{"product_id":"berlioz-scenes-from-the-life-and-work-9781580462099","title":"Berlioz: Scenes from the Life and Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eNew studies of the great French composer by Jacques Barzun, David Cairns, Joël-Marie Fauquet, Hugh Macdonald, Julian Rushton, and other prominent experts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese twelve essays bring new breadth and depth to our knowledge of the life and work of the composer of the \u003ci\u003eSymphonie fantastique.\u003c\/i\u003e A distinguished international array of scholars here 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; what he seems to have written immediately after encountering Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e (a surprise), and where he profited from Beethoven in what later became \u003ci\u003eRoméo et Juliette.\u003c\/i\u003e The volume closes with two reflective essays on Berlioz's literary masterpiece, the \u003ci\u003eMémoires.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Contributors: Lord Aberdare (Alastair Bruce), Jean-Pierre Bartoli, JacquesBarzun, Peter Bloom, David Cairns, Gunther Braam, Gérard Condé, Pepijn van Doesburg, Joël-Marie Fauquet, Frank Heidlberger, Hugh Macdonald, and Julian Rushton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Peter Bloom (Smith College) is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Berlioz\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Berlioz\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).","brand":"Peter Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268234850555,"sku":"9781580462099","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781580462099.jpg?v=1772485048","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/berlioz-scenes-from-the-life-and-work-9781580462099","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}