Eugene d'Albert 1864-1932

[giles.enders]

Eugene Francis Charles d'Albert   Born 10 April 1864, Glasgow, Scotland    Died 6 September 1932 Riga, Latvia
Son of minor composer and conductor Charles Louis Napoleon d'Albert 1809-1886 and his wife Annie Rothwell from Sunderland

Won a scholarship to The National Training School for Music (now RCM) where he studied under Sullivan, Stainer, Prout and Pauer. Later at the age of 17 he had a scholarship to study in Vienna and for a short time with Lizst.
For most of his career he was a concert pianist and opera composer.  He is buried in Ticino, Switzerland

Orchestral

Symphony in F major  Op.4  1886  pub. by Bote & Bock.
Concert overture in C major  1879
Overture 'Hyperion.  1885
Dramatic overture  1887
Overture 'Esther' Op.8  1888   pub. by Bote & Bock
Suite 'Aschenputtel' (Cinderella) Op.33  1924
Symphonic Prelude to Tiefland  Op.34  1924
Lyric suite for orchestra
Piano Concerto in G minor  1874 MS is in Dresden *
Piano Concerto in A major  1881   lost? The last known performance was in Vienna under Hans Richter in the Spring of 1882
Piano Concerto in B minor  Op.2  1884   pub. by Bote & Bock
Piano Concerto in E major  Op.12  1893   pub. by Bote &  Bock
Cello Concerto  in C major  Op.20  1899  pub. by Forberg, Berlin.

Chamber

String Quartet No.1 in A minor  Op.7  1887   pub. by Bote & Bock
String Quartet No.2 in E flat major  Op.11  1893   pub. by Bote & Bock

Piano

Suite in D minor 5 pieces - Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte and Musette, Gigue.  Op.1  1883   pub. by Bote & Bock
Eight klavierstucke  Op.5  1885   pub by Bote & Bock
Thirteen Waltzes for piano-4 hands  Op.6  1883   pub. by Bote & Bock
Piano Sonata  in F sharp minor  Op.10  1893   pub. by Bote & Bock
Four piano pieces - Waltz, Scherzo, Intermezzo, Ballad  Op.16  1897  pub. by Peters, Leipzig
Serenata in B  Wo.
Albumblatt in D flat major  Wo. 1908
Five Bagatels - Ballad, Humoresque, Nocturne, Intermezzo, Scherzo.  Op.29  1905
Capriolen - Five piano pieces  Op.32

Opera

Der Rubin (The Ruby) musical fairy tale  1893
Ghismonde  1895
Gernot  1897
Die Abreise (The Departure) musical comedy 1898
Kain  1900   pub. by Bote & Bock
Der Improvisator ( The Improvisor) 1902   pub. by Bote & Bock
Tiefland (The Lowland) music drama 1903
Flauto Solo  musical comedy  1905
Tragaldabas  (The Glutton) comic opera 1907
Izeyel  music drama  1909
Die Verschenke Frau (Give away the Bride)  comic opera  1912
Liebesketten (Love Chains)  1912
Die Toten Augen (The Dead Eyes)  1916
Der Stier von Oliviera (Oliviera's Bull) 1918
Revolutionshochzeit  1919
Sirocco  1921
Mareike von Nymwegen  1923
Der Golem  music drama1926
Die Schwarze Orchadiea (The Black Orchid)  opera burlesca1928
Die Witwe von Ephesos  1930
Mister Wu  1932  , completed by Louis Blech

Vocal

Der Mensche und das Leben ( Man and Life) for choir and orchestra Op.14  1893  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Seejungfraulein (The Mermaid) for soloist, choir and orchestra Op.15  1897 
Wie wir die Naturerleben  for soprano, tenor and orchestra  Op.24  1903  pub. by Forberg, Leipzig
An den Genius von Deutschland  for soloists and chorus  Op.30  1904  pub. by Bote & Bock
Two Lieder for soprano/tenor and orchestra - 'The Sleigh of Life', 'Slumber Song' Op.25  1904  pub. by Forberg, Leipzig.
Mittelulterliche Venushymne (Medieval hymn to Venus) for male choir and orchestra  Op.26  1904  pub. by Forberg, Leipzig

Lieder

Ten lieder Op.3/1 Abend, /2 Ich darf dich nicht liebeb, /3 The Maiden and the Bitterfly, /4 Nebel, /5 Mailied, /6 Die Gestirne, /7 O klingender Fruhling, /8 Ach weisst du es noch?, /9 Elfe, /10 'Nirwana'  1886  pub. by Bote & Bock
Five lieder for low voice and piano  Op.9/1 Ich war ein Blatt an grunem Baum, /2 Nachtlied, /3 Ich ging hinaus, /4 The thrush sings loud today, /5 Der Fruhling kam.  1889  Pub. by Bote & Bock
Lieder der Liebe Op.13/1 Im Garten, /2 Ohne dich, /3 Sonne und see, /4 Serenade, /5 Letzter Wille.  1896  pub. by Bote &  Bock.
Five lieder for high voice and piano  Op.17  1898  pub. by Peters, Leipzig
Four lieder; 'Grauer Vogel uber der Haide', 'Meine Seele', 'Leuchtende Tage', Der Korb'.  Op.18  1898  pub. by A. Furstner, Berlin.
Six lieder;  'Das heilege Feuer' (The Sacred Fire), 'Robin Adair', 'Er ist's' (Spring is here), Was treibst du Wind', 'Ein Stundlein Wohl vor Tag', Fruhlingsnacht'.   Op.19  1899 pub. by Somrock, Berlin
Five lieder Op.21  1899  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Four lieder for eine Singstumme mit Begleitung des piano  Op.22  1900  pub. by Siegel, Leipzig.
Eight lieder for male choir. Op.23/1 Liebe, /2 Arion, /3 Trauer, /4 Der Brauttanz, /5 Nacht, /6 Herbstlied, /7 Zuversicht, /8 Ermunterung.  1900   Pub. by Bote & Bock
Five lieder  Op.27  1904  pub. by Bote & Bock.
Seven lieder im Volkston aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn  Op.28  1904  pub. by Bote & Bock.
Seven lieder  Op.31  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel.
Weihnachtslied (Christmas song)

*The reference for the piano concerto in G minor dating from 1874  (RISM 211011479- description of the autograph at SLUB Dresden)

[giles.enders]

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth there will be a performance of his Cello Concerto, played by Raphael Wallfisch at St John's Smith Square on 29th March 2014.  It is expected that some of his grandchildren will be present.

[JimL]

The "Klavierknnz" Op. 12 under piano music is undoubtedly the 2nd Piano Concerto "Klavierkonzert".  You've listed it twice.

[giles.enders]

Thank you, wishful thinking or old age ! Duly amended.

[chill319]

As an addendum to the list of piano works, this curiosity, as recorded in the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries for 1931, p. 11: "Blues; von Eugen d'Albert, of Switzerland; klavier. (c) October 10, 1930 ... Edition Kaleidoskop, Berlin-Wilmersdorf.  [item] 228"