Roméo et Juliette, symphony, H 79 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections 7 sections in 3 parts Part I 1. Introduction. Combats – Tumulte – Intervention du Prince Prologue. D’anciennes haines endormies Strophes. Premiers transports Scherzetto. Mab la messagère Part II 2. Roméo seul. Tristesse – Bruits lontains de concert et bal – Grande Fête chez Capulet 3. Nuit sereine. Le Jardin de Capulet, silencieux et désert. Les jeunes Capulets, sortant de la fête, passent en chantant des réminiscences de la musique du bal – Scène d’amour 4. Scherzo. La reine Mab, ou la fée des songes Part III [Deuxième prologue, omitted after first performance] 5. Convoi funèbre de Juliette 6. Roméo au tombeau des Capulets. Invocation – Réveil de Juliette – Joie délirante, désespoir, dernières angoisses et mort de deux amants 7. Finale. La Foule accourt au cimetière. Rixe des Capulets et des Montagus. Quoi! Roméo de retour! Récitatif et Air du Père Laurence. Mais vous avez repris la guerre de famille! Serment de réconciliation. Jurez donc par l’auguste symbole Composition Year 1839 Genre Categories Symphonies; Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 3 voices, 3 mixed choruses, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For 2 pianos (arr)

Performances

• General (12)

General

 I. Introduction: Combats - Tumulte - Intervention du Prince
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 II. Prologue: D'anciennes haines endormies
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 III. Strophes: i. Premiers transports que nul n'oublie
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 IV. Strophes: ii. Bientot de Romeo la pale reverie, Scherzetto
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 V. Romeo seul, Tristesse, Bruit lointain de bal et de concerto,
Grande fete chez Capulet
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 VI. Scene d'amour
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 VII. La Reine Mab, ou la Fee des songes
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 VIII. Convoi funebre de Juliette
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 IX. Romeo au tombeau des Capulet
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 X. Final: La foule accourt au cimetiere, Recitatif et Air du Pere Laurence, Rixe des Capulets et des Montagus, Serment de reconciliation, Recitatif
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 XI. Air, Rixe des Capulets et des Montagus, Invocation du Pere Laurence
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 XII. Serment
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Performers:

Buffy Baggott, mezzo; Kenneth Gayle, tenor; Peter Van de Graaff, bass
University of Chicago Motet Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Barbara Schubert

Publisher Info.:

Chicago: University of Chicago Symphony

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag all]

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From Internet Archive. Performed 31 May 2003, University of Chicago, Mendel Hall.

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Scores

• Full Scores (12)
• Parts (15)
• Vocal Scores (3)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (4)

Full Scores

Complete Work

 Complete Score
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Carolus (9 May 2011)

Editor:

2nd edition

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Brandus, 1857. Plate B. et Cie. 4597.

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Color scan.

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 Complete Score
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Massenetique (15 October 2010)

Editor:

Nouvelle édition

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Brandus, 1857. Plate B. et Cie. 4597.

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Paris: C. Joubert, n.d.(after 1899).

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 Part I
1. Introduction – Prologue
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 Part II
2. Roméo seul; 3. Scène d’amour; 4. La reine Mab
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 Part III
5. Convoi funèbre; 6. Roméo au tombeau; 7. Finale
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Daphnis (17 August 2008)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie I, Band 3.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1901. Plate H.B. 4

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Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87).

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Individual movements

 1. Introduction. Combats – Tumulte – Intervention du Prince –
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 Prologue –
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 Strophes –
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 Scherzetto
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 2. Roméo seul. Tristesse – Concert et Bal – Grande Fête chez Capulet
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 3. Nuit sereine – [Scène d’amour omitted]
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Philip Legge (6 January 2009)

 6. Roméo au tombeau des Capulets. Invocation – Réveil de Juliette
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Philip Legge (6 January 2009)

Editor:

Philip Legge (1972*)

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Philip Legge

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Sections from the dramatic symphony. The Introduction, and the orchestral movements Roméo seul and Roméo au tombeau are complete; the other 4 sections comprise most of the Prologue and the choral introduction to the Scène d’amour.

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Parts

 Flute 1, 2, Piccolo
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 Oboe 1, 2 (English Horn)
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 Clarinet 1, 2 (in A)
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 Bassoon 1, 2, 3, 4
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 Horn 1 (in E, F), 2 (in E♭, F, C, A, D)
Horn 3 (in G, D, A, B♭, E), 4 (in F, C, D, E♭, D♭)
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 Trumpet 1, 2 (in D, F, E♭, B)
Cornet 1, 2 (in A, B♭)
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 Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
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 Timpani
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 2 Tambours de basque, 2 Triangles,
Bass Drum, Cymbals and Crotales
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 Harp 1, 2
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910)

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933).

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Vocal Scores

Complete Work

 Complete Score
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Massenetique (22 August 2011)

Arranger:

Théodore Ritter (1841-1886), piano reduction

Language:

French / German

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Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann, n.d.(ca.1872).

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 Complete Score
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Carolus (13 May 2010)

Arranger:

Théodore Ritter (1841–1886), piano reduction

Editor:

First edition (later issue)

Language:

French / German

Publisher Info.:

Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, n.d.(ca.1872). Plate 818

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Paris: Brandus & Cie., n.d.(1873)

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 Complete Score
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operalala (4 August 2009)

Arranger:

Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901), piano reduction

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Language:

French / German / English

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, (ca.1901). Plate V.A. 1845

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete Work

For Piano 4 hands (Benoit)

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 Color Cover
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Morel (16 February 2010)

Arranger:

Camille Benoit (1852–1923)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Brandus & Cie., n.d.(1878). Plate B. et Cie. 12,363

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Part II: Roméo seul. Tristesse, Concert et Bal, Grande Fête chez Capulet

For 2 Pianos 4 hands (Singer)

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 Color Cover
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Morel (26 February 2010)

Arranger:

Otto Singer II (1863–1931)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckart, n.d. Plate 5428
Reissue - Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(after 1901)

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General Information

Work Title	Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique avec chœurs
Alternative Title	Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic symphony

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 17, H 79
Key	B minor – F major – B major
Movements/Sections	7 sections in 3 parts Part I 1. Introduction. Combats – Tumulte – Intervention du Prince Prologue. D’anciennes haines endormies Strophes. Premiers transports Scherzetto. Mab la messagère Part II 2. Roméo seul. Tristesse – Bruits lontains de concert et bal – Grande Fête chez Capulet 3. Nuit sereine. Le Jardin de Capulet, silencieux et désert. Les jeunes Capulets, sortant de la fête, passent en chantant des réminiscences de la musique du bal – Scène d’amour 4. Scherzo. La reine Mab, ou la fée des songes Part III [Deuxième prologue, omitted after first performance] 5. Convoi funèbre de Juliette 6. Roméo au tombeau des Capulets. Invocation – Réveil de Juliette – Joie délirante, désespoir, dernières angoisses et mort de deux amants 7. Finale. La Foule accourt au cimetière. Rixe des Capulets et des Montagus. Quoi! Roméo de retour! Récitatif et Air du Père Laurence. Mais vous avez repris la guerre de famille! Serment de réconciliation. Jurez donc par l’auguste symbole
Year/Date of Composition	1839
First Performance	1839-11-24 Paris: Salle du Conservatoire. Mme. Widemann, contralto; Alexis Dupont, ténor; Alizard, bass; Hector Berlioz, conductor
First Publication	1839 (vocal score), 1847 (full score)
Librettist	Émile Deschamps (1791–1871), after William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language	French
Dedication	Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
Average Duration	95 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soli and Mixed Chorus with Orchestra Soli: Contralto, Tenor, Bass (Le Père Laurence), small choir (12vv, ATB), 2 large choirs (STB) Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd also English Horn), 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophicleïde timpani (2 players), 2 tambourines, 2 triangles, bass drum, cymbals, crotales (4 players) 2 harps, string orchestra (15–15–10–11–9)
External Links	Wikipedia article Holoman Catalogue entry online scores (Scorch format) at the Hector Berlioz website Roméo et Juliette - scores at Sheet Music Plus

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Publication History

• Paris: 1839 (vocal score)
• Paris: Brandus et C^ie, 1847 (full score, pub. as Œuvre 17, with revisions by Berlioz)
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. (1901), as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie I, Band II, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1990, BA 5458, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 18, edited by David Kern Holoman