Hector Berlioz :: Messe solennelle


 

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Berlioz, Hector
1803-1869
(b La Cote-Saint-Andre, Isere, 11 Dec 1803; d Paris, 8 March 1869). French
Messe solennelle <1824>
solos STB chorus STTB
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The composer added a piccolo (i.e., a 3rd flutist) to the Resurrexit and then deleted it, though Bärenreiter includes the part as an option. Berlioz vacillated among serpent, buccin, and ophicleide for the lowest member of the brass family: one mvt calls for buccin and serp, while another calls for buccin or oph, and yet another for serp alone. In any case it can be covered by one player on a modern tuba (high tessitura).
Ed. Hugh Macdonald.

Source of text: Roman Catholic liturgy. Language: Latin
Introduction
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Gratias
4. Quoniam
5. Credo
6. Incarnatus
7. Crucifixus
8. Resurrexit
Motet pour l'offertoire
9. Sanctus
10. O salutaris
11. Agnus dei
Domine, salvum