A Betsy Lerche
Completed in 1889.
[A major] for piano
Completed in 1885.
[A major] for violin and piano
Completed in 1886-87.
[A major] for violin and piano
Completed in 1887.
[A minor] for piano
Completed in 1885.
[A minor] for piano
Completed in 1888.
[A minor] for violin and piano
Completed in 1886.
[A minor] for violin and piano
Completed in 1886-87.
Aamusumussa (In morning mist) for mixed-voice choir;
words by Juho Heikki Erkko. Completed in 1897. Arrangement for children's choir 1913(?).
Ack, hör du fröken Gyllenborg, folk song arrangement for mixed-voice choir
Completed in 1888-89.
Adagio (D major) for piano
Completed in 1888.
Adagio (D minor) for string quartet
Completed in 1890.
Adagio (E major) for piano
Completed in 1907.
Adagio (F minor) for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Overture in A minor for orchestra:
Completed in 1902; first performance in Helsinki on 8th March 1902 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius).
Overture in E major for orchestra
Completed in 1891; first performance in Helsinki 23rd April 1891 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society under Robert Kajanus).
Alla marcia for string quartet
Completed in 1888.
Allegretto (A major) for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Allegretto (B flat minor) for piano
Completed in 1888.
Allegretto (C major) for violin and piano
Completed in 1888.
Allegretto (D major) for string quartet
Completed in 1888.
Allegretto (E major) for piano
Completed in 1889.
Allegretto (E flat major) for violin and piano
Completed in 1887-88.
Allegretto (F major) for piano
Completed in 1895-96.
Allegretto (G minor) for piano
Completed in 1888.
Allegro for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Allegro for wind septet and triangle
Completed in 1889.
Allegro for violin and piano
Completed in 1888-89.
Allegro for violin, cello and piano
Completed in 1886.
Amerikanske mjölnarens sång, solo song
Words: ? ; tune: ? Missing.
Andante for piano
Completed in 1887. Arrangement harmonium and piano (Andante cantabile) 1887 (?).
Andante - Allegro for string quartet and piano
Completed in 1888-89.
Andante - Allegro molto for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Andante cantabile for violin and piano
Completed in 1887.
Andante festivo for string quartet
Completed in 1922. Arrangement for strings and timpani ad lib. 1938; the first performance was a direct broadcast on 1st January 1939 (The Radio Orchestra, conducted by Jean Sibelius). Also under opus number 117.
Andante grazioso for violin and piano
Completed in 1884-85.
Andante molto cello and piano
Completed in 1887.
Andante molto sostenuto for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Andantino for string quartet
Completed in 1888.
Andantino (E major) for piano
Completed in 1888.
Andantino (B major) for piano
Completed in 1888.
Andantino for cello and piano,
Completed in 1884 (?)
Andantino for violin, for viola and cello
Completed in 1889.
Andantino for violin, cello and piano
Completed in 1887-88.
Andantino - Menuetto puhallinseptetille
Completed in 1891-92.
A flat major for piano
Completed in 1887-88.
Au crépuscule for piano
Completed in 1887.
Brusande rusar en våg for male choir;
words by Gösta Schybergson. Completed in 1918.
[C major] for violin and piano
Completed in 1886-87.
Canon for violin and cello
Completed in 1889.
Carminalia, arrangements of three songs in Latin for children's choir and piano or harmonium:
1. Ecce novum gaudium, 2. Angelus emittitur, 3. In stadio laboris. Completed in 1898.
Cirkusmarsch (Circus March) for orchestra?
Completed in 1890-91. Missing.
Con moto for piano
Completed in 1885.
Con passione for piano
Completed in 1919.
Cortège for orchestra:
Completed in 1905; first performance in Helsinki on 30th April 1905 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius).
[D major] for solo violin
Completed in 1886.
De musikaliska liken (The Musical Corpses)
Completed in 1891; first performance in Helsinki 1891. Missing.
Den höga himlen for mixed-voice choir or organ
Written in 1927 on the basis of The Ritual Music op. 113 part 11 (Suur’ olet Herra); words by Jacob Tegengren.
Den lilla sjöjungfrun (The Little Mermaid) for narrator and string quartet (?); words by Hans Christian Andersen
Completed in 1886-87 (?). Missing.
Dolcissimo - Moderato for kantele
Completed in 1896-98.
Drömmarna for mixed-voice choir;
words by Jonatan Reuter. Completed in 1917.
Duo (also: Adagio [- Allegro]) for two violins
Completed in 1881-82 (?).
Duo for violin and viola
Completed in 1891-92.
Duo
for violin and cello
Completed in 1887.
Då världar ännu skapade ej voro: song accompanied by cello (?) and piano;
words: ? Completed in 1888-89.
E minor for violin and piano
Completed in 1886-87.
Ej med klagan (Not with grief) for mixed-voice choir;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1905.
En glad musikant for solo violin
Words (by Ture Rangström) above the notes. Completed in 1924-25.
En visa, solo song;
words by Baeckman. Completed in 1888.
Ensam i dunkla skogarnas famn for mixed-voice choir;
words by Emil von Quanten. Completed in 1888.
Erloschen (Extinct );
words by Georg-Busse Palma. Completed in 1906.
[E flat major] for piano
Completed in 1885.
[E flat major] for piano
Completed in 1888-89.
[E flat minor] for violin (or for cello?) and piano
Completed in 1887-88.
Ett ensamt skidspår (A Solitary Ski Track) lausujalle ja pianolle;
words by Bertel Gripenberg. Completed in 1925. Arrangement for narrator, harp and strings in 1957; first performance in Helsinki on 19th December 1948 (Ella Eronen, Helsinki City Orchestra under Martti Similä).
[F major] for violin and piano
Completed in 1887.
Fantasia for cello and piano
Completed in 1889. Piano part missing.
Florestan, suite for piano:
1. Moderato, 2. Molto moderato, 3. Andante, 4. Tempo primo. Completed in 1889.
Fridolins dårskap for male choir;
words by Erik Axel Karlfeldt. Completed in 1917.
Fuga för Martin W[egelius] (Fugue for Martin Wegelius) for string quartet
Fäktmusik (Fencing music)
Completed in 1890-91. Missing.
[G major] for violin and piano
Completed in 1886-87.
Grevinnans konterfej for narrator and string orchestra;
words by Zacharias Topelius. Completed in 1906; first performance in Vaasa on 6th January 1907.
[B minor] for cello and piano
Completed in 1888. Part of the work is missing.
[B minor] for cello and piano
Completed in 1888-89. Part of the work is missing.
[B minor] for violin and piano
Completed in 1886-87.
[B minor] for violin and piano
Completed in 1887.
The Lord's blessing for liturgist and organ
Completed in 1925.
Hochzeitszug (Wedding procession) for orchestra
for Adolf Paul's play Die Sprache der Vögel (The Language of the Birds). Completed in 1911.
Hur blekt är allt for mixed-voice choir;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1888.
Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable, solo song;
words by Arthur H. Borgström. Completed in 1909.
Hör du vinden for narrator and piano
Completed in 1886-87 (?) Part of the work is missing.
Isänmaalle for mixed-voice choir;
words by Paavo Cajander. Completed in 1900. Arrangement for male choir in 1908.
Jone havsfärd (Jonah's sea journey) for male choir;
words by Erik Axel Karlfeldt. Nortamo. Completed in 1918.
Jouluna (On lapsonen syntynyt meille) for mixed choir;
words by August Verner Jaakkola (other words by Väinö Ilmari Forsman: Nyt seimelle pienoisen lapsen). Completed in 1929.
String quartet in A minor:
1. Andante - Allegro, 2. Adagio ma non tanto, 3. Vivace, 4. Allegro Completed in 1889.
String quartet in E flat major: 1. Allegro, 2. Andante molto, 3. Scherzo (Allegretto), 4. Vivace Completed in 1885.
Jungfrun i tornet (Neito tornissa), one-act opera;
libretto by Rafael Herzberg. Completed in 1896; first performance in Helsinki on 7th November 1896 (Ida Flodin, “tenor” Engström, Emmy Achté, Abraham Ojanperä; the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius).
Two arrangements of Italian songs: Ohi ‘Caroli’ and Trippole, Trappole for mixed-voice choir and instruments;
Completed in 1897-98. Instrumental parts missing.
Kansakoululaisten marssi for children's choir;
words by 'Onnen Pekka' (pen name). Completed in 1910.
Cantata (Härliga gåvor) for female choir;
words by Walter von Konow. Completed in 1911.
Cantata for the Graduate and Master's Degree Ceremony of 1894 for soprano, baritone, mixed-voice choir and orchestra;
words by Kasimir Lönnbohm (= Leino). Completed in 1897; first performance in Helsinki on 31st May 1894 (Aino Ackté, Abraham Ojanperä, the Symphony Choir [?], orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society [?] under Jean Sibelius). Arrangement for mixed-voice choir (Festive March) 1896.
Cantata for the Graduate and Master's Degree Ceremony of 1897 for soprano, baritone, mixed-voice choir and orchestra;
words by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman (= Koskimies). Completed in 1897; first performance in Helsinki on 30th May 1897 (conducted by Jean Sibelius). Only the chorus score has been preserved. (Arrangements: see op. 23.)
Cantata for the coronation ceremony of Tsar Nicholas II for mixed-voice choir and orchestra;
words by Paavo Cajander. Completed in 1896; first performance in Helsinki on 2nd November 1896 (Symphony Choir?, the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society? under Jean Sibelius). Has also been performed without choir: Kröningsmarsch (Coronation March). Arrangement for children's choir (Hail, O Princess), 1913?
Karjalan osa (Karelia's Fate) for male voices unisono and piano;
words by A. Nurminen. Completed in 1930.
Kavaljeren (The Cavalier) for piano
Completed in 1900.
Three responsories:
1. On Palm Sunday; liturgi and organ. 2. On All Saints' Day or funeral services; liturgist, choir and organ. 3. On Christian youth festivities; liturgist, congregation (choir) and organ. Words from the Bible. Completed in 1925.
Kotikaipaus (Nostalgia) for female choir;
words by Walter von Konow. Completed in 1902.
Koulutie for mixed choir;
words by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi. Completed in 1924.
Kuutamolla (By moonlight) for male choir;
words by Aino Suonio. Completed in 1898.
Quartet for violin, cello, harmonium and piano
Completed in 1887.
Largo for piano
Completed in 1888.
Laulun mahti, arrangement of a ballad by Jãzeps Vïtols for male choir
Completed in 1895.
Lento for piano
Completed in 1896-97.
Likhet;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1922.
Likhet, solo song;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1890.
Mandolinato for piano
Completed in 1917.
Marche triste for piano
Completed in 1899.
Menuetto for two violins and piano
Completed in 1883.
Menuetto [and] Allegro (also: Allegro [and] Menuetto) for two violins and cello
Completed in 1887. Possibly connected with Serenata.
Menuetto for orchestra
Completed in 1894; first performance in Helsinki on 23rd October 1894 (orchestra of Helsinki Orchestra Society under Robert Kajanus).
Min rastas raataa for mixed-voice choir;
words from Kanteletar. Completed in 1898.
Moderato - Allegro appassionato for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Moderato - Maestoso for violin and piano
Completed in 1887-88.
Moderato - Presto for piano
Completed in 1888.
Molto moderato - Scherzo (Allegretto) for string quartet
Completed in 1885. Piano arrangement of the scherzo ([E major] and [E minor ]) in 1886.
Morceau romantique sur un motif de M. Jakob de Julin orkesterille
Completed in 1925; first performance in Helsinki on 9th March 1925 (Helsinki City Orchestra under Jean Sibelius). Piano arrangement 1925.
Mummon syntymäpäivänä (On Grandmother's Birthday), solo song;
words by ?. Completed in 1919.
Narciss (The Daffodil), solo song;
words by Bertel Gripenberg. Completed in 1925.
Näcken (The Watersprite) song accompanied by violin, cello and piano
A stage adaptation from Gunnar Wennerberg's poem Runa om Necken. Completed in 1888; first performance at the Helsinki Music Institute on 9th April 1888.
När sig våren åter föder for mixed-voice choir;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1888.
O, om du sett for narrator and piano; words by Ellen Hackzell. Completed in 1888.
Orgier, solo song;
words by Lars Stenbäck. Completed in 1888-89.
Ouverture for wind septet
Completed in 1889.
Piano quartet in C minor (also: C major)
for two violins, cello and piano. Completed in 1891.
Piano quartet
in D minor
For two violins, cello and piano. 1. Andante molto - Allegro moderato, 2. Adagio, 3. Menuetto, 4. Grave - Rondo (Vivacissimo). Completed in 1884.
Piano quintet in G minor,
for string quartet and piano. 1. Grave - Allegro, 2. Intermezzo (Moderato), 3. Andante, 4. Scherzo (Vivacissimo), 5. Moderato - Vivace. Completed in 1890.
Piano trio
in A minor
For violin, cello and piano. 1. Allegro con brio, 2. Andante, 3. Menuetto. Completed in 1884.
Piano trio in A minor, “Havträsk trio”
for violin, cello and piano: 1. Allegro maestoso, 2. Andantino, 3. Scherzo (Vivace), 4. Rondo Completed in 1886.
Piano trio in C major, “Loviisa trio”,
for violin, cello and piano: 1. Allegro, 2. Andante, 3. Lento - Allegro con brio. Completed in 1888.
Piano trio in D major, “Korpo trio",
for violin, cello and piano. 1. Allegro moderato, 2. Fantasia, 3. Finale (Vivace) Completed in 1887.
Piano trio (G major?)
for two violins and piano: 1. Andante - Allegro, 2. Adagio, 3. Vivace. Completed in 1883.
Più lento for string quartet
Completed in 1888-89.
Più lento - Tempo di valse for piano
Completed in 1888.
Porilaisten marssi (regimental march of the Pori infantry regiment), arrangement for a small (?) orchestra;
Completed in 1892; first performance on 5th February 1892. Missing.
Porilaisten marssi (regimental march of the Pori infantry regiment), arrangement for orchestra:
Completed in 1900; first performance in Stockholm on 4th July 1900 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Robert Kajanus).
Postludium for organ
Completed in 1925-26.
Preludium (also known as Förspel) for wind septet and triangle
Completed in 1891.
Preludium for organ
Completed in 1925-26.
Presto for string quartet
Completed in 1888.
Promootiomarssi (Degree Ceremony March) for orchestra
Completed in 1919; first performance in Helsinki on 31st May 1919 (Helsinki City Orchestra under Robert Kajanus).
Rakastava (The Lover), cycle for male choir
1. Miss’ on kussa minun hyväni, 2. Eilaa, eilaa, 3. Hyvää iltaa lintuseni, 4. Käsi kaulaan, lintuseni; words from Kanteletar. Completed in 1894. Arrangement for male choir and string orchestra, arrangement for mixed-voice choir in 1898. (See also op. 14.)
Rakkaalle Ainolle (To My Beloved Aino) for four-hand piano
Completed in 1931.
Rondo for viola and piano
Completed in 1893.
Suite (also: Trio) in A major for violin, viola and cello:
1. Prélude (Vivace), 2. Andante con moto, 3. Menuetto, 4. Air (Andante sostenuto), 5. Gigue. Completed in 1889. The violin part of movements 4 and 5 is missing.
Suite in D minor
for violin and piano
1. Un poco adagio - Andante, 2. Vivace, 3. Andantino, 4. Vivacissimo, 5. Quasi presto. Completed in 1887-88.
Suite E major for violin and piano:
1. Allegro molto moderato, 2. Allegro molto, 3. Più lento quasi andantino, 4. Allegro brillante Completed in 1888.
Suite for violin and string orchestra:
1. Country-scenery (Allegretto), 2. Serenade. Evening in Spring (Andantino), 3. In the Summer (Vivace). Valmistui 1929; alunperin op. 117 ("!Får ej publiceras" ["Ei saa julkaista"]). First performance in Lahti on 8th December 1990 (John Storgårds, Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä).
Scène de ballet for orchestra
Completed in 1891; first performance in Helsinki 23rd April 1891 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society under Robert Kajanus).
Scherzo for piano
Completed in 1891-92.
Scherzo for violin, cello and four-hand piano
Completed in 1887. Part of the work is missing.
Segelfahrt, solo song;
words by Johannes Öhquist. Completed in 1899.
Serenad (Serenade) for baritone and orchestra;
words by Erik Johan Stagnelius. Completed in 1894-5; first performance in Helsinki on 17th April 1895 (Abraham Ojanperä, orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society, under Jean Sibelius).
Serenad (Serenade) solo song; words Johan Ludvig Runeberg Completed in 1888.
Serenata for two violins and cello
Completed in 1887. Possibly connected with Menuetto [and] Allegro.
Siltavahti (The Bridge Keeper) male choir;
words by Wäinö Sola. Completed in 1928. Arrangement for solo song (with piano) in 1928.
Skogsrået, solo song; words by Viktor Rydberg. Completed in 1888-89.
Skolsång for mixed-voice choir;
words by Nino Runeberg. Completed in 1925.
Skyddskårsmarsch for male choir, piano ad lib.
words by Nino Runeberg. Completed in 1925.
Små flickorna, solo song;
words by Hjalmar Procopé. Completed in 1920.
Soitapas sorea neito for tenor and mixed-voice choir;
words from Kanteletar. Completed in 1893-94.
Sonata for violin and piano in A minor:
1. Un poco lento - Più mosso quasi presto, 2. Andantino, 3. Tempo di menuetto, 4. Rondo (Presto) Completed in 1884.
Sonata for violin and piano in F major:
1. [Without tempo marking], 2. Andante, 3. Vivace. Completed in 1889.
Sonat fragment för Becker:
parts of a sonata Completed in 1889-90.
Souda, souda sinisorsa, solo song;
words by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman (= Koskimies). Completed in 1899.
Arrangements of Finnish folk songs:
1. Minun kultani , 2. Sydämestäni rakastan, 3. Ilta tulee, ehtoo joutuu, 4. Tuopa tyttö, kaunis tyttö, 5. Velisurmaaja, 6. Häämuistelma. Completed in 1903.
Spagnuolo for piano
Completed in 1913.
Svartsjukans nätter for narrator, violin, cello and piano;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1893.
Tanke, se hur fågeln svingar for mixed-voice choir;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1888.
Tanken, duet for two sopranos and piano;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1915.
Theme and Variations in C sharp minor for string quartet
Completed in 1888. Part of the work is missing.
Theme and variations in D major for piano
Completed in 1886.
Theme and Variations in D minor for solo cello
Completed in 1887.
Theme and Variations in G minor for string quartet
Completed in 1888.
Theme and seven variations for piano
Completed in 1891. Missing.
Tempo di valse (F sharp minor, “Lulu waltz”) for cello and piano. Completed in 1889.
Tempo di valse (G minor) for cello and piano
Completed in 1887. Piano part missing.
Three Songs for American Schools for choir and piano:
1. Autumn Song; words by Richard Dixon; 2. The Sun Upon the Lake Is Low, words by Walter Scott; 3. A Cavalry Catch; words by Fiona McLeod. Completed in 1913.
Tiera septet for wind and percussion instruments
Completed in 1899.
Till O. Parviainen (For Oscar Parviainen) for piano
Completed in 1919.
Till Thérèse Hahl (Lauloit piennä) mixed choir, two different compositions ;
words by Nils Wasastjerna. Completed in 1902.
Till trånaden for piano
Completed in 1913.
Trånaden for narrator and piano
1. Largo - Andante, 2. Andantino, 3. Adagio cantabile, 4. Andantino [etc.], 5. Largo. words by Erik Johan Stagnelius. Completed in 1887.
Tule, tule, kultani, folk song adaptation for voice and piano. Completed in 1892.
Työkansan marssi (March of the Labourers ) for mixed-voice choir;
words by Juho Heikki Erkko. Completed in 1893.
Upp genom luften for mixed-voice choir and piano;
words by Per Atterbom. Completed in 1888.
Ute hörs stormen for male choir;
words by Gösta Schybergson. Completed in 1918.
Uusmaalaisten laulu (Song of the people of Uusimaa) for male or mixed-voice choir;
words by Kaarlo Terhi. Completed in 1912.
Waltz
for violin and kantele
Completed in 1899.
Vattendroppar (Raindrops) for violin and cello
Completed in 1881 (?).
Veljeni vierailla mailla (My brothers in foreign lands) for male choir;
words by Juhani Aho. Completed in 1904.
Vi kysser du fader min fästmö här? for female choir and piano;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1889-90.
Viipurin lauluveikkojen kunniamarssi for male choir, two different compositions;
words by Eero Eerola. The first composition in 1920, the second composition to the same words in 1929.
Vivace for piano
Completed in 1888.
Vänskapens blomma, solo song;
words by Ernst Josephson; not the same work as op. 57 no. 7. Completed in 1909.
18 19/XII 97 for piano
Completed in 1897.
Sources:
The following works have been used as sources for this list:
- Fabian Dahlström: The Works of Jean Sibelius. Sibelius-Seura ry. 1987.
- Glenda Dawn Goss (ed.): The Sibelius Companion. Westport, Connecticut - London: Greenwood Press. 1996.
- Kari Kilpeläinen: The Jean Sibelius Musical Manuscript at Helsinki University Library. Wiesbaden (etc.): Breitkopf & Härtel. 1991.
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
