Composition Year | 1882 |
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Genre Categories | Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 3 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
Work Title | La naissance de Vénus |
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Alternative. Title | Scène mythologique pour soli, choeurs et orchestre |
Composer | Fauré, Gabriel |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.29 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGF 54 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1882 |
First Publication. | 1883 |
Librettist | Paul Collin (1843−1915) |
Language | French |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo voices (baritone, bass, mezzo-soprano), chorus and orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 harps, strings) |
An earlier English translation was published in 1898 by Hamelle without accompaniment. (BdlF 1898, p.741.)