Offrande à la liberté, RH 616 (Gossec, François Joseph)

Composition Year 1792
Genre Categories Secular choruses; Choruses; For voice, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; French language; For wind band (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr); Scores featuring wind band (arr); For voice, mixed chorus, piano (arr); For voices and chorus with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)
Related Works Based on Veillons au salut de l'Empire (adapted from Renaud d'Ast by Dalayrac) and La Marseillaise by Rouget de Lisle

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#958925 - 12.55MB, 67 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 12×⇩ - Festindesope

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Copyist Amédée Gastoué (1873–1943)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1936).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes BNF notice bibliographique
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La Marseillaise

 Complete Score
#958849 - 9.62MB, 60 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20×⇩ - Festindesope

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Copyist Unknown
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.[second half of 19c].
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Parts

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#958926 - 8.71MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Festindesope

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Imbault, n.d. Plate 380.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#959346 - 7.46MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Sallen112

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Imbault, n.d. Plate 380.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#958927 - 3.31MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Festindesope

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Arranger Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Imbault, n.d.[1792]. Plate 387.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Wind Band

 Flute 1, 2
#978640 - 0.35MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Festindesope

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⇒ 7 more: Clarinet Obbligato 1, 2 (C) • Clarinet Ripieno 1, 2 (C) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (C) • Trumpet 1, 2 (C) • Bass Drum/Cymbals • Cover Page

 Clarinet Obbligato 1, 2 (C)
#978641 - 0.49MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Festindesope

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 Clarinet Ripieno 1, 2 (C)
#978642 - 0.45MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Festindesope

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 Bassoon 1, 2
#978643 - 0.22MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - Festindesope

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 Horn 1, 2 (C)
#978644 - 0.37MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Festindesope

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 Trumpet 1, 2 (C)
#978645 - 0.35MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Festindesope

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 Bass Drum/Cymbals
#978646 - 0.17MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Festindesope

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 Cover Page
#978647 - 0.14MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - Festindesope

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Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Paris: Imbault, 1792. Plate 391.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Arrangement as potpourri also including La Carmagnole and Ah! Ça ira. Constant Pierre (Les hymnes et chansons de la Révolution, p. 844) did not mention Gossec.
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For Voice, Mixed Chorus and Piano (Pierre)
See: Musique des fêtes et cérémonies de la Révolution française (Nos.107, 95)

Lyrics (1)

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General Information

Work Title Offrande à la liberté
Alternative. Title Scène composée de l'air Veillons au salut de l'Empire et de la marche des Marseillois, avec récitatif, chœur et accompagnement a grand orchestre
Composer Gossec, François Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. RH 616
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFG 63
Key B-flat major - C major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1792
First Performance. 1792/09/30
Librettist Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764–1811)
Adrien-Simon Boy (1764–1795)
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836)
Language French
Average DurationAvg. Duration 11 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voice, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bell, canon, strings
Related Works Based on Veillons au salut de l'Empire (adapted from Renaud d'Ast by Dalayrac) and La Marseillaise by Rouget de Lisle
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