Ruy Blas, Op.95 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 overture (414 bars)
Composition Year 1839 (03-08)
Genre Categories Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 4 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Complete Recording (EU)
#579256 - 17.43MB - 7:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/65/V - 260×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

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Vangi (2019/6/28)

Performer Pages Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra)
Carl Schuricht (conductor)
Publisher Info. Decca, 1954.
Copyright
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 Complete Recording (EU)
#439570 - 17.77MB - 7:35 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/64/V - 453×⇩ - MP3 - Rgagnaux

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Rgagnaux (2016/9/18)

Performer Pages Orchestre national de France (orchestra)
André Cluytens (conductor)
Publisher Info. Radiodiffusion-télévision française, 1953.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Recorded September 28, 1953 in Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#714679 - 10.29MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 75×⇩ - BachFan

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BachFan (2021/7/11)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1839.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F. 31 (12)
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 Complete Score
#741080 - 4.25MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 72×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2021/10/26)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1839?].
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Complete Score
#683562 - 14.05MB, 66 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 76×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2021/3/22)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.[1852] (1851). Plate 1837.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): C785/4
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 Complete Score
#52123 - 13.20MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7628×⇩ - CBo

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CBo (2010/1/7)

 Complete Score
#402591 - 13.25MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 476×⇩ - Dandeutsch

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Dandeutsch (2015/12/11)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 14.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes #402591 This score includes measure numbers.
Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850 (Note re publisher information: date is inferred from Monatsbericht (1875), p.188, and should apparently include a "n.d."?)
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Parts

 Flute 1, 2
#35470 - 0.46MB, 2, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1812×⇩ - Horndude77

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Horndude77 (2009/7/24)

⇒ 11 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (C), Horn 3, 4 (E♭) • Trumpet 1, 2 • Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor, bass) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos / Basses

 Oboe 1, 2
#35471 - 0.37MB, 2, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1323×⇩ - Horndude77

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 Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭)
#35472 - 0.44MB, 2, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1574×⇩ - Horndude77

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 Bassoon 1, 2
#35473 - 0.44MB, 2, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1345×⇩ - Horndude77

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 Horn 1, 2 (C), Horn 3, 4 (E♭)
#35474 - 0.62MB, 2 ea pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1963×⇩ - Horndude77

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 Trumpet 1, 2
#35475 - 0.28MB, 2, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1624×⇩ - Horndude77

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 Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor, bass)
#35476 - 0.48MB, 2 ea. pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2130×⇩ - Horndude77

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 Timpani
#35477 - 0.15MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1154×⇩ - Horndude77

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Horndude77 (2009/7/24)

 Violins I
#20909 - 1.65MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2746×⇩ - ras1

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ras1 (2008/8/15)

 Violins II
#20910 - 1.68MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1895×⇩ - ras1

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 Violas
#35478 - 0.42MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1564×⇩ - Horndude77

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Horndude77 (2009/7/24)

 Cellos / Basses
#26263 - 0.44MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2179×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/1/5)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1875].
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project.
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 Clarinet 1 (B♭)
#24744 - 2.86MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 225×⇩ - easiest2remember

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easiest2remember (2008/11/23)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1875].
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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 Alto Trombone (Tenor Clef)
#927270 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 22×⇩ - Ekki0815

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Ekki0815 (2024/8/14)

Editor Ekki0815
Publisher. Info. Ekki0815, 2024.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Theater Orchestra (Roberts)

 Condensed Score and Parts
#650981 - 33.46MB, 72 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/C - 31×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2020/10/7)

Arranger Charles J. Roberts (1868-1957)
Publisher. Info. Carl Fischer's Theatre Orchestra Edition, No.1832
New York: Carl Fischer, 1917. Plate 19898-82.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Hermann)

 Complete Score
#162884 - 3.05MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 310×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/9)

Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828-1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6026.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Pauer)

 Piano 1
#60473 - 1.11MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 386×⇩ - Morel

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 Piano 2
#60474 - 1.05MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 225×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/1)

Arranger Ernst Pauer (1826-1905)
Publisher. Info. London: Augener, n.d.(ca 1895). Plates 10056a and 10056b.
Copyright
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For 2 Pianos (Grill)

 Piano 1
#62473 - 1.20MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 349×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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 Piano 2
#62474 - 0.90MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 250×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2010/4/25)

Arranger Leo Grill (1846-1919)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.[1874]. Plate 4045.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Republished by Kistner in 1878? (See Monatsbericht (1878), p.37.)
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For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)

 Complete Score
#29584 - 1.06MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 408×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2009/3/15)

Arranger Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849-1921)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 6040.
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For Piano (Horn)

 Complete Score
#372705 - 1.18MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 175×⇩ - Lekro

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Lekro (2015/4/5)

Arranger August Horn (1825-1893)
Publisher. Info. 9 Overtüren von Mendelssohn, Kreutzer, Nicolai (pp.40-47)
Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d. Plate 69.
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For Piano

 Complete Score
#209681 - 0.85MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 624×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/4/24)

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.05688, n.d.
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Ouverture

For Violin and Piano (Brissler)

 Violin Part
#683361 - 0.52MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Afp0815

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Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1877]. Plate 14197.
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General Information

Work Title Ruy Blas
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.95 ; MWV P 15
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 147
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 overture (414 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1839 (03-08)
First Performance. 1839-03-11 in Leipzig
First Publication. 1851 – Leipzig: Kistner (parts)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 7-8 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones
timpani, strings
External Links Wikipedia article (German)

Discography=All Music Guide

Extra Information Possibly? probably? written for Victor Hugo's play Ruy Blas premiered 1838.

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