as well as performing, alfred grünfeld composed around 100 pieces for piano as well as songs and chamber music, which appeared in print between 1872 and 1926. his piano works are mostly in the salon music style, the most famous of which was his "kleine serenade" of 1888. he also composed and performed virtuosic piano pieces - transcriptions and paraphrases - which brought him great success but were mostly not published during his lifetime. some of these survive only as recordings.