The orchestra at X

Otherwise anonymous fictional classical orchestra from the 1854 book Les soirées de l’orchestre (Evenings with the Orchestra), by real French composer Hector Berlioz (1803–1869). The work is a collection of pieces knitted together by interludes of comic bitching by members of a fictional, unnamed orchestra: " de l'orchestre de X*** - ville civilisée" ("the orchestra at X***, a civilized town").

The orchestra, conducted by Corsino, includes the members:

• Siedler, leader of the second violins
• Dimski, first double bass
• Turuth, second flute
• Kleiner the Elder, timpanist
• Kleiner the Younger, first cello
• Dervinck, first oboe
• Winter, second bassoon
• Bacon, violinist
• Moran, first horn
• Schmidt, third horn
• Carlo, errand boy

External Links

• 1956 English translation on archive.org (account required)
• Original 1854 French edition on archive.org