Original compositions ;Stage •
Ein kritischer Tag, Familienscene in 1 act (1894) •
Durch Nacht zum Licht!, Schauspiel in 4 acts (1895) •
Ein Stein des Anstoßes, Abenteuer in 1 act (1895) •
Im Alpenglühen, Gebirgsstück mit Gesang und Tanz in 1 act (1903) ;Vocal •
Altschottische Volksweisen mit Beibehaltung der Originalmelodien for voice and piano (published 1887); words by Robert Burns •
Fortgeflogen, fortgezogen for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 20 (published c.1900) •
Schneeglöckchen for voice and piano, Op. 30 (published 1872); words by Fritz Holthey • ''Leb' wohl!'' (Good-bye!) for voice and piano, Op. 59 (published 1893) •
Ich fühle deinen Odem for voice and piano, Op. 60 (published 1894) •
Lieder-Grüße aus Natur und Leben, 10 leichte und ansprechende Gesänge for voice and piano, Op. 62 (published 1894) ;Piano •
Deutscher Sieges-Hymnus (German Victory Hymn), Op. 23 (1871) •
Trauergesang auf den Tod eines Kriegers (Lament on the Death of a Warrior), Op. 24 ;Pedagogical works •
Viola-Schule: für den Schul- und Selbstunterricht (Viola School; Méthode pour l'alto) (published 1884) •
Elementartechnik der Viola alta (Elementary Technique for the Viola alta) (published 1895) •
Solobuch für Viola (Viola alta, Altgeige), Heft I-II: Enthaltend die wichtigsten Soli der orchestralen Litteratur dieses Instrumentes (Orchestral Studies for Viola, Books I and II: Containing the Most Important Solos from the Orchestral Literature) (published 1910s) ;Viola or viola alta •
Zwei Stücke (2 Pieces) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 7 (1869) :#
Idylle :#
Elfengesang •
Schlummerlied (Lullaby) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 9 (1871) •
Canzonetta in G major for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 10 (1875) •
Erinnerung an die Alpen (Souvenir of the Alps) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 11 (published 1891) •
Jagdstück for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 17 (published 1883) •
Auf den Wellen (On the Waves) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 27 (published 1878) •
Melodie for viola (viola alta) and piano (published 1878) •
Spinnerlied (Spinning Song) in B major for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 28 (published 1878) •
Zwei Stücke (2 Pieces) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 32 (1886) :#
Pastorale und Gavotte in A minor :#
Im Traume in G major •
Nach slavischen Eindrücken (After Slavic Impressions) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 33 (1886) :#
Elegie in G minor :#
Introduktion und Mazurka in A minor/C major •
Erinnerung an Schottland: Phantasie mit Benutzung altschottischer Weisen (Souvenir of Scotland: Fantasy on an Old Scottish Air) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 34 (1886) •
Concert-Phantasie No.1 in C minor for viola (viola alta) and orchestra or piano, Op. 35 (1886) •
Concert-Phantasie No.2 in C major for viola (viola alta) and orchestra or piano, Op. 36 (1886) •
Italienische Suite (Italian Suite) for viola (viola alta) and orchestra or piano, Op. 37 (1886) :#
Barcarole (Venezia) :#
Elegie (Roma) in A minor :#
Tarantella (Napoli) •
Zwei Stücke (2 Pieces) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 48 (1889) :#
Valse caprice :#
Moto perpetuo •
Zwei Stücke (2 Pieces) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 65 (1898) :#
Andante :#
Allegretto Scherzando •
Gesangsstück in D major for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 66 (1900) •
Ständchen (Serenade) in A minor for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 70 (published 1905) •
Rokoko: 2 Vortragsstücke (Rococo: 2 Concert Pieces) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 73 (published 1907) :#
Gavotte in C major :#
Pastorale und Menuett in C major •
Dithyrambe in G minor for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 74 (published 1907) •
Melodia religiosa for viola (viola alta) and piano
Transcriptions Transcriptions for viola or viola alta and piano unless otherwise noted • ''Hermann Ritter's Repertorium für die Viola alta (Altgeige) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte'' (Hermann Ritter's Repertoire for the Viola alta and piano) (published 1878 by W. Schmid, Nürnberg) :#
Aria di chiesa by
Alessandro Stradella :#
Largo in E minor by
Jean-Marie Leclair :#
Larghetto by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :#
Moment musical by
Franz Schubert; original for piano :#
Lied ohne Worte by
Felix Mendelssohn; original for piano :#
Melodie by Hermann Ritter :#
La Romanesca: Tanz aus dem XVI. Jahrhunderts :#
Recitativ und Arie (aus Rinaldo) by
George Frideric Handel :#
Largo in F major by
Johann Sebastian Bach :#
Aria by
Antonio Lotti :#
Sonate in E-moll by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :#
Ave verum by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :#
Larghetto from the
Violin Concerto by
Ludwig van Beethoven :#
Ave Maria by
Franz Schubert :#
Russisches Lied (Der Zweifel) by
Mikhail Glinka; original for voice, chorus and piano :#
Auf den Wellen by Hermann Ritter :#
Gavotte (G-Dur) by
Giovanni Battista Martini :#
Romanze (Tregiorni) by
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi :#
Andante (F-Dur) by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :#
Andantino (Es-Dur) by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :#
Nocturne by
John Field :#
Arie (aus der D-Dur-Suite) by
Johann Sebastian Bach :#
La séparation: Nocturne (1839) by
Mikhail Glinka; original for piano :#
Chant sans paroles (Lied ohne Worte), Op. 2 No. 3 by
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky •
Anthologie für Bratsche (Altgeige) mit Begleitung des Klaviers (Anthology for Viola or Viola alta and Piano), Book I: Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven (published 1880s by C. Merseburger, Leipzig) :#
Romanze, Op. 40; original for violin and orchestra :#
Adelaide, Op. 46; original for voice and piano :#
Romanze, Op. 50; original for violin and orchestra •
Anthologie für Bratsche (Altgeige) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte (Anthology for Viola or Viola alta and Piano), Book II (published 1880s by C. Merseburger, Leipzig) :#
Larghetto from Sonate Concertante No. 4 in D major, Op. 115 (1809) by
Louis Spohr; original for violin and harp :#
Recitativ und Andante from the Violin Concerto No. 6, Op. 28 (1808–1809) by
Louis Spohr; original for violin and orchestra :#
Barcarole from
6 Salonstücke, Op. 135 No. 1 by
Louis Spohr; original for violin and piano :#
Erlkönig, Op. 1 by
Franz Schubert •
Musik für Viola: Übertragungen von Hermann Ritter (Music for Viola: Transcriptions by Hermann Ritter); Nos. 1~3 (1884); Nos. 4~17 (1885); No. 20 (1891); Nos. 21~25 (1892); published by Friedrich Kistner, Leipzig :#
Air varié, Op. 10 by
Pierre Rode :#
Élégie, Op. 10 by
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst; original for violin and piano :#
Suite by
Johann Sebastian Bach :## Sarabande (BWV 1012) :## Gavotte (BWV 811) :## Andante (BWV 1003) :## Allegro (BWV 1009) :#
Notturno, Op. 9 No. 2 by
Frédéric Chopin; original for piano :#
Lied ohne Worte, Op. 53 No.2 by
Felix Mendelssohn; original for piano :#
Russische Melodie (Kosakentanz) :#
Moto perpetuo by
Niccolò Paganini; original for violin and piano :#
Frühlingslied (Lied ohne Worte), Op. 62 No.6 by
Felix Mendelssohn; original for piano :#
Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 1 by
Felix Mendelssohn; original for piano :#
Adagio cantabile aus der Sonate pathétique, Op. 13 by
Ludwig van Beethoven; original for piano :#
Romance sans paroles in G major, Op. 23 (1875) by
Karl Davydov; original for cello and piano :#
Cavatine by
Joachim Raff :#
Wiegenlied, Op. 98 No. 2 by
Franz Schubert :#
Impromptu, Op. 90 No. 3 by
Franz Schubert; original for piano :#
Serenade aus dem Quartett No. 74 (Andante cantabile) by
Joseph Haydn :#
Notturno aus der Musik "Sommernachtstraum" by
Felix Mendelssohn; original for orchestra :#
Waltz, Op. 34 No. 2 by
Frédéric Chopin; original for piano :#
Adagio aus dem Klarinettenkonzert by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; original for clarinet and orchestra :#
Aria in D minor by
Francesco Durante :#
Larghetto by
Giuseppe Tartini :#
Czárdás :#
Lento, Movement I from a Sonata by
Johann Sebastian Bach :#
Siciliano by
Johann Sebastian Bach :#
Adagio by
Johann Sebastian Bach :#
4 altschottische Volkslieder (4 Old Scottish Folk Songs) •
Liebesgesang (Love Song), Notturno for viola (viola alta) and piano by
Leopold Damrosch (published 1888) •
Albumblatt (Es-dur) for viola (viola alta) and piano by
Richard Wagner (published 1890s); original for piano (1875) •
Bel canto: sechs Stücke von Meistern des XVII. und XVIII. Jahrhunderts (Bel Canto: 6 Pieces by Masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries) for viola alta (or violin) and piano or organ (published 1900) :#
Arietta in G major by
Alessandro Stradella :#
Siciliana in G minor by
Alessandro Scarlatti :# ''Vergin tutt'amor'' in D minor by L. Durante :#
Aria "Caro mio ben" in D major by
Giuseppe Giordani :#
Adagio in E major by
Johann Sebastian Bach :#
Andante in A minor by
George Frideric Handel •
Causerie for viola and piano (1900) by
Alphonse Mailly (1833–1918); original for piano
Literary works •
Die Viola ihre Geschichte, ihre Bedeutung und die Principien ihres Baues (The Viola: Its History, Significance and the Principles of Its Structure) (1876) •
Die Geschichte der Viola alta und die Grundsätze ihres Baues (The History of the Viola alta, and the Principles of Its Structure) (1877) •
Repetitorium der Musikgeschichte nach Epochen übersichtlich dargelegt, nebst einem Verzeichnisse der hauptsächlichsten wissenschaftlichen Musikliteratur (1880) •
Über den Zweck des Studiums der Musikgeschichte (The Purpose of Music History Studies) (1880) •
Hermann Ritter und seine Viola alta (Hermann Ritter and His Viola alta) (1881) •
Aus der Harmonielehre meines Lebens: Kleine Skizzen und Aphorismen von Hermann Ritter (From the Harmony Teachings of My Life: Little Sketches and Aphorismen of Hermann Ritter) (1883) •
Die Viola alta oder Altgeige (The Viola alta or Altgeige) (1885) •
Populäre Elementartheorie der Musik für gebildete Musikfreunde (Popular Elementary Music Theory for Music Lovers) (1885) •
Die Aesthetik der Tonkunst in ihren wichtigsten Grundzügen (The Aesthetics of Music in Its Most Fundamental Features) (1886) •
Der dreifüßige oder Normal-Geigensteg erfunden und begründet von Hermann Ritter: Mit 50 Modell-Abbildungen (The Three-Footed or Normal Violin Bridge Invented and Founded by Hermann Ritter: With 50 Model Images) (1889) •
Musik in den Alpen (Music in the Alps) (1889) •
Katechismus der Musik-Aesthetik: Ein Hülfsbuch für den Musikunterricht in Schule und Haus (Catechism of the Music Aesthetic: a Guidebook for Music Lessons in School and Home) (1890) •
Richard Wagner als Erzieher. Ein Volksbuch und zugleich Begleiter zu den bayreuther Festspielen (Richard Wagner as an Educator. A Companion Book of the Bayreuth Festival) (1891) •
Über musikalische Erziehung: Ein Mahnruf an Eltern, Vormünder, Erzieher (On Music Education: A Warning Cry to Parents, Guardians, Educators) (1891) •
Studien und Skizzen aus Musik- und Kulturgeschichte, sowie Musikästhetik (Studies and Sketches of Musical and Cultural History and also Aesthetics of Music) (1892) •
Etwas weniger Musik! (A Little Less Music) (1896) •
Franz Schubert (Geb. 31. Januar 1797) Gedenkschrift zur 100. Geburtstagsfeier. Dem "Schubert-Bund" in Wien gewidmet (1896) •
Volksgesang in alter und neuer Zeit (Folk Song in Ancient and Modern Times) (1896) •
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. Ein Dreigestirn am Himmel deutscher Tonkunst (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. A Heavenly Triumvirate of German Musical Art) (1897) •
Die fünfsaitige Altgeige (Viola alta) : und die sich daran knüpfende eventuelle Weiterentwickelung der Streich-Instrumente (The Five-String Altgeige (Viola alta) and Further Development of Stringed Instruments) (1898) • ''Einiges zum Verständniss von Berlioz' Haroldsinfonie und Berlioz' künstlerischer Bedeutung'' (Insight to Berlioz's Harold en Italie Symphony and Berlioz's Artistic Significance) (1899) •
Über die materielle und soziale Lage des Orchestermusikers: Ein Mahnruf an Eltern, Vormünder, Erzieher (On the Material and Social Situation of Orchestra Musicians: A Warning Cry to Parents, Guardians, Educators) (1901) •
Allgemeine illustrierte Encyklopädie der Musikgeschichte, 6 Bände (General Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music History, 6 Volumes) (1901–1902) :#
Musikgeschichte des Altertums (A Music History of Antiquity) (1902) :#
Musikgeschichte des Mittelalters (A Music History of the Middle Ages) (1902) :#
Musikgeschichte Deutschlands im 16. – 18. Jahrhunderts (A Music History of Germany in the 16th through 18th Centuries) (1902) :#
Musikgeschichte Deutschlands im 19. Jahrhunderts (A Music History of Germany in the 19th Century) (1902) :#
Musikgeschichte Frankreichs, Britanniens, Russlands u.s.w. (A Music History of France, Britain, Russia, etc.) (1902) :#
Musikgeschichte Italiens (A Music History of Italy) (1902) •
Das 19. Jahrhundert in seinen musikalischen Hauptvertretern in Deutschland (The 19th Century in Its Main Musical Representatives in Germany) (1902) •
Allgemeines über Streichinstrumente sowie Ideen über ein neues Streichquartett: Soprangeige (Violine), Altgeige (Viola alta), Tenorgeige (Viola tenore), Bassgeige (Viola bassa oder Violoncello): nach den Intentionen und dem Modell von Hermann Ritter (General Information about Strings and Ideas about a New String Quartet: Soprano Violin (Violin), Altgeige (Viola alta), Tenor Violin (Viola tenore), Bass Violin (Viola bassa or cello): According to the Intentions and the Model of Hermann Ritter) (1905) •
Erkenne Dich selbst!: Das goldene Buch der Lebensweisheit, 2 Bände (Know Thyself! The Golden Book of Life's Wisdom, 2 Volumes) (1905) • ''Professor Hermann Ritter's Neues Streichquartett '' (The Ritter Quartet: Professor Hermann Ritter's New String Quartet) (1910) •
Mein neues oder Reform-Streichquartett (My New or Reform String Quartet) • ''Die Quellen zu Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen"'' (The Sources for Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen") (1911) •
"Franz Liszt" von James Huneker 1911 – Aufsatz von Hermann Ritter ("Franz Liszt" by James Huneker 1911 – Essay by Hermann Ritter) (1911) ==Dedications==