Berlioz Symphonie fantastique This guide is a reference to clarify the confusion of rehearsal numbers in the Breitkopf & Härtel reprint scores & parts and rehearsal letters in the Bärenreiter and Eulenburg editions. Measure numbers are also provided throughout for each movement.
I. Rêveries - Passions Note: In this movement there are discrepancies in measure numbers between the scores due to different numbering systems. There should be a total of 525 bars in this movement (Bärenreiter and Eulenburg editions). The Dover miniature score and Norton critical scores are inaccurate. Measure No.
Rehearsal No.
Rehearsal letter in Bärenreiter / Eulenburg
Notes / Tempo indication / Reference point
11
-
A
17
1
B
plus vite
24
2
C
retenu jusqu’au premier mouvement
28
-
D
tempo 1°
36
3
E
49
4
F
57
-
G
61
5
-
64
-
H
Allegro agitato e appassionato assai
72
-
-
start of repeat
94
-
J
animez
111
-
K
a tempo con fuoco
113
6
-
125
-
L
133
7
M
143
-
N
150
8
O
160
-
P
166a
-
-
1st ending
166b
-
-
2nd ending (printed as m. 168 in Norton critical ed.)
176
-
Q
187
9
R
198
10
S
214
-
T
229, 230, 231
-
-
3 bar silence (G. P.)
232
11
U
printed as m. 230 in Dover ed. and 234 in Norton ed.
253
-
V
265
-
W
275
12
-
sans ralentir
un peu plus animé
1