Composition: La Vierge (Massenet, Jules)
| Title | La Vierge |
| Alternative title | Légende sacrée en quatre scènes |
| Creators | Jules Massenet (composer) and Charles Grandmougin (librettist) |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1877 |
| First published | 1880 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sacred oratorios |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | small orchestra | Hubert Mouton |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | violin and piano | — |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | cello and piano | Adolphe Herman |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | piano | Not specified |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | organ | William Joseph Westbrook |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | harmonium | Frederick Flaxington Harker |
| view | Danse galiléenne | piano | — |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | — | — | — | Complete Score |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | — | Heugel | 1892 | Complete Score |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | parts | Heugel | 1892 | Violins I Violins II Violas Cellos/Basses |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | parts | Contains re-typeset errors. | — | Solo Cello |
| view | Complete | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score Complete Score |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | Arrangement for small orchestra |
Heugel | 1912 | Flute Oboe Clarinets Bassoon Horn Trombone Timpani Drum Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | Arrangement for violin and piano | — | — | Complete Score and Violin Part |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Heugel | 1891 | Complete Score and Cello Part |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1894 | Complete Score |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score |
| view | Prélude (Scene IV): Le dernier sommeil de la vierge | Arrangement for harmonium |
Schirmer | 1909 | Complete Score |
| view | Danse galiléenne | Arrangement for piano | — | — | Complete Score |
Recordings/Performances
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