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Hector Berlioz

The Childhood of Christ - Part 1
L'enfance du Christ

Parts 2 and 3 are on the next page .

You can freely and lawfully download a printable score for this Work from IMSLP - the Petruccio Library - though it may not be exactly the same as the one used to make the Midi Files below, and it probably won't be as good as a proper paid-for engraved and printed score.

There is a competent performance of this Work in French by Radio Filharmonisch Orkest en Groot Omroepkoor under James Gaffigan on YouTube starting here.

Here is a "clickable" Table of the available Midi Files for this Work. They were made using a very old English-language Novello Score (while the notes will be the same in a French-language Score, the words, and thus the phrasing, will necessarily be rather different). The SSAATTBB Chorus Voices are on Channels 1,5,2,6,3,7,4,8 - SATB-SATB format - and are sounded by piccolo/whistle, clarinet/flute (or cor Anglais), French horn/trombone and bassoon/tuba.

The Childhood of Christ (L'enfance du Christ) - Part I
UNemphasized Soprano 1 Soprano 2  Alto 1   Alto 2  Tenor 1 Tenor 2  Bass 1   Bass 2 
Part I: The Dream of Herod
1: When in Judah of old
None None None None None None None None
Scene 1.
A march by night
None None None None None None None None
Scenes 2 and 3.
The interior of Herod's Palace
Again, that vision!
None None None None None None None None
Scene 4.
The soothsayers of Judah
None None None None None None yes yes
Cabalistic dance and
evocation of spirits
None None None None None None None None
The dream is true, O King! None None None None None None yes yes
'Tis done! None None None None yes yes yes yes
Scene 5.
The stable at Bethlehem
See, darling child
None None None None None None None None
Scene 6.
Chorus of unseen angels
Joseph, and Mary!
Angels and
full chorusyes
Angels and
full chorusyes
Angels and
full chorusyes
Angels and
full chorusyes
None None None None

That's the end of Part 1. Parts 2 and 3 are on the next page .

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Files originally uploaded in Nov/16.