Les Béatitudes (Franck, César)

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Publisher. Info. Paris: P. Maquet, n.d.(ca.1894). Plate Ph. M. & Cie. 13251 bis.
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Misc. Notes 1894 is from bnf catalogue
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Editor "Nouvelle edition"
Language French / German
Translator G. Fr. Reiss, German text
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus & Cie., n.d.(ca.1881). Plate B. et Cie. 12,554.
Reprinted Paris: C. Joubert & Cie., (after 1899, with 1889 copyright claim)
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Language English
Translator Catherine M. Bradley (s.n.), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1899, plate 15226
Copyright claimant listed as C. Joubert & Cie.
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Language English
Translator Catherine M. Bradley (s.n.), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1899, plates 22366, 22367
Copyright claimant listed as C. Joubert & Cie.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Color cover. Page 1 of Part 1 missing in Sibley scan. It has been extracted from Google scan and inserted.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Voices, Mixed Chorus and 2 Pianos (Humbert)
Arranger Georges Humbert (1870–1936)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Joubert, n.d.(ca.1910-12). Plate C.J.9497, 9326, 9536, 9552.
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Misc. Notes Dates from bnf: 1910 (Prologue and No. 4), 1911 (No. 5) and 1912 (No. 6)<Instrumentation: Prologue - tenor, mixed chorus, 2 pianos
Béatitude No.4 - tenor, "Voix du Christ" (baritone?), 2 pianos
Béatitude No.5 - "L'Ange du Pardon" (mezzo?), tenor, "Voix du Christ" (baritone?), mixed chorus, 2 pianos
Béatitude No.6 - 4 Pharisiens (2 tenors, baritone or bass, bass), "L'Ange de la mort" (baritone or bass?), "Voix du Christ" (baritone?), female chorus
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For Organ (Salter)
Arranger Sumner Salter (1856–1944)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1918. Plate 28187.
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For Organ (Jolliet)
Arranger Elie Jolliet (b. 1994)
Publisher. Info. Elie Jolliet, 2021.
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General Information

Work Title Les Béatitudes
Alternative. Title
Name Translations 至福; Заповеди блаженства
Name Aliases Les Beatitudes
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 182307086; LCCN: n87815143; GND: 300053908; [2 more...]SUDOC: 149625952; BNF: 13912239d
Composer Franck, César
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CFF 185; FWV 53; (Op.25)
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICF 8
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1869-79
First Performance. see below
  • individual movements: 1878–90 in Paris
  • with piano accompaniment: 20 Feb 1879, Franck’s apartment
  • with orchestral accompaniment: 15 June 1891, Dijon
First Publication. 1880
Librettist Joséphine Colomb (1833-1892)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, 2 tenors, baritone, 2 basses; mixed chorus
orchestra
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