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

Lieder

Title	Lyricist / source author	Year completed	Place completed
A csucsai kert[1][2][3]	Csinszka (Boncza Berta) [hu]	1958	Cluj-Napoca
A fiam bölcsőjénel[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1910	Budapest
A Halál rokona[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1949	Cluj-Napoca
A maradandóság városában[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1950	Cluj-Napoca
A murit[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
A nagy Pénztárnok[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1950	Cluj-Napoca
A Sion-hegy alatt (Am Fuße des Berges Zion)[1][2][3]	Endre Ady (German lyrics by Zoltán Franyó)	1952	Cluj-Napoca
A Teremtő jobbján[1][2][3]	Sándor Kibédi [hu; eo]	1931	Cluj-Napoca
A vén cigány (Der alte Zigeuner)[1][2][3]	Mihály Vörösmarty (German lyrics by Bretan)	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Ach, ich sehne mich[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Adio[1][2][3]	Nicolae Bretan	1951	Cluj-Napoca
Alti trandafiri[1][2][3]	Nicolae Bretan	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Am beut din fântâna trecutului[1][2][3]	Emil Isac	1959	Cluj-Napoca
Amen[1][2][3]	Dezső Varró [hu]	1951	Cluj-Napoca
Atât de fragedă[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1933	Cluj-Napoca
Auf dem Teich[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Az is jó[1][2][3]	János Giszkalay [hu]	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Az Úr érkezése[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1952	Cluj-Napoca
Bei Übersendung eines Straußes[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Berceuse[1][3]	Nicolae Bretan	undated	unknown
Bitte[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1904	Năsăud
Când amintirile...[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Când noi...[1][2][3]	Victor Eftimiu	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Când se apropie noaptea[1][2][3]	Emil Isac	1959	Cluj-Napoca
Cântec de leagăn[1][2][3]	Nicolae Bretan	1946	Cluj-Napoca
Cântecul frunzelor[1][2][3]	Ecaterina Pitiș [ro]	1907	Hunedoara
Cântecul plugarului[1][2][3]	Zaharia Bârsan	1906	Cluj-Napoca
Ce e amorul?[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Ce te legeni, codrule?[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Cenușa visărilor[1][2][3]	Tudor Arghezi	1937	Oradea, Cluj-Napoca
Chemare[1][2][3]	Maria Cunțan	1905	Năsăud, Hunedoara
Chip zîmbitor[1][2][3]	anonymous	1900	Năsăud
Crăiasa din poveşti[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Crizanteme (Krizántémok)[1][2][3]	Victor Eftimiu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan)	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Csárdás[1][2][3]	Beleznay	1906	Hunedoara
Cucule, de ce nu vii?[1][2][3]	Carolina Bretan	1909	unknown
Das dürre Blatt (Foaia veştedă)[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau (Romanian lyrics by Mihai Eminescu)	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Das Jugendbuch (Omar der Zeltmacher)[1]	Omar Khayyam German translation by Friedrich Rosen	1937	Cluj-Napoca
Departe[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Der Baum der Erinnerung[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Der Nachtwind[1][2]	Heinrich Heine	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Der Seelenkranke[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Die bezaubernde Stelle[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Die Botschaft[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1932	Cluj-Napoca
Die Entschwundene[1][2]	Gottfried Keller	1953	Cluj-Napoca
Die schlanke Wasserlilie[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1910	Hunedoara
Din noaptea...[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Doină[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1950	Cluj-Napoca
Dorurile mele (Vágayim...)[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan)	1907	Hunedoara
Egy lélek állt[1][2][3]	Sándor Reményik	1959	Cluj-Napoca
Egy mondat[1][2][3]	Jules Supervielle	1953	Cluj-Napoca
Ein Fichtenbaum[1][2]	Heinrich Heine	1905	Năsăud
Einsamkeit[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1930	Cluj-Napoca
Ereszkedik le a felhő[1][2][3]	Sándor Petőfi	1933	Cluj-Napoca
Ernst ist der Frühling[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Es haben unsre Herzen…[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Es ragt ins Meer…[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1915	Oradea
Es war ein alter König[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1930	Cluj-Napoca
Eu nu vreau...[1][2]	Nicolae Bretan	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Fată mare[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Fatma[1][2]	George Coșbuc	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Feleségem[1][2][3]	Sándor Kibédi	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Frage[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Fragment din "Casa noastră"[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Fragment din "Scisoarea a IV-a"[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1932	Cluj-Napoca
Fresco-Ritornele[1][2]	George Coșbuc	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Frühlingsgedränge[1][3]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Futurum imperfectum[1][2][3]	Dezső Varró	1951	Cluj-Napoca
Gazel[1][2][3]	George Coșbuc	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Hazamegyek a falumba[1][3]	Endre Ady	1940	Cluj-Napoca
Herbst[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Herbstgefühl[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Herbstklage[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Herbsttag[1][2]	Rainer Maria Rilke	1951	Cluj-Napoca
Husarenlied[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1922	Cluj-Napoca
Húsz év múlva[1][2][3]	János Vajda	1962	Cluj-Napoca
Ich möchte dir einen Strahl senden[1][2]	Nicolae Bretan	1913	Biserica Albă
Ich wandle unter Blumen[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Ich wollte, meine Lieder[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1922	Cluj-Napoca
Ideal[1][2]	George Coșbuc	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Im Vorfrühling[1][2]	Heinrich Heine	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Imádság háború után [1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1940	Cluj-Napoca
In memoriam E. [1][2][3]	Nicolae Bretan	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Inima (A szív)[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan)	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Isten drága pénze[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1949	Cluj-Napoca
În fereastra despre mare[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1909	Vienna
În parcul Luxemburg[1][2]	Victor Eftimiu	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Kicsapott a folyó[1][2][3]	Sándor Petőfi	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Kidalolatlan magyar nyarak[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1910	Hunedoara
Kindheit (Gyermekkor)[1][2]	Rainer Maria Rilke (Hungarian lyric by Dezső Kosztolányi)	1955	Cluj-Napoca
Kis, karácsonyi ének[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1910	Hunedoara
Kisvárosok őszi vasárnapjai[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1946	Cluj-Napoca
Kocsiút az éjszakában[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1932	Cluj-Napoca
Közel a temetőhöz[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1949	Cluj-Napoca
Közelitő tél (Nahender Winter)[1][2]	Meng Haoran Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (German lyrics by Bretan)	1943	Cluj-Napoca
Krisztus-kereszt az erdön[1][2]	Endre Ady	1940	Cluj-Napoca
Küsse, die man stiehlt im Dunkeln[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
La groapa lui Laie[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
La steaua[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Lacul[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1901	Năsăud
Lasă-ți lumea ta uitată[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Lámpafény[1][2]	Dezső Kosztolányi	1947	Cluj-Napoca
Lângă drumul vechi de țară[1][2]	Nicolae Bretan	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Legény kesergője[1][2]	folklore	1905	Cluj-Napoca
Lemuel vallomása (I)[1][2]	Illés Kaczér [de; hu]	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Lemuel vallomása (II)[1][2]	Illés Kaczér	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Liniște (Csend)[1][2][3]	Victor Eftimiu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan)	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Liszt Ferenchez (Odă lui Liszt)[1][2]	Mihály Vörösmarty (Romanian lyrics by Bretan)	1935	Cluj-Napoca
Lovas út[1][2]	Elek Turcsányi [hu]	1910	Budapest
Lună, lună, stea vicleană[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1912	Cluj-Napoca
Ma neked, holnap nekem[1][2]	Sándor Reményik	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Magányos vadlúd (Einsame Wildgans)[1][2]	Cui Tu Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (German lyrics by Bretan)	1943	Cluj-Napoca
Magyar-bánó magyar aggyal[1][2]	Endre Ady	1910	Hunedoara
Mammon-szerzetes zsoltára[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1950	Cluj-Napoca
Mein Herz ist leer[1][2]	Christian Morgenstern	1957	Cluj-Napoca
Még egyszer[1][2]	Ödön Huzella [hu]	1922	Oradea
Mi-am făcut un cântec[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Mi-e frică[1][2]	Victor Eftimiu	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Mikes[1][2]	József Lévay [hu]	1909	Hunedoara
Mit schwarzen Segeln[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1915	Oradea
Moartea lui Gelu[1][2]	George Coșbuc	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Mors Imperator[1][2]	Dezső Varró	1951	Cluj-Napoca
Mors magna[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Neuer Frühling[1][2]	Heinrich Heine	1930	Cluj-Napoca
Noapte de vară[1][2]	George Coșbuc	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Noi[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1954	Cluj-Napoca
Nu te-ai priceput![1][2]	George Coșbuc	1925	Cluj-Napoca
O schwöre nicht und küsse nur[1][2]	Heinrich Heine	1933	Cluj-Napoca
O, mamă![1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	undated	unknown
O, vin pe mare[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1926	Cluj-Napoca
Oda limbei române[1][2]	Victor Eftimiu	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Oltul[1][2]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Orbán[1][2]	Sándor Petőfi	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Öröm[1][2]	Ákos Gara [hu]	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Őrizem a szemed[2]	Endre Ady	1954	unknown
Pace[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Pădurea[1][2][3]	Victor Eftimiu	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Părăsit[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1910	Hunedoara
Părăsiți[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Párisban járt az Ösz[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Pe aceia și ulicioară[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1940	Cluj-Napoca
Pe dealul Feleacului[1][3]	traditional	1940	Cluj-Napoca
Pe înserate[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1941	Cluj-Napoca
Pe lîngă plopii fără soț[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1942	Cluj-Napoca
Peste vîrfuri[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1922	Cluj-Napoca
Por és virág[1][2]	Dezső Varró	1955	Cluj-Napoca
Prea sus ați fost! (Oly magasan!)[1][2][3]	Victor Eftimiu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan)	1923	Cluj-Napoca
Prea târziu[1][2][3]	Nicolae Bretan	1926	Cluj-Napoca
Pribeag[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Rândunica![1][2][3]	Nicolae Bretan	1941	Cluj-Napoca
Rea de plată[1][2][3]	George Coșbuc	1925	Cluj-Napoca
Reszket a bokor[1][2]	Sándor Petőfi	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Românul către Tătar[1][2][3]	Vasile Alecsandri	1930	Cluj-Napoca
S-a dus amorul[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1926	Cluj-Napoca
S-a stins viața[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1930	Cluj-Napoca
Sara pe deal[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1904	Năsăud (revised 1908, Vienna)
Schattenküsse, Schattenliebe[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Scrisoare[1][2][3]	Zaharia Bârsan	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Se-nchină clopotul de sară[1][2][3]	Zaharia Bârsan	1926	Cluj-Napoca
Septembrie cu roze[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Singur[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Síriratok[1][2]	Margaret Sackville Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi	1934	Cluj-Napoca
Solus ero[1][2]	Nicolae Bretan	1932	Cluj-Napoca
Somnoroase păsărele (Már az elmos kis madárka...)[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu (Hungarian lyrics by Bretan)	1912	Hunedoara
Spune-mi codrule vecine[1][2][3]	Zaharia Bârsan	1926	Cluj-Napoca
Stelele-n cer[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Steluța[1][2][3]	Vasile Alecsandri	1941	Cluj-Napoca
Sterne[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Stille Sicherheit[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Stridențe[1][2][3]	Victor Eftimiu	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Stumme Liebe[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Sus la cârcimă[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1921	Cluj-Napoca
Száll a felhő[1][2]	Sándor Petőfi	1912	Budapest
Szerelemnek rózsafája[1][2]	Sándor Petőfi	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Ș-acele dulci păreri de rău[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1937	Cluj-Napoca
Și dacă ramuri bat în geam[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1909	Vienna
Tavaszi vers[1][2]	Béla Zsolt	1923	Cluj-Napoca
Te duci și-am înțeles prea bine[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1933	Cluj-Napoca
Te duci și ani de suferința[1][2][3]	Mihai Eminescu	1927	Cluj-Napoca
Te nélküled[1][2]	Ödon Huzella	1922	Oradea
Ti éjbe hull órák[1][2]	Dezső Varró	1951	Cluj-Napoca
Titkos koppanás[1][2]	Albert Baradlai	1952	Cluj-Napoca
Új könyvem federlére[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1950	Cluj-Napoca
Valse triste[1]	Nicolae Bretan	undated	unknown
Vándor a hegyek között[1][2]	Tivadar Fekete [hu]	1931	Cluj-Napoca
Vándorútam (Mein Wanderweg)[1][2]	Kujō Yoshitsune Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (German lyrics by Bretan)	1943	Cluj-Napoca
Vergangenheit[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1913	Biserica Albă
Vers posthume[1][2]	Sarolta Lányi [hu]	1912	Budapest
Végzetem[1][2]	Olimpia Mihăilescu	1958	Cluj-Napoca
Vin' sub plopul[1][2][3]	Octavian Goga	1920	Cluj-Napoca
Vin țiganii[1][2][3]	Constantin Argintaru	1937	Cluj-Napoca
Vorwurf[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1928	Cluj-Napoca
Wandl' ich im dem Wald[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1915	Oradea
Weil du mir zu früh entschwunden[1][2]	unknown	1913	Budapest
Weil ich dich liebe[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Welke Rose[1][2]	Nikolaus Lenau	1904	Năsăud (revised 1910, Budapest)
Wenn du mir vorüberwandelst[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Wenn ein müder Leib begraben[1][2]	Klaus Groth	1912	Munich
Wie die Nelken duftig atmen[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert[1][2][3]	Heinrich Heine	1929	Cluj-Napoca
Zilahi ember nótája[1][2][3]	Endre Ady	1954	Cluj-Napoca

Sacred music

• Pleacă, Domane, urechea ta (from Psalm 50) for voice and piano, 1904^[1][2]
• Tatăl nostru (Our Father) for voice and piano, 1927^[1][2]
• Născătoare de Dumnezeu (Ave Maria) for voice and piano, 1927^[1][2]
• Requiem for baritone and mezzosoprano and organ or piano, 1932^[1][2]
• Din Psalmul 102 (Psalm 102) for voice and piano, 1941^[1][2]
• Din Psalmul 104 (Psalm 104) for voice and piano, 1941^[1][2]
• Priceasnă (Prayer) for voice and piano, 1944^[1][2]
• Acum, slobozeşte în pace... (Luke 2:19-35) for voice and piano, 1944^[1][2]
• Cine este-acesta care vine din Edom? (Isaiah 63) for voice and piano, 1952^[1][2]

Choral music

• Jelige for mixed chorus a cappella, text by Zoltán Szőnyi, 1930^[1][2]
• Apotheosis for mixed chorus, 2 trumpets and piano, text by József Bajza, 1930^[1][2]
• Prietenia între popoare for men's chorus and orchestra, text by Bretan, 1951^[1][2]
• L'hymne olympique (Imn olimpic) for mixed chorus and orchestra, French translation of text by Pindar (Romanian text by Bretan), 1954^[1][2]
• Cântec pentru prietenia Româno-Maghiară for mixed chorus and orchestra, text by Bretan, undated^[1]

Instrumental music

• Mic Dans Românesc (Little Romanian Dance) for orchestra, 1922^[1][2]
• Danse de Polichinelle for piano, 1929^[1][2]
• Waltz for piano, 1930^[1]
• Vals Românesc for piano, 1930^[1][2]
• Vals Românesc Nr. 2 for piano, 1930^[1][2]
• Induló / Marş for piano, 1947^[1][2]
• Serenadă for violin and piano, 1955^[1][2]
• Prelude for orchestra, undated^[1][2]