Post-War · Open Opus catalog

Wolfgang Rihm

1952 – present/unknown

Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for Wolfgang Rihm. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by Wolfgang Rihm in the Open Opus catalog

89 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 17 Keyboard · 28 Orchestral · 22 Chamber · 21 Vocal · 1 Stage.

  • 4 spate Gedichte von Friedrich Ruckert, for voice and pianoVocal
  • 5 Gedichte von J.M.R. Lenz, for voice and pianoVocal
  • Abschieds-Marsch, for 4 trumpets, 3 trombones and percussionChamber
  • Aestimatus sum, motet for chorusVocal
  • Akt und Tag, 2 studies for soprano and string quartetVocal
  • Antlitz, for violin and pianoChamber
  • Auf einem anderen Blatt, for pianoKeyboard
  • Brahmsliebewalzer, for pianoKeyboard
  • Caligaverunt oculi mei, motet for chorusVocal
  • Canzona nuova, for 5 violasChamber
  • COLL'ARCO, for violin and orchestraOrchestral
  • CommunioVocal
  • Das Rot, song cycle for soprano or tenor and pianoVocal
  • Depart, for chorus, speaking chorus and 22 playersVocal
  • DEUS PASSUS, oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestraVocal
  • Dis-Kontur, for large orchestraOrchestral
  • Doppelgesang, for viola, violin and orchestraOrchestral
  • Dritte Musik, for violin and orchestraOrchestral
  • Dunkles Spiel, for small orchestraOrchestral
  • DyadeChamber
  • Ende der Handschrift, song cycle for voice and pianoVocal
  • ErscheinungOrchestral
  • Frau / Stimme, for soprano and orchestra with second sopranoVocal
  • Fremde Szene I, for piano trioChamber
  • Fremde Szene II, for piano trioChamber
  • Fremde Szene III, for piano trioChamber
  • Fremde Szenen I-III, for piano trioChamber
  • Gesungene Zeit, for violin and orchestraOrchestral
  • Hekton, for violin and pianoChamber
  • Jagden und Formen, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Kein Firmament, for 14 playersChamber
  • Klangbeschreibung I, for 3 orchestra groupsOrchestral
  • Klangbeschreibung II, for 4 women's voices, brass quintet and percussion ensembleVocal
  • Klangbeschreibung III, for large orchestraOrchestral
  • Klavierstück no. 1, op. 8aKeyboard
  • Klavierstück no. 2, op. 8bKeyboard
  • Klavierstück no. 4Keyboard
  • Klavierstück no. 5, "Tombeau"Keyboard
  • Klavierstück no. 6Keyboard
  • Klavierstück no. 7Keyboard
  • KlavierstückeKeyboard
  • KlavierstückeKeyboard
  • KlavierstückeKeyboard
  • Konzert in einem Satz, for cello and orchestraOrchestral
  • La musique creuse le ciel, for 2 pianos and large orchestraOrchestral
  • Lichtes SpielOrchestral
  • Lichtzwang, for violin and orchestraOrchestral
  • Marsyas, rhapsody for trumpet with percussion and orchestraOrchestral
  • Morphonie, for string quartet and orchestraOrchestral
  • Music for Oboe and OrchestraOrchestral
  • Musik fur Klarinette und Orchester, "Uber die Linie II"Orchestral
  • Nachstudie, for pianoKeyboard
  • Nachtwach, for 8 voices, chorus, 4 trombones and woodblockVocal
  • Passionsmotetten, for voicesVocal
  • Phantom und Eskapade, for violin and pianoChamber
  • Piano TrioChamber
  • Préludes for pianoKeyboard
  • Quid est Deus, for chorus and orchestraVocal
  • Raumauge, for chorus and 5 percussionistsVocal
  • Recessit pastor noster, motet for chorusVocal
  • Rilke: 4 Gedichte, for tenor and pianoVocal
  • Schrift-Um-Schrift, for 2 pianos and 2 percussionistsChamber
  • Sine Nomine I, for 5 brass instrumentsChamber
  • String Quartet no. 3, "Im Innersten"Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 5Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 8Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 9, "Quartettsatz"Chamber
  • Studies for Clarinet QuintetChamber
  • Styx und Lethe, for cello and orchestraOrchestral
  • Sub-Kontur, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Symphonie 'Nähe fern', for baritone and orchestraVocal
  • Symphony no. 1, op. 3Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 2Orchestral
  • Tutuguri, ballet for speaker, chorus, tape and orchestraStage
  • Uber die Linie VII, for violinChamber
  • Über-Schrift, for 2 pianosKeyboard
  • Umsungen, for baritone and 8 instrumentsVocal
  • Ungemaltes Bild, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Vers une Symphonie fleuve III, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Verwandlung 2, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Verwandlung 3, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Verwandlung 4, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Verwandlung, for orchestraOrchestral
  • Vier Male, for clarinet in AChamber
  • Vigilia, for 6 voices and ensembleVocal
  • Violin SonataChamber
  • Wortlos, for pianoKeyboard
  • Zwei kleine Schwingungen, for pianoKeyboard
  • Zwiesprache, for pianoKeyboard