Chronological Catalog
Stefan Wolpe Chronological Catalog

CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF COMPOSITIONS

1. Items based on the same musical material are shown as equivalent with ≈ .
2. Titles, dates, etc. within square brackets [ ] are editorial.
3. Opus numbers within curved brackets { } belong to the composer's first series.


1. COMPLETE WORKS

1.0 [Zehn Frühe Lieder.] 1920. S, pno.
1.1 1. Hymnus aus Der brennende Dornbusch. 22 May 1920. Text: Oscar Kokoschka. [≈70.1]
Zwei Lieder von Mechthild von Magdeburg. 4 June 1920.
1.2 2. Wie der Liebeswunde gesunde.
1.3 3. Lied der Minne.
1.4 4. Vöglein Schwermut. Text: Christian Morgenstern. 13 June 1920. Ded: Milan Morgenstern.
1.5 5. Der Abend ist mein Buch. Text: Rainer Maria Rilke. 17 June 1920.
1.6 6. Lied aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Rothe Äuglein. 21 June 1920.
1.7 7. Gebetsspruch des von der Sternegasse (um 1320). 16 Aug 1920.
1.8 8. Schlummerlied. Text: Catherine Godwin. Summer 1920.
1.9 9. Kleiner Erfolg. Text: SW. Summer 1920.
1.10 10. Idylle. Text: SW. Summer 1920.
2.0 Vier Adagien. 1920. Pno. Ded: Else Schlomann.
2.1 1. Nicht zu langsam. April 1920.
2.2 2. Leichte Achtel.
2.3a 3a.Langsam, etwas starr. 6 Sept 1920.
2.3b 3b.Gesang, weil ich etwas Teures verlassen muss. Ded: Friedl Dicker.
2.4 4. Nicht zu langsam. Dec 1920.
3 Adagio, [No. 5]. Un poco maestoso. 27 Sept 1920. Pno.
4.0 Drei Klavierstücke, {op. 5b}. April 1923. Ded: Erwin Ratz.
4.1 1. 22 April 1923.
4.2 2. 13 April 1923.
4.3 3. 15 April 1923. [≈70.2]
5 Schattenspiel-Musik für 3 Singstimmen a capella, {op. 8}. July 1923. S, Mz, A.
6.0 Fünf Lieder von Friedrich Hölderlin, 1924, 1927; revised in 1935 as op. 1. Mz, pno.
6.1 1. Hälfte des Lebens. 1924. Ded: Friedl Dicker.
6.2 2. An Diotima. 1927. Ded: Ola Wolpe.
6.3 3. Diotima. 1924. Ded: Anna und Erwin Hirsch.
6.4 4. Der Spaziergang. 1924. Ded: Ferruccio Busoni.
6.5 5. Zufriedenheit. 1924. Ded: Emmy Heim.
7.0 Duo für zwei Geigen, op. 2. Dec 1924. Ded: Victor Schlichter.
1. Allegro molto. 2. Presto (Besessen). 3. Romanze. [inc.]
8.0 Bearbeitungen Ostjüdischer Volkslieder [Arrangements of Yiddish Folksongs] {Op. 14}. 1923, April 1925. Ded: Raja Ermolnikoff.
8.1 1. Inter dem Kinds Wigele. (Wiegenlied). 1925.
8.2 2. Be man Mames Hasele. April 1925.
8.3 3. Amul is gewen a klaein Yidele. (Kinderlied). April 1925.
8.4 4. Alle Menschen tanzendik. 9 April 1925.
8.5 5. Wi asoi ken listik san? (Mädchenlied). April 1925.
8.6 6. Es kimt gefloigen gilderne Pawe. Oct 1923.
9.0 Drei Lieder nach Heinrich von Kleist, op. 3. Aug, Sept 1925. S, pno.
9.1 1. Der Engel am Grabe des Herrn.
9.2 2. Gleich und Ungleich. Eine Legende nach Hans Sachs.
9.3 3. Die beiden Tauben. Eine Fabel nach La Fontaine.
10.0 Sonate für Klavier, “Stehende Musik” {op. 1}. 1925.
10.1 1. Schnell.
10.2 2. Andante (later op. 3a) (pub. as Early Piece for Piano) [≈70.5]
10.3 3. Schnell [inc.]
11 [Fragment. Klopstock.]
12.0 Neun Vertonungen aus Gitanjali von Rabindranath Tagore. 1926. A, pno.
12.1 1. O du letzte Erfüllung des Lebens. Jan 1926.
12.2 2. An dem Tage, da der Tod. Jan 1926.
12.3 3. Ich weiss, es wird kommen der Tag. Jan 1926.
12.4 4. Gottheit des zertrümmerten Tempels.
12.5 5. Voll verzweifelter Hoffnung.
12.6 6. Bist du draussen in stürmischer Nacht.
12.7 7. Ich ging als Bettler von Türe zu Türe. Feb 1926.
12.8 8. Ich hab mein Urlaub erhalten. Feb 1926.
12.9 9. In dieser Zeit meinen Abschieds. Mar 1926. [inc.]
12.10 10. Ich wusste den Augenblick nicht. Mar 1926 [inc.]
12.11 11. Wenn ich von hier geh, Var. 1. Mar 1926. [inc.]
12.12 12. Ich schmücke Dich mit Trophäen, Var. 2. [inc.]
13.0 Zwei Tänze für Klavier: Blues, Tango. 1926.
1. Blues. 2. Tango. Feb.
14.0 Zwei Fabeln für Bariton und Klavier. 1926. Bar, pno.
14.1 1. Der faule Bauer mit seinem Hunden. Hans Sachs. Dec 1926
14.2 2. Ein Tier im Monde. Jean de la Fontaine. 1926. [inc.]
15 [Fragment. Rilke Cantata.]
16 Zwei Typen deutscher Lieder. [1926?]. Pno. Ded: Gottfried Galston.
17 Invention. Mar 1927. Pno. [≈70.3]
18 Fuge a 3. Aug 1927. Pno. [≈70.4]
19 Tango. 4 Sept 1927. Pno.
20 Rag-Caprice. 1927. Pno.
21 [Fragment. March.]
22.0 Zeus und Elida, op. 5a. Musikalische Groteske für Solisten, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester. Text: Karl Wickerhauser, Otto Hahn. 1928. 3 sax (cl, Bcl), 2 tpt, trb, sousaphone, 2 cb, tenor banjo, perc, 12 vn, pno (cel). Bar, S, B, T, SATB. Ded: Ola Okuniewska.
1. Charleston. 2. Tango. 3. Boston. 4. Jazz-Duett (Foxtrot). 5. Konzert mit Variationen. 6. Blues Solo und Duett mit Chor. 7. Fortsetzung des Konzertes. 8. Czardas. 9. Coda--Potpourri.
23 [Fragment. Choral piece.]
24.0 Schöne Geschichten (Pretty Stories), für Andeutungsbühne, Schauspieler, Sänger, Marionetten, Chor und kleines Orchester. Op. 5b. Text: SW, Otto Hahn. 1927-9. Fl, 2 cl (sax), tpt, trb, perc, vn, pno. 2 male singers, male chorus.
1. Wissenschaft. 2. Religion oder die Geschichte von der Begegnung mit dem lieben Gott. Sept 1927. 3. Recht oder die Geschichte vom Herrn Tannenbaum. Nov 1927. 4. Bildung oder die Geschichte von der Balzac-Ausgabe. Mar 1928. 5. Liebe oder die Geschichte vom Papier. July 1929. 6. Philosophie. 7. Patriotismus.
25 Eine unterdrückte Klasse. Text: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Jan 1929. High voice, pno. [≈33.1]
26 An Anna Blume von Kurt Schwitters, op. 5c. Text: Kurt Schwitters. Mar 1929. T, pno.
27 Decret Nr. 2: An die Armee der Künstler. Text: Vladimir Majakovski. May 1929. High voice, pno. [≈33.2]
28.0 Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Erich Kästner. 1929. Med voice, pno.
28.1 1. Fantasie von Übermorgen. June 1929.
28.2 2. Brief eines Dienstmädchens mit Namen Amalie. 1929.
28.3 3. Ansprache einer Bardame. [1929]
29.0 Blues, “Stimmen aus dem Massengrab,” Marsch. [Nov] 1929. Speaking chorus, 2sax (cl, Bcl), tpt, perc, 2 pno. Ded: Teddy Stauffer.
29.1 1. Blues.
29.2 2. Stimmen aus dem Massengrab. Text: Erich Kästner.
29.3 3. Marsch.
30 Musik zu Hamlet, Dritter Aufzug, zweiter Auftritt. Renaissance Theater. Langsamer Satz. 1929. Fl, cl, vc.
31 Presto agitato. 1929. Pno. [≈70.6]
32 Tanz (Charleston). 1929. Pno. Ded: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
33.0 Vier Lieder auf Texte von Lenin, Majakowski und anderen, op. 7.
33.1 1. Eine unterdrückte Klasse. Text: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Jan. 1929. High voice, pno. [≈25]
33.2 2. Decret Nr. 2: An die Armee der Künstler. [≈27]
33.3 3. Was ist "Aufruhr"? Text: "Weh." Speaker, pno.
33.4 4. Auch die kleinste Tat. Text: Hans Eckelt. Jan 1930. Speaker, pno.
34.0 Drei Lieder von Willi für Alt und Klavier, op. 8. Text: Willi Bär Wolpe. 1929. Ded: Willi.
1. Arme Schwester auf der Straße. 2. Ich habe meine Katze begraben. 3. Der Du nichts sehen kannst.
35 [Fragment. Prolog für Troilus und Cressida.]
36.0 Drei Arbeitslieder von Thomas Ring, op. 9. 1929-1930.
1. Bohrerlied. 1929. 2. Schifferlied. 1929. 3. Bergmannslied. [1930]
37.0 Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Johannes R. Becher. [1930]
37.1 1. Die Partei. High voice, pno.
37.2 2. Der tausendjährige Lenin. Mz (or A), SATB, pno.
38 Ballade von Karl Schmidt aus der grauen Stadt, op. 11. Text: Johannes R. Becher. 1930. Unison chorus, pno.
39.0 Acht Lieder auf Texte von Heine, Ottwalt, Weinert, und anderen, op. 12. 1929-1932. Med voice, pno.
39.1 1. Erst haben sie. Text: Ernst Ottwalt. 1929.
39.2 2. Das Lied vom Abbau. Text: Erich Weinert. 1931.
39.3 3. Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt. Text: Erich Weinert. 1930.
39.4 4. Die Herrn der Welt. Text: Erich Weinert. 1931.
39.5 5. Wir, die Berliner Metallarbeiter. Text: Walter Hoffmann. 1930.
39.6 6. Wir sind entlassen [Bankenlied]. Text: J.-B. Clément, trans. Siegmar Mehring. 1932.
39.7 7. Die schlesischen Weber. Text: Heinrich Heine. 1929.
39.8 8. Alle für alle (Lied des 1. Mai). Text: Erich Weinert. 1931.
40.0 Politische Satyren. 1929-1930.
40.1 1. Wahltag. Text: Thomas Ring. 1929.
40.2 2. Thema mit Variationen. Text: [Franz Boensch?] n.d.
40.3 3. Bonzensalat. Text: Franz Boensch. n.d. [inc.]
40.4 4. Hitler. Text: [Franz Boensch?] 1930. [inc.]
41.0 [Fragment. Zwei Liedfragmente von Ernst Ottwalt.] n.d. Med. voice, pno.
42.0 Vier Antikriegslieder, op. 16.
42.1 1. Antikriegslied. Text: Ludwig Renn. [1931]
42.2 2. Kampfruf. Text: Erich Weinert. n.d.
42.3 3. Rote Armee. Text: Johannes R. Becher. n.d.
42.4 4. Rote Soldaten, rote Kolonnen. Text: Siegfried Moos. n.d. [≈96.8]
43 [Fragment. Deutschland.]
44 [Fragment. Kein Dirnenlied.]
45 [Fragment. Lied der roten Stürmer.]
46 [Fragment. Die Passion eines Menschen.]
47.0 Musik zur Die Mausefalle, op. 18a. Text: Gustav von Wangenheim. 1931. Theater revue of Truppe 31. Voices, piano. 17 numbers complete, 2 incomplete.
47.7 7. Das Lied vom Nebenmann.
48 [Fragment. Sportrevue, Alles an den roten Start.]
49.0 [Various Cabaret, Agitprop, and Marching Songs. 1929-1932]
49.1 1. Der Hungerkünstler. Text: Max Kolpe. 1929. Med voice, pno.
49.2 2. Bauernlied. Text: Thomas Ring. 1930.
49.3 3. Es wird die neue Welt geboren. Text: Ludwig Renn. 1931. [≈46.12]
49.4 4. Freches Liedchen. Text: Ludwig Renn. 1931.
49.5 5. Haben Sie Kummer. [Agitproptruppe "Roter Wedding."] 1931. Text: Siegfried Moos.
49.6 6. Auftrittsmarsch. Agitproptruppe "Roter Stern". n.d.
49.7 7. Lied des ATBD. Text: Max Jensen. n.d.
49.8 8. Lied des IATB. Text: Fritz Gumbel. 1931.
49.9 9. Links den Kurs. Text: Franz Boensch. 1931.
49.10 10. Ob du an der Maschine stehst. Text: Franz Boensch. 1931.
49.11 11. RSI (Rotes Spartakiade-Lied). Text: Max Stolle. [July] 1931.
49.12 12. Stark ist die Mauer. Text: anon. 1931.
49.13 13. Arbeit und Kapital. Text: Martin Lindt. 1932.
49.14 14. Stählt die Muskeln. Text: Siegfried Moos. 1932. From no. 48.
49.15 15. Lied der Arbeiter-Musiker. Text: Franz Boensch. n.d.
49.16 16. Proleten auf zum Durchbruchskampf.
49.17 17. Täglich schuftet früh und spät.
49.18 18. Stempellied. Text: Martin Lindt. n.d.
49.19 19. Frieden heißt Sieg. Text: D. Ussov.
50.0 Musik zu Da liegt der Hund begraben, op. 18b. Text: Gustav von Wangenheim. 1932. Voices, sax (cl), tpt, trb, pno, perc. The second Theater Revue of Truppe 31.
51 [Fragment. Wer ist der Dümmste.]
52.0 Zwei Studien für Grosses Orchester. 1933
1. Ouvertüre. Sept 1933. 2. Pastorale in Form einer Passacaglia. Sept-Oct 1933.
53 Zwei Studien für Grosses Orchester. 1933. Arranged for two violins and piano.
54 Marsch und Variationen für zwei Klaviere, op. 21. 1933-4.
55.0 Musik für Molières Eingebildeten Kranken [Le Malade imaginaire]. Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv. July 1934. Fl, cl, vn, va, cb
55.1 1. Ouvertüre Akt 1: Thema mit Drei Variationen und Coda.
55.2 2. Ouvertüre Akt 2: Rondo.
55.3 3. Rezitativ und Duet.
55.4 4. Ouvertüre Akt 3: Schlafmusik in Form einer Passacaglia auf einem Baß von Schönbergs Streichquartette op. 10.
55.5 5. Traumtanz: Suite von kleinen Tanzstücken.
56.0 [Fragment. Konzert für Neun Instrumente.]
57 [Fragment. Zärtliche Adresse.]
58.0 Cinq marches caracteristiques, op. 10. 1928-1934. Pno.
58.1 1. Energisch und belebt. 1928.
58.2 2. Ruhig im Schritt. n.d.
58.3 3. Feurig, energisch. n.d.
58.4 4. Ruhig im Schritt (Trauermarsch). 1931. [≈46.7]
58.5 5. Vivo e sereno. 1934.
59.0 [Hebrew Solo Songs. 1934-37]
59.1 1. I-ka dur olam poreach (Lied von der blutigen Rüstungsinternationale). (Song of the bloody armament makers.) Aug 1934. Med. voice, pno.
59.2 2. (We are one driven tortured flock). 1935. Hebr. text: anon. Eng. trans. by Sulamith Sitarfskin made in New York [194-]. Med. voice, pno. Original setting of the Hebrew does not survive.
59.3 3. Ani meo di hapach peched (If it be my fate). Text: Rachel. 1936. Med. voice, pno.
59.4 4. Ve hinehu shuv lefanai (Behold him and see). Text: Rachel. n.d. Medium voice, pno.
59.5 5. Tsedaktem habonim. 1936. Med. voice, pno.
59.6 6. Sim shalom. 1937. Med. voice, pno. [≈69.3]
60.0 [Hebrew Choral Songs. 1934-8.] SATB
60.1 1. Olam chadash. Ger. text: Ludwig Renn, Es wird die neue Welt geboren. Hebr. trans: Sinai Leichter. [1934]. [≈46.12]
60.2 2. Ve aba amar. 1934. Unison chorus for Kibuz Ein Harod.
60.3 3. [Fragment. Regel Harima.]
60.4 4. Tsedaktem habonim (You were right). Hebr. text: Saul Tchernichovsky. Eng. trans: Hilda Morley. 1936.
60.5 5. Tein li chaveir. Ger. text, Oscar Maria Graf. Hebr. trans., Sinai Leichter. n.d. [≈110.1]
60.6a 6a. Bim komoteinu (We have a court of justice). Ger. text: Gerhard Hauptmann, Die Weber. Hebr. trans., Nathan Altermann. 1938.
60.6b 6b. Men whose boast it is (Bim Komoteinu). English trans. James Russell Lowell.
60.7 7. Kvish [Road]. Text anon. 1937.
60.8 8. Shir hanapach (Esh) (Song of the Blacksmith). Text: Nathan Altermann. 1938. SATB.
61 Ali b'eir [The Well]. Text: Nathan Bialik. 1935. Arrangement of melody: Sara Levi- Tanai. SATB.
62.0 Vier Studien über Grundreihen (Four Studies on Basic Rows), op. 23. 1935-6. Pno.
62.1 1. Study on Tritones. Jan 1936.
62.2 2. Study on Thirds. (Reihenstuck No. 1). Oct 1935.
62.3 3. Presto Furioso: Study on a set of expanding and contracting intervals. 1935.
62.4 4. Passacaglia. Feb-Mar 1936, rev. 1972.
63 Passacaglia, op. 23. Transcribed for 2 pno. Mar 1936.
64.0 [Drei] Kleinere Canons in der Umkehrung zweier 12-tönig Correspondierender Hexachorde. 1936. Va, vc.
1. Lento ma non troppo. Aug. 2. Andante amabile. 3. Allegro giusto. Sept.
65.0 Suite im Hexachord, op. 24b. 1936. Ob, cl.
1. Sostenuto. 2. Pastorale. Molto lento. Nov. 10. 3. Fuge. Allegro moderato. Dec. 4. Adagio.
66 Passacaglia for Full Orchestra, op. 23. 1937. Arrangement of Passacaglia for pno [≈62.4].
67.0 Zwei Lieder aus dem Hohenlied für Alt und Klavier, op. 24. 1937.
67.1 1. Smolo tahat roshi (His left hand is under my head). Text: Song of Songs, Ch. 8, 3. Feb 1937.
67.2 2. Simeini kahotam (Set me as a seal). Text: Song of Songs, Ch. 8, 6. Mar 1937.
68.0 Zwei Chinesischen Grabschriften (Two Chinese Epitaphs), op. 25. Ger. text: Louise Peter; Eng. trans: Elizabeth Papernow-Shapiro. May 1937. SATB, drums.
68.1 1. Zwölf Bauern (Twelve peasants).
68.2 2. Von einer Handvoll Reis (They gave us grains of rice).
69.0 Four Songs from Ballad of the Unknown Soldier, op. 27. Text: Moshé Lifshitz. Hebr. trans: Nathan Altermann. 1937. SATB.
69.1 1. Zot hi habaladah [Life flows onward].
69.2 2. Al admateinu [On this our blessed land].
69.3 3. Sim shalom [Give peace to the tree]. [≈59.6]
69.4 4. Hachayalim ts'u lilchom [Know how to fight].
70.0 Sechs Klavierstücke 1920-1929, op. 7. Collected and revised, 1936-7.
1. Hymnus. 1920. [≈1.1] 2. Variation. 1923. [≈4.3] 3. Invention. 1927. [≈15] 4. Fuge a 3. 1927. [≈16] 5. Andante. 1925. [≈10.2] 6. Presto agitato. 1929. [≈31]
71 Arrangment of J.S. Bach, Musical Offering, Fuga a 3. 1937. Strings.
72.0 Drei Lieder für Bass und Klavier. 1938.
72.1 1. Die Reichen sich das Rechts erfreuen. Text: Miculás Daciskey von Heslova. Feb 1938.
72.2 2. An Dich. "Fremder, fremder." Text: Walt Whitman. March 1938.
72.3 3. Orechower Herren. Text: anon. [inc.]
73.0 Vier Lieder für Alt oder Bariton und Klavier, op. 29. 1938
73.1 1. Jassurim anach nu. Text: Serubavel. April 1938.
73.2 2. Perach ki perach (Epitaph). Text: Serubavel. March 1938.
73.3 3. R'u katsiporim. Mul fresko schel ribera (On a fresco of Diego Rivera). Text: Noach Stern. Mar 1938.
73.4 4. Rechot, "Lilakh". (Lilacs). Text: Noach Stern. April 1938.
74 Zror hamor dodi li, op. 30 Text: Song of Songs, 1:13-16. June 1938. Mz, cl, pno. Ded: Anne Hirsch.
75 La-menatzeach al ha-mecholot. Dem Tanzmeister (To the Dancemaster). Text: Chaim Nachman Bialik. June 1938. Mz, cl, pno.
76 Hoi khoshvei (Lines from the Prophet Micah). Text: Micah, 2:1-2, 7:3-4. 1938. Bar, pno.
77 Ki hin'ni (Isaiah). Text: Isaiah, 65:17-22a, 25. 1938. Bar, pno.
78.0 [Four Hebrew Choral Arrangements.] 1938. SATB.
78.1 1. Haseh hato'eh [The Lost Goat]. Text: Miriam Pollack. Melody: Sara Levi- Tanai.
78.2 2. Seh ug'di [The goat and the kid]. Text and melody: Mattiateheu Weiner (Shelem).
78.3 3. Sisu v'simchu [Rejoice and be merry]. Text and melody: Shelem.
78.4 4. Na'alzah v'nism'chah [Let us be joyous and merry]. Text and melody: Shelem.
79 [Fragment. Sonata für Hoboe und Klavier.]
80.0 Folk Songs of the New Palestine. 1938. Arrangements, voice, pno.
80.1 1. Salenu al ktefenu (Our baskets on our shoulder). Text: Levin Kipni Melody: Admon.
80.2 2. Tel Aviv hi ir yhudit (Tel Aviv is a Jewish City). Text and melody: anon.
80.3 3. Rainu amalenu. (We behold our toil). Text: Levi Ben-Amitai. Melody: Shalom Postolsky.
80.4 4. Holem tsaadi (My step resounds). Arrangement No. 2. Text: Jacob Schoenberg. Melody: Mordechai Zaira. Arrangement No. 1 missing.
80.5 5. Holem tsaadi, Arrangement No. 3.
81 Lied, Anrede, Hymnus, Strophe zarteste Bewegung. March 1939. Ob, pno, or pno solo.
82.0 Psalm 64 and Isaiah Chapter 35. May 1939. S, pno.
82.1 1. Psalm 64, "Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer." April 1939.
82.2 2. Isaiah Ch. 35, "The wilderness and the solitary place."
83.0 Three Time Wedding [Yemenite Songs and Dances.] 1939.
1. Jiddische Hochzeit. 2. Jemenite dance no. 1 (Andante con moto). 3. Jemenite dance no. 2. May 1939. 4. Halevi (Jemenite song) (Andante). 5. Horra, music by Sarah Osnath Halevy. 6. Jemenite dance IV (con moto). May 1939. 7. Arabische Tanzen no. 1. 8. Arabische Tanzen no. 2.
83.9 [Fragment. Turque.]
83.10 [Fragment. Wiegenlied.]
84.0 Zemach Suite. 1939. Pno.
1. Song. June 1939. 2. Piece of embittered music. June 1939. 3. Fuge a 3, no. 1. June 1939. 4. Fuge a 3, no. 2. June 1939. 5. Jubilation. June 1939. 6. Complaint. July 1939. 7. Dance in Form of a Chaconne. Nov 1939.
85.0 Five Declamations for Speaker and Piano. 1939.
85.1 1. Ich gedenk der Günzigkeit. Aug 1939 [≈84.1]
85.2 2. A Leib is Aufgegangen (No. 6). July 1939. [≈84.6]
85.3 3. Wie a steig ful mit Veigeln. July 1939. [≈84.2]
85.4 4. Mesiken is dein Bruch. July 1939. [≈84.3]
85.5 5. Ich wel Dich noch oifbauen. Aug 1939. [≈84.4]
86 [Fragment. Israel and His Land. Cantata.]
87.0 Two Songs of Bialik. 1938-9.
87.1 1. O tife himlin. Oct 1939. Bar, pno.
87.2 2. La-menatzeach al ha-mecholot. 1938 [≈75]
88 [Fragment. Hebrew Song Arrangements.]
89 [Fragment. Moladeti.]
90 [Fragment. The Prophets. Cantata.]
90a Suite for Marthe Krueger. 1940. 2 pno.
1. The Women
2. Remembrance
3. The Tides of Man
91.0 Sonata for Oboe and Piano. 1937-8, 1941.
1. Tanz. Allegro comodo. 2. Molto adagio. 3. Embittered, violent, and quick. 4. Allegro con grazia. 1941
92 P.I. Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings. Arr. for 2 pno. June 1941.
93 J. S. Bach, Double Concerto (S. 1043). Arr. for 2 pno. n.d.
94.0 Two Pieces for Piano Two Hands. 1941.
1. Pastorale for Piano. 2. Con fuoco.
95.0 Toccata in Three Parts for Piano. July 1941.
1. Allegro moderato. 2. Adagio. Too much suffering in the world. 3. Double Fugue.
96 [Fragment. Palestine at War. Film music.]
97.0 The Man From Midian for Two Pianos. Jan-Feb 1942. Scenario: Winthrop Palmer. Choreography: Eugene Loring, Loring Dance Players.
Part I. 1. Overture. 2. Serfdom, lamentation. 3. Mother conceives child. 4. Pharaoh’s daughter, bathing in Nile, finds baby. 5. Procession. 6. The pet of court--political intrigue. 7. Moses among the workers. 8. Moses buries the taskmaster in the sand.
Part II. 9. Conversation with God. 10. Moses meets Aaron. 11. March through the Red Sea. 12. Restlessness. 13. Aaron’s desperation. 14. Joshua’s pleading. 15. Bacchanal. 16. Return of Moses. Moses falls on the arm of Joshua. 17. Moses walks among the people. Commands some to be killed. 18. Gathering of people.
98 The Man From Midian: First Suite for Orchestra. 1942. [≈97.1-97.8]
99 The Good Spirit of a Right Cause. Nov 1942. Encouragements for Piano.
100 [Fragment. Simple Music. Encouragements.]
101 [Fragment. Music for WOR.]
102.0 Drei Lieder von Bertolt Brecht. Apr 1943. Low voice, pno.
1. Ballade von den Osseger Witwen. 2. Der Gott sei bei uns. 3. Keiner oder Alle.
103.0 [Folk Song Arrangements for Sarah Gorby.] Dec 1943.
1. Malaguenas (Arr. no. 6). Dec 1943. 2. Melodie hebraique (Arr. no. 7). Dec 1943. 3. Le coeur de ma vie, Jacques Dalcroze (Arr. no. 8). Dec 1943. 4. Arrangement in C minor. 5. [Arrangement in E minor].
104 [Fragment. Klarinettenquartett.]
105.0 [Two Choral Songs]. Aug 1944. SA.
1. Moshe v'ha-sneh. Text: E. Lisitzki. 2. Piyutim Ktanim. Text: I. Gabirol.
106 Yigdal. Cantata. April 1945. Text: Maimonides. Bar, SATB, org.
107.0 Zwei Lieder aus Gedichten von Berthold Viertel. April 1945.
1. Lebensmüdigkeit. 2. Salomonischer Spruch.
108 [Fragment. Clarinet Trio.]
109 [Fragment. Garcia Lorca Cantata.]
110.0 Three Songs for Medium Voice and Piano. 1946.
110.1 1. Unto the New Day. [≈60.5]. Eng. trans. Elizabeth Papernow-Shapiro.
110.2 2. People's March. Text: E. Papernow-Shapiro.
110.3 3. O Captain, My Captain. Text: Walt Whitman.
111.0 Encouragements for Piano, First Piece, Battle Piece. 1943-4, 1947.
1. Quasi presto. 2. Molto sostenuto. 3. Con moto ma non troppo. 4. Vivo. 5. Moderato.
6. Con brio. 7. Allegro ma non troppo.
112 Lazy Andy Ant. 1947. Text: Helen Jill Fletcher. S-narrator, 2 pno.
113.0 Suite from Lazy Andy Ant. 1947. 2 pno.
1. Triumph Song. 2. Judge Sentence Song.
114.0 Music for Any Instruments. 1944-9.
114.1 1. Three Canons a 3. 1944.
114.2 2. About the seventh in settings for two voices. 1945-6.
114.3 3. Two studies for piano, part I: Displaced spaces, Shocks, Negations, A new sort of relationship in space, Pattern, Tempo, Diversity of actions, Interreactions and intensities. 1946.
114.4 4. Melische Übungen von Verbindungen zweier und vielfacher Quarten: Eroberung des Melos. 1947-8.
114.5 5. Spheres of Fourth in Three-part writing. Quarten-3 stimmig.
114.6 6. On thirds, sixths, and tenths, part 1: On thirds. May 1948.
114.7 7. On thirds, sixths and tenths, part 2: On sixths.1948.
114.8 8. On thirds, sixths and tenths, part 3: Series of extensive pieces. 1948. [inc.]
114.9 9. On thirds, part 1: Two pieces for two voices. June 1948.
114.10 10. On thirds, part 2. 1948.
114.11 11. Four little pieces about the tenth for two voices. 1949.
115.0 Two Studies for Piano, Part II. 1948.
1. Vivid and enraged. 2. Broad, with a feeling of profound intensities.
116 Song of Songs (My beloved is white and ruddy). Text: Song of Songs, 5:10-16; 2:5. Mz, pno. [1949]
117.0 Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 20. July-Aug 1949.
1. Un poco allegro. July 8-23. 2. Andante appassionato. June 20-July 6. 3. Lento.
4. Allegretto deciso. Aug 22.
118 [Fragment. Set of Three Movements for Two Pianos and Six Hands.]
119 Excerpts from Dr. Einstein's Address about Peace in the Atomic Era. [Feb-March] 1950.
120 A Few Piano Pieces for Youngsters. March 1950.
1. Moderato. March 12. 2. Andante, calm March 13. 3. Serene. March 12. 4. [inc.]
121.0 Set of Twelve Pieces for String Quartet. July-Aug 1950. An attempted application of a definite harmonic structure 22/3(4) 22/+3(4).
1. Con brio. 2. Vital. 3. Quick. 4. Forceful. 5. Animated. 6. Comodo. 7. Quick. 8. Con moto 9. Energetically quick. Not too slow. 11. [No heading.] 12. Calm. [inc.]
122.0 Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion and Piano. 1950-4.
1. Lento. (Recomposed, 1954.) 2. Con moto.
123.0 Music for a Dancer. 1950. Pno.
1. Spirited. 2. Andante. 3. Fast and intense; Love Duet; À la "Tango"; Tango d'Apaches.
4. Vital, joyous.
124 [Fragment. String Quartet. 1950-1.]
125.0 Seven Pieces for Three Pianos. Feb 1951.
1. Calm. 2. Aggressive. 3. Precipitately. 4. Moving, stiff throughout. 5. Tired. 6. Taut like a high voltage wire. 7. Moving moderately.
126 Waltz for Merle. Jan 1952. Pno.
127 Music for The Good Woman of Setzuan. Text: Bertolt Brecht. Trans. Eric Bentley. [Jan-Feb]1953. Voices, pno. Overture and 18 songs.
128.0 Six Songs for The Good Woman of Setzuan. Feb 1953.
1. The Song of the Smoke. 2. The Song of the Water-Seller in the Rain. 3. The Song of the Defenselessness of the Gods and Good Men. 4. The Song of Saint Never-Never Day.
5. The Song of the Eighth Elephant. 6. The Trio of the Vanishing Gods on the Cloud.
129.0 Enactments for Three Pianos. Nov 1953.
1. Chant. 2. In a state of flight. 3. Held in. 4. Inception. 5. Fugal motions.
130.0 Piece for Oboe, Cello, Percussion, and Piano. 1954.
1. Early morning music. Aug 1954. 2. Calm. 3. Intense and spirited. July 1954. 4. Taut; to oneself. Oct 1954.
131.0 To Hilda, A Little Song of Confidence. [1954]. Pno.
1. Moderately. 2. Procession. 3. Run. 4. Dance.
132 David's lament over Jonathan. Text: II Samuel 1:19-21, 24, 27. [Aug?] 1954. Bar, pno.
133.0 Music for Peer Gynt of Henrik Ibsen. [Oct?] 1954. Voices, pno.
1. The Three Girls, Tron of the Valf jild. 2. I double locked my paradise. 3. I am a blissful gamecock. 4. The prophet is come. 5. Young Peer Gynt is the maddest wag. 6. Maybe both the winter and the spring. 7. Memnon's Statue Song: From Demigod's ashes. 8. Now all is ready for Whitsun eve. 9. Oh morning thrice blest, or Churchgoer's Song. 10. Sleep, thou dearest boy of mine.
134 [Fragment. Music for Faust Foutu of Robert Duncan.]
135.0 [Four Pieces for Mixed Chorus]. Originally, Three Pieces for Mixed Chorus with Words from the Bible and a Piece by Gershon Shofman). [Jan] 1955.
135.1 1. Psalm 122:1-9.
135.2 2. Shlu naaleichem. Text: G. Shofman.
135.3 3. Isaiah 4:18-22.
135.4 4. Jeremiah 31:6-12.
136 [Fragment. Symphony for 24 Instruments.]
137.0 Apollo and Artemis. Text: Ezra Pound. [May] 1955. Med voice, pno.
1. First version. 2. Simpler version.
138.0 Symphony. 1955-6.
1. Not too slow. 2. Charged. July 1955. 3. Alive. Sept 1955.
139.0 Quintet with Voice. April 1957. Cl, hn, vc, hp, pno, Bar.
1. Of festive grace. 2. Here the sun violet. Text: Hilda Morley. 3. Variations.
140.0 Music of Introduction and Setting the Frame to the Choruses of King Oedipus of Sophocles. Adaptation: W.B. Yeats. Nov 1957. Speakers, pno.
1. Introduction. 2. Chorus 1. What message comes to famous Thebes. 3. Chorus 2. The Delphian rock has spoken out. 4. Chorus 3. For this one thing above all I would be praised.
5. Chorus 4. What can the shadow-like generations of man attain. 6. Chorus 5. Make way for Oedipus all people said.
141.0 Scene from The Hour Glass. Text: W.B. Yeats. Oct 1958.
1. Scene. The Master has come. 2. Song. Who Stole Your Wits Away.
142 Dust of Snow (The Way a Crow). Text: Robert Frost. 1958. SATB.
143.0 [Two Song Arrangements.] n.d. [1958?] SATB.
1. Go Down Moses. 2. Little Wheel A-turnin'.
144 Lively. (Signed, "Wolpe Why not".) n.d. Pno. Song in popular style.
145 Form for Piano. May 1959.
146 [Fragment. Theater Music.]
147.0 Music for Medium Voice and Piano. 1959.
1. Song. I left my love upon a hill. Text: Willis Barnstone.
2. [Vocalise] Music for Medium Voice and Piano.
148.0 [Three Songs for C.W. Post College.]
148.1 1. Under Green and Gold Step the Pioneer Bold (C.W. Post College Song). Text: Julian Mates. 1959. Unison chorus.
148.2 2. All-Wielding God. 1959. Anthem, SATB, fl, ob, 2cl, tpt, trb, cb, perc.
148.3 3. When Evening Falls. n.d. [1959?]. SATB.
149 [Fragment. Second Sonata for Violin and Piano. 1959.]
150.0 Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano. November 1960.
1. quarter note = 88. 2. half note =112. Spirited.
151.0 Music for The Tempest (Shakespeare). With Raoul Pleskow. 1960. Chamber ensemble of 15 players. 18 items. Fl, ob, 2 cl, A, T, Bar sax tpt, trb, hp, vn, vc, cb, pno, voices.
1. Come unto these yellow sands. 2. Full fathom five. 3. Quiet music. 4. Solemn music. 5. While you here do snoring lie. 6. Drunken-comic music. 7. Flout 'em and scout 'em. 8. Dance I. 9. Iris--soft music. 10. Honour riches marriage blessing. 11. Answer your summons. 12. Dancelike. 13. Love music (à la Tristanito). 14. Solemn music. 15. Where the bee sucks.
16. Solemn music. 17. Epilogue.18. Mysterioso.
152.0 Piece in Three Parts for Piano and Sixteen Instruments. 1961. 2fl, ob, cl, Bar sax (Bcl), 2hn, 2tpt, tba, hp, ele gui, perc, vn, va, vc.
1. quarter note = 100. 2. quarter note = 74. 3. quarter note = 132.
153.0 Music for The Exception and the Rule. Text: Bertolt Brecht. Eng. trans. Eric Bentley. 1961. Voices, tpt, cl, bn, perc, pno. 9 songs.
1. As I did not sleep. 2. Sick men die. 3. Urga, Urga. 4. Here is the river. 5. This is how man masters. 6. Sick men die. Reprise. 7. In the wake of the robber hordes (Song of the tribunals). 8. Such is the rule. 9. For in the system.
154 To a Theater New. Text: Winthrop Palmer. 1961. S, pno.
155.0 In Two Parts for Six Players. March 1962. Cl, tpt, vn, vc, hp, pno.
1. quarter note =72. 2. quarter note =120.
156 [Fragment. Ouverture to the Noh Play, Hanjo.]
157 Street Music: A Counter-offering to the Musical Offerings of Ten Composers on my 60th Birthday. Text: Stefan Wolpe. Nov 1962. Bar, narrator, fl, ob, cl, vc, pno.
158 Piece for Two Instrumental Units. 1962-3. Fl, ob, pno, vc, vc, cb, perc.
159.0 Cantata for Mezzo-Soprano, Three Women's Voices, and Instruments. 1963. Fl, cl, bn, tpt, trb, 2vn, va, cb.
159.1 1. New World. Text: Friedrich Hölderlin.
159.2 2. Smells that intoxicate. Text: Herodotus.
159.3 3. I know a man. Text: Robert Creeley.
159.4 4. I had wanted a quiet testament. Text: Robert Creeley.
160.0 Singables. [1963] Voice and pno.
160.1 1. [Fragment. Singables.]
160.2 2. The Angel. "I dreamt a dream." Text: William Blake.
161 Chamber Piece No. 1 for 14 Players. 1964. Fl, ob, eh, cl, bn, tpt, hn, trb, pno, 2vn, va, vc, cb.
161.0 Piece in Two Parts for Violin Alone. 1964.
1. quarter note =ca. 80. 2. half note =ca. 112
162.0 Trio in Two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano. Feb 1964.
1. Quarter note =ca.132. 2. Quarter note =ca. 80
163.0 Arrangements of 16 Songs from Die Hauspostille of Bertolt Brecht. Trans. Eric Bentley. 1965. Voice and pno.
1. Apfelboeck; or the Lily of the field. 2. Hymn of the Red Army Soldier. 3. Orge's Hymn
4. Orge's Answer. 5. Grand hymn of thankgiving. 6. Ballad of the adventurers. 7. Ballad of the pirates. 8. Memory of Marie. 9. Off to Mahogonny. 10. To stay in Mahagonny. 11. God in Mahogonny. 12. Alabama Song. 13. Benares Song. 14. Chorale of the Man Baal. 15. On the seduced girls. 16. Legend of the dead soldier.
164 Second Piece for Violin Alone. 1966.
165 Piece for Viola Alone. 1966. [≈164]
166.0 Solo Piece for Trumpet. 1966.
1. Graceful, talking. Quarter =100. 2. Not too big, intimate. Quarter =136.
167 Chamber Piece No. 2 for 13 Players. 1967. Fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, trb, perc, pno, vn, va, vc, cb.
168 From Here on Farther. March 1969. Cl, Bcl, vn, pno.
169.0 String Quartet. 1969.
1. Quarter note =92. 2. Quarter note =144.
170 Form IV: Broken Sequences. 1969. Pno.
171.0 Piece for Trumpet and 7 Instruments. 1971. Cl, bn, hn, tpt, vn, va, vc, cb.
1. Quarter note =108. 2. Quarter note =ca. 138.


2. Fragments

11 Als er gegen seine Schöne. Oct 1925. Text: Klopstock. S, pno. At least 2 pages missing, 64 bars remain.
15 Kantate für Baryton, Bratsche, Cello, und Kontrabass nach 5 Gesängen der Rainer Maria Rilke 1914 (Five Hymns). 1926. Full score breaks off after 43 bars.
21 Marsch für Klavier Vierhändig "Recht und links". 1928. First page of second piano part.
23 Choral piece. “...jawohl es muss die Ehrlichkeit.” Dec 1928. SATB.
35 Prolog für Troilus und Cressida. Text: Walter Mehring. 1929. SATB, cornet, trb. 24 bars.
41.0 Zwei Liedfragmente von Ernst Ottwalt. n.d. Med. voice, pno.
41.1 1. Das Lied vom schönen Leben.
41.2 2. Das Lied von der Geduld. [inc.]
43 Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, und Variationen darüber. 1931. Breaks off after 16 bars.
44 Kein Dirnenlied. Text: Peter Hammerschlag. Voice, pno.
45 Lied der roten Stürmer. Text: anon.
46.0 Die Passion eines Menschen. Revolutionäres Tanzspiel, based on the woodcut novel of Jan Masereel. Text: Ludwig Renn. Choreography: Hans Weidt. 1931. Voices, pno. 10 items, most incomplete.
46.7 7. Trauermarsch. [≈58.4]
46.12 12. Es wird die neue Welt geboren. [≈49.3]
48.0 Sportrevue, Alles an den roten Start. Text: Siegfried Moos. Feb 1932. 2 cornet, 2 tpt, 2 hn, 2 T hn, Bar hn, trb, tba, perc. 4 numbers in instrumental score.
48.3 3. Stählt die Muskeln. (Kampflied) [≈49.14]
51.0 Musik zu Wer ist der Dümmste? op. 18c. Text: Wangenheim. 1933. Third and last production of Truppe 31. Voices, pno.
51.6 6. Es wird die neue Welt geboren. [≈46.12]
56.0 Konzert für Neun Instrumente, op. 22. 1933-4. Fl, cl, bn, tpt, hn, trb, vn, vc, pno. Violin part and full score missing.
1. [Untitled]. 2. Adagio. 3. Lied ohne Worte. 4. Variationen.
57 Zärtliche Adresse. [Mar 1934]. Voice, pno. Vocal line missing.
60.3 Regel Harima. [1934]. SATB. Breaks off after 52 bars.
79 Sonate für Hoboe und Klavier. 1937-8. Breaks off after 50 bars.
83.9 Turque. For voice and piano. n.d.
83.10 Wiegenlied. For voice and piano. n.d.
86 Israel and his Land. Cantata. Text: Pinski. 1939. 29 pages of first draft of piano vocal score. A few pages of score for cl, vn, va, vc, pno. Text above staff. Four numbers, three more or less complete.
88.0 [Hebrew Song Arrangements. 1939.]
1. Andante. 2. Moshiach. [inc.] 3. Jefim Helelot. [inc.] 4. Lo nelech mipo. 5. Vivo. [inc.]
89 Moladeti. Voice, pno. 1940. Voice part lacks text. Music for 5 stanzas of the song.
90 The Prophets. Cantata. Text: Saul Tchernichowsky. 1940.
Piano-vocal and short score, 28 pages. The Yiddish text is based on the Book of Jeremiah, Ch. 9 and following.
96.0 Palestine. Music for a film for the Palestine Labor Committee, composed with Trude Rittman. 1941. Fl, vn, va, vc, pno. Eight items, of which 3 were scored by Rittman. The final item, "Jewish Soldier's Day", is Rittman's scoring of Wolpe's march song "Rote Soldaten."
1. Military Review. 2. Diamonds Shopview. 3. Top of Saw Mill. 4. Shir Haadama. (Rittman)
5. Children at Givat Brenner. 6. Tel Aviv. (Rittman) 7. Shikim Cooperative Houses.
8. Jewish Soldier's Day. [≈42.4. Rote Soldaten]
100.0 Simple Music With Definitely Political Intentions for piano, band, or any other instrumental combination. 1942. [Encouragements, No. 2] Vocal score with piano part and a few bars of the vocal line.
1. These wonderful people. 2. Couplet against the beat. [inc.] 3. Win this war but change the world. [inc.]
101 Music for WOR. n.d. Pno. 7 pages with cues for radio play about the war: "Palestine speech", "never surrender", "Hit the dirt, they're Germans".
104 Klarinettenquartett. Jan 1944. Cl, vn, va, vc. Breaks off after 81 bars.
108 Fragments of a Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Cello. May-June 1945. Breaks off after 14 bars.
109.0 Garcia Lorca Cantata. Text: Federico Garcia Lorca. 1945. Cantata for S, Bar, speaker, and small orchestra.
109.1 1. Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. Breaks off after 29 pages of condensed score.