Composition: La veillée (Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile)
| Title | La veillée |
| Alternative title | Suite lyrique |
| Creators | Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (composer) and Jeanne Thoiry (librettist) and Jules Cougnard (librettist) and Édouard Schuré (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 19 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1893 |
| Dedication | à Leopold Ketten |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Suites, Secular cantatas |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction. La nuit d'automne (altotenorchoir) | — | — | — |
| "Il pleut" (baritonechoir) | — | — | — |
| "Coucou" (sopranochoir) | — | — | — |
| A la fenêtre (interlude for orchestra alone) | — | — | — |
| Les fées (sopranowomen's chorus) | — | — | — |
| Marche nocturne (men's chorus) | — | — | — |
| La moisson (antiphonal men's and women's chorus) | — | — | — |
| La forêt parle (interludechorus) | — | — | — |
| Ronde de la St Jean (chorus) | — | — | — |
| Rossignolet (tenor or sopranochorus) | — | — | — |
| Fileuse (women's chorus) | — | — | — |
| Trois fendeux (sopranoalto and basschorus) | — | — | — |
| Les vieux dansent (interlude for orchestra) | — | — | — |
| Vision (soprano or tenorchorus) | — | — | — |
| Le petit mousse (chorus a cappella) | — | — | — |
| Farfadets (baritonechorus) | — | — | — |
| Les cloches (mezzochorus) | — | — | — |
| Le veilleur de nuit (baritonemen's choruswomen's chorus) | — | — | — |
| Prière (chorus) | — | — | — |
Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | vocal score | Neuchâtel: W. Sandoz | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
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