This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in nineteenth-century French cultural life, on his principal compositions (symphonies, overtures, operas, sacred works, songs), on his major writings, (a delightful volume of memories, a number of short stories, large quantities of music criticism, an orchestration treatise), on his direct and indirect encounters with other famous musicians (Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner), and on his legacy in France. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of his life and a usefully annotated bibliography.
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This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in nineteenth-century French cultural life, on his principal compositions (symphonies, overtures, operas, sacred works, songs), on his major writings, (a delightful volume of memoires, a number of short stories, large quantities of music criticism, an orchestration treatise), on his direct and indirect encounters with other famous musicians (Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner), and on his legacy in France. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of his life and a usefully annotated bibliography.
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It has been well said that the pervasive elegance in the music of Berlioz is a reflection of his cultivated mind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prize cantata, travers chants, par enthousiasme, aesthetic autobiography, dramatic symphony, principal compositions, solo viola, concert overtures, motto theme, rehearsal letters, principal melody, music criticism, des spectacles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Les Troyens, Benvenuto Cellini, Damnation de Faust, Les Nuits, L'Enfance du Christ, Hugh Macdonald, Don Giovanni, Harriet Smithson, Les Francs-Juges, Ninth Symphony, Hector Berlioz, Pauline Viardot, Richard Wagner, New Berlioz Edition, Concerts du Conservatoire, Queen Mab, David Cairns, Don Juan, Guillaume Tell, Mme Branchu, Peter Bloom, Prix de Rome, Walter Scott, Jacques Barzun, Jean Bart New!
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It has been well said that the pervasive elegance in the music of Berlioz is a reflection of his cultivated mind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prize cantata, travers chants, par enthousiasme, aesthetic autobiography, dramatic symphony, principal compositions, solo viola, concert overtures, motto theme, rehearsal letters, principal melody, music criticism, des spectacles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Les Troyens, Benvenuto Cellini, Damnation de Faust, Les Nuits, L'Enfance du Christ, Hugh Macdonald, Don Giovanni, Harriet Smithson, Les Francs-Juges, Ninth Symphony, Hector Berlioz, Pauline Viardot, Richard Wagner, New Berlioz Edition, Concerts du Conservatoire, Queen Mab, David Cairns, Don Juan, Guillaume Tell, Mme Branchu, Peter Bloom, Prix de Rome, Walter Scott, Jacques Barzun, Jean Bart New!
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- Berlioz Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) by Peter Bloom on 11 pages
- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 10 pages
- Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 62, page 63, and Back Matter
- Selected Letters of Berlioz by Hector Berlioz in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Robin Hood (Grandes Aventuras) (Spanish Edition) by Walter Scott on page 78, page 83, and page 141
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- The Music of Berlioz by Julian Rushton on 5 pages
- The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Simon P. Keefe in Back Matter, and Index
- Sounding Off: Theorizing Disability in Music by Neil Lerner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Companion to Rossini (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Emanuele Senici in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Colin Lawson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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