Grande messe des morts, H 75 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections 10 movements I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït II. Dies iræ. Prose – Tuba mirum III. Quid sum miser IV. Rex tremendæ V. Quærens me VI. Lacrimosa VII. Offertoire. Chœur des âmes du Purgatoire VIII. Hostias IX. Sanctus X. Agnus Dei Composition Year 1837 (March – 29 June) Genre Categories Requiems; Funeral music; Religious works; Masses; For voice, mixed chorus, brass, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring brass ensemble; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Latin language

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (11)
• Parts (15)
• Vocal Scores (2)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#59137 - 53.65MB, 122 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V* - 5052x⇩

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Daphnis (2010/3/15)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie IV, Band 7.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 25

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 I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït (EU)
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 II. Dies iræ. Prose – Tuba mirum (EU)
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 III. Quid sum miser (EU)
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 IV. Rex tremendae (EU)
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 V. Quærens me (EU)
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 VI. Lacrimosa (EU)
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 VII. Offertoire. Chœur des âmes du purgatoire (EU)
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 VIII. Hostias (EU)
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 IX. Sanctus (EU)
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 X. Agnus Dei (EU)
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Madcapellan (2011/7/13)

Editor:

Jürgen Kindermann

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz: New Edition of the Complete Works, vol.9 .
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1978. Plate BA 5449 (issued 1978)

This “urtext” or “scholarly” (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in Germany and thus is public domain in its country of origin. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum ‘threshold of originality’ to qualify for copyright as an ‘adaptation’. It may not be public domain elsewhere, however. More information about this can be found here.
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Parts

 Flutes I (2), II (2)
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Perlnerd666 (2009/12/6)

 Oboe 1, 2
English Horn 1/2
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 Clarinets I (2), II (2) (in B♭, A)
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 Bassoons I (4), II (4)
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 Horns I (3 in C, E♭, E, F)
Horns II (3 in C, F, D, E)
Horns III (3 in E♭, G, A, B♭)
Horns IV (3 in E♭, G, C, B♭)
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 Brass Orchestra I: Cornets (4 in B♭, A)
Brass Orchestra II: Trumpets 1 (2 in F, D, E) / 2 (2 in E♭, D, E)
Brass Orchestra III: Trumpets (4 in E♭)
Brass Orchestra IV: Trumpets (4 in B♭, C)
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Perlnerd666 (2009/12/6)

 Tenor Trombones, Orchestras I (4), II (4), III (4), IV (4)
Tubas, Orchestras I (2), IV (5)
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 Timpani (12*)
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 Bass Drum 1, 2, Tam-Tams (4), Cymbals (10)
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 Violins I (25)
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 Violins II (25)
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 Violas (20)
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 Cellos (20)
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 Basses (18)
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Perlnerd666 (2009/12/6)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate O.B. 4934.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933)

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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* The Timpani parts in the Malherbe/Weingartner edition have been re-arranged from Berlioz’s specification of 16 drums to be played on 12 (6 pairs) by 6 players.
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 Timpani (16*)
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Philip Legge (2010/7/29)

Editor:

Philip Legge (1972*)

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IMSLP, 29 July 2010

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Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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* The original Timpani parts following Berlioz’s specification of 16 drums (8 pairs) to be played by 10 players.

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
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operalala (2009/9/15)

Arranger:

Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), piano reduction

Language:

Latin

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1866. Plate 1.

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 Complete score
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Reinhold Kainhofer (2008/7/1)

Arranger:

Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), piano reduction

Language:

Latin

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900. Plate No. V.A. 1791.
Reissue – Vienna: Universal Edition.

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General Information

Work Title	Grande messe des morts
Alternative Title	Requiem

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 5 ; H 75
Movements/Sections	10 movements I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït II. Dies iræ. Prose – Tuba mirum III. Quid sum miser IV. Rex tremendæ V. Quærens me VI. Lacrimosa VII. Offertoire. Chœur des âmes du Purgatoire VIII. Hostias IX. Sanctus X. Agnus Dei
Year/Date of Composition	1837 (March – 29 June)
First Performance	1837-12-05 in Paris, Invalides François Antoine Habeneck (conductor)
First Publication	1838
Librettist	Traditional text, slightly altered by Berlioz
Language	Latin (and Greek, Kyrie)
Dedication	Comte Adrien de Gasparin
Average Duration	90 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Solo: Tenor – Choir: SSTTBB – 4 Brass orchestras: 0,12+4cornet,16,2+4oph – Main orchestra: 4,2+2ca,4,8 – 12,0,0,0 – timp(10),perc(8) – str 25,25,20,20,18
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Publication History

• Paris: Schlesinger, 1838 (full score)
• Milan: Ricordi, 1854 (second edition, incorporating some revisions), republished 1867
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. (1902), as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie IV, Abtheilung I, Band VII, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978, BA 5449, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 9, edited by Jürgen Kindermann

Re-issue: 1992, TP 332 (study score)

Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1992, BA 5449a (vocal score), edited by M. Töpel and D. Woodfull-Harris