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Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012.

Berlioz and his century : an introduction to the age of romanticism / Jacques Barzun ; with a new preface.

Phoenix ed.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.

448 pages ; 21 cm

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."

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Composers -- France -- Biography.

Biographies.

Revised edition of: Berlioz and the romantic century. 3rd ed. 1969.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Berlioz (1982)? -- Preface to the revised edition (1956) -- Time, place, persons -- Music on the mountain -- Opera and conservatoire -- Faustian man -- Revolution in July -- Reverie and passion -- Roman holiday -- Recollected in tranquillity -- The Gothic tradition -- The hero as artist -- The dramatic symphony -- Vox Populi -- Music for Europe -- The conductor-composer -- Faust and philosophy -- Song in time of revolution -- Vision of a virtuoso -- Victorian London -- Religious history -- Virgilian music drama -- Esthetes at war -- Prospero's farewell -- Empire and industry -- Holy Russia and Giddy France -- Memory's end.

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