Experiencing Berlioz
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-8108-8606-3 (ISBN)
Experiencing Berlioz: A Listener’s Companion is an in-depth entrée 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.
Melinda P. O'Neal is a choral-orchestral conductor and professor of music at Dartmouth College. Her fascination with the music of Berlioz began when rehearsing the final mystical chorus of L’enfance du Christ in graduate school. Berlioz has been the subject of O’Neal’s teaching and writing, and she has prepared choruses and conducted in performance most of his vocal-instrumental works. Learn more about O'Neal and explore selected texts and translations referred to in Experiencing Berlioz at www.melindaoneal.net.
Opening Your Imagination: Introduction and Guide
Chapter 1: Songs
Neuf mélodies: La belle voyageuse and Élégie en prose
Les nuits d’étés
La mort d’Ophélie
Le trébuchet: scherzo
La belle Isabeau: conte pendant l’orage
Chapter 2: Music for Chorus
Neuf mélodies: Chant guerrier and Chanson à boire
Sara la baigneuse
Scène héroïque: la révolution grecque
Le cinq mai
Hymne à la France
Chapter 3: Orchestral Music
Symphonie fantastique
Roméo 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 Mémoires
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.4.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Listener's Companion |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 238 mm |
| Gewicht | 576 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8108-8606-5 / 0810886065 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8108-8606-3 / 9780810886063 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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