# List of compositions by Nicolae Bretan

Nicolae Bretan was a twentieth century Romanian composer. This list of compositions by Nicolae Bretan includes his operatic work, lieder, choral music and orchestral works.

## Stage works

* Luceafărul (The Evening Star), opera, 1 act (Bretan, after Mihai Eminescu; first performance: Cluj, Romanian Opera, 2 February 1921)
* Golem, opera, 1 act (Bretan, after Illés Kaczér [de; hu]; first performance: Cluj, Hungarian Theatre, 23 December 1924)
* Horia, opera, 3 acts (Bretan, after Ghiță Popp [ro]; first performance: Cluj, Romanian Opera, 24 January 1937)
* Arald (Harald), opera, 1 act (Bretan, after Eminescu; first performance: Iași, Romanian Opera, 12 May 1982)
* Eroii de la Rovine (The Heroes of Rovine), opera, 1 act (Bretan, after Eminescu; first performance: Cluj, Romanian Opera, 24 January 1935)
* A Különös Széder-Est (The Mysterious Seder), mystery play (texts from the Haggadah, first performance: Bethesda, Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 8 September 1974)

## Lieder

| Title | Lyricist / source author | Year completed | Place completed |
| A csucsai kert | Csinszka (Boncza Berta) [hu] | 1958 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A fiam bölcsőjénel | Endre Ady | 1910 | Budapest |
| A Halál rokona | Endre Ady | 1949 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A maradandóság városában | Endre Ady | 1950 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A murit | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A nagy Pénztárnok | Endre Ady | 1950 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A Sion-hegy alatt (Am Fuße des Berges Zion) | Endre Ady (German lyrics by Zoltán Franyó) | 1952 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A Teremtő jobbján | Sándor Kibédi [hu; eo] | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| A vén cigány (Der alte Zigeuner) | Mihály Vörösmarty (German lyrics by Bretan) | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ach, ich sehne mich | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Adio | Nicolae Bretan | 1951 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Alti trandafiri | Nicolae Bretan | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Am beut din fântâna trecutului | Emil Isac | 1959 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Amen | Dezső Varró [hu] | 1951 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Atât de fragedă | Mihai Eminescu | 1933 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Auf dem Teich | Nikolaus Lenau | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Az is jó | János Giszkalay [hu] | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Az Úr érkezése | Endre Ady | 1952 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Bei Übersendung eines Straußes | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Berceuse | Nicolae Bretan | undated | unknown |
| Bitte | Nikolaus Lenau | 1904 | Năsăud |
| Când amintirile... | Mihai Eminescu | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Când noi... | Victor Eftimiu | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Când se apropie noaptea | Emil Isac | 1959 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Cântec de leagăn | Nicolae Bretan | 1946 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Cântecul frunzelor | Ecaterina Pitiș [ro] | 1907 | Hunedoara |
| Cântecul plugarului | Zaharia Bârsan | 1906 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ce e amorul? | Mihai Eminescu | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ce te legeni, codrule? | Mihai Eminescu | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Cenușa visărilor | Tudor Arghezi | 1937 | Oradea, Cluj-Napoca |
| Chemare | Maria Cunțan | 1905 | Năsăud, Hunedoara |
| Chip zîmbitor | anonymous | 1900 | Năsăud |
| Crăiasa din poveşti | Mihai Eminescu | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Crizanteme (Krizántémok) | Victor Eftimiu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan) | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Csárdás | Beleznay | 1906 | Hunedoara |
| Cucule, de ce nu vii? | Carolina Bretan | 1909 | unknown |
| Das dürre Blatt (Foaia veştedă) | Nikolaus Lenau (Romanian lyrics by Mihai Eminescu) | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Das Jugendbuch (Omar der Zeltmacher) | Omar Khayyam German translation by Friedrich Rosen | 1937 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Departe | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Der Baum der Erinnerung | Nikolaus Lenau | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Der Nachtwind | Heinrich Heine | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Der Seelenkranke | Nikolaus Lenau | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Die bezaubernde Stelle | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Die Botschaft | Heinrich Heine | 1932 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Die Entschwundene | Gottfried Keller | 1953 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Die schlanke Wasserlilie | Heinrich Heine | 1910 | Hunedoara |
| Din noaptea... | Mihai Eminescu | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Doină | Mihai Eminescu | 1950 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Dorurile mele (Vágayim...) | Octavian Goga (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan) | 1907 | Hunedoara |
| Egy lélek állt | Sándor Reményik | 1959 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Egy mondat | Jules Supervielle | 1953 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ein Fichtenbaum | Heinrich Heine | 1905 | Năsăud |
| Einsamkeit | Nikolaus Lenau | 1930 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ereszkedik le a felhő | Sándor Petőfi | 1933 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ernst ist der Frühling | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Es haben unsre Herzen… | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Es ragt ins Meer… | Heinrich Heine | 1915 | Oradea |
| Es war ein alter König | Heinrich Heine | 1930 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Eu nu vreau... | Nicolae Bretan | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Fată mare | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Fatma | George Coșbuc | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Feleségem | Sándor Kibédi | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Frage | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Fragment din "Casa noastră" | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Fragment din "Scisoarea a IV-a" | Mihai Eminescu | 1932 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Fresco-Ritornele | George Coșbuc | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Frühlingsgedränge | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Futurum imperfectum | Dezső Varró | 1951 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Gazel | George Coșbuc | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Hazamegyek a falumba | Endre Ady | 1940 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Herbst | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Herbstgefühl | Nikolaus Lenau | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Herbstklage | Nikolaus Lenau | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Herbsttag | Rainer Maria Rilke | 1951 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Husarenlied | Nikolaus Lenau | 1922 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Húsz év múlva | János Vajda | 1962 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ich möchte dir einen Strahl senden | Nicolae Bretan | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Ich wandle unter Blumen | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ich wollte, meine Lieder | Heinrich Heine | 1922 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ideal | George Coșbuc | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Im Vorfrühling | Heinrich Heine | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Imádság háború után | Endre Ady | 1940 | Cluj-Napoca |
| In memoriam E. | Nicolae Bretan | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Inima (A szív) | Octavian Goga (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan) | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Isten drága pénze | Endre Ady | 1949 | Cluj-Napoca |
| În fereastra despre mare | Mihai Eminescu | 1909 | Vienna |
| În parcul Luxemburg | Victor Eftimiu | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Kicsapott a folyó | Sándor Petőfi | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Kidalolatlan magyar nyarak | Endre Ady | 1910 | Hunedoara |
| Kindheit (Gyermekkor) | Rainer Maria Rilke (Hungarian lyric by Dezső Kosztolányi) | 1955 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Kis, karácsonyi ének | Endre Ady | 1910 | Hunedoara |
| Kisvárosok őszi vasárnapjai | Endre Ady | 1946 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Kocsiút az éjszakában | Endre Ady | 1932 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Közel a temetőhöz | Endre Ady | 1949 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Közelitő tél (Nahender Winter) | Meng Haoran Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (German lyrics by Bretan) | 1943 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Krisztus-kereszt az erdön | Endre Ady | 1940 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Küsse, die man stiehlt im Dunkeln | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| La groapa lui Laie | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| La steaua | Mihai Eminescu | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Lacul | Mihai Eminescu | 1901 | Năsăud |
| Lasă-ți lumea ta uitată | Mihai Eminescu | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Lámpafény | Dezső Kosztolányi | 1947 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Lângă drumul vechi de țară | Nicolae Bretan | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Legény kesergője | folklore | 1905 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Lemuel vallomása (I) | Illés Kaczér [de; hu] | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Lemuel vallomása (II) | Illés Kaczér | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Liniște (Csend) | Victor Eftimiu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan) | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Liszt Ferenchez (Odă lui Liszt) | Mihály Vörösmarty (Romanian lyrics by Bretan) | 1935 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Lovas út | Elek Turcsányi [hu] | 1910 | Budapest |
| Lună, lună, stea vicleană | Octavian Goga | 1912 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ma neked, holnap nekem | Sándor Reményik | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Magányos vadlúd (Einsame Wildgans) | Cui Tu Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (German lyrics by Bretan) | 1943 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Magyar-bánó magyar aggyal | Endre Ady | 1910 | Hunedoara |
| Mammon-szerzetes zsoltára | Endre Ady | 1950 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Mein Herz ist leer | Christian Morgenstern | 1957 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Még egyszer | Ödön Huzella [hu] | 1922 | Oradea |
| Mi-am făcut un cântec | Octavian Goga | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Mi-e frică | Victor Eftimiu | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Mikes | József Lévay [hu] | 1909 | Hunedoara |
| Mit schwarzen Segeln | Heinrich Heine | 1915 | Oradea |
| Moartea lui Gelu | George Coșbuc | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Mors Imperator | Dezső Varró | 1951 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Mors magna | Octavian Goga | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Neuer Frühling | Heinrich Heine | 1930 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Noapte de vară | George Coșbuc | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Noi | Octavian Goga | 1954 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Nu te-ai priceput! | George Coșbuc | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| O schwöre nicht und küsse nur | Heinrich Heine | 1933 | Cluj-Napoca |
| O, mamă! | Mihai Eminescu | undated | unknown |
| O, vin pe mare | Mihai Eminescu | 1926 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Oda limbei române | Victor Eftimiu | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Oltul | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Orbán | Sándor Petőfi | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Öröm | Ákos Gara [hu] | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Őrizem a szemed | Endre Ady | 1954 | unknown |
| Pace | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Pădurea | Victor Eftimiu | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Părăsit | Octavian Goga | 1910 | Hunedoara |
| Părăsiți | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Párisban járt az Ösz | Endre Ady | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Pe aceia și ulicioară | Mihai Eminescu | 1940 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Pe dealul Feleacului | traditional | 1940 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Pe înserate | Octavian Goga | 1941 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Pe lîngă plopii fără soț | Mihai Eminescu | 1942 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Peste vîrfuri | Mihai Eminescu | 1922 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Por és virág | Dezső Varró | 1955 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Prea sus ați fost! (Oly magasan!) | Victor Eftimiu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan) | 1923 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Prea târziu | Nicolae Bretan | 1926 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Pribeag | Octavian Goga | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Rândunica! | Nicolae Bretan | 1941 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Rea de plată | George Coșbuc | 1925 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Reszket a bokor | Sándor Petőfi | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Românul către Tătar | Vasile Alecsandri | 1930 | Cluj-Napoca |
| S-a dus amorul | Mihai Eminescu | 1926 | Cluj-Napoca |
| S-a stins viața | Mihai Eminescu | 1930 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Sara pe deal | Mihai Eminescu | 1904 | Năsăud (revised 1908, Vienna) |
| Schattenküsse, Schattenliebe | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Scrisoare | Zaharia Bârsan | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Se-nchină clopotul de sară | Zaharia Bârsan | 1926 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Septembrie cu roze | Mihai Eminescu | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Singur | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Síriratok | Margaret Sackville Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi | 1934 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Solus ero | Nicolae Bretan | 1932 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Somnoroase păsărele (Már az elmos kis madárka...) | Mihai Eminescu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan) | 1912 | Hunedoara |
| Spune-mi codrule vecine | Zaharia Bârsan | 1926 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Stelele-n cer | Mihai Eminescu | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Steluța | Vasile Alecsandri | 1941 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Sterne | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Stille Sicherheit | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Stridențe | Victor Eftimiu | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Stumme Liebe | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Sus la cârcimă | Octavian Goga | 1921 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Száll a felhő | Sándor Petőfi | 1912 | Budapest |
| Szerelemnek rózsafája | Sándor Petőfi | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Ș-acele dulci păreri de rău | Mihai Eminescu | 1937 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Și dacă ramuri bat în geam | Mihai Eminescu | 1909 | Vienna |
| Tavaszi vers | Béla Zsolt | 1923 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Te duci și-am înțeles prea bine | Mihai Eminescu | 1933 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Te duci și ani de suferința | Mihai Eminescu | 1927 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Te nélküled | Ödon Huzella | 1922 | Oradea |
| Ti éjbe hull órák | Dezső Varró | 1951 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Titkos koppanás | Albert Baradlai | 1952 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Új könyvem federlére | Endre Ady | 1950 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Valse triste | Nicolae Bretan | undated | unknown |
| Vándor a hegyek között | Tivadar Fekete [hu] | 1931 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Vándorútam (Mein Wanderweg) | Kujō Yoshitsune Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (German lyrics by Bretan) | 1943 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Vergangenheit | Nikolaus Lenau | 1913 | Biserica Albă |
| Vers posthume | Sarolta Lányi [hu] | 1912 | Budapest |
| Végzetem | Olimpia Mihăilescu | 1958 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Vin' sub plopul | Octavian Goga | 1920 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Vin țiganii | Constantin Argintaru | 1937 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Vorwurf | Nikolaus Lenau | 1928 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Wandl' ich im dem Wald | Heinrich Heine | 1915 | Oradea |
| Weil du mir zu früh entschwunden | unknown | 1913 | Budapest |
| Weil ich dich liebe | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Welke Rose | Nikolaus Lenau | 1904 | Năsăud (revised 1910, Budapest) |
| Wenn du mir vorüberwandelst | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Wenn ein müder Leib begraben | Klaus Groth | 1912 | Munich |
| Wie die Nelken duftig atmen | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert | Heinrich Heine | 1929 | Cluj-Napoca |
| Zilahi ember nótája | Endre Ady | 1954 | Cluj-Napoca |

## Sacred music

* Pleacă, Domane, urechea ta (from Psalm 50) for voice and piano, 1904
* Tatăl nostru (Our Father) for voice and piano, 1927
* Născătoare de Dumnezeu (Ave Maria) for voice and piano, 1927
* Requiem for baritone and mezzosoprano and organ or piano, 1932
* Din Psalmul 102 (Psalm 102) for voice and piano, 1941
* Din Psalmul 104 (Psalm 104) for voice and piano, 1941
* Priceasnă (Prayer) for voice and piano, 1944
* Acum, slobozeşte în pace... (Luke 2:19-35) for voice and piano, 1944
* Cine este-acesta care vine din Edom? (Isaiah 63) for voice and piano, 1952

## Choral music

* Jelige for mixed chorus a cappella, text by Zoltán Szőnyi, 1930
* Apotheosis for mixed chorus, 2 trumpets and piano, text by József Bajza, 1930
* Prietenia între popoare for men's chorus and orchestra, text by Bretan, 1951
* L'hymne olympique (Imn olimpic) for mixed chorus and orchestra, French translation of text by Pindar (Romanian text by Bretan), 1954
* Cântec pentru prietenia Româno-Maghiară for mixed chorus and orchestra, text by Bretan, undated

## Instrumental music

* Mic Dans Românesc (Little Romanian Dance) for orchestra, 1922
* Danse de Polichinelle for piano, 1929
* Waltz for piano, 1930
* Vals Românesc for piano, 1930
* Vals Românesc Nr. 2 for piano, 1930
* Induló / Marş for piano, 1947
* Serenadă for violin and piano, 1955
* Prelude for orchestra, undated