Berlioz and the Romantic Century. Volume I / / Jacques Barzun.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Barzun, Jacques,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1969]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 1969
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1118 p.)

A biography of Hector Berlioz that includes a record guide on twelve of his works, an essay on aesthetics, and an account of nineteenth-century culture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Author’s Note -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Volume One -- Introduction. Berlioz as Man and Artist -- France -- 1. Time, Place, Persons -- 2. Ce Qu’ on Entend sur la Montagne -- 3. Opera and Conservatoire -- 4. Faustian Man -- 5. Revolution in July -- 6. Reveries and Passions: Symphonie Fantastique -- 7. Interchapter: Program Music and the Unicorn -- Italy -- 8. Roman Holiday: Lélio -- 9. Recollected in Tranquillity: Harold in Italy -- 10. The Gothic Tradition: Requiem Mass -- 11. The Hero as Artist: Benvenuto Cellini -- 12. The Dramatic Symphony: Romeo and Juliet -- 13. Vox Populi: Funeral and Triumphal Symphony -- 14. Interchapter: The Century of Romanticism -- Germany -- 15. Music for Europe: A Travers Chants -- 16. The Art of Composition: The Treatise -- 17. Form and Philosophy: The Damnation of Faust -- 18. Song in Time of Revolution -- 19. Vision of a Virtuoso: Te Deum -- Volume Two -- Frontmatter II -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 20. Interchapter: Memoirs of Art and Life -- England, Germany, and Russia -- 21. Victorian London: Evenings with the Orchestra -- 22. Religious History: L’Enfance du Christ -- 23. Virgilian Music Drama: Les Troyens -- 24. Esthetes Abroad: Wagner, Liszt, and the Princess -- 25. Prospero’ s Farewell: Beatrice and Benedict -- 26. Empire and Industry: Les Grotesques -- 27. Holy Russia and Giddy France: 33 Melodies -- 28. Memory’s End -- Supplements -- 1. Berlioz’ Afterfame -- 2. Biographer’s Fallacy: Boschot’s Berlioz -- 3. Desiderata; Present State of Berlioz Studies (1949) -- 4. Euphonia and Bayreuth: Musical Cities -- 5. Berlioz on the Future of Rhythm -- 6. The Fetish of Form -- Chronology -- Berlioz’ Domiciles -- Errors in the “ Complete” Edition of the Scores -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index