HONEGGER, Arthur 1892-1955

Judith Opéra sérieux en trois actes et cinq tableaux Paroles de René Morax. [Piano-vocal score].

Paris: Editions Maurice Senart [PN E.M.S. 6938], [1925].

Folio. Original publisher's ivory printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso dedication), 1f. (recto cast list, verso notes on first performance), 112 pp.

Occasional performance annotations in pencil.

Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled; small perforations to upper; small tears repaired with no loss; spine reinforced with tape; small oval handstamp to front free endpaper. Slightly browned; contemporary signature to upper outer corner of title; small perforations to preliminary leaves.

First Edition. Sprat 53a.

"Honegger ... provided incidental music for Judith, another of Morax's biblical dramas: this score too was reworked, producing both an opéra sérieux (1925) and an action musicale for the concert hall (1927)." Geoffrey K. Sprat in Grove Music Online.

"A member of Les Six, [Honegger's] serious-minded musical aesthetic was entirely different from that of others in the group. He developed unusual musical and dramatic forms in large-scale works for voices and orchestra, and was one of the 20th century's most dedicated contrapuntists, with a clear indebtedness to Bach. His language is essentially tonal but characterized by a highly individual use of dissonance ... Honegger ... provided incidental music for Judith, another of Morax's biblical dramas: this score too was reworked, producing both an opéra sérieux (1925) and an action musicale for the concert hall (1927)." op. cit.

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