Le cheval de bronze (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Depot central de musique, n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 8.
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Overture

Publisher. Info. Paris: Depot central de musique, n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 8.
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Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No.651, n.d.(ca.1915). Plate E.E. 3750.
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Editor First edition (later print)
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Troupenas et Cie., n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 1302.
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Misc. Notes Scanned copy printed between 1837-44.
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Troupenas et Cie., n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 1302.
Reprinted Paris: G. Brandus, Dufour et Cie., n.d.(after 1850).
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Arranger Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki (1807–1852), piano reduction
Language Polish / French
Publisher. Info. Ulubione śpiewy z opery Koń spiżowy, No.1
Warsaw: G. Sennewald, n.d. Plate 4.
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Overture

For Military Band (Winterbottom)
For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Decourcelle)
Arranger Maurice Decourcelle (1815–1888)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 24165.
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For Piano 4 hands (Schultze)
Arranger Max Schultze (fl.1874–1900)
Publisher. Info. Ouverturen für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen (pp.66-79)
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 2305.
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General Information

Work Title Le cheval de bronze
Alternative. Title Opéra-féerie en trois actes
Name Translations Le Cheval de bronze; 青銅の馬
Authorities Wikipedia; BNF: 396842584
Composer Auber, Daniel François Esprit
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. AWV 25
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IDA 7
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1834-35
First Performance. 1835-03-28 in Paris, Salle de la Bourse
Opéra-Comique, Henri Valentino (conductor)
First Publication. 1835 - Paris: Troupenas
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)
Language French
Average DurationAvg. Duration 85 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Prince Yang (tenor)
Stella (soprano)
Tsing-Sing (tenor)
Tchin-Kao (baritone)
Tao-Jin (soprano)
Péki (soprano)
Yan-Ko (tenor)
Lo-Mangli (soprano)
Mixed Chorus
Stella's ladies, Soldiers and Lords, Peasants
Orchestra
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, tam-tam, harp, strings
Onstage Instruments
2 trumpets, 3 trombones
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Discography MusicBrainz
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information A complete (or mostly complete?) recording was released on Orfeo early in 2020.

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