Work Title
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Harold en Italie, Symphonie avec un alto principal en 4 parties
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Alternative. Title
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Harold in Italy, Symphony with solo viola in 4 parts
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Name Translations
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Aroldo in Italia; Harold en Italie; Harold en Italia; هارولد در ایتالیا; イタリアのハロルド; [9 more...]Haroldo na Itália; Гарольд в Италии; Harold v Taliansku; Гарольд в Італії; Harold in Italy; Harold v Itálii; Harold i Italien; 哈罗尔德在意大利; هارولد و ايطاليا
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Name Aliases
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Harold en Italie, Op. 16; Harold in Italy, Op. 16; Harold v Itálii, čtyřvětá symfonie pro sólovou violu; Harold en Italie, Symphonie en quatre parties avec un alto principal; Harold in Italien; [2 more...]哈羅德在義大利; Harold en Italie, Op. 16 H. 68
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 218217545; LCCN: n81104382; GND: 300019289; BNF: 13908485c
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Composer
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Berlioz, Hector
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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H 68 ; Œuvre 16
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IHB 24
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Key
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G major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 movements:
- 1. Harold aux montagnes. Scènes de mélancolie, de bonheur, et de joie
- (Harold in the mountains. Scenes of melancoly, happiness and joy)
- 2. Marche de pélerins chantant la prière du soir
- (Procession of pilgrims singing the evening hymn)
- 3. Sérénade d’un montagnard des Abruzzes à sa maîtresse
- (Serenade of an Abruzzi-mountaineer to his sweetheart)
- 4. Orgie de brigands. Souvenirs des scènes précédentes
- (The brigand’s orgies. Reminiscences of the preceding scenes.)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1834
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First Publication.
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1848
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Dedication
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À Monsieur Humbert Ferrand (1805–68)
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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40 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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viola, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (1st also English horn), 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophicleïde timpani, triangle, cymbals, 2 tambourines (3 players), harp, strings
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External Links
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Wikipedia article Holoman Catalogue Berlioz website
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Extra Information
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see below
- Paris: 1848, Œuvre 16 (full score)
- Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d., as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie I, Band II, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
- Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2001, BA 5457, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 17, edited by Paul Banks
- After motifs from Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
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