Alceste, Wq.44 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

Title Alceste
Alternative title Tragedia messa in musica
Creators Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer
Ranieri de' Calzabigi, librettist
François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet, librettist
Opus Wq.44
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1767
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Dedication Duke Leopold
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Composition types Operas, Tragedies en musique
Language Italian
Period Classical
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano —
View Selections violin and harpsichord
violin and piano
harpsichord
piano
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View Ouverture orchestra Felix Weingartner
View Ouverture string orchestra Eduardo Javier Argañaraz
View Ouverture piano 4 hands Hugo Ulrich
View Andante et Gavotte viola and piano Paul Klengel
View March harp and violin Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
View March piano —

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Version(Italian) — Manuscript 1700 Part 1 of 4
Part 2 of 4
Part 3 of 4
Part 4 of 4
View Version(Italian) — Giovanni Tomaso de trattnern 1769 Complete Score
View Version(Italian) — Giovanni Tomaso de trattnern 1777 Prefatory material; Ouverture / Intrada
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Version(Italian) — Manuscript — Ouverture / Intrada
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Version(Italian) — Manuscript — Complete Score
View Version(French) — Bureau d'Abonnement Musical 1776 Complete Score
Complete Score
View Version(French) — Boieldieu jeune 1776 Complete Score
View Version(French) — Bärenreiter 1957 Complete Score
View Overture (concert version, Weingartner) — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
View Divinités du Styx (Act 2, Scene 7) — Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2006 Complete Score
View Version(French) parts Bärenreiter 1957 Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2
Horn 3/4
Trumpet 1/2
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture (concert version, Weingartner) parts Breitkopf und Härtel — Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (C), Clarinet 1, 2 (transposed to B)
Bassoon 1, 2, Contrabassoon
Horn 1, 2 (D), Horn 1, 2 (transposed to F)
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Overture (concert version, Weingartner) parts Ezequiel Diz — Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (D)
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Strings
View Version(Italian) vocal score Ricordi — Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Version(French) vocal score N. Simrock — Complete Score
View Version(French) vocal score Litolff — Complete Score
View Version(French) vocal score Edition Peters — Part 1
Part 2
Color Cover
View Version(French) vocal score Church 1877 Complete Score
View Version(French) vocal score Lemoine 1902 Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score Durand — Divinités du Styx (Act 1, Scene 7)
Non ce n'est point un sacrifice
View Divinités du Styx (Act 1, Scene 7) vocal score Schirmer 1889 Complete Score
View Divinités du Styx (Act 1, Scene 7) vocal score Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2006 Complete Score
View Divinités du Styx (Act 1, Scene 7) vocal score — — Complete Score
View Complete — N. Møller og Søn 1792 Complete Libretto
View Complete — Rullman's Theatre Ticket Office — Complete Libretto
View Complete Arrangement for piano Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano Edition Peters — Overture
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Complete Arrangement for violin and harpsichord
violin and piano
harpsichord
piano; selections
Boyer — Keyboard Part
View Ouverture Arrangement for orchestra
by Felix Weingartner
Breitkopf und Härtel 1898 Complete Score
View Ouverture Arrangement for string orchestra
by Eduardo Javier Argañaraz
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Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
Engraving files (Sibelius)
View Ouverture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Hugo Ulrich
Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Andante et Gavotte Arrangement for viola and piano
by Paul Klengel
Edition Peters — Complete Score and Viola Part
View March Arrangement for harp and violin
by Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
Naderman — Complete Score
View March Arrangement for piano — — Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

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View MIDI Ouverture For Strings (Argañaraz) Synthesized Performance


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