Compositions   1854: Piano Concerto No 1 1855: Symphony No 1 1863: Variations on a Theme by Paganini 1864: Piano Quintet in A Minor 1868: Ein Deutsches Requiem 1873: Variations on a Theme by Haydn 1876: Symphony No 1 1877: Symphony No 2 1878: Violin Concerto 1880: Academic Festival Overture 1881: Piano Concerto No 2 1883: Symphony No 3 1885: Symphony No 4 1887: Double Concerto 1896: Four Serious Songs

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