Franz Behr

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Compositions for: Piano

#Arrangements for: Piano

3 Pieces for Flute, Violin and Piano Csardas Album Royal Fanfare Galop, Op.408 Le petit concert, Op.542 Petites pièces faciles Plappermäulchen, Op.500 Valse des elfes, Op.497 Allégresse Ungarisches Album Fleurs de lilas, Op.568 Goldene Träume, Op.584 Frühling und Liebe Album für Pianoforte von Charles Godard La belle bergère, Op.175 Royal Gavotte, Op.582 Ungarische Tänze Zum Vorspielen, Op.575 Salon-Transcription on 'Am stillen Herd in Winterszeit'Les songes dorés, Op.409 Napolitana, Op.105 Souvenir du Grand Hôtel d'Arcachon Fantasie on Walthers Preislied Frühlingsgruss Traumwogen Engelsharfen Stilles Glück Frische Blüten, Op.292 Andantino in C minor Abonnenten-Polka, Op.425 Mandolinata, Op.57 Écho de la Styrie, Op.75 4 Piano Pieces Blumenlieder Poëme d’amour, Op.79 Rose d’amour, Op.60 Fleurs des bois, Op.91 Schneeglöckchen, Op.451 2 Nocturnes, Op.183 Pièces favorites Morceaux de salon Nouvelles compositions Rheinwogen, Op.478 Pas si vite, Op.116 Minuit à Grenade, Op.76 Perce-neige, Op.90 Rose et papillon, Op.78 Schmeichelkätzchen, Op.496 Un billet doux, Op.80 Frühlingsblumen, Op.503 Où vas-tu, petit oiseau, Op.77 Frische Blüthen, Op.590 Lose Blätter, Op.424 Air de danse, Op.640 Immergrün, Op.647 Wie ich dich liebe, soll ich dir sagen High Life, Op.682 Nur aus Liebe, Op.54 La fileuse Liebesklage Gipsy Serenade Favourite Pianoforte Pieces Dodelinette 3 Morceaux de salon, Op.262 Valsetta, Op.126 Der kleine Virtuose, Op.91 Marche des toréros Liebesträume Rêve d'un ange, Op.47 Campagne du Natale, Op.30 Carneval de Venise Geburtstags-Marsch, Op.241 Hungarian Suite Jugendblüten, Op.249 4 Morceaux de salon, Op.592 Frühlingsblumen, Op.295 Macarena Valse épisodique Spinn! Spinn!, Op.88 3 Lieder, Op.268 Amoroso, Op.86 Arlequinade La boîte à musique Rêve divin Sérénade galante Une Perle, Op.150 No.1 Alma, Op.17 Les papillons, Op.657 Ondines et Naïades, Op.78 Ruisseau murmurant, Op.146 Sérénade tzigane Danse des étoiles, Op.66 Fantasie, Op.691 Gavotte pompadour, Op.499 La rieuse, Op.303 Rococco, Op.340 Sérénade mauresque, Op.158 Au revoir, Op.124 Mandolinata Pour toujours Rapelle-toi, Op.133 Salut au printemps, Op.123 Valse des clochettes, Op.326 Alpenveilchen Das Echo von Luzern Fleurs d’Espagne, Op.88 Frühlings-Polka Le muguet Feuilles des Roses Flocon de neige, Op.61 Guitarella, Op.55 Impromptu Leuchtkugeln, Op.375 Lilianne Marche française Mes Adieux à la Pologne, Op.106 Sous la feuillée, Op.122 Sport d'hiver, Op.168 Ach, scheiden, immer scheiden!Ein Herz, das ganz verlassen ist 6 Charakteristische Klavierstücke, Op.252 Les bijoux, Op.44

Arrangements for: Piano

Ungarische Tänze Frühlingsblumen, Op.295 La rieuse, Op.303 6 Charakteristische Klavierstücke, Op.252 Duchesse-gavotte Fackelständchen Les bijoux, Op.44

Franz Behr (22 July 1837 – 15 February 1898) was a prolific, but minor, and now almost forgotten, German composer of songs and salon pieces for piano.

Behr was popular at one time, and many of his works were published (his opus numbers reached at least 582, with Royal Gavotte). His works include names such as The Camp of the Gypsies (Im Zigeunerlager, Op. 424 No. 3), Will o' the wisp (Op. 309 No. 2), Valse des Elfes (Op. 497), Perciotta, serenade catalane, and Evening Chimes in the Mountains. He also wrote under the names G. Bachmann (Marche bulgare, Succès-mazurk, Collier de rubis, Paris-valse, Gavotte duchesse, Floréal mazurka) and Charles Godard (La Belle Fileuse, L'Angelus (Op. 65), Danse d'Etoiles - Valse (Op. 66))

However, the only piece of his that appears in the modern-day repertoire is Lachtäubchen, Scherzpolka in F major, Op. 303 (also known by its French title La rieuse, polka badine), and then only in the form of a transcription as a virtuoso piano piece, Polka de W.R., by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The tune was a favourite of Rachmaninoff's father Vassily (the "W. R." in the title refers to his father's initials in the German transliteration, Wassily Rachmaninoff), but it is not known whether Rachmaninoff knew its true author to be Behr, or whether he believed the melody was concocted by his father. Behr was given no mention in the published edition of Polka de W.R., and it was universally believed to be an original work of Rachmaninoff's until the late 20th century, when the true author of the melody was identified. The piece is now generally listed as being by "Behr/Rachmaninoff", or "Behr, arr. Rachmaninoff".