Friedrich Cerha

Catalogue of work

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Category	↑ Title	Created	Duration	Instrumentation
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	1. Sonate for violin and piano	1947	11'
Solo works violin	1. Sonate [missing] for violin solo	1937	00'
Chamber music 2-8 players string quartet	1. Streichquartett Maqam	1989	14'	4
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	2. Sonate for violin and piano	1953	18'	2
Solo works violin	2. Sonate [destroyed] for violin solo	1937	00'
Chamber music 2-8 players string quartet	2. Streichquartett	1989/1990	17'	4
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	3. Sonate for violin and piano	1954	06'30''	2
Chamber music 2-8 players string quartet	3. Streichquartett	1991/1992	19'	4
Chamber music 2-8 players string quartet	4. Streichquartett	2001	18'	4
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Acht Bagatellen for clarinet and piano	2009	14'	2
Chamber music 2-8 players string sextet	Acht Sätze nach Hölderlin-Fragmenten for string sextet	1995	23'	6
Solo works piano	Adaxl-Suite for piano	1970/1987	14'	1
Soloist(s) and orchestra with baritone	Aderngeflecht for baritone and orchestra	2006	25'	59
Vocal music voice and one instrument	Alles Licht for tenor and viola	1988/1989	15'	2
Vocal music solo voices and choir a cappella	An die Herrscher der Welt cantata for three soloists (S,T,B) and four part choir based on the Book of Wisdom from the Old Testament	1951	19'30''
Chamber music 2-8 players wind ensemble	Arie und Fuge for 8 winds	1946	11'	8
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	Auf der Suche nach meinem Gesicht for soprano, baritone and five instruments	2006-2007	26'	7
Stage works opera	Baal stage work in 2 parts based on the 4 versions of Baal by Bertolt Brecht	1974-1980	03 15'	103
Vocal music voice and orchestra	Baal-Gesänge for baritone and orchestra	1981	52'	92
Solo works piano	Ballade [unpublished] for piano	1945/1946	04'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Ballettsuite [unpublished] for violin and piano	1950	10'
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Bekenntnis for children's choir (descant)	2008	03'
Orchestra full orchestra	Berceuse céleste for orchestra	2006	11'	70
Soloist(s) and orchestra with tenor	bevor es zu spät ist for tenor and orchestra	1988/1997	13'
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Bruchstück:geträumt for ensemble	2009	15'	15
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Capriccio for violin and piano	1950	00'
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Catalogue des objets trouvés for chamber ensemble	1969	14'	16
Chamber music 2-8 players with two soloists	Concertino for violin, accordion and chamber orchestra	1994	15'	12-25
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra string orchestra	Concerto for string orchestra	1947-1949	11'
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra wind ensemble	Curriculum for 13 winds	1971/1972	18'	13
Solo works trumpet	Der Rattenfänger for trumpet solo	1988	01'	1
Stage works opera	Der Rattenfänger Stage work in 2 parts based on texts by Carl Zuckmayer	1984-1986	03 00'	89-99
Stage works opera	Der Riese vom Steinfeld stage work in 2 parts	1997-1999	02 30'	244
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Deux éclats en reflexion for violin and piano	1956	06'30''	2
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra wind ensemble	Divertimento for 8 winds and percussion	1947/1948/1954	11'30''	14
Soloist(s) and orchestra with two soloists	Doppelkonzert for flute, bassoon and orchestra	1982	23'
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	Drei bedenkliche Geschichten for chamber choir and string quartet	1988	08'10''
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Duo [unpublished] for 2 violins	1935/1937	09'
Vocal music voice and piano	Ein Buch von der Minne 4 times 11 lieder based on old texts for voice and piano	1946-1964	01 01'	2
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	Eine Art Chansons for a chansonnier (middle voice, amplified), one percussionist, piano and double bass	1985/1987	56'	4
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	Eine letzte Art Chansons for chansonnier (middle voice, amplified), a percussionist, piano and double bass	1989	19'	4
Solo works piano	Elegie [unpublished] for piano	1963	10'
Chamber music 2-8 players sextet	Enjambements	1959	13'	6
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Erik Satie: Embryons déssèchées [unpublished] instrumentation and arrangement of the piano pieces	1966	06'30''	17
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	Erik Satie: Trois poèmes d'amour (arrangement and orchestration) [unpublished]	1987	03'
Orchestra	Espressioni fondamentali for orchestra	1957	17'
Vocal music voice and piano	Etwa 40 Lieder [destroyed] for voice and piano	1940-1942	00'
Chamber music 2-8 players with two soloists	Exercises for baritone, speaker and ensemble	1962-1967/1987	57'	17
Chamber music 2-8 players septet	Fantasien based on Cardew' s Autumn 60	1962/1963	10'	7
Orchestra full orchestra	Fasce for large orchestra	1959/1974	25'	105
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Formation et solution for violin and piano	1956/1957	08'30''	2
Vocal music voice and orchestra	Fragment aus dem I-Ging [missing] for soloists, choir and orchestra	1952	00'
Vocal music voice and piano	Fünf geistliche Gesänge for alto (bass also possible) and piano	1954/1988	08'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Fünf kleine Stücke [unpublished] for clarinet and piano	1964	03'30''
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Fünf Sätze for violin, cello and piano	2007-2008	23'	3
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Fünf Stücke for clarinet, cello and piano	2000	17'	3
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Für K. for ensemble	1993	17'	13
Chamber music 2-8 players quartet	Gschwandtner Tänze [unpublished] for 2 violins, viola and double bass	1938	12'
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Guillaume de Machault: Messe: Kyrie [unpublished] arrangement (1948)	1948	00'
Orchestra full orchestra	Hymnus for orchestra	2000	27'	95
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	I. Keintate for middle voice (chansonnier) and instruments based on Viennese sayings by Ernst Klein	1980/1982	50'	12
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	II. Keintate for middle voice (chansonnier) and instruments based on Viennese sayings by Ernst Klein	1983-1985	57'	12
Soloist(s) and orchestra with baritone	Im Namen der Liebe for baritone and orchestra	1999	26'
Orchestra full orchestra	Impulse for orchestra	1992/1993	22'
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	In memoriam Ernst Klein for middle voice (chansonnier) and instruments based on Viennese sayings by Ernst Klein	1985	16'	12
Orchestra full orchestra	Instants for orchestra	2006/2008	32'	81
Soloist(s) and orchestra with violin	Intersecazioni for violin and orchestra	1959/1973	30'	57
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Jahr lang ins Ungewisse hinab (Hölderlin) for ensemble	1995/1996	27'	24
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra chamber orchestra	Kammermusik for orchestra with concertante oboe	2005-2008	27'	54
Solo works piano	Klavierstück 58	1958	10'	1
Solo works piano	Klavierstücke for children and those people, who would like to become children	1964	12'	1
Solo works piano	Klavierübung in barocken Formen für R.C. [unpublished]	1954	30'
Solo works double bass	Kontrabaß I [unpublished] for 1 player and 2 double basses	1963	00'
Solo works double bass	Kontrabaß II [unpublished] for 1 double bass and 5 players	1963	00'
Soloist(s) and orchestra with cello	Konzert for cello and orchestra	1989/1996	37'	45
Soloist(s) and orchestra with clarinet	Konzert for clarinet and orchestra	2008	22'	50
Soloist(s) and orchestra with drums	Konzert for percussion and orchestra	2007/2008	35'	84
Soloist(s) and orchestra with piano	Konzert for piano and orchestra	1951-1954	32'
Soloist(s) and orchestra with saxophone	Konzert for soprano saxophone and orchestra	2003/2004	35'30''	48
Soloist(s) and orchestra with viola	Konzert for viola and orchestra/ensemble	1993	23'	14-32
Soloist(s) and orchestra with violin	Konzert for violin and orchestra	2004	32'
Soloist(s) and orchestra with two soloists	Konzert for violin, cello and piano	1975/1976	28'	43
Chamber music 2-8 players wind quartet	Konzertante Tafelmusik [unpublished] for 4 winds	1947/1948	10'30''
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra chamber orchestra	Langegger Nachtmusik I for orchestra	1969	10'	37
Orchestra full orchestra	Langegger Nachtmusik II for orchestra	1970	12'	72
Orchestra full orchestra	Langegger Nachtmusik III for large orchestra	1990/1991	22'	87
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Les Adieux (Elegie) for ensemble	2005/2007	16'	21
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Lichtenberg-Splitter for baritone and ensemble	1997	25'	16
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Malinconia for baritone and trombone	2007	10'10''	2
Ensemble/chamber orchestra and solist(s) with three and more soloists	Manifesto per Kalinowski interpretation of a graphic by Sylvano Bussotti	1960	05'30''	18
Solo works piano	Märchenland [missing] a cycle of piano pieces based on a text by Hildegard Haustein	1946	25'
Orchestra full orchestra	Momente for orchestra	2005	22'
Orchestra full orchestra	Monumentum für Karl Prantl for large orchestra	1988	20'	88
Orchestra	Mouvements I, II, III	1959	15'	43
Orchestra with trombone	Musik for trombone and strings	2004/2005	24'
Vocal music voice and orchestra	Nachtgesang for tenor and orchestra	1984/1985	14'	66-67
Chamber music 2-8 players quartet	Nachtstücke for 2 violins, viola and double bass	1992	15'20''	4
Stage works	Netzwerk stage work for baritone, soprano, 5 speakers, movement group and orchestra	1962-1967/ 1978-1980	02 00'	32
Solo works piano	Netzwerk-Fantasie for piano	1988	18'	1
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Neun Bagatellen for string trio	2008	13'	3
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Nichtigkeit ist alles for four part choir a capella	1995	13'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Nocturne [unpublished] for violin and piano based on a melody by Aram Chatchaturjan	1948	10'
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Parabola I for violin, cello and piano	2007	04'	3
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Pastorale Sonate [unpublished] for violin and piano	1951	05'
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Paul Kont: Strohkoffer for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (instrumentation and adaptation of a work for violin and piano by Paul Kont 1951)	1979	06'30''	14-21
Soloist(s) and orchestra with cello	Phantasiestück in C.'s Manier for cello and orchestra/ensemble	1989	13'	18-41
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Phantasma 63 for ensemble	1963	10'	17
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Quellen for ensemble	1992	13'	12
Chamber music 2-8 players quintet	Quintett for A-clarinet and string quartet	2004	21'	5
Chamber music 2-8 players quintet	Quintett for oboe and string quartet	2007	16'30''	5
Chamber music 2-8 players quintet	Quintett for trombone and string quartet	2004/2005	24'	5
Ensemble/chamber orchestra and solist(s) with harpsichord	Relazioni fragili for harpsichord and chamber ensemble	1956/1957	23'30''	20
Vocal music solo voices, choir and ensemble	Requiem for mezzo soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra	19942002	01 30'	91
Vocal music solo voices, choir and orchestra	Requiem for soloists, choir and large orchestra	1994/2001-2002	01 20'30''	192
Vocal music solo voices, choir and orchestra	Requiem für Hollensteiner for baritone, speaker, four-part choir and orchestra	1983	30'	93
Vocal music voice and orchestra	Requiem für Rikke for tenor and orchestra from The Pied Piper	1989	19'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Rhapsodie for violin and piano	2001	07'45''	2
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Ricercar, Toccata und Passacaglia	1951/1952	12'
Chamber music 2-8 players quartet	Saxophon-Quartett	1995	17'	4
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Scherzino for ensemble	2000	03'	15
Vocal music voice and piano	Schlaf ein [unpublished] a lullaby for voice and piano	1945	02'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Sechs Inventionen for violin and cello	2005/2006	22'	2
Solo works piano	Sechs kleine Klavierstücke	1948/1956	07'	1
Vocal music voice and piano	Sechs Lieder [unpublished] based on poems by Hugo von Hofmannsthal	1950	13'
Vocal music voice and piano	Sechs Lieder [unpublished] for voice and piano	1945-1947	20'
Solo works violin	Sechs Stücke for violin solo	1997	18'	1
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Serenade for ensemble	2006/2007	16'	17
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Sieben Anekdoten for flute and piano	2009	06'20''	2
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Sieben Anekdoten [unpublished] for flute and piano	1964	03'30''
Vocal music voice and piano	Sieben Rubaijat des Omar Chajjam for soprano (tenor) and piano	1957	07'	2
Orchestra full orchestra	Sinfonia in un Movimento	1947-1949	15'
Orchestra full orchestra	Sinfonie for orchestra	1975	15'	51
Solo works piano	Slowakische Erinnerungen aus der Kindheit for piano	1956/1989	01 00'	1
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Sonate for viola and guitar	1951	10'30''
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Sonate for violin and piano	1951	09'30''	2
Solo works viola	Sonate [destroyed] for viola solo	1939	00'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Sonate [unpublished] for horn and piano	1952	08'15''
Solo works piano	Sonatine [unpublished] for piano	19481951	10'15''
Vocal music voice and instrumental ensemble	Sonnengesang des Heiligen Franz von Assisi [unpublished] for soloists, choir and string orchestra	1948-1952	27'
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel for large orchestra and tape	1960/1961	01 30'	118
Stage works ballet	Spiegel theatre piece for movement group, light and objects	1960/1961	01 30'	118
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel I	1960/1961	09'	103
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel II for 55 strings	1960/1961	13'20''	55
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel III	1960/1961	09'	82
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel IV	1960/1961	23'	97
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel V	1960/1961	09'30''	107
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel VI	1960/1961	06'	94
Orchestra full orchestra	Spiegel VII	1960/1961	17'	111
Chamber music 2-8 players string quartet	Streichquartett [destroyed]	1948	00'
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Streichtrio [destroyed] for violin, viola and cello	1948	00'
Solo works piano	Suite [unpublished] for piano	1948	14'
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra ensemble	Symphonien for wind and timpani	1964	10'	36
Orchestra	Symphonische Dichtung [destroyed] for orchestra · fragment	1944-1945	00'
Solo works piano	Toccata [missing] for piano	1950	00'
Chamber music 2-8 players trio	Trio for violin, cello and piano	2005	21'	3
Ensemble/Chamber orchestra with three and more soloists	Triptychon for solo winds and string orchestra	1948/1951	10'
Soloist(s) and orchestra with tenor	Triptychon for tenor and orchestra	1983/1997	46'	75-76
Electronic music with three and more soloists	Und du....Radiophone Komposition for orchestra, voices and electronics	1963	39'15''
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Vergnügliche Musik [destroyed] for violin and clarinet	1949	00'
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Verzeichnis for 16 vocalists or 16-voice choir	1969	11'	16
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Vier Hölderlin-Fragmente for four part choir a capella	1996	06'
Orchestra full orchestra	Wie eine Tragikomödie for orchestra	2008/2009	19'30''	92
Orchestra	Wiener Kaleidoskop based on instrumental parts from the I.Keintate, II.Keintate and from A Kind of Chansons	2006	20'	38
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Zehn Rubaijat des Omar Chajjam for four part choir a cappella	1949-1955	11'
Vocal music choral works a cappella	Zehn Rubaijat des Omar Chajjam (2. Buch) for four part choir	1949/1988	09'
Vocal music voice and piano	Zwei Lieder [unpublished] for voice and piano	1942	04'
Chamber music 2-8 players duo	Zwei Stücke [unpublished] for violin and piano	1948/1951	10'