Les Troyens Hol. 133
Grand Opéra in five acts (3 part volumes). Score (French) , performance material (French/German)
by Hector Berlioz
2-Part - Sheet Music

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Solo voices, choir, orchestra (3 Soprano, 2 Mezzo, Alto, 4 Tenor, 2 Bar, 7 Bass Voice Solos, Mixed choir: SSTTBB, Ball, Fl-Picc, 2 Fl, Fl-Picc, 2 Ob, 2 clar, 4bsn, 4Hn, 2 Trp, 2 Pist, 3tbm, Op, Tb, timp, perc, 6, 8hp, Str, Buhnenmusik: 3Ob, 3tbn, 9Saxhorns, timp, perc)

SKU: BA.BA05442

Grand Opéra in five acts (3 part volumes). Score (French) , performance material (French/German). Composed by Hector Berlioz. Edited by Hugh MacDonald. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. New Berlioz Edition (Neue Berlioz-Ausgabe - NBE) Volume 2a-c. The Trojans. Complete edition, Score. Holoman 133. 947 pages. Duration 4 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA05442. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA05442).

ISBN 9790006471416. 33 x 26.5 cm inches. Text Language: French. Hector Berlioz.

The vocal score to “Les Troyens ” presents the text Berlioz conceived as a great five act opera. During the composition of this work between 1856 and 1858 and up until June 1863, Berlioz perceived “Les Troyens ” as one opera. Because of performance difficulties, the composition had to be divided into two operas, “La Prise de Troie ” and “Les Toyens à Carthage ”.

Berlioz began to write the libretto in Paris in April 1856 and completed it on June 26th of that same year. The dramatic material of acts III-V is taken from books 1 and 4 of Virgil's “ Aeneid ”.

The two trojan acts are loosely based on books 1 and 2 by Virgil.

Berlioz wrote in May 1861: “I am sure that I have created a great work, greater and superior to anything I have ever written before”.

The vocal score is based on the three-volume New Berlioz Edition and also on the one-volume vocal score edition that under Berlioz’s supervision, was privately printed in 1861-62 and then distributed. The appendix contains two complete scenes: The Sinon scene from the first act and the original finale from the fifth act.

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- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

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  • Volume 2a: Zur Ausgabe. Acts I-II
  • Volume 2b: Acts III-V
  • Volume 2c Supplement: Foreword (englisch/franzosisch/deutsch), Critical Notes, Errata. Appendix I: "La Prise de Troje" and "Les Troyens a Carthage" as separate operas
  • Appendix II: Authorised cuts and reductions
  • Appendix III: Rejected scenes
  • Appendix IV: Other rejected music