Cephale et Procris / Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre ; edited by Wanda R. Griffiths.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729, composer.

Contributor:

Duché, M. (Joseph François), 1668-1704, librettist.

Griffiths, Wanda R., editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 88.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 88

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Cephale et Procris

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Operas--France--17th century--Scores.

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (l, 282 pages, 4 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.

Language Note:

French words; libretto by Duché de Vancy also printed with English translation on pages xx-l.

Summary:

"Cephale et Procris by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (ca. 1666-1729) is her only surviving stage work. Comprised of a prologue and five acts, Jacquet's opera fits well within the tragédie lyrique tradition, which Lully established, and it also exhibits traits of the next generation of composers. Jacquet provides a unique contribution to the genre by incorporating silence for dramatic effect in the opera's poignant final scene. Transcribed from a unique set of manuscript partbooks and parts held at the Bibliothèque Nationale, this edition includes important performance practice information added to the sources by Sébastien Brossard for a performance of the Prologue in Strasbourg in 1696. The manuscript sources include internal choral parts not found in the 1694 published score, and internal instrumental parts have been supplied by the editor. The edition also contains staging information found only in the livret, and a complete English translation of the text." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Opera, in a prologue and 5 acts.

Historical and editorial notes on pages ix-xix; critical notes on pages 275-282.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed February 20, 2020).

OCLC:

1142442391

Publisher Number:

B088 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)