La sonnambula (Bellini, Vincenzo)

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Performances

Recordings

Publisher Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1906).
Performers Adelina Patti (1843-1919), soprano
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Misc. Notes From a 1906 recording
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Accompaniments

Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
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Misc. Notes Piano accompaniment
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
Reprinted Milan: G. Ricordi, 2006. Plate P. R. 1394.
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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A4588.
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Parts

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Pit-Orchestra

25 more: Flute 2/Piccolo • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 • Clarinet 2 • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 • Horn 2 • Horn 3 • Horn 4 • Trumpet 1 • Trumpet 2 • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Trombone 3 • Bass Trombone • Timpani • Triangle • Bass Drum • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate Various.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A4588.
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Onstage Band

13 more: Clarinet (D) • Clarinet 1 (C) • Clarinet 2 (C) • Clarinet 3 (C) • Clarinet 4 (C) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Bass Trombone 1* • Bass Trombone 2* • Snare Drum • Bass Drum

Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A4588.
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Misc. Notes *The part says this as "Basso", but its paired with the Trombone parts, most likely then these are also Bass Trombone parts as well.
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Vocal Scores

Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d.
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Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1869). Plate 41686.
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Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 5271.
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Editor Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
Josiah Pittman (1816–1886)
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey and Co., n.d.(ca.1875).
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Language Italian / English
Translator Natalia Macfarren (1827–1916), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1901. Plate 15693.
Reprinted Miami: Belwin-Warner, n.d.(after 1990). Plate 6809.
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D'un Pensiero

Arranger Candido Chianei (d. 1880)
Publisher. Info. Boston: G.P. Reed, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate 2104.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano (Metzdorff)
Arranger Richard Metzdorff (1844–1919)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Edition Henry Litolff, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 3662.
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(1870). Plate 4580.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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Arranger Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Cotelle, n.d.(1845). Plate A.C. 1141.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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Arranger Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 41008.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1887). Plate 7137.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Selections

For Harp and Piano (Bochsa)
Arranger Nicholas Charles Bochsa (1789-1856)
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co, n.d.(ca.1816).
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Misc. Notes Published as 'The favorite airs, duets, choruses, &c. from Bellini's celebrated opera La sonnambula', Book 1-2.From the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University
(as digitally mirrored at archive.org).
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Ah, non credea mirarti

For Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (Goodman)
Arranger Roe William Goodman (b. 1938)
Publisher. Info. Roe William Goodman
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For 2 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (Goodman)
Arranger Roe William Goodman (b. 1938)
Publisher. Info. Roe William Goodman
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For 2 Clarinets and Bassoon (Goodman)
Arranger Roe William Goodman (b. 1938)
Publisher. Info. Roe William Goodman
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Osses)
Arranger Igor Osses
Publisher. Info. Igor Osses
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For Piano
Arranger unknown
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: George Willig, n.d.ca. 1840.
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For Piano (Lemoine)
Arranger Henry Lemoine (1786–1854)
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: A. Fiot, n.d.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
The air is yet to be identified.
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Other

Vi ravviso a luoghi ameni

For Violin [and Piano?]
Arranger Unknown
Copyist William Harnett (1848–1892)
Publisher. Info. The Old Violin
Oil on canvas, 1886.
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Misc. Notes See also Servel's Hélas quelle douleur.
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General Information

Work Title La sonnambula
Alternative. Title Melodramma semiseria in due atti
Name Translations Lunatyczka; Сомнамбула; Լուսնոտը; La sonámbula; Somnambula; [12 more...]Unissakävelijä; Az alvajáró; Mesečnica; Υπνοβάτις; Sömngångerskan; Søvngængersken; Месечарка; 夢遊病の女; 夢遊女; לה סונמבולה; 梦游女; Kuutõbine (ooper)
Name Aliases La Somnambule; La sonambula; La Sonnambula; Náměsíčná; 夢遊病の娘; [3 more...]Die Schlafwandlerin; Сомнамбула (опера); Сомнамбула (Беллини)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 183449087; LCCN: n80144554; GND: 300017987; BNF: 13908392c
Composer Bellini, Vincenzo
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IVB 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1831
First Performance. 1831-03-06 in Milan, Teatro Carcano
First Publication. 1831 (vocal score), ca.1890 (full score)
Librettist Felice Romani (1788–1865)
after La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur
by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) and Jean Aumer (1774–1833)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Count Rodolfo (bass)
Amina (soprano)
Elvino (tenor)
Lisa (soprano)
Teresa (mezzo-soprano)
Alessio (bass)
Notary (tenor)

Mixed Chorus (SSATTBB)
Orchestra

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, triangle, bass drum, strings

Onstage Band

piccolo, piccolo clarinet, 4 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 trombones, snare drum, bass drum
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