Corsino

Fictional conductor, composer, and violinist from the 1854 book Les soirées de l’orchestre (Evenings with the Orchestra), by real 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; "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

In the epilogue, there is a letter from Corsino to Berlioz, letting him know what the orchestra members think of his book, and a response!

See also

• the orchestra at X

External Links

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