L'enfant prodigue (Debussy, Claude)

		Composition Year 1884, rev.1908 Genre Categories Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; For 3 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 3 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (3)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

Revised version (1908)

 Complete Score
*#15794 - 10.67MB, 131 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 3509x⇩

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Daphnis (2007/11/13)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Durand & Fils, 1908. Plate D. & F. 7189.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

1908 version

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Vocal Scores

Revised version (1908)

 Complete Score (Preview)
*#15793 - 2.56MB, 55 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 2786x⇩

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Daphnis (2007/11/13)

 Prélude (scan) (Preview)
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piupianissimo (2012/10/21)

 Prélude (filter) (Preview)
*#255352 - 0.28MB, 3 (#1-3) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 62x⇩

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piupianissimo (2012/10/21)

Editor:

Nita Cox, English text

Language:

French / English

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Durand & Fils, 1908. Plate D. & F. 3387.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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scan: score scanned at 600dpi
filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prélude, Cortège et Air de Danse

For Piano 4 hands (Composer)

 Complete Score
*#04534 - 0.60MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 868x⇩

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Nerd011235 (2007/3/23)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Durand & Fils, 1907. Plate D. & F. 6902 (Prèlude)
Paris: Durand & Fils, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6543 (Cortège et Air de Danse)

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 Cortège et Air de danse
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Morel (2012/7/13)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Durand & Fils, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6543

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	L'Enfant Prodigue
Alternative Title	The Prodigal Son

Composer	Debussy, Claude
Opus/Catalogue Number	CD 61 ; L.57
Year/Date of Composition	1884, rev.1908
First Performance	1884-07-24 in Paris
First Publication	1884
Librettist	Édouard Guinand (1838−1909)
Language	French
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Choir ad libitum, Orchestra
External Links	Centre de documentation Claude Debussy Wikipedia article
Extra Information	A vocal score (with French text only) was published in 1884. Durand used the 1884 plate number for the 1908 revised ed.

Misc. Comments

Sacred cantata (Prodigal Son story), not opera, though has been presented so.

Actually, it is sometimes described as a cantata, but also (however accurately) as an oratorio or a lyric scene. How did the composer describe it (on score or in correspondence, of which he left a good deal?) - Schissel