Composition: Thaïs (Massenet, Jules)
| Title | Thaïs |
| Alternative title | Comédie lyrique en trois actes et sept tableaux |
| Creators | Jules Massenet (composer) and Louis Gallet (librettist) |
| Opus | DO 24 |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1894 |
| First published | 1894 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Lyric comedies |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Original Version (1894) | piano | Léon Roques |
| view | Revised Version (1898) | piano | Léon Roques |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | violin and strings | Duncan McIntyre |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | violin and strings | John Webber |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin and bass | Edgar Girtain IV |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | voice, violin, piano and organ | — |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | violin, piano and organ harp, violin and organ |
Martin Pierre Marsick |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | voice and piano | — |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | flute and piano | Paul Taffanel |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | violin and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | violin and piano | Martin Pierre Marsick |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | viola and piano | Varun Ryan Soontornniyomkij |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | cello and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | cello and piano | Jules Delsart |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | cello and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | piano | — |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | organ | Alfred Jethro Silver |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1894 | Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Ballet, revisions for 1898 production · view |
| view | Revised Version (1898) | — | Heugel | 1894 | Act I, Sc.1 (formerly Act I) · view Act I, Sc.2 (formerly Act II, Sc.1) · view Act II, Sc.1 (formerly Act II, Sc.2) · view Act II, Sc.2 (formerly Act II, Sc.3) · view Act III, Sc.1 · view Act III, Sc.2 (formerly Act III, Sc.1) · view Act III, Sc.3 (formerly Act III, Sc.2) · view |
| view | Meditation (Act II) | — | Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Meditation (Act II) | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Ballet Music (Act II) | — | Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Heugel | — | Solo Voice Score (no piano reduction or chorus) · view |
| view | Meditation (Act II) | parts | Heugel | 1894 | Flute 1/2 · view Oboe, English Horn · view Clarinet 1/2 (A), Bass Clarinet (B) · view Bassoon 1/2, Contrabassoon · view Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (A) · view Trombone, Bass Trombone · view Timpani · view Harp · view Violin Solo/Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Meditation (Act II) | parts | Christopher Fazzi | 2011 | Flute 1 · view Flute 2 · view Oboe 1 · view Oboe 2 · view Clarinet 1 (B) · view Clarinet 2 (B) · view Bassoon 1 · view Bassoon 2 · view Horn 1/2 · view Horn 3/4 · view Harp · view Chorus · view Violin Solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Meditation (Act II) | parts | Yuri Ilynov | 2015 | Timpani · view |
| view | Ballet Music (Act II) | parts | Heugel | 1894 | Piccolo, Flute 1/2 · view Oboe 1/2, English Horn · view Clarinet 1/2 (A/B), Bass Clarinet (B) · view Bassoon 1/2, Contrabassoon · view Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) · view Trumpet 1/2, 3 (E/F) · view Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba · view Timpani · view Glockenspiel/Triangle/Snare Drum/Tam-Tam, Bass Drum/Cymbals · view Organ · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Revised version (1898) | vocal score | Heugel | 1900 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Revised version (1898) | vocal score | Heugel | 1907 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Casa Musicale Sonzogno | — | Complete Libretto (Italian) · view |
| view | Original Version (1894) | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Revised Version (1898) | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for violin and strings |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Violin solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for violin and strings |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts (12 x 18 booklets) · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin and bass |
Edgar Girtain IV | 2021 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for voice, violin, piano and organ | Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score · view Voice · view Violin · view Organ · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for violin, piano and organ harp, violin and organ |
Heugel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for voice and piano | Heugel | 1896 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for flute and piano |
Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score, Flute part · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for violin and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Zimmermann | — | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for viola and piano |
Varun Soontornniyomkij | 2020 | Viola Part · view Engraving files (MusicXML and Sibelius) · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for cello and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for piano | Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for piano | Jurgenson | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2010 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Méditation (Act II) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Méditation (Act II) | Nicola Benedetti (violin) and Julien Quentin (piano) | For Violin and Piano (Marsick) | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Meditation (Act II) | For Viola and Piano (Soontornniyomkij) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Meditation (Act II) | For Organ (Gouin) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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