Le Rouet d'Omphale

Le Rouet d'Omphale (The Spinning Wheel of Omphale or Omphale's Spinning Wheel), Op. 31, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, composed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1871. It is one of the most famous of the four symphonic poems in a mythological series by Saint-Saëns. The other three in the series are Danse macabre, Phaëton, and La jeunesse d'Hercule.

The middle section of Le Rouet d'Omphale was used as the theme music to the radio drama, The Shadow.^[1]

Analysis

Apollo condemns Hercules to serve Omphale while disguised as a woman; for 3 years he slaves (while wearing woman's dress) spinning wool for her on a spinning wheel.^[2]

References

External links

• Le Rouet d'Omphale: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Saint Saëns, Le Rouet d'Omphale. YouTube.

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Camille Saint-Saëns

List of compositions

Operas

• Le timbre d'argent (1865)
• La princesse jaune (1872)
• Samson and Delilah (1877)
  • "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
• Étienne Marcel (1879)
• Henry VIII (1883)
• Proserpine (1887)
• Ascanio (1890)
• Phryné (1893)
• Frédégonde (1895)
• Les barbares (1901)
• Hélène (1904)
• L'ancêtre (1905)
• Déjanire (1911)

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 (1853)
• Symphony in F major (Urbs Roma) (1856)
• Symphony No. 2 (1859)
• Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) (1886)

Concertos

Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1 (1858) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1868) Piano Concerto No. 3 (1869) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1875) Africa (1891) Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Egyptian) (1896)
Other	Violin Concerto No. 2 (1858) Violin Concerto No. 1 (1859) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863) Cello Suite (1866) Cello Concerto No. 1 (1872) Violin Concerto No. 3 (1880) Havanaise (1887) Cello Concerto No. 2 (1902) Organ Concerto (Cyprès et lauriers) (1919)

Orchestra works

• Le Rouet d'Omphale (1872)
• Danse macabre (1874)
• Suite algérienne (1880)

Chamber music

• Piano Quartet in E major (1853)
• Piano Quintet (1855/1857)
• Suite for Cello and Piano (1862)
• Piano Trio No. 1 (1864)
• Serenade in E♭ major (1865)
• Romance, Op. 37 (1871)
• Cello Sonata No. 1 (1871)
• Piano Quartet in B♭ major (1875)
• Septet (1881)
• Violin Sonata No. 1 (1885)
• The Carnival of the Animals (1886)
  • Le cygne
• Caprice sur des airs danois et russes (1887)
• Piano Trio No. 2 (1891)
• Violin Sonata No. 2 (1896)
• Barcarolle (1897)
• Cello Sonata No. 2 (1905)
• Cavatine (1915)
• Oboe Sonata (1921)
• Clarinet Sonata (1921)
• Bassoon Sonata (1921)

Vocal music

• Oratorio de Noël (1858)
• Le Déluge (1875)
• Requiem (1878)
• The Promised Land (1913)

Film score

• The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908)

Related

• Camille Awards

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