Key: A major, F major, C major - Composed in about 1824 / Published in 1824
Op. 60, 3 Sonatinas With Variations For Piano. Key: F major, A major, C major - Composed in about 1825 / Published in 1825
Op. 61, 6 Divertimentos In The Form Of A Waltz For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1824 / Published in 1825
Op. 62, Variations For Piano On Three Themes From Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe". Key: ? - Composed in about 1824 / Published in 1824
Op. 63, 6 Variations For Flute And Piano On Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe". Key: ? - Composed in about 1824 / Published in 1825
Op. 64, Sonata For Flute And Piano. Key: Eb major - Composed in ? / Published in 1825
Op. 65, "Lulu"; opera in three acts (By Carl Frederik Güntelberg). Key: ? - Composed in 1823-4 / Published in 1825
Op. 66, 3 Sonatinas For Piano Four Hands. Key: F major, C major, G major - Composed in about 1824 / Published in 1825
Op. 67, 6 Four-Voice Songs For Male Voices. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1825
Op. 68, 6 Divertimentos For Flute And Optional Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1825 / Published in 1825
Op. 69, Sonata For Flute And Piano. Key: G major - Composed in about 1825 / Published in about 1826
Op. 70, 3 Rondos For Piano Four Hands. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1826
Op. 71, Sonata For Flute And Piano. Key: E minor - Composed in ? / Published in 1826
Op. 72a, 9 Variations For Piano Four Hands On Ludwig van Beethoven's "Heart, My Heart, What Is Giving?", Op. 75, Nr. 2. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1826
Op. 72b, 3 Songs With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1821-3 / Published in 1823
Op. 73, 3 Rondos For Piano On Opera Melodies. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1826
Op. 74a, "William Shakespeare"; music for drama (By Casper Johannes Boye). Key: ? - Composed in 1825-6 / Overture published in 1826
Op. 74b, Adaptation For Piano Of Op. 74a. Key: ? - Composed in 1825-6 / Published in 1873
Op. 75, Variations For Piano Four Hands On Ludwig van Beethoven's "The Quail's Beating", WoO 129. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1826/7
Op. 76, 8 Variations For Piano Four Hands On Ludwig van Beethoven's "The Luck Of Life", Op. 88. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1827
Op. 77, 8 Variations For Piano Four Hands On Ludwig van Beethoven's "Longing",Op. 83, Nr. 2. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1827
Op. 78, 2 Poems By Ignaz Franz Castelli For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1827
Op. 79, 3 Sonatas For Violin And Piano. Key: F major, A minor, C major - Composed in about 1827 / Published in 1827
Op. 80, 3 Duos For Two Flutes. Key: G major, C major, E minor - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1827/8
Op. 81, 3 Duos For Two Flutes. Key: D major, F major, G minor - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1827/82
Op. 82, 9 Four-Voice Songs For Unaccompanied Male Voices. Key: ? - Composed in 1826 / Published in 1828
Op. 83, 3 Sonatas For Flute And Piano. Key: G major, C major, G minor - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1827/8
Op. 84, 3 Rondos For Piano On Opera Melodies. Key: ? - Composed in 1827 / Published in 1827
Op. 85, Sonata For Flute And Piano. Key: A major - Composed in ? / Published in 1827
Op. 86, 3 Trios For 3 Flutes. Key: E major minor, D major, Eb major - Composed in about 1826-7 / Published in 1827
Op. 87, 3 Duos For 2 Flutes. Key: A major, G minor, D major - Composed in about 1827 / Published in 1827
Op. 88, 4 Sonatinas For Piano. Key: C major, G major, A minor, F major - Composed in 1827 / Published in 1827
Op. 89, 8 Four-Voice Songs For Unaccompanied Male Voices. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1828/9
Op. 90, Trio For 3 Flutes. Key: B major - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1828
Op. 91, 11 Variations For Piano On "And Small Karin Won". Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1828
Op. 92, "The Charms Of Copenhagen"; rondo for piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1826 / Published in 1828
Op. 93, Fantasy For Piano On Swedish Songs. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1828
Op. 94, 8 Variations For Flute And Piano On George Louis Onslow's "For The Girls". Key: ? - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1829
Op. 95, 3 Fantasies For Flute And Optional Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1828 / Published in 1829
Op. 96, Rondo For Piano On George Louis Onslow's Opera "The Book Peddler, Or The Lumberjack's Son". Key: ? - Composed in about 1828 / Published in 1828
Op. 97, 2 Rondos For Piano On Joseph Ferdinand Hérold's Opera "Marie". Key: ? - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1829
Op. 98a, Rondo For Flute And Piano On George Louis Onslow's "The Book Peddler, Or The Lumberjack's Son". Key: E major - Composed in about 1828 / Published in 1829
Op. 98b, Rondo For Piano Adapted From Op. 98a. Key: E major - Composed in 1834 / Published in ?
Op. 99, 8 Variations For Flute And Piano On George Louis Onslow's "The Book Peddler, Or The Lumberjack's Son". Key: ? - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 100, "Elves' Hill"; music for drama in five acts (By Johan Ludvig Heiberg). Key: ? - Composed in 1828 / Published in 1828
Op. 101, 8 Variations For Flute And Piano On Ludwig Spohr's Opera "Jessonda". Key: ? - Composed in about 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 102, 3 Duos For Two Flutes. Key: D major, E major, A major - Composed in about 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 103, Quartet For Four Flutes. Key: E minor - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 104, 5 Variations For Flute And Piano On A Scottish Folk Song. Key: ? - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 105, 7 Variations For Flute And Piano On An Irish Folk Song. Key: ? - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 106, 6 Romances And Songs By Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1830
Op. 107, "Hugh And Adelaide"; opera in three acts (By Casper Johannes Boye). Key: ? - Composed in 1827 / Published in 1827/38
Op. 108, Quartet For Piano, Violin, Viola, And Violoncello. Key: G minor - Composed in 1829 / Published in 1833
Op. 109, 3 Rondos For Piano On Beloved Melodies. Key: ? - Composed in 1829/30 / Published in 1830
Op. 110, 3 Brilliant Duos For Flute Or Violin And Piano. Key: B major, E minor, D major - Composed in ? / Published in 1830
Op. 111, 3 Rondos For Piano Four Hands. Key: C major, D major, D major - Composed in about 1831 / Published in 1831
Op. 112, 3 Varied Airs For Piano. Key: C major, G major, F major - Composed in about 1831 / Published in 1831
Op. 113, 3 Rondos For Piano On Opera Melodies. Key: ? - Composed in about 1831 / Published in 1832
Op. 114, 3 Varied Airs For Piano Four Hands. Key: G major, C major, F major - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 115, "The Three Brothers From Damascus"; comedy in three acts (By Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger). Key: ? - Composed in 1830 / Published in 1830
Op. 116, Variations For Piano On Gioachino Antonio Rossini's "William Tell". Key: ? - Composed in about 1831 / Published in 1831
Op. 117, 3 Rondolettos For Piano On Songs By Ludwig van Beethoven. Key: ? - Composed in about 1831 / Published in 1831
Op. 118, 3 Rondos For Piano On Opera Melodies By Daniel François Auber. Key: ? - Composed in about 1830-1 / Published in 1831
Op. 119, Trio For Two Flutes And Piano. Key: G major - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 120, "The Lightness"; rondo for piano over Niccolò Paganini. Key: F major - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 121, "The Little Bell"; rondo for piano over Niccolò Paganini. Key: A minor - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 122, Quartet For Two Violins, Viola, And Violoncello. Key: A minor - Composed in 1831 / Published in 1841
Op. 123, Allegro Patetico For Piano Four Hands. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 124, Rondo Adagio For Piano Four Hands. Key: D major - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 125, Pastoral Rondo For Piano. Key: C major - Composed in ? / Published in 1832
Op. 126, Divertimento For Piano On Themes By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1833
Op. 127, Sonata For Piano. Key: Eb major - Composed before 1820 / Published in 1833

Catalogue : oeuvres WoO (sans opus)


Without Opus Numbers

WoO 128, 2 Romances From "Hugh From Reinberg"; tragedy in five acts (By Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger). Key: ? - Composed in 1814 / Published in 1814
WoO 129, "The Castle Robber"; opera in three acts (By Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger). Key: ? - Composed in 1813 / Published in 1815
WoO 130, "The Happy Hero"; lyric scene (By Christian Levin Sander). Key: ? - Composed in about 1819 / Published in ?
WoO 131, 2 Songs From "Aladdin"; music for drama (By Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger). Key: ? - Composed in 1816-30 / Published in 1839
WoO 132, "On The Joy" For Solos, Chorus, And Orchestra. Key: ? - Composed in 1813 / Published in ?
WoO 133, Cantatina For Two Sopranos And Mixed Chorus With Flute And String Orchestra. Key: ? - Composed in about 1814 / Published in ?
WoO 134, "Reformation Cantata". Key: ? - Composed in 1817 / Published in ?
WoO 135, "Sorrow Cantata". Key: ? - Composed in 1818 / Published in ?
WoO 136, "Wedding Cantata". Key: ? - Composed in 1828 / Published in ?
WoO 137a, Two Folk Songs For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1819 / Published in 1819
WoO 137b, Adaptation For Orchestra Of Op. 137a, Nr. 2. Key: ? - Composed in about 1819 / Published in 1819
WoO 138, March For Piano With Optional Chorus. Key: ? - Composed in about 1820 / Published in 1821
WoO 139, The Norwegian Crown National Song. Key: ? - Composed in 1821 / Published in 1822
WoO 140, Song For The Ground Cadets. Key: ? - Composed in 1828 / Published in 1828
WoO 141, "Voice In The Darkness" For Male Choir With Guitar. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 142, "Joy"; song for two sopranos, tenor, and bass with piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1824
WoO 143, 2 Mosaic Chorales. Key: ? - Composed in 1817 / Published in 1826
WoO 144, "Nice Is No More, My Friend"; duettino with piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published before 1808
WoO 145, "The Abbess And The Nun"; antiphony for two voices with piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1810
WoO 146, "The Flowers" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1808 / Published before 1808
WoO 147, "The Violets" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1808 / Published in 1808
WoO 148, Air From "One From Three" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 149, Easy Pieces For Piano And Voice. Key: ? - Composed before 1810 / Published before 1810
WoO 150, "Resignation" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1810 / Published in about 1810
WoO 151, "Do You Know The Land?" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1810 / Published in about 1810
WoO 152, "The Bathing Maiden" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1811 / Published in about 1810
WoO 153, 3 Canzonettas For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1813 / Published in 1818/9
WoO 154, "Romance On The First Of January" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1813 / Published in 1813
WoO 155, "Fresh From The Joy" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1814 / Published in 1842
WoO 156, "Restless Love" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1815
WoO 157, "The Flower Of Eternity" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1818 / Published in 1818
WoO 158, "Roses For Every Month" For Four Voices With Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1818 / Published in 1818
WoO 159, "Urania" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1820
WoO 160, "The Border At Hjelmen" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1822 / Published in 1822
WoO 161, "The Trip To The Moon" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1822 / Published in 1822
WoO 162, "In The Spring" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1823 / Published in 1823
WoO 163, "Song To Freedom" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1824 / Published in 1824
WoO 164, 2 Songs From "A Mountain Fairy Tale" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1824/5 / Published in 1825
WoO 165, "Memory" For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1827 / Published in 1827
WoO 166, 3 Posthumous Songs For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1875
WoO 167, 3 Songs From Vang For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 168, "Eleonore's Rapture" For Voice With Flute And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1829 / Published in ?
WoO 169, Two-Voice Puzzle Canon. Key: ? - Composed before 1809 / Published in 1808/9
WoO 170, 5 Puzzle Canons. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1811
WoO 171, "Alleluia"; three-voice canon. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1811
WoO 172, Canon For The Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1811
WoO 173, "Ave Maria"; seven-voice canon. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1812
WoO 174, Two-Voice Canon. Key: A minor - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 175, Twelve-Voice Crab Canon. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 176, Musical Anagram On B,A,C,H. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 177, "Kaael, Not Tepid"; Canon By Ludwig van Beethoven. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 178, Two-Voice Canon. Key: B major - Composed in ? / Published in 1820
WoO 179, Four-Voice Canon. Key: A minor - Composed in ? / Published in 1821
WoO 180, "Plead, Weep"; four-voice canon. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1821
WoO 181, "Good Wine"; six-voice canon. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1821
WoO 182, Canon For Twenty-Eight Voices. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1821
WoO 183, Comic Canons. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1817
WoO 184, Four-Voice Puzzle Canon. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 185, Symphony. Key: ? - Composed before 1805 / Published in ?
WoO 186, 12 Dances For Two Violins And Contrabass. Key: ? - Composed before 1808 / Published in ?
WoO 187, Concerto For Piano. Key: F minor - Composed in 1811 / Published in ?
WoO 188, 3 Cantabile Movements For Flute. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1834
WoO 189, Andante And Polacca For Horn And Piano. Key: - ? Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 190, English Dance For Four Instruments. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 191, Sonatina For Piano Four Hands. Key: C major - Composed in ? / Published in about 1835
WoO 192, Divertimento For Piano Four Hands. Key: Bb major - Composed in ? / Published in 1838
WoO 193, Waltzes From Dobberan For Piano Four hands. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published before 1824
WoO 194, Adagio And Allegro Con Brio For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in / Published before 1820 ?
WoO 195, Grave And Allegro Non Tanto For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1820 / Published in ?
WoO 196, Variations For Piano On An Air By Henri Montan Berton. Key: ? - Composed before 1808 / Published in 1807
WoO 197, "For The Well-Being Of Hamburg"; variations for piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1810 / Published in ?
WoO 198, 67 Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1816 / Published before 1816
WoO 199, "During A Dark Trip" For Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1816 / Published before 1816
WoO 200, Andantino With Variations For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1822
WoO 201, Lento Al Rovescio For Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1818 / Published in ?
WoO 202, Rondo For Piano. Key: A major - Composed in 1815 / Published in ?
WoO 203, Rondo For Piano On A Theme By Jacques Pierre Rode. Key: A minor - Composed in ? / Published in 1814
WoO 204, "Thunderstorm At The Sea"; tone painting for piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1810 / Published in ?
WoO 205, Funeral March For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1814 / Published in 1814
WoO 206, 2 Lamentation Marches For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in 1815 / Published in 1815
WoO 207, "The Meeting Of The Bodyguards"; march for piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1815 / Published in 1815
WoO 208, 2 Weapon-Dances For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1816
WoO 209, Review March For The Guards For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1818
WoO 210, 6 Waltzes For Piano. Key: ? - Composed before 1808 / Published before 1808
WoO 211, 10 Waltzes For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1812/3
WoO 212, 12 Waltzes For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1817
WoO 213, Favorite Waltzes For Piano. Key: A major - Composed in ? / Published in 1817
WoO 214, Waltzes For Piano. Key: F major - Composed in about 1818 / Published in ?
WoO 215, "Kaleidacousticon" For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in about 1817 / Published in about 1817
WoO 216, Great Heroic Waltz For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1822
WoO 217, 12 Scottish Dances For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1810
WoO 218, 6 Scottish Dances For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in 1812
WoO 219, "Old And New Times"; minuet for piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in about 1812
WoO 220, Scottish For Piano. Key: Eb major - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 221, Polacca For Piano. Key: B major - Composed in ? / Published in about 1834
WoO 222, Figured Bass School. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 223, Overture On "The Triumph Of Love". Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 224, Scene From Ossian's "Comala". Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 225, "Moses"; music for drama (By Ernst August Klingemann). Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 226, "Alfred"; opera (By August Friedrich von Kotzebue). Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 227, 3 Progressive Sonatas For Flute Or Violin And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 228, 6 Waltzes For Piano Four Hands. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 229, 5 Waltzes For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 230, 6 Little Waltzes For Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 231, 12 Poems By Frederik Høegh-Guldberg. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?
WoO 232, Romances And Songs In Two Volumes For Voice And Piano. Key: ? - Composed in ? / Published in ?

très beaux ces 3 quatuors et cette sonate violon piano!...superbe coffret de 2 cd à prix doux

Oui dommage qu'il soit l'unique concerto pour piano: il est vraiment très beau!
Composé après avoir découvert le 1er cto piano de Beethoven (l'opus 15) on y sent très nettement le suivi d'un modèle ...Il aurait composé un 2eme concerto qui hélas a été perdu dans l'incendie de sa maison avec d'autres oeuvres non encore publiées.
Domage aussi que les trois enregistrements disponibles soit couplé avec des "locomotives " du genre (un avec le 1er de Beethoven, un autre avec celui de Schuman et celui-ci avec Grieg): non pas qu'il patisse de la comparaison...mais il ne manque pâs de concertos pour piano à ressusciter tout comme celui-ci!

Je n'ai pas répondu aux posts précédents de Jean (pas vus ou oublis ?), pourtant je suis 100% d'accord

J'ai réécouté de CD qui comporte toutes les ouvertures soit d'opéras soit de musiques de scène (8 en tout) et je trouve que là aussi c'est une musique splendide, avec un petit côté Beethoven-Weber qui fait son charme !

très beau, merci !

Un autre catalogue, selon le Grove, classé par catégories de pièces, peut-être plus clair que le précédent


Orchestre:

Piano Concerto, C, op.7 (1812)
Concertino, F, 2 hn, orch, op.45, 1821–2 (1830)


Musique de chambre (sauf flûte)

Piano Quartet no.1, c, op.32 (1821)
Sonata, f, vn, pf, op.33 (Bonn, 1822)
Piano Quartet no.2, A, op.50 (Bonn, 1823)
3 Sonatas, F, a, C, vn, pf, op.79 (Copenhagen, 1826)
Piano Quartet no.3, g, op.108 (1832)
String Quartet, a, op.122 (1841)


Oeuvres pour flûte

Flûte et cordes:

3 Quintets, D, e, A, fl, vn, 2 va, vc, op.51 (Bonn, 1823)


Flûte et piano :

Variations, on ‘Unter blüheaden Mandelbäumln’ from Weber’s Euryanthe, G, op.63 (1825);
Sonata, E , op.64 (Hamburg, 1825);
Sonata, G, op.69 (Hamburg, 1825);
Sonata, e, op.71 (Bonn, 1826);
3 Sonatas, G, C, g, op.83 (Bonn, 1827);
Sonata, a, op.85 (Mainz, 1827);
Variations, on ‘Pour des filles’ from Onslow's Le colporteur, B , op.94 (1829);
Rondo, on ‘Ah! quand il gèle’ from Le colporteur, e, op.98 (1830);
Variations, on ‘Toujours de mon jeune âge’ from Le colporteur, a, op.99 (1830);
Variations, on ‘Schönes Mädchen’ from Spohr's Jessonda, G, op.101 (Copenhagen, 1830);
Variations, on a Scottish folksong, F, op.104 (1830);
Variations, on an Irish folksong, G, op.105 (1830);
3 Duos, B , e, D, op.110 (Copenhagen, 1830);
Trio, G, 2 fl, pf, op.119 (Bonn, Paris and London, 1832)
Unacc. fl(s) (for solo fl unless otherwise stated):
[12] Variations and Solos, op.10b (Hamburg, 1807);
3 Duos e, D, G, 2 fl, op.10a (1814);
3 Trios, D, g, F, 3 fl, op.13 (1815);
3 Fantaisies, D, G, C, op.38 (1822);
3 Duos, e, B , D, 2 fl, op.39 (1822);
3 Solos, F, a, G, fl, pf ad lib, op.57 (1824);
6 Divertissements, G, D, B, E , G, c , fl, pf ad lib, op.68 (Copenhagen, 1825);
3 Duos, G, C, e, 2 fl, op.80 (Bonn, 1827);
3 Duos, D, F, g, 2 fl, op.81 (Bonn, 1827);
3 Trios, e, D, E , 3 fl, op.86 (Hamburg, 1827);
3 Duos, A, g, D, 2 fl, op.87 (Mainz, 1827);
Trio, b, 3 fl, op.90 (Mainz, 1828);
3 Fantaisies, g, e, D, fl, pf ad lib, op.95 (Copenhagen, 1829);
3 Duos, D, e, A, 2 fl, op.102 (Copenhagen, 1830);
Quartet, e, 4 fl, op.103 (1830)


Piano à quatre mains:

Sonata, F, op.8b (Hamburg, 1810);
Sonatina, F, op.17 (Copenhagen, 1818);
8 Waltzes, op.24 (1821);
6 Waltzes, op.28 (Hamburg, 1821);
3 Sonatinas, G, C, F, op.44 (Copenhagen, 1823);
Variations, on ‘Deh calma o ciel’ from Rossini's Otello, A , op.58 (1824);
3 sonates, F, C, G, op.66 (Hamburg, 1825);
3 Rondos, F, C, D, op.70 (Hamburg, 1826);
Variations, on Beethoven’s ‘Herz, mein Herz’, C, op.72a (Bonn, 1826);
Variations, on Beethoven's ‘Der Wachtelschlag’, F, op.75 (Hamburg, 1826);
Variations, on Beethoven's ‘Lebensglück’, A, op.76 (Hamburg, 1826);
Variations, on Beethoven's ‘Sehnsucht’, B , op.77 (Hamburg, 1826);
3 Rondos, C, D, D, op.111 (1831);
Variations on 3 themes, G, C, F, op.114 (1832);
Allegro pathétique, c, op.123 (Copenhagen, 1832);
Adagio and Rondo, A , c, op.124 (Copenhagen, 1832)


Piano seul:

Sonates:

E , op.4 (1810);
d, op.5a (1812);
a, D, F, op.6a (Hamburg, 1812);
D, pf, vn ad lib, op.6b (1812);
a, op.8a (1814);
G, C, E , op.26 (Bonn, 1821);
B , op.30 (1821);
G, op.34 (1822);
G, d, C, op.46 (Hamburg, 1823);
F, B , A, op.52 (1823);
3, A, F, C, op.59 (Hamburg, 1824);
3 with variations on themes by Rossini, F, A, C, op.60 (Hamburg, 1824);
E , op.127, 1815 (Copenhagen, 1833)

Sonatines :

C, G, F, op.20 (1820);
C, G, C, F, D, C, op.55 (1823);
C, G, a, F, op.88 (Copenhagen, 1827)


Variations:

on ‘Guide mes pas’ from Cherubini's Les deux journées, E , op.12 (1815);
on the Danish air ‘Manden med Glas I Haand’, C, op.14 (Copenhagen, 1813);
on the Norwegian folksong ‘God dag, Rasmus Jansen’, a, op.15 (1816);
on the Danish folksong ‘Kong Christian stod ved højen mast’, D, op.16 (Copenhagen, 1818);
on ‘Willkommen, Purpurschale’ from Røverborgen, a, op.18 (Hamburg, 1819);
on a Danish song, f, op.22 (1820);
Fantaisie and Variations, on Swedish airs and dances, f, op.25 (Bonn, 1821);
on a Danish song, F, op.35 (Copenhagen, 1821);
on 6 Austrian folksongs, op.42 (1822);
on ‘Wir winden dir’ from Weber's Der Freischütz, C, op.48 (Copenhagen, 1822);
on 6 themes, from Der Freischütz, E , F, D, G, A, B, op.49 (Copenhagen, 1822);
on 3 themes from Weber's Preciosa, G, D, F, op.53 (Christiania, 1823);
on Bianchi's canzonetta ‘Silenzio che sento’, G, op.54 (1823);
on 3 themes from Euryanthe, A, C, A, op.62 (Copenhagen, 1824);
on the Swedish folksong ‘Och liten Karin tjente’, e, op.91 (1828);
3 Airs variés, on themes by Bellini and Hummel and an Austrian air, C, G, F, op.112 (1831);
on 2 themes from Rossini's Guillaume Tell, C, G, op.116 (Brunswick, 1831)


Rondos:

C, a, F, opp.1–3 (1810);
on a theme by Rode, a (Copenhagen, 1813);
on themes from Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro and Boieldieu’s Le petit chaperon rouge, C, G, C, op.31 (Copenhagen, 1820);
op.40 [nos.1–6] (1822);
op. 41 [nos.1–8] (1822);
on themes from Le nozze di Figaro, C, G, F, op.56 (Copenhagen, 1823);
on themes from Auber's La neige and Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, F, G, D, op.73 (Copenhagen, 1826);
on themes from Boieldieu's La dame blanche and Auber's Le maçon, C, F, A, op.84 (Copenhagen, 1827);
Les charmes de Copenhagen, on Danish airs, D, op.92 (Copenhagen, 1828);
on themes from Onslow's Le colporteur, B , op.96 (Copenhagen, 1828);
on themes from Hérold's Marie, C, A, op.97 (Copenhagen, 1829);
on themes from Rossini's Semiramide and French and German airs, G, C, F, op.109 (Copenhagen, 1830);
on Beethoven songs, G, B , C, op.117 (Brunswick, 1831);
on themes from Auber's Fra Diavolo, G, A, G, op.118 (Copenhagen, 1831);
on themes from Rossini's Ricciardo e Zoraide and Tancredi and Isouard's Joconde, C, D, A, op.113 (1832);
La légèreté, on a theme by Paganini, F, op.120 (Copenhagen, 1832);
La clochette, on a theme by Paganini, a, op.121 (Copenhagen, 1832);
C, op.125 (Copenhagen, 1833)


Autres oeuvres:

Kaleidakustikon (waltzes to be composed by game of dice) (Copenhagen, 1820);
Divertissement, E , op.37 (1822);
6 Divertissements en forme de valses, op.61 (Hamburg, 1824);
Fantaisie sur des airs suédois, G, op.93 (Copenhagen, 1829);
Divertissement sur des thêmes de Mozart, B, op.126 (Copenhagen, 1833);
31 waltzes;
9 écossaises;
5 marches



Opéras, musiques de scène :

first performed in Copenhagen, Kongelige Teater, unless otherwise stated

Amors Triumph, 1803–4, ov., Hamburg, 3 March 1804, lost
Røverborgen [The Robbers' Castle] (Spl, 3, A. Oehlenschläger, after C.L. Heyne), 26 May 1814, vs (Copenhagen, 1815), ov.
Eurydice in Tartarus (lyric-dramatic scene, J. Baggesen), op.47, 17 June 1816 [partly re-used in Lulu], ov., arr. pf duet,
Trylleharpen [The Magic Harp] (Spl, 2, Baggesen), op.27, 30 Jan 1817, autograph; ov. (1820)
Alfred (Spl, 3, A. von Kotzebue, trans. L.C. Sander), 1817, unperf., inc., lost
Aandsprøven, eller Krigseventyret [The Mental Trial, or The War Adventure] (Spl, 2, L. Kruse), 1819, unperf., inc., lost
Elisa, eller Venskab og Kjaerlighed [Elisa, or Friendship and Love] (lyrisk drama, 3, C.J. Boye), op.29, 17 April 1820, (Copenhagen, 1820–21)
Lulu (romantische Oper, 3, C.C.F. Güntelberg, after A.J. Liebeskind: Lulu, oder Die Zauberflöte), op.65, 29 Oct 1824, (Hamburg, 1825; Copenhagen, 1825)
William Shakespeare (incid music, 4, Boye), op.74, 28 March 1826, vs, S, 1st ser., iii, ov., S, 3rd ser., lvii
Hugo og Adelheid (Spl, 3, Boye), op.107, 29 Oct 1827, (Copenhagen, 1838)
Elverhøj [The Elf Hill] (incid music, 5, J.L. Heiberg), op.100, 6 Nov 1828, vs (Copenhagen, 1829), ov.,
Trillingbrødrene fra Damask [The Triplet Brothers from Damascus] (incid music, 5, Oehlenschläger), op.115, 1 Sept 1830, autograph, vs (Copenhagen, 1831), ov., arr. pf duet.


Choeurs:

An die Freude (F. von Schiller), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1813, frag.;
Kantatino, 2 S, chorus, fl, str, 1814;
12 Comic Canons, 3, male vv (?1821–2);
Die Feier des Wohlwollens (cant., Sander), 2 T, B, pf, op.36, 1814, vs (Hamburg, 1822);
6 Songs, 2 T, 2 B, op.67 (Copenhagen, 1825);
Formaelingskantate [Wedding-Cantata], S, A, T, B, chorus, pf, 1828;
9 Songs, 2 T, 2 B, op.82 (Bonn, 1828);
8 Songs, 2 T, 2 B, op.89 (Bonn, 1828)

1voix et piano:

[6] Leichte Stücke (Hamburg, 1806);
Die Blumen, 6 songs (Altona, 1806);
3 Gesänge, op.5b (Altona, 1806);
6 Canzoni, op.9 (1814);
10 Deutsche Lieder, op.11 (1814);
3 Canzonetti, 1813 (1819);
[10] Deutsche Gesänge, op.19 (Hamburg, 1819);
3 Gedichte (L. Gerstenberg), op.21 (1820);
12 Deutsche Lieder, op.23 (Hamburg, 1820);
3 Gesänge, op.72b (Hamburg, 1823);
[2] Gedichte (I. Castelli), op.78 (Hamburg, 1826);
[6] Romanzen und Lieder (F. de la Motte Fouqué), op.106, 1826 (1830);
c30 other songs, pubd individually without op. nos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh-y-yJEmOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRNHo6qd4Ok

'Elverhøj', musique de scène (1828)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iJLubPE8hM

Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)

Work: Incidental Music from 'Elverhøj' (1828)


Performers: Royal Danish Orchestra;

Johan Hye-Knudsen (1896-1975, conductor)

Elverhøj (La Colline des Elfes) a été commandée par Frederik VI pour le mariage de sa fille Vilhelmine Marie et Frederik Carl Christian (plus tard Frederik VII) et créée le 6 novembre 1828, 5 jours après le mariage. Depuis la première, la pièce a été jouée plus de 1 000 fois au Théâtre royal danois.


Commentaire

Friedrich (Daniel Rudolph) Kuhlau (Uelzen, 11 septembre 1786 - Copenhague, 12 mars 1832) est un compositeur danois d'origine allemande.

Il était le fils d'un pauvre musicien militaire et déménagea avec sa famille à Lünebourg vers 1793. En 1796, il perdit un œil dans un accident d'enfance et étudia le piano pendant sa convalescence. Il étudie ensuite la théorie et la composition avec Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, Kantor de la Catherinenkirche de Hambourg.

Il donne plusieurs récitals de piano à partir de 1804 et la même année, ses premières compositions connues sont publiées. Lorsque Hambourg fut envahie par les troupes de Napoléon en 1810, il se rendit à Copenhague pour éviter d'être enrôlé dans l'armée de Napoléon. Là, il commença à gagner sa vie en tant que professeur de piano et compositeur et, en 1813, fut nommé chambriste de la cour. Cette année-là, il devint finalement citoyen danois.

Suite au succès de son singspiel, The Robber's Castle, il obtint un poste bien rémunéré de professeur de chant au Théâtre Royal en 1816. Les œuvres de Kuhlau entre 1817 et 1820 ne parvinrent pas à gagner beaucoup d'importance. Son opéra, The Magic Harp, aurait échoué en raison d'un livret controversé. En 1821 et 1825, il se rend à Vienne où il se lie d'amitié avec Ludwig van Beethoven. L'influence de Beethoven est évidente dans les œuvres ultérieures de Kuhlau telles que son singspiel, Elverhøj ou Elves' Hill, une œuvre largement considérée comme un hommage à la monarchie danoise et une pièce inspirante de l'âge d'or danois. En 1828, il reçut une chaire honoraire.

À la suite d'un incendie qui ravagea sa maison en 1831, il souffrit d'une maladie thoracique dont il ne se remit jamais et mourut l'année suivante. Avec Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, il était le plus grand représentant de la fin de la période classique et du début du romantisme au Danemark.