Hector Berlioz Mélodies pour voix haute et piano, Volume 1 Songs with Piano for High Voice, Volume 1 Bärenreiter URTEXT Edited by Ian Rumbold BA 5984 · EUR 24.95

Addition to the romantic song repertoire Berlioz composed songs while still a child and in 1819, at the age of sixteen, he had a romance published at his own expense. Though he later turned primarily to large-scale forms, he never entirely abandoned the art song, for he was constantly inspired by poetry. His settings reveal a wealth of luxuriant melody that he viewed with pride to the end of his days. Many of his songs were subsequently scored for full orchestra. This volume contains songs from Berlioz’s early and middle periods. It is based on the scholarly-critical New Berlioz Edition which gathers together all of his songs for the very first time and presents them in a reliable text at the cutting edge of scholarship. A detailed preface discusses the genesis and transmission of each song and outlines its source materials. Each song is preceded by its words in the original language and in English translation. Thus, the volume provides an ideal foundation for rediscovering this romantic repertoire. A second volume containing the late songs and the cycle Nuits d’été which is scheduled to appear in the early 2007. Contents Le dépit de la bergère / Le Maure jaloux / Toi qui l’aimas, verse des pleurs / Le roi de Thulé / Le coucher du soleil / La belle voyageuse / L’origine de la harpe / Adieu Bessy / Élégie / Le pêcheur / Chant de bonheur / La captive / Le jeune pâtre breton / Les champs / Je crois en vous / Le chant des Bretons / Chansonnette Appendix Adieu Bessy, Version I / La captive, Version IV / Les champs, Version II