Composition: Castor et Pollux, RCT 32 (Rameau, Jean-Philippe)

Title Castor et Pollux
Creators Jean-Philippe Rameau (composer) and Pierre-Joseph Bernard (librettist)
Opus RCT 32
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements
Keys
Composed 1737
First published 1737
Dedication
Tempo markings
Metronome markings
Time signatures
Average duration (sec)
Number of measures
Composition types Tragedies en musique
Language French
Period Baroque
View
Code

Sections

(No sections)

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
view Selections (Fragments disposes en suite d'orchestre) cello and piano Charles Vogel and Henri Guérout
view Gavotte violin and piano Adolf Grünwald and Otto Standke
view Gavotte piano 4 hands Louis Winkler
view Menuet violin and piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view Complete Complete Score
Complete Score
view Complete Boivin Complete Score
view Complete Paris: Chez l'Auteur Complete Score
view Complete Prologue: Overture
Prologue: Scenes 1 and 2
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V, Scenes 1 to 4
Act V, Scenes 5 to 7
Appendix for Acts I to III
Appendix for Acts IV to V and Supplement
view Complete selections Manuscript 1737 Complete Score
view Chantons l'éclatante victoire Manuscript Complete Score
view Choeur Manuscript Complete Score
view Complete vocal score Durand 1903 Complete Score
view Complete selections,vocal score Complete Score
view Air de Télaïre (Act I, Sc.3) vocal score Complete Score
view Complete Paris: De Lormel 1772 Complete Libretto
view Complete Oil on canvas Title-page
Title-page (detailed image)
view Selections (Fragments disposes en suite d'orchestre) Arrangement for cello and piano
by Charles Vogel and Henri Guérout
Litolff Complete Score
Cello Part
view Gavotte Arrangement for violin and piano
by Adolf Grünwald and Otto Standke
Complete Score
view Gavotte Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Louis Winkler
Complete Score
view Menuet Arrangement for violin and piano Revista da Semana Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeFiles (click to listen)
view Synthesized Tristes apprets (Act I, Scene 3)
YouTube


Composition quality
How much do you like this composition?
Log in to rate
Average rating
Technical difficulty
If you play this composition: how difficult is it for you?
Log in to rate
Average rating
Reviews

People who liked this also liked:



©2026 David P. Anderson