Composition: 24 Cantiques (Lefébure-Wély, Louis James Alfred)

Title 24 Cantiques
Alternative title 24 Cantiques à trois et quatre voix soli et choeurs avec acc. d'orgue et contre basse ad lib
Creators Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (composer)
Opus
Instrumentation 2 sopranos, bass and organ
2 sopranos, bass, double bass and organ
soprano, mixed chorus and organ
soprano, mixed chorus, double bass and organ
2 sopranos and organ
2 sopranos, double bass and organ
3 sopranos, bass and organ
3 sopranos, bass, double bass and organ
3 sopranos and organ
3 sopranos
tenor, mixed chorus and organ
tenor, mixed chorus, double bass and organ
3 tenors and organ
2 sopranos, tenor, bass and organ
Number of movements 24
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First published 1844
Dedication à sa Grandeur Monsigneur N[icolas-Théodore] Olivier Olivier, évêque d'Évreux
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Composition types Canticles
Period Romantic
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Doux printems (2 sopranosbassdouble bassorgan) — — —
Ô vierge sainte (sopranomixed chorus (SSTB), double bass, organ) — — —
Heureux qui du coeur de Marie (2 sopranosbassdouble bassorgan) — — —
Ô divine Marie (2 sopranosbassdouble bassorgan) — — —
Du Roi des cieux tout célèbre la gloire (2 sopranosdouble bassorgan) — — —
Sainte cité demeure permanente (soprano solo2 sopranosbassdouble bassorgan) — — —
Jour heureux sainte allegrésse (solo (G2 clef), mixed chorus (SSB), double bass, organ) — — —
Je mets me confiance (2 sopranosbassorgan) — — —
"A fin d'être docile et sage Seigneur" (3 sopranosorgan) — — —
Esprit divin, Dieu de lumière (3 sopranos) — — —
Venez Esprit Saint pur amour (3 sopranos) — — —
Seigneur dès ma première enfance (soprano or tenormixed chorus (SSB), double bass, organ) — — —
L'encens divin (solo (G2 clef), mixed chorus (SSB), double bass, organ) — — —
Esprit divin père de nos esprits (3 equal voices (G2 clef), organ) — — —
Venez esprit saint dans nos coeurs (3 equal voices (G2 clef), organ) — — —
Pleins de ferveur ("solo" soprano2 sopranosbassorgan) — — —
Que la demeure où tu résides (2 sopranosbassorgan) — — —
Écoutez mes prières (3 sopranosorgan) — — —
Heureux qui dès son enfance (2 sopranosorgan) — — —
Temple témoin (soprano solomixed chorus (G2G2G2F4 clefs), organ) — — —
Dans ce beau mois (2 sopranosbassorgan) — — —
Mon fils pour apprende (3 sopranosorgan) — — —
Quel bonheur inestimable (2 sopranostenorbassorgan) — — —
Motet à la Ste Vierge (2 sopranosorgan); has "solo" and "duo" indications — — —

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Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete — Mme. Vve. Canaux 1844 Nos.1-23 plus an unnumbered canticle · view

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