Cantique de Jean Racine (Op. 11) is a work for mixed
chorus and piano or organ by Gabriel Fauré. Written by
the nineteen year old composer in 1864-5, the piece won
Fauré the first prize when he graduated from the
École Niedermeyer and was first performed the
following year on August 4, 1866, with accompaniment of
strings and organ. It was first published around 1875
or 1876 (Schoen, Paris, as part of the series Echo des
Maîtrises) and appeared in a version for orchestra
(possibly by the comp...(+)
Cantique de Jean Racine (Op. 11) is a work for mixed
chorus and piano or organ by Gabriel Fauré. Written by
the nineteen year old composer in 1864-5, the piece won
Fauré the first prize when he graduated from the
École Niedermeyer and was first performed the
following year on August 4, 1866, with accompaniment of
strings and organ. It was first published around 1875
or 1876 (Schoen, Paris, as part of the series Echo des
Maîtrises) and appeared in a version for orchestra
(possibly by the composer) in 1906.
The text is a French translation, by the 17th century
French dramatist Jean Racine, of a medieval Latin hymn,
Consors paterni luminis. When Gabriel Fauré set the
translation to music, he gave it the title Cantique de
Jean Racine, rather than the title of the original
hymn.
Although originally written for Organ and Chorus, I
created this arrangement for Harp & String Quartet (2
Violins, Viola & Cello).
PARTITION