List of compositions by Stanisław Moniuszko

This is a list of compositions by Stanisław Moniuszko.

Stanisław Moniuszko

Stage works

Operettas

Work	Form	Composed	Libretto	Première
Biuraliści (The Bureaucrats)	operetta in one act	c. 1835	I F Skarbeck	unperformed
Nocleg w Apeninach (A Night in the Apennines)	operetta in one act	c. 1837-9	A Fredro	Vilnius, 1839
Cudowna woda (The Miraculous Water)	operetta in two acts, lost except overture	1840-1
Ideał, czyli Nowe Precjoza (Perfection, or The New Preciosa)	operetta in two acts	c. 1841	O Milewski	Vilnius, 1840
Karmaniol, czyli Francuzi lubią żartować (Carmagnole, or The French Like Joking)	operetta	c. 1840-1	O Milewski (after Théaulon de Torges and E Jaime)	unperformed
Nowy Don Kichot, czyl Sto szaleństw (The New Don Quixote, or 100 Follies)	operetta in three acts	1841	A Fredro (after M de Cervantes)	Lwów 1849 Warsaw, 1923
Żółta szlafmyca (The Yellow Nightcap)	operetta	c. 1841	F Zablocki	lost
Loteria (The Lottery)	operetta in one act	c. 1842-3	O Milewski	Minsk, 1843
Cyganie (The Gypsies) (revised as Jawnuta 1860)	operetta	c. 1852	F D Kniaźnin	Vilnius, 20 May 1852
Beata	operetta in one act	c. 1870-1	Jan Chęciński	Warsaw, 2 February 1872
Pobór rekrutów (Conscription)	operetta	1842	Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich	lost

Operas

Work	Form	Composed	Libretto	Première
Halka	opera in two acts, later enlarged to four acts	c. 1847–8 & 1857	Włodzimierz Wolski (after Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki)	Vilnius, 1 January 1848
Sielanka (Idyll)	opera in two acts	c. 1848?	Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich	Minsk, 9 February 1852
Betty	comic opera in two acts	c. 1852	F Schober (after Scribe and Mélesville)	Vilnius, 20 May 1852
Flis (The Raftsman)	opera in one act	c. 1858	S Boguslawski	Warsaw, 24 September 1858
Rokiczana (The King of Peasants)	incomplete	c. 1859	J Korzeniowski	unperformed
Hrabina (The Countess)	opera in three acts	c. 1859	Włodzimierz Wolski	Warsaw, 7 February 1860
Jawnuta	opera in two acts	c. 1860		Warsaw 5 June 1860
Verbum nobile	opera in one act	c. 1860	Jan Chęciński	Warsaw, 1 January 1861
Straszny Dwór (The Haunted Manor)	opera in four acts	c. 1861–4	Jan Chęciński (after Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki)	Warsaw, 28 September 1865
Paria	opera in three acts with prologue	c. 1859–69	Jan Chęciński (after a play by Delavigne)	Warsaw, 11 December 1869
Trea	incomplete	c. 1872	J Jasiński after a Femish legend	unperformed
Nowy dziedzic (The New Landlord)	incomplete	undated		unperformed
Sen wieszcza (The Seer's Dream)	incomplete	undated	Władysław Syrokomla after J B Rosier and A de Leuven	unperformed
Walka muzyków (The Musicians' Struggle)	incomplete	undated	Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich	lost

Ballet

• Monte Christo, after Alexandre Dumas (1866)
• Na kwaterunku (On the Billet) (1868)
• Figle szatana (Satan's Tricks aka Devil's Frolics) (1870)
• Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1849), ballet music composed for the opera of Otto Nicolai

Theatre

• Kasper Hauser (1843), melodrama by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and d'Ennery. First performance: Minsk, November 18, 1843
• Sabaudka (Savoyardess or the Mother's Blessing) melodrama in 5 acts by d'Ennery and Lemoine. First performance: Vilnius, May 6, 1845
• Hamlet. Shakespeare's tragedy. First performance: Warsaw, March 24, 1871
• Zbojcy (Die Rauber). Schiller's tragedy. First performance: Warsaw 1870 and 1871
• Hans Mathis, drama (1872). Finished by Adam Munchheimer
• Karpaccy gorale, drama by J. Korzeniowski

Vocal

Cantatas

Work	Form	Composed	Text	Première
Milda	cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra	1848	J.I. Kraszewski, after Witolorauda	Vilnius, 18 December 1848
Nijoła (Wundyny	cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra	after 1848	partly from Witolorauda	Vilnius, 8 March 1852
Florian Szary (The Grey)	ballad from unfinished opera Rokiczana for baritone solo, choir and orchestra	1858-9	J. Korzeniowski	Warsaw, 16 December 1860
Widma (The Ghosts)	cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra	before 1859	Adam Mickiewicz, after Dziady (The Forefathers)	Warsaw, 1865
Sonety krymskie (Crimean Sonnets)	cantata (8 sonnets) for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra	1867	Adam Mickiewicz	Warsaw, 16 February 1868
Pani Twardowska	ballad for solo voices, choir and orchestra	1869	Adam Mickiewicz	Warsaw, December 1869
Kurmine	cantata	unfinished

Masses and litanies

Work	Form	Composed	Text	Première
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.1 in F major	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra	1843[1]	Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin)
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.2 in F major	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra	1849[1]	Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin)
Pieśni żałobne do mszy świętej za dusze zmarłych (Polish funeral mass) in D minor	solo voices, mixed choir and organ	1850 ca.[2]	Alojzy Feliński
Polish Mass in E minor	female choir (2 sopranos, alto) and organ	1855[2]	A.E. Odyniec (Polish), Achilles Bonoldi (Latin)
Polish Mass in A minor	female choir (soprano, alto) and organ	1856 ca.[2]	A.E. Odyniec	1857 or earlier[2]
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.3 in E minor	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra	before 1854[1]	Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin)
Litanie ostrobramskie (Litanies of Ostra Brama) No.4 in C major	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and orchestra	1855[1]	Litaniae Lauretanae (Latin)
Latin Mass in E-flat major	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet	1865[2]	Latin	Warsaw, 26 November 1865[2]
Latin Mass in D-flat major	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet	1870[3]	Latin	Warsaw, September/October 1871[3]
Msza żałobna (Funeral Mass) in G minor	solo voices, mixed choir, organ	1871 ca.[3]	Requiem (Latin)
Polish Mass in B-flat major "Piotrowinska" (Piotrowin Mass)	solo voices, mixed choir and organ	1872[3]	Józef Wojewódzki	Warsaw, 19 May 1872[3]

Minor works

Work	Form	Composed	Text	Première
Oto drzewo krzyza (Ecce lignum crucis)	motet for baritone solo, mixed choir and organ	1872	Latin or Polish translation by M. Kotarbinski	Warsaw, 29 March 1872
Modlitwa Panska "Ojcze nasz" in E minor (The Lord's Prayer "Our Father")	4-part mixed choir and orchestra or organ			Warsaw, 17 June 1859
Psalm "Ne memineris"	solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet		Latin
Psalm "Vide humilitatem meam"	mixed choir, sting quintet and organ		Polish
Requiem aeternam	11 solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra

Songs

More than 300, listing the most popular:

• Chochlik (The Imp). Text by A.E. Odyniec
• Czaty (The Ambush), ballad. Text by A. Mickiewicz. Also in a version with orchestra
• Czarny krzyżyk (The Little Black Cross). Text by Bruno Bielawski.
• Dziad i baba (The Old Man and The Old Woman). Text by J.I. Kraszewski
• Dziadek i babka (Grandpa and Grandma). Text by P. Jankowski
• Entuzjasta (The Enthusiast). Text by J. Prusinowski
• Kozak (Cossack). Also known as Tam na gorze jawor stoi
• Kum i kuma (Chums). Text by J. Czeczot
• Łzy (Tears). Text by A.E. Odyniec
• Maciek. Text by T. Lenartowicz
• Magda karczmarka (Magda, the Innkeeper). Also known as W pustej karczmie Magda siedzi, ballad. Text by E. Sztyrmer
• Nad Nidą (On Nida River). Text by Włodzimierz Wolski
• Panicz i dziewczyna (The Young Master and The Girl). Also known as W gaiku zielonym. Text by A.E. Odyniec
• Pieśń wieczorna (The Song at Dusk). Also known as Po nocnej rosie. Text by W. Syrokomla
• Piosnka żołnierza (Soldier's Song). Also known as Już matka zasnęła. Text by J. Korzeniowski
• Polna różyczka (The Little, Field Rose). Text by J. Grajnert
• Powrót taty (Father's Return). Text by A. Mickiewicz
• Prząśniczka (The Spinner). Text by J. Czeczot. Also in a version with orchestra
• Rozmowa (Conversation). Also known as Kochanko moja, na co nam rozmowa. Text by A. Mickiewicz
• Rybka (The Fish). Text by A. Mickiewicz
• Świerszcz (The Cricket). Text by J.N. Kaminski
• Świtezianka (The Nymph of Lake Switez). Text by A. Mickiewicz
• Tren X (Lament No. X). Also known as Urszulo moja wdzieczna. Text by J. Kochanowski
• Trzech Budrysów (Three Budryses). Text by A. Mickiewicz. Also in a version with orchestra
• Trzy śpiewy: Niepewnosc, Pieszczotka, Sen (Three Chants: Uncertainty, Cuddlesome One, Dream). Text by A. Mickiewicz. German translation Blankensee
• Wilija (Christmas Eve). Text by A. Mickiewicz
• Znaszli ten kraj (Do You Know Such Land). Text by A. Mickiewicz, after J. W. Goethe

Instrumental

Chamber

• String quartet no.1 in D minor (1839)
• String quartet no.2 in F major (before 1840)

Organ

• Organ compositions on the themes of church songs, among others Vespers and Song of Ostra Brama. Published: Warsaw, 1862.

Piano

• Fraszki (Trifles). Two books. Published: Vilnius, 1843
• Nocturne in A-flat major. Published: Vilnius, 1846
• Mazurka in D major. Published: Vilnius, before 1846
• Six Polonaises. Published: Vilnius, 1846
• Polka in C major. Published: Warsaw, 1851
• Polka, "Daniel". Published: Warsaw, 1852
• Polka, "Gabirela". Published: Warsaw, 1855
• "Spring" Polka. Published: Warsaw, 1860
• Vilanelle in B flat major. Published: Warsaw, 1851
• Three Waltzes. Published: Warsaw, 1852
• "Wedding" Mazurka. Published: Warsaw, 1872
• Kolysanka (Cradle Song) in D major. Published: Warsaw, 19 March 1872
• Piano transcriptions of opera fragments and of works by other composers, among others Six Polonaises of Michal Oginski. Published: Warsaw, before 1858
• Original compositions and transcriptions for piano duet

Symphonic

• Bajka (Fairytale), fantastic overture (1848). Two versions. First performed: Vilnius, 1 May 1848
• Kain, overture (1856). First performance: St. Petersburg, March 1856
• War Overture. First performance: Vilnius, 19 March 1857
• Polonez koncertowy (concert polonaise) in A major, for large orchestra (1866)
• Polonez obywatelski, civic polonaise in F major (after 1863)

References

1. Culture.pl
2. Stanisław Dybowski. Booklet notes for DUX 0720
3. Stanisław Dybowski. Booklet notes for DUX 0657