but he rejected the offer. In the winter 1836/37 Ries stopped in Paris; there, he composed his last work for orchestra (the overture dramatique L'apparition WoO 61) and briefly went to London, where he succeeded in the world premiere of his new overture in a concert of the Philharmonic Society (13 March). Ries returned to Frankfurt and he accepted an offer in August 1837. Ries was not able to fulfill the offer since he died on 13 January 1838 after a short and unexpected illness. When Ries died, he was so forgotten that no leading music magazine wrote an obituary for him. Ferdinand Ries is buried in the Tomb (No. 45) of the Klotz family in the Frankfurt am Main cemetery. The music Cecil Hill wrote a scholarly thematic catalog, listed below, of Ries's 300 works: for each work he provided incipits (opening themes) for each movement, dedications, known early reviews, and known dates of composition. While one of the few widely circulated recordings of Ries's music was for some time that of his third piano concerto, now all of his symphonies, the other concertos, and a number of chamber works are available on compact disc, and his surviving music for piano and orchestra and chamber works are the focus of ongoing projects on various record labels as well. Selected list of works Operas Die Räuberbraut, opera in three acts op. 156 (1827/28; 1830/31) Liska, oder die Hexe von Gyllensteen, opera in two acts op. 164 (1831); premiered in London as The Sorceress Die Nacht auf dem Libanon, Romantische Oper in three acts WoO. 51 (1834–38) Other Works for Voice Der Morgen, Cantata for four voices and orchestra op. 27 (1806) Iphigenia in Aulis; Scene for a voice and Orchestra WoO 17 (1810) Requiem in c minor (1815, unfinished) Melodrama Die Zigeunerin, melodrama in two acts WoO. 53 (1835) Symphonies No. 1 in D major, op. 23 (1809) No. 2 in C minor, op. 80 (1814) No. 3 in E flat major, op. 90 (1816) No. 4 in F major, op. 110 (1818) No. 5 in D minor, op. 112 (1813) Symphony (unpublished, sometimes known as No. 8) in E flat major, WoO. 30 (1822) No. 6 in D major, op. 146 (1822, last movement revised in 1826) No. 7 in A minor, op. 181 (1835) Concertos Concerto for 2 Horns in F major WoO. 19 (1811) Concerto No. 1