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IntroductionThis bibliography includes all editions of the complete text and all published substantial fragments that I know of in any language. Each edition is presented as follows:
TITLE AS PRINTED ON TITLE PAGE
Information on editor or translator as printed
City: publisher, year (publisher’s collection) [marked with a red asterisk (*): editions that I have seen myself].
Size; pages; illustrations etc.; binding; ISBN-number
Page collation (only in case of first editions of important publications)
Note: any remarks on the edition, including references to Hopkinson’s
bibliography (Hopkinson, Cecil, A Bibliography of the Musical and Literary Works of Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869 [Edinburgh, 1951; rev. R Macnutt, Tunbridge Wells, 1980])
Title and editor/translator are omitted in case of later editions of the same
publication.
Readers are invited to submit any additional information they have.
Translations:
FRENCH TEXTHECTOR BERLIOZ / LES / GROTESQUES DE LA MUSIQUE / PARIS / LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE / BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, 15 / A. BOURDILLIAT ET Cie, ÉDITEURS / La traduction et la reproduction sont réservées / 1859
*Paris: Bourdillat, 1859. 17,5 x 11 cm; 320 pp.; sewed
[i-ii] blank, [iii] half title page, [iv] blank except: Paris. – Imprimerie de la Librairie Nouvelle, A. Bourdilliat, 15, rue Breda, [v] title page, [vi] blank; [1]-13 PROLOGUE, [14] blank, [15] dedication: A / MES BONS AMIS / LES ARTISTES DES CHŒURS DE L’OPÉRA / DE PARIS / VILLE BARBARE, [16] blank. [17]-305 text, [306] blank, [307]-308 TABLE, [309]-320 ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES / DE M. HECTOR BERLIOZ.
Note: printing unknown. Hopkinson 85
LES GROTESQUES DE LA MUSIQUE
Nouvelle édition
Paris: Michel Lévy, 1871. 18,5 x 12 cm; 311 pp.; sewed
[1]-307 text, [309]-311 Table
Note: dated on cover 1870. Misprints corrected? Text newly typeset. 1000
copies. Hopkinson 85A
Nouvelle édition
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1880. 18,5 x 12 cm; 311 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 1000 copies. Hopkinson 85B
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1888 [or 1890?] (Bibliothèque contemporaine). 18,5 x
12 cm; 311 pp.; sewed
Note: dated on cover 1889. Reprint of the preceding. 1000 copies. Hopkinson
85C
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1906. 18,5 x 12 cm; 311 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 500 copies
*Paris: Calmann-Lévy, [1915]. 18,5 x 12 cm; 311 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. Imprint: E. GREVIN – IMPRIMERIE DE LAGNY (-
4162-1-14).
500 copies
*Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1924 (dated on cover). 18,5 x 12 cm; 311 pp.;
sewed; redish paper cover
Note: reprint of the preceding. Imprint: PARIS – CALMANN-LÉVY, 3, RUE AUBER. – 2398-5-24. 500 copies
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1928. 18,5 x 12 cm; 311 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 500 copies, sold out in 1933.
LES GROTESQUES DE LA MUSIQUE
Westmead, Farnborough (Hants): Gregg International Publishers, 1969
(Collected Literary Works IV). 18 cm; 312 pp.; hardcover; 0-576-28421-1
Note: facsimile of the 1859 edition
Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 1982. (Collected Literary Works IV).
Hardcover; 0-576-28421-1
Note: reprint of the preceding
LES GROTESQUES DE LA MUSIQUE
Elibron Classics, 2001. 311 pp.; paperback
Note: facsimile of the 1880 edition
Guichard edition
LES GROTESQUES DE LA MUSIQUE
Texte établi avec introduction, notes et choix de variantes par Léon
Guichard. Préface de Henri Sauguet
*Paris: Gründ, 1969 (Œuvres littéraires: Édition du centenaire). 21 x 15 cm; 414 pp.; frontispiece + [24] pp. ill.; hardcover with dust jacket
[7]-9 Préface, [11]-15 Introduction, 17 Note sur la présente édition, [19]-312 text, [313]-315 Avertissement, [317]-384 Notes, [385]-398 Choix de variantes, [399]-405 Appendices ([399]-400 I – Les éditions, [401]-404 II – L’accueil de la presse,
[405] III – Les traductions), [407]-409 Index des noms, [410]-412 Index des œuvres, [413]-414 Table des matières
Note: abundantly annotated edition. Text of the 1859 edition, with spelling
modernised.
Paris: Gründ, 1998 (Œuvres littéraires: Édition du centenaire). 21 x 14,5
cm; 414 pp.; frontispiece + [24] pp. ill.; paperback; 2-7000-2103-7
Note: facsimile of the preceding
Fragment
LA VIE DE BERLIOZ RACONTÉE PAR BERLIOZ
Textes rassemblés par Jean Roy. Préface de Darius Milhaud
*Paris: René Julliard, 1954 (Quel roman que ma vie). 19,5 x 14 cm; 275 pp.; paperback
[7]-10 Préface, [11]-19 introduction, [21]- 272 text, [273]-275 Table
des matières
Note: chapter 16 includes the following essay from Les Grotesques de la
Musique: Correspondance philosophique. Lettre adressée à M. Ella (Guichard edition: pp. 185-180, a few cuts). See also: Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, Mémoires
GERMAN TRANSLATIONSRichard Pohl
MUSIKALISCHE GROTESKEN. HUMORISTISCHE FEUILLETONS
Autorisirte Deutsche Ausgabe von Richard Pohl
*Leipzig, Gustav Heinze, 1864 (Gesammelte Schriften IV). 19,5 x 13 cm; vi, 242 pp.
[v]-vi Inhalt, [1]-242 text with scarce annotation
Note: Hopkinson 85D
Uebersetzt und herausgegeben von Richard Pohl
*Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart, 1877 (Gesammelte Schriften IV). 19,5 x 13 cm; vi, 242 pp.
Note: reprint of the preceding
Elly Ellès
GROTESKE MUSIKANTENGESCHICHTEN
Aus dem Französischen übertragen von Elly Ellès
*Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1906 (Literarische Werke VII). 20,5 x 14 cm; vi, 230 pp.; hardcover (?)
[v]-vi Inhalt.; [1]-230 text, [231] Berichtigungen.
Note: Hopkinson 85E
Frankfurt: Insel Verlag, 1986 (Insel Taschenbuch 859). 18 cm; 273 pp.;
paperback; 3-458-32559-X
Note: facsimile of the 1906 edition?
Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2004 (Literarische Werke VII). 21 cm; paperback; 3-89007-571-1
Note: facsimile of the 1906 edition, edited by Matthias Brzoska
Fragments
SCHRIFTEN. BETRACHTUNGEN EINES MUSIKALISCHEN ENTHUSIASTEN
Ausgewählt, herausgegeben und kommentiert von Frank Heidlberger. Übersetzt
von Dagmar Kreher
*Kassel: Bärenreiter; Stuttgart und Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2002. 23,5 x 15,5 cm; 284 pp.; ill.; hardcover with dust jacket; 3-7618-1568-9 (Bärenreiter) / 3-476-01932-2 (Metzler)
[5]-[7] Inhalt, 9-13 Vorwort, 14-26 Ein Leben für das
Schreiben – schreiben um zu überleben. Einleitende Bemerkungen zu Berlioz als
Musikliterat und Kritiker, 27-253 texts with introductions, 255-284 Anhang (Anmerkungen, Quellenverzeichnis, Ausgewählte Literatur, Erläuterungen zu Personen und Werken, Personen- und Werkregister)
Note: an amply commented collection of texts by Berlioz. The chapter Grotesken der Musik, pp. 201-253, includes 14 out of 73 essays (including the preface) from Les Grotesques de la Musique, in the original order:
| pp.: | title: | translation of: |
| 207-212 | Prolog | Prologue |
| 212-213 | dedication and preface | |
| 213-215 | Ein Programm grotesker Musik | Un programme de musique grotesque |
| 216 | Ist das ironisch gemeint? | Est-ce une ironie? |
| 217-218 | Der Evangelist der Trommel | L’évangéliste du tambour |
| 218 | Der Apostel des Flageoletts | L’apôtre du flageolet |
| 218-219 | Der Prophet der Posaune | Le prophète du trombone |
| 219-220 | Dirigenten | Chefs d’orchestre |
| 220-222 | Ein Klarinettenkonzert | Un concerto de clarinette |
| 222-233 | Klagelieder Jeremias | Lamentations de Jérémie |
| 234 | Ein vorbildlicher Kritiker | Un critique modèle |
| 235-240 | Die Saison. Der Club der Schreckgespenster | La saison. – Le club des cauchemars |
| 241-244 | Die kleinen Nöte der großen Konzerte | Petites misères des grands concerts |
| 244-248 | Die Debütantin. Despotismus des Operndirektors | La débutante. – Despotisme du directeur de l’Opéra |
| 248-252 | Die Vergänglichkeit des Ruhmes | Vanité de la gloire |
| 252-253 | Ende lustig, alles gut | Tout est bien qui finit gaiement |
See also: Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, À Travers Chants
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONSTHE MUSICAL MADHOUSE (LES GROTESQUES DE LA MUSIQUE)
Translated and Edited by Alastair Bruce with an Introduction by Hugh
Macdonald
*Rochester, NY / Woodbridge, Suffolk: University of Rochester Press, 2003 (Eastman Studies in Music). 23,5 x 15,5 cm; xxiv, 239 pp.; ill.; hardcover with dust jacket; 1-58046-132-8; paper back edition, 2005; 1-58046182-4
[vii]-ix Contents, [xi]-xii Illustrations, [xiii]-xx Introduction, [xxi]-xxiv Translator’s Note; [1]-189 text, [190]-210 Notes, [211]-214 Sources, [215]-218 Selected Bibliography, [219]-239 Index
Note: see also below: fragments
Fragments
SELECTIONS FROM HIS LETTERS, AND ÆSTHETIC, HUMOROUS, AND SATIRICAL WRITINGS
Translated, and preceded by a biographical sketch of the author by William F.
Apthorp
*New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1879 (Amateur Series). 19 x 12,5 cm; ix, 427 pp.; musical ex.; hardcover
[iii]-vi Translator’s Preface., [vii]-ix Table of Contents.;
[1]-77 Biographical Sketch., [79]-402 translations, [403]-421 Appendices., [423]-427 Index
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. The section Selections from
Musical Grotesques. (pp. 277-354) includes 31 out of 73 essays (including
the preface) from Les Grotesques de la Musique, in the original order:
| pp.: | title: | translation of: |
| 279-286 | Prologue. | Prologue |
| 287 | dedication | |
| 289-290 | preface | |
| 291-292 | The Right of Playing in F in a Symphony in D. | Le droit de jouer en Fa dans une symphonie en Ré |
| 292 | A Crowned Virtuoso. | Un virtuose couronné |
| 292-293 | A New Musical Instrument. | Un nouvel instrument de musique |
| 293-294 | The Regiment of Colonels. | Le régiment de colonels |
| 294-295 | A Cantata. | Une Cantate |
| 295-297 | The Evangelist of the Drum. | L’évangéliste du tambour |
| 297-298 | The Apostle of the Flageolet. | L’apôtre du flageolet |
| 298 | The Prophet of the Trombone. | Le prophète du trombone |
| 298-299 | Orchestra Conductors. | Chefs d’orchestre |
| 300 | Appreciators of Beethoven. | Appréciateurs de Beethoven |
| 300-301 | Sontag’s Version. | La version Sontag |
| 301 | Not to Be Danced in E. | On ne peut pas danser en Mi |
| 301-302 | A Kiss From Rossini. | Un baiser de Rossini |
| 302-304 | A Clarinet-Concerto. | Un concerto de clarinette |
| 304-314 | Musical Instruments at the Universal Exposition. | Les instruments de musique à l’exposition universelle |
| 314-315 | A Rival of Erard. | Un rival d’Érard |
| 315-317 | Prudence and Sagacity of a Provincial. – Alexandre’s Melodium-Organ. |
Prudence et sagacité d’un provincial. L’orgue mélodium d’Alexandre |
| 318 | Prudent Matches. | Les mariages de convenance |
| 318-319 | Great News. | Grande nouvelle |
| 319-322 | Barley-Candy. – Severe Music. | Le sucre d’orge. – La musique sévère |
| 322-326 | The Dilettanti in Blouses and Serious Music. | Les dilettanti en blouse et la musique sérieuse |
| 326-340 | Lamentations of Jeremiah. | Lamentations de Jérémie |
| 340 | Success of a Miserere. | Succès d’un Miserere |
| 340-344 | Little Miseries of Big Concerts. | Petites misères des grands concerts |
| 344-345 | Death to Flats. | Guerre aux bémols |
| 345-348 | The Flight into Egypt. | Correspondance philosophique. La fuite en Égypte |
| 349-353 | A First Appearance. – Despotism of the Director of the Opéra. | La débutante; Despotisme du directeur de l’Opéra |
| 354 | A Saying of M. Auber’s. | Mot de M. Auber |
| 354 | Sensibility and Laconism. – A Funeral Oration in Three Syllables. | Sensibilité et laconisme; Une oraison fuèbre en trois syllabes |
Hopkinson 85F. See also: Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, À Travers Chants, Mémoires
Portland, ME.: Longwood Press, 1976. ix, 427 pp.; 0-89341-018-7
Note: facsimile of the preceding
CURIOSITIES OF MUSIC
Translated by Francis Harling-Comyns
*In: Musical Times, July 1937, pp. 599-601; August 1937, pp. 693-695; September 1937, pp. 791-794
Note: includes the following essays from Les Grotesques de la Musique:
Prologue; preface; The Right of Playing in F while Performing a Symphony
in D, A Crowned Virtuoso, The Regiment of Colonels, Beethoven Lovers, The Sontag
Version, One Cannot Dance in E, A Kiss From Rossini, A Rival of Erard, Is it
Irony?; The Musical Instruments of the International Exhibition
MUSICAL FREAKS
[Translated by Francis Harling-Comyns?]
*In: Monthly Musical Record, June 1941, pp. 108-109; July/August 1941, pp. 124-127
Note: includes the following essays from Les Grotesques de la Musique:
The Evangelist of the Side Drum, The Apostle of the Flageolet, The Prophet of
the Trombone; A Clarinet Concerto, War on Flats, A Provincial’s Prudence. This means 18 out of 73 essays (including the preface)
Arthur J. Knodel translated many of the essays from Les Grotesques de la Musique in instalments that appeared as supplements to the Newsletter of the American Berlioz Society from 1955 until the newsletter ceased publication in 1959 (according to D. Kern Holoman, The Present State of Berlioz Research, in: Acta musicologica, 1975, pp. 3 -67)
Alastair Bruce translated many of the essays from Les Grotesques de la Musique in instalments that appeared in the Bulletin of the UK-based Berlioz Society from late 1982 to 1987. According to the translator, this was a rather literal and stilted effort, and it omitted several pieces which had previously appeared in the Bulletin in translations by others. For Alastair Bruce’s definitive translation, see above.
ITALIAN TRANSLATIONSAlessandro Taverna
I GROTTESCHI DELLA MUSICA
Traduzione di Alessandro Taverna
*Varese, Zecchini Editore, 2004 (I Racconti della Musica 11). 21 x 15 cm; XXII, 301 pp.; paperback; 88-87203-28-8
v Avvertenza, vii-xxii Prefazione di Alessandro Taverna; 1-297
text, 299-301 Indice-Sommario
Fragments
L’EUROPA MUSICALE DA GLUCK A WAGNER
A cura di Fedele d’Amico
*[Torino]: Giulio Einaudi editore, 1950 (Saggi 124). 21 x 16 cm; 345 pp.; musical ex.; paperback
7-8 Indice, 11-30 Prefazione, 33-332 annotated text, [333]-339 Indice dei nomi
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. The following fragments are taken
from Les Grotesques de la Musique:
| pp.: | title: | translation of: | corresponding pp. in the Guichard edition: |
| 46-53 | Pregiudizi bizzarri | Préjugés grotesques | 235-243 |
| 217 | – | Prologue [Quoi qu’il en soit (...) l’exécution de son père.] | 28-29 |
| 307-311 | Il milioni dei cantanti | Mme Stoltz… [Pauvre Sontag! (...) pauvres millionnaires!] | 255-259 |
| 312-314 | Fortuna e sfortuna | Heur et malheur | 261-263 |
| 319-321 | I passeri | Les moineaux | 199-200 |
| 322-323 | Le bevute | Les passades | 269-270 |
| 324-325 | I concerti | Concerts [Le fait est (...) n’a pas pu s’arranger.] | 231-232 |
| 326-327 | Il corraggio di Nelson | La bravoure de Nelson | 233-234 |
| 331-332 | Tutto è bene quel che finisce allegramente | Tout est bien qui finit gaiement | 311-312 |
See also: Voyage Musical, Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, À Travers Chants, Mémoires
SPANISH TRANSLATIONSM. Bereger
LOS GROTESCOS DE LA MÚSICA
Traducción de M. Bereger
*Buenos Aires: Editorial E.M.C.A., 1944. 19,5 x 14 cm; 284 pp.; paperback
9-278 text, [279]-284 Indice
Fragments
BERLIOZ ESCRITOR
Selección de textos, traducción y prólogo de Victoria Llort Llopart
*Barcelona: Editorial Tizona, 2005 (Tizona música 1). 21 x 15 cm; 224 pp.; ill.; musical ex.; paperback; 84-934268-0-6
7-9 Indice, 11-25 Prólogo, 27-332 text with scarce annotation,
219-222 Selección bibliográfica, 223-224 Tabla de illustraciones
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. The section Lo grotesco de la
música (pp. 27-83), includes 29 out of 73 essays (including the preface)
from Les Grotesques de la Musique, in the original order:
| pp.: | title: | translation of: |
| 27-28 | dedication and preface | |
| 28-29 | El derecho de tocar en fa una sinfonía en re | Le droit de jouer en fa dans une symphonie en ré |
| 30 | Un virtuoso coronado | Un virtuose couronné |
| 30-31 | Un nuevo instrumento de música | Un nouvel instrument de musique |
| 31 | El regimento de los coroneles | Le régiment de colonels |
| 31-33 | El evangelista del tambor | L’évangéliste du tambour |
| 33 | El apóstol del flautín | L’apôtre du flageolet |
| 34 | El profeta del trombón | Le prophète du trombone |
| 34-35 | Directores de orquesta | Chefs d’orchestre |
| 36 | Los que valoran a Beethoven | Appréciateurs de Beethoven |
| 36-37 | La versión Sontag | La version Sontag |
| 37 | No se puede bailar en mi | On ne peut pas danser en mi |
| 37 | Un beso de Rossini | Un baiser de Rossini |
| 38 | Un rival de Erard | Un rival d’Érard |
| 38-41 | Prudencia y sagacidad de un provinciano… | Prudence et sagacité d’un provincial… |
| 41-42 | Un crítico modelo | Un critique modèle |
| 42-49 | La temporada. El club de las pesadillas (small cut) | La saison. Le club des cauchemars |
| 49-53 | Pequeñas miserias de los grandes conciertos | Petites misères des grands concerts |
| 53 | Guerra a los bemoles | Guerre aux bémols |
| 53-55 | Aberraciones y alucinaciones del oído | Aberrations et hallucinations de l’oreille |
| 55-57 | Los gorriones | Les moineaux |
| 57-59 | La ingratitud es la independencia del corazón | L’ingratitude est l’indépendance du cœur |
| 60-65 | La vanidad de la gloria | Vanité de la gloire |
| 65 | Ritmo de orgullo | Le rythme d’orgueil |
| 65-67 | La música y la danza | La musique et la danse |
| 67-70 | Conciertos | Concerts |
| 70-71 | La bravura de Nelson | La bravoure de Nelson |
| 71-79 | Prejuicios grotescos | Préjugés grotesques |
| 79-83 | Los ateos de la expresión | Les athées de l’expression |
The translation, based on the 1859 edition, aims at staying as close to the original as possible in every respect See also: Traité d’Instrumentation, Voyage Musical, Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, À Travers Chants
RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONSFragments
Two fragments from Les Grotesques de la Musique were published in Музыкальное обозрение (The Music Review), a weekly music journal (St. Petersburg: 1887, no. 24): Заблуждение слуха (Aberrations et hallucinations de l’oreille...) and Пение петухов (Le chant des coqs...).
ИЗБРАННЫЕ
СТАТЬИ
Составление,
переводы,
вступительная
статья и
примечания В.Н.
Александровой
и Е.Ф. Бронфин
Москва:
Музгиз, 1956. 21 cm; 406 pp.; ill.;
hardback
3-4 Предисловие,
5-[30] Гектор
Берлиоз — музыкальный
критик,
[31]-352 texts, [353]-395 Примечания,
396-404 Именной
указатель,
405-[406] Содержание
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. The section „Музыкальные
гротески“.
Фельетоны из
сборника. includes
the following essays from Les Grotesques de la Musique, all translated by
Vera Aleksandrova:
| pp. | title: | translation of: |
| 335-336 | «Не ирония ли это?» | Est-ce une ironie? |
| 336-337 | Дирижёры | Chefs d’orchestre |
| 337-338 | Невозможно танцевать в тональности ми. | On ne peut pas danser en MI |
| 338-350 | Иеремиады | Lamentations de Jérémie [with cuts] |
| 350-352 | Образцовый критик | Un critique modèle |
| 352 | Война бемолям | Guerre aux bémols |
ROMANIAN TRANSLATIONIleana Ratiu
GROTESCUL SI MUZICA
[Translated by Ileana Ratiu]
Bucuresti: Editura muzicala, 1983. 240 pp.; ill.
AcknowledgementWe would like to express our gratitude to our friend Pepijn van Doesburg for this valuable contribution to the site.
Our sincere thanks also to our friend Elena Dolenko for providing the details of the texts from Les Grotesques de la Musique which appeared in the Izbrannye stat’i collection listed under Russian Translations.
This page was created by Monir Tayeb and Michel Austin on 14 December 2005; subsequent additions and updates made since.
Copyright: 2005 Pepijn van Doesburg. All rights of reproduction reserved.
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Excerpts from the composer’s correspondence (in French, introduction in English)
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