Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. Urtext. French with English and German text translations / Niveau : Moyen / Répertoire / Voix Moyennes et Piano

A Paris, au lendemain de la Révolution française, deux figures dominent les arts : l'écrivain Victor Hugo et le compositeur Hector Berlioz. / Enfance / Livre CD /

Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. Berlioz ne révèle aucun talent musical particulier dans son enfance ; ses parents ne sont pas musiciens. Vers l’âge de treize ans, il apprend à jouer de la flûte à bec et de la guitare et prend des cours de chant. En 1821, il s’installe à Paris et marche sur les pas de son père en suivant un temps les cours de la Faculté de Médecine. Mais au bout d’un an, et au grand désespoir de ses parents, il abandonne ses études et entre au Conservatoire de Paris. Sa passion pour l’actrice irlandaise Harriet Smithson, qu’il épousera quelques années plus tard (un mariage malheureux), a largement influencé sa vie et sa musique. Lorsqu’il remporte le Prix de Rome en 1830, Berlioz avait déjàcomposé quelques oeuvres majeures dont la Symphonie Fantastique. Berlioz devient la figure essentielle du romantisme français. Ses oeuvres sont dominées par ses idées novatrices. La première version de l’ouverture Le Corsaire remonte à un séjour que Berlioz fit à Nice en 1844. L’oeuvre fut donnée en création sous le titre La Tour de Nice. Par la suite, Berlioz remania sa composition et lui donnera son titre définitif Le Corsaire. La référence au roman poétique de Lord Byron à qui le compositeur vouait une grande admiration, reste une supposition qui ne fait pas l’unanimité. Cette ouverture fut particulièrement saluée pour son originalité. La musique déborde d’énergie et les effets sont fantastiques. Il n’est donc pas surprenant de constater que Le Corsaire est une des oeuvres orchestrales les plus connues et les plus jouées de Berlioz. / Niveau : 5 / Transcription / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Les nuits d'été für Solostimme und Orchester op. 7 Hol 81B Sechs Gesänge. 2. Version Komponist / Autor: Berlioz, Hector Inhalt: Villanelle (Mezzo oder Tenor) ' Komponist / Autor: Berlioz, Hector La Spectre de la rose (Alt) ' Komponist / Autor: Berlioz, Hector Sur les Lagunes (Bariton oder Alt oder Mezzo) ' Komponist / Autor: Berlioz, Hector Absence (Mezzo oder Tenor) ' Komponist / Autor: Berlioz, Hector Au Cimetière (Tenor) ' Komponist / Autor: Berlioz, Hector L'Ile inconnue (Mezzo oder Tenor). Zusätzliche transponierte Fassungen in Mezzo-Lage

Légende dramatique en quatre parties. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. In 1828 Berlioz wrote the 'Huit scènes de Faust'. The work was soon withdrawn but almost twenty years later each of the eight scenes found a place in the Légende dramatique 'La damnation de Faust' dedicated to Franz Liszt. The first part of the 'Damnation' exposes the figure of Faust and has an introductory nature. From the second part onwards, the course of action is largely based on Goethe?s drama. Contrasting characters and dramatic effect are of central importance in understanding Berlioz?s musical thought and his compositional process. Magic and fairy tale, incantations and ghosts, have been the ever-recurring themes ofopera since the Baroque. It is precisely this fantasy in Berlioz's Faust, the ?Opéra de Concert en Quatre acts?, which comes very close to the spirit of Goethe's presentation. Reliable Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the New Berlioz Edition Straight-forward Piano reduction in the Vocal score Clear user-friendly layout French original text with German translation Full score (BA5448) and Vocal score (BA5448-90) available for sale, performance material (BA5448-72) available for hire/ Répertoire / Voix Chantante, Choeur Mixte, Orchestre

Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The 20 year old Berlioz wrote his Messe solennelle in 1824, his first large scale work for chorus and orchestra. His later Memoirs suggest he burnt the manuscript due to his doubts about its quality. However the manuscript had made its way to Antwerp and the Church of St Carolus-Borromeus where it was catalogued by church officials probably in 1956. But it was not until 1991 when Franz Moors, a retired teacher, organist and choir master, discovered it in a wooden chest on the organ platform and gradually began to realise its status as a work of some significance. The work was published by Bärenreiter in the 'New Berlioz Edition' and modern premieres were given during1993 and 1994. Urtext of the New Berlioz Edition Full score (BA5463), vocal score (BA5463-90) and study score format 22. 5 x 16. 5cm (TP333) available for sale Performance material (BA5463-72) available for hire/ Répertoire / Partition de Poche

This title is taken from the compilation French Songs And Choruses For Mixed-Voice Choir (NOV165198)Hector Berlioz' Le Ballet Des Ombres written for SATB. Withdrawn by the composer within six months of publication in 1829. Berlioz in fact went to some trouble to suppress the work rounding up and destroying all copies he could find. So successful was he that only one copy of the Ballet des ombres in a private collection was known to have survived at the beginning of the twentieth century and that is now lost. Our sole source for the work is its inclusion in Malherbe and Weingartner's badly flawed edition of Berlioz's works publishedby Breitkopf and Härtel in the opening years of the twentieth century.

Op. 14. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. L'originalité instrumentale et musicale de Berlioz apparaît encore au XXIe siècle avec la même fraîcheur, que celle qui présida lors de la création de l'oeuvre. Pour cette nouvelle transcription pour orchestre à vent, Tohru Takahashi a revisité la partition de Berlioz en respectant l'orchestration originale, afin d'exploiter pleinement le vaste potentiel d'un orchestre à vent. La Symphony Fantastique se compose de cinq ensembles Rêveries-Passions, Un bal, Scène aux champs, Marche au supplice et Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat . / Niveau : 6 / Transcription / Date parution : 1905-07-03/ Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. When Berlioz won the Prix de Rome in 1830 he had already composed several major works such as the Symphonie Fantastique. Indeed, he became the essential French romantic composer. The Hungarian March is taken from the fourth act of The Damnation of Faust, a dramatic legend composed in 1846 and sometimes performed in the form of an opera. Previoiusly Berlioz had given it the sub-title ‘opera de concert”. This transcription for concert band has been made by Tohru Takahashi. / Niveau : 4 / Marche de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Following the composition of Harold En Italie for Viola and orchestra in 1834 Berlioz began work on the opera Benvenuto Cellini which subsequently failed on its first performances at the Paris Opera in 1838. Berlioz withdrew the opera for substantial revision and from some of the discharged material he later fashioned this Reverie Et Caprice (in versions both for Violin and orchestra and Violin and Piano). Dedicated to Berlioz's violinist friend Alexandre-Joseph Artot the piece was quickly taken up by several celebrated violinists of the time including David Joachim and Wieniawski and was played all over Europe. This new edition for Violinand Piano by the musicologist and performer Neil Heyde is based on the first edition of the score.

Faksimile Der Autographen Partitur In Der Bibliotheque Nationale De France-Facsimile of the autograph score held in the Bibliothèque nationale de FranceDocumenta musicologica II/532920 pp. of facsimile and 12 pp. of Commentary (Eng/Ger/French)Half-leather binding Love and insanity tenderness and vulgarity bordering on the grotesque: Hector Berlioz never avoided extremes neither in his life nor in his oeuvre. His entire Symphonie fantastique is pervaded by a musical ?idée fixe? representing a woman he adored. The symphony brought about his breakthrough and has remained popular ever since. The impact of his masterly approach to composition especially in the treatment of theorchestration could still be felt in the 20th century. Berlioz revised the work for years before it finally reached its definitive version. He entered many of these changes in the autograph score which was also used for performances by pasting strips of paper over the bars or parts in question. This facsimile edition in high-quality four-colour reproduction presents the manuscript as it is today ? with strips of paper that can be folded out making both versions visible. Hugh Macdonald General Editor of the New Berlioz Edition explains the work?s genesis and presents particular passages from each movement.

Beatrice et Benedict. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. New Edition Of The Complete Works (New Berlioz Edition). Urtext / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Chant

Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. New Edition Of The Complete Works (New Berlioz Edition). Urtext/ Répertoire / Chant