Hérodiade (Hindemith, Paul)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 scene, 11 movements (attacca)
Composition Year	1944-06-30, New Haven (Full Score) 1944 Early July, West Southport, Maine (Piano Reduction)
Genre Categories	Ballets; Theatrical Works; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.1.1 For Piano
3 General Information
4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano

Complete Score (CA)
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Arranger	Composer
Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	London: Schott & Co., Ltd., No.4115, 1955. Plate 37502.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	Herodiade
Alternative. Title	Hérodiade de Stéphane Mallarmé ("récitation orchestrale") Music to a ballet for small orchestra (recitation orchestrale)
Composer	Hindemith, Paul
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IPH 53
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 scene, 11 movements (attacca) Prélude. Lent ( = 96-100)/Modéré ( = 56-60) - Modérément animé ( = 80-88) - Modéré ( = 72-76) - Modérément animé ( = 80-88) - Vif ( = 92-100) - Modérément animé ( = 80-88) - Soutenu ( = 50) - Agité ( = 76)/Très rétenu/Plus agité qu'au début - Vif et passione ( = 66)/un peu plus calme - Grave ( = 50)/Plus calme - Lent ( = 56-60)/Très passionément ( = 76-80)/lent
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1944-06-30, New Haven (Full Score) 1944 Early July, West Southport, Maine (Piano Reduction)
First Performance.	1944-10-30 in Washington D.C., Library of Congress Martha Graham and May O'Donnell (dancers), Louis Horst (conductor) Martha Graham (choreography), Isamu Noguchi (stage design), Edythe Gilfond (costumes)
First Publication.	1955
Librettist	Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Modern
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	Dancers and Orchestra Dancers 2 female dancers Orchestra flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon horn, piano, strings
External Links	Hindemith Foundation Wikipedia article

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Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge fund of the Library of Congress for Martha Graham. Long after the first performance, Hindemith sketched out a scenario of his own; this is reproduced in Paul Hindemith: Leben und Werk in Bild und Text (item 45), 180-81.

-Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide

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