Wachsfigurenkabinett, five short operas (1929-30; three not completed), libretti by Erich Bormann
Das Leben und Sterben des heiligen Teufels
Der Mann, der vom Tode auferstand (unfinished; completed by Günter Bialas and Hans Werner Henze)
Chaplin-Ford-Trott, 'scenic jazz cantata' (unfinished; completed by Wilfried Hiller)
Fürwahr? (unfinished; completed by Henze)
Die Witwe von Ephesus
Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend (1934-35; revised 1956-57 as Simplicius Simplicissimus), libretto by Hermann Scherchen, Wolfgang Petzer and Hartmann after Jakob von Grimmelhausen
Sinfónico
Miserae, Symphonic Poem (1933-4)
Symphony L’Oeuvre (1937-8; material re-used in Symphony No.6)
Symphonic Concerto for string orchestra and soprano (1938; later partly used in Symphony No.4)
Sinfonia Tragica (1940, rev. 1943; first movement re-used in Symphony No.3)
Symphoniae Drammaticae (1941-43), consisting of:
Overture China kampft (1942, rev. 1962 as Symphonische Ouvertüre)
Symphonische Hymnen (1941-3)
Symphonic Suite Vita Nova for reciter and orchestra (1941-2, unfinished)
Adagio for large orchestra (1940-44, revised as Symphony No.2)
Symphony Klagegesang (1944; portions re-used in Symphony No.3)
Symphony No.1, Versuch eines Requiem for alto and orchestra (1950) – revised version of Symphonisches Fragment
Symphony No.2 (1946) – revised version of Adagio
Symphony No.3 (1948-9) – adapted from portions of Symphony Klagegesang and Sinfonia Tragica
Symphony No.4 for string orchestra (1947-8) – adapted from Symphonic Concerto for strings
Symphony No.5, Symphonie concertante (1950) – adapted from Concerto for wind and double basses
Symphony No.6 (1951-3) – adapted from Symphony L’Oeuvre
Symphony No.7 (1957-8)
Symphony No.8 (1960-62)
Concertos
Lied for trumpet and wind instruments (1932)
Concerto for wind instruments and solo trumpet (1933); recomposed as Concerto for wind instruments and double basses (1948-9), whence Symphony No.5
Cello Concerto (1933, lost, probably unfinished)
Symphonie-Divertissement for bassoon, tenor trombone, double bass and chamber orchestra (c. 1934, unfinished)
Kammerkonzert for clarinet, string quartet and string orchestra (1930-35)
Concerto funebre for violin and string orchestra (1939, rev. 1959) (originally entitled Musik der Trauer)
Concerto for piano, wind instruments and percussion (1953)
Concerto for viola, piano, wind instruments and percussion (1954-6)
Vocal
Cantata (1929) for 6-part a cappella choir on texts by Johannes R. Becher and Karl Marx
Profane Messe (1929) for a cappella chorus on a text by Max See
Kantate for soprano and orchestra on texts by Walt Whitman (1936); later retitled Lamento and in 1938 revised as Symphonisches Fragment, whence Symphony No.1
Friede Anno '48 (1936-37) for soprano solo, mixed chorus and piano; revised 1955 as Lamento for soprano and piano
Gesangsszene (1962-63) for baritone and orchestra on a text from Sodom and Gomorrah by Jean Giraudoux
Câmara e Instrumental
2 Kleine Suites for piano (c. 1924-6)
2 Sonatas for unaccompanied violin (1927)
2 Suites for Unaccompanied violin (1927)
Jazz Toccata and Fugue for piano (1927-8)
Tanzsuite for clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone (1931)
Kleines Konzert for string quartet and percussion (1932)
Burleske Musik for wind instruments, percussion and piano (1931)
Sonatina for piano (1931)
Toccata variata for wind instruments, piano and percussion (1931-2)