T51

Massenet, Scènes de bal

piano solo
Original work:

Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Scènes de bal, op. 17, for piano duet, composed in 1869–70 (despite the entry 'Pesth, 1865' on the title page) and published by Hartmann under the titles Six danses (pl. no. G.H. 475, nos 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6) and Deux berceuses (pl. no. G.H. 476, no. 3) in c. 1870 and as a set under the title Scènes de bal (pl. no. G.H. 476) probably in 1873-1874. The Scènes de bal included a seventh piece, Marche finale, missing in Bizet's transcription; the piano solo arrangement of this movement was made by Vidal (MS at F-Pn) but never published.

Transcription: perhaps c. 1871-72, at the same time as the Scènes hongroises, for publication by Hartmann.
Autograph scores:
  • No. 1 US-Wc Moldenhauer Archive (box 6), previously Stargardt Catalogue 554, with facsimile. 26-stave paper, 35.5 x 26.5 cm., 1 f., 72 bars. Original title Entrée des Masques, replaced by
    Hartmann’s number G.H. 844 has been entered at the foot.
  • No. 2 Sotheby's, London, 22-5-2018. 26-stave paper, 322 (cut down) x 268 mm., 1 f., (music 1 p., blank), 48 bars, headed No. 2, Première danse. Marked up by the engraver.
  • No. 3 S-Smf MMS 325. 26-stave paper, 341 x 263 mm., 2 f. (music 3 p., blank), 33 bars, headed:
  • No. 4 not known
  • No. 5 CH-USbodmer, formerly Stefan Zweig Collection. 26-stave paper, 347 x 269 mm., 1 f., headed: No 5 Causerie sentimentale. Facsimile in Tilman Seebass, Musikhandschriften der Bodmeriana (Cologny-Genève, 1986), plate 4.
  • No. 6 S-Smf MMS 326. 26-stave paper, 346 x 263 mm., 5 f. (music 7 p., blank, music, blank), 67 bars, headed: No 6 3me Danse
Printed score:
1
pl. no.:

G.H. 844

pages:

title page, blank, music p. 3-15

date: perhaps printed in c. 1875, although the publisher's address belongs to 1879–81.
ann.:on title page of the piano duet version at 5 fr.; Hartmann Catalogue (after 1882)
note:This arrangement did not include the Marche finale.
copies:F-Pn Rés. F.1395 (proofs corrected by Massenet)F-Pgillis
2 Heugel, 2bis rue Vivienne, pl. no. H. & Cie. 9459 on the first and last pages only, 15 p., c. 1894. Copies: GB-Lbl g 1675.c, US-Wc M38 .M (gift of Mina Curtiss), photocopy at F-Pn Vma 3649.
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