Composition: Médée, H.491 (Charpentier, Marc-Antoine)

Title Médée
Alternative title Médée, tragédie mise en musique
Creators Marc-Antoine Charpentier (composer) and Thomas Corneille (librettist)
Opus H.491
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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First published 1694
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Composition types Operas
Language French
Period Baroque
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Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete Ballard 1694 Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
view Prologue Daniel Van Gilst 2017 1. Ouverture · view
2. Récit (Chef du peuple) et Chœur: “Louis est triomphant” · view
3. Premier air [instrumental] · view
4. Trio (Deux bergers et un habitant) –
Chœur: “Paraissez charmante victoire” · view
5. Récit (La Victoire): “Le Ciel dans vos vœux” · view
6. Trio (La Victoire, la Gloire, Bellone): Ne craignez pas que la victoire · view
7. Récit (La Victoire) & Chœur: Le bruit des tambours · view
8. Loure – Canaries – Loure [instrumental] · view
9. Récit (Un berger): Dans le bel âge · view
10. Menuet en rondeau [instrumental] · view
11. Duo (Deux bergères) – Passepied I & Passepied des hautbois II –
Chœur: Le bruit des tambours · view
Sommaire – Summary · view
view Ouverture La Clemenza di Tito 2011 Complete score · view
Complete score (modern distribution) · view
view Ouverture parts La Clemenza di Tito 2011 Dessus I · view
Dessus II · view
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view Synthesized Synthesized Ouverture Complete Performance · file
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