Experiencing Berlioz: A Listener's Companion is an in-depth entré e into the sound world of Hector Berlioz, recognized today as one of the most profoundly original and engaging composers in 19th-century Europe.
Melinda O'Neal offers the non-specialist a pathway into the underlying allure of Berlioz's music. His views on rehearsing and conducting, bumpy career ride and failures, the journey of a work through revisions and editions, and historical performance practices provide a backdrop to discussions of his most significant works.
As O'Neal addresses the motivation and conception, sonic atmosphere, and compositional strategies of key works, she provides a new multifaceted experience not only to music historians and performers but also to any amateur music lover who has ever been entranced by Berlioz's undeniable musical veracity. As the listener interacts with Berlioz's music, the ear's curiosity and imagination will take flight.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Opening Your Imagination: Introduction and Guide
Chapter 1: Songs
Neuf mé lodies: La belle voyageuse and É lé gie en prose
Les nuits d'é té s
La mort d'Ophé lie
Le tré buchet: scherzo
La belle Isabeau: conte pendant l'orage
Chapter 2: Music for Chorus
Neuf mé lodies: Chant guerrier and Chanson à boire
Sara la baigneuse
Scè ne hé roï que: la ré volution grecque
Le cinq mai
Hymne à la France
Chapter 3: Orchestral Music
Symphonie fantastique
Romé o et Juliette
Chapter 4: Extended Choral-Orchestral Works
Messe solennelle
Grande messe des morts (Requiem)
La damnation de Faust
L'enfance du Christ
Chapter 5: Operas
Benvenuto Cellini
Les Troyens
Appendices
A. Song Inventory
B. Choral Music
C. Program of Symphonie fantastique
D. Selected References in Berlioz's Mé moires
