Autobiography of Hector Berlioz

by Berlioz, Hector; Holmes, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9781108031936
• ISBN10: 1108031935
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-02
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Hector Berlioz (1803-69) was one of the most original and colourful composers of his generation whose music was in many ways ahead of its time. He was also a respected journalist and critic. Begun in 1848, his celebrated Mémoires were completed by 1865 but published posthumously in 1870. They are the best-known of his writings and reflect the man - passionate, imaginative, idealistic, opinionated and witty - and give a fascinating, first-hand, insight into his life. He shares his uncompromising thoughts on his contemporaries and the musical establishment in France, writes candidly about his love affairs and engagingly on his music and travels. This first English translation from the original French, published in 1884, will appeal to the music lover and the general reader. Volume 1 (1803-41) includes his childhood in the Isère, studies in Paris, struggles to establish himself and travels in Italy during 1831-2.

Table of Contents

First Visit to Germany (1841âÇô2)

Brussels

StuttgartâÇôHechingen

MannheimâÇôWeimar

Leipzig

Dresden

BrunswickâÇôHamburg

Berlin

Berlin

Berlin

HanoverâÇôDarmstadt

I get up Freyschütz for the Opéra

The horrors of Feuilleton writing

Second Visit to Germany (AustriaâÇôBohemiaâÇôHungary)

Vienna

Vienna

Pesth

Prague

Prague

Prague

Concert at Breslau

Russian Journey

A musical courier

Return to St. Petersburg

My return

Roqueplan and Duponchel, directors of the Opéra

My father's death

Death of my sister

Postscript

Supplement

The last chapter of all

Appendix

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