La rencontre imprévue, Wq.32 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

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Sheet Music

• Vocal score (2)
• Libretto (1)

Vocal score

 Complete Score
*#98879 - 20.23MB, 175 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 893x⇩

PDF scanned by Pierre.chepelov
Pierre.chepelov (2011/4/11)

Editor:

Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (1821−1910), reduction

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Gustave Legouix, n.d.[ca.1891] Plate G. L. G. 1308.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Plate number printed between odd and even pages, so it is not readable in the scan.

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Un ruisselet bien clair (Act III, Scene 9, No.31)

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Language:

German

Publisher Info.:

Hamburg: Fritz Schuberth, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate 975.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Same aria, with two other German versions (Einem Bach, der fliesst and Holde Frühlingszeit), in Lieder und Arien

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Libretto

 Complete Libretto
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Paris: E. Gauche, n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	La rencontre imprévue
Alternative Title	Les pèlerins de la Mecque Die unvermuthete Zusammenkunft ; Die Pilgrime von Mekka The Unexpected Encounter ; The Pilgrims to Mecca

Composer	Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Opus/Catalogue Number	Wq.32
First Performance	1764-01-07 in Vienna, Burgtheater
Librettist	Louis Hurtaut Dancourt (ca.1725–1801), after Alain René Lesage and D’Orneval's play Les pèlerins de la Mecque (1726)
Language	French
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	Voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
Related Works	La rencontre imprévue was adapted and supplied with new music by Joseph Haydn as L'incontro improvviso (1775) In 1784 Mozart wrote 10 Variations on 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint', K.455, based on the Calender's aria "Les hommes pieusement"
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	Cast: Ali (haute-contre) Osmin, his servant (tenor) Rezia, beloved of Ali, prisoner of the Sultan (soprano) Amine, Balkis & Dardané, her attendants in the harem (soprano) Vertigo, a painter (bass) Calender, a dervish (bass) Le Sultan (tenor) Le chef de caravane (bass)