Benvenuto Cellini, H 76 (Berlioz, Hector)
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Sheet Music
Full Scores
Complete
French
Paris: Choudens, n.d. (ca.1886). Plate A.C. 6870.
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933). Catalog 513.
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Concert overture (Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini), H 76B, Op.23
Complete Score
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Massenetique (2011/8/22)
Arthur Smolian (1856-1911)
Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, 1899. Plate E.E. 3722.
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Complete Score
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Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band 5.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 10
Mineola: Dover Publications
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Complete Score
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Philip Legge (2009/1/6)
Philip Legge (1972*)
Philip Legge
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Parts
Concert overture (Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini), H 76B, Op.23
Flute 1, 2 (doubles Piccolo)
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Clarinet 1 (in C, B♭), 2 (in C, B♭, also doubling B♭ bass clarinet)
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Bassoon 1/3, 2/4
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Horn 1 (in G), 2 (in E, C), 3, 4 (in D)
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Trumpet 1 (in G), 2 (in E), 3 (in G), 4 (in D)
Cornet 1, 2 (in A)
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Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
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Timpani 1 (D), 2 (G), 3 (B), Bass Drum, Triangle, Cymbals
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Violins I, II
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Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910), Orch.-B. 1139
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933).
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Vocal Scores
Complete, H 76 (Weimar version)
Preliminaries - Act I
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Massenetique (2011/8/22)
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Massenetique (2011/8/22)
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Massenetique (2011/8/22)
Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), piano reduction
German / French
Peter Cornelius (1824–1874), German text
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d.[1856]. Plate 1232.
The overture is scored for piano 4 hands.
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Front Matter & Act I
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Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
German / French
Peter Cornelius (1824–1874), German text
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d.(ca.1882). Plate 12173.
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Overture, Act I
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Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
French
Paris: Choudens Fils, n.d.(1863). Plate A.C. 989.
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933). Catalog 6052.
*4 additional pages in Overture, numbered 9bis, 10bis, 11bis, 12bis.
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Overture, Act I
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Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
Paris: A. C. Choudens, 1950. Plate A.C. 16,807.
Most likely a re-engraving of the 1863 vocal score (327 pages), plate 989. No renewal found in Copyright Office's online database.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Selections
For Piano Solo (Liszt)
- See: Bénédiction et serment, S.396, by Franz Liszt
For Piano Solo (Bülow)
Complete Score
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Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
Milano: F. Lucca, n.d. (before 1891). Plate 39414.
“Quadriglia Umoristica”
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Overture
Note – the publication history of the Overture (H 76B, Op.23) is very tangled — see Hopkinson for details.
For Piano 4 hands (Bülow)
Piano score
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Peter (2006/9/21)
Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d.(1865). Plate 3090 A.
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For Piano solo (Fumagalli)
Complete Score
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Adolfo Fumagalli (1828–1856)
Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.(1852). Plate 23778.
This arrangement is Fumagalli’s Op.81.
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General Information
| Work Title | Benvenuto Cellini, opéra semi-seria |
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| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Berlioz, Hector |
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| Opus/Catalogue Number | H 76 |
| Movements/Sections | 2 Acts in 4 Tableaux (Paris 1 and 2) 3 Acts (Weimar) |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1836–38 |
| First Performance | Paris, Opéra, 10 September 1838; Gilbert Duprez (Cellini), conductor: François Antoine Habeneck. |
| First Publication | 1838 (overture and selections) 1856 (vocal score) 1886 (full score, incomplete) 1994/96 (full score, complete) |
| Librettist | Henri-Auguste Barbier (1805–82) and Léon de Wailly (1804–63), after an idea by Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863) |
| Language | French |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | 2(picc),2(2ca),2(bclar),4 – 4,4+2cornet,3,oph – timp(3),perc(3) – 4 harps, str; on-stage: 2guitars, 2tpt, tamb, cymb |
Misc. Comments
Personages
- Benvenuto Cellini, goldsmith, Tenor
- Giacomo Balducci, papal treasurer, Bass
- Fieramosca, sculptor in service to the Pope, Paris: Tenor / Weimar: Baritone
- Pope Clement VII (Paris 2, Weimar: Cardinal Salviati), Bass
- Francesco, craftsman in the studio of Cellini, Tenor
- Bernardino, craftsman in the studio of Cellini, Bass
- Pompeo, murderer, Paris: Tenor / Weimar: Baritone
- Innkeeper, Tenor
- A waiter at the inn, non-speaking role
- Three mime actors, non-speaking roles
- Teresa, daughter of Balducci, Soprano
- Ascanio, apprentice to Cellini, Soprano
- Choir: women and children, craftsmen, citizens, penitents, monks and noblemen (SSATTBB)
Paris versions
The original version of the overture for Paris is scored somewhat more elaborately, and was simplified for the première; this revision is the same as was later published as the concert overture. Other changes were made prior to the first performance, such as Berlioz having to replace all of the original spoken dialogue with recitatives; the censors also objected to the portrayal of Pope Clement as a historical personnage, requiring the invention of the rôle of the cardinal.
- Act 1, Tableau 1 corresponds to Act 1 of the Weimar version.
- Act 1, Tableau 2 corresponds to Act 2 of the Weimar version.
- Act 2, Tableaux 1 and 2 corresponds to Act 3 of the Weimar version.
Libretti
Setting: Rome, during Carnival of 1532, over Shrove Monday, Mardi Gras, and Ash Wednesday.
Section Listing
Weimar version
- Grande Ouverture (Œuvre 23), 420 bars
- Acte Ier, Lundi gras
- Introduction: 195 bars (Balducci: Teresa!)
- Air: 23 bars recit. (Teresa: Les belles fleurs!) + 241 bars (Teresa: Entre l’amour et le devoir)
- Duo et Trio (Teresa, Cellini, Fieramosca): 26 bars recit. + 426 bars (Cellini: O Teresa, vous que j’aime plus que ma vie)
- Final:147 bars (Balducci: C’est fini! A nous voisines et servantes!)
- Acte IIème, Mardi gras
- Romance: 26 bars recit. (Cellini: Une heure encore) + 80 bars (Cellini: La gloire était ma seule idole)
- Scène et Chœur: 514 bars (608 in p.-v. edn.) (Bernardino, Chœur: A boire, à boire!)
- Air: 161 bars (Fieramosca: Ah! qui pourrait me résister?)
- Final (Le carnaval): (Balducci: Vous voyez j’espère)
- Acte IIIème, Mercrèdi des cendres
- Entr’acte et Chœur: (Chœur d’ouvriers fondeurs: A l’atelier rentrons sans plus attendre)
- Scène: (Teresa: Il n’a pas reparu)
- Air: (Ascanio: Tra la la la la la la la)
- Scène et Chœur: recit. (Teresa: Ah qu’est-il devenu) + (Chœur: Rosa purpurea Maria sancta mater ora pro nobis)
- Duetto: (Cellini, Teresa: Quand des sommets de la montagne)
- Scène et Sextuor: (Balducci: Ah! je te trouve enfin)
- Air: recit. (Cellini: Seul pour lutter) + (Cellini: Sur le monts le plus sauvages)
- Final: (Un Officier: Son eminence attend)
Publication History
Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini, Op.23
Full Scores
- Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, n.d.(1839), plate M.S. 2807, 52 pages
- Reissued by Brandus (Paris) and A.M. Schlesinger (Berlin)
- Paris: A.C. Choudens, n.d.(ca.1888), plate A.C. 6870, 52 pages
- Probably a reissue of the Schlesinger score after the sale of Brandus in 1887
- Leipzig: E. Donajowski, n.d.(ca.1890), plate E. 3961 D., 64 pages
- Reissued by Eulenburg as E.E. 3722
- Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1901. Plate H.B. 10, 44 pages
- Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band V, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
- Reprinted by Kalmus, Lucks, Dover
- Leipzig: August Cranz, n.d.(ca.1915), plate C. 45004, 51 pages
- With piano reduction
- Paris: Heugel, (1950), plate P.H. 187, 70 pages
Parts
- Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, n.d.(1839), plate M.S. 2808, 15 parts
- Reissued by Brandus (to 1888), then Choudens (1888 forward)
- Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910), Orch.-B. 4930
- Coincides with 'Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band V, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
- Reprinted by Kalmus and Lucks
Opera
Full Scores
- Paris: A.C. Choudens, n.d.(1886), plate A.C. 6870, 470 pages
- Weimar version.
- Reprinted by Kalmus, Musikproduction Höflich
- Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(after 1910), 470 pages
- Hector Berlioz Werke, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner (initially overture only; Weimar version later published in Supplement - Vol.23)
- The supplemental volume is possibly a reissue of the 1886 Choudens score above, in light of the identical page count.
- Kassel: Bärenreiter, BA 5441/I–II, 1994, BA 5441/III, 1996, BA 5441/IV, 2005; ISMN M-006-49503-0
- New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volumes 1a–d, edited by Hugh Macdonald (Complete: Paris version 1, Paris version 2, Weimar)
- Volume 1a, li + 338 pages (Act Ia Paris versions, Act I Weimar version)
- Volume 1b, pages 339–727 (Act Ib Paris versions, Act II Weimar version)
- Volume 1c, pages 728–1201 (Act II Paris versions, Act III Weimar version)
- Volume 1d, pages 1202–1320 (Critical notes, Facsimiles, Appendices, Errata in Volumes 1a–c, List of Subscribers to the New Berlioz Edition).
Vocal Scores
- Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, n.d.(1838), plate M.S. 2747, 88 pages
- 9 excerpts only, piano reduction by Auguste Morel
- Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.(1856), plate 12173, 376 pages
- Weimar version. Piano reduction by Hans von Bülow, French and German (by Peter Cornelius) text
- Reissued by Breitkopf & Härtel in a 365-page version with the 12173 Litolff plate number and V.A. 1305
- Paris: Choudens Fils, n.d.(1863), plate A.C. 989, 327 pages
- Piano reduction by Hans von Bülow, French text only.
- Reprinted by Kalmus, Kalmus/Alfred, etc.
- Paris: Choudens Fils, n.d.(1884), plate A.C. 989, 327 pages
- Piano reduction by Hans von Bülow, German text (by Peter Cornelius) only.
- Paris: A. C. Choudens, 1950. Plate A.C. 16,807, 417 pages
- Piano reduction by Hans von Bülow, French text only.
- re-engraving of the 1863 score above.
- Kassel: Bärenreiter, BA 5441a
External Links
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- Smolian, Arthur/Editor
- Malherbe, Charles/Editor
- Weingartner, Felix/Editor
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- Legge, Philip/Editor
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- Bülow, Hans von/Arranger
- Cornelius, Peter/Translator
- MIT project
- Sibley Mirroring Project
- Fumagalli, Adolfo/Arranger
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- Vigny, Alfred de/Librettist
