La captive, H 60 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections 4 verses Composition Year 1831–32 Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the mezzo-soprano voice; Scores featuring the piano; For voice, cello, piano; For voices with solo instruments; Scores featuring the cello; For voice, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; French language

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Vocal Scores (4)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#55644 - 3.24MB, 14 pp. -  7.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V* - 1765x⇩

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Daphnis (2010/2/10)

Editor:

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

Translator:

Peter Cornelius (1824–74), German text
John Bernhoff (ca.1850–ca.1930), English text

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie VI, Band 15.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 47

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Orchestral version here is described by Holoman as H 60F. See below.

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 Complete Score (EU)
*#109242 - 0.89MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C*/71/V* - 575x⇩

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Madcapellan (2011/7/14)

Editor:

Ian Kemp (1931*)

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz: New Edition of the Complete Works, vol.13 .
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1975. Plate BA 5453 (issued 1975)

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Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]

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600 dpi

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Vocal Scores

 Transcription of Version F, H 65F
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Massenetique (2011/12/17)

Arranger:

Stephen Heller (1813-1888), piano reduction

Publisher Info.:

Collection de 32 mélodies pour une ou plusieurs voix et choeur par Hector Berlioz.
Paris: S. Richault, n.d.[1863]. Plate R. 13682.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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 Version A (voice, piano)
*#26569 - 0.13MB, 5 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 837x⇩

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Philip Legge (2009/1/10)

 Version C (voice, violoncello, piano)
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Philip Legge (2009/1/10)

 Version C (violoncello part)
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Philip Legge (2009/1/10)

Editor:

Philip Legge (1972*)

Publisher Info.:

Choral Public Domain Library, 2002

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

See Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 Australia  for precise copyright terms. Based on Old Berlioz Edition.

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General Information

Work Title	La captive
Alternative Title	Orientale

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 12, H 60 (6 versions), H65F (Heller trans. of orchestral version)
Movements/Sections	4 verses
Year/Date of Composition	1831–32
First Performance	1832-12-30 in Paris, Conservatoire. (version C) 1834-11-23 in Paris, Conservatoire. (version D) 1848-06-29 in London. Pauline Viardot, contralto (version E)
First Publication	1833 (version C) 1849 (versions E, F full score)
Librettist	Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
Language	French
Dedication	à Mlle Louise Vernet
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	A,B voice, piano C voice, violoncello, piano D voice, orch (lost) E,F voice (mezzo-soprano or contralto), 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, timpani, bass drum, cymbal, strings, 2nd str orch ad libitum Version E (E major) and F (D major) are identical except for changes owing to the different key.
External Links	Libretto (Berlioz website)

Misc. Comments

Publication History

• Paris: 1833, as Œuvre 12 (version C)
• Paris: 1849 (full score, versions E, F)
• Paris: 1863, piano-vocal reduction of version F included in Collection de 32 Mélodies: no. 18
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d., as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie VI: Band XV (1903) and Serie VII: Band XVII (1904), edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005)

  BA 5453, Volume 13 (1975), edited by Ian Kemp

  BA 5455, Volume 15 (2005), edited by Ian Rumbold