Historia Esther, H.396 (Charpentier, Marc-Antoine)

Composition Year	1677
Genre Categories	Motets; Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Latin language

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Canberra Baroque, 2017
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Misc. Notes	typeset for soprano, alto, tenor, 3 basses, mixed chorus, 2 violins, continuo (see below, Comments)
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Work Title	Historia Esther
Alternative. Title	chorus judeorum.
Composer	Charpentier, Marc-Antoine
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	H.396
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IMC 67
Key	C major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1677
First Publication.	1995 (or earlier)
Language	Latin
Average DurationAvg. Duration	25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
Manuscript Sources	Mélanges autographes, Vol.3 (Charpentier, Marc-Antoine), pp.13 (PDF26)-31 (PDF p.60)

Published in volume 3 of "[Charpentier] Œuvres complètes. 1, Meslanges autographes : fac-similé du manuscrit Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Rés. Vm¹ 259" in 1995.
BnF's instrumentation is "Rôles et voix : Tres ex choro (Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4), Mamuchan (Fa 4), tres Pueri (Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4), Aman (Fa 4), Assuerus (Ut 4), Esther (Sol 2). - Choeur : Sol 2, Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4. - Instruments : Sol 1 (2), bc. - Mentions d'instrumentation dans la musique : orgue, viollons, flut., viol." (the flute is mentioned on p.17 of the manuscript linked above in Manuscript Sources.).
The number of solo voices needed is a bit fluid, since singers can take more than one role, for example the alto, tenor, and bass who sing the "Tres ex choro" could perhaps also do the "Tres Pueri". The page has therefore been tagged generically for "voices".