Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, H.99 (Honegger, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 scenes
Composition Year 1935/08/30 (manuscript completed 1935/12/24), rev.1935-44
Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 12 narrators, voices, mixed chorus, childrens chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring childrens chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; Latin language

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Original Version

 Complete Score (CA)
#843227 - 7.64MB, 145 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/35/26 - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Maurice Senart, 1939. Plate E.M.S. 8819.
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General Information

Work Title Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Alternative. Title oratorio dramatique en 11 scènes pour récitants, soli, choeur et orchestre
Composer Honegger, Arthur
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. H.99
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAH 65
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 scenes
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1935/08/30 (manuscript completed 1935/12/24), rev.1935-44
First Performance. 1938/05/12
First Publication. 1939
  • 1947 (revised version)
Librettist Paul Claudel (1868–1955)
Language French, Latin
Dedication À Madame Ida Rubinstein
Average DurationAvg. Duration 70 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation speakers, solo voices, mixed chorus, children's chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Spoken Roles
Jeanne d'Arc
Frère Dominique
Récitant #1 (Héraut 3/l'Ane/Bedford/Jean de Luxembourg/Heurtebise/Un Paysan)
Récitant #2 (l'Appariteur/Regnault de Chartres/Guillaume de Flavy/Perrot/Un Prêtre)
La Mère aux Tonneaux
Sung Roles
La Vierge: soprano
Marguerite: soprano
Catherine: contralto
Une Voix/Porcus/Héraut 1/Le Clerc: tenor
Une Voix/Héraut 2/Un Autre Paysan: bass
Une Voix d'Enfant
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Children's Chorus (SS)
Orchestra
2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, piccolo clarinet (E♭), clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 alto saxophones (3rd doubling tenor saxophone (ad lib.)) 3 bassoons, contrabassoon
piccolo trumpet (D), 3 trumpets, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone (or tuba)
2 pianos, timpani, 2 snare drums, celesta, ondes martenot
strings
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide (with description by Thomas Oram)
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