List of works by Arthur H. Bird
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Sources:
- Hofmeister XIX. Search engine for the Hofmeister Monatsberichte for the years 1829 to 1900.
- Hofmeister Jahresverzeichnis der deutschen Musikalien und Musikschriften. Annual directory of published music. Available for various years from 1861 to 1908.
- Hofmeister Handbuch der Musikliteratur. Directory of published music that Hofmeister printed about every five years. Available for various years from 1844 to 1918.
- Franz Pazdírek The Universal Handbook of Musical Literature (ca.1906).
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Documents some Bird items at the Library of Congress (LC) not found in their online catalog.
- Library of Congress Online Catalog. Documents most of their holding of original manuscripts, holographs, and photocopies of compositions of Arthur Bird. Fortunately, his widow donated many of his manuscripts to the LC after Bird's death in 1923.
- William C. Loring, Jr. Arthur Bird, American Musical Quarterly 29(1943): 78-91.
- Still need to consult William C. Loring, Jr. The Music of Arthur Bird (Atlanta: the author, 1974).
Works with opus number
- Op.1 - Suite for String Orchestra in E major (1882?). Bird's 138 page holograph score and the manuscript parts are at the LC. The Gavotte was later used in Op.7. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: 1. Maestoso; Allegro con spirito ma non troppo
- No.2: Allegretto quasi andantino
- No.3: Presto
- No.4: Gavotte
- No.5: Finale. Allegro con spirito.
- Op.2 - Three Stücke for Piano. (Berlin: Raabe & Plothow, 1882). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Humoreske
- No.2: Menuett
- No.3: Walzer
- Op.3 - Three Pieces for Piano (Copenhagen: Hofmusikhandlung, 1885). Also published (Breslau: Hainauer, 1885). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Gavotte
- No.2: Albumblatt
- No.3: Wiegenlied
- Op.4 - Erste kleine (First Little) Suite in F major for Piano 4-hands (Copenhagen: Hofmusikhandlung, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1885), p.60). Also published by Hainauer of Breslau (Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1885), p.170).
- Op.5 - Carnival Scene for Piano 4-hands (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.39 (1885?). Score for orchestra published (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.138).
- Op.6 - Zweite kleine (Second Little) Suite in D major for Piano 4-hands (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.196.
- Op.7 - Two Stücke for Piano (Leipzig: Dörffel, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.8 (1885, that is). Gavotte arr. for string orchestra published (Leipzig: Dörffel, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.286). Gavotte (G) arr. for Violin and Piano (Heilbronn: Schmidt, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1899), p.381). Gavotte arr. for Piano, Violin, Cello, Flute, and Cornet à Pistons (Heilbronn: Schmidt, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1900), p.655). Gatotte arr. for Piano, Violin, Flute, and Cello (Heilbronn: Schmidt, 1901). Gavotte arr. for 2 Violins and Piano; Violin, Cello, and Piano; Flute, Violin, and Piano (Heilbronn: Schmidt, 1902). Gavotte arr. for 2 Violins, Cello, Flute, Piano, and Harmonium (Heilbronn: Schmidt, 1904). Many others.
- Op.8 - Symphony in A major for large orchestra. Full score published (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.284). Arr. for piano-4 hands published (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.294).
- Op.9 - Two Stücke for Violin and Piano (Leipzig: Dörffel, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.292). Bird's 44 page manuscript score of the arrangement with orchestral accompaniment is at the LC as is a 29 page holograph of No.2. Consists of the following:
- No.1: Melodie
- No.2: Spanischer Tanz
- Op.10 - Four Klavierstücke (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1886), p.296). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Menuett (F)
- No.2: Mazurka (B♭)
- No.3: Gavotte (D minor)
- No.4: Walzer (D)
- Op.11 - 3 characteristische Märsche (Breslau: Hainauer, 1886). Bird arranged all/one(?) of these for orchestra. The 82 page manuscript orchestra score is at the LC.
- Op.12 - Three walzer for Piano (New York: G.Schirmer, c.1886. Breslau: Hainauer).
- Op.13 - Ballet-Musik for Piano 4 hands (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.145). Written for the ballet entitled Rübezahl. Bird's manuscript orchestra score is at LC.
- Op.14 -
- Op.15 - Eight Skizzen for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.147).
- Op.16 - Introduction and Fugue for Piano 4-hands (Breslau: Hainauer, 1887). Originally composed for orchestra then arranged for piano 4-hands. Afterwards an organ part was added to the orchestra score. Bird's 52 page holograph for this last version, as well as the manuscript parts, is at the LC.
- Op.17 - 2 Morceaux for Flute (or Violin) and Piano (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.462). Accompaniment also arranged for chamber orchestra. A 53 page holograph score of that version is in the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection (photocopy at LC) and a 54 page manuscript score and the manuscript parts are at the LC. Consists of the following:
- No.1: Sérénade(or Scène?) orientale
- No.2: Caprice oriental
- Op.18 - Three Stücke for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.308). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Gavotte (G)
- No.2: Walzer (As)
- No.3: Menuett (Gm)
- Op.19 - Puppentänze (Breslau: Hainauer, ca.1887. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., ?). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Marsch
- No.2: Gavotte
- No.3: Walzer
- No.4: Menuett
- No.5: Mazurka
- Op.20 - Seven Morceaux for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer; New-York: G.Schirmer, c.1887. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., ?). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Valse noble
- No.2: Fugue
- No.3: Rêverie
- No.4: Scène humoresque
- No.5: Scène orientale
- No.6: Caprice
- No.7: Mélodie
- Op.21 Three Morceaux for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.468). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Valse (G)
- No.2: Gavotte (Em)
- No.3: Berceuse (G)
- Op.22 - Klavierstücke vier Kindern gewidmet (Piano Pieces dedicated to Four Children). (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1888), p.307). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Martin
- No.2: Edith
- No.3: Fränzchen
- No.4: Armin
- Op.23 - Amerikanische Weisen. Ein Walzer-Cyklus for Piano 4-hands (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1887), p.465). Consists of the following:
- No.1 in D
- No.2 in F
- No.3 in G
- Op.24 - Stuer-Album. Four albumblätter for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer; New York: G.Schirmer, c.1888). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Valse noble
- No.2: Träumerei
- No.3: Der kleine Soldat
- No.4: Rêverie
- Op.25 - Two Poesien for Piano 4-hands (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1888), p.306). Bird arranged this for orchestra consisting of solo vn, 2-fl (1-pc, II), 2-ob, 2-cl, 2-bn, 2-hn, tmp, prc, 1-hp, str. Bird's 40 page manuscript orchestral score and parts are at the LC. Another reference at the LC refers to an orchestral arrangement of Op.25 as Two Episodes for Orchestra (Zwei Episoden für Orchester} and lists a 42 page manuscript score and the manuscript parts with No.1 named Scène orientale and No.2 named Intermezzo e trio. The original version consists of the following:
- No.1: Andante moderato in A
- No.2: Allegretto in Gm
- Op.26 - Four Klavierstücke (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1888), p.470). Consists of the following:
- No.1: Gavotte (Dm)
- No.2: Valse-Impromptu (As)
- No.3: Capriccio (Humoreske) (A)
- No.4: Tarantella
- Op.27 - Thème varié in C minor for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1889), p.188).
- Op.28 - Two Stücke for String Orchestra (Breslau: Hainauer, ?). Bird's 39 page manuscript score is at the LC. Consists of the following:
- No.1: Tempo di valse
- No.2: Tempo di mazurka
- Op.29 - Four Novelletten for Piano (Breslau: Hainauer, 1890). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Allegro risoluto
- No.2: Allegretto
- No.3: Moderato
- No.4: Allegretto
- Op.30 - Wanderlieder: "Wohlauf in’s neue Leben" for Male Chorus and Piano (Berlin: Raabe & Plothow, 1891).
- Op.31 - Three Morceaux for Piano (Leipzig: A.P. Schmidt, 1892). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Menuett (A)
- No.2: Mazurka (As)
- No.3: Etude (F)
- Op.32 - Dritte kleine (Third Little) Suite in C major for large orchestra (Leipzig: A.P. Schmidt, 1892). Arr. for piano 4-hands (Leipzig: A.P. Schmidt, 1892).
- Op.33 - Four Morceaux for Piano (Leipzig: A.P. Schmidt, 1892). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Scherzando
- No.2: Appassionato
- No.3: Valse noble
- No.4: Humoresque
- Op.34 - Variations for Flute and Piano on an American Folksong (Hamburg: Leichssenring, 1892). Accompaniment arr. for orchestra (Hamburg: Leichssenring, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1893), p.381). Bird's manuscript orchestra score and the manuscript parts are at the LC. The folksong is Stephen Foster's Old Folks at Home.
- Op.35 - Scherzando for piano. Bird's manuscript score is at the LC.
- Op.36 - 5 Songs for High Voice and Piano (Leipzig: A.P. Schmidt, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1896), p.350). Consists of the following pieces:
- No.1: "In the merry blossom time"
- No.2: The River: "Gentle river, bright the crystal waters flow"
- No.3: Spanish Serenade: "Look down from your window dearest"
- No.4: When Cupid is blind: "Grave winter sighs"
- No.5: When Katie tuned the old Guitar: "The sweetest strain that ever"
- Op.37 - Ten Stücke for Mason-Hamlin Harmonium (Leipzig, Carl Simon / Breitkopf & Härtel, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1898), p.204). Consists of the following pieces:
- No.1: Meditation
- No.2: Praeludium
- No.3: Adagio
- No.4: Rêverie
- No.5: Postlude
- No.6: Improvisata
- No.7: Offertoire
- No.8: Scherzo
- No.9: Auf dem Lande
- No.10: Pastorale
- Op.38 - Two Pieces for Violin and Piano. (New York: P.L. Jung, c.1898). References: No.1 and No.2. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Melody
- No.2: Tarantella
- Op.38 - Three Stücke for Mason-Hamlin Harmonium (Berlin: Koeppen / Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1901). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Interludium
- No.2: Valse minuature
- No.3: Intermezzo
- Op.39 - Three Stücke for Mason-Hamlin Harmonium (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, ?). No.2 arr. for String Orchestra (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1903. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Interludium
- No.2: Valse miniature
- No.3: Intermezzo
- Op.40 - Serenade for Wind Instruments (for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons). Won the 1901(1905?) Paderewski Prize for chamber music. Bird's holograph score of 219 pages and the manuscript parts are at the LC. Consisting of the following:
- I. Allegro moderato
- II. Adagio grazioso
- III. Allegro assai
- IV. Finale: Allegro energico
- Op.41 - Two Stücke for Harmonium (Leipzig: Verlag des Harmonium, 1906). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Tempo di Minuetto
- No.2: Frühling
- Op.42 - 3 Oriental Sketches for Organ (Berlin: Paul Koeppen, 1904). No.3 arr. for Normal Harmonium (Berlin: Paul Koeppen / Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1905). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: in E minor
- No.2: in F minor
- No.3: Marsch der Aethiopier. Humoreske (in C minor)
- Op.43 - Meditation for String Orchestra and Mason-Hamlin Harmonium arranged by Richard Francke (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1899), p.404).
- Op.44 - Four Stücke for Normal-Harmonium (Berlin: Koeppen / Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1903 - or see Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1903), p.664). Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Marsch
- No.2: Menuett
- No.3: Walzer
- No.4: Gavotte
- Op.45 - Three Skizzen for Normal-Harmonium (Berlin: Paul Koeppen, 1905).
- Op.46 -
- Op.47 - Possibly the Galop for Military Band listed in works without opus.
- Op.48 -
- Op.49 - Piano Pieces. Bird's 8 page manuscript score is at the LC.
- Op.50 - piano music?
Works without opus number
Stage Works
- Daphne, or The pipes of Arcadia: comic operetta in three acts (1894-7). Bird's manuscript vocal score and holograph orchestral scores (copy 1 and copy 2) are at the LC as is a typewritten libretto.
- Rübezahl (ballet). Bird's manuscript orchestra(?) score is at the LC.
Orchestral Works
- Concert Overture for large orchestra. For 2-fl, 2-ob, 2-cl, 2-bn, 4-hn, 2-tpt, 3-trb, tmp, str. Bird's 46 page holograph score and the manuscript parts are at the LC.
- A Musical Essay - Prelude (for piano and small orchestra). Manuscript parts are at the LC.
- Overture for large orchestra (c.1884). The manuscript parts are at the LC.
- Romance for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1866?). Bird's 12 page manuscript score and the manuscript parts are at the LC.
- Serenade for Strings in E major (c.1882). Bird's manuscript score and parts are at the LC. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Marcia
- No.2: Barcarole serenata
- No.3: Menuetto
- No.4: Finale
- Suite for Orchestra in E major (1885?). Bird's 164 page holograph score is at the LC. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Allegro ma non troppo
- No.2: Vivace
- No.3: Adagio affettuoso
- No.4: Allegro con brio
- Unnamed piece for Cello and Chamber Orchestra (1885). For so-vc, 2-fl, 2-ob, 2-cl, 2-bn, 2-hn, str. Bird's 25 page holograph score is at the LC.
Instrumental Works
- Concert Overture in A minor for Military Band (1878). Unpublished and lost. Bird's arrangement for piano 4-hands survives in manuscript at the LC. The work has been re-arranged for military band by Robert W. Dunham and published by Maestro and Fox.
- Galop for Military Band (c.1908-10). Bird's 27 page manuscript score and the manuscript parts are at the LC as is an autograph score of 12 pages for piano 4-hands. This is possibly Bird's Op.47.
- Minuet for String Quartet
- Suite in D major for Wind Instruments (c.1889). Bird's 181 manuscript score (bound with Op.40?) is at the LC. Manuscript parts are at the LC (identified as Suite für blasinstrumente so not sure if the same. Consisting of the following:
- I. Allegro moderato
- II. Andante moderato
- III. Allegretto quasi allegro
- IV. Allegro con fuoco
- Suite in D major for 10 Win Instruments. Bird's 180 page manuscript score is at the LC. (Not sure if this is different from the one above)
- Marche miniature (Nonet for Wind Instruments). Published in an edition by Gunther Schuller (Newton Center: Margun Music, 1984).
Works for Piano/Organ/Harmonium
- American Melodies specially adapted and arranged for Normal-Harmonium (Berlin: Koeppen, 1907).
- Concert Fantasia in F minor for Organ (New York: G. Schirmer, c.1909-13)
- Marcia in As for Organ (New York: G. Schirmer, c.1909-13)
- Four Morceaux for piano. Pubished (New York, G. Schirmer, 1910). Reference: LC. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Valse-menuet
- No.2: Au soir
- No.3: Gavette en La
- No.4: Intermezzo-capriccio
- Postlude (Rughette) for Normal Harmonium. Bird's 2 page manuscript score is at the LC.
- Praeludium and fuge in A minor for Normal Harmonium. Bird's 5 page manuscript score is at the LC.
- Praeludium and fuga in C major for Normal Harmonium. Bird's 3 page manuscript score is at the LC.
- 4 Sonatas for organ (1886)
- Valse noble for Piano (Leipzig: Bosworth & Co., ?)
Vocal Works
- Einen Sommer lang (for baritone and normal harmonium accompaniment). (Berlin: Paul Koeppen / Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1903).
- How fair the night for chorus (SATB) and piano. Bird's 12 page holograph score at the LC.
- Norse Cradle Song (for low voice and piano). Published (Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1898).
- Four Quartets for Male Chorus. Bird's manuscript score is at the LC. Consisting of the following:
- No.1: Der wirth und der teufel (Baumbach)
- No.2: Sommerruhe (Kletke)
- No.3: Aus der Lieder des Mirza Schaffy (Bodenstedt)
- No.4: Gute alte zeit (Kletke)
- Songs (with piano accompaniment). Undated holograph score is at the LC.

