Orphée et Eurydice, Wq.41 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

Title Orphée et Eurydice
Alternative title Orpheus und Eurydike
Creators Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer
Pierre-Louis Moline, librettist
Opus Wq.41
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1774
First published 1774
Dedication
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Composition types Operas
Language French
Period Classical
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Selections harpsichord
piano
harp
voice and harpsichord
voice and piano
voice and harp
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann
View Selections piano
View Selections piano Émile Prudent
View Mélodie (Ballet II) 4 flutes, alto flute and bass flute Hideo Kamioka
View Mélodie (Ballet II) flute and piano Wilhelm Barge
View Mélodie (Ballet II) violin and strings Jawher Matmati
View Mélodie (Ballet II) violin and piano Fritz Kreisler
View Mélodie (Ballet II) violin and piano August Wilhelmj
View Mélodie (Ballet II) cello and piano Orfeo Mandozzi
View Mélodie (Ballet II) piano Giovanni Sgambati
View Mélodie (Ballet II) piano Alexander Siloti

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Lemarchand Act I-II
Act III
View Complete Complete Score
Complete Score
Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete Edition Peters Complete Score
View Complete selections 2 Ballet Movements
View Complete selections Ballet Suite
View Complete (Dörffel Edition) parts Edition Peters Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
English Horn 1
English Horn 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Bassoon
Horn 1
Horn 2
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Soprano Trombone (or Cornet)
Alto Trombone
Tenor Trombone
Bass Trombone
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete (Dörffel Edition) parts Edition Peters Oboe
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete (Finscher Edition) parts Bärenreiter 1967 Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1 (B/A)
Clarinet 2 (B/A)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1 (F/C)
Horn 2 (F/C)
Trumpet 1 (C)
Trumpet 2 (C)
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete (Finscher Edition) parts Bärenreiter 1967 Complete Parts
Oboe
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Ballet Suite parts Flute
Oboe
Clarinet (A)
Bassoon
Horn (F)
Trumpet (B)
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete vocal score Rellstab Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Schlesinger Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Lauweryns Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Edition Peters Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Escudier Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Chappell Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Choudens Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Lemoine 1901 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Bessel Preliminaries - Act I - Act II, Scene 1
Act II, Scenes 2-4 - Act III
View Complete vocal score Muzgiz 1971 Act I
Act II
Act III
View Abridged Version vocal score Choron Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score Durand Air: J'ai perdu mon Euridice
View Complete selections,vocal score Durand Air: Laissez-vous toucher par mes pleurs
View Complete selections,vocal score Ariette: Soumis au silence (Acte I scène 3)
View Complete selections,vocal score Air: Objet de mon amour (Act II)
View Complete Arrangement for harpsichord
piano
harp
voice and harpsichord
voice and piano
voice and harp
by Jean-Frédéric Edelmann
; selections
Des Lauriers Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Danse des Furies (Act II, Sc.1)
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Air de ballet (Act III)
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Émile Prudent
; selections
Escudier J'ai perdu mon Eurydice
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for 4 flutes, alto flute and bass flute
by Hideo Kamioka
Hideo Kamioka 2021 Complete Score
Complete Parts
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for flute and piano
by Wilhelm Barge
Robert Forberg Complete Score
Flute Part
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for violin and strings
by Jawher Matmati
Matmati's Edition 2014 Complete Score and Parts
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Fritz Kreisler
Charles Foley 1913 Complete Score
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for violin and piano
by August Wilhelmj
Schott Complete Score
Violin Part
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for cello and piano
by Orfeo Mandozzi
Complete Score ( C minor )
Complete Score ( B minor )
Cello Part ( C minor )
Cello Part ( B minor )
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for piano
by Giovanni Sgambati
Schott Complete Score
Complete Score
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for piano
by Giovanni Sgambati
Schirmer 1936 Complete Score
View Mélodie (Ballet II) Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Siloti
Carl Fischer 1926 Complete Score

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