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Ernst Toch Archive

Compositions by Ernst Toch

The following is a complete list of the works of Ernst Toch. The date of composition and location of the manuscript is given where this is known. Works without opus number are listed alphabetically at the end of the list.

Opus 1

Streichquartett in G dur
Date of composition: 1902
Manuscript: lost

Opus 2

Streichquartett Nr. 2 in D moll
Date of composition: 1902
Manuscript: lost

Opus 3

Streichquartett Nr. 3 in G dur
Date of composition: 1903
Manuscript: lost

Opus 4

Streichquartett Nr. 4 in Es dur
Date of composition: 1903
Manuscript: lost

Opus 5

Streichquartett Nor. 5 in C dur
Date of composition: 1903
Manuscript: lost

Opus 6

Sonata für Pianoforte zu zwei Händen
Date of composition: 1905
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Unpub.

Opus 7

Sonata in D major
Date of composition: 1905
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Unpub.

Opus 8

Sonate für Klarinett und Klavier
Date of composition: ca. 1905
Manuscript: lost

Opus 9

Melodische Skizzen
Date of composition: 1903
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , n.d.

Opus 10

Drei Preluden
Date of composition: 1903
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , ca. 1905

Opus 11

Scherzo
Date of composition: 1904
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , [ca. 1905]

Opus 12

Streichquartett No. 6 in A moll
Date of composition: ca. 1904-5
Manuscript: lost

Opus 13

Stammbuch Verse
Date of composition: 1905
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , 1905

Opus 14

Reminiszenzen
Date of composition: 1909
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , 1909

Opus 15

Streichquartett
Date of composition: 1908
Manuscript: lost
Xerox copy at UCLA

Opus 16

Vom sterbenden Rokoko
Date of composition: autumn 1909
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , 1910

Opus 17

Duos for two violins
Date of composition: Autumn 1909
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Frankfurt/Los Angeles : Josef Weinberger/Affiliated Musicians, Inc. , ca. 1910/

Opus 18

Streichquartett No. 8 in Des-dur
Date of composition: 1910
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : Joseph Weinberger , 1911

Opus 19

Der KinderNeujahrstraum
Date of composition: Autumn 1910
Manuscript: UCLA

Opus 20

Serenade für drei Violinen
Date of composition: 1911
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig/Los Angeles : Josef Weinberger/Affiliated Musicians, Inc. , 1912/

Opus 21

Sonata for Violin and Piano
Date of composition: 1913
Manuscript: lost
Copyist's manuscript

Opus 23

An mein Vaterland
Date of composition: 1913
Manuscript: LC
Xerox of copyist's manuscript at UCLA

Opus 24

Vier Klavierstücke
Date of composition: 1914
Manuscript: lost

Opus 25

Serenade
Date of composition: 1916
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: Köln : Tischer & Jagenberg , [ca. 1921]

Opus 26

Streichquartett No.9 in C dur
Date of composition: 1919
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Köln : Tischer & Jagenberg , 1920

Opus 27

Phantastische Nachtmusik
Date of composition: 1920
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Köln : Tischer & Jagenberg , [ca. 1921]

Opus 28

Streichquartett auf den Namen "Bass"
Date of composition: 1921
Manuscript: JB
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Köln : Tischer & Jagenberg , [ca. 1923]

Opus 29

Die Chinesische Flöte
Date of composition: 1922
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Mainz/New York : B. Schott's Söhne/Associated Music Publishers , 1923/1949

Opus 30

Tanz-Suite
Date of composition: 1923
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1924

Opus 31

Burlesken
Date of composition: Autumn 1923
Manuscript: BM
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1924

Opus 32

Drei Klavierstücke
Date of composition: 1924
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1925

Opus 33

Fünf Stucke für Kammerorchester
Date of composition: Jan. 1924
Manuscript: LC
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1924

Opus 34

Streichquartett No. 11
Date of composition: 1924
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1924

Opus 35

Konzert für Violoncello und Kammerorchester
Date of composition: 1924
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA (with two versions of the 1st & 2nd mvts)
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1925

Opus 36

Capriccetti
Date of composition: 1925
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1925

Opus 37

Zwei Divertimenti für Streicher-Duo
Date of composition: 1925
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , [1926]

Opus 38

Konzert für Klavier und Orchester
Date of composition: Spring 1926
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1926

Opus 39

Spiel für Blasorchester
Date of composition: Spring 1926
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1926

Opus 40

Tanz-und Spielstücke
Date of composition: 1926
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , n. d.

Opus 41

Neun Lieder
Date of composition: ca. 2/1927
Manuscript: LC/3-9 los
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz/New York : B. Schott's Söhne/Associated Music Publishers , 1928/n.d.

Opus 42

Komödie für Orchester in einem Satz
Date of composition: Spring 1927
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1927

Opus 43

Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (The Princess on the Pea)
Date of composition: 4/18/1927
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz/New York : Schott's Söhne/Associated Music Publishers , 1927

Opus 43a

Vorspiel zu einem Märchen
Date of composition: Summer 1927
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1927

Opus 44

Sonate für Violine und Klavier
Date of composition: Jan. 1928
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1928

Opus 45

Fanal
Date of composition: 2/23/1928
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1928

Opus 46

Egon und Emile
Date of composition: c.a. 1928
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz/New York : B. Schott's Söhne/Associated Music Publishers , 1928/1956

Opus 47

Sonate für Klavier
Date of composition: 1928
Manuscript: lost

Opus 48

Bunte Suite
Date of composition: 1928
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1929

Opus 49

Kleinstadtbilder
Date of composition: 1929
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1929

Opus 50

Sonate für Violoncello and Klavier
Date of composition: 1929
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1929

Opus 51

Der Fächer (The Fan)
Date of composition: 1929-1930
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1930

Opus 51

Kleine Ouvertüre zu der Fäcer
Date of composition: Summer 1929
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1929

Opus 52

Der Tierkreis (the Holograph for "Es sass ein Fuchs" and "Es sitzt ein Vogel" are lost.)
Date of composition: 1930
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1930

Opus 53

Das Wasser
Date of composition: Spring 1930
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1930

Opus 54

Kleine Theater-Suite
Date of composition: Autumn 1930
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1931

Opus 55

Zehn Konzert-Etüden
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1931

Opus 56

Zehn Vortrags-Etüden
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1931

Opus 57

Zehn Mittelstufen-Etüden
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1931

Opus 59

Zehn Anfangs-Etüden
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1931

Opus 60

Musik für Orchester und eine Baritonstimme
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: LC
UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1932

Opus 61

Symphonie für Klavier und Orchester
Date of composition: early 1933
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1933

Opus 62

Big Ben, Variationen über das Westminster-Geläut
Date of composition: 1934
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: New York : Associated Music Publishers , 1956

Opus 63

String Trio
Date of composition: 1936
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Associated Music Publishers , 1955

Opus 64

Quintet
Date of composition: 1938
Manuscript: LC
Publication: Los Angeles : Delkas , 1947

Opus 65

Cantata of the Bitter Herbs
Date of composition: Spring 1938
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: : Unpublished but on rental from MCA Mucic

Opus 66

Poems to Martha
Date of composition: 1942
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Los Angeles : Delkas , 1943

Opus 67

The Inner Circle (also called "Songs of the Cycle," The Cycle of Life," and Songs of Life.")
Date of composition: 1945/1953
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Los Angeles : Affiliated Musicians, Inc., , 1953

Opus 69

Ideas
Date of composition: late 1946
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Los Angeles : Delkas , 1947

Opus 70

String Quartet No. 12
Date of composition: 1946
Manuscript: lost
Publication: New York : Leeds Music , [ca. 1950]

Opus 71

Hyperion: A Dramatic Prelude
Date of composition: Spring 1947
Manuscript: LC
Xerox. A variant version of mm. 216-275 at UCLA
Publication: New York : Leeds Music Corp , 1950

Opus 72

Erste Symphonie
Date of composition: 11/13/1950
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1951

Opus 73

Second Symphony
Date of composition: 12/8/51
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: New York : Associated Music Publishers , 1953

Opus 74

String Quartet No. 13
Date of composition: 1953-1954
Manuscript: LK
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1961

Opus 75

Third Symphony
Date of composition: Summer 1955
Manuscript: unknown/LW
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1957

Opus 76

Peter Pan
Date of composition: early 1956
Manuscript: LC
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1958

Opus 77

Notturno
Date of composition: 10/1/53
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1957

Opus 78a

Diversions
Date of composition: Spring 1956
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Leeds Music Co. , 1958

Opus 78b

Sonatinetta
Date of composition: Spring 1956
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Leeds Music Co. , 1958

Opus 79

Vanity of Vanities, All is Vanity (Ecclesiastes, Essay 1)
Date of composition: 3/6/1954
Manuscript: UCLA

Opus 80

Symphony No 4
Date of composition: Summer 1957
Manuscript: LW
Ozalid reproduction, and corrected score
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1960

Opus 81

Phantoms
Date of composition: 1958?
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: : Unpublished but on rental from Mills Music

Opus 83

Five Pieces for Wind Instruments and Percussion
Date of composition: July 1959
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1961, 1963

Opus 84

Sonatinetta
Date of composition: 1959
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1961

Opus 85

Three Little Dances
Date of composition: June, 1961
Manuscript: HR
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1962

Opus 86

Reflections
Date of composition: Jan. 1962
Manuscript: LW
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1962

Opus 87

Sonata for Piano four hands
Date of composition: Jan. 1962
Manuscript: LC
Ozalid reproduction
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1963

Opus 88

The Last Tale
Date of composition: 8/28/1962
Manuscript: LW
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1965

Opus 89

Jephta, Rhapsodic Poem (Symphony No. 5)
Date of composition: 5/18/1963
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1965

Opus 90

Three Impromptus for Unaccompanied String Instruments,
Date of composition: Spring 1963
Manuscript: LC
Sketches
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1965

Opus 91

Capriccio
Date of composition: 7/1/1963
Manuscript: LC

Opus 92

Puppetshow
Date of composition: 8/4/1963
Manuscript: LC

Opus 93

Sixth Symphony
Date of composition: 11/9/1963
Manuscript: LC
Ozalid reproduction
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1966

Opus 94

The Enamoured Harlequin
Date of composition: 11/27/1963
Manuscript: LC

Opus 95

Seventh Symphony
Date of composition: 3/31/1964
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1968

Opus 96

Sinfonietta for String Orchestra
Date of composition: Spring 1964
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1965

Opus 97

Sinfonietta for Wind Instruments and Percussion
Date of composition: 6/29/1964
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1967

Opus 98

Quartet for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Viola
Date of composition: 8/24/1964
Manuscript: LC
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1967

Works Without Opus Numbers

"Bitte"
Date of composition: ca. 1905
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : Rejected for publication by B. Schott, 5/3/1906.

"Ich Wollt, ich wär ein fisch"
Date of composition: Dec. 1920
Manuscript: UCLA

"Lange schon haben meine freunde versucht"
Date of composition: 2/1958
Manuscript: UCLA

"Pastorale" from Bacchae
Date of composition: ca. 1926
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA

"The Covenant"
Date of composition: 1945
Manuscript: NS?

"The Idle Stroller" Suite
Date of composition: 1938
Manuscript: UCLA

Adagio elegiaco
Date of composition: 10/14/1950
Manuscript: UCLA

Anabasis
Date of composition: Late 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

As You Like It
Date of composition: 1931

Begegnung
Date of composition: ca. 1908
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Unpub.

Canon (Aus dem "Tagebuch")
Date of composition: ca. 1914
Manuscript: lost

Capriccio für Klavier
Date of composition: 1905
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Unpub.

Catherine the Great
Date of composition: 1933
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : (Music recorded on film)

Chansons sans paroles
Date of composition: 1940
Manuscript: lost
Copyist's manuscript at UCLA

Circus
Date of composition: 8/1953
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: Los Angeles : Affiliated Musicians, Inc. , 1954

Das Kirschblütenfest
Date of composition: Summer 1927
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1927

Dedication
Date of composition: 1948
Manuscript: FW
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1957

Der Igel und der Hase (Reported as a one-act opera in progress. Its existence is doubtful)

Die Heilige von U.S.A.
Date of composition: Autumn 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Die Kinderfabrik
Date of composition: Summer 1928
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : [Performed live to accompany a silent film]

Die Rollen des Schauspielers Seami
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Die Räuber
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Dr. Cyclops
Date of composition: ca. 1940
Manuscript: Paramount

Drei Originalstücke für das elektrische Welte-Mignon Klavier
Date of composition: 1926
Manuscript: UCLA

Epilogue
Date of composition: April 1959
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1962

First Comes Courage
Date of composition: Summer 1943
Manuscript: Columbia

Fünfmal Etüden für Klavier

Gesprochene Musik (Fugue aus der Geographie)
Date of composition: 1930
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: ?/New York : New Music; vol. 23, no 2/ in English: Mills Music , 1950/1957

Gewitter
Manuscript: lost

Im fernen Osten
Date of composition: 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Impromptu
Date of composition: 1904
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Unpub.

Intermezzo
Date of composition: May 1959
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1962

Kammersymphonie in F dur
Date of composition: 1906
Manuscript: UCLA

Karamazov
Date of composition: 1930
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : (Music recorded on film)

Klangfilm Overture
Date of composition: 1929
Manuscript: lost

Komödie für Orchester
Date of composition: Spring 1924
Manuscript: UCLA

Konzert für Pianoforte und Orchester in A dur
Date of composition: 1904
Manuscript: lost

König Ödipus
Date of composition: Summer 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Ladies in Retirement
Date of composition: 1941
Manuscript: Columbia

Leprechauns (incomplete sketches)
Date of composition: 8/24/1963
Manuscript: UCLA

Little Friend
Date of composition: 1934
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : (music recorded on film)

Medea
Date of composition: Spring 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Miniatur Ouvertüre
Date of composition: 1932
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: Mainz : Ars Viva , 1932

Musical Short Story
Date of composition: 1936
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : rejected by AMP (9/16/1936)

Napoleon, oder die 100 Tage
Date of composition: 1931-1932
Manuscript: UCLA

Narziss
Manuscript: lost

None Shall Escape
Date of composition: Late 1943
Manuscript: C-UCLA

On Such a Night
Date of composition: 1937
Manuscript: Paramount

Orchids
Date of composition: 1936
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : Rejected by AMP (9/16/1936)

Outcast
Date of composition: Late 1936
Manuscript: Paramount

Peter Ibbetsen
Date of composition: 1935
Manuscript: Paramount

Pinocchio
Date of composition: April 1935
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: New York : Associated Music Publishers , 1937

Prelude and Fugue
Date of composition: ca. 1943
Manuscript: Julian B.
Publication: Los Angeles : Affiliated Musicians , 1953

Punch and Judy
Date of composition: unfinished
Manuscript: UCLA

Romanze
Date of composition: 1910
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : P. Pabst , 1911

Short Story
Date of composition: Dec 1961
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1962

Sonata, K. 284 - Mozart
Date of composition: ca. 1935-45
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : unpublished, available from Associated Music

Sonata, K. 332 - Mozart
Date of composition: ca. 1935-45
Manuscript: lost

Sonata, Op. 10, NO. 3 - Beethoven
Date of composition: ca. 1935-45
Manuscript: lost

Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3 - Beethoven
Date of composition: ca. 1935-45
Manuscript: lost

Song of Myself
Date of composition: April 1961
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1961

String Quartet No. 14
Date of composition: 1962
Manuscript: UCLA

Studie
Date of composition: 1927
Manuscript: UCLA

The Cat and the Canary
Date of composition: Summer 1939
Manuscript: Paramount

The Gates of Carven Jade (Holograph: incomplete)
Date of composition: ca. 1934
Manuscript: UCLA

The Ghost Breakers
Date of composition: 1940
Manuscript: Paramount

The Private Life of Don Juan
Date of composition: 1934
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : (Music recorded on film)

The Unseen
Date of composition: Early 1945
Manuscript: Paramount

Thema mit Variationen über "Muss i denn zum Stüadle hinaus" (Schwäbisches Volkslied)
Date of composition: 7/26/1964
Manuscript: UCLA

There is a Season for Everything (Ecclesiastes, Essay II)
Date of composition: ca. 1953
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Los Angeles : Affiliated Musicians, Inc. , 1953

Tragische Musik
Date of composition: 1931?
Manuscript: lost

Trio in D moll
Date of composition: 1903
Manuscript: lost

Turandot
Date of composition: 1931?
Manuscript: UCLA

Uli Wittewüpp
Date of composition: Late 1931
Manuscript: UCLA

Valse
Date of composition: 1961
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: New York : Mills Music , 1962

W. A. Mozart's Variations on "Unser dummer Pöbel meint..."
Date of composition: ca. 1933
Manuscript: LC
Xerox copy at UCLA
Publication: Los Angeles : Affiliated Musicians, Inc. , 1953

Wegwende (a projected opera, begun in Mannheim ca. 1925, never finished, all sketches destroyed.)

William Tell
Date of composition: 1939
Manuscript: UCLA

Zwei Kultische Stücke
Date of composition: c.a. 1/1932
Manuscript: lost

[Eleven folk song settings] Published in the collection: Volksliederbuch für die Jugend.
Date of composition: ca. 1930
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Leipzig : C. F. Peters , 1930

[Three Folk Dances]
Date of composition: ca.1946-47
Manuscript: lost
Publication: : [Not published but recorded]

[Two etudes]
Date of composition: 1930
Manuscript: UCLA
Publication: Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne , 1931

[Two etudes]
Date of composition: Summer 1931
Manuscript: lost
Publication: Unpub.

[Two folk songs] (Published in the collection: Folk Songs of the New Palestine)
Date of composition: 1938
Manuscript: lost
Publication: New York : Youth Zionist Organization of America... , 1939

[Untitled fragment]
Manuscript: UCLA

[untitled canon]
Date of composition: 4/17/1959
Manuscript: LW

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