Composition Year | 1894 (revised for voice and piano in 1914) |
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Genre Categories | Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; |
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Work Title | Hymne à Apollon |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Fauré, Gabriel |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.63bis |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGF 38 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1894 (revised for voice and piano in 1914) |
First Performance. | 1894-04-12 |
First Publication. | 1894 |
Librettist | Unattributed 2nd Century Greek Translated by Henri Weil (1818–1909) Versified by Eugène d' Eichthal (1844–1936) |
Language | French (the original Greek provided in the voice-piano version) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, flute, 2 clarinets, harp |
Notes:
Graham Johnson also gives the instrumentation as harp, flute and 2 clarinets in his Gabriel Fauré: The Songs and Their Poets, page 252. Google Books link (which also gives premiere date.) Eric 01:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)