List of works by Jean Sibelius

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Works with Opus Number*

  • Op.1, 5 Christmas Songs (completed in 1913)
    • 1 - Nu står jul vid snöig port
    • 2 - Nu så kommer julen
    • 3 - Det mörknar ute
    • 4 - Julvisa: Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt [Christmas hymn: Give me no splendour, gold or pomp]
    • 5 - On hanget korkeat, nietokset [High are the snowdrifts]
  • Op.2, 2 Pieces, for violin and piano (1888, rev. 1911)
    • 1 - Romance
    • 2 - Epilogue
  • Op.3, Arioso, for soprano and string orchestra (compl. 1911)
  • Op.4, String Quartet (compl. 1890)
  • Op.5, 6 Impromptus, for Piano (compl. 1893)
  • Op.6, Cassazione, for orchestra (1904, rev.1905)
  • Op.7, Kullervo, Choral Symphony (compl. 1892, rev. 1917-1918)
  • Op.8, Ödlan, incidental music (compl. 1909)
  • Op.9, En Saga, Symphonic Poem (compl. 1892, rev. ca.1902)
  • Op.10, Karelia Ouverture, for orchestra
    • Extracted from Karelia Music (compl. 1893)
  • Op.11, Karelia Suite, for orchestra
    • Extracted from Karelia Music (compl. 1893)
  • Op.12, Piano Sonata (compl. 1983)
  • Op.13, 7 Songs, to words by Runeberg (comp. 1891-1892)
    • 1 -Under strandens granar
    • 2 - Kyssens hopp
    • 3 - Hjärtats morgon
    • 4 - Våren flyktar hastigt
    • 5 - Drömmen (The Dream)
    • 6 - Till Frigga; words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg.
    • 7 - Jägargossen (The Hunter Boy)
  • Op.14, Rakastava [The Lover], for string orchestra (1912) (also exists in a version for a cappella choir)
  • Op.15, Skogsrået [The Wood Nymph], symphonic poem (1894-1895)
  • Op.16, Vårsång [Spring Song], for orchestra
    • 1st version: Improvisation (1894)
    • 2nd version: Kevätlaulu (1895)
    • 3rd version: Vårsång (ca.1903)
  • Op.17, 7 Songs (1891-1902)
    • 1 - Se'n har jag ej frågat mera
    • 2 - Sov in!
    • 3 - Fågellek
    • 4 - Vilse
    • 5 - En slända
    • 6 - Illalle
    • 7 - Lastu lainehilla
  • Op.18, 6 Songs for male choir (1893-1901)
    • 1 - Sortunut ääni
    • 2 - Terve kuu
    • 3 - Venematka [Boat-ride]
    • 4 - Saarella palaa
    • 5 - Metsämiehen laulu
    • 6 - Sydämeni laulu [The Song of My Heart]
  • Op.19, Impromptu, for female choir and orchestra (1st ver. 1902, 2nd ver. 1910)
  • Op. 20, Malinconia, for cello and piano (compl. 1900)
    • Originally named Fantasia.
  • Op.21, Hymn: Natus in Curas, for male choir (compl. 1896)
  • Op.22, Lemminkäinen Suite, for orchestra (1895-1897)
  • Op.23, 9 Songs, for mixed-voice choirs (1897?)
    • 1 Me nuoriso Suomen
    • 2 - Tuuli tuudittele
    • 3 - Oi toivo, toivo sä lietomieli
    • 4 - Montapa elon merellä
    • 5 - Sammuva sainio maan
    • 6a - Soi kiitokseksi Luojan
    • 6b - Tuule, tuuli, leppeämmin
    • 7 - Oi lempi, sun valtas ääretön on [O Love]
    • 8 - Kuin virta vuolas
    • 9 - Oi kallis Suomi, äiti verraton [O Precious Finland]
      • From Cantata for the Graduate and Master's Degree Ceremony of 1897
  • Op.24, 10 Pieces for piano (1895-1904)
    • 1 - Impromptu
    • 2 - Romance in A major
    • 3 - Caprice
    • 4 - Romance in D minor
    • 5 - Valse (Waltz)
    • 6 - Idyll
    • 7 - Andantino
    • 8 - Nocturno
    • 9 - Romance in D flat minor
    • 10 - Barcarola
  • Op.25, Scènes historiques I, suite for orchestra (1911)
    • 1 - All'Overtura
    • 2 - Scena
    • 3 - Festivo (Originally Quasi Bolero)
      • Extracted from Music for the Days of the Press (1899)
  • Op.26, Finlandia, Symphonic Poem (1900)
    • Originally Finland Awakens, extracted from Music for the Days of the Press, No.7 (1899)
  • Op.27, King Christian II, Suite for Orchestra (1898)
    • Extracted from King Christian II, Incidental Music (1898)
  • Op.28, Sandels, improvisation for male choir and orchestra (1898, 2nd ver. ca.1915)
  • Op.29, Snöfrid, improvisation for narrator, mixed-voice choir and orchestra (compl. 1900)
  • Op.30, Islossningen i Uleå älv [The Breaking of the Ice on Oulu River], improvisation for a narrator, male choir and orchestra (compl. 1899)
  • Op.31, 3 Pieces for Choir and Orchestra
    • 1 - Laulu Lemminkäiselle [Song to Lemminkäinen] (compl. 1896)
    • 2 - Har du mod? [Have you courage?] (compl. 1904)
    • 3 - Atenarnes sång [The Song of the Athenians] (compl. 1899)
  • Op.32, Tulen synty [The Origin of Fire] (1st ver. 1902, 2nd ver. 1910)
  • Op.33, Koskenlaskijan morsiamet [The Rapids-Shooter's Brides] (compl.1897)
  • Op.34, 10 Small Pieces (Bagatelles), for piano
    • 1 - Valse (compl. 1914)
    • 2 - Air de danse (compl. 1914)
    • 3 - Mazurka (compl. 1914)
    • 4 - Couplet (compl. 1914)
    • 5 - Boutade (compl. 1914)
    • 6 - Rêverie (compl. 1913)
    • 7 - Danse pastorale (compl. 1916)
    • 8 - Joueur de harpe (compl. 1916)
    • 9 - Reconnaissance (compl. 1916)
    • 10 - Souvenir (compl. 1916)
  • Op.35, Two songs
    • 1 - Jubal (compl. 1907-1908)
    • 2 - Teodora
  • Op.36, 6 Songs (compl. 1899-1900)
    • 1 - Svarta rosor [Black Roses];
    • 2 - Men min fågel märks dock icke [But my bird is long in homing];
    • 3 - Bollspelet vid Trianon (Tennis at Trianon);
    • 4 - Säv, säv, susa (Reeds, reeds, whisper);
    • 5 - Marssnön (The March Snow);
    • 6 - Demanten på marssnön (The Diamond on the March Snow);
  • Op.37, 5 Songs (compl. 1900-1902)
    • 1 - Den första kyssen (The First Kiss);
    • 2 - Lasse liten (Little Lasse);
    • 3 - Soluppgång (Sunrise);
    • 4 - Var det en dröm [Was It a Dream?];
    • 5 - Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The girl comes from meeting her lover);
  • Op.38, 5 Songs (compl. 1903-1904)
    • 1 Höstkväll [Autumn Evening]
    • 2 På verandan vid havet [On a balcony by the sea]
    • 3 I natten [In the night]
    • 4 Harpolekaren och hans son [The Harpist and His Son]
    • 5 Jag ville jag vore i Indialand
  • Op.39, Symphony No.1 in E minor (1st ver. 1899, 2nd ver. 1900)
  • Op.40, 10 Pensées lyriques for piano (compl. 1912-1916)
    • 1 - Valsette
    • 2 - Chant sans paroles
    • 3 - Humoresque
    • 4 - Menuetto
    • 5 - Berceuse
    • 6 - Pensée mélodique
    • 7 - Rondoletto
    • 8 - Scherzando
    • 9 - Petite sérénade
    • 10 - Polonaise
  • Op.41, Kyllikki, 3 lyrical pieces for piano (compl. 1904)
  • Op.42, Romance in C major, for string orchestra (compl. 1904)
    • Originally Andante
  • Op.43, Symphony No.2 (1st ver. 1902, 2nd ver. 1903)
  • Op.44, 2 Pieces from Kuolema, for orchestra
    • 1 - Valse Triste (compl. 1904)
    • 2 - Scene with Cranes (compl. 1906)
      • Revised versions of numbers extracted from Kuolema, incidental music to Arvid Järnefelt's play (compl. 1903)
  • Op.45, 2 Pieces for Orchestra
    • 1 - Dryaden, symphonic poem (compl. 1910)
    • 2 - Dance Intermezzo (1907)
      • No.2 taken from Musik zu einer Szene, Incidental Music (compl. 1904)
  • Op.46, Pelléas och Mélisande, orchestral suite (compl.1905)
    • 1 - Vid slottsporten [At the Castle Gate],
    • 2 - Mélisande, 2a. På stranden vid havet [At the Seashore],
    • 3 - En källa i parken (A Spring in the Park),
    • 4 - De trenne blinda systrar [Three Blind Sisters],
    • 5 - Pastorale,
    • 6 - Mélisande vid sländan [Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel],
    • 7 - Mellanaktsmusik [Entr'acte],
    • 8 - Mélisandes död [The Death of Mélisande]
      • Extracted from Pelléas och Mélisande, Incidental Music (compl.1905)
  • Op.47, Violin Concerto (1st ver. ca. 1904, 2nd ver. 1905)
  • Op.48, Vapautettu Kuningatar [The Liberated Queen], ballad for mixed choir and orchestra (ca. 1906)
  • Op.49, Pohjolan Tytär [Pohjola's Daughter], symphonic fantasy for orchestra (compl.1906)
  • Op.50, 6 Songs (compl.1906)
    • 1 - Lenzgesang [Spring Song]
    • 2 - Sehnsucht [Longing]
    • 3 - Im Feld ein Mädchen singt [A Maiden Yonder Sings]
    • 4 - Aus banger Brust [From Anxious Heart]
    • 5 - Die stille Stadt [The Silent Town]
    • 6 - Rosenlied [Rose Song]
  • Op.51, Belsazars Gästabud [Belshazzar's Feast], suite for orchestra (compl.1907)
    • 1 - Orientalisk marsch
    • 2 - Solitude
    • 3 - Nocturne
    • 4 - Khadras dans
      • Extracted from Belsazars Gästabud [Belshazzar's Feast], incidental music (compl.1906)
  • Op.52, Symphony No. 3 (compl. 1907)
  • Op.53a, Pan och Echo (Pan and Echo), Dance Intermezzo for orchestra (compl.1906)
  • Op.54, Svanevit [Swanwhite], suite for orchestra (compl.1909)
    • 1 - Påfågeln (The Peacock)
    • 2 - Harpan (The Harp)
    • 3 - Tärnorna med rosor [The Maidens with Roses]
    • 4 - Hör rödhaken slå [Hark, the Robin]
    • 5 - Prinsen allena [The Prince alone]
    • 6 - Svanevit och prinsen [Swanwhite and the Prince]
    • 7 - Lovsång [A Song of Praise]
      • Extracted from Svanevit [Swanwhite], incidental music (compl.1908)
  • Op.54a, * Swanwhite, suite
  • Op.55, * Öinen Ratsastus and Auringonnousu [Night Ride and Sunrise] (compl.1908)
  • Op.56, String quartet in D minor, "Voces Intimae" (compl.1909)
  • Op.57, 8 Songs to words by Josephson (compl. 1909-1912)
    • 1 - Älven och snigeln
    • 2 - En blomma stod vid vägen
    • 3 - Kvarnhjulet
    • 4 - Maj
    • 5 - Jag är ett träd [I am a tree]
    • 6 - Hertig Magnus
    • 7 - Vänskapens blomma
    • 8 - Näcken
  • Op.58, Ten pieces for piano (compl. 1909)
    • 1 - Rêverie
    • 2 - Scherzino
    • 3 - Air varié
    • 4 - Der Hirt [The Shepherd]
    • 5 - Des Abends [In the Evening]
    • 6 - Dialogue
    • 7 - Tempo di minuetto
    • 8 - Fischerlied
    • 9 - Ständchen [Serenade]
    • 10 - Sommerlied [Summer Song]
  • Op.59, In Memoriam, funeral march for orchestra (1st ver. 1909, 2nd ver. 1910)
  • Op.60, 2 Songs accompanied by guitar or piano for Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night (compl. 1909)
    • 1 - Kom nu hit, död [Come Away, Death!]
    • 2 - Hållilå, uti storm och i regn [Hey, Ho, The Wind And The Rain]
  • Op.61, 8 Songs (compl. 1910)
    • 1 - Långsamt som kvällskyn
    • 2 - Vattenplask
    • 3 - När jag drömmer
    • 4 - Romeo
    • 5 - Romans [Romance]
    • 6 - Dolce far niente
    • 7 - Fåfäng önskan
    • 8 - Vårtagen
  • Op.62, 2 Pieces for orchestra from Kuolema
    • 1 - Canzonetta [Rondino der Liebenden] (compl. 1906)
    • 2 - Valse Romantique [Waltz intermezzo] (1911)
      • Revised versions extracted from Kuolema, incidental music to Arvid Järnefelt's play (compl. 1903)
  • Op.63, Symphony No.4 in A minor (compl. 1911)
  • Op.64, Barden [The Bard], symphonic poem for orchestra (1st ver. 1913, 2nd ver. 1914)
  • Op.65, 2 Songs for mixed-voice choir (compl. 1912-1912)
    • 1 - Män från slätten och havet
    • 2 - The bell tune of Kallio church
      • No.2 also transcribed for piano
  • Op.66, Scènes historiques II, suite for orchestra (compl. 1912)
    • 1 - Metsästys [The Chase]
    • 2 - Minnelaulu [The Minnesong]
    • 3 - Nostosillalla [On the Drawbridge]
  • Op.67, 3 Sonatinas for piano (compl. 1912)
  • Op.68, 2 Rondinos for piano (compl. 1912)
  • Op.69, 2 Serenades for violin and orchestra (compl. 1912-1913)
  • Op.70, Luonnotar, symphonic poem for soprano and orchestra (ca. 1913)
  • Op.71, Scaramouche, incidental music for Poul Knudsen's tragic pantomime (compl. 1913)
    • 2 Piano arrangements of part of the music (1914)
      • 1 - Danse élégiaque
      • 2 - Scène d’amour
    • Arrangement for violin and piano (Scène d’amour) (1925)
  • Op.72, 6 Songs (compl. 1907-1915)
    • 1 - Vi ses igen
    • 2 - Orions bälte
    • 3 - Kyssen
    • 4 - Kaiutar [The Echo-Nymph]
    • 5 - Der Wanderer und der Bach [The Wanderer and the Brook]
    • 6 - Hundra vägar [A Hundred Roads]
  • Op.73, Aallottaret [The Oceanides], symphonic poem for orchestra
    • 1st ver. in 3 movements (1913?)
    • 2nd ver. in a single movement (1914)
  • Op.74, Four lyrical pieces for violin and piano (compl. 1914)
    • 1 - Ekloge [Shepherd Song]
    • 2 - Sanfter Westwind [Gentle West Wind]
    • 3 - Auf dem Tanzvergnügen [On A Dance Floor]
    • 4 - Im alten Heim [In The Old House]
  • Op.75, 5 Pieces for piano (compl. 1914)
    • 1 När rönnen blommar [When The Rowan Blossoms]
    • 2 Den ensamma furan [The Solitary Pine]
    • 3 Aspen [The Aspen]
    • 4 Björken [The Birch]
    • 5 Granen [The Spruce] (revised in 1919)
  • Op.76, 13 Pieces for piano (1911-1918)
    • 1 - Esquisse
    • 2 - Etude
    • 3 - Carillon
    • 4 - Humoresque
    • 5 - Consolation
    • 6 - Romanzetta
    • 7 - Affettuoso
    • 8 - Pièce enfantine
    • 9 - Arabesque
    • 10 - Elegiaco
    • 11 - Linnaea
    • 12 - Capriccietto
    • 13 - Harlequinade
  • Op.77, 2 Pieces for violin or cello and orchestra (compl. 1914-1915)
    • 1 - Laetare anima mea (Cantique)
    • 2 - Devotion [Ab imo pectore] (Devotion)
  • Op.78, 4 Pieces for violin or cello and piano (1915-1917)
    • 1 - Impromptu
    • 2 - Romance in F major
    • 3 - Religioso
    • 4 - Rigaudon
  • Op.79, 6 Pieces for violin and piano (1915-1917)
    • 1 - Souvenir
    • 2 - Tempo di menuetto
    • 3 - Danse caractéristique
    • 4 - Sérénade
    • 5 - Tanz-Idylle
    • 6 - Berceuse
  • Op.80, Sonatina for violin and piano (1915)
  • Op.81, 5 Pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Op.82, Symphony No.5
  • Op.85, 5 Pieces for Piano
  • Op.86, 6 Songs
  • Op.87, 2 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
  • Op.88, 6 Songs
  • Op.89, 4 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
  • Op.90, 6 Songs
  • Op.91, 2 Marches
  • Op.92, Oma maa
  • Op.93, Jordens Sang (Song of the Earth)
  • Op.94, 6 Pieces for Piano
  • Op.95, Maan virsi
  • Op.96, 3 Pieces for Orchestre
  • Op.97, 6 Bagatelles for Piano
  • Op.98, 2 Suites for Orchestra
  • Op.99, 8 Pieces for Piano
  • Op.100, Suite Charactèristique
  • Op.101, 5 Romantic Pieces
  • Op.102, Novelette for Violin and Piano
  • Op.103, 5 Characteristic Impressions
  • Op.104, Symphony No.6
  • Op.105, Symphony No.7
  • Op.106, 5 Danses champêtres
  • Op.109, The Tempest
  • Op.110, Väinö's Song
  • Op.111, 2 Pieces for Organ
  • Op.112, Tapiola
  • Op.113, Musique Religieuse (Masonic Ritual Music) for Choir and Organ (also arr. for choir and orch.)
  • Op.114, 5 Esquisses (Sketches) for Piano
  • Op.115, 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Op.116, 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Op.117, Suite for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor (1929)

Works without Opus Number

(The composer's unpublished works, are given a "JS" catalog number)
  • Andante festivo
  • Theme and variations in D minor for solo cello Completed in 1887. JS196
  • Tempo di valse (G minor) for cello and piano Completed in 1887. Piano part missing.
  • Tempo di valse (F sharp minor, "Lulu waltz") for cello and piano Completed in 1889.
  • Raindrops (Pisaroita) (Vattendroppar) (Water Drops) written at age 10? for violin and cello (all pizz) JS 216 1881?
  • La Pompeuse Marche d'Asis, for Violin, Cello and Piano JS 116 (1891)
  • Andantino in C major (for cello and piano) JS 40
  • Andante molto in F minor (for cello and piano) JS36
  • Serenata (for two violins and cello) JS169
  • Menuetto and Allegro (for two violins and cello) JS128
  • Tempo di valse in G minor (for cello and piano) JS193
  • Duo in E minor (for violin and cello) JS68
  • Lento in E flat minor (for cello and piano) JS76
  • Moderato in F major (for solo cello)
  • Mazurka in G minor (for solo cello)
  • Andante in B minor (for cello and piano), JS91
  • Andantino in B minor (for cello and piano) JS92
  • Andante molto in B minor (for cello and piano)
  • Andante – Allegro (for piano quintet) JS31
  • Andantino in A major (for string trio)
  • Suite in A major (for string trio) JS186
  • Fantasia for cello and piano (piano part lost) JS79
  • Adagio in F sharp minor (for cello and piano) JS15
  • Tempo di valse (‘Lulu Waltz’) in F sharp minor (for cello and piano) JS194
  • Piano Quintet in G minor, JS 159
  • Minuet in F major (for violin and cello)
  • Trio in G minor (for violin, viola and cello) JS210
  • Canon in D minor (for violin, viola and cello)
  • Canon in G minor for violin and cello JS50

Works from which Pieces with opus numbers are derived

  • Karelia Music (compl.1893)
    • Op.10 and Op.11 are extracts
  • Cantata for the Graduate and Master's Degree Ceremony of 1897
    • Op.23 is an arrangement
  • Music for the Days of the Press (compl. 1899)
    • Op.25 and Op.26 are extracts
  • King Christian II, Incidental Music (compl.1898)
    • Op.26 is an extract
  • Kuolema (Death), incidental music to Arvid Järnefelt's play (compl.1903)
    • Opp.44 and 62 are revised extracts
  • Musik zu einer Szene, Incidental Music (compl. 1904)
    • Op.45 No.2 is a re-arrangement
  • Pelléas och Mélisande, Incidental Music (compl.1905)
    • Op.46 is a suite derived from it
  • Belsazars Gästabud [Belshazzar's Feast], incidental music (compl.1906)
    • Op.51 is a suite derived from it
  • Svanevit [Swanwhite], incidental music (compl.1908)
    • Op.51 is a suite derived from it



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