List of solo piano compositions by Leo Ornstein

This is a list of solo piano pieces by the American composer Leo Ornstein.

Major works

• Wild Men's Dance (aka Danse Sauvage; ca. 1913–14)
• Three Moods (ca. 1914)
• Poems of 1917 (10) (1917)
• A la Chinoise (pre-1918)
• Suicide in an Airplane (ca. 1918–19; frequently misdated 1913)
• Impressions of the Thames (aka Impressions de la Tamise; 1920)
• Arabesques (9) (1921)
• Piano Sonata No. 4 (1924)
• Piano Sonata No. 5, "Biography" (1974)
• Piano Sonata No. 6 (1981)
• Piano Sonata No. 7 (1988)
• Piano Sonata No. 8 (1990)

Organized list

• S001 – Nocturne
• S002 – At Twilight
• S003 – Piano Pieces
• S004 – Nocturne No. 2
• S005 – Three Moods
• S006 – Suicide in an Airplane
• S007a – An Allegory
• S008 – Barcarolle
• S009 – 6 Lyric Fancies

Early published (050-099)

• S050 – Serenade
• S051 – Scherzino
• S052 – Dwarf Suite
• S053 – Impressions of the Thames
• S054 – Wild Men's Dance
• S055 – Cossack Impressions
• S056 – Impressions of Notre Dame
• S057 – Three Preludes
• S058 – Suite Russe
• S059 – A la Mexicana
• S060 – A la Chinoise
• S061a – Poems of 1917
• S062 – Arabesques
• S063 – In the Country
• S064 – Two Lyric Pieces
• S065 – Musings of a Piano
• S066 – Memories from Childhood
• S067 – Six Water Colors
• S068 – Piano Sketch Books
• S069 – Prelude Tragique
• S070 – Pygmy Suite
• S071a – Moment Musical (after Schubert)
• S072 – Nine Miniatures
• S073 – Piano Piece
• S074 – Piano Piece
• S075 – Piano Piece

Named and dated (100–149)

• S100 – Bagatelle
• S101 – Tarantelle Diabolique
• S102a – A Long Remembered Sorrow
• S103 – Mindy's Piece
• S104b – Evening's Sorrow
• S105 – Some New York Scenes
• S106 – A Morning in the Woods
• S107 – Burlesca (A Satire)
• S108 – Ballade
• S109 – Valse Diabolique
• S110 – A Dream Almost Forgotten
• S111a – Three Tales
• S114 – Just a Fun Piece
• S115 – A Small Carnival
• S116 – Solitude
• S117 – The Recruit and the Bugler
• S118 – An Autumnal Fantasy
• S119 – An Autumn Improvisation
• S120 – Barbaro: A Pantomime

Named and undated (150–199)

• S150 – A Reverie
• S151 – A Chromatic Dance
• S152 – The Deserted Garden
• S153 – Nocturne No.I
• S154 – To A Grecian Urn
• S155 – Tarantelle
• S156 – A Moment of Retrospect

Metaphors (200–299)

• S200a – Sixteen Metaphors

Impromptus (300–319)

• S300a – Four Impromptus

Intermezzos (320–329)

• S320a – Four Intermezzos

Journal pieces (330–349)

• S330 – Six Journal Pieces

Legends (350–359)

S350 – Four Legends

Sonatas (360–379)

• S360 – Sonata No. 4
• S361 – Sonata No. 5 (Biography)
• S362 – Sonata No. 6
• S363 – Sonata No. 7
• S364a – Sonata No. 8

Vignettes (380–399)

• S380 – Nine Vignettes

Waltzes (400–439)

• S400 – Seventeen Waltzes

Fantasy Pieces (440–459)

• S440a – Three Fantasy Pieces

Four Hand (including the 2-piano version of the piano concerto) (550–559)

• S550 – Piece Pour Piano
• S551 – Valse Buffon
• S552 – Seeing Russia with Teacher
• S553 – Piano Concerto – 2 Piano version

References