Agus' Heifetz Transcriptions

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Heifetz transcriptions
by
Ayke Agus
 

This list of Heifetz's completed works includes published and unpublished transcriptions for violin and piano, original compositions and transcriptions for various instrumentations, and songs published under the name Jim Hoyl. This list may not be complete, but it represents the best information available to date from Heifetz's labeling of his autograph and printed scores and from library databases. Note that Heifetz's tides sometimes vary from the tides of the original works.

Composer ● Heifetz transcription label ● original title ● location ● date ● publisher's name ● publication date
Achron, Joseph      
From Children's Suite, Op. 57, eight pieces London, 1934 C. Fisher, 1937 originally for piano
Aguirre, Julian
Huella from the song in Canciónes argentinas, Op. 49 Redding, CT 1940 C. Fischer, 1942  
Albéniz, Isaac
Navarra from Suite espafiola, Op. 47, No. 3, originally for piano (finished by Déodat de Séverac) San Clemente, CA, 1933 C. Fischer, 1936 C. Fischer, 1937
El puerto from Iberia, originally for piano n.a.
Sevilla from Suite española, Op. 47, No. 3, Narranganset Pier, RI, 1930 C. Fischer, 1930 originally for piano
Alkan, Charles‑Valentin (Morhange)
Barcarolle, Op. 65, originally for piano Beverly Hills, CA, 1956 C. Fischer, 1958
Arensky, Anton S.
Tempo di valse from Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 n.p., 1958 C. Fischer, 1959
Bach, J. S.
Air from English Suite No. 3, originally for clavier San Clemente, 1936 Harms, 1946
Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E major, originally for unaccompanied violin Hollywood, CA, 1938 C. Fischer, 1939
Prelude from The Well‑Tempered Clavier, No. 8, originally for clavier Harbor Island [Newport Beach], CA, 1942 C. Fischer, 1944
Sarabande from English Suite No. 6, originally for clavier n.a. C. Fischer, 1937
Sarabande, Gavotte, and Musette from English Suite No. 3, originally for clavier San Clemente, 1933 C. Fischer, 1933
Bax, Arnold
Mediterranean, originally for piano San Clemente, 1933 C. Fischer, 1935
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Contradance, originally for violin and piano Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1946
Folk Dance from Twelve German Dances, No. 6, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1942 Harms, 1943
Minuet, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1943 Harms, 1944
Borodin, Alexander P.
Serenade from Petite suite, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
Brahms, Johannes
Contemplation from the song 'Vie Melodien''. Op. 105 San Clemente, 1933 C. Fischer, 1937
Castelnuovo‑Tedesco, Mario
Ritmo di tango from Media difficolta, originally for piano San Clemente, 1933; revised 1948 C. Fischer, 1949
Sea Murmurs, an adaptation of "Arise" after William Shakespeare's Cymbeline from Shakespeare Songs, Op. 24, Vol. 6 Rome, 1932 C. Fischer, 1937
Tango, an adaptation of "Two Maids Wooing" after William Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale from Shakespeare Songs, Op. 24, Vol. 8 Cape Town, 1932 C. Fischer, 1933
Chopin, Frédéric
Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 2, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
Debussy, Claude
L'aprés midi d’un faune from Prélude á 1aprés midi d’un faune, originally for orchestra New York, NY, 1940 C. Fischer, 1940
Beau soir from the original song San Clemente, 1933 C. Fischer, 1933
La chevelure from the songs Chansons de Bilitis Harbor Island, 1945 C. Fischer, 1947
Gollywogg's Cake‑Walk from Children's Comer, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1942
La puerta del vino from Preludes, Book 2, originally for piano Beverly Crest, CA, 1965 C. Fischer, 1965
Deep River (see Original Compositions and
Transcriptions for Various Instrumentations, below)
Dinicu, Grigoraş
(see Original Compositions and Transcriptions for Various Instrumentations, below)
Dvořak, Antonin
Humoreske, originally for piano Detroit, MI, 1935 C. Fischer, 1937
Foster, Stephen
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair from the original song Redding, CT, 1939 C. Fischer, 1939
Old Folks at Home from the original song n.a. C. Fischer, 1939
Gershwin, George
From the opera Porgy and Bess
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now Harbor Island, 1944 Gershwin Pub., 1946
- It Ain't Necessarily So Harbor Island, 1944 Gershwin Pub., 1944
- My Man's Gone Now Harbor Island, 1944 Gershwin Pub., 1944
- Summertime and A Woman Is a
Sometime Thing		 Harbor Island, 1944 Gershwin Pub., 1946
- Tempo di Blues (There's a Boat
Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York) 		Harbor Island, 1944 Gershwin Pub., 1944
Three Preludes, originally for piano
- No. I Harbor Island, 1940 N. W. Music, 1942
- No. 2 Harbor Island, 1940 N. W. Music, 1940
- No. 3 Harbor Island, 1942 N. W. Music, 1942
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Sonata, originally for two violins and continuo Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
Godowsky, Leopold
Alt Wien, originally for piano n.p., 1931 C. Fischer, 1932
Halffter, (Escriche) Ernesto
Danza de la gitana, originally for piano Narranganset Pier, 1930 C. Fischer, 1931
Haydn, Joseph
Adagio and Presto from String Quartet, Op. 54, No. 2 Redding, CT, 1939 C. Fischer, 1940

Hummel, J. Nepomuk
Rondo, Op. 11, in E‑flat major, originally for piano n.p., 1931 C. Fischer, 1931

Khatchaturian, Aram
Dance of Ayshe, originally for orchestra Beverly Hills, 1948 Leeds,1948
Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane, originally for orchestra Beverly Hills, 1948 Leeds,1948
Krein, Alexander
Dance No. 4 from Dance Suite, Op. 44, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1945
Medtner, Nicolai
Fairy Tale, Op. 20, No. 1, originally for piano Beverly Hills, 1949 C. Fischer, 1949
Mendelssohn, Felix
Scherzo from Overture for A Midsummer Night's Dream Beverly Hills, 1943 C. Fischer, 1943
Scherzo from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49 Harbor Island, 1942 C. Fischer, 1943
Sweet Remembrance from Songs Without Words, Op. 19, No. 1, originally for piano Beverly Hills, 1945 C. Fischer, 1945
Milhaud, Darius
Brazileira, No. 3 from Scaramouche, originally for two pianos n.a. Salabert, 1953
Modéré, No. 2 from Scaramouche, originally for two pianos n.a. Salabert, 1953
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Allegro molto from String Quartet in C major, K 465 Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1946
Divertimento in B‑flat major, K. 287, originally for orchestra n.p., 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
Divertimento in D major, K 334, originally for orchestra n.p., 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
Menuet from Divertimento in D major, K. 136, originally for orchestra n.a. C. Fischer, 1940
Menuetto from String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 n.a. C. Fischer, 1946
Menuetto from String Quartet in B‑flat major, K 458 New York, 1936 C. Fischer, 1940
Paradies, (Pietro) D.
Toccata, originally for alte klavier Roanoke,VA, 1937 C. Fischer, 1938
Ponce, Manuel
Estrellita from the original song Mexico City, 1927 C. Fischer, 1928
Poulenc, Francis
Mouvements perpétuels, originally for piano Narragansett Pier, 1930 C. Fischer, 1931
Presto No. 1, originally for piano On board liner Galatea, 1939 C. Fischer, 1940
Prokofiev, Sergei
Gavotta from Four Pieces, Op. 32, originally for piano New York, 1935 C. Fischer, 1937
Larghetto and Gavotta from Classical Symphony, Op. 25 Roanoke, VA, 1937 C. Fischer, 1939
March from the opera The Lovefor Three Oranges, Op. 33 Baton Rouge, LA, 1937 C. Fischer, 1939
March from Ten Pieces, Op. 12, No. 1, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1943
March amoureux from the ballet Chout n.a. Boosey&Hawkes, 1961
March and Promenade from Children's Suite, Op. 65, originally for piano Hawaii, 1978 G. Schirmer, 1978
Masks from the ballet Romeo and Juliette Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1942
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1945 C. Fischer,
Etude‑tabLeau, Op. 33, No. 7, originally for piano Beverly Hills, 1972 C. Fischer, 1974
Etude‑tableau, Op. 39, No. 2, originally for piano Beverly Hills, 1945 C. Fischer, 1947
It's Peaceful Here from the original song, Op. 21, No. 7 Beverly Hills, 1965 C. Fischer, 1968
Melody from the original song, Op. 21, No. 9 Beverly Hills, 1956 C. Fischer, 1958
Oriental Sketch, Op. 2, No. 2, for piano Beverly Hills, 1945 Ch. Foley, 1947
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 9, for piano St. Louis, MO, 1935 C. Fischer, 1937
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5, for piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1947
Rameau Jean‑Philippe
Rigaudon from Piées de clavecin Constantinople, 1928 C. Fischer, 1929
Ravel, Maurice
Forlane from Le tombeau de Couperin, originally for piano Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1942
Valses nobles et sentimentales Nos. 6 and 7, originally for piano San Clemente, 1941 C. Fischer, 1932
Rimsky‑Korsakov, Nikolai
The Bumble Bee from the opera The Legend of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 n.a. C. Fischer, 1931
Saint‑Saiens, Camille
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals, originally for orchestra and two pianos Harbor Island, 1945 C. Fischer, 1947
Scarlatti, Domenico
Selections from sonatas, originally for harpsichord
Book I
- Molto Moderato (No. 71) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
- Allegro (No. 74) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
- Presto (No. 77) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
- Pastorale (No. 88) Harbor Island, 1941 C. Fischer, 1944
- Non Presto (No. 93) Harbor Island, 1942 C. Fischer, 1944
- Fuga (The Cat's Fugue, No. 100) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1944
Book Il
- Andante (No. 7) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1943
- Allegro (No. 19) Harbor Island, 1942 C. Fischer, 1943
- Minuetto (Supplementary Vol.) Harbor Island, 1942 C. Fischer, 1943
- Allegro (No. 21) Harbor Island, 1942 C. Fischer, 1943
- Andante (Vol. 14, No. 38) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1943
- Allegro (Vol. 15, No. 38) Harbor Island, 1943 C. Fischer, 1943
Sonatina, originally for harpsichord n.a. C. Fischer, 1935
Schubert, Franz
Impromptu in G‑flat major, Op. 90, No. 3, originally for piano New York, 1933 C. Fischer, 1934
Schumann, Robert
Prophetic Bird from Waldscenen, Op. 82, No. 7, originally for piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1933
Turina, Joaquin
La oración del torero for String Quartet, Op. 34 San Clemente, 1933; completed 1941 C. Fischer, 1942
Valle, Francisco
Ao pe dafogueira (Preludio XV), originally for piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1945
Vivaldi, Antonio
Larghetto from Double Concerto in B‑flat major, originally for string orchestra, RV 547, Op. 22, No. 2 n.a. C. Fischer, 1929
Weber, Carl Maria von
Rondo from Violin Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3, in D minor Chicago, 1933 C. Fischer, 1934
Wieniawski, Henri
Caprice, from the original violin solo etude Balboa, CA, 1939 C. Fischer, 1940

UNPUBLISHED COMPLETED TRANSCRIPTIONS
FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Berlin, Irving
White Christmas from the original song n.a.
Buchardo, Carlos Lopez
Jujeña from the songs Seis canciones al estilo popular n.a.
Chopin, Frédéric
Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2, in D‑flat major, originally for piano n.a.

Dohndnyi, Ernst vo
Romanza from Suitefor Orchestra, Op. 19 1974
Fauré, Gabriel
Aubade, from Song No. 12 of Morning Serenade 1975
Gershwin, George
An Ameyican in Paris, originally for orchestra 1978; completed in 1990 by Ayke Agus from Heifetz's notes and oral instructions
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Melody from Mélodie from the ballet Orfeo ed Ewidice 1949
Ibert, Jacques
Le petit âne blanc, No. 2 from the piano suite Histoires (also arranged for piano duet) Mexico, 1934 revised 1958
Kodály, Zoltán
Two movements from Háry János Suite from the opera n.a.
Moszkowski, Moritz
Sparks (Éincelles) from Selected Piano Works, Op. 36, No. 6 n.a.
Poulenc, Francis
Promenade á pied from Promenades, originally for piano n.a.
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Second movement from Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 n.a.
Humoresque from Seven Pieces, Op. 10, for piano 1973
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 7, originally for piano 1953 revised 1984; completed 1986
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 12, originally for piano completed 1986
Strauss, Richard
Along the Silent Forest Path from the song Op. 9, No. 1 n.a.
FOR PIANO

Padilla José
Valencia for one piano, four hands, based on the original song 1958
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS
FOR VARIOUS INSTRUMENTATIONS
Cadenzas
Brahms, Johannes
Cadenza to Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 n.a. C. Fischer, 1947
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Cadenza to Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 n.a. C. Fischer, 1937
ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR VARIOUS
INSTRUMENTATIONS
Traditional
Deep river for violin and piano (original theme from the Negro spiritual) Boston, 1938 C. Fischer, 1939
Dinicu, Grigoraş (original theme)
Hora staccato for alto saxophone and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1937
Hora staccato for cello and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1930
Hora staccato for clarinet and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1937
Hora staccato for orchestra (arr. A. Schmid, ed. Heifetz) n.a. C. Fischer, 1945
Hora staccato for piano solo Mexico City, 1940 C. Fischer, 1944
Hora staccato for tenor saxophone and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1937
Hora staccato for trumpet and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1938
Hora staccato for two pianos Harbor Island, 1942 C. Fischer, 1942
Hora staccato for viola and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1930
Hora staccato for violin and piano 1930 C. Fischer, 1930
Hora staccato for xylophone and piano n.a. C. Fischer, 1947
WORKS PUBLISHED UNDER THE NAME JIM HOYL
"Hora Swingato" (song) n.a. n.a.
Samba Diablo (for piano solo) n.a. Emery Music
"So Much in Love" (song; Marjorie Goetschius, lyricist) n.a. Emery Music
"When You Make Love to Me" (song; Marjorie Goetschius, lyricist) n.a. Emery Music