Benvenuto Cellini, H 76 (Berlioz, Hector)

Benvenuto Cellini, H 76 (Berlioz, Hector)

Title	Benvenuto Cellini, opéra semi-seria
Creators	Hector Berlioz, composer Auguste Barbier, librettist
Opus	H 76
Instrumentation	voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements	2
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Composed	1836
First published	1838
Dedication	Mr. Ernest Legouvé
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Composition types	Opera semiseria
Language	French
Period	Romantic
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Arrangements

Details	Section	Arranged for	Arranger
View	Selections	piano 4 hands	Hans von Bülow
View	Selections	piano	Adolfo Fumagalli
View	Selections	piano	Ferdinand Wrede

Scores

Details	Section	Type	Publisher	Date	File (click to view)
View	Complete	—	Choudens	—	Complete Score Overture Act I Act II Act III
View	Complete	—	Choudens	—	Act I Act II Act III
View	Paris/Weimar Version	—	—	—	Act Ia Act Ib
View	Paris/Weimar Version	—	—	—	Act II
View	Concert overture, H 76B (Op.23)	—	Eulenburg	1899	Complete Score
View	Concert overture, H 76B (Op.23)	—	—	—	Complete Score Complete Score
View	Concert overture, H 76B (Op.23)	—	—	—	Complete Score
View	Complete	parts	Manuscript	—	Flute 1 Flute 2/Piccolo Oboe 1 Oboe 2/English Horn Clarinet 1/Bass Clarinet (B) Clarinet 2 (B) Bassoon 1/3 Bassoon 2/4 Horn 1 (G) Horn 2 (E) Horn 3 (D) Horn 4 (D) Trumpet 1 (G) Trumpet 2 (E) Trumpet 3 (G) Trumpet 4 (D) Cornet 1 (A) Cornet 2 (A) Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Trombone 3 Tuba Timpani 1 Timpani 2 Timpani 3 Bass Drum, Cymbals Tambourine, Triangle/Anvil Harp 1 Harp 2 Guitar 1 , 2 Violins I Violins II Violas Cellos Basses
View	Concert overture, H 76B (Op.23)	parts	Breitkopf und Härtel	—	Flute 1, 2/Piccolo Oboe 1, 2 Clarinet 1 (C, B), 2 (C, B, also doubling Bbass clarinet) Bassoon 1/3, 2/4 Horn 1 (G), 2 (E, C), 3, 4 (D) Trumpet 1 (G), 2 (E), 3 (G), 4 (D) Cornet 1, 2 (A) Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba Timpani 1 (D), 2 (G), 3 (B), Bass Drum, Triangle, Cymbals Violins I, II Violas Cellos Basses
View	Complete, H 76 (Weimar version)	vocal score	Litolff	1856	Preliminaries - Act I Act II Act III
View	Complete, H 76 (Weimar version)	vocal score	Litolff	—	Front Matter & Act I Act II Act III
View	Complete, H 76 (Weimar version)	vocal score	Choudens	—	Overture, Act I Act II Act III
View	Complete, H 76 (Weimar version)	vocal score	Choudens	1950	Overture, Act I Act II Act III
View	Complete	Arrangement for piano 4 hands by Hans von Bülow ; selections	Robert Lienau	—	Piano score
View	Complete	Arrangement for piano by Adolfo Fumagalli ; selections	Ricordi	—	Complete Score
View	Complete	Arrangement for piano by Ferdinand Wrede ; selections	Robert Lienau	—	Complete Score

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