LEADER 12298cam 2200361I 4500001 ocm00401200 005 20141212033807.0 008 720908_1932_______ ____ __eng_u 010 32031719 035 (Sirsi) o00401200 035 (OCoLC)401200 040 |cOUN |dERE |dm.c. |dUtOrBLW 049 EREM 050 0 ML410.B5 |bA113 082 0 927.8 100 1 Berlioz, Hector, |d1803-1869. |=^A19743 245 10 Memoirs of Hector Berlioz from 1803 to 1865 : |bcomprising his travels in Germany, Italy, Russia, and England / |ctranslated by Rachel (Scott Russell) Holmes and Eleanor Holmes; annotated, and the translation revised, by Ernest Newman. 260 New York : |bTudor Pub. Co., |c1932. 300 xxiii pages, 2 leaves, [3]-533, xiii, [1] page : |billustrations (music) plate, portraits ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 500 Includes index. 505 00 |tLa Cote-Saint-Andre. |tFirst communion ; |tFirst musical experience -- |tMy father. |tLiterary education ; |tPassion for travelling ; |tVirgil ; |tFirst poetical impressions -- |tMeylan. |tMy uncle ; |tThe pink shoes ; |tThe Hamadryad of Saint Eynard ; |tLove at twelve years of age -- |tFirst music-lessons from my father. |tAttempts at composition ; |tAnatomical studies ; |tAntipathy to medicine ; |tDeparture for Paris -- |tA year of medical studies. |tProfessor Amussat ; |tA performance at the opera ; |tThe conservatoire library ; |tIrresistible attraction towards music ; |tMy father refuses to let me adopt it as a profession ; |tFamily discussions -- |tI become one of Lesueur's pupils. |tHis kindness ; |tThe chapel royal -- |tA first opera. |tM. Andrieux ; |tA first mass ; |tM. de Chateau-Briand -- |tAugustin de Pons; lends me twelve hundred francs. |tMy mass performed for the first time at St. Roch ; |tSecond performance at St. Eustache ; |tI burn it -- |tFirst interview with Cherubini. |tHe turns me out of the conservatoire library -- |tMy father withdraws my allowance. |tI return to the Cote ; |tProvincial ideas of art and artists ; |tDespair ; |tMy father's alarm ; |tHe allows me to return to Paris ; |tMy mother's fanaticism ; |tHer curse -- |tI return to Paris. |tGive lessons ; |tEnter Reicha's class at the conservatoire ; |tDinners on the Pont Neuf ; |tMy father again stops my allowance ; |tRelentless opposition ; |tHumbert Ferrand ; |tRodolphe Kreutzer -- |tI compete for a place as chorus-singer, and get it. |tA. Charbonnel ; |tOur Bachelor establishment -- |tFirst compositions for the orchestra. |tStudies at the opera ; |tLesueur and Reicha -- |tCompetition at the conservatoire. |tMy cantata declared unplayable ; |tAdoration for Gluck and Spontini ; |tArrival of Rossini ; |tThe "Dilettanti" ; |tMy fury ; |tM. Ingres -- |tEvenings at the opera. |tProselytism ; |tScandals ; |tA scene of enthusiasm ; |tA sensitive mathematician -- |tWeber at the Odeon. |tCastilblaze ; |tMozart ; |tLachnith ; |t"Adapters" ; |t"Despair and die!" -- |tPrejudice against operas with Italian words. |tThe influence produced by this feeling on my appreciation of some of Mozart's works -- |tShakespeare. |tMiss Smithson ; |tFatal love ; |tMoral lethargy ; |tMy first concert ; |tCherubini's droll opposition ; |tHis defeat ; |tHis first dose -- |tA futile concert. |tA conductor who cannot conduct ; |tA chorus which cannot sing -- |tBeethoven at the conservatoire. |tVindictive reserve of the French musicians ; |tImpressions produced on Lesueur by the symphony in C minor ; |tHis persistence adherence to his former conclusions -- |tFatality. |tI become a critic -- |tThe competition for musical composition. |tThe constitution of the Academie des Beaux-Arts ; |tI gain the second prize -- |tThe academy porter. |tHis revelations -- |tMiss Smithson again. |tA benefit ; |tCruel fate -- |tMy third trial at the conservatoire. |tNo first prize awarded ; |tA curious conversation with Boieldieu ; |tSoothing music -- |tI read Goethe's "Faust" for the first time. |t"Symphonie Fantastique" ; |tFruitless endeavors to get it performed -- |tFantasia on "The tempest". |tIts performance at the opera -- |tA violent distraction. |t F.H. ; |tMademoiselle M. -- |tFourth competition at the conservatoire. |tI obtain the prize ; |tThe revolution of July ; |tThe taking of Babylon ; |t"La marseillaise" ; |tRouget de Lisle -- |tDistribution of prizes at the conservatoire. |tThe academicians ; |t"Sardanapalus" ; |tIts performance ; |tThe conflagration won't burn ; |tMy fury ; |tMdme. Malibran's terror -- |tMy second concert. |tThe "Symphonie fantastique" ; |tLiszt pays me a visit ; |tThe beginning of our friendship ; |tThe Parisian critics ; |tCherubini's mot ; |tI start for Italy -- |tMarseilles to Leghorn. |tStorm ; |tLeghorn to Rome ; |tThe Academie de France in Rome -- |tThe scholars of the academy. |tMendelssohn -- |tDrama. |tI leave Rome ; |tFrom Florence to Nice ; |tI return to Rome ; |tNobody killed ; |tUnloaded pistols have been known to go off ; |tOn the other hand, loaded pistols often miss fire -- |tThe theatres at Genoa and Florence. |tBellini's "I Montecchi ed I Capuletti" ; |tRomeo played by a woman ; |tPacini's "La vestale" ; |tLicinius played by a woman ; |tThe organist at Florence ; |tThe feast of Corpus Domini ; |tI return to the academy -- |tLife at the academy. |tWalks in the Abruzzi mountains ; |tSt. Peter's ; |t"Le spleen" ; |tExcursions into the campagna ; |tThe carnival ; |tThe piazza navone -- |tSport in the mountains. |tThe campagna once more ; |tVirgilian recollections ; |tWild Italy ; |tRegrets ; |tThe balls in the osteria ; |tMy guitar -- |tSubiaco. |tThe convent of St. Benedict ; |tA serenade ; |tCivitella ; |tMy gun ; |tMy friend Crispino -- |tLife of a musician in Rome. |tThe music in St. Peter's ; |tThe Sistine chapel ; |tPrejudice against Palestrina ; |tModern religious music in the church of St. Louis ; |tThe opera-houses ; |tMozart and Vaccai ; |tThe Pifferari ; |tCompositions at Rome -- |tThe spleen. |tIts varieties ; |tIsolation -- |tNaples. |tAn enthusiastic soldier ; |tExcursion to Nisida ; |tThe Lazzaroni ; |tAn invitation to dinner ; |tThe crack of a whip ; |tThe San Carlo theatre ; |tReturn to Rome across the Abruzzi ; |tTivoli ; |tVirgil again -- |tInfluenza in Rome. |tNew system of philosophy ; |tHunting ; |tDomestic troubles ; |tReturn to France -- |tFlorence. |tA funeral ; |tLa Bella Sposina ; |tThe gay Florentine ; |tLodi ; |tMilan ; |tThe theatre of the Cannobiana ; |tThe public ; |tMusical organization of the Italians ; |tLove of platitudes and vocalization ; |tReturn to France -- |tThe papal censorship. |tPreparations for concerts ; |tReturn to Paris ; |tThe New English theatre ; |tFetis ; |tHis corrections of Beethoven's symphonies ; |tI am introduced to Miss Smithson ; |tShe is ruined ; |tBreaks her leg ; |tI marry her -- |tBenefit and concert at the Theatre-Italien. |tThe fourth act of "Hamlet" ; |t"Antony" ; |tDefection of the orchestra ; |tRevenge ; |tVisit from Paganini ; |tHis viola ; |t"Harold en Italie" ; |tGirard's mistakes ; |tI conduct the performance ; |tAnonymous letter -- |tAn order for a requiem. |tThe directors of the fine arts ; |tTheir opinions on music ; |tBreak their word ; |tThe capture of Constantine ; |tIntrigues of Cherubini, etc. ; |tMy requiem performed ; |tHabeneck's snuff-box ; |tI am not paid ; |tThey wish to sell me the cross ; |tAll kinds of ignominy ; |tFury ; |tThreats ; |tI am paid -- |tPerformance of my "Lacrymosa" at Lille. |tA little pill for Cherubini ; |tHe plays me a nice trick ; |tA Roland for his Oliver ; |tI join the "Journal des debats" ; |tPainful results -- |tMdlle. Bertin's "Esmeralda". |tRehearsals of "Benvenuto Cellini" ; |tIts glaring failure ; |tThe "Carnaval Romain" ; |tOverture ; |tHabeneck ; |tDuprez ; |tLegouve -- |tConcert of December 16, 1838. |tPaganini's letter and present ; |tMy wife's religious fervour ; |tFury, congratulations, and scandals ; |tMy visit to Paganini ; |tHis departure ; |tI write "Romeo and Juliet" ; |tCriticisms on the work -- |tOrder from M. De Remusat to write the "Symphonie funebtre et triomphale" ; |tIts performance ; |tPopularity in Paris ; |tHabeneck's mot ; |tSpontini?s epithet for the work ; |tHis mistake about the "Requiem" -- |tBrussels. |tMy domestic storms ; |tThe Belgians ; |tZani de Ferranti ; |tFetis ; |tHis serious blunder ; |tA festival at the Paris opera ; |tHabeneck's conspiracy foiled ; |tFracas in M. De Girardin's box ; |tHow to make a fortune ; |tStart for Germany -- 505 00 |tFirst visit to Germany (1842-1843). |tBrussels. |tMainz ; |tFrankfort. |tLetter I - to Monsieur A. Morel -- |tStuttgart. |tHechingen. |tLetter II - to Monsieur Girard -- |tMannheim. |tWeimar. |tLetter III - to Liszt -- |tLeipzig. |tLetter IV - to Stephen Heller -- |tDresden. |tLetter V - to Ernst -- |tBrunswick. |tHamburg. |tLetter VI - to Henri Heine -- |tBerlin. |tLetter VII - to Monsieur Habeneck -- |tBerlin. |tLetter IX - to Monsieur Desmarest -- |tHanover. |tDarmstadt. |tLetter X - to Mr. G. A. Osborne -- |tI get up "Freischutz" for the opera. |tMy recitatives ; |tThe singers ; |tDessauer ; |tM. Leon Pillet ; |tHavoc made by his successors in Weber's work -- |tI am forced to write articles. |tMy despair ; |tThoughts of suicide ; |tRevival of industry ; |t1022 performers ; |tReceipts, 32,000 francs ; |tProfit, 800 francs ; |tM. Delessert, prefect of police ; |tCensorship of concert programmes established ; |tHospital collectors ; |tDr. Amussat ; |tJourney to Nice ; |tConcerts in the circus of Champs-Elysees -- |tSecond visit to Germany (Austria - Bohemia - Hungary). |tVienna. |tLetter I - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand -- |tVienna (continued). |tLetter II - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand -- |tPesth. |tLetter III - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand -- |tPrague. |tLetter IV. |tTo Monsieur Humbert Ferrand -- |tPrague (continued). |tLetter V - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand -- |tPrague (conclusion). |tLetter VI - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand -- |tConcert at Breslau. |t"The damnation of Faust" ; |tPatriotic German critics ; |tProduction of the work at Paris ; |tResolution to visit Russia ; |tKindness of friends -- |tRussian journey. |tA Prussian musical courier ; |tM. Nernst ; |tSledges ; |tSnow ; |tThe counts Wielhorski ; |tGeneral Lwoff ; |tMy first concert ; |tThe empress ; |tI make my fortune ; |tJourney to Moscow ; |tLudicrous obstacle ; |tThe grand marshal ; |tYouthful melomaniacs ; |tCannons at the Kremlin -- |tReturn to St. Petersburg. |tTwo performance of "Romeo and Juliet" ; |tRomeo in his cabriolet ; |tErnst ; |tHis talent ; |tRetroactive effect of music -- |tMy return. |tRiga ; |tBerlin ; |tPerformance of "Faust" ; |tDinner at Sans Souci ; |tThe King of Prussia -- |tParis. |tI have Roqueplan and Duponchel nominated as directors of the opera ; |tTheir gratitude ; |t"La nonne sanglante" ; |tI go to London ; |tJullien, manager of Drury Lane ; |tScribe ; |tThe priest must live by the altar -- |tMy father's death. |tAnother journey to the Cote-Saint-Andre ; |tExcursion to Meylan ; |tDevastating loneliness ; |tStella Del Monte again ; |tI write to her -- |tDeath of my sister. |tAnd of my wife ; |tHer funeral ; |tThe Odeon ; |tMy position in the musical world ; |tImpossibility of braving the hatred felt for me ; |tCabal at Covent Garden ; |tThe coterie at the Paris conservatoire ; |tA symphony dreamed and forgotten ; |tCharming welcome in Germany ; |tThe King of Hanover ; |tThe Duke of Weimar ; |tThe King of Saxony's intendant ; |tMy farewells -- |gPostscript. |tLetter to M., accompanying the Ms. of my memoirs, in reply to his request for notes for my biography -- |gSupplement. |tI have finished ; |tThe institute ; |tConcerts at the Palais de L'Industrie ; |tJullien ; |tThe diapason of eternity ; |t"Les troyens" in Paris ; |t"Beatrice et Benedict" at Baden and Weimar ; |tExcursion to Lowenberg ; |tConcerts at the conservatoire ; |tFestival at Strasburg ; |tDeath of my second wife ; |tCemeteries ; |tTo the devil with everything -- |gThe last chapter of all. |tVisity to Dauphiny ; |tSecond pilgrimage to Meylan ; |tA day at Lyons ; |tI see Madame F ; |tAgain ; |tConvulsions of heart. 600 10 Berlioz, Hector, |d1803-1869. |=^A19743 700 1 Holmes, Rachel Scott Russell, |etranslator. |=^A582889 700 1 Holmes, Eleanor, |etranslator. |=^A545912 700 1 Newman, Ernest, |d1868-1959, |eeditor. |=^A18824 919 BOOK 596 3 998 31511