Berlioz Making of an Artist : The Making of an Artist 1803-1832

David Cairns

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Berlioz was one of the towering figures of Romanticism: not only was he a great and revolutionary composer, but also the finest conductor of his day and an outstanding critic and writer. yet throughout his life he struggled for money and his music was persistently reviled in his native France. With exceptional insight and sympathy, the author draws together the major strands of Berlioz's life: his tempestuous marriage to the actress Harriet Smithson; the genesis of his famous works, including the "Requiem", "Romeo and Juliet" and his crowing masterpiece "The Trojans"; his friendships with Mendelssohn, Liszt, Princess Wittgenstein and Wagner; and finally, his last years haunted once again by personal tragedy. Here, as never before, is Berlioz the artist - and the man.

Berlioz Servitude and Greatness

(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz has long been considered to be among the best of musical autobiographies. Like his massive compositions, Berlioz (1803-69) was colorful, eloquent, larger than life. His book is both an account of his important place in the rise of the Romantic movement and a personal testament. He tells the story of his liaison with Harriet Smithson, and his even more passionate affairs of the mind with Shakespeare, Scott, and Byron. Familiar with all the great figures of the age, Berlioz paints brilliant portraits of Liszt, Wagner, Balzac, Weber, and Rossini, among others. And through Berlioz's intimate and detailed self-revelation, there emerges a profoundly sympathetic and attractive man, driven, finally, by his overwhelming creative urges to a position of lonely eminence. For this new Everyman's edition of The Memoirs, the translator--the composer's most admired biographer--has completely revised the text and the extensive notes to take into account the latest research.

The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz: Introduced by David Cairns (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Humor & Entertainment

Everyman"s Library

The Author recounts Mozart's life from the perspective of some of his greatest works. Cairns traces Mozart's early life as a musical prodigy and show how the genius grew up, surviving his unnatural childhood to produce works of increasing maturity and originality.

Mozart and His Operas

Arts & Literature

Allen Lane.

Memoirs

Cardinal

This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth mobility and migration research field, with specific emphasis on movement for education, work and training purposes, encompassing exchanges sponsored by institutions, governments and international agencies, and free movement. The collection features over 30 theoretically and empirically-based discussions of the meaning and key aspects of various forms of mobility as practiced in contemporary societies, and concludes with an exploration of the costs and benefits of moving abroad to individuals and societies at a time when the viability of free circulation is being called into question. The geographical scope of the book covers Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas, and takes into account socio-economic and regional inequalities, as well as recent developments such as the refugee crisis, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. The book integrates the fields of youth mobility and migration studies, creating opportunities for the establishment of a new paradigm for understanding the spatial circulation of youth and young adults in the twenty-first century. <div> </div>

The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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