
This is the list of compositions by Alexandre Goria who wrote about 130 drawing-room pieces among polkas, berceuses, nocturnes, waltzes, rêvéries, and his Serenade for the left hand, which became widely known during his active years. Among his 31 grand études, those in Opp. 72 and 63 were highly praised by every audience. He also wrote barcarolles, fantasies and mazurkas, and a good number of characteristic and genre pieces one quotes from memory are the beautiful Allegrezza, l'Attente, Le Calme, lighter works indeed but which have a real cachet of originality. His transcriptions of selected motifs from several operas such as Souvenires du Théâtre Italien, Belisario, Il Trovatore, Le Pardon de Ploërmel, Montenegrins, Una Furtiva Lagrima, all cleverly written, prove the great popularity of his name which had real commercial value.
Goria distinguished himself among all the virtuosos of his generation by the beautiful sound which he drew from the piano without brutalizing the instrument and by applying only enough pressure on the keyboard to obtained a breadth of sound which belonged to him. He used the pedal with great art and tact and also knew how to oppose the happy contrasts of softness and grace to the powerful effects that he possessed better than any pianist. A favorite artist of lovers of brilliant music, concert and salon fantasies, his piano pieces were structured for the needs of the sale, almost improvised, but correctly written while praising the skill of the happy choice of patterns implemented and their variety. His concert and salon compositions have neither the merit of craftsmanship nor the ingenuity of the masters whom he had taken as influence but are unique on their own.
Goria's first popular hits were his 1st. and 2nd. concert-études, in E-flat major, Opp. 7-8, his charming Bluette, which imitates Thalberg, from whom he obviously proceeds, as well as Prudent, but one thing must be said of those who imperfectly said he sounded pretentious and full of his own merit. This unfortunate appreciation is explained indeed by futile causes. Goria had neither the physiognomy of an Adonis nor the stretched features of the consumptive pianists. He was really at the opposite pole. His large size caused a natural reaction against the awkwardness of his cumbersome corpulence. A real shyness that he sought to disguise under an air of self-assurance whose exaggeration was just one more clumsiness.
Compositions with opus number
Note:The purpose of this list is to collect the prime date of publication of each composition and number them by year. They are categorized here by opus number (or WoO), and title, key, genre, and year in "sortable mode". By clicking the button on its respective cell all content in that column will be displayed in ascending or descending order creating so groups of compositions in relation to their key, musical form or date of publication. The notes section displays very useful and amusing information up to the point of establishing a connection among Goria's compositions, like that between Opp. 7-8-15-16-17-23-39 displayed in bone-colored opus numbers around the stories that permeate them. His transcriptions show alabaster-colored titles while his scores are last displayed where much of the expected reference is impressed on paper.
Title | Opus | Key | Genre | Year | Notes | Scores |
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1 | C major | Bluette | 1852 | [n 1] | [lower-roman 1] |
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2 | A minor | Nocturne | 1850 | [n 2] | [lower-roman 2] |
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3 | C major | Romance | 1845 | [n 3] | [lower-roman 3] |
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4 | D♭ major | [n 4] | [lower-roman 4] | ||
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5 | E♭ major | Mazurka | 1843 | [n 5] | [lower-roman 5] |
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5 bis | [n 6] | [lower-roman 6] | |||
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6 | A♭ major | Nocturne | [n 7] | [lower-roman 7] | |
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7 | E♭ major | Étude | 1845 | [n 8] | [lower-roman 8] |
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7 bis | Duo | [n 9] | |||
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8 | Étude | 1844 | [n 10] | [lower-roman 9] | |
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9 | B♭ major | Étude | 1846 | [n 11] | [lower-roman 10] |
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10 | C minor | Nocturne | 1847 | [n 12] | [lower-roman 11] |
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11 | A major | 1845 | [n 13] | [lower-roman 12] | |
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12 | C major | Valse | 1847 | [n 14] | [lower-roman 13] |
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12 bis | Duo | ||||
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13 | B major | Andante | 1845 | [n 15] | |
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14 | A major | Mazurka | [n 16] | [lower-roman 14] | |
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15 | C major | Étude | [n 17] | [lower-roman 15] | |
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16 | G major | [n 18] | [lower-roman 16] | ||
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17 | F major | [n 19] | [lower-roman 17] | ||
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18 | A♭ major | Mazurka | 1846 | [n 20] | [lower-roman 18] |
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19 | B♭ major | Rêverie [lower-alpha 1] | [n 21] | [lower-roman 19] | |
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20 | E♭ major | Fantaisie | [n 22] | [lower-roman 20] | |
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21 | D major | [n 23] | [lower-roman 21] | ||
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22 | E♭ major | 1847 | [n 24] | [lower-roman 22] [lower-roman 23] | |
B major | ||||||
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23 | C major | Étude | [n 25] | [lower-roman 24] | |
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24 | Fantasie | [n 26] | |||
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25 | Étude | 1847 | [n 27] | ||
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26 | E♭ major C major A♭ major |
Morceau | [n 28] | [lower-roman 25] [lower-roman 26] [lower-roman 27] | |
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27 | A♭ major | Fantaisie | [n 29] | [lower-roman 28] | |
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27 bis | Duo | [n 30] | [lower-roman 29] | ||
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29 | Duo | 1847 | [n 31] | ||
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30 | G major | Nocturne | 1845 | [n 32] | [lower-roman 30] |
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31 | Fantasie | [n 33] | |||
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32 | [n 34] | ||||
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33 | Morceau | 1840 | [n 35] | ||
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34 | B♭ major | Nocturne | 1847 | [n 36] | [lower-roman 31] |
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35 | F major | Valse | 1848 | [n 37] | [lower-roman 32] |
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36 | D major | Fantaisie | 1847 | [n 38] | [lower-roman 33] |
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37 | F♯ major | Rêverie | [n 39] | [lower-roman 34] | |
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38 | E♭ major | Mélodie | [n 40] | [lower-roman 35] | |
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39 | Étude | 1848 | [n 41] | ||
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40 | A♭ major | Caprice | 1847 | [n 42] | [lower-roman 36] |
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41 | Mazurka | 1848 | [n 43] | ||
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42 | D major | Fantasie | [n 44] | [lower-roman 37] | |
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43 | C major | Étude | 1848 | [n 45] | [lower-roman 38] |
Salut à la Grande Brétagne
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44 | A♭ major 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Air | 1846 | [n 46] | [lower-roman 39] 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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45 | 1 2 3 4 G major 6 |
Mélodie | 1840 | [n 47] | |
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46 | [n 48] | ||||
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47 | Fantaisie | 1849 | [n 49] | ||
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48 | Caprice | 1840 | [n 50] | ||
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49 | C major D♭ major G major |
Mazurka | 1849 | [n 51] | [lower-roman 41][lower-roman 42] 3 |
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50 | Fantasie | [n 52] | |||
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51 | [n 53] | ||||
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52 | 1849 | [n 54] | |||
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53 | C minor | Nocturne | 1847 | [n 55] | [lower-roman 43] |
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54 | Barcarolle | [n 56] | |||
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55 | Caprice | 1850 | [n 57] | ||
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56 | Morceau | [n 58] | |||
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57 | D major | Fantaisie | [n 59] | [lower-roman 44] | |
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58 | D♭ major | Étude | [n 60] | ||
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59 | Étude | [n 61] | |||
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60 | Fantasie | [n 62] | |||
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61 | Caprice | 1851 | [n 63] | ||
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62 | B♭ major | Air | [n 64] | [lower-roman 45]. | |
Six grandes études artistiques de style et de mécanisme pour piano
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63 | A♭ major F major 3 A major A major D major |
Étude | 1842-43 | [n 65] | [lower-roman 46] 2 3 4 [lower-roman 47] 6 |
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64 | Fantaisie | [n 66] | |||
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65 | F major | Rêverie | [n 67] | [lower-roman 48] | |
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66 | Étude | [n 68] | |||
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67 | Morceau | 1853 | [n 69] | ||
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68 | Fantasie | 1854 | [n 70] | ||
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69 | A♭ major | Tarantelle | 1853 | [n 71] | [lower-roman 49] |
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70 | C major | Morceau | 1853-54 | [n 72] | [lower-roman 50] |
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71 | Caprice | [n 73] | |||
Le Pianiste moderne: Études de style et de mécanisme
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72 | E major B major A♭ major B♭ major G♭ major D major 7 A major 9 A minor D♭ major 12 |
Étude | 1853-54 | [n 74] | 1 2 3 4 [lower-roman 51]| 6 7 8 9 [lower-roman 52] 11 12 |
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73 | E♭ major | Fantaisie | 1853-54 | [n 75] | |
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74 | G♭ major | Nocturne | 1853 | [n 76] | |
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75 | A♭ major | Mazurka | 1860 | [n 77] | [lower-roman 53] |
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76 | Fantaisie | 1855 | [n 78] | ||
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77 | Fantasie | [n 79] | |||
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78 | D♭ major | Étude | 1856 | [n 80] | [lower-roman 54] |
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79 | C major | Fantaisie | [n 81] | [lower-roman 55] | |
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80 | E♭ major | Valse | 1850 | [n 82] | [lower-roman 56] |
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81 | A♭ major | Caprice | 1857 | [n 83] | [lower-roman 57] |
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82 | F major | Fantaisie | [n 84] | [lower-roman 58] | |
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83 | [n 85] | ||||
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84 | D♭ major | Rêverie | 1859 | [n 86] | [lower-roman 59] |
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85 | Caprice | [n 87] | |||
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86 | B♭ major | March | 1847 | [n 88] | [lower-roman 60] |
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87 | A♭ major | Fantaisie | 1857 | [lower-roman 61] | |
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88 | Caprice | [n 89] | |||
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89 | Mazurka | [n 90] | |||
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90 | 1 B minor 3 |
Air | [n 91] | ||
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90 bis | F major | Fantaisie | 1860 | [n 92] | [lower-roman 62] |
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91 | E♭ major | Duo | 1858 | [n 93] | [lower-roman 63] |
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92 | Nocturne | [n 94] | |||
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93 | Scherzo | [n 95] | |||
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94 | A♭ major | Fantaisie | 1859 | [n 96] | [lower-roman 64] |
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94 bis | B♭ minor | [n 97] | [lower-roman 65] | ||
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95 | 1 F minor |
Étude | [n 98] | [lower-roman 66] | |
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95 bis | Villanella | [n 99] | |||
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96 | Caprice | 1860 | [n 100] | ||
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97 | E♭ major | [n 101] | [lower-roman 67] | ||
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98 Posth. | Fantaisie | 1861 | [n 102] | [lower-roman 68] | |
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99 Posth. | [n 103] | ||||
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Op. 100 | 1860 | [n 104] |
Compositions without opus number
Title | WoO | Key | Genre | Year | Notes | Scores |
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WoO | Fantaisie | 1859 | [n 105] | ||
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C major | [n 106] | [lower-roman 69] | |||
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1848 | [n 107] | ||||
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D major | 1856 | [n 109] | |||
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WoO | A♭ major | Barcarolle | 1854 | [n 110] | [lower-roman 70] |
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G minor | [n 111] | [lower-roman 71] | |||
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WoO | Rêverie | [n 112] | |||
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Bagatelle | 1844 | [n 113] | |||
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Fantaisie | [n 114] | ||||
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Mazurka | 1848 | [n 115] | |||
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B♭ | Rêverie | 1860 | [n 116] | ||
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March | 1847 | [n 117] | |||
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Piano Solo | [n 118] | ||||
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Mazurka | 1859 | [n 119] | |||
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Pastorale | 1857 | [n 120] | |||
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Fantasie | [n 121] | ||||
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Op. Posth. | Nocturne | 1892 | [n 122] | ||
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A♭ major G major 3 |
Piano Solo | 1861 | [n 123] |
1 [lower-roman 72] 3 | |
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WoO | F minor | Duo | 1855 | [n 124] | |
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B♭ major | 1862 | [n 125] | |||
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Trio | [n 126] | ||||
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1 2 3 |
Rêverie | [n 127] | |||
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Morceau | [n 128] | ||||
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B♭ major | Minuet | 1850 | [n 129] | [lower-roman 73] |
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