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Alto voice solo, tenor voice solo, bass voice solo, ATB choir, STB choir (2 groups), orchestra (Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, KlMixed choir: ATB, 2 GrMixed choir: STB, Orch) SKU: BA.BA05458-90 Symphonie dramatique. Composed by Hector Berlioz. Edited by D. Kern Holoman. Arranged by Eike Wernhard. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Vocal Score. Opus 17. Duration 30 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA05458-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA05458-90). ISBN 9790006493326. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: French. Text: Emile Deschamps; William Shakespeare.For his third symphony"Romeo et Juliette"(1839) Berlioz turned to his greatest literary passion, Shakespeare, drawing once again on his own most fervent experiences.Berlioz's discovery of Shakespeare in 1827 had been overwhelming not only for the dramatic force of the poetry and drama, but also because the leading actress of the company, Harriet Smithson, immediately won his heart. She later became his wife.He began to think seriously about composing some kind of musical"Romeo and Juliet"but it was not realised until 1839. The symphony is scored for double chorus (to represent the two warring families), solo voices as secondary characters, with the lovers themselves represented by the orchestra.