Berlioz, romantic and classic / writings by Ernest Newman ; selected and edited by Peter Heyworth.

Author/creator Newman, Ernest
Other author Heyworth, Peter, 1921-1991, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Gollancz, 1972.
Description288 pages : portrait, music ; 23 cm
Subjects
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Contents Berlioz, Romantic and classic (1905) -- General essays. The young Romantics (1947) -- The tragedy of Berlioz (1919) -- A Berlioz revival? (1923) -- The mind of Berlioz (1936) -- A man of the south (1946) -- The relations of Wagner and Berlioz (1904) -- Miscellaneous comments -- Berlioz and the academics. The case for the prosecution (1935) -- The real Berlioz (1943) -- An answer to Ravel (1928 and 1956) -- Berlioz's "Irregularities" (1950) -- Berlioz and his critics (1949) -- Cherubini and the fugue (1943) -- Berlioz as melodist. The eye and the ear (1934) -- Closing phrases (1936) -- Phrasing in Berlioz (1946 and 1943) -- Individual works. The Symphonie fantastique (1922) -- The origins of Symphonie fantastique (1929) -- Schumann on the Symphonie fantastique (1933) -- The Symphonie fantastique as ballet (1936) -- Lelio (1949) -- Harold in Italy (1953) -- Romeo and Juliet (1955) -- La Damnation de Faust (1933) -- L'Enfance du Christ (1943) -- "La Marseillaise" (1915) -- "Les Troyens". Les Troyens in Paris (1921) -- The Trojans in Glasgow (1935) -- Before the Beecham broadcast (1947) -- Towards Covent garden (1957) -- Les Troyens and The Ring (1958) -- The Royal Hunt and Storm (1935) -- Berlioz's writings. Berlioz as journalist (1919) -- On the Riviera (1930) -- New letters (1955) -- Barzun's "Berlioz and the Romantic century" (1950-1) -- Epilogue. Ernest Newman, 1868-1959. A memoir / Peter Heyworth.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 72184087
ISBN0575013656
Stock number£3.00

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