Ignatz WaghalterComposer · Conductor · 1881–1949

Catalogue

Compositions

Operas, operettas, orchestral, chamber, songs, and piano. A catalogue spanning four decades of theatrical and melodic invention.

Featured work · 1938–39 · Recovered 2012

The New World Suite

Ten short movements composed for the Negro Symphony Orchestra and never performed by it. Manuscript rediscovered in 2012; recorded by Naxos in 2015; world-premiered in Poznań in 2019.

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Movement VII

New Russia State Symphony Orchestra · Alexander Walker · Naxos 2015

The opus numbers below follow Waghalter’s own numbering. A complete edition of the works, with manuscript locations, premiere details, and recording history, is being prepared. Performers looking for scores or parts, please get in touch.

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The final scene of Jugend at the Deutsches Opernhaus, 1917
The final scene of Jugend · Deutsches Opernhaus · 1917

Operas

  • Op. 16
    Der Teufelsweg

    Music drama in three acts

  • Op. 18
    Mandragola
    Listen1914

    Comic opera in three acts after Machiavelli

    Overture and Intermezzo (excerpt)

    New Russia State Symphony Orchestra · Alexander Walker · Naxos 2015

  • Op. 20
    Jugend
    Listen

    Lyrical opera in three acts after Max Halbe

    Act II duet of Hanns and Annchen

    Katharina Richter, Clemens Bieber · Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1989

    Annchen’s final aria and the close of the opera

    Katharina Richter, Clemens Bieber · Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1989

  • Op. 22
    Sataniel
    Listen

    Comic fantasy opera in three acts

    Third Act overture, in Waghalter’s piano transcription

    Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · 2014

  • Op. 23
    Der späte Gast

    Play opera in three acts

  • Op. 34
    Ahasaverus and Esther
    Listen

    Opera in three acts; an anti-fascist treatment of the Purim story

    Excerpt from the 1941 WQXR broadcast

    Beatrice Waghalter, soprano · Ignatz Waghalter, piano

Operettas

  • Op. 24
    Der Weiberkrieg
    1917

    Historical operetta in three acts

  • Op. 25
    Bärbel

    Comic operetta in three acts

  • Op. 26
    Lord Tommy

    Melodic comedy in three acts

  • Op. 35
    Ting-Ling

    Fantasy operetta in three acts; performed at Ogunquit, Maine, summer 1948

Waghalter and the orchestra of the Deutsches Opernhaus, 1912
With the orchestra of the Deutsches Opernhaus · 1912

Orchestral

  • Op. 6
    Symphony in B Minor

    For large orchestra

  • Op. 10
    Suite for Orchestra
  • Op. 13
    Overture for Large Orchestra
  • Op. 19
    Klage

    Suite for orchestra

  • Op. 27
    Beatrice
    1917

    Canzonetta for small orchestra

  • Op. 28
    Träume

    In three-quarter time, for small orchestra

  • Op. 29
    Melody for Small Orchestra
  • Op. 31
    A Fantastic March

    For small orchestra

  • Op. 32
    An Age-Old Fairy-Tale

    For violin and small orchestra

Concerti

Waghalter as a student in Berlin, 1899
As a student in Berlin, 1899 — the years of the String Quartet and the Violin Sonata

Chamber music

  • Op. 1
    Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello
  • Op. 3
    Streichquartett in D-Dur
    1901

    Praised by Joseph Joachim

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  • Op. 4
    Notturno for Cello and Piano
    1902

    Lyricism that prompted Joachim to encourage Waghalter toward opera

  • Op. 5
    Sonate in f-Moll
    Listen1902

    For violin and piano; recipient of the Mendelssohn Prize at the Berlin Academy of Art

    I. Allegro appassionato (excerpt)

    Irmina Trynkos, violin · Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · Naxos 2012

    III. Con brio (excerpt)

    Irmina Trynkos, violin · Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · Naxos 2012

    New recording on Spotify
  • Op. 14
    Geständnis & Idyll
    Listen1913 / 1921

    Two pieces for violin with piano accompaniment

    Geständnis (excerpt)

    Irmina Trynkos, violin · Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · Naxos 2012

    Idyll (excerpt)

    Irmina Trynkos, violin · Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · Naxos 2012

Waghalter at the piano in his Berlin apartment, 1917
At the piano, Konstanzer Strasse · Berlin · 1917

Piano music

  • Op. 8
    Three Piano Pieces
  • Op. 12
    Three Piano Pieces
    1910
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    Le Rêve d’un rossignol
    Listen1908

    Piano piece, one of a set of three

    Le Rêve d’un rossignol

    Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · Berlin, 2014

  • Op. 17
    Twelve Piano Sketches
    Listen1919

    “Beatrice” and “Bagatelle” (No. 12)

    Kyle P. Walker, piano · 2017

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    Remembrance
    Listen1941

    Piano piece composed in New York

    Remembrance

    Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · 2014

Songs and vocal works

  • Op. 2
    Drei Lieder

    Includes 'Ein Stündchen lange,' 'Ballnacht,' and 'Heimliches Glück'

  • Op. 7
    Vier Lieder

    Texts by Heine, Stieler, Storm

  • Op. 11
    Vier Lieder
    1911

    Including 'Schlummerlied'

  • Op. 21
    Five Songs
    1920

    Texts by Carl Lange-Hain, Ricarda Huch, and others

  • Op. 30
    Sabbath Eve

    Ghetto song with piano accompaniment

  • Op. 33
    Forty Original Jewish Songs

    Piano arrangements

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    Wiegenlied

    Song

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    Drei Lieder
    1905

    Texts include Reinhard Volker

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    Der Schäfer putzte sich zum Tanz

    Vocal work

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    Drei Lieder

    Texts by Mirza Schaffy and Hermann Hesse

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