The Fall of Troy: From Les Troyens; Lyric Opera
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Hector Berlioz was a French composer, conductor, and music author who became a pivotal figure of the Romantic era. His innovative approach to orchestration and expansive musical forms pushed the boundaries of classical music. Berlioz became renowned for his monumental compositions, which often drew inspiration from literary sources and conveyed intense emotions. His influence on modern orchestral practice remains significant.







Comprenant ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre
On a imprimé, et on imprime encore de temps en temps à mon sujet des notices biographiques si pleines d’inexactitudes et d’erreurs, que l’idée m’est enfin venue d’écrire moi-même ce qui, dans ma vie laborieuse et agitée, me paraît susceptible de quelque intérêt pour les amis de l’art. Le public s’inquiète peu, je n’en saurais douter, de ce que je puis avoir fait, senti ou pensé. Mais un petit nombre d’artistes et d’amateurs de musique s’étant montrés pourtant curieux de le savoir, encore vaut-il mieux leur dire le vrai que de leur laisser croire le faux.Je n’ai pas la moindre velléité non plus de me présenter devant Dieu mon livre à la main en me déclarant le meilleur des hommes, ni d’écrire des confessions. Je ne dirai que ce qu’il me plaira de dire ; et si le lecteur me refuse son absolution, il faudra qu’il soit d’une sévérité peu orthodoxe, car je n’avouerai que les péchés véniels. Hector Berlioz, Londres, 21 mars 1848.
Studienpartitur, Urtextausgabe: Urtext of the New Berlioz Edition
* Manufacturer TP331 * Study Score * Urtext / Critical Edition
Possibly the most colourful figure in the history of Western music, Hector Berlioz (1803âe"1869) was certainly the most eloquent. His autobiography is among the greatest ever written. Larger than life âe" like his massive works âe" Berlioz was a seminal figure in the Romantic movement and his book is both a personal testament and an account of his role in that movement. It tells the story of his romance with Harriet Smithson âe"with whom he fell in love when he saw her playing the part of Ophelia âe" and his even more passionate affairs with Shakespeare, Scott and Byron. Familiar with all the great figures of the age âe" Liszt, Wagner, Balzac, Delacroix, Weber, Rossini âe" Berlioz paints brilliant and often mordant portraits of them in a style which is one of the glories of French prose. Above all, this is the intimate and detailed self-revelation of a complex and attractive man, driven by his creative urges to a position of lonely eminence. The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz were translated some years ago by David Cairns now famous himself as the composerâe(tm)s finest biographer. For the Everyman edition he has completely revised the text, and the extensive notes which accompany it, to take account of the latest research.
Including His Travels in Italy, Germany, Russia, and England, 1803-1865
Soubor vtipných, ironických nebo fantastických povídek ze světa hudby, resp. i příběhů ze života ze světa hudby vycházejících, které si, jak autor v prologu uvádí, vyprávějí hudebníci jednoho severoevropského hudebního divadla. Jde o příběhy hudebních skladatelů, výkonných umělců, hudebních kritiků, režisérů, operních a koncertních posluchačů a lidí kolem umění vůbec. Autor, francouzský skladatel a dirigent(1803-1869), jeden z hlavních představitelů romantismu v hudbě, vyjadřuje v podtextu knihy obdiv k některým hudebním dílům a kritický postoj k jiným.