Editing Don Carlos (section)

==Instrumentation==
Except as noted, the instrumentation shown here is from the ''Edizione integrale'', second edition, edited by [[Ursula Günther]].<ref name=Orchestra>Verdi; Günther 1986, p. XXXVII.</ref>
* ''[[Woodwind instrument|Woodwinds]]'': 3 [[Western concert flute|flutes]], [[piccolo]], 2 [[oboe]]s, [[English horn]], 2 [[clarinet]]s, 4 [[bassoon]]s, [[contrabassoon]]
* ''[[Brass instrument|Brass]]'': 4 [[French horn|horns]], 2 [[cornets]], 2 [[trumpet]]s, 3 [[trombone]]s, [[ophicleide]]
* ''[[Percussion instrument|Percussion]]'': [[timpani]], [[bass drum]], [[triangle (musical instrument)|triangle]], [[Tubular bells|bell]]s, cannon, [[tambourine]], [[castanets]]
* ''Other'': [[harp]], [[harmonium]]
* ''Stage band'':<ref>The autograph score does not specify the instrumentation of the stage band, and Verdi notated the music at real pitch. For the 1867 Paris premiere, instruments made by [[Adolphe Sax]] were used (Verdi; Günther 1986, p. XXXVII). The instrumentation given here is from the Dover reprint (Verdi 2011, p. xii), which states the instrumentation is from the "authoritative Ricordi edition of ''Don Carlo''" but is rarely used in its entirety.</ref> Offstage horns (''left and right'') in E-flat and B-flat, [[D clarinet]], 2 clarinets in A, 2 [[flugelhorn]]s, 2 trumpets in D, 4 horns in D, 2 [[tuba]]s, 2 trombones, 2 bass tubas
* ''[[string section|Strings]]'': [[violin]]s, [[viola]]s, [[cello]]s, [[double bass]]es