Composer

Richard Wagner

1813–1883 · German

24 catalogued orchestral works — 22 with instrumentation confirmed against a source, 2 still marked TBD. We publish TBD rather than a guess.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1832Symphony in C major, WWV 292 2 2 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 2 3 0 — tmp — str37'
1834Symphony in E major, WWV 35 (unfinished; performing version completed by Felix Mottl)TBD
1836Polonia, WWV 39 (concert overture)3[1.2.pic] 2 2 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 4 3 1 — tmp+4 — str
1837Rule Britannia, WWV 42 (concert overture)4[2.2.pic] 2 3[1.f-cl.2] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 4 3 1[oph] — tmp+4 — str12'
1840Eine Faust-Ouvertüre, WWV 593[1.2.pic] 2 2 3 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp — str
1842Overture to Rienzi3 2 2 2 — 4 4 3 1 — tmp+2 — str12'
1843Der fliegende Holländer (complete opera) · opera · chorus3 3 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp — hp — str140'
1843Overture to Der fliegende Holländer2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/eh] 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp — hp — str10'
1845Overture to Tannhäuser3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — str14'
1845Tannhäuser (complete opera, Dresden version) · opera · chorus3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2+bcl 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — hp — str; large stage banda210'
1850Lohengrin (complete opera) · opera · chorus3 4 4 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp, org — str235'
1857Wesendonck Lieder (orch. Mottl)2 2 2 2 — 4 1 0 0 — tmp — str23'
1864Huldigungsmarsch, WWV 97 (orchestral version, arr. Joachim Raff)TBD
1865Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde3 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — hp — str17'
1865Tristan und Isolde (complete opera) · opera · chorus3[1.2.3/pic] 2+eh 2+bcl 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — hp — str; offstage: eh, 6 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn235'
1868Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — str10'
1869Das Rheingold (complete opera) · opera4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+2 — 6hp — str160'
1870Die Walküre (complete opera) · opera4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+3 — 6hp — str235'
1870Siegfried Idyll1 1 2 1 — 2 1 0 0 — str18'
1871Kaisermarsch, WWV 104 · chorus3[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — str
1876Götterdämmerung (complete opera) · opera · chorus4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+3 — 6hp — str270'
1876Großer Festmarsch, WWV 110 (American Centennial March)4[1.2.3.pic] 3 3 4[1.2.3.cbn] — 4 4[3.bass-tpt] 3 1 — tmp+5 — str
1876Siegfried (complete opera) · opera4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+2 — 6hp — str240'
1882Parsifal (complete opera) · opera · chorus3 4 4 4 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — 2hp — str245'

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