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O Holy Night (arr. Giroux)
Adolphe Adam (arr. Julie Giroux)
Subtitle: Cantique de Noël
General Info
Year: 1847 / 2011
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: Musica Propria
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $18.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Bells
- Vibraphone
Solo soprano
Solo B-flat instrument
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
O Holy Night ("Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem Minuit, chrétiens (Midnight, Christians) by a wine merchant and poet, Placide Cappeau (1808–1877).
In Roquemaure at the end of the year 1843, the church organ was recently renovated. To celebrate the event, the parish priest asked Cappeau, native from this town, to write a Christmas poem. Cappeau did it, although being a professed anticlerical and atheist. Soon after, Adam wrote the music. The song was premiered in Roquemaure in 1847 by the opera singer Emily Laurey.
Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music, created a singing edition based on Cappeau's French text in 1855. In both the French original and in the two familiar English versions of the carol, the text reflects on the birth of Jesus and of humanity's redemption.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor; Alba Franco-Cancel, soprano) – 15 December 2019
- Salem Band (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (Eileen Young, conductor; Gus Chrysson, vocalist) – 19 December 2019
- Tampa (Fla.) Bay Symphony Winds (David Triplett-Rosa, conductor; Kyla Bailey, soprano) – December 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cantique de Noel (arr. Davis)
- Giselle
- Holy Night, Silent Night (arr. Jones) (1847/2014)
- If I were King (arr. Laurendeau) (1852/1900)
- O Holy Night (arr. Custer) (1847/1994)
- O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
- O Holy Night (arr. Miller) (1847/2005)
- Queen for a Day
Resources
- Julie Giroux website Accessed 10 July 2021
- O Holy Night, Wikipedia.