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 guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
Related Works Pieces based on 'Le prophète'

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#943949 - 217.83MB, 830 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.[1851]. Plate B. & Cie 5101.
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Misc. Notes Low quality on certain pages reflects the state of the scanned copy.
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Scène et Aria

 Complete Score
#96899 - 6.40MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1999×⇩ - 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
#82222 - 1.71MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3648×⇩ - homerdundas

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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1723.
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Parts

Coronation March (Act IV)

 Flute 1, 2, Piccolo
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⇒ 12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 • Bassoon 1, 2, 3, 4 • Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trombone 1, 2, 3 (Alto, Tenor, Bass) • Ophicleide • Cymbals, Bass Drum, Military Drum, Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Oboe 1, 2
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 Clarinet 1, 2
#61665 - 0.23MB, 2, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 699×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Bassoon 1, 2, 3, 4
#61666 - 0.37MB, 2, 2, 2, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 623×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Horn 1, 2, 3, 4
#61667 - 0.45MB, 2 ea. pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 731×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4
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 Trombone 1, 2, 3 (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
#79087 - 0.21MB, 1 ea. pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 693×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Ophicleide
#81416 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 728×⇩ - 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 - 745×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Violins I
#61670 - 0.13MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 875×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Violins II
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 Violas
#61672 - 0.13MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 573×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Cellos/Basses
#61673 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 721×⇩ - homerdundas

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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1723.
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 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Preliminaries - Act I - Act II (Incomplete)
#111493 - 12.14MB, 112 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1549×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Act III
#111494 - 12.67MB, 121 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 830×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Act IV - Act V
#111495 - 14.78MB, 150 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1003×⇩ - 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
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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: E.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 - 497×⇩ - Carolus

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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854), piano reduction
Language Italian
Translator F.N. di Santo Mango (fl.1840), Italian text
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 21751-21796.
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Misc. Notes according to the notes to a collection of Meyerbeer's diaries, the translator was an Italian poet resident in Paris who provided the composer also with the words to the text Di miei giorni.
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 Complete Score
#522364 - 64.42MB, 197 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 44×⇩ - Vangi

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 Preliminaries, Act I, Act II
#72234 - 7.76MB, 112 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1840×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Act III
#72235 - 8.13MB, 119 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 846×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Act IV, Act V
#72236 - 10.46MB, 158 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 999×⇩ - Massenetique

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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate B. et Cie. 9244.
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Misc. Notes View BYU copy at archive.org
#522364: Bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris - Cote de l'exemplaire numérisé: 4/043
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 Complete Score
#308941 - 36.07MB, 384 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 282×⇩ - Carolus

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Language German
Translator Ludwig Rellstab, probably - see RISM
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 11296.
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 Preface and libretto
#30373 - 9.73MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 452×⇩ - Brittany

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⇒ 5 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

 Act I
#30374 - 54.76MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 439×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act II
#30375 - 56.34MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 318×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act III
#30376 - 121.34MB, 108 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 295×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act IV
#30377 - 96.01MB, 90 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 324×⇩ - Brittany

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 Act V
#30378 - 63.77MB, 56 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 262×⇩ - Brittany

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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
#762026 - 1.01MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - Rah9639

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Publisher. Info. New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1851. Plate 1230.
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 Ah! My Child
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Editor Robert A. Hudson
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Translator Stephen Foster, English text
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Alkan and Garaudé)

 Complete Score
#308942 - 42.83MB, 346 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 225×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2013/12/30)

Arranger Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) - Overture
Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854)
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For Piano (Garaudé)

 Complete Score
#72238 - 12.11MB, 177 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1070×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2010/7/22)

Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1779-1852)
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 (1779-1852)
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 (1779-1852) not credited
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 21091-22021.
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For Piano

 Act I
#444125 - 35.82MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Unl

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

 Act II
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 Act III
#444127 - 70.09MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - Unl

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 Act IV
#444128 - 43.33MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - Unl

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 Act V
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Arranger not credited
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 Score
#40724 - 1.31MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 840×⇩ - 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 Violin and Piano (Seitz)

 Complete Score and Violin Part
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Arranger Friedrich Seitz (1848-1918)
Publisher. Info. Musikalisches Universum, No.1003
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For 7-String Guitar (Morkov)

 Complete Score
#807321 - 0.20MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Town explorer

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Arranger Vladimir Morkov (1801-1864)
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For Organ

 Complete Score
#96067 - 0.35MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1904×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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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
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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
#506658 - 1.60MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 42×⇩ - Tmilligan

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Arranger Louis Oesterle (1854-1932)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1898. Plate 14061.
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Waltz

For Piano 4 Hands

 Complete Score
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Libretti

 Complete Libretto
#873600 - 7.46MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - LinBoHe

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Language German
Translator Ludwig Rellstab (1799–1860), German text
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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; 預言者; Prorok; La Profeto; 先知; הנביא
Name Aliases Иоанн Лейденский; Пророк (опера); Пророк (Мейербер); Le prophete; Der Prophet; Le Prophete; ウジェーヌ・スクリーブ
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 193061914; LCCN: n97082976; GND: 300104286; BNF: 13916289x; BNE: XX2653241
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
Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, Narcisse Girard (conductor)
First Publication. 1849 (vocal score)
1851 (full score)
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Jean de Leyde (tenor)
Fidès, Jean's mother (mezzo-soprano)
Berthe, Jean's bride (soprano)
Jonas, an Anabaptist (tenor)
Mathisen, an Anabaptist (bass/baritone)
Zacharie, an Anabaptist (bass)
Oberthal, a feudal count (bass)

Mixed Chorus

Nobles, Anabaptists, citizens, peasants, soldiers, prisoners, children

Orchestra

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophicleide
timpani, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, bass drum, snare drum
organ (4 hands), 2 harps, strings

Onstage Instruments

18 saxhorns, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets
4 military drums, antique cymbals
Related Works Pieces based on 'Le prophète'
Manuscript Sources Mss and printed parts, piano score, ca.1849 (D-SHm Mus.C82:2)
Mss parts, printed piano score, 1859 (D-WRha DNT 425)
Mss parts, 1850-89 (D-DS, ohne signatur)
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
Extra Information *Publication of complete score (Brandus) came somewhat later. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 1e série, 40e année (54e de la collection), Nº 18, 3 Mai 1851, p.229, r.169.
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