Author : Peter Bloom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 12,54 MB
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521028561
This book contains essays by leading Berlioz scholars on various aspects of the great musician's life and work.
Author : Julian Rushton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 1983-11-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521242790
This book is an analytical and critical study of Berlioz's unique musical style. It does not undertake to analyse all his works, but rather to separate characteristic elements and observe them in action. Berlioz's writings and those of his critics are called upon to help focus the discussion. Part I includes material on the sources of Berlioz's idiosyncrasy and a discussion of fundamental pitch elements. Part II pursues this discussion into textural, contrapuntal and orchestral features, and considers melody and rhythm. Part III deals with whole musical forms, vocal and instrumental. The book includes copious musical illustration, much of it analytical reduction, and the expressive purpose of the features analysed is fully considered. The conclusion is that Berlioz's musical language is inescapably peculiar, though not necessarily inept; features which seem inexplicable in the light of compositional theory nearly always contribute to the musical and expressive exactness of communication.
Author : Peter Bloom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 2000-08-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521596381
Provides a comprehensive view of Berlioz the man, the composer, the critic and the writer.
Author : Julian Rushton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 1994-08-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521377676
Berlioz's 'dramatic symphony' Roméo et Juliette is regarded by many as his finest work; it is certainly among the most original. It is played less often than his earlier symphonies, because it requires solo voices and chorus; yet at its heart is some of the most inspired orchestral music of the nineteenth century. This book summarises the complex genesis of the work before examining the music closely and always with a view to understanding its dramatic implications. The early and later critical reception is quoted and discussed and Julian Rushton concludes by suggesting a way of hearing the work which recognises the value of its mixed genre. The complete libretto is provided in both English and French.
Author : D. Kern Holoman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674067783
A captivating and sumptuously illustrated biography, Berlioz is not only a complete account of the Romantic era composer, but also an acute analysis of his compositions and a description of his work as a conductor and critic. 139 halftones, 3 maps, 160 musical examples.
Author : Peter Bloom
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781580462099
Presented in six contrasting and complementary pairs, the essays treat such matters as Berlioz's aesthetics and what it means to write about the meaning of his music; the political implications of his fiction and the affinities of his projects as composer and as critic; what the Germans thought of his work before his travels in Germany and what the English made of him when he visited their capital city. We learn in explicit detail how Berlioz deployed the mezzo-soprano voice, what he seems to have written immediately after encountering Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (a surprise), and where he benefited from Beethoven in what later became Romeo et Juliette.
Author : William Henry Hadow
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Composers
ISBN :
Author : Francesca Brittan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1107136326
An exploration of fantastic soundworlds in nineteenth-century France, providing a fresh aesthetic and compositional context for Berlioz and others.
Author : Melinda P. O'Neal
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810886073
Experiencing Berlioz: A Listener’s Companion is an in-depth entrée into the sound world of Hector Berlioz, recognized today as one of the most profoundly original and engaging composers in 19th-century Europe. Melinda O’Neal offers the non-specialist a pathway into the underlying allure of Berlioz's music. His views on rehearsing and conducting, bumpy career ride and failures, the journey of a work through revisions and editions, and historical performance practices provide a backdrop to discussions of his most significant works. As O’Neal addresses the motivation and conception, sonic atmosphere, and compositional strategies of key works, she provides a new multifaceted experience not only to music historians and performers but also to any amateur music lover who has ever been entranced by Berlioz’s undeniable musical veracity. As the listener interacts with Berlioz's music, the ear's curiosity and imagination will take flight.
Author : Julian Rushton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN : 9780198167389
Ths text ffers an overall assessment of Berlioz's musical achievement as we approach the bicentary of his birth in 2003. This is a full-length musical study of the composer taking into account the rediscovered Messe solennelle.
