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The other worlds of Hector Berlioz : travels with the orchestra /

"Berlioz frequently explored other worlds in his writings, from the imagined exotic enchantments of New Zealand to the rings of Saturn where Beethoven's spirit was said to reside. The settings for his musical works are more conservative, and his adventurousness has instead been located in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Rij, Inge (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Travels with the orchestra: Travel writing and Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise
  • Conquering other worlds: Military metaphors, virtuosity, and subjectivity in Symphonie funèbre et triomphale and Harold en Italie
  • Visions of other worlds: Sensing the supernatural in Épisode de la vie d'un artiste and La nonne sanglante
  • Back to (the music of) the future: Aesthetics of technology in Berlioz's Euphonia and Damnation de Faust
  • Exhibiting other worlds: Les Troyens, museum culture, and human zoos.