Werther (Massenet, Jules)

Title Werther
Alternative title Drame lyrique en quatre actes
Creators Jules Massenet, composer
Édouard Blau, librettist
Paul Milliet, librettist
Georges Hartmann, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1887
First published 1892
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Composition types Lyric dramas
Language French
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano 4 hands Ernest Alder
View Complete piano
View Clair de lune (Act II) harp Marguerite Achard
View Clair de lune (Act II) piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Manuscript 1887 Part 1 of 2
Part 2 of 2
View Complete Heugel 1892 Prelude, Acts I-II
Acts III-IV
View Complete Heugel 1892 Prelude
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
View Complete Heugel 1892 Prelude
View Complete Act II, Sophie's Aria: "Frere! Voyez!"
View Complete parts Heugel 1892 Flute 1/2/Piccolo
Oboe 1/2/English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 (A/B)
Bass Clarinet (B) (alternate for Alto Saxophone)
Bassoon 1/2
Alto Saxophone (E)
Horn 1/2
Horn 3/4
Cornet 1/2 (A/B)
Trombone 1/2
Trombone 3
Tuba
Timpani
Tam-Tam
Bass Drum/Triangle/Tambourine
Keyboard Glockenspiel (offstage)
Organ (offstage)
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Prelude parts Heugel 1892 Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 (A)
Bassoon 1/2
Alt-Sax (E)
Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
Cornet 1/2 (A)
Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba
Timpani
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Aria (Werther): Pourquoi me reveiller parts Complete Score
View Sophie's Aria: ‘Frere! Voyez!’ (Act II) parts Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Heugel 1892 Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I
Act II
Act III - Act IV
View Complete vocal score Gutheil 1903 Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I - Act II
Act III - Act IV
View Complete vocal score Heugel 1909 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Ernest Alder
Heugel 1901 Complete Score
Part 1
Part 2
View Complete Arrangement for piano Gutheil Complete Score
View Clair de lune (Act II) Arrangement for harp
by Marguerite Achard
Heugel 1907 Complete Score
View Clair de lune (Act II) Arrangement for piano Heugel 1892 Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsSectionPerformersFiles (click to listen)
View Aria: ‘Pourquoi me réveiller’ (Act III) Jacques Pottier, tenor Complete Performance


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