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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 Acts |
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| Composition Year | 1889-91 |
| Genre Categories | Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For mixed chorus, orchestra; |
| Work Title | Pêcheur d'islande |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | Drame en 4 actes et 9 tableaux, d'apres le roman de Pierre Loti et Louis Tiercelin |
| Composer | Ropartz, Guy |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGR 44 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 Acts |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1889-91 |
| First Performance. | 1893-2-18, Paris
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| First Publication. | 1891? (suite) 1893 (vocal score) |
| Librettist | The composer and Louis Tiercelin (1849−1915), after Pierre Loti (1850−1923) |
| Language | French |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Chorus, Orchestra |
Original novel by Loti; librettist either Tiercelin or composer and Tiercelin (with any good opera/incidental music composer, one suspects that collaboration was a given if at all possible anyway...) (this from subsection of French Wikipedia article on the original (Loti) Pêcheur d'islande.)
1889-91 is the date given on several sites for the suite: "1889-1891, Pêcheur d’Islande, Suite pour orchestre ; musique de scène pour la pièce Pierre Loti et Louis Tiercelin (réduction piano quatre mains et chant par le compositeur)"
1893-2-18 etc. given in BdlF entry below (for vocal score).
Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 2e série, 82e année, Nº 14, 8 Avril 1893, page 235, registration 1662.
