Download or read book The Musical Language of Berlioz written by Julian Rushton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-11-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Berlioz written by Victor Lederer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor Lederer surveys the music of Hector Berlioz, one of the most pioneering orchestrators in history, and introduces the general music lover to both his masterpieces such as Les Troyens and lesser known gems. A bold innovator in the 19th century, Berlioz was a musical dramatist with an output that is less familiar than it should be and often misunderstood. His most famous and popular pieces are the thrilling programmatic symphonies, the Symphonie fantastique and Harold en Italie. The “dramatic symphonies” Roméo et Juliette and La damnation de Faust are both driven by conflict and excitement, which contrast his piercing, long-limbed melodies and startling harmonic shifts. Berlioz’s strongly profiled musical style possesses high rhythmic energy, and manic outbursts that are instantly identifiable as his, and he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and effective orchestrators in history. The book is accompanied by online audio tracks to select Berlioz works from the Naxos library.

Download or read book The Life of Berlioz written by Peter Bloom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life of Berlioz situates the celebrated French musician in the vibrant and highly politicized musical culture of the periods of the Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, Second Republic, and Second Empire in which he lived and worked as composer, conductor, concert manager, and writer. The author of the Symphonie fantastique was indeed possessed of a fertile and fantastical imagination; but the common image of Berlioz as a misunderstood and mistreated genius obscures both the solidity of his work as a musical architect and the reality of his position as one sometimes favored by those in power. Berlioz is the quintessential romantic composer by dint of the conspicuous intermingling of art and life that marks his musical and literary output. Studying this away from the subjective sentimentality that can still mar studies of the composer in France, serves only to enhance the uncommon radiance of his music and uncommon esprit of his art.

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz written by Peter Bloom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive view of Berlioz the man, the composer, the critic and the writer.

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Music in the Library of the Royal College of Music London written by Royal College of Music (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Conducting Berlioz written by Norman Del Mar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlioz, the enfant terrible of music if ever there was one, was always a favorite of the late Norman Del Mar. In this volume (seen through the press by his son Jonathan) Norman Del Mar brings all his wide experience to the explanations and elucidation of the more difficult points of conducting these works. The most imaginative orchestrator ever is treated with wisdom and perception and many doubtful technical points are clarified in this invaluable handbook. Anyone wanting to know more about Berlioz's works, be they student or music-loving listener, will find their enjoyment enhanced after reading this indispensable study. The three extraordinary symphonies are considered in detail, followed by six overtures, and other important works. The volume culminates in chapters on the Grande Messe des morts and Te Deum which give true insight into these major choral pieces. Del Mar's writing style is easily approachable and carries the reader along in eager anticipation as understanding is assimilated from his own infectious enthusiasm.

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Allen A Brown Collection of Music in the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library. Allen A. Brown Collection of Music and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era 1760 1850 written by Christopher John Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 1303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 850 analytical articles, this two-volume set explores the developments that influenced the profound changes in thought and sensibility during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. The Encyclopedia provides readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate reference source on the literature, thought, music, and art of the period, demonstrating the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism.

Download or read book Berlioz written by Peter Bloom and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book List of Orchestral Scores in the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress. Music Division and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Orchestral Music Class M1000 1268 Catalogue written by Library of Congress. Music Division and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Orchestral Music Catalogue written by Library of Congress. Music Division and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Berlioz written by D. Kern Holoman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Hector Berlioz written by J. Bennett and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1940 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Form Program and Metaphor in the Music of Berlioz written by Stephen Rodgers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Berlioz used musical forms to represent a narrative, and to depict emotions such as madness or love.