| Work Title
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Hymne de la Nuit
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| Alternative. Title
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Hymne de la Nuit (Hochgesang von der Nacht) Par Monsieur de Lamartine, Musique de Sigismond Neukomm
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| Composer
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Neukomm, Sigismund
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.60
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ISN 17
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| Key
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E major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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8 movements:
- Chœur. Le jour s'éteint. Andante (
 = 116)
- Soprano solo. Dieu du jour, Dieu des nuits... Andante ( = 108) A major.
- Chœur. Ces chœurs étincelants... Maestoso ( = 100) D major.
- Basse solo. Ces flots d'or, d'azur... Adagio ( = 100). B♭ major.
- Chœur. Que nos temples, seigneur... Vivace (
 = 66). D minor. - Largo assai ( = 69) - Maestoso ( = 76)
- Tenore solo. L'océan se joue avec pieds de son Roi... Vivace ( = 152.) G minor. - Adagio ( = 100)
- Terzetto. Je ne suis rien mon Dieu mais ta soif... Adagio maestoso ( = 112). C major. (Soprano, tenor, bass soloists.)
- Chœur. Oui - dans ces champs d'azur... Maestoso ( = 76). E major.
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| First Performance.
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1830 Dec. 2, Leipzig, or earlier
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| First Publication.
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1829 or earlier?
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| Librettist
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Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869)
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| Language
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French / German
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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soprano, tenor and bass soloists, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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Orchestra: flutes, oboes, clarinets in A, bassoons, horns in E and A, trumpets in C, bass-trumpet, 3 trombones, ophicleide, serpent, buccin, timpani, strings
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| Extra Information
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Date can't be 1823? Lamartine did not write his Hymne de la Nuit until 1826 - at least, according to French Wikisource.- Schissel (specifically, in Florence on March 9 1826.). Piano reduction published 1829 - see Monatsbericht (1829), p.81; rehearsal piano reduction is also part of full score. (Copublished by Schott of Paris according to BdlF, same year.)
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