The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz
| Editor | Peter Bloom |
| About/Subject | Hector Berlioz |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Series | Cambridge Companions To Music |
| Printed by | University Press, Cambridge |
| Contributing Writer | Peter Bloom, Jacques Barzun, Janet Johnson, Julian Rushton, Jeffrey Langford, Diana Bickley, James Haar, Ralph P. Locke, Annegret Fauser, Pierre Citron, Katherine Kolb, Katharine Ellis, Joël-Marie Fauquet, D. Kern Holoman, Hugh Macdonald, David Cairns, Lesley Wright |
| Calligraphy by | Stephen Raw |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2000 |
| Pages / Font | 301 pages |
| ISBN | 0-521-59638-6 |
| Barcode | 9 780521 596381 |
| Chapters | Introduction: Berlioz on the eve of the bicentenary (Peter Bloom) Part I: Perspectives 1. Berlioz as man and thinker (Jacques Barzun) 2. The musical environment in France (Janet Johnson) Part II: Principal compositions 3. Genre in Berlioz (Julian Rushton) 4. The symphonies (Jeffrey Langford) 5. The concert overtures (Diana Bickley) 6. The operas and the dramatic legend (James Haar) 7. The religious works (Ralph P. Locke) 8. The songs (Annegret Fauser) Part III: Major writings 9. The Mémoirs (Pierre Citron) 10. The short stories (Katherine Kolb) 11. The criticism (Katharine Ellis) 12. The Grande Traité d'instrumentation (Joël-Marie Fauquet) Part IV: Execution 13. Performing Berlioz (D. Kern Holoman) Part V: Critical encounters 14. Berlioz and Gluck (Joël-Marie Fauquet) 15. Berlioz and Mozart (Hugh Macdonald) 16. Berlioz and Beethoven (David Cairns) 17. Berlioz and Wagner: Épisodes de la vie des artistes (Peter Bloom) Part VI: Renown 18. Berlioz's impact in France (Lesley Wright) |
| Notes | Still chiefly known as the extravagant composer of the Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz was an artist caught in the crossfire between the academic classicism of the French musical establishment and the romantic modernism of the Parisian musical scene. He was a thinker in an age that invented both the religion of art and the notion of the 'genius' who preached and practised it. This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in nineteenth-century French cultural life, on his principal compositions (symphonies, overtures, operas, religious works, songs), on his major writings (a delightful volume of memoirs, 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. |
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