L'heure espagnole, M.52 (Ravel, Maurice)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act, 21 scenes
Composition Year 1907-09
Genre Categories Operas comiques; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 5 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; French language; For violin, cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 3 players (arr)
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Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#114639 - 11.58MB, 210 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6494×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2011/8/23)

 Complete Score
#10758 - 10.39MB, 201 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3369×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/7/24)

 Color Covers
#114640 - 1.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 748×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2011/8/23)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1911. Plate D. & F. 7314, 10,605. (later issue; miniature?)
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1996. (#10758)
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score (color)
#34320 - 68.19MB, 124 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4362×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/7/7)

 Complete Score (monochrome)
#923580 - 9.64MB, 122 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Pnorcks

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Pnorcks (2024/7/20)

Editor First edition
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1908. Plate D. & F. 7073.
Copyright
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 Complete Score (EU)
#521841 - 6.63MB, 118 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/28/C - 2663×⇩ - Music Addict

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 Scenes 1–10 (EU)
#01736 - 2.98MB, 55 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/28/C - 4458×⇩ - Aglover

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Aglover (2006/10/09)

 Scenes 11-21 (EU)
#01737 - 3.65MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/28/C - 4930×⇩ - Aglover

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Aglover (2006/10/09)

Language French / English
Translator Katharine Wolff (fl. 1923-1932), English text
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1908, 1932. Plate D. & F. 7073.
Copyright
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 Air de Concepcion
#692685 - 1.69MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 76×⇩ - Zhengxinhao

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 Scène 16: "Voilà ce que j'appelle une femme charmante!"
#898836 - 0.26MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - Andrew Bloom

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Andrew Bloom (2024/2/8)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, 1908-09. Plate D. & F. 7287.
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 Air de Concepción
#525670 - 0.30MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 55×⇩ - Zhengxinhao

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Zhengxinhao (2018/5/28)

Language Russian / French
Translator T. Spendiarova, Russian text
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Collection (pp.70-75)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1964. Plate M. 31068 Г.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Piano Trio (Mouton)

 Complete Score
#58013 - 1.75MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/25 - 1761×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2010/3/4)

⇒ 4 more: Flute • Clarinet (ad lib) • Cello • Double Bass (ad lib)

 Flute
#58014 - 0.40MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/25 - 599×⇩ - Daphnis

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 Clarinet (ad lib)
#58015 - 0.30MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/25 - 433×⇩ - Daphnis

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 Cello
#58016 - 0.47MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/25 - 442×⇩ - Daphnis

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 Double Bass (ad lib)
#58017 - 0.29MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/25 - 297×⇩ - Daphnis

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Arranger Hubert Mouton (1872-1954)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Fils, 1912. Plate D. & F. 8207.
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Libretti

 Complete Libretto
#571583 - 1.46MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26×⇩ - Pianoman121

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Pianoman121 (2019/5/6)

Publisher. Info. New York: F. Rullman, 1919.
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General Information

Work Title L'heure espagnole
Alternative. Title Comédie musical en un acte
Name Translations Pásztoróra; Die spanische Stunde; La hora española; L'Heure espagnole; スペインの時; Godzina hiszpańska; Испанский час; Señorans visittimme; Іспанська година; Španělská hodinka; 西班牙时间; Η ισπανική ώρα
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174792648; LCCN: no96050156; GND: 300202547; BNF: 13917733x
Composer Ravel, Maurice
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. M.52
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMR 18
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act, 21 scenes:
Introduction
Scène 1: "Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède?"
Scène 2: "Totor!"
Scène 3: "II reste, voilà bien ma change!"
Scène 4: "II état temps, voici Gonzalve!"
Scène 5: "C'est fait, l'horloge est à sa place"
Scène 6: "Maintenant pas de temps à perdre!"
Scène 7: "Salut à belle horlogère!"
Scène 8: "Voilà!..Et maintenant à l'autre!"
Scène 9: "Évidemment, elle me congédie"
Scène 10: "Voilà ce que j'aooelle une femme charmante"
Scène 11: "Monsieur, ah! Monsieur!"
Scène 12: "Enfin, il part!"
Scène 13: "Voilà l'objet!"
Scène 14: "Ah! vous, n'est-ce pas, preste!"
Scène 15: "En dépit de cette inhumaine"
Scène 16: "Voilà ce que j'appelle une femme charmante!"
Scène 17: "Oh! la pitoyable aventure!"
Scène 18: "Voilà!... Et maintenant, Señora"
Scène 19: "Mon cell anxieux interroge"
Scène 20: "ll n'est, pour l'horloger"
Scène 21: "Pardieu, déménageur, vouz venez à propos"
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1907-09
First Performance. 1911-05-19 in Paris, Opéra comique
Cast, Orchestra, François Ruhlmann (conductor)
First Publication. 1908 (vocal score), 1911 (full score)
Copyright Information Ravel's music and the original French text are public domain in the USA, though Katharine Wolff's English translation (published in 1932) is possibly still under copyright..
Librettist Maurice Étienne Legrand (1873–1934), as Franc-Nohain
Language French
Dedication Madame Jean Cruppi
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Torquemada, a clockmaker (tenor)
Concepción, Torquemada's wife (mezzo-soprano)
Gonzalve, a student poet (tenor)
Ramiro, a muleteer (baritone)
Don Iñigo Gomez, a banker (bass)

Orchestra

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets,
bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, sarrusophone
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, spring (ressort), tambourine, tam-tam,
triangle, castanets, ratchet (crécelle), whip (fouet), sleigh bells (grelots),
tubular bells, glockenspiel, 3 clock pendulums, xylophone, celesta, 2 harps, strings
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