Sara la baigneuse, H 69 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Composition Year 1834, rev. 1838, 1850 Genre Categories Ballads; For mixed chorus, female chorus, male chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring female chorus; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra; For 2 voices, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; French language

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (2)

Full Scores

 Complete Orchestral Score, Version C
*#55724 - 11.47MB, 38 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/17* - 414x⇩

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Daphnis (2010/2/11)

Editor:

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

Translator:

Emma Klingenfeld (1846-1935), German text
Percy Pinkerton (1855–1946), English text

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie VI, Band 14.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 39

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Only the English translation is possibly under copyright in the EU.

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score, Version C
*#165247 - 1.25MB, 21 (#141-161) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 192x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/12/17)

Arranger:

Auguste-François Morel (1809-1881), 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]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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 Complete Score, Version C
*#64220 - 3.73MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/17* - 283x⇩

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Daphnis (2010/5/14)

Editor:

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

Translator:

Emma Klingenfeld (1846-1935), German text
Percy Pinkerton (1855–1946), English text

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie VII, Band 16.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–07. Plate H.B. 74

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Only the English translation is possibly under copyright in the EU.

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General Information

Work Title	Sara la baigneuse: ballade
Alternative Title

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 11, H 69
Key	A major
Year/Date of Composition	1834, rev. 1838, 1850
First Performance	1834-11-07 in Paris, Conservatoire A 1840--12-13 in Paris, Conservatoire B 1850-10-22 in Paris, Salle Ste-Cécile C
First Publication	1850
Librettist	Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Language	French
Average Duration	7 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	A four male voices, orch – lost B STTB soli, STB chorus, orch – lost C 3 choirs STBB–SA–TTBB, 2+picc,1,2,2 – 3,0,0,0 – timp – str; or two soloists (SA or TB), pf
External Links	Libretto at Berlioz website

Misc. Comments

Publication History

• Paris: 1850, as Œuvre 11 (full score, version C for three choirs and orchestra)
• Paris: 1863, alternate version C for two soloists and piano included in Collection de 32 Mélodies: no. 19
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d., as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie VI: Band XIV (1903) and Serie VII: Band XVI (1904), edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005)

  BA 5452/I, Volume 12a (1991), edited by Julian Rushton

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