Composition: Amadis, LWV 63 (Lully, Jean-Baptiste)

Title Amadis
Alternative title Amadis, tragédie mise en musique ; Amadis de Gaule
Creators Jean-Baptiste Lully (composer) and Philippe Quinault (librettist)
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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First published 1684
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Composition types Tragedies en musique
Language French
Period Baroque
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view Prologue
view Bois épais (Act II, Sc.4) 4 voices Herbert Arthur Chambers

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view Complete Manuscript Complete Score
view Complete Ballard Complete Score
view Complete Ballard 1684 Complete Score
view Complete Ballard 1711 Complete Score
view Complete selections Amsterdam: Antoine Pointel 1688 Tous les airs de violon, de l'opera d'Amadis
view Complete selections Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2005 Act II, Sc.4: "Bois épais" (Amadis)
view Ouverture Luca Albanese 2018 Complete Score
view Chaconne parts Dessus I
Dessus II
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view Ouverture parts Luca Albanese 2018 Dessus
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Quinte
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view Act II, Sc.4: "Bois épais" (Amadis) vocal score Complete Score ( F major )
Complete Score
view Act II, Sc.4: "Bois épais" (Amadis) vocal score Boosey & Hawkes Complete Score ( F major )
view Act II, Sc.4: "Bois épais" (Amadis) vocal score Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2005 Complete Score (Original key, B flat major )
Complete Score (Transposed, E flat major )
view Act II, Sc.4: "Bois épais" (Amadis) vocal score Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2019 Complete Score (transposed down to A flat major )
view Chanson avec choeur: "Suivons l'amour" vocal score Complete Score
view Prologue Arrangement Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2007 Menuet d’Amadis (Prologue)
view Bois épais (Act II, Sc.4) Arrangement for 4 voices
by Herbert Arthur Chambers
Novello 1934 Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

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view Bois épais
view Jean-François Paillard (performer) Suite de symphonies d'Amadis
view Synthesized Menuet d’Amadis (Prologue)
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