Le prophète (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.[1851]. Plate B. & Cie 5101.
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Scène et Aria

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1890-1910).
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Coronation March (Act IV)

Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1723.
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Coronation March (Act IV)

12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 • Bassoon 1, 2, 3, 4 • Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trombone 1, 2, 3 (Alto, Tenor, Bass) • Ophicleide • Cymbals, Bass Drum, Military Drum, Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1723.
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5103 and 5104.
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Misc. Notes Missing page 71.
View BYU copy at archive.org 1849: Advertised ("En vente...") on the last page of the last July 1849 issue of the Revue et Gazette musicale.
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Editor Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5103 and 5104.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854), piano reduction
Language Italian
Translator F.N. di Santo Mango (fl.1840), Italian text
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 21751-21796.
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Misc. Notes according to the notes to a collection of Meyerbeer's diaries, the translator was an Italian poet resident in Paris who provided the composer also with the words to the text Di miei giorni.
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Language German
Translator Ludwig Rellstab, probably - see RISM
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 11296.
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5 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

Language Italian
Translator Achille de Lauzières (1800–1875), Italian text (presumed author)
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi & Cia., n.d.(ca.1878). Plate 45561.
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Publisher. Info. New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1851. Plate 1230.
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Misc. Notes Aria "Ah mon fils" from act 2
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Editor Robert A. Hudson
Language English
Translator Stephen Foster, English text
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Misc. Notes Aria "Ah mon fils" from act 2
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For Piano 4 hands (Alkan and Garaudé)
Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888) - Overture
Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d. Plate B. et Cie. 5191, 5111.
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For Piano (Garaudé)
Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1779–1852)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5110.
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1779–1852)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5110.
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1779–1852) not credited
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 21091-22021.
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4 more: Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

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Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d. Plate 46163.
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Sinfonia (Overture)

For Piano 4 hands (Alkan)
Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate B. et Cie. 5191.
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For Piano (Alkan)
Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi & C., n.d.(1850). Plate 22465.
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Coronation March (Act IV)

For Violin and Piano (Seitz)
Arranger Friedrich Seitz (1848–1918)
Publisher. Info. Musikalisches Universum, No.1003
Leipzig: Anton J. Benjamin, n.d.[1901-31]. Plate A.J.B. 3296.
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For 7-String Guitar (Morkov)
Arranger Vladimir Morkov (1801–1864)
Publisher. Info. Petersburg: F. Stellovsky, n.d. Plate S. No.3269.
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For Organ
For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 8007.
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1889). Plate 14537.
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Arranger Louis Oesterle (1854–1932)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1898. Plate 14061.
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Waltz

For Piano 4 Hands
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 8132.
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Libretti

Language German
Translator Ludwig Rellstab (1799–1860), German text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.
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General Information

Work Title Le prophète
Alternative. Title Grand opéra en cinq actes
Name Translations A próféta; El profeta; Le Prophète; Մարգարե; Il profeta; [8 more...]Profeten; Пророк; Προφήτης; 預言者; Prorok; La Profeto; 先知; הנביא
Name Aliases Иоанн Лейденский; Пророк (опера); Пророк (Мейербер); Le prophete; Der Prophet; [2 more...]Le Prophete; ウジェーヌ・スクリーブ
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 193061914; LCCN: n97082976; GND: 300104286; [2 more...]BNF: 13916289x; BNE: XX2653241
Composer Meyerbeer, Giacomo
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGM 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1836-49
First Performance. 1849-04-16 in Paris: Opéra
Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, Narcisse Girard (conductor)
First Publication. 1849 (vocal score)
1851 (full score)
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Jean de Leyde (tenor)
Fidès, Jean's mother (mezzo-soprano)
Berthe, Jean's bride (soprano)
Jonas, an Anabaptist (tenor)
Mathisen, an Anabaptist (bass/baritone)
Zacharie, an Anabaptist (bass)
Oberthal, a feudal count (bass)

Mixed Chorus

Nobles, Anabaptists, citizens, peasants, soldiers, prisoners, children

Orchestra

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophicleide
timpani, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, bass drum, snare drum
organ (4 hands), 2 harps, strings

Onstage Instruments

18 saxhorns, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets
4 military drums, antique cymbals
Related Works Pieces based on 'Le prophète'
Manuscript Sources Mss and printed parts, piano score, ca.1849 (D-SHm Mus.C82:2)
Mss parts, printed piano score, 1859 (D-WRha DNT 425)
Mss parts, 1850-89 (D-DS, ohne signatur)
External Links Wikipedia article
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Extra Information *Publication of complete score (Brandus) came somewhat later. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 1e série, 40e année (54e de la collection), Nº 18, 3 Mai 1851, p.229, r.169.