Memoirs of Hector Berlioz

Memoirs of Hector Berlioz
Author: Hector Berlioz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 912
Release: 1932-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780486215631

Self-revelations of tormented great composer; musical life in Paris, Wagner and other contemporaries, musical opinions, much more. 11 plates.

Life and Letters of Berlioz

Life and Letters of Berlioz
Author: Hector Berlioz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2010-10-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1108021182

A two-volume selection of Berlioz's letters to family, friends and fellow musicians, giving a first hand insight into his life.

Selected Letters of Berlioz

Selected Letters of Berlioz
Author: Hector Berlioz
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 479
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393040623

Gathers letters the French composer wrote to friends, relatives, writers, and fellow composers and music critics about his life and music

Berlioz

Berlioz
Author: D. Kern Holoman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 710
Release: 1989
Genre: 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.

The Life of Hector Berlioz as Written by Himself in His Letters and Memoirs

The Life of Hector Berlioz as Written by Himself in His Letters and Memoirs
Author: Hector Berlioz
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Here, the author provides us with a biography of Hector Berlioz, a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict, and works of hybrid genres such as the "dramatic symphony" Roméo et Juliette and the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust.

The Life and Times of Hector Berlioz

The Life and Times of Hector Berlioz
Author: Jim Whiting
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781584152590

French composer Hector Berlioz believed in love at first sight. When he was 23, he attended a performance of Shakespeare's play Hamlet and fell head over heels in love with Harriet Smithson, an English actress who had a leading role. Harriet didn't show any interest in him. She ignored his letters. When he tried to meet her backstage she ordered the guard to throw him out. Berlioz was hurt and angry. He wanted revenge. He got it by murdering Harriet-musically. She inspired Symphonie fantastique, his most famous work. The hero kills his beloved, is executed for the crime, and the symphony ends with a bizare dance of ghosts, goblins and other monsters. In real life, Berlioz met Harriet several years later. He put on a special concert for her that included a performance of Symphonie fantastique. Harriet was impressed. Soon she fell in love with him and they were married. Did they live happily ever after? Book jacket.

Berlioz

Berlioz
Author: David Cairns
Publisher: Allan Lane
Total Pages: 944
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Berlioz, Volume I, previously published only in Britain, is now available to American readers in a revised edition, together with the eagerly awaited, new Volume II. These two volumes together comprise a monumental biographical achievement, sure to stand as the definitive Berlioz biography.

Symphonie fantastique

Symphonie fantastique
Author: Hector Berlioz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486298900

In this masterpiece of "program" music — a genre invented by the composer — an obsessed musician is overcome by increasingly bizarre visions of his lover. This miniature score version is handy, inexpensive, and perfect for use in the classroom or concert hall.

Evenings with the Orchestra

Evenings with the Orchestra
Author: Hector Berlioz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 1999-05-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0226043746

In this delightful and now classic narrative, written by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, readers are made privy to 25 highly entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers.