Le roi s'amuse (Delibes, Léo)
| Title | Le roi s'amuse |
| Creators | Léo Delibes, composer Victor Hugo, librettist |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | voices and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 8 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1882 |
| First published | 1882 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 780 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Incidental music |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaillarde | — | — | — |
| Pavane 'Belle qui tiens ma vie' | — | — | — |
| Scène du bouquet | — | — | — |
| Lesquercarde | — | — | — |
| Madrigal | — | — | — |
| Passepied | — | — | — |
| Final. Reprise de la gaillarde | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Scène du bal | piano | — |
| View | Passepied (No.6) | piano 6 hands | Jacques-Albert Anschütz |
| View | Passepied (No.6) | organ | Richard Kountz |
| View | Passepied (No.6) | piano | — |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1882 | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | — | Heugel | 1885 | Complete Score |
| View | Scène du bal | — | Heugel | 1885 | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | parts | Heugel | 1885 | Flute 1/2 Oboe 1/2 Clarinet 1/2 (B, A) Bassoon 1/2 Horn 1/2 (D, E) Trumpet 1/2 (D) Timpani (also Tambourine) Mandolin Violins I Violins II Violas Cellos Double Basses |
| View | Complete | vocal score | Heugel | 1900 | Vieille chanson |
| View | Scène du bal | Arrangement for piano | Heugel | 1882 | Complete Score |
| View | Passepied (No.6) | Arrangement for piano 6 hands |
Heugel | 1886 | Complete Score |
| View | Passepied (No.6) | Arrangement for organ |
New York: The H.W. Gray Co. | 1925 | Complete Score |
| View | Passepied (No.6) | Arrangement for piano | Arthur P. Schmidt | 1885 | Complete Score |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Section | Performers | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Selections | Hans Rosbaud, conductor | Nos.1, 4-7 |
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