Armide, LWV 71 (Lully, Jean-Baptiste)

Title Armide
Creators Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
Philippe Quinault, librettist
Torquato Tasso, librettist
Opus LWV 71
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, strings and continuo
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Composed 1685
First published 1686
Dedication Louis XIV, King of France
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Composition types Tragedies en musique
Language French
Period Baroque
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Arrangements

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View Selections 5 recorders Marc Lanoiselée
View Ouverture harpsichord Pierre Gouin
View Marche (Act I, sc.3) harpsichord Jan Chabichou
View Gavotte piano Giuseppe Martucci
View Air viola and piano Paul Klengel
View Passacaille 5 recorders R.D. Tennent
View Instrumental Pieces string orchestra and continuo Hilmar Höckner
View 3 Instrumental Pieces string orchestra and continuo Hilmar Höckner

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Manuscript Complete Score
View Complete Henry de Baussen 1710 Complete Score
View Complete Ballard 1686 Complete Score
Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete Complete Score
View Complete selections Rondeau (Act I, sc.3)
Sarabande (Act I, sc.3)
Gavotte et Canarie (Act IV, sc.2)
Engraving files (Lilypond & NWC)
View Complete selections Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2005 Enfin, il est en ma puissance! (Act II, sc.5)
View Passacaille (Act V) Dallas: Hawthorne Early Music 2013 Complete Score
View Passacaille (Act V) Luca Albanese 2019 Complete Score
View Complete parts Manuscript Complete Parts
View Complete parts Dessus (violin, flute, oboe)
Haute-contre (viola)
Taille (viola, flute)
Quinte (viola)
Basse
Basse continue (continuo)
View Complete parts,selections Rondeau (Act I, sc.3)
Sarabande (Act I, sc.3)
Gavotte et Canarie (Act IV, sc.2)
View Passacaille (Act V) parts Dallas: Hawthorne Early Music 2013 Violin I
Violin II
Viola I (treble clef)
Viola I (alto clef)
Viola II (treble octave clef)
Viola II (alto clef)
Basso continuo
View Passacaille (Act V) parts Luca Albanese 2019 Dessus
Haut-Contre
Taille
Quinte
Continuo
View Complete vocal score Complete score (Voices, ''dessus'' and figured ''basse continue'')
View Complete vocal score Complete Score (Voices, ''dessus'' and figured ''basse continue'')
View Complete vocal score Complete score (Voices, ''dessus'' and figured ''basse continue'')
View Complete vocal score Théodore Michaelis Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for 5 recorders
by Marc Lanoiselée
; selections
Rondeau (Act I, sc.3) - score
Rondeau (Act I, sc.3) - parts
Sarabande (Act I, sc.3) - score
Sarabande (Act I, sc.3) - parts
Gavotte et Canarie (Act IV, sc.2) - score
Gavotte et Canarie (Act IV, sc.2) - parts
View Ouverture Arrangement for harpsichord
by Pierre Gouin
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2007 Complete Score
View Marche (Act I, sc.3) Arrangement for harpsichord
by Jan Chabichou
Complete Score
View Gavotte Arrangement for piano
by Giuseppe Martucci
Bologna: Achille Tedeschi Complete Score
View Air Arrangement for viola and piano
by Paul Klengel
Piano score, Viola part
View Passacaille Arrangement for 5 recorders
by R.D. Tennent
Complete Score
Complete Parts
View Instrumental Pieces Arrangement for string orchestra and continuo
by Hilmar Höckner
Möseler Verlag 1930 Complete Score
Flute 1/2/Oboe 1/2
Harpsichord*
Violins I
Violins II
Violins III
Violas I
Violas II
Cellos/Basses/Bassoon
View 3 Instrumental Pieces Arrangement for string orchestra and continuo
by Hilmar Höckner
Möseler Verlag 1928 Complete Score
Violins I
Violins II
Violins III
Violins IV
Violas I
Violas II
Cellos

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionEnsemblePerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (orchestra) Edmond Appia, conductor Ouverture et suite de danses
View MIDI Selections For Orchestra Gavotte et Canarie
Rondeau
Sarabande
View MIDI Selections For 5 Recorders (Lanoiselée) Gavotte et Canarie
Rondeau
Sarabande
View MIDI Passacaille (Act V) For 5 Recorders (Tennent) Synthesized Performance


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