Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, H.99 (Honegger, Arthur)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 scenes
Composition Year 1935/08/30 (manuscript completed 1935/12/24), rev.1935-44
Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; [9 more...]For 12 narrators, voices, mixed chorus, childrens chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring childrens chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; Latin language

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Original Version

Publisher. Info. Paris: Maurice Senart, 1939. Plate E.M.S. 8819.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU
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General Information

Work Title Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Alternative. Title oratorio dramatique en 11 scènes pour récitants, soli, choeur et orchestre
Composer Honegger, Arthur
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. H.99
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAH 65
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 scenes
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1935/08/30 (manuscript completed 1935/12/24), rev.1935-44
First Performance. 1938/05/12
First Publication. 1939
  • 1947 (revised version)
Librettist Paul Claudel (1868–1955)
Language French, Latin
Dedication À Madame Ida Rubinstein
Average DurationAvg. Duration 70 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation speakers, solo voices, mixed chorus, children's chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Spoken Roles
Jeanne d'Arc
Frère Dominique
Récitant #1 (Héraut 3/l'Ane/Bedford/Jean de Luxembourg/Heurtebise/Un Paysan)
Récitant #2 (l'Appariteur/Regnault de Chartres/Guillaume de Flavy/Perrot/Un Prêtre)
La Mère aux Tonneaux
Sung Roles
La Vierge: soprano
Marguerite: soprano
Catherine: contralto
Une Voix/Porcus/Héraut 1/Le Clerc: tenor
Une Voix/Héraut 2/Un Autre Paysan: bass
Une Voix d'Enfant
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Children's Chorus (SS)
Orchestra
2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, piccolo clarinet (E♭), clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 alto saxophones (3rd doubling tenor saxophone (ad lib.)) 3 bassoons, contrabassoon
piccolo trumpet (D), 3 trumpets, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone (or tuba)
2 pianos, timpani, 2 snare drums, celesta, ondes martenot
strings
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide (with description by Thomas Oram)
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