The Saracen (Cui, César)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts
Composition Year 1896–98
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Librettos; Writings; Russian language; For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

 Preliminaries and Introduction
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⇒ 4 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV

 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
#22980 - 6.90MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 159×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act IV
#22981 - 5.31MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 156×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1899. Plates 24788 (Introduction), 24792 (Acts I to IV)
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 Title page and preliminaries (alternate scan)
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 Introduction (alternate scan)
#13134 - 0.86MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 85×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1899. Plate 24788
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Gloria Patri and Wedding Recessional (Act IV)

For Organ (Neff)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Lyle K. Neff
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
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Librettos

 Complete Libretto (duplex)
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1899.
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General Information

Work Title The Sarecen
Alternative. Title Сарацин
Name Translations Il Saraceno; Saracenen
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Cui, César
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICC 96
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1896–98
First Performance. 1899-11-14 – St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
First Publication. 1899 (vocal score only; full score remains unpublished)
Librettist Composer and Vladimir Stasov (1824–1906), after Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870): Charles VII chez ses grands vassaux
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
Cast
Charles VII, King of France (tenor)
Count Savoisy (bass)
Yaqoub, a Saracen (baritone)
Bérengère, Countess Savoisy (soprano)
Agnès Sorel (soprano)
Dunois (baritone)
Isabelle (silent role)
Raymond (bass)
André (tenor)
Archer (baritone)
Chaplain (bass)
Treasurer (baritone)
Page (soprano)
1st Sentry (tenor)
2nd Sentry (tenor)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Archers, Hunters, Trumpeters, Courtiers of the King and of Count Savoisy
Orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article

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