Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Illustrations de l´opéra L´Africaine (S.415)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Illustrations de l´opéra L´Africaine (S.415)
Foreign language / English title
Illustrations de l´opéra L´Africaine (S.415)
Dedication
To Alfred Jaëll
Year of composition
1865

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
19 min

Movements, parts
1. Prière des matelots ("O grand Saint Dominique")
2. Marche indienne

Publisher / Source
Edition Bote & Bock, Berlin 1866, B. & B. 6883-84
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Recordings
Hyperion Records 1990, CDA66371/2 - Leslie Howard (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Based on themes from the opera "L´Africaine" by Giacomo Meyerbeer