Berlioz :Servitude and Greatness 1832-1869
Berlioz :Servitude and Greatness 1832-1869
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Berlioz was one of the towering figures of Romanticism: not only was he a great and revolutionary composer, but also the finest composer of his day and an outstanding critic and writer. Yet throughout his life he struggled for money and his music was persistently reviled in his native France. With exceptional insight and sympathy, David Cairns draws together the major strands of Berlioz's life: his tempestuous marriage to the actress Harriet Smithson; the genesis of his famous works, including the Requiem, Romeo and Juliet and his crowning masterpiece The Trojans; his friendships with Mendelssohn, Liszt, Princess Wittgenstein and Wagner; and, finally, his last years haunted once again by personal tragedy. Here, as never before, is Berlioz the artist - and the man.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141990668 |
| ISBN10 | 014199066X |
| Number Of Pages | 912 |
| Item Weight | 660 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 40 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
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David Cairns was chief music critic of the Sunday Times from 1983 to 1992, having earlier been music critic and arts editor of the Spectator and a writer on the Evening Standard, Financial Times and New Statesman. He has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California at Davis, a visiting scholar at the Getty Center and a visiting fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 2013, in recognition of his services to French music, he was made Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.