Composition: Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)
| Title | Les Huguenots |
| Alternative title | Opéra en cinq actes |
| Creators | Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) and Eugène Scribe (librettist) and Émile Deschamps (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1836 |
| First published | 1836 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 180 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Grand operas |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
(No sections)
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Selections | violin and piano | — |
| view | Selections | piano 4 hands | Max Schultze |
| view | Selections | piano | Max Schultze |
| view | Selections | piano | — |
| view | Romance: Ah! quel spectacle enchanteur (Act 1) | horn and piano | Louis Michiels |
| view | Choral Protestant | piano | Charles Kunkel |
| view | Cavatina: Une dame noble et sage (Act I) | voice and guitar | Edward Pique |
| view | Ballabile | harp | Elias Parish-Alvars |
| view | D'un sacro zel l'ardore | harp | Elias Parish-Alvars |
| view | No, caso egual giammai scommetto | harp and piano | John Balsir Chatterton |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Schlesinger | 1836 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Schlesinger | 1836 | Volume 1 (Acts I, II) · view Volume 2 (Act III to V) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ricordi | — | Banda Score (Act III No.23, Act V No.29) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ricordi | — | Foglietto · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Ricordi | — | Piccolo · view Flute 1/2 · view Oboe 1/2/English Horn · view Clarinet 1/2 · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Horn 1/2 · view Horn 3/4 · view Trumpet 1/2 · view Cornet 1/2 · view Trombone 1/2 · view Trombone 3/Bass Trombone · view Timpani · view Snare Drum · view Bass Drum · view Tambourine · view Triangle · view Bells · view Snare Drum (onstage, Act III Nos.22-23) · view Harp 1 · view Harp 2 · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Ricordi | — | Sopranos · view Tenors/Basses · view |
| view | Overture and Orgie | parts | Paris: Schlesinger | — | Cover · view Flute 1/2, Piccolo · view Oboe 1, 2/English horn · view Clarinet 1/2 (B/C) · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Horn 1/2 (E-G), 3/4 (B-C) · view Trumpet 1/2 (E-C), 3/4 (B-A) · view Trombone 1/2, 3/Ophicleide · view Timpani · view Bass Drum · view Violins I (violin-conductor) · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | — | — | Preliminaries, Act I, Act II · view Act III, Act IV, Act V, Appendix · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | London: R. Addison | — | Segment 1 (pp.1-92) · view Segment 2 (pp.93-192) · view Segment 3 (pp.193-292) · view Segment 4 (pp.293-385) · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | — | — | Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view Act V · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | — | — | Act I, II · view Act III, IV, V · view Color Cover · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Gutheil | 1888 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | John W. Burke | — | The Vale of Rest / Giovin belta su questa riva (Act II, No.8) · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | Holograph manuscript | 1836 | Air: Parmi les pleurs (Act IV) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Libretto · view |
| view | Complete | — | New York: Fred Rullman | — | Complete Libretto · view Color Cover · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano; selections | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Overture · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano; selections | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Romance: Ah! quel spectacle enchanteur (Act 1) | Arrangement for horn and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Choral Protestant | Arrangement for piano |
Kunkel Brothers | 1880 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Cavatina: Une dame noble et sage (Act I) | Arrangement for voice and guitar |
Philadelphia: C[harles].F. Hupfeld | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Ballabile | Arrangement for harp |
Schott | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | D'un sacro zel l'ardore | Arrangement for harp |
Addison | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | No, caso egual giammai scommetto | Arrangement for harp and piano |
R. Addison & Co. | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
(No recordings)
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