Berlioz: The Making of an Artist, 1803-1832 v. 1 - Hardcover

Cairns, David

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ISBN 10: 0520221990 ISBN 13: 9780520221994

Verlag: University of California Press, 2000

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Book by Cairns David

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Named a "Notable Book of 2000" by the "New York Times Book Review

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This biography of composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) describes with unprecedented intimacy, affection, and respect the life of one of France's greatest artists. After long being regarded as an oddity and an eccentric figure, Berlioz is now being accepted into the ranks of the great composers. Based on a wealth of previously unpublished sources, and on a profound understanding of the humanity of his subject, David Cairns' book provides a full account of this extraordinary and powerfully attractive man. "Berlioz", Volume I, previously published only in Britain, is now available to American readers in a revised edition, together with the eagerly awaited, new Volume II. These two volumes together comprise a monumental biographical achievement, sure to stand as the definitive Berlioz biography.In researching Berlioz's life, Cairns has had access to unpublished family papers, and in Volume I he is able to portray all the people close to Berlioz in his boyhood, and to evoke a detailed picture of their lives in and around La Cote St. Andre in the foothills of the French Alps. No artist's achievement connects more directly with early experience than that of Berlioz, whose passionate sensibility began to absorb the material of his art long before he had heard any musical ensemble other than the local town band. Volume I also traces the student years in Paris and Italy and discusses Berlioz's three great love affairs, shedding remarkable light on his later character and development. Volume I ends on the afternoon of December 9, 1832, the day of the concert that launched the composer's career.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0520221990
• ISBN 13: 9780520221994
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 672