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Berlioz in Time - From Early Recognition to Lasting Renown (Paperback)
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Berlioz in Time - From Early Recognition to Lasting Renown (Paperback)
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
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Fourteen revealing essays by a prominent Berlioz authority on some
of the composer's acclaimed compositions (the Symphonie
fantastique, Les Nuits d'ete, Les Troyens) and writings (the
celebrated Memoires). Written for both music lovers and scholars,
these essays probe some of Berlioz's major works, including the
Symphonie fantastique (the period of whose genesis is newly
explored), Les Nuits d'ete (whose origins are newly clarified by a
revelation regarding Berlioz's possible muse), the Symphonie
militaire (whose existence is examined in the period before it
became the Symphonie funebre et triomphale), Les Troyens (whose
epilogue is seen as a paean to Napoleon III), and Beatrice et
Benedict (whose text reveals extraordinary understanding of the
original play). The essays consider anew Berlioz's relationships
with Franz Liszt (with whom the composer shared intimate details of
his marriage to Harriet Smithson) and Richard Wagner (by whom the
Frenchman was both charmed and alarmed), his travels in Germany
(revealed as having had a specifically administrative purpose), his
appreciation of English literature and Shakespeare (on whose work
he was considered an expert), his modus operandi in composing the
Memoires, and his major twentieth-century biographers. Of
conspicuous concern are the "politics" of a man sometimes
erroneously viewed as distant from the political arena. This book
is openly available in digital format thanks to generous funding
from The New Berlioz Edition Trust.
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