Lot 152
  • 152

Jarre, Maurice

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jarre, Maurice
  • Autograph manuscript of "La passion selon Saint Luc"
  • paper
the score containing separate sections for chamber ensemble ("Orchestre"), and three solo voices ("Choeur"), written in pencil on up to twenty-two staves per page, the instrumental section comprising nine Séquences, notated for flute, oboe, cor anglais, trumpet, trombone, viola, piano and extensive percussion ensemble, on two systems of eleven staves each, the subsequent vocal sections titled "Alleluia I", "Amen", "Alleluia II", "Maria", "Sanctus" and "Gloria", notated for three solo voices, marked up for performance with metrical markings, timings and performers' names  

20 pages in all, folio (c.36 x 27.5cm), 28-stave paper by Durand of Paris, [1950s], the joints of the bifolios reinforced with translucent adhesive tape, staining to outer pages, and light staining to the music,



 

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Apparently unpublished.  This is one of a number of early concert works by the celebrated composer of film scores for Laurence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and many others. As in those film scores, Jarre is meticulous in recording the precise timings of each section:  This instrumental score is marked up for the conductor, with metrical markings, timings, rehearsal letters, in blue and red crayon and in pencil throughout ("Orchestre" 12'11" / "Choeur" 5'25 : 17'43").  The title page and list of the instrumentation record the performers' names and telephone numbers.