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IntroductionThis section displays cover pages of first and other major editions of Berlioz’s musical works; the majority of these were published in Berlioz’s lifetime. The publication dates given here conform to D. Kern Holoman’s Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz (1987) [vol. 25 of the New Berlioz Edition, published by Bärenreiter].
We intend to add to the collection as and when we acquire further documents or they are made available to us.
Most of these editions are to be found in a small number of specialist collections which are identified below as follows:
[CH] = Cecil Hopkinson Collection, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
[RM] = Richard Macnutt Collection, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
[CM] = Conservatoire de Musique, Paris
Copyright notice: The texts, photos, images and musical scores on all pages of this site are covered by UK Law and International Law. All rights of publication or reproduction of this material in any form, including Web page use, are reserved. Their use without our explicit permission is illegal.
Symphonie fantastique – Advance edition, published in 1844 (Paris, Maurice Schlesinger) [CM]
Symphonie fantastique – First edition, published in 1845 (Paris, Maurice Schlesinger) [CH]
Ballet
des Ombres,
published in 1829 (Maurice Schlesinger, Paris) [from an 1888 book by Adolphe
Jullien in
our own collection]
All copies are lost, although a copy was recorded in the collection of
Vicomte Spoelberch (D.K Holoman, NBE vol. 25, p. 69)
Neuf mélodies – First edition, published in 1830 (Maurice Schlesinger, Paris) [CH]
Neuf mélodies – First edition (variant), published c. 1834, with imprint: au Bureau de la Société des compositeurs réunis, Paris [CH]
Neuf mélodies – Second edition, published c. 1834 (Catelin et Cie. Editeurs des compositeurs réunis, Paris) [CH]
Neuf mélodies (Irlande) – Third edition, published in 1849 (S. Richault, Paris) [CH]
Grande Messe des morts – First edition, published in 1838 (Maurice Schlesinger, Paris) [RM]
Grande Messe des morts – Second edition, published in 1853 (G. Ricordi, Milan) [CH]
Tristia, published in 1852 (S. Richault, Paris) [CM]
Le Roi des Aulnes, published in 1860 (O. Legouix, Paris) [CH]
The full score was first printed by Choudens (La Prise de Troie in 1899 and Les Troyens à Carthage in 1885), but never put on sale. The full score was first published in the New Berlioz Edition volumes 2a-c, in 1969 by Bärenreiter.
New Berlioz Edition – general cover page of all the 26 volumes [in our own collection]
Les Troyens – piano and vocal score of the original version (complete opera), privately published in 1862; printed by Thierry Frères, Paris [CM]
Les Troyens (La Prise de Troie) – piano and vocal score, published in 1863 (Choudens, Paris) [CH]
Les Troyens (Les Troyens à Carthage) – piano and vocal score, published in 1863 (Choudens, Paris) [CH]
Les Troyens – piano and vocal score, general title to each of the two separate parts published in 1863 (as above) [CH]
Marche
troyenne, full score, printed by Choudens in
1865 [CM]
The Marche troyenne was developed in 1864 by Berlioz from music in the
opera for performance as a separate concert piece.
Les Troyens à Carthage – full orchestral score, printed by Choudens in 1885 [CM]
Related pages on this site:
Berlioz
Music Scores
Berlioz
Libretti
Berlioz:
Musical and Literary Works
The Hector Berlioz Website was created by Michel Austin and Monir Tayeb on 18
July 1997;
Berlioz First Editions created on 10 August
2003.
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