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Orchestra
Royal birthday music
Jean-Philippe Rameau:
Spectacles
de Fontainebleau, 1753
Symphonies de Daphnis et
Églé, Les Sibarites
To celebrate the birth of Xavier Marie Joseph in 1753 who was the second
son of the heir-apparent Louis de Bourbon and his wife Marie-Josephin,
the royal family mounted a grand festival and commissioned suitable
music from the court composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The result was
“Daphnis et Églé” (on a libretto by Charles Collé) as well as “Lisis et
Délie” and “Les Sibarites” (on librettos by Marmontel). The pastoral
play “Daphnis et Églé” was performed only on this single occasion
and long remained unpublished. Based on the subject of friendship,
it contains an overture and a great variety of instrumental numbers.
Although “Les Sibarites” survives only in an incomplete copy prepared
by Rameau’s pupil Jean Rollet, it proved possible to reconstruct all the
dances. Rameau had such a high opinion of this work that he included
it in his Paris production of “Surprises de l’amour” in 1757. This edition
offers not only the dance numbers of 1753 but those of 1757 in the appendix.
• Based on the complete edition “Opera Omnia Jean-Philippe Rameau”
• All instrumental numbers from both operas can be used for concert
performance
• Table of contents grouped by key, making it easier to compile
orchestral suites
Edited by Érik Kocevar
and Sylvie Bouissou
Full score
☞ BA 8891 · € 39.95
Orchestra: 2 flutes (also Ptes flutes),
2 oboes, 2 musettes, 2 bassoons,
trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Already published, not announced in
previous New Publications Bulletin
Performance material
available on hire
ISMN 979-0-006-56414-9
9790006564149
Also available:
Jean-Philippe Rameau
New Issue Title
Daphnis et Églé
BA New 8862-90, Issue Title Vocal score (Fr) · € 18.95
33 New Publications I/2019 · The Programme