Armide, Wq.45 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

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Editor First edition
Engraver Mme. Lobry
Publisher. Info. Paris: Bureau du Journal de Musique, n.d.[1777].
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Des Lauriers, n.d. Plate 1.
BYU copy - Publisher imprint obscured by Imbault's label
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Misc. Notes Appears to be the same plates as above, different title-page.
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.[1845].
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Chaconne (Act V)

Editor Werner Höss
Publisher. Info. Werner Höss
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Ballet Music (Act V)

9 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (C) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (B♭/G) • Violins I/Conductor • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1904). Plate Orch.B. 1761/62.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1496.
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Chaconne (Act V)

13 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭) • Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Bassoon • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Editor Werner Höss
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Arranger Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt (1779–1853), piano reduction
Language German / French
Translator Julius von Voss, German text
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Martin Schlesinger, n.d. Plate 75.
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Misc. Notes Dedicated to Carl Moritz von Brühl.
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Arranger Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt (1779–1853), piano reduction
Language German / French
Translator Julius von Voss, German text
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. Plate S. 2127.
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Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818–1893), piano reduction
Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 4420.
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Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818–1893), piano reduction
Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.58, n.d. Plate 6662.
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Arranger François-Auguste Gevaert (1828–1908), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Henry Lemoine & Cie., 1902. Plate 19141 HL.
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Misc. Notes Director's copy, with annotations.
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Arranger Louis Narici (1858–1935), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1905). Plate A.C. 10,714.
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Publisher. Info. Échos de France, Premier volume
Paris: A. Durand & Fils, n.d. Plate D. & F. 89.
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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.79
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Misc. Notes annoté et commenté par Lucienne Bréval
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich)
Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1822–1872)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 5382.
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Paris: Schonenberger, n.d.
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For Piano (Neustedt)
See: Transcription variée sur 'Armide' by Charles Neustedt

Siciliana

For Piano (Martucci)
Arranger Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
Publisher. Info. 10 Danze Antiche (Series 1)
Bologna: Achille Tedeschi, n.d. Plate 2887.
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Misc. Notes Air sicilien (Act V)
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Ballet (Act II)

For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.79
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Musette (Act IV)

For Theatre Orchestra (Weninger)
Arranger Leopold Weninger (1879–1940)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1929. Plate A. J. B. 9180.
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For Viola and Piano (Hermann)
Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Album for Viola and Piano, Book 2, No.4
London: Augener, n.d. Plate 11229.
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Misc. Notes Musette (Act IV)
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.33
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1905.
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Libretto

French
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: P.-V. Stock, 1904.
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General Information

Work Title Armide
Alternative. Title Drame héroïque en cinq actes
Name Translations Αρμίντα (Γκλουκ); Armide (Gluck); Armide (Gluckin ooppera); Armida; Армида; [2 more...]Արմիդե; アルミード(グルック)
Name Aliases Αρμίντα
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174084199; GND: 300060114; BNF: 13926697v
Composer Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Wq.45
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICG 4
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
First Performance. 1777-09-23 in Paris, Theatre of the Palais-Royal
First Publication. 1777
Librettist Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)
after Torquato Tasso (1544–1595): La Gerusalemme liberata (1580)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation Armide (soprano), Renaud (tenor), Phénice (soprano), Sidonie (soprano), Hidraot (baritone), La Haine (contralto), The Danish Knight (tenor), Ubalde (baritone), Lucinde/Demon (soprano), Mélisse/Demon (soprano), Artémidore (tenor), Aronte (bass), A Naiad (soprano), A Shepherd (soprano), A Pleasure (soprano) + chorus, orchestra
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