The Cambridge companion to Berlioz / edited by Peter Bloom.

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Language
English
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Cambridge companions to music. [More in this series]
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Still chiefly known as the extravagant composer of the Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz was an artist caught in the crossfire between the academic classicism of the French musical establishment and the romantic modernism of the Parisian musical scene. He was a thinker in an age that invented both the religion of art and the notion of the 'genius' who preached and practised it. 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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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-293) and index.
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English
Contents
  • Berlioz on the eve of the bicentenary / Peter Bloom
  • Berlioz as man and thinker / Jacques Barzun
  • Musical environment in France / Janet Johnson
  • Genre in Berlioz / Julian Rushton
  • Symphonies / Jeffrey Langford
  • Concert overtures / Diana Bickley
  • Operas and the dramatic legend / James Haar
  • Religious works / Ralph P. Locke
  • Songs / Annegret Fauser
  • Mémoires / Pierre Citron
  • Short stories / Katherine Kolb
  • Criticism / Katharine Ellis
  • Grand Traité d'instrumentation / Joël-Marie Fauquet
  • Performing Berlioz / D. Kern Holoman
  • Berlioz and Gluck / Joël-Marie Fauquet
  • Berlioz and Mozart / Hugh Macdonald
  • Berlioz and Beethoven / David Cairns
  • Berlioz and Wagner : Épisodes de la vie des artistes / Peter Bloom
  • Berlioz's impact in France / Lesley Wright.
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Cambridge companions online.
ISBN
  • 1-107-48070-1
  • 1-107-48499-5
  • 1-139-00216-3
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