Work Title
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Sara la baigneuse: ballade
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Alternative. Title
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Name Translations
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Sara la baigneuse
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Authorities
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WorldCat; VIAF: 181291942; LCCN: no2003114522; GND: 300910649; BNF: 139272552; NLA: 67185602
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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.11, H 69
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IHB 56
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Key
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A major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 ballad
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1834 A (lost), 1838 B (lost), 1850 C
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First Performance.
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1834/11/07 at the Paris Conservatoire A 1840/12/13 at the Paris Conservatoire B 1850/10/22 in Paris, Salle Ste-Cécile C
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First Publication.
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1850 C, 1863 C (piano arrangement)
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Librettist
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Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
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Language
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French
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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7 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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Version A: 4 male voices, orchestra Version B: soprano, 2 tenors, bass, mixed chorus (STB), orchestra Version C: male chorus (TTBB), female chorus (SSAA), mixed chorus (STB), orchestra
- 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, timpani, strings
Version C: 2 voices (SA or TB), piano (arrangement)
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External Links
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Wikipedia article (in French) Libretto at Berlioz website
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Extra Information
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*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, as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07)
- Serie VI, Band 14 (1903), edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
- Serie VII, Band 16 (1904), edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
- Kassel: Bärenreiter, as part of the New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005)
- BA 5452/I, Volume 12a (1991), edited by Julian Rushton
- BA 5455, Volume 15 (2005), edited by Ian Rumbold
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