massenet motet "ave maris stella" for 2 voices and cello...

[Pieter]

impossible to find (even) paid sheet music, with the cello and not some kind of piano arrangement??!!!



anyone?

e.g. http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/0204143/details.html gives me the piece, but with piano (it's the only version sheetmusicplus sells as well)

[vaarky]

Can't find it in my local library, will ask a librarian I know.

[vaarky]

Here is the response from Helene Whitson of choralarchive.org (it appears she too could not find a version with cello accompaniment):

I located two copies of the Massenet Ave Maris Stella in libraries. One is
at the British Library, and one is at Laval University. Here's the Laval
University description:

Ave Maris Stella : motet à deux voix / Jules Massenet.
Auteur(s) : Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Titre uniforme : Ave Maris Stella
Éditeur : Paris : Heugel, [1900--1972?]
Sujet(s) : Ave Maris Stella (Musique)
Ch¦urs sacrés (Voix égales, 2 voix) acc. d'orgue
Description : 1 partition (5 p.) ; 35 cm.
Partition musicale
Traitement rétrospectif E
Note(s) : <80> Paroles en latin.
No de notice : 01-0522303
Lien permanent :
http://ariane.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/recherc ... 01-0522303
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The call number is: M 2079 L161 M415 H592

In the British Library, it's in the Reference collection.

I would contact Université Laval and see if you can pay for a photocopy of
the piece, or if you could borrow it through interlibrary loan. They may be
part of the Association of Research Libraries, and you might be able to
borrow the copy. The University is in Quebec. I don't know if you'd have
much luck with the British Library, although they might photocopy, too.
Here's a general phone number for the Laval University library: 418
656-3344. I don't know if they're going to speak English.

Here's what else I found:

Université Laval
2325, rue de l'Université
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Canada

To reach an extension: 418 656-2131

Campus directory

(in French, look for ''Annuaire des employés'')

General information

418 656-3333
Fax: 418 656-5920
accueil@ulaval.ca

Prospective students

Bureau du recrutement
418 656-2764
1 877 606-5566
Fax: 418 656-2809
info@ulaval.ca
http://www.futursetudiants.ulaval.ca (in French)

Admissions
Bureau du registraire
418 656-3080
1 877 785-2825, ext. 3080
Fax: 418 656-5216
reg@reg.ulaval.ca
http://www.reg.ulaval.ca (in French)

It doesn't look as if it's for cello, but for organ accompaniment.

Hope this helps.

[carlos]

According to IMSLP, there's a manuscript of the original composition ("motet pour 2 voix et violoncelle ad libitum") at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, but I couldn't find on this site any info regarding how to ask for a copy.

[Pieter]

hi guys,

i really appreciate your efforts...

i am actually in France, and asked here for a friend (a professional cellist)

we already established that there is a copie in Paris, they told us to stop by for a copie (it's a bit far however, about a 3 hour drive...)

we'd prefer to have a digital copie, even with another accompaniment...i guess i'll tell my friend to buy the book from sheetmusicplus.

thanks loads guys!

Pieter

[vaarky]

FYI, if you end up buying through SheetMusicPlus, they give 8% of the purchase to CPDL if you go to SheetMusicPlus by clicking the link from the CPDL page first.