La reine de Saba, CG 7 (Gounod, Charles)

Title La reine de Saba
Alternative title Grand opéra en quatre actes
Creators Charles Gounod, composer
Jules Barbier, librettist
Michel Carré, librettist
Opus CG 7
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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First published 1862
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Composition types Grand operas
Language French
Period Romantic
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View Complete piano Émile Périer
View Complete piano Henri Büsser
View Selections theater orchestra William Moore
View Selections piano 4 hands Henri Marx
View Selections piano 4 hands Albert Renaud
View Selections piano 4 hands Isaac Strauss
View Selections piano 4 hands Henry Christian Timm
View Selections piano 4 hands
View Selections piano
View Souvenir d'un Bal 2 flutes and strings

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Marche et Cortége Manuscript Complete Score
View Cavatine: 'Sous les pieds d'une femme' Complete Score
View Marche et Cortége parts Choudens Flute 1/2 (2nd also Piccolo)
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2 (B)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (E), 3/4 (B)
Cornet 1/2 (B)
Trumpet 1/2 (E)
Trombone 1/2, 3, Ophicleide
Timpani/Triangle
Bass Drum/Cymbals
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Cavatine: 'Sous les pieds d'une femme' parts Complete Parts
View Four-Act Versions vocal score Choudens Complete Score
View Four-Act Versions vocal score Choudens 1862 Complete Score
View Four-Act Versions vocal score Choudens Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I - Act II - Act III, Scene 1
Act III, Scene 2 - Act IV - Supplément
View Comme la naissante aurore (Act I) vocal score Choudens 1872 Complete Score ( D major )
Complete Score ( E flat major )
View Inspirez-moi, race divine (Act II) vocal score Schirmer 1890 Complete Score
View Cantabile: Esclave et reine vocal score Choudens 1877 Complete Score ( E major )
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Émile Périer
Choudens Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Henri Büsser
Choudens Complete Score (4-Act Version)
View Complete Arrangement for theater orchestra
by William Moore
; selections
Boosey & Hawkes 1901 Piano Conductor
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (D)
Cornet 1, 2 (A)
Trombone 1/2, 3, Euphonium
Timpani/Triangle/Snare Drum/Bass Drum
Violins I
Violisn II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Henri Marx
; selections
Choudens Quadrille
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Albert Renaud
; selections
Choudens Rêverie arabe
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Isaac Strauss
; selections
Choudens Valses
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Henry Christian Timm
; selections
Schirmer 1884 Ballet et Fragments
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands; selections Choudens Marche et Cortège
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Choudens Ballet et marche
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Schirmer 1884 Ballet
View Souvenir d'un Bal Arrangement for 2 flutes and strings Choudens 1895 Complete Score
Flute 1, 2
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
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