Don César de Bazan (Massenet, Jules)

		Movements/Sections 4 Acts Composition Year 1872; rev. and reorch. 1888 Genre Categories Operas comiques; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (8)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (0)

Vocal Scores

1872 Version

 Complete Score
*#70000 - 16.75MB, 278 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 583x⇩

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Massenetique (2010/7/4)

 Complete Score
*#104894 - 15.82MB, 277 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 216x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/6/10)

Arranger:

Auguste Bazille (1828-1891), piano reduction

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Paris: G. Hartmann, n.d.[1872]. Plate G.H. & Cie. 845.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Plate number also used for revised version in 1888.

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1888 Version

 Cover Page, Table of Contents, Act I
*#69862 - 20.98MB, 97 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 331x⇩

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Massenetique (2010/7/3)

 Act II
*#69863 - 15.57MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 235x⇩

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Massenetique (2010/7/3)

 Act III
*#69864 - 11.04MB, 66 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 204x⇩

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Massenetique (2010/7/3)

 Act IV
*#69865 - 7.20MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 160x⇩

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Massenetique (2010/7/3)

Arranger:

Auguste Bazille (1828-1891), piano reduction

Publisher Info.:

Paris: G. Hartmann, n.d.[1888]. Plate G.H. 845.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Nouvelle Édition. Revised version first performed and published in 1888. The same plate number is used as the 1872 publication, however the scores are not identical.

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Berceuse: "Dors, ami" (Act II, No.6)

 Complete Score (B♭ Major: medium voice and piano)
*#19247 - 0.25MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 141x⇩

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Massenetique (2008/7/23)

Publisher Info.:

Jules Massenet - Mélodies, Cahier I (Mezzo-soprano ou Baryton).
Paris: Georges Hartmann, n.d.(1875). Plate G.H. 756.
Reissue — Paris: Heugel, (1893-94). Plate H. et Cie. 7990

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

300 dpi

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 Complete Score (C Major: high voice and piano)
*#20716 - 0.31MB, 4 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 171x⇩

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Massenetique (2008/8/12)

Publisher Info.:

Jules Massenet - Mélodies, Cahier I (Soprano ou Ténor).
Paris: Georges Hartmann, n.d.(ca.1882). Plate G.H. 1302.
Reissue — Paris: Heugel, (1893-94). Plate H. et Cie. 7991

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

"Sevillana" for Voice and Piano (Massenet)

• Arrangement of the entr'acre to Act III of Don César de Bazan
• see: Sevillana (Massenet, Jules)

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General Information

Work Title	Don César de Bazan
Alternative Title	Opéra comique en trois actes

Composer	Massenet, Jules
Movements/Sections	4 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1872; rev. and reorch. 1888
First Performance	1872-11-30 Paris: Opéra-Comique (Favart), Original version 1888-01-20 Geneva, Revised version
First Publication	1872
Librettist	Adolphe d' Ennery (1811-1899) Jean Henri Dumanoir Jules Chantepie (1843-1885)
Language	French
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

The orchestration to the original 1872 version was destroyed by fire. The composer revised and reorchestrated the opera in 1888.

Operas by Jules Massenet
La grand'tante (1867) Don César de Bazan (1872) Le roi de Lahore (1877) Hérodiade (1881) Manon (1884) Le Cid (1885) Esclarmonde (1889) Le mage (1891) Werther (1892) Thaïs (1894) Le portrait de Manon (1894) La Navarraise (1894) Sapho (1897)	Cendrillon (1899) Grisélidis (1901) Le jongleur de Notre-Dame (1902) Chérubin (1905) Ariane (1906) Thérèse (1907) Bacchus (1909) Don Quichotte (1910) Roma (1912) Panurge (1913) Cléopâtre (1914) Amadis (1922)