Alceste, Wq.44 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

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Ouverture

For Strings (Argañaraz)
Publisher Info. Eduardo Javier Argañaraz
Performers Eduardo Javier Argañaraz
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Version A (Italian)

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Giovanni Tomaso de trattnern, 1769.
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Misc. Notes Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, kbr 1562542, cote: Fétis 2.574 C - RISM A/I G 2661
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Language Italian
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Overture
Copyist Gaetano Wiseman
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1789).
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Misc. Notes D-LEb Go.S.101
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Version B (French)

Copyist First edition
Engraver Mme. Lobry
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Bureau d'Abonnement Musical, n.d.[1776].
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Boieldieu jeune, 1776.
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Misc. Notes Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, kbr 1563909, cote: Fétis 2.678 C - RISM A/I G 2642
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Editor Rudolf Gerber (1899–1957)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1957. Plate BA 2291.
Sämtliche Werke, Abteilung I Band 7.
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Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2301.
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Overture (concert version, Weingartner)

Arranger Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate Part.B. 1123.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1494.
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Divinités du Styx (Act 2, Scene 7)

Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006
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Version B (French)

14 more: 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

Editor Rudolf Gerber (1899–1957)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1957. Plate BA 2291.
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Overture (concert version, Weingartner)

10 more: 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

Arranger Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate Orch.B. 1078.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1494.
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5 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (D) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Strings

Editor Ezequiel Diz
Publisher. Info. Ezequiel Diz, OSPR
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Vocal Scores

Version A (Italian)

Version B (French)

Arranger Carl David Stegmann (1751–1826)
Language German
Publisher. Info. Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d. Plate 1125.
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Misc. Notes "... nach der italienischen und französischen Partitur..."
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Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Litolff, No.2203 Collection Litolff, n.d.(ca.1880).
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Arranger Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849-1921), piano reduction
Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1882). Plate 6660.
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Arranger Theodore Thomas (1835-1905), piano reduction
Language English / German
Translator Theodore Thomas (1835-1905), English and German texts
Publisher. Info. Cincinnati: John Church & Co., 1877.
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Arranger François-Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Henry Lemoine & Cie., 1902. Plate 19415. H.
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Divinités du Styx (Act 1, Scene 7)

Editor Max Spicker (1858-1912)
Language English / French
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1889. Plate 7045.
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Arranger Pierre Gouin, piano reduction - Contact
Language French
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006
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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.79
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Misc. Notes annoté et commenté par Mme Xavier Leroux-Héglon
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, n.d.
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Misc. Notes From the uploader's family archives. First number out of 3, the 2 others, Sur Une Poésie de Corneille, a song by Omer Letorey, and White Star, a piano Fox-trot-Shimmy by L(ucien)Tenaro (...-1971), published in La Musique des Annales, the musical supplement of Annales Politiques et Littéraires n°2260, 17th Ocober 1926. Words by Colzabrigi translated by [Bailli?] Du Rollet.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano
Publisher. Info. Partitions d'opéras et d'oratorios pour piano seul
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 4771.
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Arranger Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6757.
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Selections

For Keyboard and Violin ad lib. (Marchal)
Arranger Pedro Anselmo Marchal (ca.1758–1821)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Boyer, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Ouverture et Airs d'Alceste arranges pour le clavecin ou le forte piano avec accompagnement de violon ad libitum
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Ouverture

For Orchestra (Weingartner)
Arranger Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1898. Plate Part.B.1123.
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Ending re-written by Weingartner.
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For String Orchestra (Argañaraz)

6 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses • Engraving files (Sibelius)

Arranger Eduardo Javier Argañaraz
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For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich)
Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1822–1872)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 5382.
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Andante et Gavotte

For Viola and Piano (Klengel)

March

For Harp and Violin (Krumpholz)
Arranger Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742 -1790)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Naderman, n.d.(ca.1800).
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Misc. Notes Op.posthumous. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): K-1293
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.79
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Heimkehr der Sieger

For Theatre Orchestra (Weninger)
Arranger Leopold Weninger (1879–1940)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1929. Plate A. J. B. 9155.
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Libretti

Language Italian / Danish
Publisher. Info. Copenhagen: N. Møller og Søn, 1792.
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Language French / English
Publisher. Info. New York: Rullman's Theatre Ticket Office, 111 Broadway, 1941.
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General Information

Work Title Alceste
Alternative. Title Tragedia messa in musica
Name Translations 알체스테; Ալկեստե; Alcestes; Alkésztisz; Alcesta; [5 more...]Άλκηστις (Γκλουκ); Альцеста; アルチェステ; Altzeste; 阿尔切斯特
Name Aliases アルチェステ (グルック); グルック:アルチェステ
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 294809871; GND: 300060084; BNF: 13912553s
Composer Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Wq.44
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICG 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1767 (Italian) ; 1776 (French)
First Performance. 1767-12-26 in Vienna, Burgtheater (Italian version) A
1776-04-23 in Paris, Theatre of the Palais-Royal (French version) B
Librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi
François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet
Language Italian / French
Dedication Duke Leopold
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
Related Works Pieces based on Alceste
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