Castor et Pollux, RCT 32 (Rameau, Jean-Philippe)

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Naxos

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darjac (2011/11/2)

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Squin (2010/1/26)

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Irishmaestro (2013/10/7)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: chez l'Auteur, Prault fils, la veuve Boivin, Leclair, Duval, 1737.
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Misc. Notes Partition réduite
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Vangi (2018/8/22)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Boivin, n.d.[1737].
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Misc. Notes Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
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Squin (2010/1/26)

Publisher. Info. Paris: chez l'Auteur, rue des bons enfants, 1754.
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9 more: Prologue: Scenes 1 and 2 • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V, Scenes 1 to 4 • Act V, Scenes 5 to 7 • Appendix for Acts I to III • Appendix for Acts IV to V and Supplement

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Editor Auguste Chapuis (1858–1933)
Publisher. Info. Oeuvres complètes, Vol.VIII
Paris: Durand, 1903. Plate D. & F. 6031.
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Misc. Notes For page index, see Discussion.
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Selections

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1737.
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 521. Contains Overture and some instrumental and vocal pieces together with some unidentified operatic excerpts. Irrelevant pages removed from scan
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Chantons l'éclatante victoire

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 1121
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Choeur

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Copyist Henrik Rung (1807–1871)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(19th century.)
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Misc. Notes Contained in "H. & Fr. Rungs Musik-Arkiv" (Henrik & Frederik Rung's Musik-Arkiv). See WorldCat.
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Massenetique (2011/11/18)

Arranger Auguste Chapuis (1858-1933), piano reduction
Editor Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Durand & Fils, n.d.[1903]. Plate D. & F. 6269.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 2e série, 92e année, Nº 45, 7 Novembre 1903, p.739, r.6100.
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Bassani (2011/9/23)

Publisher. Info. Airs pour chant avec accompagnement de piano
Paris: Durand, n.d.(ca.1906?).
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Air de Télaïre (Act I, Sc.3)

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Morel (2020/4/22)

Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.94
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections (Fragments disposes en suite d'orchestre)

For Orchestra (Gevaert)
See: Danses célèbres des fondateurs de l'opéra français by François-Auguste Gevaert (Suite No.3)

Choeur

For Cello and Piano (Vogel and Guérout)

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Arranger Charles Vogel (1808-1892)
Henri Guérout (d. ca.1900?)
Publisher. Info. Brunswick: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 10121.B.
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For Violin and Piano (Grünwald and Standke)

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Arranger Adolf Grünwald (1826-1901)
Otto Standke (1832-1885)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 11101.
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Misc. Notes The cover of this score says that it is for cello and piano, though the music itself is clearly for violin
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For Piano 4 hands (Winkler)

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Arranger Louis Winkler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 11073.
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Menuet

For Piano and Harmonium (Vilbac)
See: L'Harmonium-Concertant (No.11)

Passepied

For Violin and Piano

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Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Rio de Janeiro: Revista da Semana, No.154, 1903.
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Libretti

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Publisher. Info. Paris: De Lormel, 1772
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Misc. Notes Reprise de 1772
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Copyist Nicolas Henri Jeaurat de Bertry (1728–1796)
Publisher. Info. Still Life in Trompe l’Œil with Musical Instruments and the Book of Castor and Pollux
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General Information

Work Title Castor et Pollux
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Kastor i Polluks (opera); Кастор и Полукс (опера); Castor ja Pollux (ooppera); Cástor y Pólux; Кастор и Поллукс; Castor és Pollux; Կաստոր և Պոլուքս; Castor ve Pollux; カストールとポリュックス
Name Aliases Castor und Pollux; Castor and Pollux
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 210938338; GND: 300124554; BNF: 139176747
Composer Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. RCT 32
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJR 8
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's prologue, 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1737 ca.? (revised 1754)
First Performance. 1737 October 24
First Publication. 1737
Librettist Pierre-Joseph Bernard
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
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Two versions: 1737, 1754. ("Rameau made extensive revisions (mainly cuts) in 1754"- Staines, "The Rough Guide to Classical Music"- to quote one of only many sources, of course; consider too Charles William Dill's 1989 dissertation for Princeton University, The reception of Rameau's Castor et Pollux in 1737 and 1754.)