Les francs-juges, H 23 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections Opera in 3 Acts; Overture and 5 numbers survive Composition Year 1825–26, rev. 1829, 1833 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

Concert Overture, H 23D, Op.3

 Complete Score
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Massenetique (2011/8/22)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, n.d.(ca.1899). Plate E.E. 3718.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#56327 - 14.21MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V* - 1097x⇩

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Daphnis (2010/2/17)

Editor:

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

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band 4.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 6

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Concert Overture, H 23D, Op.3

For Piano solo (Liszt)

 Complete Score (S.471)
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Scottorr (2007/10/7)

 Complete Score (S.471)
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Hobbypianist (2007/10/15)

Arranger:

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Simon Richault, n.d.(1845). Plate 5335.R.
Co-issue — Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(1845). Plate 8315.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

From the Ruth Dana Collection of Liszt Editions.

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General Information

Work Title	Les Francs-juges (opera)
Alternative Title	Grande Ouverture des Francs-Juges

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 3 (overture) ; H 23
Movements/Sections	Opera in 3 Acts; Overture and 5 numbers survive
Year/Date of Composition	1825–26, rev. 1829, 1833
First Publication	1836 (overture, Op.3) 2002 (fragments, H 23A–C)
Librettist	Humbert Ferrand (1805–1868)
Language	French
Dedication	“à mon ami [Narcisse] Girard” (1797–1860)
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2(2picc),2,2,2+cbsn – 4,2+cornet,3,2oph – timp, perc – str

Misc. Comments

• Opera in three acts (libretto by Humbert Ferrand); overture and 5 numbers survive.

Version and Fragment Listing

• H 23A Les Francs-juges

Opera in three acts (Ferrand); overture and 5 numbers surviving

comp. ?1825 – October 1826; rev. 1829

• H 23B Nocturne (Mélodie pastorale)

Nise, Sopr. I; Méry, Sopr. II; Obald, Tén.

Chœur: Bergers, Paysans, Sopr. I–II, Tén. I–II, Basses I–II

Pf.

comp. May 1828

• H 23C Le Cri de Guerre du Brisgau

Incomplete intermezzo in one act based on Les francs-juges

comp. November 1833 – January 1834

• H 23D Grande Ouverture des Francs-Juges

Fl. I–II (P. fl. I–II), Hb. I–II, Cl. I–II, Bn I–II, Contrebasson, Cors I–IV, Tromp. I–II, Tromp. à p., Tromb. I-III, Oph.

comp. ?1824, September – October 1826

1st perf. Salle du Conservatoire, Paris, May 26 1828, cond. Bloc

later rev. before pub. as Œuvre 3, 1836

Publication History

• Paris: 1836, Œuvre 3 (Concert Overture, full score)
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(1900), as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie I, Band IV, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner (Overture only, full score)
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2002, BA 5444, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 4: Incomplete operas, fragments edited by Ric Graebner and Paul Banks