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Hector Berlioz (Author)
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June 22, 1994 A Travers Chants

"Berlioz the person-composer-writer is the sensitive child of his century and a most passionate voice of his time." —The Opera Quarterly

"Berlioz could hardly have been better served than by the translator of this English edition... It is an invaluable and long-overdue addition to the Berlioz literature in English. Elisabeth Csicsery-Rónay has given us an A travers chants for the millennium." —Music and Letters

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was equally prominent as composer and music critic. A Travers Chants is the collection of writings he himself selected from his thirty-odd years of musical journalism. This new translation, phrased in lively, idiomatic English and annotated for the twentieth-century reader, is illustrated with lithographs and drawings from Berlioz's lifetime.


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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About the Author

ELIZABETH CSICSERY-RÓNAY, based in Brussels, is a translator of both French and Hungarian. Her articles and music reviews have been published in Berlioz Society Bulletin, Opera News, and Musical America.


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  • Hardcover: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press; annotated edition edition (June 22, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0253311640
  • ISBN-13: 978-0253311641
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,579,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hector Berlioz - the literary composer, March 29, 2000
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Hector Berlioz is remembered mainly as the composer of Symphony Fantastique, but he was also a gifted music critic and writer. This collection of essays is entertaining and witty; Berlioz's satirical and biting humor is liberally spread throughout. This book is accessible to amateurs and professionals alike, filled with anecdotes and insight into the mind of a creative genius.
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What a joy to read the musical insights of one of the most wonderful composers in the world. The essay on Gluck alone is worth the price of the book. I just gave this as a gift to another Berlioz-lover. He was thrilled and started to read it right away.

I'm still waiting to know what the original title in French means (A Travers Chants). "Through songs"??
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musical fluid, bravura aria, great aria
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The Alceste of Euripides, Critical Study of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies, Der Freischütz, Italian Alceste, Mme Viardot, Bibliothèque Nationale, Gluck's Orphée, The Scherzo, Paris Opéra, Don Giovanni, Choral Symphony, K'ung Fu-tze, Mme Branchu, Beethoven's Fidelio, The Abduction, Abu Hassan, Divinités du Styx, The Richard Wagner Concerts, The Flying Dutchman, Gluck's Alceste, Celestial Empire, Middle Ages, Stephen Heller, Covent Garden
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