Author:
Lederer, Victor, author.
ImprintLanham, Maryland : Amadeus Press, [2021].
Description170 pages ; 23 cm.
Note:Berlioz, musical dramatist and experimenter -- Early symphonic masterworks and a flop : The Symphonie fantastique ; Byron, Paganini, and Harold ; the Symphonie funèbre et triomphale -- The concert overtures -- Berlioz the Shakespearean -- Goethean drama : La damnation de Faust -- Sacred music, Part 1 : the rediscovered Messe solennelle, the Te Deum and L'enfance du Christ -- Sacred music, Part 2 : the requiem (Grande messe des morts) -- Dramatic one-offs : Cléopâtre, Lelio, and Benvenuto Cellini -- Les Troyens, Virgil (...and Shakespeare) -- Summer nights -- Listening to Berlioz.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170).
Note:A bold innovator in 19th century music, Hector Berlioz's output is in fact less familiar than it should be and much misunderstood. Victor Lederer provides an introduction to Berlioz's output for the general music lover.
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