The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz

Book Overview

Still chiefly known as the extravagant composer of the Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz was an artist caught in the crossfire between the academic classicism of the French musical establishment and the romantic modernism of the Parisian musical scene. He was a thinker in an age that invented both the religion of art and the notion of the 'genius' who preached and practised it. This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521596386
• ISBN13: 9780521596381
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.7"