List of compositions and literary works by Hector Berlioz

A list of works by the French composer Hector Berlioz. It includes his literary works as well as his music. The musical compositions are arranged by both opus number and genre. (NB: Many of Berlioz's works resist easy categorisation and assigning them to a specific genre is often impossible. The genres given below should be regarded as merely a guideline).

Musical compositions arranged by genre

NB: Date of composition is given first, followed by date of first performance.

Operas

* "Les francs-juges" (1826; unperformed - survives in fragments)
* "Benvenuto Cellini" (1836-8; 1838)
* "La nonne sanglante" (1841-7, unfinished)
* "Les Troyens" (1856-8; final three acts performed 1863)
* "Béatrice et Bénédict" (1860-1862; 1862)

Orchestral works

ymphonies

* "Symphonie fantastique" (1830; 1830)
* "Harold en Italie" (1834; 1834)
* "Roméo et Juliette" (1839; 1839)
* "Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale" (1840; 1840)

Overtures

* "Waverley"
* "Le Roi Lear"
* "Rob Roy"
* "Le Carnaval romain"
* "Le Corsaire"

Other

*"Rêverie et caprice", for violin and orchestra

Choral and vocal works

Prix de Rome Cantatas

* "La Mort d’Orphée" (1827)
* "Herminie" (1828)
* "Cléopâtre" (1829)
* "Sardanapale" (1830)

Liturgical music

* "Messe solenelle" (1824)
* "Grande Messe des morts" ("Requiem") (1837)
* "Te Deum" (1849)

Unstaged dramatic works

*"La damnation de Faust" (1846)
*"L'enfance du Christ" (1854)

Other works involving chorus

* "La révolution grecque: scéne héroïque" (1825; 1828)
* "Huits scènes de Faust" (1828-9; one number performed 1829)
* "Le ballet des ombres" (1829; withdrawn)
* "Lélio, ou le retour à la vie" (1831; 1832)
* "Sara la baigneuse" (1834; 1834)
* "Le cinq mai" (1831-5; 1835)
* "Hymne à la France" (1844; 1844)
* "Chant des chemins de fer" (1846; 1846)
* "Tristia" (written between 1831 and 1844: published 1852)

ongs

* "La dépit de la bergère"
* "Le maure jaloux"
* "Amitié reprends ton empire"
* "Pleure, pauvre Colette"
* "Canon libre à quinte"
* "Le montagnard exilé"
* "Toi qui l'aimas, verse des pleurs"
* "Nocturne"
* "Le pêcheur"
* "Le roi de Thulé"
* "Le coucher du soleil"
* "Hélène"
* "La belle voyageuse"
* "L'origine de la harpe"
* "Adieu Bessy"
* "Elégie en prose"
* "La captive"
* "Le jeune pâtre breton"
* "Les champs"
* "Sara la baigneuse"
* "Je crois en vous"
* "Le chant des Bretons"
* "Chansonette"
* "Les nuits d'été":
#"Villanelle"
#"Le spectre de la rose"
#"Sur les lagunes"
#"L'absence"
#"Au cimitière"
#"L'île inconnue"
* "La mort d'Ophélie"
* "La belle Isabeau"
* "Le chasseur danois"
* "Zaïde"
* "Le trébuchet"
* "Nessun maggior piacere"
* "Le matin"
* "Petit oiseau"

Arrangements

* "La Marseillaise"

Works by opus number

Dates given are those of publication.

* [Opus 1] : "Huit scènes de Faust" (1828/29) (withdrawn)
* Opus 1: "Waverley" (overture) (1828)
* Opus 2: "Le ballet des ombres" (1830)
* Opus 2b: "Irlande: Mélodies irlandaises" (9 songs) (1829)
* Opus 3: "Les francs-juges" (overture) (1836)
* Opus 4: "Le Roi Lear" (1839)
* Opus 5: "Grande messe des morts" (Requiem) (1838)
* Opus 6: "Le cinq mai" (1840)
* Opus 7: "Les nuits d'été" (1841)
* Opus 8: "Rêverie et Caprice" (1841)
* Opus 9: "Le carnaval romain" (1844)
* Opus 10: "Grand traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration moderne" (1843) (book)
* Opus 11: "Sara la baigneuse" (1850)
* Opus 12: "La captive" (1833/revised version: 1849)
* Opus 13: "Fleurs des landes" (1850)
* Opus 14: "Symphonie fantastique, épisodes d'une vie d'artiste" (full score: 1845)
* Opus 14b: "Lelio ou Le retour à la vie" (1855)
* Opus 15: "Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale" (1843)
* Opus 16: "Harold en Italie" (1848)
* Opus 17: "Roméo et Juliette" (1847)
* Opus 18: "Tristia" (1849)
** 1: "Méditation religieuse"
** 2: "La mort d'Ophélie"
* Opus 19: "Feuillets d'album" (1850)
** 1: "Zaide"
** 2: "Les champs"
** 3: "Chant des chemins de fer"
** 4: "Prière du matin"
** 5: "La belle Isabau"
** 6: "Le chasseur danois"
* Opus 20: "Vox populi" (1849)
** 1: "La menace des Francs"
** 2: "Hymne à la France"
* Opus 21: "Le corsaire" (1852)
* Opus 22: "Te Deum" (1855)
* Opus 23: "Benvenuto Cellini" (1838/full score: 1886)
* Opus 24: "La damnation de Faust" (1854)
* Opus 25:
** "La Fuite en Egypte" (1852)
** "L'Enfance du Christ" (1855)
* Opus 26: "L'Impériale" (1856)
* Opus 27: "Béatrice et Bénédict" (1863/full score: 1907)
* Opus 28: "Le Temple universel" (1861)
* Opus 29: "Les Troyens" (1863/full score: 1969)
** 29a "La Prise de Troie",
** 29b "Les Troyens à Carthage"

Literary works

*"Grand traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration moderne" (Treatise on Instrumentation)
*"Études sur Beethoven, Gluck et Weber"
*"Mémoires" (Memoirs)
*" _fr. Correspondance générale"
*"Les soirées de l'orchestre" (Evenings with the Orchestra)
*"Le voyage musical en Allemagne et en Italie" ;
*"À travers champs"
*"Les grotesques de la musique"

ources

*Hugh Macdonald: "Berlioz" ("The Master Musicians", J.M.Dent, 1982)