Giacomo Puccini - Catalog of the Works

Operas

Work title

Time of origin

August to December 1883 (original version)
June to October 1884 (revisions for the two-act version)
January-February 1885 (Romanza "Torna ai felici dì")

March 1885 – March 1889 (original version)
May – October 1889 (revision of the original version)
October – December 1891 (reworking into three-act version)
January – March 1905 (reworking into definitive version

64 - Manon Lescaut

Summer 1889 – October 1892 (for the later revisions, see SOURCES and NOTES).

67 - La bohème

March 1893 – December 1895.

Orchestral Works

Work title

Time of origin

1 - Preludio a Orchestra [E minor]

1875 (completed 5 August).

32 - Preludio sinfonico A major

June/July 1882.

Between 1881 and 1883.

52 - Trio in fa

55 - Capriccio sinfonico

June/July 1883.

Organ works

Work title

Time of origin

10 - Organ sonata [Adagio, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

100 - Postcommunio [Allegro, G Major, 2/4] Time of origin:

Not known.

101 - Kyrie eleison [Introduzione; no. 1 Allegro; no. 2 Tempo di fuga; no. 3] [G Major] Time of origin:

Not known.

102 - Gloria [Introduzione: Allegro; no. 2 Allegro; no. 3 Pollacca; no. 4] [A Minor] Time of origin:

Not known.

103 - Elevazione per Organo [[…], G Minor; Mosso, G Major; 3/4] Time of origin:

Not known.

104 - Pastorella gravida [G Major, 6/8] Time of origin:

Not known.

11 - Organ sonata [Andante, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

12 - Organ sonata [Marcia] [D major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

13 - Organ sonata [Allegro, D minor, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

14 - Organ sonata [Maestoso, G major, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

15 - Organ sonata [Largo, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

16 - [Marcia e Valzer] [Marcia, D major, 2/4] [Tempo di Valzer, G major, 3/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

17 - Organ sonata [Andante, D major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

18 - Organ sonata [Allegro, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

19 - Organ sonata [Allegro. Spiritoso, G major, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

20 - Organ sonata [Andante, G major, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

21 - Organ sonata [Allegro. Più presto. Tempo I. Adagio, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

22 - Organ sonata [Tempo di Valzer però un poco meno, A major, 3/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

23 - Organ sonata [Allegro, G major, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

24 - Organ sonata [Allegro, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

25 - Organ sonata [Allegro, D major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

26 - Marcia [G Major, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

27 - Organ sonata [Allegro vivace, D Major, 3/8]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

28 - Organ sonata [Allegro, G Major, 6/8]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

29 - Marcia [Allegro, C Major, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

9 - Organ paraphrase on “Questa o quella” (Rigoletto) [Allegretto, G major, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

92 - Versetto [Allegro, E Minor, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

93 - Due versetti in G Major [No. 3: Allegretto, 3/4] [No. 4: Allegro, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

94 - Due versetti [No. 2: Tempo di valzer, 3/4] [No. 3: Maestoso, 4/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

95 - Sei versetti in F Major [No. 1: Maestoso, 4/4] [No. 2: Andante, 2/4] [No. 3: Moderato, 4/4] [No. 4: Allegro brillante, 3/4] [No. 5: Andante mosso, 4/4] [No. 6: Allegro con moto, 3/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

96 - Sei versetti in E Minor [No. 1: Allegro, 4/4] [No. 2: Allegretto, 4/4] [No. 3: Moderato, 3/4] [No. 4: Andante mosso, 2/2] [No. 5: Allegro maestoso, 4/4] [No. 6: Allegro, 2/4]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

97 - Sei versetti in A Minor [No. 1: Moderato, 4/4] [No. 2: Moderato, 4/4] [No. 3: Allegro, 4/4] [No. 4: Allegretto, 2/4] [No. 5: Andantino, 4/4] [No. 6: Allegro, 6/8]

Probably between 1875 and 1880.

98 - Marcia [D Major, 2/4]

April 1878.

99 - Offertorio [D Major, 4/4] Time of origin:

Not known.

Piano works

Work title

Time of origin

66 - Piccolo valzer

Beginning of September 1894.

80 - Piccolo tango (A Little Tango)

November/December 1910 or January/February 1907 (?)

81 - Foglio d'album (Album Leaf)

November/December 1910 or January/February 1907 (?)

86 - [Calmo e molto lento] [G Major, 3/4]

Middle of November 1916.

Chamber music for strings

Work title

Time of origin

31 - Adagio [A Major, 12/8]

Between 1881 and June/July 1882.

36 - Fuga reale [Andante sostenuto, A major, 4/4]

First half of 1883.

37 - Fuga Reale [Andante poco mosso, C minor, 4/4]

5 April 1883.

50 - Quartetto in Re

Between 1881 and 1883.

61 - Tre minuetti per quartetto ad archi

Probably between January and July 1884.

65 - Crisantemi

January 1890.

Work for voice and instruments

Work title

Time of origin

2 - Mottetto per San Paolino

Beginning of 1877 (?).

3 - I figli d'Italia bella (Cessato il suon dell'armi)

1877

1878 (completed 8 July).

Possibly first half of 1880, the Credo was already written in 1878 (see 4).

7 - Vexilla Regis prodeunt

Between 1874 and 1880 (?).

First half of January 1905.

Works songs for Voice and Piano

Work title

Time of origin

33 - Ah! Se potesse

July 1882 (?).

38 - Melanconia!...

19 June 1881.

39 - Salve Regina

Spring 1883 (?).

40 - Storiella d'amore (Melodia)

Spring 1883 (?)

54 - Mentìa l'avviso

10 June 1883 and/or a few days later.

63 - Sole e amore

February/March 1888.

68 - Avanti Urania!

September 1896.

70 - Inno a Diana

Early December 1897.

71 - E l'uccellino. Ninna-nanna

February 1899.

73 - Terra e mare

September/October 1901.

75 - Canto d'anime (Pagina d'album)

April 1904.

79 - [Casa mia, casa mia]

End of November 1908.

Before 1881 (?).

82 - Sogno d'or

Second half of November 1912.

End of 1917 (?).

Other instrumental music Exercises, études, fugues

Work title

Time of origin

30 - Fuga [Moderato, D minor, 3/2]

End of 1881 and June 1882 (?).

42 - Fuga [Largo, C minor, 4/4]

Between 1881 and 1883.

43 - Fuga [Allegro moderato, G major, 4/4]

Between 1881 and 1883.

44 - Fuga [Moderato sostenuto, C major, 4/4 alla breve]

Between 1881 and 1883.

45 - Fuga [Largo, E minor, 3/2]

Between 1881 and 1883.

46 - Fuga [G major, 4/4]

Between 1881 and 1883.

47 - Fuga [C major]

Between 1881 and 1883.

48 - Fuga [Andante mosso, G major, 2/4]

Between 1881 and 1883.

Between 1881 and 1883.

53 - Fuga [Piuttosto lento, G minor, 6/8]

Early summer 1883.

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