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

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
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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