The site contains voice and piano scores for 25 songs. Each page of the song is reproduced as a website page. The introductory page for each song contains the French text of the song. Each of the score pages is linked at the foot to the next page of the score. To print out a song, go from the Contents page to the introductory page of the song, click the link for the first score page and print each page in succession.
Printing
The score pages are designed for printing. They should fit well on to an A4 page and they look better printed than they do on the screen. Unfortunately, the quality of reproduction is still far from perfect. You may get better results if you slow down your printer - set print quality to "best". Please let us know of any printing problems, mistakes or ambiguities in the music and we shall try to help.
Send in your recording
We should like to put good performances of the songs on the site. If you have recorded your performance and would like to be included, please send it to us. If your recording is added to the site and you are happy with how it sounds, we shall, if you wish, also include contact details, a recent portrait and a short CV for both singer and accompanist. Details
Why this site?
Berlioz's music is now widely known and he has an extremely comprehensive website: the Hector Berlioz Website at www.hberlioz.com . There is no danger of Berlioz not being performed, even if he is not always performed well. But there is still a tendency to assume that his music can only be performed with huge resources and at great expense. I hope this site may help to show that this is not so.
Mike Munford
November 2006