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A Bibliography of À Travers Chants

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Pepijn van Doesburg

© 2005 Pepijn van Doesburg

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Introduction

    This bibliography includes all editions of the complete text and all published substantial fragments that I know of in any language. Each edition is presented as follows:

TITLE AS PRINTED ON TITLE PAGE
Information on editor or translator as printed
City: publisher, year (publisher’s collection) [marked with a red asterisk (*): editions that I have seen myself]. Size; pages; illustrations etc.; binding; ISBN-number
Page collation (only in case of first editions of important publications)
Note: any remarks on the edition, including references to Hopkinson’s bibliography (Hopkinson, Cecil, A Bibliography of the Musical and Literary Works of Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869 [Edinburgh, 1951; rev. R Macnutt, Tunbridge Wells, 1980])
Title and editor/translator are omitted in case of later editions of the same publication.

Readers are invited to submit any additional information they have.

French text

Translations:

German
 English
 Italian
 Spanish
Dutch
 Russian
 Romanian
 Japanese

Acknowledgement

FRENCH TEXT

A / TRAVERS CHANTS / ÉTUDES MUSICALES, ADORATIONS / BOUTADES ET CRITIQUES / PAR / HECTOR BERLIOZ / Love’s labour’s lost. (SHAKESPEARE) / Hostis habet muros... (VIRGILE.) / [monogram, white on black:] M L / PARIS / MICHEL LÉVY FRÈRES, LIBRAIRES ÉDITEURS / RUE VIVIENNE, 2 BIS, ET BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, 15 / A LA LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE / 1862 / Tous droits réservés.
*Paris: Michel Lévy, 1862. 17,5 x 11 cm; 336 pp.; sewed.
[i-ii] blank, [iii] half title page, [iv] advertisement for Les Soirées de l’Orchestre and Les Grotesques de la Musique, and: PARIS. – IMP. SIMON RAÇON ET COMP., RUE D ERFURTH, 1., [v] title page, [vi] blank, [vii] dedication: A / M. ERNEST LEGOUVÉ / DE L’ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE, [viii] blank; [1]-[334] text, [335]-336 TABLE
Note: pagination differs from Holoman’s catalogue. This is according to the copies I know. Variant: some copies include a publisher’s catalogue at the end of the book, dated July 1862 (36 pp.). 1500 copies. Hopkinson 86

A TRAVERS CHANTS. ETUDES MUSICALES, ADORATIONS, BOUTADES ET CRITIQUES
Deuxième Edition
Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1872 (Bibliothèque contemporaine). 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
[1] dedication, [3]-[349] text, [351]-352 Table
Note: text newly typeset. Dated 1871 on cover. 1000 copies. Hopkinson 86A

[Troisième édition?]
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1880. (Bibliothèque contemporaine). 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 1000 copies. Hopkinson 86B

Quatrième édition
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1886 (Bibliothèque contemporaine). 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 1000 copies. Hopkinson 86C

*Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1898 (Bibliothèque contemporaine). 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 1000 copies. Hopkinson 86D

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1903. 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 500 copies.

*Paris: Calmann-Lévy, [1906]. 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 1000 copies

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1924. 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 500 copies

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1927. 18,5 x 12 cm; 352 pp.; sewed
Note: reprint of the preceding. 550 copies.

A TRAVERS CHANTS – ÉTUDES MUSICALES, ADORATIONS BOUTADES ET CRITIQUES
Westmead, Farnborough (Hants): Gregg International Publishers, 1970 (Collected Literary Works V). 19 cm; 336 pp.; hardcover; 0-576-28422-X
Note: facsimile of the first edition

Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1982 (Collected Literary Works V). Hardcover; 0-576-28422-X
Note: reprint of the preceding

Elibron Classics, 2001. 352 pp., paperback
Note: facsimile of the 1872 edition

Guichard edition

A TRAVERS CHANTS
Texte établi avec notes et choix de variantes par Léon Guichard. Préface de Jacques Chailley
*Paris: Gründ, 1971 (Œuvres littéraires: Édition du centenaire). 21 x 15 cm; 488 pp.; frontispiece + [23] pp. ill.; hardcover with dust jacket; 2-7000-2107
[7]-16 Préface, [17]-367 text: À Travers Chants, [369]-370 Avertissement, [371]-436 Notes, [437]-471 Choix de variantes, [473]-479 Appendices ([473] I – Les éditions, [474]-477 II – L’accueil de la presse, [478]-479 III – Les traductions), [481]-483 Index des noms, [485]-486 Index des œuvres, [487]-488 Table des matières
Note: abundantly annotated edition. Text of the original 1862 edition, with modernised spelling

*Paris: Gründ, 1998 (Œuvres littéraires: Édition du centenaire). 21 x 14,5 cm; 488 pp.; frontispiece + [23] pp. ill.; paperback; 2-7000-2107-X
Note: reprint of the preceding

Fragments

RICHARD WAGNER: ŒUVRES EN PROSE
Traduit [...] par J.-G. Prodhomme et L. Van Vassenhove
Paris, 1907-24. 13 volumes
Note: volume VIII (Paris, 1913) includes: Wagner et Berlioz: Concerts de M. Richard Wagner; La musique de l’avenir. Apparently these texts by Berlioz from À Travers Chants are included in this edition

ETUDE CRITIQUE DES SYMPHONIES DE BEETHOVEN. FIDELIO
Vienne [Austria]: Rhombus-Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft, [1924] (Bibliothèque Rhombus 249). 16mo; 88 pp.
Note: these texts are supposed to be taken from À Travers Chants

BEETHOVEN, L’ŒUVRE ET LA VIE. TEXTES DE K. AMENDA, BERLIOZ, DEBUSSY, GOETHE, [...], WAGNER
Textes réunis par Edmond Buchet
Editions Les Libraires Associés, 1963. 262 pp.
Note: I have no idea of what this edition includes; possibly texts taken from À Travers Chants

GERMAN TRANSLATIONS

Richard Pohl

A TRAVERS CHANTS. MUSIKALISCHE STUDIEN, HULDIGUNGEN, EINFÄLLE UND KRITIKEN
Autorisierte Deutsche Ausgabe von Richard Pohl
*Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, 1864 (Gesammelte Schriften I). 19 x 13,5 cm; vi, 400 pp.
[v]-vi Inhalt, [1]-400 text with scarce annotation
Note: printed in black letter. Hopkinson 86E

Uebersetzt und herausgegeben von Richard Pohl
*Leipzig: F. E. C. Leuckart, 1877 (Gesammelte Schriften I). 19,5 x 13 cm; vi, 400 pp.
Note: reprint of the preceding

Elly Ellès

MUSIKALISCHE STREIFZÜGE. STUDIEN, VERGÖTTERUNGEN, AUSFÄLLE UND KRITIKEN
Aus dem Französischen übertragen von Elly Ellès
*Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1912 (Literarische Werke VI). 20,5 x 14 cm; 299 pp.
[v] dedication, [vii]-[viii] Inhaltsverzeichnis; 1-[300] text
Note: printed in black letter. Hopkinson 86F

*Walluf: Dr. Martin Sändig, 1974. 21 x 15 cm; 299 pp.; hardcover; 3-500-29340-9
Note: facsimile of the preceding

Vaduz (Liechtenstein): Sändig Reprint Verlag, 1993. vii, 300 pp., hardcover; 3253029344
Note: facsimile of the 1912 edition

Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2004 (Literarische Werke VI). 21 cm; paperback; 3-89007-571-1
Note: facsimile of the 1912 edition, edited by Matthias Brzoska

Fragments

SCHRIFTEN. BETRACHTUNGEN EINES MUSIKALISCHEN ENTHUSIASTEN
Ausgewählt, herausgegeben und kommentiert von Frank Heidlberger. Übersetzt von Dagmar Kreher
*Kassel: Bärenreiter; Stuttgart und Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2002. 23,5 x 15,5 cm; 284 pp.; ill.; hardback with dust jacket; 3-7618-1568-9 (Bärenreiter) / 3-476-01932-2 (Metzler)
[5]-[7] Inhalt, 9-13 Vorwort, 14-26 Ein Leben für das Schreiben – schreiben um zu überleben. Einleitende Bemerkungen zu Berlioz als Musikliterat und Kritiker, 27-253 text with introductions, 255-284 Anhang (Anmerkungen, Quellenverzeichnis, Ausgewählte Literatur, Erläuterungen zu Personen und Werken, Personen- und Werkregister)
Note: an amply commented collection of texts by Berlioz. Includes the complete text of the following chapters from À Travers Chants:

pp.: title: translation of:
38- 48 Musik Musique
54- 57 Einige Worte über die Trios und Sonaten (...) Quelques mots sur les trios et sonates de Beethoven
57- 61 Beethoven im Ring des Saturn Beethoven dans l’anneau de Saturne
61- 63 Schlechte Sänger, gute Sänger Les mauvais chanteurs, les bons chanteurs
68- 77 Richard-Wagner-Konzerte Concerts de Richard Wagner
85- 95 Glucks Orpheus im Théâtre Lyrique L’Orphée de Gluck, au Théâtre-Lyrique
95-109 Fidelio, Oper in drei Akten von Beethoven Fidelio, opéra en trois actes de Beethoven
109-113 Der Freischütz von Weber Le Freischütz de Weber

See also: Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, Les Grotesques de la Musique

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Edward Evans

MID REALMS OF SONG, a complete translation of À Travers Chants in three separately published volumes:

A CRITICAL STUDY OF BEETHOVEN’S NINE SYMPHONIES WITH "A FEW WORDS ON HIS TRIOS AND SONATAS", A CRITICISM OF "FIDELIO" AND AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON MUSIC.
Translated from the French by Edwin Evans, senr.
*London: Wm Reeves, [1913]. 18,5 x 12,5 cm; xii, 165 pp. + 48 pp. publisher’s catalogue; frontispiece; hardcover
[v] Publisher’s Note, [vii] Contents, [ix]-xii Translator’s Introductory Note; [1]-165 text; [1]-48 Reeves’ Musical Literature List
Note: printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Croydon. Apart from the chapters mentioned in the title, this volume includes Beethoven in the Ring of Saturn (The Mediums). Hopkinson 83 D

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1918]
Note: American edition, identical to preceding.

London: William Reeves, [1958]. Hardcover
Note: reprint of the 1913 edition

St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1977 [or 1970, 1974, 1976]. 23 cm; 165 pp.; 0-403-01508-1
Note: facsimile of the 1958 Reeves edition

Temecula, CA: Reprint Services Corporation, 1988. 0-7812-0736-3

Brighton, Mich.: Native American Book Publishers, 1990. xii, 165 pp.; 1-878592-13-0
Note: facsimile of the 1958 Reeves edition

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. 165 pp.; paperback; 0252069420
Note: preface by D. Kern Holoman

New York: Turtle Point Press, 2002. Paperback; 1-885586-77-9

GLUCK & HIS OPERAS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR RELATION TO MUSICAL ART
Translated from the French by Edwin Evans, senr.
*London: Wm. Reeves, [1915]. 19 x 12,5 cm; xiv, 167 pp. + 48 pp. publisher’s catalogue; frontispiece; hardcover
[iii] title page, [v] Publisher’s note, [vii]-viii Contents, ix-xiv Introduction [by Edwin Evans]; 1-167 text
Note: printed by The New Temple Press, Norbury Crescent, S.W. This volume includes the chapters on Gluck’s Orphée and Alceste. Hopkinson 86H

London: William Reeves, 1972. 161 pp. + 28 pp. advertisements; hardcover with dust jacket; 7211-0030-9
Note: reprint of the preceding

Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, [1973]. 20 cm; xiv, 167 pp.; frontispiece; hardcover; 0-8371-6938-0
Note: facsimile of the 1915 Reeves edition

Temecula, Ca.: Reprint Services Corporation, 1988; 0-7812-0474-7

MOZART, WEBER AND WAGNER, WITH VARIOUS ESSAYS ON MUSICAL SUBJECTS
Translated from the French by Edwin Evans
*London: Wm. Reeves, [1918]. 18 x 12,5 cm; xiv, 216 pp. + 48 pp. publisher’s catalogue; [4] pp. ill., frontispiece; hardcover
[iii] title page, [v]-vi Index, [vii] List of Illustrations, ix-xiv Introduction; 1-173 text; [1]-[48] Reeves’ Musical Literature List
Note: printed by The New Temple Press, Norbury Crescent, Norbury, S. W. This volume includes all texts not included in the previous two volumes. Also includes a fold-out facsimile of a letter by Berlioz as frontispiece. Hopkinson 86J

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1913]
Note: American edition, identical to preceding.

*London: William Reeves, 1969. 19 x 12,5 cm; xiv, 173 pp. + 28 pp. publisher’s catalogue; frontispiece; hardcover with dust jacket; SBN 7211-0001-5
Note: printed by Lowe and Brydone Limited, London. Reprint of the 1918 edition, omitting the title pages of the separate chapters and the illustrations, but adding a Publisher’s note

St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1977 or 1976. 0-403-08963-8

New York: Somerset Publishers, 1986
Note: facsimile of the 1918 Reeves edition

Temecula, Ca.: Reprint Services Corporation, 1988; 0-7812-0566-2

Elisabeth Csicsery-Rónay

THE ART OF MUSIC AND OTHER ESSAYS (A TRAVERS CHANTS)
Translated and Edited by Elisabeth Csicsery-Rónay. Foreword by Jacques Barzun
*Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. 24 x 16 cm; xiv, 274 pp.; frontispiece; ill.; hardcover with dust jacket; 0-253-31164-0
[v]-vi Contents, [vii] Illustrations, [ix]-xii Foreword by Jacques Barzun, [xiii]-xiv Translator’s Note, xv Acknowledgements; [1]-[231] text: The Art of Music and Other Essays, [232]-269 Notes, [270]-274 Index
Note: an amply annotated edition, which aims at giving an idiomatic English rendering of the original text rather than a literal word-for-word translation

Fragments

HECTOR BERLIOZ. SELECTIONS FROM HIS LETTERS, AND ÆSTHETIC, HUMOROUS, AND SATIRICAL WRITINGS
Translated, and preceded by a biographical sketch of the author by William F. Apthorp
*New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1879 (Amateur Series). 19 x 12,5 cm; ix, 427 pp.; musical ex.; hardcover
[iii]-vi Translator’s Preface, [vii]-ix Table of Contents; [1]-77 Biographical Sketch, [79]-402 text, [403]-421 Appendices, [423]-427 Index/
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. Includes the section Selections from "A travers chants" (pp. 355-402):

pp.: title: translation of:
357-370 Music. Musique.
371-375 Beethoven in Saturn’s Ring.-The Mediums. Beethoven dans l’anneau de Saturne; Les médiums
376-391 The Present Condition of the Art of Singing in the Lyric Theatres of France and Italy. Sur l’état actuel de l’art du chant dans les théâtres lyriques de France et d’Italie...
392-394 The Bad Singers, the Good Singers. – The Public. – The Claqueurs. Les mauvais chanteurs, les bons chanteurs; Le public, les claqueurs
400-402 To be, or not to be.-Paraphrase. To be, or not to be; Paraphrase

The chapter The Freyschütz at the Opéra included in this section (pp. 395-399) is not an extract from À Travers Chants but from the Mémoires. Hopkinson 86G. See also: Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, Les Grotesques de la Musique, Mémoires

Portland, Me.: Longwood Press, 1976. ix, 427 pp.; 0-89341-018-7
Note: facsimile of preceding

THE CRITICAL COMPOSER. THE MUSICAL WRITINGS OF BERLIOZ, WAGNER, SCHUMANN, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND OTHERS
Edited by Irving Kolodin/i>
<*New York: Howell, Soskin & Co., 1940. 18,5 x 11,5 cm; 275 pp.; hardcover
Note: the chapter entitled On Beethoven, pp. 21-60, consists of the analyses of the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th symphonies plus the introduction preceding these. These texts are taken from Edwin Evans’s translation A Critical Study of Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies (see above), without mentioning the translator. See also: Traité, Les Soirées de l’Orchestre and Mémoires

A CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF BEETHOVEN’S NINE SYMPHONIES AND HIS ONLY OPERA, FIDELIO, WITH ITS FOUR OVERTURES
Compiled and translated by Ralph De Sola
Boston: Crescendo Publishing Co., [1975]. 24 cm; 62 pp.; paperback; 0-87597-094-X
Note: partial translation of À Travers Chants

THE COMPOSER AS LISTENER: A GUIDE TO MUSIC
[Edited by Irving Kolodin]
New York: Horizon Press, 1958. 300 pp.; hardcover; with an index of authors.
Note: A collection of pieces authored by composers, with emphasis on the works of other composers – Berlioz, Schumann, Wagner, Grieg, Debussy, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, and others. I don’t know which fragment(s) by Berlioz in included. Reprinted 1962 as a paperback.

THE ATTENTIVE LISTENER: THREE CENTURIES OF MUSIC CRITICISM
Edited by Harry Haskell
London/Boston: Faber and Faber, 1995. 24 x 16 cm; 398 pp.; hardcover; 0-571-16145-6
Note: most texts in this edition are translated by Harry Haskell. They include the chapter entitled Beethoven in the Ring of Saturn: Mediums, Journal des débats (24 November 1860) (pp. 132-135). This title suggests that the translation is of the original feuilleton rather than of the chapter from À Travers Chants

ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS

Fragments

L’EUROPA MUSICALE DA GLUCK A WAGNER
A cura di Fedele d’Amico
*[Torino]: Giulio Einaudi editore, 1950 (Saggi 124). 21 x 16 cm; 345 pp.; musical ex.; paperback
7-8 Indice, 11-30 Prefazione, 33-332 text with annotation, [333]-339 Indice dei nomi
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. The following fragments are taken from À Travers Chants:

pp.: title: translation of: corresponding pp. in the Guichard edition:
33-45 La musica Musique 21-34
54-60 Gluck L’Alceste d’Euripide…
[fragment: Nous avons (...) langue de convention.]		 172-178
67-106 Beethoven Étude critique des symphonies de Beethoven 35-79
115-119 Weber: Oberon Obéron, opéra fantastique de Ch.-M. Weber
[fragment: Il faudrait écrire (...) chevillée dans le corps.]		 258-263
131-142 Wagner Concerts de Richard Wagner 321-333
315-318 Popolarità sospette -
Teatri grandi e piccoli 		Lignes écrites quelque temps après la première représentation…
[fragment: Orphée commence (...) des traits des acteurs]		 147-150

See also: Voyage Musical, Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, Les Grotesques de la Musique, À Travers Chants

LETTERE A ORFEO
[A cura di Alessandro Taverna]
Varese, Zecchini Editore, 2005. 15 x 21 cm; 132 pp.; ill.; 88-87203-32-6
Note: texts (mostly letters by Berlioz) concerning the reprise of Gluck’s Orphée in Paris in 1859. Includes both texts from À Travers Chants written after this reprise: L’Orphée de Gluck au Théâtre Lyrique and Lignes écrites quelque temps après la première représentation d’Orphée.

SPANISH TRANSLATIONS

Fragments

LAS SINFONIAS DE BEETHOVEN. ESTUDIO CRÍTICO
Precedido de la biografía del gran maestro por A. Elwart. Versión castellana de F. M. A.
Madrid: Editor Antonio Romero, 1870. 16 cm; 80 pp.
Note: probably these are texts taken from À Travers Chants

LA MÚSICA Y LOS MÚSICOS
Versión española de José Mª Borrás
Barcelona: Sociedad General de Publicaciones, [c. 1930]. 21 x 13,5 cm; 242 pp.
Note: according to one source, this edition includes the chapter on Beethoven’s symphonies from À Travers Chants

Barcelona: Ediciones Ave, 1941. 17 x 11 cm; 254 pp.; hardcover with dust jacket
Note: new edition of preceding

Barcelona: Ediciones Ave, 1942 (Pentagrama). 17 x 11 cm; 254 pp.
Note: reprint of preceding

Barcelona: Ediciones Ave, 1949. 17 x 11 cm; 254 pp.
Note: reprint of preceding

LAS SINFONÍAS DE BEETHOVEN Y MÚSICOS ILUSTRES
[Traducción al castellano de Ricardo Peña]
Buenos Aires: S. Rueda, [1941]. 20 cm; 206 pp.
Note: texts possibly taken from À Travers Chants

C. H. PARRY Y H. BERLIOZ
BEETHOVEN. SU VIDA Y SUS OBRAS
Barcelona: Ediciones Ave, 1955 (Collección Mozart). 16 x 12 cm; 196 pp.; ill.; hardcover with dust jacket
Note: I have no idea of what this edition includes; possibly texts taken from À Travers Chants

Barcelona: Ediciones Ave, 1963 (Collección Mozart). 16 x 12 cm; 196 pp.; ill.; hardcover with dust jacket
Note: reprint of preceding

BERLIOZ ESCRITOR
Selección de textos, traducción y prólogo de Victoria Llort Llopart
*Barcelona: Editorial Tizona, 2005 (Tizona música 1). 21 x 15 cm; 224 pp.; ill.; musical ex.; paperback; 84-934268-0-6
7-9 Indice, 11-25 Prólogo, 27-332 text with scarce annotation, 219-222 Selección bibliográfica, 223-224 Tabla de illustraciones
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. Includes the section Canto a través (pp. 85-107) with the following chapters from À Travers Chants:

pp.: title: translation of:
85-99 Sobre el estado actual del arte del canto... Sur l’état actuel de l’art du chant...
99-101 Los malos cantantes, los buenos cantantes... Les mauvais chanteurs, les bons chanteurs...
101-103 Los sonidos altos y los sonidos bajos... Les sons hauts et les sons bas...
103-105 Se acercan los tiempos (small cut) Les temps sont proches
105-107 Ser o no ser. Paráfrasis To be or not to be, paraphrase

This edition also contains a translation of the chapter Musique (entitled Sobre la música en general, pp. 175-187), but for some unknown reason this is based on the earlier version in the Voyage Musical. The translation of the fragments from À Travers Chants, based on the original 1862 edition, aims at staying as close to the original as possible in every respect. See also: Traité d’Instrumentation, Voyage Musical, Les Soirées de l’Orchestre, Les Grotesques de la Musique

DUTCH TRANSLATION

Fragment

A translation from the chapter VI. Symphonie pastorale, part of the Étude critique des symphonies de Beethoven from A travers chants (pp. 55-60, Guichard edition), appeared in Caecilia, 1 July 1864, pp. 133-135, titled Van Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphonie, door Hector Berlioz.

RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS

Fragments

Pyotr Il’ich Tchaikovsky quotes an extended excerpt from the essay Le Freyschütz de Weber from À Travers Chants in his own translation in the paper Русские ведомости of 23 April 1873 (see his feuilleton The Italian opera, republished in: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Музыкально-критические статьи. Moscow, 1953, pp. 153-154).

Another translation of Berlioz’s article appeared in the periodical Русская Музыкальная Газета of 1901 (nr. 48), signed with “M.”

СИМФОНИИ БЕТХОВЕНА. КРИТИЧЕСКИЙ ОЧЕРК
Перевод с французского Л.Б. Хавкиной
С.-Петербург: В. Бессель и Ко, 1896. Octavo; 61 pp.
Note: this is a translation of the Étude critique des symphonies de Beethoven from À Travers Chants. This translation was first published in 1892 in the Moscow-based journal Артист (nr. 22). 1200 copies.

ИЗБРАННЫЕ СТАТЬИ
Составление, переводы, вступительная статья и примечания В.Н. Александровой и Е.Ф. Бронфин
Москва: Музгиз, 1956. 21 cm; 406 pp.; ill.; hardback
3-4 Предисловие, 5-[30] Гектор Берлиоз — музыкальный критик, [31]-352 texts, [353]-395 Примечания, 396-404 Именной указатель, 405-[406] Содержание
Note: a collection of texts by Berlioz. The section „Среди песен". Статьи из сборника. includes the following chapters from À Travers Chants:

pp. title: translation of: translator:
159-166 Музыка Musique [with cuts] Aleksandrova
166-205 Критический очерк о симфониях Бетховена.* Étude critique… [with cuts] Khavkina,
edited by Aleksandrova
205-209 Несколько слов о трио и сонатах Бетховена Quelques mots... [small cuts] Bronfin
209-226 «Фиделио». Опера в трёх действиях Бетховена Fidelio, opéra en trois actes… Bronfin
227-234 О современном состоянии вокального искусства в оперных театрах Франции и Италии и о причинах этого состояния. Большие залы, клакеры, ударные инструменты. Отрывки из статьи. Sur l’etat actuel... [excerpts] Aleksandrova
234-236 Плохие певцы, хорошие певцы, публика, клакеры. Les mauvais chanteurs... Bronfin
236-249 «Орфей» Глюка в Лирическом театре. L’Orphée de Gluck... [small cuts] Bronfin
250-257 [По поводу «Альцесты» Глюка]. L’Alceste d’Euripide... [excerpts] Bronfin
257-258 [Полина Виардо в роли Альцесты из оперы Глюка «Альцеста»]. Reprise de l’Alceste... [an excerpt] Bronfin
258-264 «Фрейшютц» Вебера. Le Freyschütz de Weber Aleksandrova
264-274 «Оберон». Фантастическая опера К.М. Вебера. Obéron… [small cuts] Bronfin
274-287 Концерты Рихарда Вагнера. Музыка будущего. Concerts de Richard Wagner… Aleksandrova.

* This is an edited version of the translation published separately as Симфонии Бетховена (see above).

ROMANIAN TRANSLATIONS

Ileana Ratiu

ÎN LUMEA CÎNTULUI. STUDII MUZICALE, APOLOGII, BUTADE SI CRITICI
[Translated by Ileana Ratiu]
Bucuresti: Editura muzicala, 1982. 239 pp.; paperback
Note: this is a complete translation of À Travers Chants

Fragments

SIMFONIILE LUI BEETHOVEN
[Translated by Maximilian Costin]
Bucuresti: Viata româneasca. 83 pp.
Note: possibly a partial translation of À Travers Chants

JAPANESE TRANSLATIONS

Fragments

KINDAI NO KOKYOKYOKU
[Kakutan Morimoto]
Tokyo: Nihongakkiseizoshuppanbu, 1943. 19 cm; 247 pp.
Note: I have no idea of what this edition includes; possibly texts taken from À Travers Chants

BEETHOVEN NO KOKYOKYOKU
[Translated by Seiji Tachibana]
Tokyo: Kadokawa-shoten, 1959. 280 pp.
Note: includes the chapter on Beethoven’s symphonies, taken from À Travers Chants

Acknowledgement

    We would like to express our gratitude to our friend Pepijn van Doesburg for this valuable contribution to the site.

    Our sincere thanks also to our friend Elena Dolenko for providing the details of the texts from À Travers Chants which appeared in the Izbrannye stat’i collection and the information on Pyotr Il’ich Tchaikovsky’s excerpt from Le Freyschütz de Weber and on the article in Russkaya Muzykal’naya Gazeta, listed under Russian Translations. She also kindly provided the Russian titles of all the publications included in this section.

This page was created by Monir Tayeb and Michel Austin on 1 November 2005; subsequent additions and updates made since.

Copyright: 2005 Pepijn van Doesburg. All rights of reproduction reserved.

Related pages on this site:

The full French text of À Travers Chants
Excerpts from the composer’s correspondence (in French, introduction in English)
Berlioz’s Writings
Berlioz: Musical and Literary Works

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