Berlioz and His Century
Title | Berlioz and His Century PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Barzun |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1982-08-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780226038612 |
In this abridgment of his monumental study, Berlioz and the Romantic Century, Jacques Barzun recounts the events and extraordinary achievements of the great composer's life against the background of the romantic era. As the author eloquently demonstrates, Berloiz was an archetype whose destiny was the story of an age, the incarnation of an artistic style and a historical spirit. "In order to understand the nineteenth century, it is essential to understand Berlioz," notes W. H. Auden, "and in order to understand Berlioz, it is essential to read Professor Barzun."
Berlioz and the Romantic Century
Title | Berlioz and the Romantic Century PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Barzun |
Publisher | |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869 |
ISBN |
Berlioz and the Romantic Century
Title | Berlioz and the Romantic Century PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Barzun |
Publisher | |
Pages | 628 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The Art of Music and Other Essays
Title | The Art of Music and Other Essays PDF eBook |
Author | Hector Berlioz |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 1994-06-22 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780253311641 |
A Travers Chants is the collection of writings selected from his thirty-odd years of musical journalism. These essays cover a wide spectrum of intellectual inquiry: Beethoven's nine symphonies and his opera, Fidelio; Wagner and the partisans of the "Music of the Future"; Berlioz's idols - Gluck, Weber, and Mozart. There is an eloquent plea to stop the constant rise in concert pitch (an issue still discussed today), a serious piece on the place of music in church, and a humorous and imaginative account of musical customs in China.
Berlioz and His Century
Title | Berlioz and His Century PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Barzun |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Berlioz and His Century, an Introduction to the Age of Romanticism, by Jacques Barzun
Title | Berlioz and His Century, an Introduction to the Age of Romanticism, by Jacques Barzun PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Barzun |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz
Title | Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz PDF eBook |
Author | Francesca Brittan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2017-09-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107136326 |
An exploration of fantastic soundworlds in nineteenth-century France, providing a fresh aesthetic and compositional context for Berlioz and others.