List of works by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

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The tables and lists below gives the following information for works by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (where applicable):

  • KSS — numbering as given by the Sorabji Archive
  • Op. — numbering as given by Sorabji in the manuscripts of his early works
  • Title — as used on IMSLP, with comparison with the Sorabji Archive list and (Opus sorabjianum, 2013, 4/2021)
  • Forces — the instrumentation used (see IMSLP:Abbreviations for Instruments)
  • Date — the year(s) of composition or arrangement, where known
  • First publ. — the year(s) of first publication, where known
  • Librettist — the librettist(s) of the work
  • Genre — works are grouped in the following broad categories: Stage, Vocal, Orchestral, Chamber and Keyboard
  • Notes — including comments about publication and different versions of works
KSS Op. Title Forces Date First publ. Librettist Genre Notes
001 02/1 The Poplars v pf 1915 — Jovan Dučić Vocal First edition completed 2006 but temporarily withheld.
Translated by Paul Selver
002 01/1 Chrysilla v pf 1915 2007 Henri de Régnier Vocal
003 01/2 Roses du soir v pf 1915 2002 Pierre Louÿs Vocal
004 02/2 L’heure exquise v pf 1916 1992 Paul Verlaine Vocal
005 02/3 Vocalise (pour soprano fioriturata) v pf 1916 2006 — Vocal
006 03 Piano Concerto No.1 pf orch 1915–16 — — Orchestral
007 04/3 Apparition v pf 1916 2001 Stéphane Mallarmé Vocal
008 04/2 Hymne à Aphrodite v pf 1916 2006 Laurent Tailhade Vocal
009 07 Piano Sonata pf 1917 2015 — Keyboard
010 09 L'étang v pf 1917 2006 Maurice Rollinat Vocal
011 — I Was Not Sorrowful v pf 1917–19 ca. 2006 Ernest Dowson Vocal "Poem"/"Spleen"
011.1a — Le mauvais jardinier v pf 1918–19 ca. 2006 Iwan Gilkin Vocal Fragment of seven bars; completed by Chappell Kingsland in 2023.
012 08 Quasi habanera pf 1917 1992 — Keyboard
013 — Désir éperdu pf 1917 2005 — Keyboard "Fragment"
014 10 Piano Concerto No.2 pf orch 1916–17 — — Orchestral Only manuscript two-piano reduction extant.
015 — Chaleur — Poème orch 1916–17 2013 — Orchestral
016 — Piano Concerto No.3 pf orch 1918 — — Orchestral
017 — In the Hothouse pf 1918 1921 — Keyboard
018 — Piano Concerto No.4 pf orch 1918 — — Orchestral Most of third movement identical to KSS 14.
019 — Fantaisie espagnole pf 1919 1922 — Keyboard
020 — Piano Sonata No.1 pf 1919 1921 — Keyboard
021 — Poèmes (3) v pf 1918–19 1921 Charles Baudelaire
Paul Verlaine 		Vocal
022 — Music to The Rider by Night vv orch 1919 2008 Robert Nichols Stage Manuscript incomplete
023 — Toccata pf 1920 1921 — Keyboard
024 — Arabesque v pf 1920 2006 Šamsu’d-Dîn Ibrâhîm Mîrzâ Vocal
025 — Prelude, Interlude, and Fugue pf 1920–22 1924 — Keyboard
026 — Piano Quintet No.1 2vn va vc pf 1919–20 1923 — Chamber
027 — Piano Concerto No.5 pf orch 1920 1923 — Orchestral
028 — Piano Sonata No.2 pf 1920 1923 — Keyboard
029 — Piano Sonata No.3 pf 1922 1924 — Keyboard
030 — Symphony No.1 ch pf org orch 1922 — — Orchestral
031 — Pastiches (3) pf 1922 1992 — Keyboard No.1 was first published in 1964 as part of Thirteen Transcriptions for Piano Solo of Chopin’s Waltz in D Flat, Op. 64, No. 1
032 — Piano Concerto No.6 pf orch 1922 — — Orchestral
033 — Rapsodie espagnole pf 1923 2005 — Keyboard Concert transcription of Rapsodie espagnole, M.54, by Maurice Ravel; first version of KSS 67
034 — Opusculum orch 1923 2014 — Orchestral Earlier (private) edition prepared as part of a thesis in 2000
035 — Le jardin parfumé pf 1923 1927 — Keyboard
036 — Sonnets (5) bar orch 1923 2005 Michelangelo Buonarroti Vocal Parts first published 1980
037 — Fêtes galantes (3) v pf 1919 1924 Paul Verlaine Vocal
038 — Piano Concerto No.7 pf orch 1924 2020 — Orchestral "Sīmurgh-'Anqā"
039 — Organ Symphony No.1 org 1924 1925 — Keyboard
040 — Valse-Fantaisie pf 1925 1927 — Keyboard
041 — Variazioni e fuga triplice sopra Dies irae pf 1923–26 — — Keyboard
041.1a — Prelude and Fugue on FxAxx DAxEx pf 1926 2004 — Keyboard
042 — Poèmes du "Gulistān" (3) v pf 1926 1991 Abû A.M.-D. Ibn M.-D. Sa'dī Vocal Second manuscript dated 1930
043 — Fragment pf 1926 1993 — Keyboard Revised 1928 and 1937
044 — L’irrémédiable v pf 1927 1993 Charles Baudelaire Vocal
045 — Piano Concerto No.8 pf orch 1928 — — Orchestral
046 — Toccata No.1 pf 1928 2001 — Keyboard
047 — Nocturne pf 1928 1994 — Keyboard "Djāmi"
048 — Piano Sonata No.4 pf 1928–29 2004 — Keyboard
048.1a — Introduction, Passacaglia, Cadenza, and Fugue pf 1929–32 2005 — Keyboard Unfinished; completed by Alexander Abercrombie in 2004.
049 — Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F. pf 1929 1992 — Keyboard
050 — Opus clavicembalisticum pf 1929–30 1931 — Keyboard
051 — Symphony (6vv ch?) pf (org orch?) 1930–31 2019 — Keyboard Originally entitled Symphony II for Piano, Large Orchestra, Organ, Final Chorus, and Six Solo Voices, but only piano part extant.
052 — Movement v pf 1927–31 2001 — Vocal
053 — Organ Symphony No.2 org 1929–32 1991 — Keyboard
054 — Piano Quintet No.2 2vn va vc pf 1932–33 2007 — Chamber
055 — Fantasia ispanica pf 1933 2002 — Keyboard
056 — Pasticcio capriccioso pf 1933 1994 — Keyboard Pastiche of Waltzes, Op.64, by Frédéric Chopin (no.1)
057 — Toccata No.2 pf 1933–34 2004 — Keyboard
058 — Piano Sonata No.5 pf 1935 2009 — Keyboard "Opus archimagicum"
059 — Symphonic Variations pf 1935–37 2022 — Keyboard
060 — Piano Symphony No.1 pf 1938–39 2015 — Keyboard "Tāntrik"
061 — Chromatic Fantasia pf 1940 1993 — Keyboard Transcription "in the Light of Harpsichord Technique for the Modern Piano" of Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903 and Fugue in D minor, BWV 948, by Johann Sebastian Bach
062 — Quaere reliqua pf 1940 1993 — Keyboard
063 — Nocturne pf 1940 1993 — Keyboard "Gulistān"
064 — St Bertrand de Comminges pf 1941 1992 — Keyboard
065 — Poèmes (3) v pf 1941 1988 Paul Verlaine
Charles Baudelaire 		Vocal First edition prepared 1979, approved by composer; editorial title
066 — Études transcendantes (100) pf 1940–44 2007 — Keyboard Selections first published 1994
067 — Rapsodie espagnole pf 1945 2005 — Keyboard Concert transcription of Rapsodie espagnole, M.54, by Maurice Ravel; second version of KSS 33
068 — Prelude in E-flat major pf 1945 1992 — Keyboard Transcription of French Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 815a, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1st movement)
069 — Concerto per suonare da me solo pf 1946 2004 — Keyboard
070 — Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss pf 1947 2007 — Keyboard Concert Transcription
071 — Sequentia cyclica super Dies irae pf 1948–49 2008 — Keyboard
072 — Symphony No.2 bar ch orch 1942–51 — — Orchestral "Jāmi"; large score finished 1947
073 — Organ Symphony No.3 org 1949–53 2014 — Keyboard
074 — Un nido di scatole pf 1954 2002 — Keyboard
075 — Piano Symphony No.2 pf 1954 — — Keyboard
076 — Toccata No.3 pf 1955 2021 — Keyboard
077 — Passeggiata veneziana pf 1956 2002 — Keyboard Promenade on the Barcarolle by Offenbach
078 — Symphonic Variations pf orch 1953–56 2014 — Orchestral Large score finished 1955
079 — Rosario d'arabeschi pf 1956 2002 — Keyboard
080 — Opus clavisymphonicum pf orch 1957–59 — — Orchestral Large score finished 1957
081 — Piano Symphony No.3 pf 1959–60 2016 — Keyboard
082 — Suggested Bell-Chorale for St Luke’s Carillon bell 1961 1989 — Keyboard
083 — Fantasiettina pf 1961 1981 — Keyboard
084 — Messa grande sinfonica 8vv 2ch orch 1955–61 2017 Mass Ordinary Orchestral Also called "Messa alta sinfonica"
085 — Piano Symphony No.4 pf 1962–64 2014 — Keyboard
086 — Frammenti aforistici (20) pf 1964 2012 — Keyboard
087 — Toccata No.4 pf 1964–67 — — Keyboard
088 — Frammento cantato bar pf 1967 2007 Harold Morland Vocal
089 — Concertino non grosso 4vn va vc pf 1968 2004 — Chamber
090 — Frammenti aforistici (104) pf 1962–64 ca. 2007 — Keyboard "Sutras"; possibly finished 1972
091 — Benedizione bar org 1973 2013 Saint Francis of Assisi Vocal
092 — Piano Symphony No.5 pf 1973 2010 — Keyboard "Symphonia brevis"
093 — Variazione maliziosa e perversa pf 1974 1991 — Keyboard Variations on Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46, by Edvard Grieg (2nd movement)
094 — Opusculum clavisymphonicum pf orch 1973–75 — — Orchestral
095 — Piano Symphony No.6 pf 1975–76 2012 — Keyboard "Symphonia claviensis"
096 — Frammenti aforistici (4) pf 1977 2008 — Keyboard
097 — Symphonic Nocturne pf 1977–78 2016 — Keyboard
098 — Il gallo d'oro pf 1977–78 2004 — Keyboard Variazioni frivole on a theme by Rimsky-Korsakov
099 — Il tessuto d'arabeschi fl 2vn va vc 1979 2004 — Chamber Parts first prepared 1981
100 — Villa Tasca – Mezzogiorno siciliano pf 1979–80 2008 — Keyboard
101 — Opus secretum atque necromanticum pf 1980–81 2007 — Keyboard
102 — Passeggiata variata pf 1981 2013 — Keyboard
103 — Fantasiettina atematica fl ob cl 1981 1989 — Chamber
104 — Due sutras pf 1981–84 1992 — Keyboard
105 — Passeggiata arlecchinesca pf 1981 1993 — Keyboard

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