Berlioz: Mélodies (Songs) for High Voice and Piano - Volume 1
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- Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
- Instrumentation: Piano, High Voice
- Work Languages: English, French
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- Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches
- Pages: 92
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
Berlioz composed songs while still a child and in 1819, at the age of sixteen, he had a romance published at his own expense. Though he later turned primarily to large-scale forms, he never entirely abandoned the art song, for he was constantly inspired by poetry. His settings reveal a wealth of luxuriant melody that he viewed with pride to the end of his days. Many of his songs were subsequently scored for full orchestra. This volume contains songs from Berlioz's early and middle periods. It is based on the scholarly -critical Berlioz Edition which gathers together all of his songs for the very first time and presents them in a reliable text at the cutting edge of scholarship. A detailed preface discusses the genesis and transmission of each song and outlines its source materials. Each song is preceded by its words in the original language and in English translation. Thus, the volume provides an ideal foundation for rediscovering this romantic repertoire. - with the Urtext of the "Berlioz Edition - First scholarly-critical edition - Detailed preface (Eng ./ Ger.) - English translation to each song
Works:
- Le dépit de la bergère, H 7
- Le Maure jaloux, H 9
- Toi qui l'aimas, verse des pleurs, H 16
- Le roi de Thulé, H 33b, Op. 1, No. 6
- Le coucher du soleil, H 39, Op. 2, No. 1
- La belle voyageuse, H 42A, Op. 2, No. 4
- L'origine de la harpe, H 45, Op. 2, No. 7
- Adieu Bessy, H 46, Op. 2, No. 8
- Elegy
- Le pêcheur (1828)
- Chant de bonheur
- La captive, H 60, Op. 12
- Le jeune pâtre breton, H 124, Op. 13, No. 4
- Les champs, H 121, Op. 19, No. 2
- Je crois en vous, H 70
- Le chant des Bretons, H 124, Op. 13, No. 5
- Chansonette, H 73
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Berlioz: Mélodies (Songs) for High Voice and Piano - Volume 1
