Felix Horetzky works
The works list below represents my latest work on the works of Felix Horetzky (Feliks Horecki) (1796-1870). Horetzky republished the same composition with multiple publishers often tracing his movements from Vienna to Paris and then on to London. I have denoted these publications with letters after the opus numbers.
Augsburg = Freie Vereinigung zur Förderung guter Guitaremusik, Stadtbücherei Augsburg
BritLib = British Library
BSB = Gitarristische Sammlung Fritz Walter und Gabriele Wiedemann, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Frankfurt = Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main
GDM = Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
IGV = International Gitarristisches Vereinigung, Münchner Stadtbibliothek
Nakano = Nakano Collection, Doshisha University, Kyoto
RAM = Spencer Collection, Royal Academy of Music, London
RCM = Royal College of Music, London
RIAM = Hudleston Collection, Royal Irish Academy of Music, London
RIBS = Rischel & Birket-Smith Collection, Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen
Sparr = Private collection of Kenneth Sparr
RJC = Private collection of Robert Coldwell
*Edition not found in any library or collection.
Opus |
Date |
Title |
Publisher |
Plate no. |
Modern edition |
Original Source/Ref. |
1817 | 12 Allemandes. Prag, Berra 45 Xr. (Horetzky, G.) | (Hofmeister Handbuch) | ||||
1a | 1821 | Polonaise Nationale / pour / DEUX GUITARRES, / composé et dedié / à Monsieur le Comte / Leopold de Lazanzky | Diabelli | 732 | RIBS, Frankfurt, BritLib, RIAM, GDM, IGV | |
1b | 1830 | Polonaise / Nationale / Pour deux Guitares / dediée / à Monsieur Le Comte / L. de Lazanzky / et Composée par / Felix Horetzky | Richault | 1742 | RIBS, BSB, Sparr | |
1c | Duos für die Gitarre und Terzgitarre | Diabelli | (Powrozniak-Zuth) | |||
2a | 1823 | Variations brillantes / sur un Thême du Ballet: / Nina, / pour / deux Guitarres / Composées et dediées / À MONSIEUR LE BARON / de Bretfeld=Chlumczansky | Diabelli | 878 | RIBS, IGRA, RIAM, RJC GDM, Nakano | |
2b | Brilliant Waltzes | Chappell | (Powrozniak) | |||
9a | 1826 | VARIATIONS / Brillantes / POUR / une ou deux Guitares / DÉDIÉES / à Son Ami / Mr. Fréderic Stutzmann / par / Felix Horetzky | Fischer | 159 | RIBS, Frankfurt, Hudleston, Nakano, IGV, BSB | |
9b | 1826-27 | VARIATIONS / Brillantes / pour / une ou deux Guitares / DÉDIÉES / à Son Ami / Mr. Fréderic Stutzmann / par / F. Horetzky | Richault | 1559 | RIBS | |
9c | Brilliant waltzes for guitar | Schott | (Bone) | |||
10a | 1824 | WALSES BRILLANTES / pour la Guitarre / composées et dédiées / à / Monsieur Guill. Herrmann / par / Felix Horetzky | Schott; Diabelli | 2184 (Schott) | PWM | RIBS, IGRA, Frankfurt, BSB, Takei |
10b | Sechs Ländler für 2 Gitarren | Diabelli | (Powrozniak-Zuth, Nakano) | |||
1824 | La Lyre / ALBUM MUSICAL / POUR LA / Guitare Seule / Contenant / une Ouverture à la Rossini Pot Pourri, Variations / une Valse et la Hongroise / Composé par / F. HORETZKY | Richault | 1562 | PWM (Czardasz) | Boije | |
1825 | LYRA / Geschenk / für / Freunde des Guitarrespiels und Gesangs | Fischer | RAM, Frankfurt, Boije | |||
11a | 1826 | RONDO / für die Guitarre / componirt und / seinem Freunde / Herrn Heinrich Rapp | Schott | 2313 | PWM | RIBS, IGRA, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Nakano (ms), BSB, IGV, Cons. Liege |
11b | Rondo for guitar | Chappell | (Bone) | |||
12a | SÉRÉNADE / POUR / La Guitare / DÉDIÉE / A Madame / Henriette Keyl | Richault | 1561 | RIBS, BSB, IGV | ||
12b | 1826 | Potpourri pour la guitare seule | Fischer | 200 | BSB | |
13a | 1826 | SIX / WALSES / (Laendler) / pour / deux Guitarres | Schott | 2381 | PWM | IGRA, Frankfurt |
13b | Duos für 2 Gitarren | Schott | (Powrozniak) | |||
14a | FANTAISIE / pour la / Guitarre seule / composée et dédiée à Monsieur / IOH. AD. FELS | Simrock | 1448 | PWM | RIBS, Nakano | |
14b | 1826 | Grande Fantaisie / pour la / Guitarre / composée par / Felix Horetzki | Schott | 2382 | Boije, RIBS, BSB, Frankfurt | |
Taschenbuch (Edizione tascabile) | (Powrozniak-Zuth) | |||||
14c | FANTAISIE / pour / La Guitare / Dédiée / A Mr. Joh. Ad. Fels. / et Composée / par / Felix Horetzky | London?? | 1618R | RJC | ||
Dec. 1827 | L’Aurore, / ou / Journal de Guitare, / Choix des plus beaux Morceaux, / Composés pour cet Instrument. / No. 3, / Contenant / … (Spencer no title page) | Ewer & Johanning | RAM, BritLib | |||
June 1828 | L’Aurore, / ou / Journal de Guitare, / Choix des plus beaux Morceaux, / Composés pour cet Instrument. / No. 4, / Contenant / Dix sept Pieces pour la Guitare Seule, / Giuliani, Diabelli, Bathioli, Millais, Nüske & Eulenstein / et / Air “O Pescator dell’onda.”, “Sal margine d’un rio.”, Nina non dir de nò.”, “Non my sprezzar Fileno.” | Ewer & Johanning | RAM | |||
May 1827 | L’Aurore, / ou / Journal de Guitare, / Choix des plus beaux Morceaux, / Composés pour cet Instrument. / No. 1, / Contenant / Dix huit Pieces pour la Guitare Seule, / Giuliani, Legnani, Aguado, Carulli, Diabelli & Horetzky, / et / “Ad altro laccio vedersi in braccio in un momento.” / Air favori de Giuliani. / Poeesie de Metastasio. / Choisi et corrigé par Monseiur Horetzky | Ewer & Johanning | RAM | |||
Sept. 1827 | L’Aurore, / ou / Journal de Guitare, / Choix des plus beaux Morceaux, / Composés pour cet Instrument. / No. 2, / Contenant / … (Spencer no title page) | Ewer & Johanning | RAM | |||
15 | 1827 (Quarterly Musical Magazine Vol. IX, No. 36:537-39) | INSTRUCTIVE EXERCISES, / for the / GUITAR, / Containing / Twenty Four Progressive Lessons, / Composed by / F. HORETZKY. | Boosey & Co | Boije | ||
16a | Grandes / VARIATIONS / POUR / la Guitare, / Composée par / FELIX HORETZKY | Richault | 2543 | Tuscany Editions | Boije, Augsburg | |
16b | Valses für 2 Gitarren | (Powrozniak) | ||||
16c | Grand variations | Johanning and Co. | (Bone) | |||
1827 Whistling, 1828 Hofmeister | Var. brill. Arr. p.Gu. Fl. et A. par Müller. Frankfurt, Pichler 36 Xr. | (Hofmeister Handbuch) | ||||
17 | DIVERTISSEMENS, / Pour / GUITARE, / SEULE / Composées et dediées à / Mr. James Conran, / À DUBLIN, / Par / FELIX HORETZKY. | Johanning and Co. | Eufonium | RIAM, (priv. coll.) | ||
18a | 1831 | AMUSEMENS / pour / la Guitare / Composés et dédiés / à / Madame L. Joseph Kirkman, / Par / Felix Horetzky. | Metzler & Son | Eufonium | RIAM, Boije | |
18b | AMUSEMENS / pour / la Guitare / Composés et Dédiés / à / Madame Kirkman, / Par / F Horetzky. | Richault | 2338 | Nakano, IGV, RAM | ||
18c | 1830 | AMUSEMENTS / pour la / Guitare / Composés et dédiés à / Madame / Joseph Kirkman / par / F. Horetzky | Fischer | 482 | Frankfurt, BSB | |
19 | 1835 | Divertissements / for the / Guitar, / Composed and Dedicated / to / John Cowie Esqr / By / Felix Horetzky | Metzler & Son | RJC | ||
20 | Grand Variations / for the / Guitar / Compose & Respectfully Dedicated to the Hon.ble Georgiana / Lady Ponsonby, / By / Felix Horetzky | Davis & Co | Eufonium | Boije, RIAM, (priv. coll.) | ||
21 | PRELUDES, CADENCES, / and / Modulations / in every KEY for the / GUITAR / Composed & Dedicated / TO / J. Chandler Esqre. / By / F. HORETZKY | Metzler & Son | Boije, RJC | |||
22 | 1831 | Quatre variations / avec / L’Introduction et Finale / pour la / Guitare, / Composées et dediées à / Capitaine Geo. H. Phillips, / au Service de / Sa Majesté Brittanique, / par / Felix Horetzky. | W.H. Aldridge | PWM | RIAM (ms), BritLib, Nakano, BSB, RJC | |
23 | Twelve / DIVERTIMENTOS, / for the / GUITAR, / Intended as an Amusing Sequel, to the Authors, / INTRUCTIVE EXERCISES, / Composed, and Dedicated to / Capt. G.H. Phillips, / BY / F. HORETZKY | T. Boosey & Co. | Eufonium | RAM, Boije | ||
Dec. 1840 | 60 / NATIONAL AIRS / Of Different Nations, / Arranged for the / GUITAR, / And Dedicated to / Miss Amelia McDowalls, / By / FELIX HORETZKY | Chappell | 6190 | Eufonium; PWM (selections) | Boije, Nakano | |
26 | 1840 | TWELVE EASY / Divertimentos, / for the / GUITAR, / Composed and dedicated to his Pupil, / Miss Harriet Brady, / BY / F. HORETZKY. | J. J. Ewer | Eufonium | RIAM, RJC | |
30 | 1836 (Musical World No. 38: 188) | Twenty four / Studies or Exercises, / PRINCIPALLY IN ARPEGGIO, / for the / GUITAR, / Composed and Dedicated to / his Pupil, / Mr. T.J. Dipple, / By / F. HORETZKY | George & Manby | PWM | (priv. coll.), BritLib, RIAM | |
32 | DE PINNA’S / Popular Theme, / What Fairy-like Music? / WITH AN / Introduction & Variations, / for the / Spanish Guitar, / Composed & Dedicated to his talented Pupil, / Miss Harriet Knyvett, / BY / F. HORETZKY. | Keith, Prowse & Co. | RIAM | |||
33 | Feb 9, 1838 | INSTRUCTIVE LESSONS, / for the / SPANISH GUITAR, / Consisting of / GAMUTS, PASSAGES in THIRDS, SIXTHS, TENTHS, / and Arpeggios, with Cadences in every Key, / Carefully Fingered for both Hands, / Composed and Dedicated to / MR. T.J. DIPPLE, / By / F. HORETZKY | Paine & Hopkins | Boije | ||
34 | 1836 | 25 Divertimentos | (Musical World) | |||
Orpheæ, / A Collection of Forty Pieces, / by the Best Authors for the / Guitar / Selected and Dedicated / to / The Countess of Kintore, / By / P. Yankowski | Wood & Co.; Cramer, Addison & Beale; S. Chappell; (Wessell – Musical World, April, 1836) | RIAM | ||||
Orpheæ, / a 2nd Collection of Forty Pieces, / by the Best Authors for the / Guitar / Selected and Dedicated / to / The Countess of Kintore, / By / Felix Horetzky | Wood & Co.; Cramer, Addison & Beale; S. Chappell; (Wessell – Musical World, April, 1836) | RIAM | ||||
Dolce ed utile, elegante extracts for the Spanish guitar ; from the works of Giuliani, Legnani, Carulli, Horetzky & c. – Derwort, Georg Heinrich | Wessel | BSB | ||||
Euterpe, a Collection of Airs of all Nations, P. Yankowski | Wood & Co.; (Wessell – Musical World, April, 1836) | |||||
April, 1836 | My Helen is the fairest flower | George | (Musical World) | |||
April, 1836 | Philomela, Nos. 48 to 58 (Songs) | Wessell | (Musical World) | |||
35 | April, 1836 | Recollections of Vienna (2 guitars) | George & Manby | RAM, RIAM | ||
37 | Grand Solo / for the / Guitar, / Composed & Dedicated to / his friend and pupil / Mr. T. J. Dipple, / by / Felix Horetzky. | Wood & Co. | Eufonium | RIAM | ||
40 | FANTASIA / for the / GUITAR / Composed & Dedicated to the / Right Honble. Countess of Kintore, / BY / F. HORETZKY | Metzler & Co | RIBS (ms), Boije | |||
Polka / for / One or Two Guitars. / Composed & Dedicated / to the / Misses Black, / of Ivy Lodge, Dysart, / by / Felix Horetzky | Johanning and Co. | IGRA | ||||
12 Admired Duets | RAM | |||||
1830? | Le Desir … Waltz [by F. P. Schubert] arranged for one or two Guitars by F. Horetzky, etc. | Ewer & Johanning | BritLib | |||
‘Tis vain to deck thy Brow with Pearls, / The Popular Ballad, / COMPOSED BY / Joseph de Pinna, / Arranged with an Accompaniment for / THE GUITAR, / BY / Felix Horetzky. | Keith, Prowse & Co. | RIAM | ||||
The Crusader’s Serenade, or Come down! Come down! My Lady Love, a ballad, arranged with an accompaniment for the guitar…by P. Yankowski | J. McFadyen Junr (Glasgow) | BritLib | ||||
c. 1840 | The Crusader’s Serenade, a ballad, [the accompaniment] arranged for the guitar … by Felix Horetzky. | Johanning and Co. | BritLib | |||
c. 1840 | Spinnerlied. Song … with an accompaniment for the guitar … by Felix Horetzky. | Wessell | BritLib | |||
c. 1840 | Isolina … [song, the accompaniment] arranged for the guitar … by Felix Horetzky. | Johanning and Co. | BritLib | |||
c. 1840 | Kennst du das Land. Song … [Words by Theodor von Haupt.] With an accompaniment for the guitar, arranged … by Felix Horetzky. | Wessell | BritLib | |||
c. 1840 | Dolente immagine, romanza … Arranged for the guitar by F. Horetzky, etc. [Song.] | Johanning and Co. | BritLib | |||
c. 1840 | O cara memoria … [cavatina, the accompaniment] arranged for the guitar … by Felix Horetzky. | Paterson & Roy | BritLib | |||
1846 | Lady awake, serenade [from F. F. A. von Flotow’s opera Stradella] written by L. Wray, arranged for voice and guitar by F. Horetzky. | London?? | BritLib | |||
1846 | The Voice of the Tempest. “Les plaintes de la jeune fille”. Written by Miss De Pontigny. Arranged for Voice and Guitar by F. Horetzky. | Wessell | BritLib | |||
1846 | Good night. Lied, arranged for voice and guitar by F. Horetzky. | London?? | BritLib | |||
1849 | The Spanish Bride. Bolero for the voice and guitar [begins: “Dark but lovely”] the English version by L. Wray. | London?? | BritLib | |||
Quande avvolte | (Bone) | |||||
3 Hungarian Melodies | PWM |