Harold en Italie | |
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Symphony with viola solo by Hector Berlioz | |
English | Harold in Italy |
Catalogue | H. 16 |
Opus | 16 |
Based on | Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" |
Performed | 23 November 1834 |
Movements | four |
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Harold en Italie, symphonie avec un alto principal (Harold in Italy, symphony with viola obbligato), as the manuscript describes it, is a four-movement orchestral work by Hector Berlioz, his Opus 16, H. 68, written in 1834. Throughout, the unusual viola part represents the titular protagonist, without casting the form as a concerto. The movements have these titles, alluding to a programme: