Cambridge Companion to Berlioz

Name: Cambridge Companion to Berlioz
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ISBN: 9780521596381

ISBN-10: 0521596386

ISBN-13: 9780521596381

Edition: 2000

Authors: Peter Bloom

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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…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.69" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Chronology


Introduction: Berlioz on the eve of the bicentenary




Perspectives



Berlioz as man and thinker




The musical environment in France




Principal Compositions



Genre in Berlioz




The symphonies




The concert overtures




The operas and the dramatic legend




The religious works




The songs




Major Writings



The Mï¿½moires




The short stories




The criticism




The Grand traite d'instrumentation




Execution



Performing




Critical Encounters



Berlioz and Gluck Joel-Marie Fauquet



Berlioz and Mozart




Berlioz and Beethoven




Berlioz and Wagner




Renown



Berlioz's impact in France



Bibliography