Edouard Du Puy (ca 1770−1822)

Jenny
Det hemliga äktenskapet eller Engelska inbrottet i Skottland. Pantomime Ballet in 2 acts.

Print
  • Year of composition: At the latest in 1815
  • Work category: Ballet / Dance music
  • Text author:
  • Duration: Approx. 120-180 min
  • Detailed duration: Duration is estimated. The work consists of an overture and two acts.

Instrumentation

2*.2.2.2 / 4.2.1.0 / timp, 3 perc / str
(picc)

Examples of printed editions

Libretto: Elméns och Granbergs boktryckeri, Stockholm 1815

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Description of work

Act 1
In a village close to Edinburgh in Scotland
Overture: Andante pastorale D major 6/8, Allegro molto D major alla breve
1. Andante G major 6/8
2. Allegretto quasi allegro, grazioso C major 6/8
3. Allegro assai F major alla breve
4. Cantabile F major 4/4
5. Allegro moderato B-flat major 3/4
6. [Allegro] E-flat major 6/8
7. Amoroso C major 4/4
8. [Allegro] E-flat major 6/8
9. Vivace G major alla breve
10. Marche D major 4/4
11. Allegretto F major 2/4
12. Ecossaise A major 2/4
13. [Allegro] F major 6/8
14. [Andante] C major 4/4
15. [Andante] C major 4/4
16. Allegro vivace A minor alla breve
17. Marche F major 4/4

Act 2:
18. Allegro A major 6/8
19. Allegro agitato D major 4/4
20. Vivace B-flat major 3/4
21. Allegro D major 4/4
22. Allegro molto B-flat major 3/4
23. Allegro G major 2/4
24. Allegro G minor 2/4
25. Allegro molto B-flat major 3/4
26. Andante E-flat major 6/8
27. Allegretto C minor 2/4
28. Andante F major 3/4
29. Allegro G major 2/4
30. Andantino C minor 2/4
31. Più allegro C major 2/4
32. Allegro F minor 4/4
33. Allegro D minor 4/4
34. Larghetto A major 3/8
35. Allegro spiritoso F major 4/4
36 A. Marche F major 4/4
36 B. Marche F major 4/4
37. Più allegro C minor 4/4
38. Andante F major 3/4
39. Ecossaise G major 2/4
40. Moderato D major alla breve
41. Reel: Vivace D major alla breve
42. Allegretto A major alla breve
43. Andantino C major 6/8
44. Finale: Vivace C major 2/4


Work comment

Jenny, ballet by Aumer, premiered in Paris in 1806. The Swedish version, to Du Puy's newly composed music, was performed 24 times in Stockholm between 1815-32.

The title 'Jenny' is missing in both the autograph and in the libretto. Instead they both have the other, longer title.