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'''''Album leaf''''' is the title of numerous minor compositions by a wide variety of classical composers. It also appears in the French version, '''''Feuille d'album''''' or '''''Feuillet d'album'''''; the German version '''''Albumblatt''''' (pl. ''Albumblätter''); the Russian version '''''Листок из альбома''''' (pl. ''Листки из альбома''); the Spanish and Latin-American versions '''''Hoja de álbum'''''; and other languages.
Many of these pieces are for piano solo, but the title has also been used for other instrumental pieces in the salon music genre, and for vocal pieces. They tend to be short, pleasant, and not particularly demanding on the performer. There is no standard form or structure; the title ''Album leaf'' is quite arbitrary, and these pieces could just as easily have been called ''Prelude'', ''Impromptu'', ''Romance'', ''Humoresque'' or other names.
Originally, the term "Album leaf" was used for pieces written in dedication to a friend or admirer, to be inserted into their album or autograph book, and not intended for publication. It later lost any association with a particular dedicatee.<ref>Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. 1954, Vol. 1, Albumblatt, p. 98</ref>
==List of ''Album leaves''== The following pieces are for piano solo unless otherwise indicated.
* Joachim Andersen: ** ''Albumblatt'', Op. 19 * Ludovic Lamothe ** ''Album Leaf'' No. 1 in F-sharp minor ** ''Album Leaf'' No. 2 in D-flat major * Béla Bartók: ** ''Albumblatt'': Andante in A major for violin and piano * Friedrich Baumfelder: ** ''Feuille d'Album'', Op. 51 (1854) ** ''Albumblätter: Drei Präludienartige Stücke für Piano'', Op. 175 (1850) * Ludwig van Beethoven: ** ''Für Elise'', usually classified as a bagatelle, is sometimes referred to as an ''Albumblatt'' * Hector Berlioz: ** ''Feuillets d'album'' - 6 songs (Zaide; Les champs; ''Le Chant des chemins de fer''; Prière du matin; La belle Isabau; Le chasseur danois), Op. 19 (1850) * Georges Bizet: ** ''Feuilles d'album'' - 6 songs (À une fleur (de Musset), Adieux à Suzon (de Musset), Sonnet (Ronsard), Guitare (Hugo), Rose d'amour (Millevoye), Le grillon (Lamartine)) (1866) * August de Boeck: ** ''Feuillet d'album'' for viola and piano (ca. 1892) * Johannes Brahms: ** ''Albumblatt'' (1853)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/13/brahms-piano-piece-premiere |title=Brahms piano piece to get its premiere 159 years after its creation |work=The Guardian |author=Needham, Alex |date=13 January 2012 |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref> * Louis Brassin: ** ''Feuillet d'album'' * Ignaz Brüll: ** ''7 Albumblätter'', Op.33 (undated; c.1880)<ref>Brüll, Ignaz.{{IMSLP2|work=7 Albumblätter, Op.33 (Brüll, Ignaz)|cname=7 Albumblätter, Op.33}}</ref> * August Bungert: ** ''Album leaf'' (1885)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1885.07550 |title=Album leaf |author=Bungert, August |year=1885 |publisher=Library of Congress – American Memory |accessdate=4 May 2012}}</ref> * Ferruccio Busoni: ** ''Albumblatt'' in E minor for flute (or muted violin) and piano (1916) ** ''Albumblatt'' in E minor for piano (1917) * André Caplet: ** ''Feuillets d'album'' for flute and piano (1901) * Emmanuel Chabrier: ** ''Feuillet d'album'' * Cécile Chaminade: ** ''6 Feuillets d'album'' (Promenade; Scherzetto; Élégie; Valse arabesque; Chanson russe; Rondo allegre), Op. 98 (1900) * Carlos Chávez: ** ''Feuille d'album'' for guitar (1974) * Frédéric Chopin: ** Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151 * Ernő Dohnányi: ** ''Albumblatt'' (1899) * Gabriel Dupont: ** ''Feuillets d'Album (1897)'' * Antonín Dvořák:<ref>Dvořák, Antonín. {{IMSLP2|work=Album Leaves, B.109 (Dvořák, Antonín)|cname=4 Album Leaves, B.109|work2=Album Leaf, B.158 (Dvořák, Antonín)|cname2=Album Leaf, B.158}}</ref> ** ''4 Album leaves, ''B. 109 (1880) ** ''Album leaf'', B. 158 (1888) * Gabrielle Ferrari: ** ''Feuilles d'album'', Op. 76 * Zdeněk Fibich: ** ''5 Feuillets d'album'', Op. 2 * Wilhelm Fitzenhagen: ** ''Album Leaf'' for cello and piano, Op. 26 * Niels Gade: ** ''Albumsblade'' (1852) ** ''Albumblad'' in C major (1860) * Sir Edward German: ** ''Album Leaf'' (1892) ** ''Album Leaf'' for violin and piano * Alexander Glazunov: ** ''Albumblatt'' for trumpet and piano (1899) * Reinhold Glière: ** ''12 Album Leaves'' for cello and piano, Op. 51 (1910)<ref>Glière, Reinhold (1910).{{IMSLP2|work=12 Albumleaves for Cello and Piano, Op.51 (Glière, Reinhold)|cname=12 Album leaves, Op.51}}</ref> * Mikhail Goldstein: ** "Albumblatt (Листок из Альбома) by Glazunov", a musical hoax * Edvard Grieg: ** ''4 Album Leaves'', Op. 28 ** ''Album Leaf'' (1878) ** ''Album Leaf'' No. 2 from Lyric Pieces, Book IV, Op. 47 ** ''Album Leaf'' No. 7 (Lyric Pieces), Op. 12 * Friedrich Grützmacher: ** ''Albumblatt'', Op. 66 (1897)<ref>Grützmacher, Friedrich (1897).{{IMSLP2|work=Albumblatt, Op.66 (Grützmacher, Friedrich)|cname=''Albumblatt'', Op. 66}}</ref> * Stephen Heller: ** ''Feuillet d'album'', Op. 118/2 ** ''3 Feuillets d'album'', Op. 157 * Bertold Hummel: ** ''Albumblatt'' for viola and piano, Op. 87a (1897) * Engelbert Humperdinck: ** ''Albumblatt'' in F major for violin and piano (1910)<ref>Humperdinck, Engelbert (1910).{{IMSLP2|work=Albumblatt in F major (Humperdinck, Engelbert)|cname=''Albumblatt''}}</ref> * Salomon Jadassohn: ** ''Albumblatt'', Op. 7 (1862) ** ''Albumblatt'', Op. 39 (1872) ** 5 ''Albumblätter'', Op. 63 (1881)<ref>Jadassohn, Salomon (1881).{{IMSLP2|work=Albumblätter, Op.63 (Jadassohn, Salomon)|cname=''Albumblätter'', Op.63}} </ref> ** ''Albumblatt'' (1881; unpublished) * Dmitry Kabalevsky: ** ''Album Leaves (Albumstücke)'' for violin and piano<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contemporary Violin Music for the Young at Pytheas ~ Modern, New, Non-Pop Art Music Composers, Ensembles & Resources |url=http://www.pytheasmusic.org/young_violin.html#violin_composers_k |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.pytheasmusic.org |quote=Kabalevsky, Dmitri ... Albumstucke (Album Leaves) [20 pieces from opp. 27 & 39] (Peters, 1950-1970).}}</ref> * Friedrich Kiel: ** ''Albumblatt'' * Theodor Kirchner: ** ''Albumleaves'', Op. 7 ** ''New Album Leaves: 2 Character Pieces'', Op. 49 ** ''Albumblätter (Neue Folge)'', Op. 80 ** ''Albumblatt'' for violin and piano * Conradin Kreutzer: ** ''Album Leaf'' (1882)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1882.08897 |title=Album leaf |author=Kreutzer, Conradin|year=1882 |publisher=Library of Congress – American Memory |accessdate=4 May 2012}}</ref> * Lowell Liebermann ** ''Album Leaf'' for cello and piano, Op. 66 (1999) * Franz Liszt: ** S.158c, Adagio in C major (''Dante Sonata Albumleaf'') (1844–45) ** S.163a/1, ''Album-Leaf'' in F-sharp minor (1828) ** S.163b, ''Album-Leaf'' (Ah vous dirai-je, maman) (1833) ** S.163c, ''Album-Leaf'' in C minor (Pressburg) (1839) ** S.163d, ''Album-Leaf'' in E major (Leipzig) (1840) ** S.164, ''Feuille d'album'' No. 1 (1840) ** S.164a, ''Album-Leaf'' in E major (Vienna) (1840) ** S.164b, ''Album-Leaf'' in E-flat major (Leipzig) (1840) ** S.164c, ''Album-Leaf'': Exeter Preludio (1841) ** S.164d, ''Album-Leaf'' in E major (Detmold) (1840) ** S.164e, ''Album-Leaf'': Magyar (1841) ** S.164f, ''Album-Leaf'' in A minor (Rákóczi-Marsch) (1841) ** S.164g, ''Album-Leaf'': Berlin Preludio (1842) ** S.165, ''Feuilles d'album'' in A-flat major (1841) ** S.166, ''Albumblatt in waltzerform'' (1841) ** S.166a, ''Album-Leaf'' in E major (1843) ** S.166b, ''Album-Leaf'' in A-flat major (Portugal) (1844) ** S.166c, ''Album-Leaf'' in A-flat major (1844) ** S.166d, ''Album-Leaf'': Lyon prélude (1844) ** S.166e, ''Album-Leaf'': Prélude omnitonique (1844) ** S.166f, ''Album-Leaf'': Braunschweig preludio (1844) ** S.166g, ''Album-Leaf'': Serenade (1840–49) ** S.166h, ''Album-Leaf'': Andante religioso (1846) ** S.166k, ''Album-Leaf'' in A major: Friska (ca. 1846–49) ** S.166l/1, ''Album-Leaf'' in A-flat major: Andante con moto (ca. 1840) ** S.166l/2, ''Album-Leaf'' in G minor: Weimar III (ca. 1840) ** S.166m-n, ''Albumblätter für Prinzessin Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein'' (1847) ** S.166y/2, ''Album-Leaf'' in A minor: Introduction à la Grande Étude de Paganini (ca. 1884)<ref>{{cite web |title=2 Album-Leaves, S.166y (Liszt, Franz) |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Album-Leaves%2C_S.166y_(Liszt%2C_Franz) |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=IMSLP}}</ref> ** S.167, ''Feuille d'album'' No. 2 [Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, third version] (1843) ** S.167c, ''Album-Leaf'' (from the Agnus Dei of the Missa Solennis, S9) (1860–69) ** S.167d, ''Album-Leaf'' (from the symphonic poem ''Orpheus'', S98) (1860) ** S.167e, ''Album-Leaf'' (from the symphonic poem ''Die Ideale'', S106) (1861) ** S.167f, ''Album-Leaf'' in G major (ca. 1860) ** S.167r, ''Album-Leaf'': Andante (1850–59; unfinished) ** S.171b, ''Album Leaf'' or Consolation No. 1 (1870–79) * Henri Marteau: ** ''Feuillet d'Album'' No. 2 in D minor for viola and piano, Op. 2 * Joseph Marx ** ''Albumblatt'' in E major (1916) ** ''Albumblatt'' in F major (alternative names: "Romanze", "Moderne Klavierstudie"; undated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joseph-marx.org/en/list.html#Piano_pieces |title=Complete list of orchestral, choral, chamber, piano, organ & vocal works |author=Haydin, Berkant |work=joseph-marx.org |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref> * Nikolai Medtner: ** ''Album Leaf'' (''Листок из альбома'') (1900) * Felix Mendelssohn: ** ''Album-leaf'' in E minor, Op. 117 (1837) * Moritz Moszkowski: ** ''Albumblatt'', Op. 2 ** ''Feuillet d'album'' No. 2 from "Trois Morceaux". Op. 86 (1911) * Modest Mussorgsky: ** ''Méditation (feuillet d'album)'' (1880) * Tivadar Nachéz: ** ''Albumblatt'' (1884)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1884.19048 |title=Albumblatt |author=Nachz, Tivadar |year=1884 |publisher=Library of Congress – American Memory |accessdate=4 May 2012}}</ref> * Friedrich Nietzsche: ** ''Albumblatt''<ref name="Zacchini2000">{{cite book|author=Simone Zacchini|title=Al di là della musica: Friederich Nietzsche nelle sue composizioni musicali|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3RBsiJZf1oC&pg=PA65|year=2000|publisher=FrancoAngeli|isbn=978-88-464-2220-0|page=65}}</ref> * Thomas Pasatieri: **''Album Leaves'' (Volume 1) for voice and piano<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pasatieri |first=Thomas |url=https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/bib/b20635338 |title=Album leaves: for voice and piano. Volume 1 |date=2012 |publisher=Theodore Presser Co |isbn=978-1-59806-439-1 |location=King of Prussia, Pa. |via=New York Public Library}}</ref> **''Album Leaves'' (Volume 2) for voice and piano **''Album Leaves'' (Volume 3) for voice and piano **''Album Leaves'' (Volume 4) for voice and piano<ref>{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=Album leaves: Volume 4; for voice and piano / Thomas Pasatieri |url=https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay/01IOWA_ALMA21568152410002771/01IOWA |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=search.lib.uiowa.edu |publisher=King of Prussia: Theodore Presser Company |language=en}}</ref> * David Popper: ** ''Albumblatt'' for cello and piano (1883) * Edouard Potjes: ** ''Feuillet d'Album'' * Max Reger: ** ''Albumblatt'' (Andantino) No. 2 in D minor from "Nine Bunte Blätter for Piano", Op. 36 (1899) ** ''Albumblatt'' No. 1 in B minor (Mit Ausdruck, nicht zu langsam) from "Ten little Pieces for Piano", Op. 44 (1900) ** ''Albumblatt'' No. 1 from "Two Compositions for Violin and Piano", Op. 87 (1905) ** ''Albumblatt'' No. 4 from "Grüsse an die Jugend" (1898) ** ''Three Album leaves'' (Miniature Gavotte; Allegretto grazioso; Andante) (1898–99) ** ''Albumblad'' No. 1 from "Blätter und Blüten" (1900–02) ** ''Albumblatt'' in E-flat major for clarinet/violin and piano (1902) * Camille Saint-Saëns: ** ''Feuillet d'album'', Op. 169 (1921) ** ''Feuillet d'album'' (1909) * Carlos Salzedo: ** ''Feuillet d'album'' No. 2 for soprano, harp, and piano from "Three Poems of Stephane Mallarme" (1924) * Philipp Scharwenka: ** ''5 Albumblätter'', Op.27 (1878)<ref>Scharwenka, Philipp (1878).{{IMSLP2|work=Albumblätter, Op.27 (Scharwenka, Philipp)|cname=Albumblätter, Op.27)}} </ref> * Franz Schubert: ** Walzer in G called "Albumblatt", D. 844 * Robert Schumann: ** ''Albumblätter'' (includes one piece previously part of WoO 31), Op. 124 (1832–45) * Alexander Scriabin: ** ''Album Leaf'' No. 1 in E flat major from "Trois morceaux", Op. 45 ** ''Album Leaf'', Op. 58 ** ''Feuillet d'Album de Monighetti'' in A-flat major (1889) ** ''Feuillet d'Album'' in F-sharp major (1905) * Hans Sitt: ** 6 ''Albumblätter'' for viola and piano, Op. 39 (published 1891) * Bedřich Smetana: ** ''6 Album Leaves'' (To Kateřina Kolářová; To Elizabeth Felicia Thun; To Josephina Fink; To Jean Kunz; To Wenzel Ulwer; To Marie Proksch) (1844–62) ** ''6 Album Leaves'' (1849–50) ** ''3 Album Leaves'' (To Robert Schumann; Wanderer's Song; Es siedet und braust) (1849–50) ** ''6 Album Leaves'' (1849–50) ** 7 other single ''Album Leaves'' * Juan María Solare: ** ''Albumblatt'' * John Philip Sousa: ** ''An Album Leaf'' for violin (1863) * Zygmunt Stojowski: ** ''Feuillet d'album'', Op. 19/1 ** ''Deux Feuilles d'album'' * Robert Stolz: ** ''Albumblatt'', Op.1 (1895)<ref name="Stolz1979">{{cite book|author=Robert Stolz|title=Robert Stolz, the man and his times: 25th Aug. 1980 : 100th anniversary of his birth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5JYXAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Federal Press Service|page=2}}</ref> * Josef Suk: ** ''Album Leaf'' No. 1 from "3 Songs without Words" (1891) ** ''Album Leaf'' in F major (1895) * Alexander Taneyev: ** ''Album Leaf'' (''Листок из альбома'') in G major for viola and piano, Op. 33 * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: ** ''Feuillet d'album'', Op. 19/3 * Sigismond Thalberg: ** ''Albumblatt'' * Rudolf Tillmetz: ** ''Album leaf'' for flute and piano, Op. 8 * Louis Vierne: ** ''Feuillets d'album'' (Matin d'été; Contemplation; La mer et la nuit; Nuit étoilée; Coup de vent; Le vieux berger; La valse; Dans le bois; Chanson des faucheurs), Op. 9 * Henri Vieuxtemps: ** ''3 Feuilles d'album'' for violin and piano, Op. 40 (1864) * Richard Wagner: ** ''Albumblatt für Ernst Benedikt Kietz: Lied ohne Worte'', WWV 64 (1840) ** ''In das Album der Fürstin M. [Metternich]'', WWV 94 (1861) ** ''Albumblatt für Frau Betty Schott'', WWV 108 (1875) * Kurt Weill: ** ''Albumblatt for Erika'' (1937; transcription of the pastorale from ''Der Weg der Verheissung'') * Charles-Marie Widor: ** ''12 Feuillets d’album'', Op. 31 (1877; No. 11 was transcribed by Marcel Dupré for organ as ''Marche américaine'') * Charles Wuorinen: ** ''Album Leaf'' (1984) * Sergei Yuferov: ** ''Entre petits et grands amis: 6 Album Leaves (Листки из альбома)'' (Boite à musique; Aveu; Mazurca; Petite valse; Question et réponse; Mélodie), Op. 10 ** ''En famille, 6 Album Leaves (Листки из альбома)'' (Feuille d'album; Petite étude; Impatience; Charmeuse; Un conte; Caprice), Op. 12 * Alexander von Zemlinsky: ** ''Albumblatt'' (''Erinnerung aus Wien'') (1895) * Alberto Nepomuceno: ** ''Folhas d'álbum'' (1891) * Richard Zeckwer: ** ''Album Leaf'' (preceded by ''Notturno'') (1874)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1874.09668 |title=''Notturno [and] Album Leaf'' |author=Zeckwer, Richard|year=1874 |publisher=Library of Congress – American Memory |accessdate=4 May 2012}}</ref>
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Category:Classical music styles