| Portion of title |
Berlioz in Europe |
| Series |
Perspektiven der Opernforschung, 0178-6121 ; Bd. 14
Perspektiven der Opernforschung ; Bd. 14. ^A1410087
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| Contents |
More than dedication? : Hector Berlioz and John Ella / Christina Bashford -- Berlioz and the London musical scene / George Biddlecombe -- Benvenuto Cellini and the politics of opera production in mid-Victorian London / Gabriella Dideriksen -- Berlioz's Waterloo? : Benvenuto Cellini in London / Sarah Hibberd -- The Breslau concert tour of 1846 : provinicial German insights into Berlioz's music and aesthetic / Mark A. Pottinger -- Berlioz and cultural politics in mid-nineteenth-century Russia / Linda Edmondson -- Hector Berlioz as reflected in the Russian press of his time / Elena Dolenko -- Berlioz and Le Freyschütz / Ian Rumbold -- The diabolical in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust / Michael Fend -- The musico-dramatic narrative of Berlioz's Lélio / Vera Micznik -- Shakespeare in Paris, 1827 / Peter Raby -- Shakespeare and the genesis of programme music : the mottoes of Berlioz's Huit scènes de Faust / Rainer Schmusch -- Berlioz's Othello / Katherine Kolb -- English reviews of Benvenuto Cellini / compiled and transcribed by Fiona Cormack -- Russian articles and reviews / by Vladimir Odoyevsky, compiled and translated by Elena Dolenko and John Ahouse. |
| Abstract |
This collection of essays has been written by thirteen scholars, from five countries. It focuses on the musical activities of Hector Berlioz, viewed as a European phenomenon. The first part of the book discusses Berlioz's journeys to Breslau (1846), to Moscow and St Petersburg (1847 and 1867-68), and to London (especially in 1847 and 1853). In particular, the reception of Berlioz's music is placed under scrutiny. The second part of the book starts with a new history of the recitatives that Berlioz wrote for Weber's Der Freischutz, as they were used in Paris (1841, 1850), Berlin (1849), London (1850) and Milan (1872). Five essays then discuss different kinds of influence wrought by European literature on Berlioz, including Shakespeare's Othello and Goethe's Faust. The book's final section (source materials) contains the first complete anthology of London press reviews of Benvenuto Cellini in 1853; and new translations of three Russian articles on Berlioz by Vladimir Odoyevsky, from 1841 and 1847. |
| General note | Errata slip concerning index pagination inserted. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | English text; English translations from Russian in documentary sources. |
| LCCN | 2007465986 |
| ISBN | 9780820499420 (New York ; pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0820499420 (New York ; pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9783631553435 (Frankfurt ; pbk.) |
| ISBN | 3631553439 (Frankfurt ; pbk.) |
