Composition: Overture 'King Lear', H 53 (Berlioz, Hector)

Title Grande ouverture du roi Lear
Creators Hector Berlioz (composer)
Opus Op.4
Instrumentation orchestra
Number of movements
Keys C major (opening bars tend toward A minor)
Composed 1831
First published 1839
Dedication Armand Bertin
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Average duration (sec) 900
Number of measures
Composition types Overtures
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
view Complete 2 piano 8 hands Alexander Rihm
view Complete piano Franz Liszt

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
view Complete parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute 1, 2/Piccolo · view
Oboe 1, 2 · view
Clarinet 1, 2 (C) · view
Bassoon 1, 2 · view
Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 (E) · view
Trumpet 1, 2 (C) · view
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba (Ophecleide) · view
Timpani · view
Violins I · view
Violins II · view
Violas · view
Cellos · view
Basses · view
view Complete Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by Alexander Rihm
Friedrich Hofmeister 1907 Piano 1 · view
Piano 2 · view
Color Cover · view
view Complete Arrangement for piano
by Franz Liszt
Editio Musica 1996 Complete Score (S.474) (scan) · view

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DetailsEnsemblePerformersFiles
view DuPage Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Barbara Schubert (conductor) Complete Performance · file
Complete Performance · file
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