| Contents |
Berlioz. Biography -- The major works of Berlioz. Symphonie fantastique ; Lelio; ou le Retour a la Vie ; Harold en Italie ; Benvenuto Cellini ; Grande Messe de morts (requiem) ; Romeo et Juliette ; Symphonie funebre et triomphale ; Le damnation de Faust ; Te deum ; L'enfance du Christ ; Les troyens ; Beatrice et Benedict -- Other published works -- Cesar Franck. Biography -- The principal works of Cesar Franck. Symphony in D minor ; Psyche ; Hulda ; Ghisele ; Les Beatitudes ; Quartet in D major ; Prelude, choral and fugue for piano ; Prelude, aria and finale for piano ; Variations symphoniques ; Piano quintet in F minor ; Violin sonata in A ; Trois chorals -- Other published works -- Saint-Saens. Biography -- The greater works of Saint-Saens. Samson and Delilah ; Le timbre d'argent ; Etienne Marcel ; Henry VIII ; Proserpine ; Ascanio ; Phryne ; Les barbares ; Helene ; L'Ancetre ; Le rouet d'Omphale ; Phaeton ; Danse macabre ; La jeunesse d'Hercule ; Symphony in C minor ; Piano concerto no. 2 in G minor ; Piano concerto no. 4 in C minor ; Piano concerto no. 5 in F ; Violin concerto no. 3 in B minor ; 'Cello concerto in A minor -- Other works -- Debussy. Biography -- The principal works of Debussy. Prelude a l'apres-midi un faune ; Nocturnes ; La mer ; Images ; Jeux ; La demoiselle elue ; Le martyre de saint-Sebastien ; Pelleas et Melisande ; The string quartet ; Sonata for 'cello and piano ; Sonata for flute, viola and harp ; Sonata for violin and piano -- Other published works -- Ravel. Biography -- The principal works of Ravel. L'Heure espagnole ; Daphnis et Chloe ; Ma mere l'oye ; Adelaide ou le langage des fleurs ; L'enfant et les sortileges ; Pavane pour une infant defunte ; Rapsodie espagnole ; Le tombeau de Couperin ; La valse ; The two piano concertos ; String quartet in F ; Jeux d'eau ; Miroirs ; Gaspard de la nuit ; Histoires naturelles ; Chansons madecasses -- Other published works. |
| Abstract |
In this volume of five attractive biographies, the reader meets the greatest characters in French music: Berlioz, Cesar Franck, Saint-Saens, Debussy and Ravel, and is given many glimpses of the fascinating musical and student life of Paris during the past hundred years. To the concert-goer and music student it will also be extremely useful as a book of reference because the author has included concise and lucid annotations on the composers' principal works without using technical expressions that might confuse the amateur. |
| General note | Biographical sketch, discussion of principal works and list of other works of each composer. |
| General note | Errata slip inserted. |
| LCCN | 47004444 |
