# List of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini

The following is a list of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889). A new comprehensive catalogue, unfortunately extremely user-unfriendly, can now be found on the Bottesini Urtext website bottesiniurtext.com/bottesini-s-catalogue

## Operas

* Colón en Cuba (Cristoforo Colombo) – Opera in one act. Spanish libretto by Ramón de Palma and Rafael María de Mendive [es]. Tacón Theatre, Havana January 31, 1848. No known score remains.
* L'assedio di Firenze (1856)
* Il diavolo della notte (1858)
* Marion Delorme (1862)
* Vinciguerra (il bandito) - Opéra-bouffe en un acte (1870)
* Alì Babà (1871)
* Ero e Leandro (1879)
* La regina del Nepal (1880)
* Nerina (1882)
* Azaële o La figlia dell'angelo (never performed)
* Cedar (never performed)
* Babele (never performed)

## Orchestral works

* Symphony in D major (1836)
* Arabian Nights (1878)
* Alba sul Bosforo (1881 al Teatro San Carlo di Napoli)
* Promenade des ombres
* Sinfonia Caratteristica
* Fantasia funebre "alla memoria del colonnello Nullo"
* Graziella
* Marcia Funebre
* Marcia Orientale
* Margherita
* Ouverture
* Divertimento per corno da caccia (bugle) and orchestra
* Andante sostenuto, for string orchestra
* Ero e Leandro, Prelude
* Il diavolo della notte, Sinfonia
* Ali Baba, Overture

## Works for double bass
### with piano

* Adagio melanconico appassionato (Elegie par Ernst)
* Gran Allegro di Concerto "à la Mendelssohn"
* Allegretto-Capriccio in F-sharp minor ("à la Chopin")
* Capriccio di bravura
* Elegy No.1 in D major (1870)
* Elegy No.2 in E minor, "Romanza drammatica"
* Elegy No.3 in E minor, "Romanza patetica" (Melodia)
* Rêverie (1870)
* Tarantella in A minor
* Fantasia Cerrito
* Fantasia on Bellini's "Norma"
* Fantasia on Bellini's "Beatrice di Tenda"
* Fantasia on Bellini's "I Puritani" (adapted from duo with cello)
* Fantasia on Bellini's "La Straniera"
* Fantasia on Bellini's "La Sonnambula"
* Gran Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
* Fantasia on Verdi's "Il Trovatore"
* Introduzione e Gavotta in A major
* Introduction et Variations sur Le Carnaval de Venise
* Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento from Paisiello's La "Molinara"
* Introduzione e Bolero
* Introduzione e Fuga
* Meditazione: Aria on G string from Suite BWV 1068 by J.S.Bach
* Melodia No.1
* Melodia No.2
* Melodia No.3
* Melodia No.4: Auld Robin Gray, Introduction and Variations on a Scottish Song
* Serenata from Rossini's "Barber of Seville"
* Aria from Verdi's "Il trovatore"
* Una furtiva lacrima, Romanza on Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'amore"
* Finale of Bellini's "La sonnambula"
* Contrabass-Polka
* Nocturne

### with orchestra

* Concerto No.1 "Concerto di bravura" in A major for double bass (1840)
* Concerto No.2 in B minor for double bass (1853) (I. Allego moderato; II. Andante; III. Finale. Allegro quasi una polacca)
* Concerto No.3 in F-sharp minor for double bass (1871) (I. Allego moderato; II. Andante; III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco)
* Concertino in C minor for double bass (I. Moderato: II. Andante; III. Finale) (version of Concerto No.2, for double bass and strings)
* Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.1 (Gran Duo Concertante) for 2 double basses and orchestra/piano (original version, 1844)
* Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra/piano (1846) (arranged by Bottesini for Violin + Double bass and later updated for its publication)
* Gran Duo Concertante for clarinet in A, double bass and orchestra/piano
* Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.2 Passione Amorosa (I. Allegro deciso; II. Andante-Allegro; III. Allegretto), for double bass (or cello), 2nd double bass and orchestra/piano
* Duo Concertant on Themes of Bellini's "I Puritani" for cello, double bass and orchestra (original version of Puritani Fantasy)
* Duet for clarinet and double bass
* Concerto in G major, for cello and double bass

### duets

* 3 Grandi Duetti, for 2 double basses:
** No.1 (I. Allegro; II. Andante; III. Polacca. Molto allegro)
** No.2 (I. Allegro; II. Andante; III. Rondò. Allegretto)
** No.3 (I. Andantino; II. Presto)
* Duo in D major, for cello and double bass (I. Allegro; II. Andante molto; III. Allegro)
* Capriccio, for 2 double basses and piano
* 3 Fantasie on Rossini's Canzonette, for 2 double basses and piano:
** 1. La danza: Allegro non troppo
** 2. La serenata: Andante
** 3. I marinai: Allegro moderato

## Chamber music

* String Quartet No.1 in B minor
* String Quartet No.2 in B-flat major, Op.2
* String Quartet No.3 in F-sharp minor
* String Quartet No.4 in D major
* String Quartet No.5 in E-flat major
* String Quartet No.6 in E minor
* Quintet No.1 in C minor "Gran Quintetto"
* Quintet No.2 in E minor
* Quintet No.3 in A major
* Quintet No.4 in F major
* Morceaux, for viola and piano
* Rêverie, for viola and piano
* Capriccio, for cello and piano
* 3 Melodies, for cello and piano
* Rêverie, for cello and piano

## Piano solo

* Preludio
* Fugue in A minor
* 3 Polke:
** 1. Arlecchino
** 2. Brighella
** 3. La Tremblante

## Vocal

* Il lamento della Ghisa (Le chagrin de Jeanne) in D major, for soprano and piano (1870)
* Melodia: Giovinetto innamorato, for soprano and piano
* Ci divide l'ocean, for soprano and piano
* Romanza: Dove fuggiste mai, for soprano and piano
* Romanza: Une bouche aimeé, for soprano, double bass and piano
* Terzetto: Tutto che il mondo serra (transcription of Etude No.19 in C-sharp minor, Op.25/7 by Chopin) for soprano, double bass and piano

## Sacred works

* Messa di Requiem (1877/80)
* Il Giardino degli Ulivi (Garden of Olivet), Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass + mixed chorus (SATB), organ (1887)

## Instrumental music not including the solo double bass

* Morceaux – Viola and piano; autograph score, Naples
* Rêverie – Viola and piano; autograph score, Naples
* Capriccio – Cello and piano; autograph score, Milan August 25, 1863
* Three melodies – Cello and piano; autograph score, Milan
* Rêverie – Cello and piano; autograph score, Naples
* Various string quartets
* Various string quintets