Composition Year | 1867 |
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Genre Categories | Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 3 voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; |
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Work Title | Les noces de Prométhée |
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Composer | Saint-Saëns, Camille |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.19 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICS 143 |
Key | D major |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1867 |
First Publication. | 1867 |
Librettist | Romain Cornut Fils (b. ca. 1850) |
Language | French |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Narrator (tenor), Humanity (soprano), Prometheus (baritone), double chorus (SATB.SATB) and orchestra (piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 natural horns, 2 valved horns, 3 (chromatic) trumpets, 4 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass, 1 trombone contrebasse à pistons), 3 saxophones, timpani, 2 pairs of harps, triangle, cymbals, large drum, strings) |
External Links | Wikipedia article (Italian) |