Berlioz and the Romantic Century
Berlioz and the Romantic Century

Author: Jacques Barzun

Publisher:

Published: 1950

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13:

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The author 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 His Century
Berlioz and His Century

Author: Jacques Barzun

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1982-08-15

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780226038612

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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."

Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz
Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz

Author: Francesca Brittan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-09-14

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1107136326

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An exploration of fantastic soundworlds in nineteenth-century France, providing a fresh aesthetic and compositional context for Berlioz and others.

The Romantic Generation
The Romantic Generation

Author: Charles Rosen

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1998-09-15

Total Pages: 748

ISBN-13: 9780674779341

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Accompanied by a sound disc (digital; 4 3/4 in.) by the same name which is available in Multimedia : CD 6.

Romantic Music
Romantic Music

Author: Leon Plantinga

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 9780393951967

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A survey of the development of romantic music includes analyses of the careers of composers such as Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt

Music Theory in the Age of Romanticism
Music Theory in the Age of Romanticism

Author: Ian Bent

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-08-28

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521551021

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Twelve brilliant historians of theory probe the mind of the Romantic era in its thinking about music.

The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz
The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz

Author: Inge Van Rij

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781316252871

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Inge van Rij's book demonstrates how Berlioz used the sights and sounds of the orchestra to explore other worlds.