The Cambridge companion to Berlioz / edited by Peter Bloom.

Other author Bloom, Peter, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Descriptionxxiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCambridge companions to music
Cambridge companions to music. ^A371619
Contents Introduction. Berlioz on the eve of the bicentenary / Peter Bloom -- Part I. Perspectives. Berlioz as man and thinker / Jacques Barzun -- The musical environment in France / Janet Johnson -- Part II. Principal compositions. Genre in Berlioz / Julian Rushton -- The symphonies / Jeffrey Langford -- The concert overtures / Diana Bickley -- The operas and the dramatic legend / James Haar -- The religious works / Ralph P. Locke -- The songs / Annegret Fauser -- Part III. Major writings. The Memoires / Pierre Citron -- The short stories / Katherine Kolb -- The criticism / Katharine Ellis -- The Grand Traite d'instrumentation / Joel-Marie Fauquet -- Part IV. Execution. Performing Berlioz / D. Kern Holoman -- Part V. Berlioz and Gluck / Joel-Marie Fauquet -- Berlioz and Mozart / Hugh Macdonald -- Berlioz and Beethoven / David Cairns -- Berlioz and Wagner: episodes de la vie des artistes / Peter Bloom -- Part VI. Renown. Berlioz's impact in France / Lesley Wright.
Abstract This book 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 memories, 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.
LCCN 99054359
ISBN0521593883 (hardback)
ISBN0521596386 (pbk.)

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