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Version A (Op.2 No.6)
Version B
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Julian Rushton (b. 1941)
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New Edition of the Complete Works, Vol.12a (pp.267-79)
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1991. Plate BA 5452/I.URTEXT EDITION
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General Information
| Work Title
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Chant sacré
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| Alternative. Title
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| Name Aliases
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Hymne sacré
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| Composer
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Berlioz, Hector
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.2 No.6; H 44 (3 versions)
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IHB 12
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| Key
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A-flat major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 chorus
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1829 A, 1843 B, 1844 C
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| First Performance.
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1830/02/18 in Paris, Athénée musical A
1843 (December) in Marseilles B
1844/02/03 in Salle Herz C
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| First Publication.
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1830 A, 1844 B
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| Librettist
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Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Irish Melodies
Thomas Gounet (1801–1869), French translation
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| Language
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French
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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5 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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3 versions
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| InstrDetail
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A mixed chorus (SSTTBB), piano
B mixed chorus (SSTTBB), orchestra
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bass clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, strings
C 6 solo wind instruments, orchestra (lost)
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| External Links
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Libretto at The Hector Berlioz Website
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Adapted from a section (the Hymne) of the 1828 Prix d’Rome cantata, Herminie, H 29. The lost version of 1844 utilised six wind instruments by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax, and represents the first known use of the saxophone (David Cairns, Berlioz: Servitude and Greatness, p.299)
Publication History
- Paris: January 1830, as Œuvre 2, No.6 B
- Paris: 1863, A included in Collection de 32 Mélodies: no. 12
- Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie VI, Band XIV (1903) and Serie VII, Band 16 (1904), edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
- Kassel: Bärenreiter, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005)
- B in BA 5452/I, Volume 12a (1991), edited by Julian Rushton
- A in BA 5454, Volume 14 (1996), edited by Ian Rumbold
