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

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Prologue, 5 acts
Composition Year 1737 ca.? (revised 1754)
Genre Categories Tragedies en musique; Theatrical Works; Revues; 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 harpsichord or pianoforte (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano, harmonium (arr); Scores featuring the harmonium (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

 Act I, Sc.3. Tristes apprets
#144714 - 4.58MB - 5:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 663×⇩ - MP3 - darjac

MP3 file (audio)
darjac (2011/11/2)

Publisher Info. Darrell Jacobi
Performers Darrell Jacobi
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Prologue: Overture
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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

 Prologue: Scenes 1 and 2
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 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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 Act IV
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 Act V, Scenes 1 to 4
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 Act V, Scenes 5 to 7
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 Appendix for Acts I to III
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 Appendix for Acts IV to V and Supplement
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homerdundas (2008/12/27)

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

 Complete Score
#54134 - 24.77MB, 195 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5553×⇩ - Squin

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Squin (2010/1/26)

 Complete Score
#298542 - 7.25MB, 195 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2072×⇩ - Irishmaestro

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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.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Partition réduite
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 Complete Score
#537568 - 237.98MB, 211 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 213×⇩ - Vangi

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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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 Complete Score
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Squin (2010/1/26)

Publisher. Info. Paris: chez l'Auteur, rue des bons Enfans, 1754.
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Selections

 Complete Score
#708288 - 62.38MB, 132 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 54×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2021/6/14)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1737).
Copyright
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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 (Act I, sc. 4)

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Royal College o... (2022/3/21)

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 «Dans ce doux asile»

 Complete Score
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Copyist Henrik Rung (1807–1871)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1800s).
Copyright
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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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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#152912 - 14.00MB, 234 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4742×⇩ - Massenetique

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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.
Copyright
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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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Selections

 Complete Score
#128448 - 0.41MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2492×⇩ - Bassani

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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)

 Complete Score
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Morel (2020/4/22)

Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.94
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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 Complete Score (C major)
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Editor E. Amiot
Publisher. Info. E. Amiot, 2025.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture & Ballet

For Harpsichord or Pianoforte (Benaut)

 Complete Score*
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Arranger Josse-François-Joseph Benaut (1741–1794)
Publisher. Info. Paris: l'Auteur, n.d.[1781].
Copyright
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Misc. Notes *There are no parts for violin and cello with the original publication (or they were lost). BnF, département musique, L-5305 (9).
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 Complete Score
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Arranger Josse-François-Joseph Benaut (1741–1794)
Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2025
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Misc. Notes Urtext edition from a facsimile of the original publication.
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Selections (Fragments disposés 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)

 Complete Score
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 Cello Part
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Generoso (2010/5/30)

Arranger Charles Vogel (1808–1892)
Henri Guérout (1822–1913)
Publisher. Info. Brunswick: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 10121.B.
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Chaconne (Act V)

For Piano (Chapuis)

 Complete Score
#985222 - 0.40MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Keanur

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Keanur (2025/8/12)

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.
Copyright
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Gavotte (Act IV)

For Violin and Piano (Grünwald and Standke)

 Complete Score
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Generoso (2011/7/7)

Arranger Adolf Grünwald (1826–1901)
Otto Standke (1832–1885)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 11101.
Copyright
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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)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Louis Winkler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info. Gavottes célèbres, No.11 (pp.32-35)
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 1007, n.d.[1879]. Plate 11073.
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For Piano (Chapuis)

 Complete Score
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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.
Copyright
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Menuet

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

Passepied (Act IV)

For Violin and Piano

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#640571 - 0.55MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 26×⇩ - Lucas-coelho

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

 Complete Libretto
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Mfr (2015/6/29)

Publisher. Info. Paris: De Lormel, 1772.
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Other

 Title-page
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 Title-page (detailed image)
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Feduol (2018/6/9)

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
Oil on canvas, n.d.(18th century).
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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
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJR 8
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Prologue, 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1737 ca.? (revised 1754)
First Performance. 1737/10/24
First Publication. 1737
Librettist Pierre-Joseph Bernard (1708–1775)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information 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.)
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