Pelléas et Mélisande (Sibelius)
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Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas och Mélisande), JS 147 is incidental music by Jean Sibelius for Maurice Maeterlinck's 1892 play Pelléas and Mélisande. Sibelius composed in 1905 ten parts,[1] overtures to the five acts and five other movements. It was first performed at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki on 17 March 1905 to a translation by Bertel Gripenberg, conducted by the composer.[2]
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Pelléas et Mélisande | |
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Incidental music by Jean Sibelius | |
Catalogue | JS 147 (threatre score) |
Opus | 46 (concert suite) |
Composed | 1905 (1905) |
Performed | 17 March 1905 (1905-03-17) |
Movements | 10 |
Scoring | orchestra |
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Sibelius later slightly rearranged the music into a nine movement suite, published as Op. 46, which became one of his most popular concert works.[2]