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    The Music of Berlioz by Rushton, Julian;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 2 August 2001

    • ISBN 9780198166900
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages380 pages
    • Size 243x164x25 mm
    • Weight 685 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations numerous music examples
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    Short description:

    The Music of Berlioz offers an overall view of Berlioz's musical achievement as we approach the bicentary of his birth in 2003, and in doing so is the first such study to deal fully with the rediscovered Messe solennelle. It synthesizes previous scholarship, including the author's own, adding many new observations, together with information and insight into all the composer's works.

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    The Music of Berlioz offers an overall assessment of Berlioz's musical achievement as we approach the bicentary of his birth in 2003. This is the first full-length musical study of the composer to take into account the rediscovered Messe solennelle, and discusses all aspects of his work, without undue emphasis on a few more popular pieces. The first section consists of a comprehensive biography of his musical works, tracing shifting patterns of productivity, approaches to genre, and the contrast between works which are aesthetically progressive or retrospective. The second section considers aspects of Berlioz's musical style, building upon earlier studies by the author and other recent scholarship; topics include Berlioz's practice of self-borrowing, his use of programmes and texts, characteristic rhetorical devices, and an emotional language. The third section takes four categories of works - song-forms, sacred music, symphonic works, and dramatic works - for more substantial analysis of selected passages and an overall critical assessment.

    ...magnificent study...

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface
    List of Abbreviations
    I: A BIOGRAPHY OF BERLIOZ'S MUSIC
    Provincial to Prize-Winner
    The Romantic Decade
    Damnation and After
    II: TECHNIQUES AND MEANINGS
    Implications of a Musical Biography
    Techniques of Composition
    Signs and Evocations
    III: THE WORKS
    The Lyric Berlioz
    Architecture, Patriotism, and the End of the World
    A Fantastic Symphonist
    Berlioz Dramatist
    Bibliography
    Index of Berlioz's Works
    General Index

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