Le cheval de bronze (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1834-35
Genre Categories Fairy operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For wind band (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr); Scores featuring wind band (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)
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Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#298872 - 82.09MB, 526 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 349×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2013/10/10)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Depot central de musique, n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 8.
Copyright
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Overture

 Complete Score
#463670 - 6.07MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 59×⇩ - Dandeutsch

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Dandeutsch (2017/3/20)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Depot central de musique, n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 8.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This score includes measure numbers.
Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850
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 Complete Score
#17721 - 75.84MB, 56 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1110×⇩ - Romanov76110

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Romanov76110 (2008/7/2)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No.651, n.d.(ca.1915). Plate E.E. 3750.
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#71497 - 21.76MB, 239 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 623×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2010/7/16)

Editor First edition (later print)
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Troupenas et Cie., n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 1302.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Scanned copy printed between 1837-44.
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 Preliminaries, Overture, and Act I
#23832 - 7.37MB, 60 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 375×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Lyle Neff (2008/11/3)

 Act II
#23833 - 4.28MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 191×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act III
#23834 - 2.72MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 174×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Lyle Neff (2008/11/3)

Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Troupenas et Cie., n.d.[1835]. Plate T. 1302.
Reprinted Paris: G. Brandus, Dufour et Cie., n.d.(after 1850).
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Selections

 Là bas sur ce rocher sauvage (Act I)
#854618 - 1.49MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/5/16)

Arranger Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki (1807-1852), piano reduction
Language Polish / French
Publisher. Info. Ulubione śpiewy z opery Koń spiżowy, No.1
Warsaw: G. Sennewald, n.d. Plate 4.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Military Band (Winterbottom)

 Condensed Score
#528582 - 0.91MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30×⇩ - M lefebvre

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M lefebvre (2018/6/19)

 Complete Parts
#528583 - 6.05MB, 82 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27×⇩ - M lefebvre

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M lefebvre (2018/6/19)

Arranger Frank Winterbottom (1861-1930)
Publisher. Info. London: Hawkes & Sons, 1913. Plate H. & S. 4913.
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For Piano 4 hands (Schultze)

 Complete Score
#59373 - 0.94MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 303×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/3/19)

Arranger Max Schultze (fl.1874-1900)
Publisher. Info. Ouverturen für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen (pp.66-79)
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 2305.
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General Information

Work Title Le cheval de bronze
Alternative. Title Opéra-féerie en trois actes
Name Translations Le Cheval de bronze; 青銅の馬
Authorities Wikipedia; BNF: 396842584
Composer Auber, Daniel François Esprit
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. AWV 25
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IDA 7
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1834-35
First Performance. 1835-03-28 in Paris, Salle de la Bourse
Opéra-Comique, Henri Valentino (conductor)
First Publication. 1835 - Paris: Troupenas
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)
Language French
Average DurationAvg. Duration 85 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
Cast
Prince Yang (tenor)
Stella (soprano)
Tsing-Sing (tenor)
Tchin-Kao (baritone)
Tao-Jin (soprano)
Péki (soprano)
Yan-Ko (tenor)
Lo-Mangli (soprano)
Mixed Chorus
Stella's ladies, Soldiers and Lords, Peasants
Orchestra
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, tam-tam, harp, strings
Onstage Instruments
2 trumpets, 3 trombones
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External Links Wikipedia article

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A complete (or mostly complete?) recording was released on Orfeo early in 2020.

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