Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement in several sections |
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First Publication | 1900 |
Genre Categories | Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For narrator, voice, mixed chorus, organ, orchestra; |
Work Title | Le feu céleste, Op.115 |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Saint-Saëns, Camille |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.115 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICS 88 |
Key | F minor (or F major with a brief prelude?) |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement in several sections |
Text Incipit | Devant les splendeurs d’un autre age |
First Performance. | 1900 May 31, Paris, l'Exposition Universelle |
First Publication. | 1900 |
Librettist | Armand Silvestre (1837-1901) |
Language | French |
Dedication | Paul Taffanel (1844–1908) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Soprano soloist, narrator, chorus, orchestra and organ |
Premiere (?) at the opening of the concerts of the Paris World Fair/l'Exposition Universelle. (Not of the Fair itself, which opened in April. See RadioFrance. Written to celebrate the glories of electricity.