Partition complète, pour Golden Legend, Sullivan, Arthur

Arthur Sullivan

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Visualisez les partitions de morceau pour Golden Legend partition complète, Secular cantates, de Sullivan, Arthur. Cette partition romantique célèbre dédiée aux instruments comme:

• solistes vocaux
• chœur
• orchestre

La partition enchaine plusieurs mouvements: Prologue, 6 Scenes et Epilogue et est classée dans les genres cantates, langue anglaise, pour voix, chœur mixte, orchestre, pour voix et chœur avec orchestre, Secular cantates, partitions pour orchestre, partitions chœur mixte, partitions pour voix
Consultez en même temps tout une collection de musique pour orchestre, solistes vocaux, chœur sur YouScribe, dans la rubrique Partitions de musique romantique.
Edition: London: Novello and Company, n. d. (ca. 1890). Plate 8045.
Libbretiste: Joseph Bennett (1831-1911), after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Sujets

• Romantique
• Orchestre
• Choeur
• Soliste
• Sullivan

Informations

• Publié par: Sullivan
• Nombre de lectures: 35
• Licence : Libre de droits
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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NOVELLO'S ORIGINAL OCTAVO EDITION.
THE
GOLDEN LEGEND
ADAPTED FROM THE POEM OF
LONGFELLOW
BENNETTJOSEPH
AND SET TO MUSIC BY
SULLIVANARTHUR
PIANOFORTE ARRANGEMENT BYTHE
BERTHOLD TOURS.
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boards. 4s. ; Cloth, gilt,Paper 5s.
Sol-fa,Tonic 2s.
NOVELLO AND COMPANY, LimitedLondon:
EWER AND NEW YORK.NOVELLO, CO.,
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AND NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.CHAPPELL CO.,
*** The right public representation or performance, and all other rights, reserved.of
arc used by permission and by special arrangement ivith, Messrs. Houghton,The Words of,
Mifflin & Co., Boston, publishers Mr. Longfellow's works.of———— —— " " "
INDEX.
PROLOGUE.—Lucifer and Chorus.
" 2bOLO AND CH0RU9 "Hasten, hasten
SCENE I. Prince Henry, Lucifer and Chorus.
" 25aSolo... ... ... ... ... I cannot sleep
" 26DoEi ... ... ... All hail, Prince Henry
" "(and Chorus Female 86Solo of Voices) Through every vein ...
SCENE II. Elsie, Ursula, Prince Henry and Chorus.
- • 44Introduction and Solo ... ... "Slowly, slowly" ... ... ...
—... ... ... •• 47Chorus ... Evening Hymn " gladsome Light
?Duet ... ... ... " was said Amen " ... ... ... ... 52Who it
Solo... ... ... ... " My Redeemer and my Lord " ... ... ... ... 63
SCENE III. Elsie, Prince Henry, Lucifer and Chorus.
"
"Duet ... ... .. Onward and onward 69
"" 76Chorus"! Me receptet Sion ilia
"" 77Solo Here am I too
J
" is 86Solo... It the sea"
'
'and Chorus The night is calm and cloudless 90Solo
SCENE IV. Elsie, Prince Henry, Lucifer and Chorus.
..." "...My guests approach 98
Forester.SCENE V. Ursula and a
""... Who is it coming ... 111Kecitative
" Virgin, who lovest the poor and lowly" 114Solo...
SCENE VI.- Elsie and Prince Henry.
"
"Duet We are alone 11a
EPILOGUE.
.." God swtslijtuwfijaenger, the re 1Z0ARGUMENT.
Prince Henby, of Hoheneck, lying sick in body and mind at his Castle of Vants-
on the Rhine, has consulted the famous physicians of Salerno, and learned thatberg,
only the blood of a maiden who shall, of her own free will, consenthe can be cured by
Regarding the remedy impossible, Princeto die for his sake. as the gives way to
Lucifer,despair, when he is visited by disguised as a travelling physician. The Fiend
him with alcohol to the fascination of which he ultimately yields in suchtempts
deprived of place and power, and driven forth as an outcast.measure as to be
Prince Henry finds shelter in the cottage of one of his vassals, whose daughter,
Elsie, moved by great compassion for his /ate, resolves to sacrifice her life that he
might restored. The prayers of her mother, Ursula, are of no avail to turn herbe
in due time, Prince Henry, Elsie, and their attendantsfrom this purpose, and, set out
they encounter band of pilgrims, with whomfor Salerno. On then- way a is Lucifer,
in the garb of a friar. He also is journeying to Salerno.
On reaching their destination, Prince Henry and Elsie are received by Lucifer,
assumed the form of Friar Angelo, a doctor of the medical school. Elsiewho has
despitepersists in her resolve to die, the opposition of the Prince, who now declares
he intended to do no more than test her constancy. Lucifer draws Elsie intothat an
but the Prince and attendants, breaking downinner chamber, the door, rescue her at
the last moment.
Miraculously healed, Prince Henry marries the devoted maiden, and is restored to
his rightful place.
The six scenes of the Cantata illustrate passages in the foregoing story. In tho
Prologue, the defeat of Lucifer is foreshadowed by an impotent attempt to wreck the
Cathedral of Strasburg. In the Epilogue, the beneficent devotion of Elsie is compared
the course of a mountain brook, which cools and fertilises the arid plain.to; ! ! ! ; ;; ! ! . !
GOLDENTHE LEGEND.
— Strasburg Cathedral.Prologtjb. The Spire of Voices.
Night and storm. Lucifer, with the Powers 0, we cannot
the Air, trying to tear donn the Cross. The Archangelof
Michael flames from every window.
Lucifer. With the sword of fire that drove us.
Hasten ! Hasten Headlong, out of heaven, aghast
ye spirits !
From its station drag the ponderous The Bells.
Cross of iron, that to mock us Funera plango
high in air ! FulguraIs uplifted frango
Sabbata pango !
Voices. Lucifer.
0, we cannot Aim your lightnings
For around it
At the oaken,
saints and guardianAll the angels Massive, iron studded portals I
protect itThrong in legions to
Sack the house of God, and scatter
They defeat us everywhere I
Wide the ashes of the dead
!
Bells.The
Voices,
Laudo Deum verum 1 we0, cannot
Plebem voco ! The Apostles
Congrego clerum ! And the Martyrs, wrapped in mantles,
Stand as warders at the entrance.
Lucifer. as sentinels o'erhead
I
Lower ! Lower I
Hover downward !
The Bells.
Seize the loud vociferous bells, and
Escito lentos
!
Clashing, clanging, to the pavement
Dissrpo ventos !
Hurl them from their windy tower.
Paco cruentos I
Lucifer
Voices.
Baffled! baffled!All thy thunders
Inefficient,
Here are harmless
Craven spirits ! leave this labour
For these bells have been anointed
Unto Time, the great Destroyer
IAnd baptized with holy water I
Come away, ere night is !goneThey defy our utmost power.
Voices.
The Belli.
Onward ! onward !
Defunctos ploro !
With the night-wind,
Pestem fugo I
Over field, and farm, and forest,Festa decoro.
Lonely homestead, darksome hamlet.
Lucifer. Blighting all we breathe upon.
Shake the casements ! [They sweep away. Organ and tj-reyorian Chant.
Break the painted
Panes, that name with gold and crimson Choir:
Scatter them like leaves of Autumn, Nocte surgentes
Swept away before blastthe Vigilemus omnes.— ! ; ! ! !
THE GOLDEN LEGEND.
Castle Vautsberg on the Prince.Scene I. The of
chamber in a tower. PrinceRhine. A Purge with your nostrums and drugs infernal,
restless.Henry sitting alone, ill, and The spouts and gargoyles of these towers,
Midnight. Not me. My faith is utterly gone
In every power but the Power Supernal.Prince Henry.
I cannot sleep ! my fevered brain
1/ucifer.Calls up the vanished Past again,
a[Showing flask.And throws its misty splendours deep
Behold it here ! This little flask
Into the pallid realms of sleep !
Contains the wonderful quintessence,
Best, rest ! give me rest and peace 1
The perfect flower and efflorescence
life that ne'er shall ceaseThe thought of
Of all the knowledge man can ask !
Has something in it like despair,
'Tis Alcohol, in the Arab speechA weight I am too weak to bear
Ofhim whose wondrous lore I teach I
Sweeter to this afflicted breast,
The thought of never-ending rest I
Prince.
Sweeter the undisturbed and deep
crystalline !How limpid, pure, andTranquillity of endless sleep.
and shineThe little wavelets dance[Aflash lightning, out wliich Luciferof of
appears, in the garb a travellingof
Physician. Lucifer.
[Pouring.
Lucifer.
quantity alarm youLet not the
Prince Henry4.11 hail, I
all it will harm yon.You may drink ; not
Prince.
Angels.Who is it speaks ?
What may your- wish and purpose be ambush lurks below I? Ah ! what in
Woe, woe, eternal woe !
Lucifer.
This fearful curse
beholdYour Highness, you in me
Shakes the great universe.
Only a travelling physician
;
One of the few who have a mission
Lucifer.
To cure incurable diseases,
Disappearing.
[
that are calledOr those so.
drink, and thy soul shall sinkDrink,
your illness"What is ?
Down into the deep abyss.
Prince.
It has no name. Prince.
smouldering, dull, perpetual flame.A [Drinking
the doctors of SalemEven Through every vein
Send me back word they can discern againI feel
No cure for a malady like this, of youth, the soft desire.The fever
Save one, which in its nature is almost painA rapture that is
Impossible, and cannot be. fills my brain.Throbs in my heart, and
Lucifer.
Angels.
What is their remedy ?
Beware, beware,
Prince. For sickness, sorrow, and care,
You shall see; are there.All
Writ in this scroll is the mystery.
Prince.
[Sinking backLucifer.
visions wave and hover.[Reading. Golden
" The only remedy that remains waters streaming, vapours,
Is the blood that flows from maiden's veins, changing, gleaminga Landscapes moving,
willWho of her own free shall die, I am like a happy lover.
[His head falls on his book.And give her life a3 the price of yours."
That is the strangest of all cures,
And one, I think, you will never try. Angels.
[RecedingMeanwhile permit me to recommend
Alas, alasAs the matter admits of no delay,
My wonderful Catholieon, Like a vapour, the golden vision
and pass.Of very subtle and magical powers. Shall fade— !!
THE GOLDEN LEGEND.
Scene II. Before the house of Ursula. Vil- Elsie.
lagers have gathered after labour. Evening. I mean it truly his
; for sake
I will myself the offering make,
Ursula.
And give my life to purchase hia.
wall,Slowly, slowly