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Berlioz Studies

By Peter Bloom

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0521412862, 9780521412865
LCC
ML410.B5 B363 1992
Open Library ID
OL1546741M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7801505 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Composer Studies
Pages
299\299
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

This book contains nine essays by leading Berlioz scholars on various aspects of the great nineteenth-century musician's life and work. Among the pieces studied closely are Romeo et Juliette, La Damnation de Faust and Les Nuits d' ?t?. An essay on newly discovered documents gives us a revealing portrait of the artist as a young man; another essay which examines little studied manuscripts shows us how precisely Berlioz arranged Gluck's celebrated opera Orph?e. The practical question of Berlioz's metronome marks are studied thoroughly for the first time, and the volume closes with a novel piece in dialogue form by the elder statesman of Berlioz scholars, Jacques Barzun, who treats with exceptional grace the profound issues raised by Berlioz the man and the musician.

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