Septet, Op.65 (Saint-Saëns, Camille)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1879 December-1880 December
Genre Categories Septets; For trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano; Scores featuring the trumpet; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the double bass; Scores featuring the piano; For 7 players; for violin, cello, and piano (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#589336 - 69.87MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 101×⇩ - Berwald

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Berwald (2019/9/11)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1894.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes BNF notice bibliographique. Dated 1894 on the title page.
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 Complete Score
#26509 - 3.49MB, 51 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6496×⇩ - jsnfmn

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jsnfmn (2009/1/9)

Editor First edition (later issue)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., n.d.(1914). Plate D. & Cie. 9031.
Photographic reduction of a much earlier (1881) engraving.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Scanned at 600 dpi
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 Complete Score
#30117 - 1.73MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6393×⇩ - Daphnis

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Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, Schœnewerk & Cie, n.d.[1881]. Plate D.S. & Cie. 2889.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Masters Music, n.d.(1991). Plate Catalog M 1668.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 2e série, 70e année, Nº 26, 25 Juin 1881, p.381, r.2495. Issued in March 1881 according to Teller-Ratner.
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Parts

 Complete Score (also Piano part)
#30117 - 1.73MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6393×⇩ - Daphnis

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 Complete Parts
#30118 - 1.02MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6833×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2009/4/2)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie., n.d.(ca.1881). Plate D.S. & Cie. 2889.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Masters Music, n.d.(1991). Plate Catalog M 1668.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The trumpet part in the last movement shows 36 bars' rest followed by 2 bars of cues; the 2 bars are actually included within the 36.
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 Trumpet (B♭)
#629663 - 0.33MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1625×⇩ - P0mbal

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P0mbal (2020/6/3)

Arranger John Morrison
Publisher. Info. John Morrison, 2020
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Transposition of E♭ Trumpet part for B♭ Trumpet. As with the E♭ part, in the last movement this shows 36 bars' rest followed by 2 bars of cues, but the 2 bars are actually included within the 36.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin, Cello, and Piano

 Complete Score and Parts
#30594 - 1.87MB, 39 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1227×⇩ - Daphnis

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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie., n.d.(1881). Plate D.S. & Cie. 2937.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Issued in November 1881 according to Teller-Ratner p.176.
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For Piano 4 hands (Fauré)

 Complete Score
#01732 - 2.41MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 471×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2006/10/08)

Arranger Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie., n.d.[1881]. Plate D.S. & Cie. 2938.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Issued in October 1881 according to Teller-Ratner p.176.
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Menuet & Gavotte

For 2 Pianos

 Piano 1
#31674 - 0.36MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 352×⇩ - Morel

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 Piano 2
#31675 - 0.29MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 226×⇩ - Morel

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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie., n.d.[1881]. Plate D.S. & Cie. 2933.
Reissue – Paris: Durand & Fils, n.d.(after 1891). Plate D. & F. 2933.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. This arrangement issued in August 1881 according to Teller-Ratner (p.176.)
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General Information

Work Title Septet
Alternative. Title Septuor
Name Translations 七重奏曲; Septuor pour cordes, piano et trompette; Septet in E-flat major, Op. 65
Name Aliases Septet in E-flat major for trumpet, two violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano; Septet in E-flat major
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 183280772; LCCN: no97073230; BNF: 13918555x
Composer Saint-Saëns, Camille
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.65
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICS 209
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
I. Préambule
II. Menuet
III. Intermède
IV. Gavotte et Final
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1879 December-1880 December
First Performance. 1880-1-6, La Trompette, Préambule only

1880-12-28, at La Trompette, entire septet (still from manuscript)

First Publication. 1881 – Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie., Plate D.S. & Cie. 2889.
Dedication Émile Lemoine (1840–1912)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, piano
Discography MusicBrainz
All Music Guide
External Links Wikipedia article (in French)
Extra Information Benfeld's 2-piano arrangement (which we do not have here) was published in 1902 by A. Durand et fils. Émile Lemoine, civil engineer, founded in 1860 a chamber music society ('La Trompette') and asked Saint-Saëns to contribute a work; this resulted.

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Note from Lemoine on the title page of the Saint-Saëns manuscript:
Voici l'historique de ce morceau. Depuis [de] longues années je tracassais mon ami St Saëns en lui demandant de me composer, pour nos soirées de la Trompette, une oeuvre sérieuse où il y ait une trompette mêlée aux instruments à cordes et au piano que nous avions ordinairement ; il me plaisanta d'abord sur cette combinaison bizarre d'instruments répondant qu'il ferait avant un morceau pour guitare et treize trombonnes etc. En 1879 il me remit (le 29 Décembre), sans doute pour mes étrennes, un morceau pour trompette, piano, quatuor et contrebasse intitulé Préambule et je le fis jouer le 6 janvier 1880 à notre première soirée. L'essai plut sans doute à Saint Saëns car il me dit en sortant : "Tu auras ton morceau complet, le Préambule en sera le 1er mouvement." Il a tenu parole et le septuor complet (dont je donne le manuscrit autographe à la bibliothèque du Conservatoire) a été joué pour la première fois le 28 Décembre 1880 (début de nos soirées de la saison). Les artistes étaient : M. Teste (trompette) l'auteur (piano) ; le quatuor MM. Marsick, Rémy, van Waefelghem et Delsart doublé d'un second quatuor : MM. Mendels, Austruy, Wolff et Hegyesi, Contrebasse M. Dereul. Ce septuor peut naturellement se jouer avec un seul instrument pour chaque partie des cordes mais il fait (de l'avis de l'auteur) meilleur effet si le quatuor est doublé ! Il est très beau avec l'orchestre, je l'ai entendu ainsi aux Concerts Colonne.
Paris le 2 avril 1894
E. Lemoine

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