List of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini

• Colón en Cuba (Cristoforo Colombo) - Opera in one act. Spanish Libretto by Ramon de Palma. Tacón Theatre Havana January 31, 1848. No known score remains.
• L'assedio di Firenze (1856)
• Il Diavolo della Notte (1858)
• Marion Delorme (1862)
• Un amour en Bavière
• Vinciguerra il bandito (1870)
• Alì Babà (1871)
• Ero e Leandro (1879)
• Cedar (1880)
• La regina del Nepal (1880)
• Nerina
• La figlia dell'angelo o Azäele
• Babele
• Le Asher del greato

• Adagio melanconico appassionato (Elegie par Ernst)
• Allegretto-Capriccio
• Allegro Di Concerto "Alla Mendellssohn" (aka "Gran Allegro")
• Aria da Bach
• Auld Robin Gray
• Barber of Seville
• Bolero
• Capriccio Di Bravura
• Carnival of Venice
• Cerrito
• Concertino
• Concerto for Violoncello and double bass G major
• Concerto No. 1 in F# Minor for Double Bass and Orchestra (also known as concerto for students in some publications/arrangements/lower transpositions, studienkonzert in German publications)
• Concerto No. 2 in B Minor for Double Bass and Orchestra
• Gran Duo Concertante
• Elegy in D no. 1
• Elegy No. 2, "Romanza Drammatica"
• Elegy No. 3, "Romanza Patetica"
• Fantasia Beatrice di Tenda
• Fantasy on "La Sonnambula"
• Gran Duo Passione Amorosa (Andante)
• Introduction And Gavotte
• Melodia
• Melody in E minor
• Rêverie
• Tarantella in A minor
• Three duets for two double basses
• Variations on the aria "Nel cor piu non mi sento" (by Giovanni Paisiello)

• Garden of Olivet

• Morceaux - Viola and piano, Autographed score, Naples
• Rêverie - Viola and piano, Autographed score, Naples
• Capriccio - Cello and piano, Autographed score, Milan August 25, 1863
• Three melodies - Cello and piano, Autographed score, Milan
• Rêverie - Cello and piano, Autographed score, Naples
• Various String Quartets
• Various String Quintets

Complete List of works - *gbottesini.com