Le prophète (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Composition Year 1836-49
Genre Categories Grand operas; Theatrical 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; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ
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Full Scores

Scène et Aria

 Complete Score
#96899 - 6.40MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1879×⇩ - Romanov76110

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Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1890-1910)
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Coronation March (Act IV)

 Complete score
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homerdundas (2010/10/19)

Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.(?)
Reprinted New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70).
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Parts

Coronation March (Act IV)

 Flutes 1, 2 and piccolo
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⇒ 12 more: Oboes 1, 2 • Clarinets 1, 2 • Bassoons 1, 2, 3, 4 • Horns 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trumpets 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trombones (Alto, Tenor, Bass) • Ophicleide • Cymbals, bass drum, military drum, timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos / Basses

 Oboes 1, 2
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 Clarinets 1, 2
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 Bassoons 1, 2, 3, 4
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 Horns 1, 2, 3, 4
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 Trumpets 1, 2, 3, 4
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 Trombones (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
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 Ophicleide
#81416 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 634×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Cymbals, bass drum, military drum, timpani
#61669 - 0.19MB, 1, 1, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 658×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos / Basses
#61673 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 626×⇩ - homerdundas

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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.(?)
Reprinted New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70).
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 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
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homerdundas (2011/7/21)

Editor Homer Seywerd
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Misc. Notes Source - Mainz: Schott, n.d.(?)
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Preliminaries - Act I - Act II (Incomplete)
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 Act III
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 Act IV - Act V
#111495 - 14.78MB, 150 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 920×⇩ - Massenetique

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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5103 and 5104.
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Misc. Notes Missing page 71.
View BYU copy at archive.org 1849: Advertised ("En vente...") on the last page of the last July 1849 issue of the Revue et Gazette musicale.
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 Complete Score
#437464 - 27.25MB, 390 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 85×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5103 and 5104.
Reprinted New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70).
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 7 x 10.5 inches.
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 Complete Score
#308943 - 55.72MB, 420 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 469×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2013/12/30)

Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854), piano reduction
Language Italian
Translator R.N. di Santo-Mango, Italian text
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plates 21751-21796.
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 Preliminaries, Act I, Act II
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 Act III
#72235 - 8.13MB, 119 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 821×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Act IV, Act V
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate B. et Cie. 9244.
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 Complete Score
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Carolus (2013/12/30)

Language German
Translator Ludwig Rellstab, probably - see RISM
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. Plate 11296.
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 Preface and libretto
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⇒ 5 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

 Act I
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 Act II
#30375 - 56.34MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 310×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act III
#30376 - 121.34MB, 108 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 288×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act IV
#30377 - 96.01MB, 90 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 318×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act V
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Language Italian
Translator Achille de Lauzières (1800-1875), Italian text (presumed author)
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi & Cia., n.d.(ca.1878). Plate 45561.
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 Act I-III
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 Act IV-V
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 Color Cover
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Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d. (1904). Plate 109808.
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Selections

 Ah! My Child
#214276 - 0.07MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 406×⇩ - Robert A. Hudson

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Editor Robert A. Hudson
Language English
Translator Stephen Foster, English text
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Misc. Notes Aria "Ah mon fils" from act 2
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Alkan and Garaudé)

 Complete Score
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Carolus (2013/12/30)

Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) - Overture
Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d. Plates B. et Cie. 5191, 5111.
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For Piano solo (Garaudé)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5110.
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 Complete Score
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821–1854) not credited
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plates 21091-22021.
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For Piano

 Act I
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⇒ 4 more: Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

 Act II
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 Act III
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 Act IV
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 Act V
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Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d. Plate 46163.
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Sinfonia (Overture)

For Piano 4 hands (Alkan)

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Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate B. et Cie. 5191
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For Piano (Alkan)

 Complete piano score
#40724 - 1.31MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 786×⇩ - Caprotti

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Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi & C., n.d.(1850). Plate 22465
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Coronation March (Act IV)

For Organ

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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.315-319)
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For Piano

 Complete Score
#112793 - 0.53MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 770×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1889). Plate 14537.
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 Complete Score
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Arranger Louis Oesterle (1854-1932)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1898. Plate 14061.
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General Information

Work Title Le prophète
Alternative. Title Grand opéra en cinq actes
Name Translations A próféta; El profeta; Le Prophète; Մարգարե; Il profeta; Profeten; Пророк; Προφήτης; ウジェーヌ・スクリーブ; Prorok (opera)
Name Aliases 預言者 (オペラ); Иоанн Лейденский; Le prophete; Der Prophet
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 193061914; LCCN: n97082976; GND: 300104286
Composer Meyerbeer, Giacomo
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGM 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1836-49
First Performance. 1849-04-16 in Paris: Opéra
First Publication. 1849
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
(Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 cor à piston, ophicleïde, timpani, percussion, organ, 2 harps, strings, on-stage instruments including: saxhorn quintet, 5 trumpets)
Related Works Pieces based on 'Le prophète'
Primary Sources D-SHm Mus.C82:2
D-WRha DNT 425
D-DS (ohne signatur) (description @ RISM of three early printed copies of full and vocal score and parts)
External Links Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Instrumentation from RISM: D-DS. The instrumentation given in the 2 other RISM listings differs somewhat...

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