Hymne à l'être suprême, RH 629c (Gossec, François Joseph)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph Manuscript, n.d.[1794].
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Including original lyrics by Marie-Joseph Chénier (RH 629a).
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12 more: Flute 1/2 • Oboe 1/2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭) • Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (E♭) • Horn 2 (E♭) • Trumpet 1/2 (E♭) • Trombone 1/2/3 • Serpent • Percussion / Timpani/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Tambour Turc

Publisher. Info. Paris: Magasin de musique à l'usage des fêtes nationales, n.d.[1794].
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Work Title Hymne à l'être suprême, RH 629c
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Composer Gossec, François Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. RH 629
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFG 68
Key E-flat major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1794
First Performance. 1794
First Publication. 1794
Librettist Théodore Désorgues (1764–1808)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation mixed chorus (SSATB), wind band
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2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 buccine, 2 tubae corvae, serpent
bass drum, cymbals, tambour turc, timpani
Extra Information Gossec initially composed for the text by Marie-Joseph Chénier (RH 629a), but eventually the new text by Désorgues was adopted. For details, see Constant Pierre, Les hymnes et chansons de la Révolution, pp. 308-20.
Hymne à l'être suprême, RH 629b, also written for the Feast of the Supreme Being on 8 June 1794, is based on the same text.