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Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Upon his emergence in the West in the early 1980s, Alfred Schnittke became one of the most talked-about, recorded, and influential composers of the last decades of the twentieth century. Schnittke was born in the Soviet Union to German parents. After living for several years in Vienna, he returned to Moscow to attend the Conservatory from 1953-1958. He returned there to teach instrumentation from 1962 through 1972. Thereafter, splitting his time between Moscow and Hamburg, he supported himself as a film composer. In 1985, Schnittke suffered a series of strokes, but nevertheless entered into the most creative period of his life. From 1990 until his death in 1998, he lived exclusively in Hamburg. A Jewish-born Christian mystic, Schnittke had philosophical theories that permeated his music. According to his biographer Alexander Ivashkin, he believed a composer "should be a medium or a sensor remembering what he hears from somewhere else and whose mind acts as a translator only. Music comes from some sort of divine rather than human area."

COMPOSITIONS                                    Schnittke  Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre     ~ ~ ~     Film, Television, etc. Music
Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra (1949; lost)
Mayakovsky's Debut, incidental music (1950-1952) [1957?]
Poème, piano and orchestra, first completed orchestral score (1953)
The Passing Line of Clouds Grows Thinner, voice and piano (1953)
Fugue, violin (1953)
Six Preludes, piano (1953-54)
Variations, piano (1954-55)
Sonata, piano (1954-55)
Sonata [No. 0], violin and piano (1954-55)
Dusk; Beggar; Birch Tree, voice and piano (1954-55)
Three Choruses (1954/55) [1956?]
Scherzo, piano quintet (1954-55) [also arr. for orchestra]
Intermezzo, piano quintet (1954-55)
Suite, strings (1954-55) [also arr. for chamber orchestra]
Overture, Orchestra (1954-55)
Symphony [No. 0], orchestra (1956-57)
Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra (1957; rev. twice; final version, 1963)
Nagasaki, oratorio, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra  (1958)
Vocalise, chorus (1958)
Songs of War and Peace, cantata, soprano, chorus and orchestra (1959)
String Quartet (1959; unfinished)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [No. 1] (1960)
Concerto for Electric Instrument (1960; unfinished)
Poem about Space (Cosmos), electronic instruments (1961)
The Eleventh Commandment, opera (1962)
Suite for Children (6 movements), small orchestra (1962)
Introduction, film score (1962)
The Rose and the Cross, t.v. score (1962)
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1963)
Prelude and Fugue, piano (1963)
Caesar and Cleopatra, incidental music (1963)
Aim the Barrage at Us (4 parts), t.v. score (1963-64)
Music for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1964)
Music for Chamber Orchestra (1964)
Three Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva, soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano (1965)
Dialogue, cello and 7 instrumentalists (1965)
Improvisation and Fugue, piano (1965)
Variations on a Chord, for piano (1965)
Adventures of a Dentist, film score (1965)
    - Charleston, (from film "The Adventures of a Dentist"), stage orchestra/jazz ensemble (1965)
The Concealed Cabalerro (after Calderón de la Barca), t.v. score (1965)
Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1966)
String Quartet No. 1 (1966)
Somebody’s Life, incidental music (1965)
Just a Little Joke, film score (1966)
The Colonel’s Widow, incidental music (1966)
The Commissar (in the town of Berdichev), film score (1967)
Pianissimo, orchestra (1968)
Serenade, violin, clarinet, doublebass, piano and percussion (1968) [uses music from cartoon film Glass Harmonica]
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (Quasi una Sonata) (1968) [arr.  for violin and chamber orchestra, 1987]
The Angel, film score (1968)
The Sixth of July, film score (1968)
Day Stars, film score (1968)
The Ownerless House, film score (1968)
The Glass Accordion, cartoon film score (1968)
Used Cartridge Cases, film score (1968)
The Night Call, t.v. score (1968)
Magdalena’s Song, voice and piano (1968)
Potok (Stream), electronic music (1969)
The Waltz, t.v. score (1969)
Sick at Heart, film score (1969)
A Ballerina Abroad, cartoon film score (1969)
Boris Godunov, incidental music (1969?)
Way of the Cross, incidental music (1970)
Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and String Orchestra (1971)
Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, string quartet (1971)
Eight Pieces, piano (1971)
Labyrinths, ballet in five episodes (1971)
Verses Written in the Sleeplessness of the Night, voice and piano (1971)
Belorussian Station, film score (1971)
Uncle Vanya, film score (1971)
Sport, Sport, Sport, film score (1971)
The Seagull, film score (1971)
Our Gagarin, documentary film score (1971)
The Last Run (Flight) of the 'Albatross' (4 parts), t.v. score (1971)
You and Me, film score (1971) [1972?]
A Cottage in Kolomna, t.v. score (1971)
The Wardrobe, cartoon film score (1971)
Symphony No. 1, orchestra (1969-72)
Voices of Nature, 10 female voices and vibraphone (1972) [without text]
Suite in Old Style, violin and piano or harpsichord (1972)
Chile Fights and Hopes (Chile in Struggle, Hope and Alarm), documentary film score (1972)
Cheer Up, The Worst is Yet to Come, cartoon film score (1972)
The Butterfly, cartoon film score (1972)
The Strange Little Frog (The Funny Merry-Go-Roung No. 4), cartoon film score (1972)
Where the Arbat Crosses Bubulinas Street, film score (1973)
Hot Snow, film score (1973)
The Right to Jump, film score (1973)
In Fableworld (In the World of Fables), cartoon film score (1973)
The Arduous Roads of Peace (The Balance of Terror), documentary film score (1973)
My Past and my Thoughts (17 part), t.v. score (1973)
Gratulationsrondo, C major, violin and piano (1974)
Turandot (Bertold Brecht), incidental music (1973)
The World Today (And Yet I Believe) (2 parts), film score (1972-74)
Der Gelbe Klang (The Yellow Sound), a "scenic composition", pantomime, soprano, chorus and chamber ensemble (1973-74)
The Agony (of Death) (part 1), film score (1973-74)
Hymn I, cello, harp and timpani (1974)
Hymn II, cello and doublebass (1974)
Hymn III, cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani (1974)
Cities and Years, film score (1974)
The Captain's Daughter (after Alexander Pushkin), film score (1974)
Piano Quintet (1972-76) (arr. for orchestra as In Memoriam, 1977-78)
Don Carlos (Friedrich Schiller), incidental music (1975)
    - Requiem, 3 sopranos., contralto, tenor, chorus and instr. ensemble (1975) [originally in Don Carlos incidental music]
    - Eight Songs from the incidental music to Friedrich Schiller’s “Don Carlos”, voice and piano or guitar (1975)
Pantomime, suite, chamber orchestra (1975) [after Mozart's fragment K. 416d]
Cantus Perpetuus, keyboard (pf, hpchd, organ or celesta), solo percussionist and 4 percussionists (1975)
Preludium in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich, 2 violins or 1 violin and tape (1975)
Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (first movement) (1975)
Autumn, film score (1975)
Der Sonnengesang des Franz von Assisi, 2 choruses and 6 instruments (1976)
Transcription of Shostakovich's Preludes Nos. 1 & 2, from Five Preludes, small orchestra (1976)
Moz-Art, 2 violins (after sketches by Mozart, K. 416d) (1976) [chamber version: ob, harp, hpschd, vln, vc & db, 1980]
Selecting a Target (2 parts), film score (1976)
The Legend (Tale) of/on How Tsar Peter Got the Black Man (Negro) Married, film score (1976) (also Two Fragments, small orch)
    - Two Fragments, small orchestra (from the film score, The Legend (Tale) of/on How Tsar Peter ...) (1976)
Lion-Trainers, film score (1976)
Clowns and Kids, film score (1976)
Ricky-Ticky-Tavi (after Rudyard Kipling's novel), film score (1976)
The White Steamer, film score (1976)
Caesar and Cleopatra, incidental music (1976)
Two Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto, D major, op. 61, solo violin, 10 violins and timpani (1975-1977)
Concerto Grosso No. 1, two violins, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1977)
Human Requitale, film score (1977)
Magdalina, voice and piano (1977)
Moz-Art à la Haydn, play on music for 2 violins, 2 small string orchestras, double-bass and conductor (1977)
My Memories Take Me to You (after Pushkin), film score (1977)
The Adventures of Travka (Travka's Adventures), film score (1977)
The Life-Story of an Unknown Actor, film score (1977)
The Ascent, film score (1977) [1976?]
In Memoriam, orchestra (1972-1978)
Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1978)
Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano (1978)
Stille Nacht (Silent Night), violin and piano (1978) [on motives of the likenamed German Christmas carol]
Father Serghei (after Lev Tolstoy), film score (1978
Trainers (8 parts), t.v. score (1978)
A Duck Shooting Party, incidental music (1978)
The Dead Soul Register (The Census List/The Inspector’s Tale) (after Gogol), incid. music (1978) (arr. Gogol Suite, orch)
    - Gogol Suite, orchestra (1980) [from incidental music, The Inspector's Tale, 1978]
    - The Revisionist's Tale, 2 pianos (1980) [transcription of five movements from the Gogol Suite; orig. incid. music, 1978]
Hymn IV, cello, bassoon, double-bass, harpsichord, harp, timpani and bells (1974-1979)
Symphony No. 2, "St. Florian", soloists, chamber choir and orchestra (1979)
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (1979)
Polyphonic Tango, ensemble (1979)
Stille Musik (Peaceful Music), violin and cello (1979)
In Memoriam (Hommage à) Igor Stravinsky, Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, piano 6-hands (1979)
Paradoxes of Evolution, documentary film score (1979)
The Fancies of Faryatyev (after Lev Tolstoy), t.v. score (1979)
Passacaglia, orchestra (1979-80)
Three Madrigals, soprano, violin, viola, double bass, vibraphone and harpsichord (1980)
Three Scenes, soprano and percussion (1980) [without text]
Minnesang, 52 voices (1980-81)
String Quartet No. 2 (1980)
Two Short Pieces, organ (1980)
Three Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467 (1980)
The Plane Crew (2 parts), film score (1980)
Larisa, documentary film score (1980)
Little Tragedies (3 parts, after Pushkin), t.v. score (1980)
Farewell, film score (1980) [composed with Artyomov]
Symphony No. 3, orchestra (1981)
The Agony (part 2), film score (1981)
Eugene Onegin (after Pushkin), t.v. score (1981)
What Does Babirussya Need Tusks For?, documentary film score (1981)
I Am With You Again (after Pushkin), cartoon film score (1981)
Concerto Grosso No. 2, violin, violoncello and triple orchestra (1981-82)
Septet, flute, 2 clarinets, violin, viola, violoncello, and harpsichord (or organ) (1981-82)
Lebenslauf (Course of Life), 4 metronomes (tape), 3 percussionists and piano (1982)
A Paganini, violin (1982)
Klim Samgin, incidental music (1981)
Sturdy Boy, film score (1982)
Autumn, cartoon film score (1982)
Pencil and Eraser (The Funny Merry-Go-Round No. 12), cartoon film score (1982)
Star Fall (Meteoric Shower), film score (1982)
“Seid Nüchtern und wachet…” (Faust Cantata), contralto, counter-tenor, tenor, bass, chorus and orch (1983)
String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503 (first movement) (1983)
Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in Bb major, K. 191 (1983)
Schall und Hall (Sound and Echo), trombone and organ (1983)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Endstation Sehnsucht), ballet in two acts (1983) [from Symphony No. 1]
Spare the White Bird, incidental music (1982) [jointly with Y. Schwarz and N. Rota]
The Leave-Taking, film score (1983) [jointly with Vyacheslav Artiomov, Sofia Gubaidulina and Viktor Suslin]
A Fairy Tale of Travels, film score (1983)
The Darling of the Audience, film score (1983)
Symphony No. 4, 2 vocal soloists, piano, chamber chorus and chamber orchestra (1984)
Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra (1984)
Transcription of Scott Joplin's Ragtime, orchestra (1984)
Transcription of Adolf Jensen's Serenada, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1984)
Transcription of Friedrich Nietsche's Incantation, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1984)
Three Sacred Hymns, chorus (1984)
The White Poodle, film score (1984)
Dead Souls (4 parts, Gogol's), t.v. score (1984) [also Suite for orchestra] [is this related to incidental music (1978)???]
The Devils (after Dostoevsky), incidental music (1984)
Concerto for Mixed Choir (1984-85)
Ritual, orchestra (1984-85)
Concerto for Soprano and Mixed Chorus (1984-1985)
Othello, ballet in two acts (1985)
Sketches, choreographic phantasy on a theme by Gogol, ballet (1985)
(K)ein Sommernachtstraum ("Not after Shakespeare"), orchestra (1985)
Concerto Grosso No. 3, 2 violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings (1985)
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1985)
Music to an Imagined Play, ensemble (1984)
String Trio (1985) [arr. for chamber orch, 1987; as Piano Trio, 1992]
Transcription of Alban Berg's Canon, arr. for 9 strings (1985) [also arr. for violin and chamber orchestra, 1987]
Concerto No. 1 for Violoncello and Orchestra (1985-86)
Peer Gynt, ballet in three acts (1986) [fragments arr. for orch. as Hommage à Grieg, 1993]
    - Epilogue from “Peer Gynt”, orchestra and tape (vocalize - mixed choir) (1987)
    - Epilogue from “Peer Gynt”, cello, piano and tape (1993)
    - Hommage to Grieg, orchestra (1993) [arrangement of a fragment from ballet "Peer Gynt", 1986]
Lord of the Flies, incidental music (1986) [jointly with D. Pokrovsky]
The Beggar or Sand’s Death, incidental music (1986)
Sonata No. 1, piano (1987-88)
Four Aphorisms, orchestra (1988)
The Balcony, film score (1988)
Symphony No. 5/Concerto Grosso No. 4, orchestra (1988)
Concerto for Piano Four Hands and Chamber Orchestra (1988)
Drei Gedichte (Three Verses) von Viktor Schnittke, tenor and piano (1988)
Twelve Penitential Psalms, verses of repentance, chorus (1988)
Piano Quartet, A minor (after Mahler) (1988)
Klingende Buchstaben (Sounding Letters), cello (1988)
Pushkin's Poetry, t.v. score (1988) [jointly with Shostakovich]
I Am Poor Solo, incidental music (1988)
The Mandate, incidental music (1988) [jointly with Shostakovich]
A Feast in Time of Plague, incidental music (1988)
Monologue, viola and string orchestra (1989)
Opening Verse for the First Festival Sunday (Eröffnungsvers zum Ersten Festspielsonntag), chorus and organ (1989)
“3 x 7”, clarinet, horn, trombone, harpsichord, violin, violoncello and double bass (1989)
String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
Visitor of a Museum, film score (1989)
And a Light is Shining Trhough the Darkness, t.v. score (1989)
Incident at Vichy, t.v. score (1989)
Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra (1990)
Moz-Art à la Mozart, 8 flutes and harp (1990) [after sketches by W. A. Mozart, K. 416d]
Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, solo cello or solo violin (1990)
Three Fragments, harpsichord (1990)
Five Aphorisms, piano (1990)
Sonata No. 2, piano (1990)
Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in Bb major, K. 39 (1990)
Russia: Love For This Country, film score (1990)
Life with an Idiot, opera in 2 acts (1990-91)
Sutartines, percussion, organ and string orchestra (1991)
Festlicher (Festive) Cantus, violin, piano, chorus and orchestra (1991)
Concerto Grosso No. 5, violin, piano and orchestra (1991)
For the 90th Birthday of Alfred Schlee, viola (1991)
Symphony No. 6, orchestra (1992)
Agnus Dei, 2 sop., contralto, female chorus and chamber orch (1992) [part of cooperative “Mass for Peace”]
Musica Nostalgica, cello and piano (1992)
Sonata No. 3, piano (1992)
The Last Days of St. Petersburg (silent movie of 1927), film score (1992) [jointly with Andrei Schnittke]
Hommage à Zhivago, musical allegory on motives of Boris Pasternak’s novel “Doctor Zhivago”, 1 singer, chorus, stage music (4 players) and tape (1993) [jointly composed and compiled by Alfred and Andrei Schnittke]
Gesualdo, opera in 7 tableaux, a prologue and an epilogue (1993)
Symphony No. 7, orchestra (1993)
Concerto Grosso no. 6, piano, violin and string orchestra (1993)
Mutter (Mother), mezzo-soprano and piano (1993)
Improvisation, cello (1993)
The Master and Margarita, film music (1993)
Doctor Zhivago, incidental music (1993)
Historia von D. Johann Fausten (History of Dr. J. Faustus), opera in 3 acts (1991/94) [electronic music, Andrei Schnittke]
Symphonic Prelude, orchestra (1994) 
Symphony No. 8, orchestra (1994)
For Liverpool, orchestra (1994)
Concerto for Three, violin, viola, cello and string orchestra (with piano) (1994)
Five Fragments Based on Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, tenor, vln, trombone, hpchd, timp & string orch (1994)
Lux Aeterna, chorus and orchestra (1994)
Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano (1994)
Quartet for Four Percussionists (1994)
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano (1994)
Minuet, violin, viola and cello (1994)
Cantata, counter-tenor and chamber orchestra (1994; unfinished)
Sonatina, piano 4-hands (1995)
[Piece for Viola and Orchestra] (1996-1998) [1997?] ["Concerto for Viola and Small Orchestra"]
[Work] (Variations), string quartet (1996-1998) [1997?]
Symphony No. 9 (1996-1998; unfinished)


WORKS BY GENRE                                                 Schnittke  Links     ~ ~ ~     Film, Television, etc. Music     ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
The Eleventh Commandment, opera (1962)
Labyrinths, ballet in five episodes (1971)
Der Gelbe Klang (The Yellow Sound), a "scenic composition", pantomime, soprano, chorus and chamber ensemble (1973-74)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Endstation Sehnsucht), ballet in two acts (1983) [from Symphony No. 1]
Othello, ballet in two acts (1985)
Sketches, choreographic phantasy on a theme by Gogol, ballet (1985)
Peer Gynt, ballet in three acts (1986)
Life with an Idiot, opera in 2 acts (1990-91)
Hommage à Zhivago, musical allegory on motives of Boris Pasternak’s novel “Doctor Zhivago”, 1 singer, chorus, stage music (4 players) and tape (1993) [jointly composed and compiled by Alfred and Andrei Schnittke]
Gesualdo, opera in 7 tableaux, a prologue and an epilogue (1993)
Historia von D. Johann Fausten (History of Dr. J. Faustus), opera in 3 acts (1991/94) [electronic music, Andrei Schnittke]

Orchestra
Scherzo, piano quintet (1954-55) [also arr. for orchestra]
Suite, strings (1954-55) [also arr. for chamber orchestra]
Overture, Orchestra (1954-55)
Symphony [No. 0], orchestra (1956-57)
Suite for Children (6 movements), small orchestra (1962)
Music for Chamber Orchestra (1964)
Charleston, (from film "The Adventures of a Dentist"), stage orchestra/jazz ensemble (1965)
Pianissimo, orchestra (1968)
Symphony No. 1, orchestra (1969-72)
Pantomime, suite, chamber orchestra (1975) [after Mozart's fragment KV 416d]
Piano Quintet (1972-76) (arr. for orchestra as In Memoriam, 1977-78)
Transcription of Shostakovich's Preludes Nos. 1 & 2, from Five Preludes, small orchestra (1976)
Two Fragments, small orchestra (from the film score, The Legend (Tale) of/on How Tsar Peter ...) (1976)
Concerto Grosso No. 1, two violins, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1977)
In Memoriam, orchestra (1972-1978)
Gogol Suite, orchestra (1980) [from incidental music, The Inspector's Tale, 1978]
Symphony No. 2, "St. Florian", soloists, chamber choir and orchestra (1979)
Passacaglia, orchestra (1979-80)
Symphony No. 3, orchestra (1981)
Concerto Grosso No. 2, violin, violoncello and triple orchestra (1981-82)
Symphony No. 4, 2 vocal soloists, piano, chamber chorus and chamber orchestra (1984)
Transcription of Scott Joplin's Ragtime, orchestra (1984)
Ritual, orchestra (1984-85)
(K)ein Sommernachtstraum ("Not after Shakespeare"), orchestra (1985)
Concerto Grosso No. 3, 2 violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings (1985)
String Trio (1985) [arr. for chamber orch, 1987; as Piano Trio, 1992]
Epilogue from “Peer Gynt”, orchestra and tape (vocalize - mixed choir) (1987)
Hommage to Grieg, orchestra (1993) [arrangement of a fragment from ballet "Peer Gynt", 1986]
Four Aphorisms, orchestra (1988)
Symphony No. 5/Concerto Grosso No. 4, orchestra (1988)
Concerto Grosso No. 5, violin, piano and orchestra (1991)
Symphony No. 6, orchestra (1992)
Symphony No. 7, orchestra (1993)
Concerto Grosso no. 6, piano, violin and string orchestra (1993)
Symphonic Prelude, orchestra (1994) 
Symphony No. 8, orchestra (1994)
For Liverpool, orchestra (1994)
Symphony No. 9 (1996-1998; unfinished)

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra (1949; lost)
Poème, piano and orchestra, first completed orchestral score (1953)
Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra (1957; rev. twice; final version, 1963)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [No. 1] (1960)
Concerto for Electric Instrument (1960; unfinished)
Music for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1964)
Dialogue, cello and 7 instrumentalists (1965)
Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1966)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (Quasi una Sonata) (1968) [arr.  for violin and chamber orchestra, 1987]
Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and String Orchestra (1971)
Concerto Grosso No. 1, two violins, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1977)
Moz-Art à la Haydn, play on music for 2 violins, 2 small string orchestras, double-bass and conductor (1977)
Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1978)
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (1979)
Concerto Grosso No. 2, violin, violoncello and triple orchestra (1981-82)
Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra (1984)
Concerto for Soprano and Mixed Chorus (1984-1985)
Concerto Grosso No. 3, 2 violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings (1985)
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1985)
Transcription of Alban Berg's Canon, arr. for 9 strings (1985) [also arr. for violin and chamber orchestra, 1987]
Concerto No. 1 for Violoncello and Orchestra (1985-86)
Concerto for Piano Four Hands and Chamber Orchestra (1988)
Monologue, viola and string orchestra (1989)
Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra (1990)
Sutartines, percussion, organ and string orchestra (1991)
Festlicher (Festive) Cantus, violin, piano, chorus and orchestra (1991)
Concerto Grosso No. 5, violin, piano and orchestra (1991)
Concerto for Three, violin, viola, cello and string orchestra (with piano) (1994)
[Piece for Viola and Orchestra] (1996-1998) [1997?] ["Concerto for Viola and Small Orchestra"]

Chorus w/Orchestra
Nagasaki, oratorio, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra  (1958)
Songs of War and Peace, cantata, soprano, chorus and orchestra (1959)
Requiem, 3 sopranos., contralto, tenor, chorus and instrumental ensemble (1975) [music to Schiller's drama Don Carlos]
Symphony No. 2, "St. Florian", soloists, chamber choir and orchestra (1979)
“Seid Nüchtern und wachet…” (Faust Cantata), contralto, counter-tenor, tenor, bass, chorus and orch (1983)
Symphony No. 4, 2 vocal soloists, piano, chamber chorus and chamber orchestra (1984)
Festlicher (Festive) Cantus, violin, piano, chorus and orchestra (1991)
Agnus Dei, 2 sop., contralto, female chorus and chamber orch (1992) [part of cooperative “Mass for Peace”]
Lux Aeterna, chorus and orchestra (1994)

Choral
Three Choruses (1954/55) [1956?]
Vocalise, chorus (1958)
Voices of Nature, 10 female voices and vibraphone (1972) [without text]
Der Sonnengesang des Franz von Assisi, 2 choruses and 6 instruments (1976)
Minnesang, 52 voices (1980-81)
Three Sacred Hymns, chorus (1984)
Concerto for Mixed Choir (1984-85)
Concerto for Soprano and Mixed Chorus (1984-1985)
Twelve Penitential Psalms, verses of repentance, chorus (1988)
Opening Verse for the First Festival Sunday (Eröffnungsvers zum Ersten Festspielsonntag), chorus and organ (1989)

Chamber
Scherzo, piano quintet (1954-55) [later arr. for orchestra]
Intermezzo, piano quintet (1954-55)
Suite, strings (1954-55) [later arr. for chamber orchestra]
String Quartet (1959; unfinished)
Poem about Space (Cosmos), electronic instruments (1961)
Dialogue, cello and 7 instrumentalists (1965)
String Quartet No. 1 (1966)
Serenade, violin, clarinet, doublebass, piano and percussion (1968) [uses music from cartoon film Glass Harmonica]
Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, string quartet (1971)
Hymn I, cello, harp and timpani (1974)
Hymn II, cello and doublebass (1974)
Hymn III, cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani (1974)
Cantus Perpetuus, keyboard (pf, hpchd, organ or celesta), solo percussionist and 4 percussionists (1975)
Preludium in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich, 2 violins or 1 violin and tape (1975)
Piano Quintet (1972-76) (arr. for orchestra as In Memoriam, 1977-78)
Moz-Art, 2 violins (after sketches by Mozart, K. 416d) (1976) [chamber version: ob, harp, hpschd, vln, vc & db, 1980]
Two Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto, D major, op. 61, solo violin, 10 violins and timpani (1975-1977)
Hymn IV, cello, bassoon, double-bass, harpsichord, harp, timpani and bells (1974-1979)
Polyphonic Tango, ensemble (1979)
Stille Musik (Peaceful Music), violin and cello (1979)
String Quartet No. 2 (1980)
Septet, flute, 2 clarinets, violin, viola, violoncello, and harpsichord (or organ) (1981-82)
Lebenslauf (Course of Life), 4 metronomes (tape), 3 percussionists and piano (1982)
String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
Music to an Imagined Play, ensemble (1984)
String Trio (1985) [arr. for chamber orch, 1987; as Piano Trio, 1992]
Transcription of Alban Berg's Canon, arr. for 9 strings (1985) [also arr. for violin and chamber orchestra, 1987]
Epilogue from “Peer Gynt”, cello, piano and tape (1993)
Piano Quartet, A minor (after Mahler) (1988)
“3 x 7”, clarinet, horn, trombone, harpsichord, violin, violoncello and double bass (1989)
String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
Moz-Art à la Mozart, 8 flutes and harp (1990) [after sketches by W. A. Mozart, K. 416d]
Quartet for Four Percussionists (1994)
Minuet, violin, viola and cello (1994)
[Work] (Variations), string quartet (1996-1998) [1997?]

Solo Instrument
Fugue, violin (1953)
Sonata [No. 0], violin and piano (1954-55)
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1963)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (Quasi una Sonata) (1968) [arr.  for violin and chamber orchestra, 1987]
Suite in Old Style, violin and piano or harpsichord (1972)
Gratulationsrondo, C major, violin and piano (1974)
Preludium in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich, 2 violins or 1 violin and tape (1975)
Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano (1978)
Stille Nacht (Silent Night), violin and piano (1978) [on motives of the likenamed German Christmas carol]
A Paganini, violin (1982)
Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in Bb major, K. 191 (1983)
Schall und Hall (Sound and Echo), trombone and organ (1983)
Klingende Buchstaben (Sounding Letters), cello (1988)
Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, solo cello or solo violin (1990)
For the 90th Birthday of Alfred Schlee, viola (1991)
Musica Nostalgica, cello and piano (1992)
Improvisation, cello (1993)
Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano (1994)
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano (1994)

Piano/Organ
Six Preludes, piano (1953-54)
Variations, piano (1954-55)
Sonata, piano (1954-55)
Prelude and Fugue, piano (1963)
Improvisation and Fugue, piano (1965)
Variations on a Chord, for piano (1965)
Eight Pieces, piano (1971)
Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (first movement) (1975)
The Revisionist's Tale, 2 pianos (1980) [transcription of five movements from the Gogol Suite; orig. incid. music, 1978]
In Memoriam (Hommage à) Igor Stravinsky, Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, piano 6-hands (1979)
Two Short Pieces, organ (1980)
Three Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467 (1980)
Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503 (first movement) (1983)
Sonata No. 1, piano (1987-88)
Three Fragments, harpsichord (1990)
Five Aphorisms, piano (1990)
Sonata No. 2, piano (1990)
Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in Bb major, K. 39 (1990)
Sonata No. 3, piano (1992)
Sonatina, piano 4-hands (1995)

Vocal
The Passing Line of Clouds Grows Thinner, voice and piano (1953)
Dusk; Beggar; Birch Tree, voice and piano (1954-55)
Three Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva, soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano (1965)
Magdalena’s Song, voice and piano (1968)
Verses Written in the Sleeplessness of the Night, voice and piano (1971)
Voices of Nature, 10 female voices and vibraphone (1972) [without text]
Eight Songs from the incidental music to Friedrich Schiller’s “Don Carlos”, voice and piano or guitar (1975)
Magdalina, voice and piano (1977)
Three Madrigals, soprano, violin, viola, double bass, vibraphone and harpsichord (1980)
Three Scenes, soprano and percussion (1980) [without text]
Minnesang, 52 voices (1980-81)
Transcription of Adolf Jensen's Serenada, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1984)
Transcription of Friedrich Nietsche's Incantation, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1984)
Drei Gedichte (Three Verses) von Viktor Schnittke, tenor and piano (1988)
Mutter (Mother), mezzo-soprano and piano (1993)
Five Fragments Based on Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, tenor, vln, trombone, hpchd, timp & string orch (1994)
Cantata, counter-tenor and chamber orchestra (1994; unfinished)

Film, Television, Cartoon and Incidental Music
Mayakovsky's Debut, incidental music (1950-1952) (1957?)
Introduction, film score (1962)
The Rose and the Cross, t.v. score (1962)
Caesar and Cleopatra, incidental music (1963)
Aim the Barrage at Us (4 parts), t.v. score (1963-64)
Adventures of a Dentist, film score (1965)
The Concealed Cabalerro (after Calderón de la Barca), t.v. score (1965)
Somebody’s Life, incidental music (1965)
Just a Little Joke, film score (1966)
The Colonel’s Widow, incidental music (1966)
The Commissar (in the town of Berdichev), film score (1967)
The Angel, film score (1968)
The Sixth of July, film score (1968)
Day Stars, film score (1968)
The Ownerless House, film score (1968)
The Glass Accordion, cartoon film score (1968)
Used Cartridge Cases, film score (1968)
The Night Call, t.v. score (1968)
The Waltz, t.v. score (1969)
Sick at Heart, film score (1969)
A Ballerina Abroad, cartoon film score (1969)
Boris Godunov, incidental music (1969?)
Way of the Cross, incidental music (1970)
Belorussian Station, film score (1971)
Uncle Vanya, film score (1971)
Sport, Sport, Sport, film score (1971)
The Seagull, film score (1971)
Our Gagarin, documentary film score (1971)
The Last Run (Flight) of the 'Albatross' (4 parts), t.v. score (1971)
You and Me, film score (1971) [1972?]
A Cottage in Kolomna, t.v. score (1971)
The Wardrobe, cartoon film score (1971)
Chile Fights and Hopes (Chile in Struggle, Hope and Alarm), documentary film score (1972)
Cheer Up, The Worst is Yet to Come, cartoon film score (1972)
The Butterfly, cartoon film score (1972)
The Strange Little Frog (The Funny Merry-Go-Roung No. 4), cartoon film score (1972)
Where the Arbat Crosses Bubulinas Street, film score (1973)
Hot Snow, film score (1973)
The Right to Jump, film score (1973)
In Fableworld (In the World of Fables), cartoon film score (1973)
The Arduous Roads of Peace (The Balance of Terror), documentary film score (1973)
My Past and my Thoughts (17 part), t.v. score (1973)
Turandot (Bertold Brecht), incidental music (1973) [1979?]
The World Today (And Yet I Believe) (2 parts), film score (1972-74)
The Agony (of Death) (part 1), film score (1974)
Cities and Years, film score (1974)
The Captain's Daughter (after Alexander Pushkin), film score (1974)
Don Carlos, incidental music (1975)
Autumn, film score (1975)
Selecting a Target (2 parts), film score (1976)
The Legend (Tale) of/on How Tsar Peter Got the Black Man (Negro) Married, film score (1976)
Lion-Trainers, film score (1976)
Clowns and Kids, film score (1976)
Ricky-Ticky-Tavi (after Rudyard Kipling's novel), film score (1976)
The White Steamer, film score (1976)
Caesar and Cleopatra, incidental music (1976)
Human Requitale, film score (1977)
My Memories Take Me to You (after Pushkin), film score (1977)
The Adventures of Travka (Travka's Adventures), film score (1977)
The Life-Story of an Unknown Actor, film score (1977)
The Ascent, film score (1977) [1976?]
Father Serghei (after Lev Tolstoy), film score (1978)
Trainers (8 parts), t.v. score (1978)
A Duck Shooting Party, incidental music (1978)
The Dead Soul Register (The Census List/The Inspector’s Tale) (after Gogol), incid. music (1978) (arr. Gogol Suite, orch)
Paradoxes of Evolution, documentary film score (1979)
The Fancies of Faryatyev (after Lev Tolstoy), t.v. score (1979)
The Plane Crew (2 parts), film score (1980)
Larisa, documentary film score (1980)
Little Tragedies (3 parts, after Pushkin), t.v. score (1980)
Farewell, film score (1980) [composed with Artyomov]
The Agony (part 2), film score (1981)
Eugene Onegin (after Pushkin), t.v. score (1981)
What Does Babirussya Need Tusks For?, documentary film score (1981)
I Am With You Again (after Pushkin), cartoon film score (1981)
Klim Samgin, incidental music (1981)
Sturdy Boy, film score (1982)
Autumn, cartoon film score (1982)
Pencil and Eraser (The Funny Merry-Go-Round No. 12), cartoon film score (1982)
Star Fall (Meteoric Shower), film score (1982)
Spare the White Bird, incidental music (1982) [jointly with Y. Schwarz and N. Rota]
The Leave-Taking, film score (1983) [jointly with Vyacheslav Artiomov, Sofia Gubaidulina and Viktor Suslin]
A Fairy Tale of Travels, film score (1983) [1983?]
The Darling of the Audience, film score (1983)
The White Poodle, film score (1984)
Dead Souls (4 parts, Gogol's), t.v. score (1984) [also Suite for orchestra]
The Devils (Fyodor Dostoevsky), incidental music (1984)
Lord of the Flies, incidental music (1986) [jointly with D. Pokrovsky]
The Beggar or Sand’s Death, incidental music (1986)
The Balcony, film score (1988)
Pushkin's Poetry, t.v. score (1988) [jointly with Shostakovich]
I Am Poor Solo, incidental music (1988)
The Mandate, incidental music (1988) [jointly with Shostakovich]
A Feast in Time of Plague, incidental music (1988)
Visitor of a Museum, film score (1989)
And a Light is Shining Trhough the Darkness, t.v. score (1989)
Incident at Vichy, t.v. score (1989)
Russia: Love For This Country, film score (1990)
The Last Days of St. Petersburg (silent movie of 1927), film score (1992) [jointly with Andrei Schnittke]
The Master and Margarita, film music (1993)
Doctor Zhivago, incidental music (1993)

Electronic
Poem about Space (Cosmos), electronic instruments (1961)
Concerto for Electric Instrument (1960; unfinished)
Potok (Stream), electronic music (1969)
Preludium in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich, 2 violins or 1 violin and tape (1975)
Epilogue from “Peer Gynt”, cello, piano and tape (1993)


SCHNITTKE  LINKS                                             Works by Genre     ~ ~ ~     Film, Television, etc. Music     ~ top of page ~
Alfred Schnittke (by Alexander Ivashkin, Phaidon 20th Century Composers, 1996)
Alfred Schnittke, 1934-1998 (Andrew Marr, OSB)
Alfred Schnittke, 1934-1998 (It seems like yesterday, Part 5) (Friedrich Lips, The Classical Free-Reed)
Alfred Schnittke, Eclectic Composer, Dies at 63 (Benard Holland, The New York Times)
Alfred Schnittke: Music for the Movies (Christopher Thomas, MusicWeb International)
Alfred Schnittke (for the 65th Anniversary) (Russian Culture Navigator)
Alfred Schnittke - Violin Concertos No. 3 & 4 (1991) (another sucker on the vine)
Deep Throat was Alfred Schnittke (Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise)
Hottest Serious Soviet Composer: Alfred Schnittke (WorldandI.com)
Obituary: Alfred Schnittke (Martin Anderson, David Revill, The Independent)
Obituary: Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998 (Susan Bradshaw, Musical Times)
Russian Composer Alfred Schnittke Dies (BBC News)
A Schnittke Reader (Indiana University Press, books.google.com)
Schnittke’s Choral Music of 70-80s (Dmitri Smirnov, Wikilivres.info)
Seeking the Soul (Malcolm Miller, MV Daily)
Structural threads in the patchwork quilt: Polystylistics and motivic unity in selected works by Alfred Schnittke (Kirsten Peterson, University of Connecticut)
The Voice of Russia (Olga Fyodorova, Musical Portraits of the 20th Century)
Voices in the Dark: In Celebrarion of Alfred Schnittke (Adiran Searle, The Guardian)
Who is Alfred Schnittke? (Unpopular Ideas)

Composer website (in German)
Composer website (website by Jean-Benoît Tremblay)
Compositions by Alfred Schnittke (list by Onno van Rijen)

Schnittke @ Wikipedia
Schnittke @ alfredschnittke.com (you tell me what this is all about ...)
Schnittke @ Alfred Schnittke Archive (at Goldsmiths University, London)
Schnittke @ Answers.com
Schnittke @ Boosey & Hawkes
Schnittke @ Discogs
Schnittke @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Schnittke @ Classic Cat
Schnittke @ Classical Archives
Schnittke @ Classical Composers Database
Schnittke @ Classical Net
Schnittke @ ClassicsToday
Schnittke @ composition:today
Schnittke @ counter)induction
Schnittke @ Deutsche Alfred Schnittke Gesellschaft    (as translated by google here)
Schnittke @ Dilettante Music
Schnittke @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Schnittke @ Facebook
Schnittke @ Fandango
Schnittke @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Schnittke @ Infoplease
Schnittke @ Karadar Classical Music
Schnittke @ La Jolla Music Society
Schnittke @ MSN Encarta
Schnittke @ MusicWeb International
Schnittke @ MySpaceMusic
Schnittke @ NationMaster
Schnittke @ Naxos
Schnittke @ NDSU Libraries
Schnittke @ The New York Times
Schnittke @ Rare CDs
Schnittke @ G. Schirmer
Schnittke @ SoundtrackCollector
Schnittke @ StateUniversity.com
Schnittke @ Sikorski
Schnittke @ StateUniversity.com
Schnittke @ Tokafi
Schnittke @ Universal Edition
Schnittke @ University of Michigan/Chris Younghoon Kim
Schnittke @ Wikilivres

Streaming Audio
Schnittke @ Classical Archives
Schnittke @ last.fm
Schnittke @ NPRmusic
Schnittke @ Rhapsody

Recordings
Schnittke @ ArkivMusic
Schnittke @ ClassicsOnline
Schnittke @ Discogs

Schnittke @ YouTube
Schnittke @ Vimeo