List of compositions by César Franck
# List of compositions by César Franck

Most of César Franck's works seem to have been published during his lifetime, although only 21 works received a publisher's opus number. The mature published works were catalogued by Wilhelm Mohr in his Franck Werke Verzeichnis (FWV). He divided Franck's compositions into two main groups: instrumental works, M.1-48, and vocal works, M.49-91, arranging them by genre, and by composition date order within each genre.

The CFF catalogue (see § External links) compiled by Joël-Marie Fauquet (published in 1999) details almost every known work by Franck, including many not listed by Mohr. In addition, many dates are listed in Fauquet's catalogue that are incorrect in Mohr's, or missing altogether.

## Juvenile works

Franck wrote a number of juvenile works between 1834-7 to which he assigned an opus number; he later disowned all these early works, except for the Premiere Grande Fantaisie for piano, Op.12 (1836), which he occasionally played in later life. These opus numbers are not to be confused with his mature published works, published with or without an opus number.

* Op. 2 - Concerto No. 1, piano & orch., 1834?
* Op. 3 - Grand Rondo, piano, 1834
* Op. 4 - Variations brillantes un thème original, piano, 1834
* Op. 5 - Variations brillantes sur un air du Pré aux Clercs (Hérold), piano, 1834
* Op. 6 - Grand Trio for piano, violin & cello, 1834
* Op. 8 - Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III (by Auber), piano & orch., 1834
* Op. 9 - O salutaris, chorus & piano, 1835
* Op. 10 - Première grande Sonate, piano, 1834/5
* Op. 11 - Deuxième grand Concerto, piano & orch., 1835
* Op. 12 - Première grande Fantaisie, piano, 1836 (only piece not to be disowned)
* Op. 13 - Fantaisie (lost), piano, 1836
* Op. 14 - Deuxième grande Fantaisie, piano, 1836
* Op. 15 - Two mélodies for piano, c. 1837
* Op. 18 - Deuxième Sonate, piano, c. 1837
* Op. 19 - Troisième grande Fantaisie for piano c. 1837

## Mature works

This is an incomplete, sortable list of César Franck's mature works. The general layout of the table is according to Mohr's classification of the published compositions listed in FWV by genre and date, along with a few unpublished/unfinished works to which Mohr did not assign an FWV number; the latter are included in date order within each FWV genre. The corresponding publisher's Opus number is also shown where appropriate.

In some recorded performances, programme notes, and printed sheet music, Mohr's classification of FWV numbers is sometimes misunderstood and confused with opus numbers: e.g. "Fantaisie in C Major, Opus 16" may be given where "FWV 16" is meant.

### Contents

* Chamber, M. 1-10
* Piano, M. 11-23
* Organ, M. 24-42
* Orchestra, M. 43-48
* Operas, M. 49-50
* Sacred works with orchestra, M. 51-54
* Sacred works with organ, M. 55-69
* Solo songs with piano, M. 70-88
* Chorus songs with piano, M. 89-91

| Op. | FWV | Title | Genre | Composed | Published | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 /1 | 1 | Piano Trio No.1 in F#- | Chamber | 1839-42 | | |
| 1 /2 | 2 | Piano Trio No.2 in Bb | Chamber | 1839-42 | | "Trio de Salon" |
| 1 /3 | 3 | Piano Trio No.3 in B- | Chamber | 1839-42 | | |
| 2 | 4 | Piano Trio No.4 in B- | Chamber | 1842 | | |
| 6 | 5 | Andantino Quietoso in Eb, for violin & piano | Chamber | 1843 | | |
| 10 | | Solo de Piano on a theme from 'Ruth', for piano & string quartet | Chamber | 1843 | | unfinished |
| 14 | 6 | Duo Concertant in Bb, for violin and piano | Chamber | 1844 | | |
| | 7 | Piano Quintet in F minor | Chamber | 1878-79 | | |
| | 8 | Violin Sonata in A major | Chamber | 1886 | 1886 | |
| | 9 | String Quartet in D | Chamber | 1889 | 1889 | |
| | 10 | Mélancolie, for violin & piano | Chamber | 1889 ? | 1911 | |
| 3 | 11 | Églogue | Piano | 1842 | 1844 | |
| 4 | 12 | Duo for piano No.1, on 'God Save the King', for piano 4-hands | Piano | 1842 | 1845 c. | |
| 5 | 13 | Première Grand Caprice | Piano | 1843 | 1845 c. | |
| 7 | 14 | Souvenir d'Aix-la-Chapelle | Piano | 1843 | 1845 c. | |
| 8 | 15 | Four songs by Franz Schubert, arr. for piano solo | Piano | 1844 | | |
| 9 | | Ballade | Piano | 1844 | | |
| 11 | 16 | Grande Fantaisie No. 1 on motifs from Gulistan by Nicolas Dalayrac | Piano | 1844 | 1844 | |
| | 17 | Grande Fantaisie No. 2 on motifs from Gulistan by Dalayrac | Piano | 1844 | 1844 | |
| 15 | 18 | Fantaisie sur deux airs polonaises | Piano | 1845 | 1845 | |
| 16 | | Trois petits riens Duettino Valse Le Songe | Piano | 1845 | | |
| 17 | 19 | Duo for piano No.2, on the quartet from Lucile by Grétry, for piano 4-hands | Piano | 1845-6 | 1846 | |
| | 20 | Les plaintes d'une poupée | Piano | 1865 | c. 1865 | |
| | 21 | Prélude, Choral et Fugue | Piano | 1884 | c. 1892 | Sometimes wrongly numbered 'Op. 21' instead of M. 21 |
| | 22 | Danse Lente | Piano | 1885 ? | 1888 | publ. in "Album du Gaulois" |
| | 23 | Prélude, Aria et Final | Piano | 1886-7 | 1902 | Sometimes wrongly numbered 'Op. 23' instead of M. 23 |
| | 24 | L'Organiste Vol.2 | Organ | 1858-63 | 1900 | Consists of 30 early pieces, collected and published posthumously after the later pieces in L'Organiste, Vol. 1 (1896) |
| | 25 | Andantino in G minor | Organ | 1856 | 1889 | |
| 23 | 26 | 5 Pièces pour harmonium Offertoire Petit offertoire Verset I Verset II Communion | Organ | 1863 | 1864 | |
| | 27 | Trois Antiennes Quasi lento Allegretto Lent | Organ | 1859 | 1859 | |
| 16 | 28 | 6 pièces pour Grande Orgue, Op. 16-21, M.28-33 Fantasy in C major | Organ | 1856-63 | 1868 | |
| 17 | 29 | Grande Pièce Symphonique in F♯ minor | Organ | 1860-62 | 1868 | |
| 18 | 30 | Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor | Organ | 1860-62 | 1868 | Also arr. for 2 pianos; for piano & harmonium; and for solo piano by Harold Bauer and Ignaz Friedman |
| 19 | 31 | Pastorale in E major | Organ | 1860-62 | 1868 | |
| 20 | 32 | Prière in C♯ minor | Organ | 1860-62 | 1868 | |
| 21 | 33 | Final in B♭ major | Organ | 1860-62 | 1868 | |
| 22 | 34 | Quasi Marcia, for harmonium | Organ | 1862 | 1868 | |
| | 35 | Trois pièces pour Orgue, M.35-37 Fantaisie in A major | Organ | 1878 | 1883 | |
| | 36 | Cantabile in B major | Organ | 1878 | 1883 | |
| | 37 | Piece héroique in B minor | Organ | 1878 | 1883 | |
| | 38 | Trois Chorales pour Orgue, M.38-40 Chorale in E major | Organ | 1890 | 1892 | |
| | 39 | Chorale in B minor | Organ | 1890 | 1892 | |
| | 40 | Chorale in A minor | Organ | 1890 | 1892 | |
| | 41 | L'Organiste Vol.1 | Organ | 1889-90 | 1896 | 63 pieces published posthumously |
| | 42 | 44 pieces for harmonium | Organ | 1858-63 | 1900 | |
| | | Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, symphonic poem | Orchestra | 1846 | | Op. posth. |
| | 43 | Les Éolides, symphonic poem | Orchestra | 1875-76 | | |
| | 44 | Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem | Orchestra | 1881-82 | | |
| | 45 | Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano and orchestra | Orchestra | 1884 | | |
| | 46 | Symphonic Variations, for piano and orchestra | Orchestra | 1885 | | |
| | 47 | Psyché, symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra | Orchestra | 1886-87 | | |
| | 48 | Symphony in D minor | Orchestra | 1887-88 | | |
| | | Stradella, unpub. opera in 3 acts | Opera | 1841-2 | | Arranged by Luc van Hove from vocal score with indications for orchestration, perf. 2012-2013 |
| | | Le Valet de Ferme, unpub. opéra comique in 3 acts | Opera | 1851-53 | | |
| | 49 | Hulda | Opera | 1882–85 | | |
| | 50 | Ghiselle | Opera | 1889 | | |
| | 51 | Ruth, for soloists, chorus & orch. | Sacred w/orch | 1843-6 | | Revised 1871 |
| | | Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix | Sacred w/orch | 1859 | | Unperformed during his lifetime, only discovered in 1955 |
| | 52 | Rédemption, symphonic poem for narrator, women's chorus, mixed chorus & orch. | Sacred w/orch | 1872 | | Revised 1874. Text by Edouard Blau. |
| | 53 | Les Béatitudes, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orch. | Sacred w/orch | 1869-79 | | |
| | 54 | Rébecca, cantata for soloists, chorus & orch. | Sacred w/orch | 1880–81 | | Text by Paul Collin |
| | 55 | O salutaris, for soprano, tenor or mezzo-soprano & organ | Sacred w/organ | 1858 | | |
| | 56 | Three Motets, M.56-58 O salutaris, for soprano, chorus and organ | Sacred w/organ | 1865 | | |
| | 57 | Ave Maria, hymn for soprano and bass soloists & organ | Sacred w/organ | 1865 | | |
| | 58 | Tantum ergo, hymn for bass voice, mixed chorus & organ | Sacred w/organ | 1865 | | |
| | 59 | Messe solennelle for bass and organ | Sacred w/organ | 1858 | | |
| | 60 | Le garde d'honneur, sacred canticle for voice, female chorus, organ | Sacred w/organ | | |
| Op 12 | 61a | Messe à trois voix for STB soloists, chorus and orchestra (or organ reduc.) | Sacred w/organ | 1860 | | |
| Op 12 | 61b | Panis Angelicus for tenor, cello, harp, organ | Sacred w/organ | 1861 | | Included in the 1872 edition, replacing the offertory O salutaris for bass |
| | 62 | Ave Maria, for soprano, tenor, bass and organ | Sacred w/organ | | | |
| | 63 | 3 Offertories, M.63-65 Quae est ista | Sacred w/organ | | | |
| | 64 | Domine Deus in simplicitate, for three voices with organ and double bass | Sacred w/organ | 1861 | | |
| | 65 | Dextera Domini pour sop, tén, bas, choeur et orgue | Sacred w/organ | 1861 | | Orchestrated in 1877 |
| | 66 | Domine non secundum, offertory for three voices and organ | Sacred w/organ | | | |
| | 67 | Quare fremuerunt gentes | Sacred w/organ | 1865 | | |
| | 68 | Veni Creator, for two voices and organ | Sacred w/organ | 1876 | | |
| | 69 | Cantique au Sacré-Coeur | Sacred w/organ | 1880 | | |
| | 70 | "Souvenance", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 71 | "Ninon", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 72 | "L'émir de Bengador", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 73 | "Le sylphe", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 74 | "Robin Gray", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 75 | "L'ange et l'enfant", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 76 | "Aimer", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 77 | "Les trois exilés", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 78 | "S'il est un charmant gazon", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 79 | "Paris: Ode patriotique" for soprano or tenor and piano (or orch.) | Solo song | 1870 | | |
| | 80 | "Le mariage des roses", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 81 | "Roses et papillons", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 82 | "Passez, passez toujours", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 83 | "Pour moi sa main cueillait des roses", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 84 | "Le Vase brisé", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 85 | "Nocturne", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 86 | ? song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 87 | "Les Cloches du soir", song for voice and piano | Solo song | | | |
| | 88 | "La Procession: Dieu s'avance à travers les champs!", for voice and piano (or orch.) | Solo song | | | |
| | 89 | Six duos for female chorus and piano | Chorus song | | | |
| | 90 | Premier sourire de Mai, for small 3-voice choir | Chorus song | 1888 | | |
| | 91 | Hymne de Jean Racine, for 4-part male chorus and piano (or orch.) | Chorus song | 1888 | | |

### Other miscellaneous works

Probably included in other works in the table

* Andantino (1889), for harmonium
* Petit offertoire, for harmonium
* Entrée, for harmonium
* Piece in Eb, for organ or harmonium
* Offertoire in A, for harmonium
* Offertoire sur un Noël bréton, CFF 34, for harmonium
