Berlioz Scenes From The Life And Work

These Twelve Essays Bring Breadth And Depth To Our Knowledge Of The Life And Work Of The Composer Of The Symphonie Fantastique. A Distinguished International Array Of Scholars Here Treat Such Matters As Berliozs 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; What He Seems To Have Written Immediately After Encountering Shakespeares Romeo And Juliet (a Surprise), And Where He Profited From Beethoven In What Later Became Romo Et Juliette. The Volume Closes With Two Reflective Essays On Berliozs Literary Masterpiece, The Mmoires.