Talk:Overtures by Hector Berlioz

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Les francs-juges

Would Les francs-juges still be considered Berlioz's "first unperformed opera" if it was performed a few years after it was composed? Afrenchhornhiro (talk) 04:44, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The opera was never performed. The overture was. --Folantin (talk) 09:08, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tubas

I would suggest that the original instrumentation would have to be ophicleides, which Berlioz loved (read about it in his treatise on orchestration - I'm too lazy to find it and reference the page right now, but if you have access to the book, it's easy to find the section about these instrumens). And note the edit in the section about Le roi Lear. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:42, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've edited accordingly, on the basis that we know tuba(s) is wrong and ophicleide(s) is very likely. I will try to remember to check my 1908 edition of Grove and see if the scoring for each of these overtures is given. If so, I will at least reference the relevant page(s) here if I don't add the reference to the article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:47, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]