Composition: L'enfance du Christ, H 130 (Berlioz, Hector)
| Title | L’enfance du Christ |
| Alternative title | The Childhood of Christ, Sacred Trilogy |
| Creators | Hector Berlioz (composer) and The composer (librettist) |
| Opus | H 130 |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 3 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1850 |
| First published | 1855 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 5700 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sacred cantatas |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouverture | — | — | — |
| L’adieu des bergers | — | — | — |
| Le repos de la sainte famille (Légende et pantomime) | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | La fuite en Égypte (Part II) | 2 pianos | Isidor Philipp |
| view | La fuite en Égypte (Part II) | piano | Mily Balakirev |
| view | L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Part II) | mixed chorus and organ | Tim Howard |
| view | L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Part II) | organ | Alexandre Guilmant |
| view | L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Part II) | piano | Isidor Philipp |
| view | Le repos de la sainte famille (Part II) | voice and wind band | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Le repos de la sainte famille (Part II) | piano and harmonium | Alexandre Guilmant |
| view | Trio for 2 Flutes and Harp (Part III, sc.2) | 2 flutes and harp | Hideo Kamioka |
| view | Trio of the Young Ismaëlites (Part III, sc.3) | harp piano |
Théodore Ritter |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Richault | 1855 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | La fuite en Égypte (Part II) | — | — | — | Overture · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Flute 1, 2 (also Piccolo) · view Oboe 1, English Horn (also Oboe 2) · view Clarinet 1, 2 (in B, A) · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1, 2 (in E, D) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (in B) · view Trombone 1, 2, 3 · view Timpani · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cello · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | English Horn addendum: transposed Oboe 2 · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Clarinet 1/2 (A, transponed to (B) · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Breitkopf und Härtel | 1903 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Costallat | 1911 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | Novello | — | L'adieu des bergers · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | H.W. Gray Co. | — | The Stable at Bethlehem/The Shepherds' Farewell/Epilogue · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | — | — | Le repos de la sainte famille (Part II) · view |
| view | La fuite en Égypte (Part II) | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Costallat | 1903 | Overture · view Color Cover · view |
| view | La fuite en Égypte (Part II) | Arrangement for piano |
Muzgiz | — | Overture · view |
| view | L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Part II) | Arrangement for mixed chorus and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Part II) | Arrangement for organ |
Richault | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Part II) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le repos de la sainte famille (Part II) | Arrangement for voice and wind band |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete parts · view Vocal score · view Engraving files (Finale) · view Engraving files (MXL) · view |
| view | Le repos de la sainte famille (Part II) | Arrangement for piano and harmonium |
Richault | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Trio for 2 Flutes and Harp (Part III, sc.2) | Arrangement for 2 flutes and harp |
— | — | Complete Score · view Flute 1/2 · view |
| view | Trio of the Young Ismaëlites (Part III, sc.3) | Arrangement for harp piano |
Richault | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | — | — | Part 1 “Le songe d'Hérode” · file Part 2 “La fuite en Égypte” · file Part 3 “L'arrivée à Saïs” · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Le repos de la sainte famille (Part II) | For Voice and Wind Band (Rondeau) | Virtual performance · file Virtual performance · file |
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