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a| Berlioz, Hector,
d| 1803-1869.
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a| Mémoires.
l| English
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a| Memoirs of Hector Berlioz from 1803 to 1865 :
b| comprising his travels in Germany, Italy, Russia, and England /
c| translated by Rachel (Scott Russell) Holmes and Eleanor Holmes ; annotated, and the translation revised, by Ernest Newman.
260
a| New York :
b| Tudor Pub. Co.,
c| [1932]
300
a| xxiii, 533, xiii pages :
b| illustrations, music, plates, portraits ;
c| 25 cm
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a| text
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a| unmediated
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a| volume
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a| Includes index.
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t| La Cote-Saint-Andre.
t| First communion ;
t| First musical experience --
t| My father.
t| Literary education ;
t| Passion for travelling ;
t| Virgil ;
t| First poetical impressions --
t| Meylan.
t| My uncle ;
t| The pink shoes ;
t| The Hamadryad of Saint Eynard ;
t| Love at twelve years of age --
t| First music-lessons from my father.
t| Attempts at composition ;
t| Anatomical studies ;
t| Antipathy to medicine ;
t| Departure for Paris --
t| A year of medical studies.
t| Professor Amussat ;
t| A performance at the opera ;
t| The conservatoire library ;
t| Irresistible attraction towards music ;
t| My father refuses to let me adopt it as a profession ;
t| Family discussions --
t| I become one of Lesueur's pupils.
t| His kindness ;
t| The chapel royal --
t| A first opera.
t| M. Andrieux ;
t| A first mass ;
t| M. De Chateaubriand --
t| Augustin de Pons; lends me twelve hundred francs.
t| My mass performed for the first time at St. Roch ;
t| Second performance at St. Eustache ;
t| I burn it --
t| First interview with Cherubini.
t| He turns me out of the Conservatoire library --
t| My father withdraws my allowance.
t| I return to the Cote ;
t| Provincial ideas of art and artists ;
t| Despair ;
t| My father's alarm ;
t| He allows me to return to Paris ;
t| My mother's fanaticism ;
t| Her curse --
t| I return to Paris.
t| Give lessons ;
t| Enter Reicha's class at the conservatoire ;
t| Dinners on the Pont Neuf ;
t| My father again stops my allowance ;
t| Relentless opposition ;
t| Humbert Ferrand ;
t| Rodolphe Kreutzer --
t| I compete for a place as chorus-singer, and get it.
t| A. Charbonnel ;
t| Our bachelor establishment --
t| First compositions for the orchestra.
t| Studies at the opera ;
t| Lesueur and Reicha --
t| Competition at the conservatoire.
t| My cantata declared unplayable ;
t| Adoration for Gluck and Spontini ;
t| Arrival of Rossini ;
t| The "Dilettanti" ;
t| My fury ;
t| M. Ingres --
t| Evenings at the opera.
t| Proselytism ;
t| Scandals ;
t| A scene of enthusiasm ;
t| A sensitive mathematician --
t| Weber at the Odeon.
t| Castilblaze ;
t| Mozart ;
t| Lachnith ;
t| "Adapters" ;
t| "Despair and die!" --
t| Prejudice against operas with Italian words.
t| The influence produced by this feeling on my appreciation of some of Mozart's works --
t| Shakespeare.
t| Miss Smithson ;
t| Fatal love ;
t| Moral lethargy ;
t| My first concert ;
t| Cherubini's droll opposition ;
t| His defeat ;
t| His first dose --
t| A futile concert.
t| A conductor who cannot conduct ;
t| A chorus which cannot sing --
t| Beethoven at the conservatoire.
t| Vindictive reserve of the French musicians ;
t| Impressions produced on Lesueur by the symphony in C minor ;
t| His persistent adherence to his former conclusions --
t| Fatality.
t| I become a critic --
t| The competition for musical composition.
t| The constitution of the Academie des Beaux-arts ;
t| I gain the second prize --
t| The academy porter.
t| His revelations --
t| Miss Smithson again.
t| A benefit ;
t| Cruel fate --
t| My third trial at the conservatoire.
t| No first prize awarded ;
t| A third curious conversation with Boieldieu ;
t| Soothing music --
t| I read Goethe's "Faust" for the first time.
t| "Symphonie Fantastique" ;
t| Fruitless endeavours to get it performed --
t| Fantasia on "The Tempest" ;
t| Its performance at the opera --
t| A violent distraction.
t| F.H. ;
t| Mademoiselle M. --
t| Fourth competition at the conservatoire.
t| I obtain the prize ;
t| The revolution of July ;
t| The taking of Babylon ;
t| "La Marseillaise" ;
t| Rouget de lisle --
t| Distribution of prizes at the conservatoire.
t| The academicians ;
t| "Sardanapalus" ;
t| Its performance ;
t| The conflagration won't burn ;
t| My fury ;
t| Mdme. Malibran's terror --
t| My second concert.
t| The "Symphonie fantastique" ;
t| Liszt pays me a visit ;
t| The beginning of our friendship ;
t| The Parisian critics ;
t| Cherubini's mot ;
t| I start for Italy --
t| Marseilles to Leghorn.
t| Storm ;
t| Leghorn to Rome ;
t| Academie de France in Rome --
t| The scholars of the academy.
t| Mendelssohn --
t| Drama.
t| I leave Rome ;
t| From Florence to Nice ;
t| I return to Rome ;
t| Nobody killed ;
t| Unloaded pistols have been known to go off ;
t| On the other hand, loaded pistols often miss fire --
t| The theatres at Genoa and Florence.
t| Bellini's "I Montecchi ed I Capuletti" ;
t| Romeo played by a woman ;
t| Pacini's "La vestale" ;
t| Licinius played by a woman ;
t| The organist at Florence ;
t| The feast of the Corpus Domini ;
t| I return to the academy --
t| Life at the academy.
t| Walks in the Abruzzi mountains ;
t| St. Peter's ;
t| "Le spleen" ;
t| Excursions into the campagna ;
t| The carnival ;
t| The piazza navone --
t| Sport in the mountains.
t| The Campagna once more ;
t| Virgilian recollections ;
t| Wild Italy ;
t| Regrets ;
t| The balls in the Osteria ;
t| My guitar --
t| Subiaco.
t| The convent of St. Benedict ;
t| A serenade ;
t| Civitella ;
t| My gun ;
t| My friend Crispino --
t| Life of a musician in Rome.
t| The music in St. Peter's ;
t| The Sistine Chapel ;
t| Prejudice against Palestrina ;
t| Modern religious music in the church of St. Louis ;
t| The opera-houses ;
t| Mozart and Vaccai ;
t| The Pifferari ;
t| Compositions at Rome --
t| The spleen.
t| Its varieties ;
t| Isolation --
t| Naples.
t| An enthusiastic soldier ;
t| Excursion to Nisida ;
t| The Lazzaroni ;
t| An invitation to dinner ;
t| The crack of a whip ;
t| The San Carlo theatre ;
t| Return to Rome across the Abruzzi ;
t| Tivoli ;
t| Virgil again --
t| Influenza in Rome.
t| New system of philosophy ;
t| Hunting ;
t| Domestic troubles ;
t| Return to France --
t| Florence.
t| A funeral ;
t| La Bella Sposina ;
t| The gay Florentine ;
t| Lodi ;
t| Milan ;
t| The theatre of the Cannobiana ;
t| The public ;
t| Musical organization of the Italians ;
t| Love of platitudes and vocalization ;
t| Return to France --
t| The papal censorship.
t| Preparations for concerts ;
t| Return to Paris ;
t| The New English theatre ;
t| Fetis ;
t| His corrections of Beethoven's symphonies ;
t| I am introduced to Miss Smithson ;
t| She is ruined ;
t| Breaks her leg ;
t| I marry her --
t| Benefit and concert at the Theatre-Italien.
t| The fourth act of "Hamlet" ;
t| "Antony" ;
t| Defection of the orchestra ;
t| Revenge ;
t| Visit from Paganini ;
t| His viola ;
t| "Harold en Italie" ;
t| Girard's mistakes ;
t| I conduct the performance ;
t| Anonymous letter --
t| An order for a requiem.
t| The directors of the fine arts ;
t| Their opinions on music ;
t| Break their word ;
t| The capture of Constantine ;
t| Intrigues of Cherubini, etc. ;
t| My requiem performed ;
t| Habeneck's snuff-box ;
t| I am not paid ;
t| They wish to sell me the cross ;
t| All kinds of ignominy ;
t| Fury ;
t| Threats ;
t| I am paid --
t| Performance of my "Lacrymosa" at Lille.
t| A little pill for Cherubini ;
t| He plays me a nice trick ;
t| A Roland for his Oliver ;
t| I join the "Journal des debats" ;
t| Painful results --
t| Mdlle. Bertin's "Esmeralda" ;
t| Rehearsals of "Benvenuto Cellini" ;
t| Its glaring failure ;
t| The "Carnaval Romain" overture ;
t| Habeneck ;
t| Duprez ;
t| Legouve --
t| Concert of December 16, 1838.
t| Paganini's letter and present ;
t| My wife's religious fervour ;
t| Fury, congratulations, and scandals ;
t| My visit to Paganini ;
t| His departure ;
t| I write "Romeo and Juliet" ;
t| Criticisms on the work --
t| Order from M. De Remusat to write the "Symphonie Funebre et triomphale" ;
t| Its performance ;
t| Popularity in Paris ;
t| Habeneck's mot ;
t| Spontini's epithet for the work ;
t| His mistake about the "Requiem" --
t| Brussels.
t| My domestic storms ;
t| The Belgians ;
t| Zani de Ferranti ;
t| Fetis ;
t| His serious blunder ;
t| A festival at the Paris opera ;
t| Habeneck's conspiracy foiled ;
t| Fracas in M. de Girardin's box ;
t| How to make a fortune ;
t| Start for Germany --
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t| First visit to Germany (1842-1843).
t| Brussels.
t| Mainz ;
t| Frankfort.
t| Letter I - to Monsieur A. Morel --
t| Stuttgart.
t| Hechingen.
t| Letter II - to Monsieur Girard --
t| Mannheim.
t| Weimar.
t| Letter III - to Liszt --
t| Leipzig.
t| Letter IV - to Stephen Heller --
t| Dresden.
t| Letter V - to Ernst --
t| Brunswick.
t| Hamburg.
t| Letter VI - to Henri Heine --
t| Berlin.
t| Letter VII - to Mdlle. Louise Bertin --
t| Berlin.
t| Letter VIII - to Monsieur Habeneck --
t| Berlin.
t| Letter IX - to Monsieur Desmarest --
t| Hanover.
t| Darmstat.
t| Letter X - to Mr. G. A. Osborne --
t| I get up "Freischutz" for the opera ;
t| My recitatives ;
t| The singers ;
t| Dessauer ;
t| M. Leon Pillet ;
t| Havoc made by his successors in Weber's work --
t| I am forced to write articles.
t| My despair ;
t| Thoughts of suicide ;
t| Revival of industry ;
t| 1022 performers ;
t| Receipts, 32,000 francs ;
t| Profit, 800 francs ;
t| M. Delessert, prefect of police ;
t| Censorship of concert programmes established ;
t| Hospital collectors ;
t| Dr. Amussat ;
t| Journey to Nice ;
t| Concerts in the circus of the Champs-Elysees --
t| Second visit to Germany (Austria - Bohemia - Hungary).
t| Vienna.
t| Letter I - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand --
t| Vienna (continued).
t| Letter II - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand --
t| Pesth.
t| Letter III - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand --
t| Prague.
t| Letter IV - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand --
t| Prague (continued).
t| Letter V - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand --
t| Prague (conclusion).
t| Letter VI - to Monsieur Humbert Ferrand --
t| Concert at Breslau.
t| "The damnation of Faust" ;
t| Patriotic German critics ;
t| Production of the work at Paris ;
t| Resolution to visit Russia ;
t| Kindness of friends --
t| Russian journey.
t| A Prussian musical courier.
t| M. Nernst ;
t| Sledges ;
t| Snow ;
t| The counts Wielhorski ;
t| General Lwoff ;
t| My first concert ;
t| The empress ;
t| I make my fortune ;
t| Journey to Moscow ;
t| Ludicrous obstacle ;
t| The grand marshal ;
t| Youthful melomaniacs ;
t| Cannons at the Kremlin --
t| Return to St. Petersburg.
t| Two performances of "Romeo and Juliet" ;
t| Romeo in his cabriolet ;
t| Ernst ;
t| His talent ;
t| Retroactive effect of music --
t| My return.
t| Riga ;
t| Berlin ;
t| Performance of "Faust" ;
t| A dinner at Sans Souci ;
t| The king of Prussia --
t| Paris.
t| I have Roqueplan and Duponchel nominated as directors of the opera ;
t| Their gratitude ;
t| "La nonne san-glante" ;
t| I go to London ;
t| Jullien, manager of Drury Lane ;
t| Scribe ;
t| The priest must live by the altar --
t| My father's death.
t| Another journey to the Cote-Saint-Andre ;
t| Excursion to Meylan ;
t| Devastating loneliness ;
t| Stella del Monte again ;
t| I write to her --
t| Death of my sister.
t| And of my wife ;
t| Her funeral ;
t| The Odeon ;
t| My position in the musical world ;
t| Impossibility of braving the hatred felt for me ;
t| Cabal at covent garden ;
t| The Coterie at the Paris Conservatoire ;
t| A symphony dreamed and forgotten ;
t| Charming welcome in Germany ;
t| The king of Hanover ;
t| The Duke of Weimar ;
t| The King of Saxony's intendant ;
t| My farewells --
g| Postscript.
t| Letter to M., accompanying the Ms. Of my memoire, in reply to his request for notes for my biography --
g| Supplement.
t| I have finished ;
t| The institute ;
t| Concerts at the Palais de L'industrie ;
t| Jullien ;
t| The diapason of eternity ;
t| "Les Troyens" in Paris --
t| "Beatrice et Benedict" at Baden and Weimar ;
t| Excursion to Lowenberg ;
t| Concerts at the conservatoire ;
t| Festival at Strasburg ;
t| Death of my second wife ;
t| Cemeteries ;
t| To the devil with everything! --
g| The last chapter of all.
t| Visit to Dauphiny ;
t| Second pilgrimage to Meylan ;
t| A day at Lyons ;
t| I see Madame F - again ;
t| Convulsions of the heart.
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