Grand traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modernes, Op.10 (Berlioz, Hector)

		First Publication Berlioz: 1843/44, enlarged 1855 Strauss: 1904 Genre Categories Music theory; Writings; Music history; French language

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Original version (1843)

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Carolus (2010/12/31)

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First edition

Language:

French

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Schonenberger, n.d.(1843). Plate S. 996.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

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Revised version (1855), with Le Chef d'Orchestre (and Translations)

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Carolus (2010/12/31)

Language:

French

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Schonenberger, n.d.(1855). Plate S. 996.

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Paris: Lemoine, n.d.(after 1860), Plate 14518 HL.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Jujimufu (2009/10/22)

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2nd edition

Language:

English

Translator:

Mary Cowden Clarke (1809–1898)

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello & Co., 1858

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Clarke's translation was made directly from Berlioz's French edition of 1855.

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Carolus (2010/4/27)

Editor:

Joseph Bennett (1831-1911)

Language:

English

Translator:

Mary Cowden Clarke (1809–1898)

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London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1882.

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Carolus (2010/4/27)

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German

Translator:

Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905)

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Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, 1864. Plate G. 73 H.

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Carolus (2010/4/27)

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German

Translator:

Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1903.

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From the personal library of American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920)

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Enlarged and revised by Richard Strauss (and Translations)

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Carolus (2010/4/27)

Editor:

Richard Strauss (1864-1949), revision and additions

Language:

German

Translator:

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, Ed.3120, 1905, plate 9039

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NachoBA (2007/8/12)

Editor:

Richard Strauss (1864-1949), revision and additions

Language:

English

Translator:

Theodore Front (1909–2003)

Publisher Info.:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, 1948, Plate BS1

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This was a (very rare for the time) Kalmus original publication. The copyright was not renewed and the work fell into the US public domain in 1977. It was therefore reprinted by Dover in 1993.

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General Information

Work Title	Grand Traité d’Instrumentation et d’Orchestration Modernes
Alternative Title	Treatise on Instrumentation and Modern Orchestration

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 10
First Publication	Berlioz: 1843/44, enlarged 1855 Strauss: 1904
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic

Misc. Comments

Publication History

• Paris: 1843–44 (serialised)
• Paris: 1844, Œuvre 10

Reissue – 1855, enlarged and revised, with new chapter on the orchestral conductor and the theory of the art (Le Chef d’orchestre – théorie de son art)

• 1904
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2003, BA 5464, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 24, edited by Peter Bloom

External links

• Wikipedia article
• On-line scores (Scorch format) of excerpts from the Grand Traité at the Hector Berlioz website

Scores illustrated by Berlioz (initial version of the Grand Traité)

Beethoven

• Fidelio, Act II ‘Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben’ (double bass), ‘Und spür’ich nicht linde’ (oboe)
• Symphony No.3, 3rd movement, Trio, bars 166–260 (horn); *4th movement, bars 348–372 (oboe)
• Symphony No.4, 2nd movement, bars 26–34 (violin), 96–104 (timpani)
• Symphony No.5, 1st movement, bars 398–423 (violin); 2nd movement, bars 1–11 (viola); 3rd movement, bars 281–302 (bassoon), 302–316 (violin pizzicato), 317–373 and bars 1–4 of 4th movement (timpani)
• Symphony No.6, 3rd movement, bars 87–122 (oboe); 4th movement [storm], bars 45–70 (double bass), 93–108 (piccolo)
• Symphony No.7, 1st movement, bars 300–310 (oboe); 2nd movement, bars 147–183 (trumpet); 3rd movement, bars 181–208 (horn)
• Piano Concerto No.5, 2nd movement, bars 64–82 (piano)

Gluck

• Alceste, Act I (flute), ‘Apollon est sensible à nos gémissements’ (violin tremolo), ‘Divinités du Styx’ (trombone); Act II ‘Caron t’appelle’ (horn)
• Alceste italienne, Act II ‘Chi mi parla!’ (violin, con sordino)
• Armide, Act III ‘Venez, venez, haine implacable’ (oboe), ‘Suis l’amour puisque tu le veux’ (voices)
• Iphigénie en Aulide, Act I ‘Peuvent-ils ordonner qu’un père’ (oboe); Act II ‘Vengeons et la nature’ (trombone)
• Iphigénie en Tauride, Act I Prelude (trumpet; piccolo); Act I Ballet (triangle), Act I ‘O songe affreux’ (voices), Act I ‘Les dieux apaisent leur courroux’ (cymbals); Act II ‘Le calme rentre dans mon cœur’ (viola); Act IV ‘Chaste fille de Latone’ (voices)
• Orphée, Act II Ballet 2 (Pantomime) (flute), Act II ‘Que la peur, la terreur’ (double bass)

Halévy

• La Juive, Act IV (cor anglais)

Meyerbeer

• Les Huguenots, Act I ‘Ah, quel spectacle enchanteur’ (viola d’amore solo); Act II ‘Jeunes beautés sous ce feuillage’ (bassoon); Act IV ‘Tu l’as dit’ (cor anglais), ‘Entends tu ces sons funèbres’ (bells); Act V ‘Savez vous qu’en joignant vos mains’ (bass clarinet)
• Robert le Diable, Act III (gong; bassoon); Act V ‘O mon fils’ (cornet)

Méhul

• Phrosine et Mélidore ‘Jules, tu seras mon vengeur’ (horn)

Mozart

• ‘Ave verum corpus’ (voices)
• Don Giovanni, Act II ‘Deh vieni alla finestra’ (mandolin)
• Magic Flute, Act II ‘O Isis und Osiris’ (trombone), ‘Das klinget so herrlich’ (glockenspiel)

Rossini

• Guillaume Tell, Act III ‘Sois immobile’ (voices), ‘A nos chants viens mêler’ (voices)

Spontini

• La Vestale, Act II ‘Toi que j’implore avec effroi’ (voices); Act III ‘Périsse la Vestale impie’ (trombone)

Weber

• Der Freischütz overture, bars 87–129 (clarinet); Act II ‘Leise, leise, fromme Weise’ (cello)
• Oberon overture, bars 14–22 (cello)

Scores cited by Strauss (revised version of the Grand Traité)

Wagner

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