Hector Berlioz :: Te Deum, op.22


 

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Berlioz, Hector
1803-1869
(b La Cote-Saint-Andre, Isere, 11 Dec 1803; d Paris, 8 March 1869). French
Te Deum, op.22 <1849>
solo tenor double chorus, optional children's chorus
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Number of real parts for winds and percussion, exclusive of doublings:
2 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 4 — 4 4[2tp, 2crt] 3 2 — tmp+3.
Tuba and ophicleide are in unison or octaves; 1 instrument is probably sufficient.
Berlioz wrote in a letter to Hans von Bülow that the tenor solo could be sung by a soprano.
Two additional movements, the
Prélude and the March, are intended only for use on quasi-military occasions; see the following two entries. They are both included (the Prélude as an appendix) in the Bärenreiter edition score and parts of the complete work.
Source of text: Roman Catholic Breviary, with the order of verses modified by Berlioz; text sometimes attributed to Niceta of Remesiana. Language: Latin
1. Te Deum (Hymne)
2. Tibi omnes (Hymne)
3. Dignare (Prière)
4. Christe, rex gloriae (Hymne)
5. Te ergo quaesumus (Prière)
6. Judex crederis (Hymne et prière)






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Contents—1. Te Deum (Hymne); 2. Tibi omnes (Hymne); 3. Dignare (Prière); 4. Christe, rex gloriae (Hymne); 5. Te ergo quaesumus (Prière); 6. Judex crederis (Hymne et prière)