| Berlioz: Scenes from the Life and Work Contributor(s): Bloom, Peter (Editor), Bruce, Alastair (Contribution by), Cairns, David (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 158046209X ISBN-13: 9781580462099 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: These twelve essays bring new breadth and depth to our knowledge of the life and work of the composer of the Symphonie fantastique. A distinguished international array of scholars here treat such matters as Berlioz's "aesthetics" and what it means to write about the meaning of his music; the political implications of his fiction and the affinities of his projects as composer and as critic; what the Germans thought of his work before his travels in Germany and what the English made of him when he visited their capital city; what he seems to have written immediately after encountering Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (a surprise), and where he profited from Beethoven in what later became Romo et Juliette. The volume closes with two reflective essays on Berlioz's literary masterpiece, the Mmoires. Contributors: Lord Aberdare (Alastair Bruce), Jean-Pierre Bartoli, Jacques Barzun, Peter Bloom, David Cairns, Gunther Braam, Grard Cond, Pepijn van Doesburg, Jol-Marie Fauquet, Frank Heidlberger, Hugh Macdonald, and Julian Rushton. Peter Bloom (Smith College) is author of The Life of Berlioz (1998) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz (2000). |
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| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Individual Composer & Musician |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007030946 |
| Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.29" W x 9.28" (1.30 lbs) 267 pages |