Lélio, ou le retour à la vie, H 55 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections 6 sections Le pêcheur - Ballade Chœur des ombres Chanson de brigands Chant de bonheur La harpe éolienne - souvenirs Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare Composition Year 1831 Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For narrator, 2 voices, male chorus, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; Italian language

Sheet Music

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Full Scores

 Complete Score
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Daphnis (2010/5/5)

Editor:

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

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie V, Band 13.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 31

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
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operalala (2009/9/15)

Editor:

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

Language:

French / German / English

Translator:

Peter Cornelius (1824–1874), German text
(English translator unknown)

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie V, Band 13.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 31

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.

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General Information

Work Title	Lélio
Alternative Title	Le retour à la vie

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 14bis ; H 55
Movements/Sections	6 sections Le pêcheur - Ballade Chœur des ombres Chanson de brigands Chant de bonheur La harpe éolienne - souvenirs Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare
Year/Date of Composition	1831
First Performance	1832-12-09 in Paris, Grande Salle du Conservatoire de Musique François Antoine Habeneck (conductor)
First Publication	1833 (vocal score, parts); 1855 (full score)
Librettist	Hector Berlioz, Alfred Du Boys (1804–89)
Language	French
Dedication	Louis Berlioz (Hector’s son, 1834–67)
Average Duration	50 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Narrator, Tenor, Baritone soli, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophecleide timpani, percussion, harp, piano (2 and 4 hand), strings
External Links	Wikipedia article Libretto at Berlioz Website On-line score (Scorch format) of an excerpt at Berlioz website

Misc. Comments

Commentary on the Sections

1. Le pêcheur - Ballade (Goethe trans. Du Boys); Tén., Pf.; comp. ca.1827; incorporated in Le retour à la vie, 1831
2. Chœur des ombres - STB, orch; adapted from La mort de Cléopâtre, H 36
3. Chanson de brigands - Bar, TTBB, orch; prob. adapted from Chanson des pirates, H 34
4. Chant de bonheur - T, orch; adapted from La mort d’Orphée, H 25
5. La harpe éolienne - souvenirs, orch; adapted from La mort d’Orphée, H 25
6. Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare - SSATT, pf2h, orch; incorporates H 52 Ouverture de la Tempête

Publication History

• Paris: 1855, Œuvre 14^bis (full score)
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. (1903), as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie V, Band XIII, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1992, BA 5447, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 7, edited by Peter Bloom