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

Composition Year 1794
Genre Categories Secular choruses; Choruses; For mixed chorus, wind band; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring wind band; For chorus with orchestra; French language

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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Holograph Manuscript, n.d.[1794].
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Misc. Notes BNF notice bibliographique
Including original lyrics by Marie-Joseph Chénier (RH 629a).
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 Piccolo 1/2
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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

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 Oboe 1/2
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 Clarinet 1 (B♭)
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 Clarinet 2 (B♭)
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 Bassoon 1
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 Bassoon 2
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 Horn 1 (E♭)
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 Horn 2 (E♭)
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 Trumpet 1/2 (E♭)
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 Trombone 1/2/3
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 Serpent
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 Percussion
Timpani/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Tambour Turc
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Magasin de musique à l'usage des fêtes nationales, n.d.[1794].
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General Information

Work Title Hymne à l'être suprême, RH 629c
Alternative. Title
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
InstrDetail
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.
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