Cantique de jean racine faure pdf files

The text for this piece was written by the french tragedian jean racine 16391699. Here is a clickable table of the available midi files for this work. The text, verbe egal au treshaut, is a french paraphrase by jean racine of a latin hymn from the breviary for matins, consors paterni luminis. Written by the nineteenyearold composer in 18645, the piece won faure the first prize when he graduated from the ecole niedermeyer and was first performed the following year on august 4, 1866, with accompaniment of strings and organ. The nineteenyearold composer set the text in 186465 for a composition. Jean racines cantique is a translation and a paraphrase a rewording of an earlier text. Venus, venus, cest jupiter luimeme qui tappelle 602. Set to gabriel faure s music, it nearly becomes what the romantics, nineteenthcentury authors, artists, musicians and critics, would call the sublime. Although he wrote several works involving a full orchestra, his particular talent lay within the more intimate musical forms songs, piano music and chamber. This file may be printed and performed freely, but should not be digitally copied. Jean racine english text by harold helterg cantabile 801 soprano alto tenor bass piano andante j 80 andante j 80 legato. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1.

This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution 3. Jean racines cantique, by gabriel faure michelines blog. Jean racine, grand poete dramatique francais, a eu une vie pour le moins mouvementee. The site also contains midi files for several rather more modern composers, for which nwc versions may be available. Satb vocal score classic choral works english and french. The words sung by the chorus verbe egal au treshaut are a translation by 17thcentury french. And if something doesnt work properly, please let me know see the comments section of my homepage. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way.

It is remarkable that it was written by a student who was only twenty years old, and it is just as well for the ecole niedermeyers reputation that the cantique. Notes, these files are part of the werner icking music collection. Close now that you have this pdf score, members artist are waiting for a feedback from you in exchange of this free access. Hymn of jean racine choral work by gabriel faure, composed for fourpart chorus and organ in 1865 and revised for chorus and chamber orchestra in 1906. This magnificent setting for winds retains all the glory and color of the full chorus and orchestra version, complete with harp and string bass.