Hector Berlioz :: Symphonie fantastique, op.14 (Fantastic Symphony)


 

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Berlioz, Hector
1803-1869
(b La Cote-Saint-Andre, Isere, 11 Dec 1803; d Paris, 8 March 1869). French
Symphonie fantastique, op.14 (Fantastic Symphony) <1830>
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Offstage oboe (ob1) in mvt 3; offstage low bells in final mvt.
A critical edition of the score with historical and analytical essays is available from Norton. Yoon Jae Lee has created a concordance of rehearsal letters and numbers as found in various editions; it is available gratis from Ondine Press (www.issuu.com/ondinepress) or at http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/365959.
A special optional solo cornet part for the 2nd mvt (where trumpets and cornets are otherwise tacet) may have been written for a performance by the legendary Jean-Baptiste Arban. This part is included in the Kalmus & Luck's sets; it is also available in Appendix III of the Bärenreiter collected edition of Berlioz in a format that can be photocopied and used in performance (v.16, p.197). The Norton score integrates the part into the score of the 2nd mvt.
2 percussionists double on tmp at the end of mvt 3.
Harp parts reduced to one player by Li Shan Tan available from https://www.lishantheharpist.com/
1. Rêveries, Passions
2. Un bal (A Ball)
3. Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country)
4. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)
5. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat (Dream of a Witches'
Sabbath)






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Contents—1. Rêveries, Passions; 2. Un bal (A Ball); 3. Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country); 4. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold); 5. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat (Dream of a Witches' Sabbath)