Orphée et Eurydice, Wq.41 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

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Mélodie (Ballet II)

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Lemarchand, n.d.[1774].
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Misc. Notes University of Pavia-Cremona, Musicology Dept. (I-CRsp): RISM A/I: G 2852
Fondo Albert Dunning 63/1 and 63/2
pp.217-18 inserted in later manuscript.
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Editor Second edition (#08851)
Engraver Huguet
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: des Lauriers, n.d.[1783]. (#08851).
Paris: [des Lauriers] le Duc au Magasin de Musique, n.d.[ca.1785]. (#111899)
Reprinted Paris: Boieldieu jeune, n.d.(ca.1812). Plate 5. (#85667)
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Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905), with preface
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 5518.
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1776-8].
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Editor Anders Muskens
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Orchestra I

21 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • English Horn 1 • English Horn 2 • Clarinet 1 • Clarinet 2 • Bassoon • Horn 1 • Horn 2 • Trumpet 1 • Trumpet 2 • Soprano Trombone (or Cornet) • Alto Trombone • Tenor Trombone • Bass Trombone • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. MPR
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2299.
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Orchestra II

5 more: Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. MPR
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2299.
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Orchestra I

19 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭/A) • Clarinet 2 (B♭/A) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (F/C) • Horn 2 (F/C) • Trumpet 1 (C) • Trumpet 2 (C) • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Trombone 3 • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Editor Ludwig Finscher (1930–2020)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1967. Plate BA 2282.
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Orchestra II

6 more: Oboe • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Editor Ludwig Finscher (1930–2020)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1967. Plate BA 2282.
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Ballet Suite

11 more: Oboe • Clarinet (A) • Bassoon • Horn (F) • Trumpet (B♭) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Editor Anders Muskens
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Misc. Notes For the Edmonton Mozart Festival.
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Vocal Scores

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Arranger Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab (1759–1813)
Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Rellstab, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Op.77 der Druckerey
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Arranger Carl Klage (1788–1850)
Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Martin Schlesinger, n.d. Plate 451.
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Brussels: Ed. Lauweryns, n.d.(ca.1885).
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Arranger Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905), piano reduction
Language German / French
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, No.54a, n.d. Plate 6659.
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Arranger Théodore Ritter (1840–1886)
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Escudier, n.d. Plate L.E. 1845.
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Misc. Notes Preface by Hector Berlioz
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Editor Charles Hallé (1819–1895)
Language French / English
Translator Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d. Plate 11225.
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Arranger Louis Narici (1858–1935), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1899). Plate A.C. 11331.
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Arranger François-Auguste Gevaert (1828–1908), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Lemoine, 1901. Plate 19075.HL.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Language Russian / French
Translator Viktor Pavlovich Kolomiytsev (1868–1936), Russian text
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1971. Plate 5859.
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Abridged Version

Editor Alexandre-Étienne Choron (1771–1834)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choron, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Partition réduite contenant le chant et la basse de toute la partie vocale et des parties de symphonie essentiellement liées à l'action.
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Publisher. Info. Échos de France, Premier volume
Paris: A. Durand & Fils, n.d. Plate D. & F. 89.
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Publisher. Info. Échos de France, Second volume
Paris: Durand et Schoenewerk, n.d. Plate D. & F. 401.
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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.79
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Misc. Notes annoté et commenté par Mme Xavier Leroux-Héglon
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Voice, Harpsichord or Piano or Harp (Edelmann)
Arranger Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Des Lauriers, n.d.
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Misc. Notes 18 movements
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.79
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Arranger Émile Prudent (1817–1863)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Escudier, n.d. Plate L.E. 1783.
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Mélodie (Ballet II)

For 4 Flutes, Alto Flute and Bass Flute (Kamioka)
Arranger Hideo Kamioka (b. 1958)
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For Flute and Piano (Barge)
For Violin and Strings (Wilhelmj-Matmati)
Arranger Jawher Matmati
after August Wilhelmj (1845-1908)
Publisher. Info. Matmati's Edition, 2014. J.M.E. 92
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For Violin and Piano (Kreisler)
Arranger Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Publisher. Info. New York: Charles Foley, 1913. Plate 8.
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For Violin and Piano (Sgambati-Wilhelmj)
For Cello and Piano (Mandozzi)
Arranger Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi 28.12.2014
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For Piano (Sgambati)
Arranger Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)
Editor Harold Bauer (1873–1951)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1936. Plate 37033.
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For Piano (Siloti)
Arranger Alexander Siloti (1863–1945)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1926. Plate 23854.
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Andante

For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Editor Albert Ernest Wier (1879–1945)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1918. Plate 0318.
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Braille Scores

Mélodie (Ballet II)

For Violin and Piano (Kreisler)
Arranger Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2019.
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General Information

Work Title Orphée et Eurydice
Alternative. Title Orpheus und Eurydike
Composer Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Wq.41
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICG 26
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1774
First Performance. 1774-08-02 in Paris, Salle du Palais-Royal
First Publication. 1774 - Paris: Lemarchand
Librettist Pierre-Louis Moline (1740–1820)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
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Cast
Orphée (haute-contre)
Amour, Eurydice (sopranos)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

shepherds, shepherdesses, nymphs, demons, furies, happy spirits, heroes and heroines

Orchestra I

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, harp, strings

Orchestra II

2 oboes, harp, strings
Related Works Revised version of Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30
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