Psyché (Franck, César)

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Rgagnaux (2016/5/30)

Performer Pages Willem van Otterloo (conductor)
Nederlands Kamerkoor (chorus)
Residentie Orkest (orchestra)
Publisher Info. London: Philips Records, 1954. A00262L.
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Misc. Notes Recorded 1954 october 21-22, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands (picture on the right: Willem van OTTERLOO (in the middle) with the two concertmasters Theo Olof (on the left) and Herman Krebbers (on the right), Nederland, 1958, Nationaal Archief, Collectie Spaarnestad
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Rgagnaux (2016/5/26)

Performer Pages Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)
Walter Goehr (conductor)
Publisher Info. New York: Musical Masterpiece Society/Concert Hall, n.d.(ca.1950). CHS-1243.
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Misc. Notes Recorded ca. 1950
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Performer Pages Philharmonia Orchestra (orchestra)
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
Publisher Info. Angel Records, 1959. ANG 35641.
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Fragments (Nos.1, 2, 3, 5)

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Hobbypianist (2011/2/23)

Publisher. Info. Paris: O. Bornemann, 1900. Plate O.B. 4289 A.
Reprinted Munich: Musikproduktion Höflich
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Fragments (Nos.1, 2, 3 ,5)

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11 more: Oboe 1/2, English Horn • Clarinet 1/2 (in A), Bass Clarinet (in B♭) • Bassoon 1/2, 3/4 • Horn 1/2, 3/4 (in E) • Trumpet 1/2 (in F, E) / Cornet 1/2 (in A) • Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba • Timpani • Harp 1, 2 • Violins I, II • Violas • Cello / Double Basses

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Generoso (2009/1/10)

Publisher. Info. Paris: O. Bornemann, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate O.B. 4289, 4293, 4302, 4301.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Massenetique (2011/11/28)

Language English
Translator Paul England (fl.1863-1932), English text
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Bornemann, 1901. Plate O.B. 3989.
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Misc. Notes Piano 4-hands accompaniment for instrumental opening instead of the usual piano.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Sommeil de Psyché

For Piano (Johansen)

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Arranger Ken Johansen (b. 1962)
Publisher. Info. Ken Johansen, 2023.
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General Information

Work Title Psyché
Alternative. Title Poème symphonique pour orchestre et choeurs
Name Translations プシュケ
Name Aliases Psyche
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 177622346; LCCN: no97078167; GND: 300054165; BNF: 139122351
Composer Franck, César
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CFF 129; FWV 47
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICF 59
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 sections:
  • Part I
1. Le Sommeil de Psyché
2. Psyché enlevée par les zéphyrs
  • Part II
3. Les jardins d'Eros
4. Lento
5. Psyché et Eros
  • Part III
6. Quasi Lento
7. Souffrances et Plaintes de Psyché
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1886–87
First Performance. 1888-03-10, Paris
First Publication. 1890 - Paris: Bruneau (reduction piano-4H and chorus, by composer)
Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 
2e série, 79e année, Nº 16, 19 Avril 1890, p.221, regN°1543.

1903 (Orch. (in full)) (fragments published in full score in 1900 by Bornemann)

Librettist S. Sicard? (fl.1888–1905)
Louis de Fourcaud (possibly)
Language French
Dedication Vincent d' Indy
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, 2 harps, strings

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Begun by 1886; Stove (2011,2) (César Franck: His Life and Times) notes that the manuscript to Les jardins d’Eros was completed 1886-8-4. Fourcaud's involvement in the libretto, according to Stove, is conjecture by d'Indy, who could not find out who wrote the words; he also conjectured that Georges Franck might have been involved. (According to Stove it was finished during the summer of 1887.) (An arrangement for chorus and piano four hands, in French, was published ca.1903 with the arrangement attributed to Gustave Sandré.)

S. Sicard was the name or pseudonym of someone, it seems, who provided texts for works published between ca.1888 and ca.1905 or thereabouts. (Not necessarily Sylvia or Sylva?... though there does seem to have been a Sylva Sicard, and no other records offhand of a Sylvia Sicard are showing up, though perhaps if one looks more closely...).