Edouard Du Puy (ca 1770−1822)
Jenny Mortimer. Drame i Tre Akter. [Jenny Mortimer. Drama in three acts]
- Year of composition: 1817
- Work category: Incidental music
- Text author: Unknown librettist; translation into Swedish by Ulrika Karolina Widström (1764-1841)
- First performed: 5 June, 1817 in the Gustavian Opera House [demolished in 1891], Stockholm.
- Duration: Approx. 30-40 min
- Detailed duration: Duration of the music: approx. 40 minutes
Instrumentation
2*.2.2.2 / 2.2.0.0 / str
(picc)
Solo voices/choir
Solo voices
Mixed choir (S.A.T.B.)
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: A score (albeit lacking the overture), most likely in Du Puy's hand, and a set of old parts material can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket.
Description of work
A series of various songs and other music pieces.
Act I
1. Ouverture: Largo C minor 3/4, Allegro C minor 4/4
2. Allegretto grazioso F major alla breve
3. Ecossaise: G major 2/4
4. Allegro moderato D major 4/4
5. Andante B-flat major 4/4
6. Ecossaise A major alla breve
7. Repeat of a part of no. 2
8. Finale: Allegro E-flat major 3/4
Act II
Melodrama: 53 short sections in various keys and tempos
Act III
1. Adagio E minor 3/4
2. Marche C major 4/4
3-12. short sections (including a melodrama)
13. [Allegro] D major 4/4
[14.] Allegro moderato F major 4/4
[15.] Allegro B-flat major alla breve
Work comment
According to an extant theatre poster from 1829, the play is subtitled "Röfwarebandet i Skottska Bergen" [The Bandits in the Scottish mountains], the choruses and melodrama composed by Du Puy, the dance and overture by Hr Braun [most likely referring to Carl Braun, 1788-1835]