Composition: Werther (Massenet, Jules)
| Title | Werther |
| Alternative title | Drame lyrique en quatre actes |
| Creators | Jules Massenet (composer) and Édouard Blau (librettist) and Paul Milliet (librettist) and Georges Hartmann (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1887 |
| First published | 1892 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Lyric dramas |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1887 | Part 1 of 2 · view Part 2 of 2 · view |
| view | Complete | — | Heugel | 1892 | Prelude, Acts I-II · view Acts III-IV · view |
| view | Complete | — | Heugel | 1892 | Prelude · view Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view |
| view | Complete | — | Heugel | 1892 | Prelude · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Act II, Sophie's Aria: "Frere! Voyez!" · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Heugel | 1892 | Flute 1/2/Piccolo · view Oboe 1/2/English Horn · view Clarinet 1/2 (A/B) · view Bass Clarinet (B) (alternate for Alto Saxophone) · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Alto Saxophone (E) · view Horn 1/2 · view Horn 3/4 · view Cornet 1/2 (A/B) · view Trombone 1/2 · view Trombone 3 · view Tuba · view Timpani · view Tam-Tam · view Bass Drum/Triangle/Tambourine · view Keyboard Glockenspiel (offstage) · view Organ (offstage) · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Prelude | parts | Heugel | 1892 | Flute 1/2 · view Oboe 1/English Horn · view Clarinet 1/2 (A) · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Alt-Sax (E) · view Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) · view Cornet 1/2 (A) · view Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba · view Timpani · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Aria (Werther): Pourquoi me reveiller | parts | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Sophie's Aria: ‘Frere! Voyez!’ (Act II) | parts | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Heugel | 1892 | Complete Score · view Preliminaries - Act I · view Act II · view Act III - Act IV · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Gutheil | 1903 | Complete Score · view Preliminaries - Act I - Act II · view Act III - Act IV · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Heugel | 1909 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Heugel | 1901 | Complete Score · view Part 1 · view Part 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Gutheil | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Clair de lune (Act II) | Arrangement for harp |
Heugel | 1907 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Clair de lune (Act II) | Arrangement for piano | Heugel | 1892 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Section | Performers | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Aria: ‘Pourquoi me réveiller’ (Act III) | Jacques Pottier (tenor) | Complete Performance · file |
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