Sale!

The Musical Madhouse An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques de la musique 21 An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques De La Musique Eastman Studies in Music 1st edition by Hector Berlioz, Alastair Bruce, Hugh Macdonald 9781580461320 1580461328

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $35.00.

The Musical Madhouse An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques de la musique 21 An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques De La Musique Eastman Studies in Music Hector Berlioz Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Hector Berlioz, Alastair Bruce, Hugh Macdonald
ISBN(s): 9781580461320, 1580461328
File Details: PDF, 1.24 MB
Year: 2003
Language: english
SKU: EB-32813798 Category: Tags: , ,

The Musical Madhouse An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques de la musique 21 An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques De La Musique Eastman Studies in Music 1st edition by Hector Berlioz, Alastair Bruce, Hugh Macdonald  – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery:9781580461320, 1580461328
Full download The Musical Madhouse An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques de la musique 21 An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques De La Musique Eastman Studies in Music 1st edition  after payment

Product details:

ISBN 10: 1580461328
ISBN 13: 9781580461320
Author: Hector Berlioz, Alastair Bruce, Hugh Macdonald

Hector Berlioz’s Les Grotesques de la musique is the only one of his books that has never been translated into English in its entirety. It is by far the funniest of all his works, and consists of a number of short anecdotes, witticisms, open letters, and comments on the absurdities of concert life. Alastair Bruce’s fluid translation brings to life this important composer and bon vivant. He does a wonderful job of conveying all the puns, jokes, and invective of Berlioz’s prose as well as the nuances of his stories. He even imitates a Tahitian accent in the translation, as Berlioz does in the original. The notes will give the reader insight into the innuendos and in-jokes that fill the pages. This translation will take its place among other translations of Berlioz’s prose writings, bringing to the reader more lively examples of a still misunderstood composer caught up in the musical life of mid-nineteenth century Paris. With an introduction by Hugh Macdonald.

Alastair Bruce is a London-based management consultant and former treasurer of the Berlioz Society.
Hugh Macdonald is General Editor of New Berlioz Edition.

The Musical Madhouse An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques de la musique 21 An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques De La Musique Eastman Studies in Music 1st Table of contents:

  1. Letter from the Chorus of the Opéra to the Author
  2. The Author’s Reply to the Chorus of the Opéra
  3. The Musical Madhouse
  4. The right to play a symphony in the wrong key
  5. A crowned virtuoso
  6. A new musical instrument
  7. The regiment of colonels
  8. A cantata
  9. A programme of grotesque music
  10. Is it a joke?
  11. The evangelist of the drum
  12. The apostle of the flageolet
  13. The prophet of the trombone
  14. Conductors
  15. Appreciators of Beethoven
  16. The Sontag version
  17. You can’t dance in E
  18. Kissed by Rossini
  19. A clarinet concerto
  20. Musical instruments at the Universal Exhibition
  21. A rival to Érard
  22. Diplomatic Correspondence:
  23. Letter addressed to H.M. Aïmata Pomaré, Queen of Tahiti
  24. Prudence and sagacity of a provincial—Alexandre’s melodium
  25. The tromba marina—The saxophone—Experts in instrumentation
  26. Jaguarita—Female savages
  27. The Astucio family
  28. Marriages of convenience
  29. Great news
  30. More news
  31. Barley sugar—Heavy music
  32. The Evil Eye
  33. Ordinary music lovers and serious music
  34. Lamentations of Jeremiah
  35. A model critic
  36. Dramatic emphasis
  37. Success of a Miserere
  38. The season—The bugbears’ club
  39. Minor irritations of major concerts
  40. 20 francs per ticket
  41. War on flats
  42. Scientific Correspondence:
  43. Plombières and Baden, 1st letter
  44. Plombières and Baden, 2nd letter
  45. Aural aberrations and delusions
  46. Philosophical Correspondence:
  47. A letter to Monsieur Ella
  48. The débutante—The Director of the Opéra’s despotism
  49. The song of cockerels—The cockerels of song
  50. Sparrows
  51. Music for laughs
  52. National fatuities
  53. Ingratitude shows an independent spirit
  54. The futility of glory
  55. I remember seeing Monsieur
  56. Time spares nothing
  57. The rhythm of pride
  58. A remark of Monsieur Auber
  59. Music and dance
  60. Dancer poets
  61. Another remark of Monsieur Auber
  62. Concerts
  63. Nelson’s bravery
  64. Grotesque prejudices
  65. Non-believers in musical expressiveness
  66. Mme. Stoltz and Mme. Sontag—Making millions
  67. The rough and the smooth
  68. Dilettanti of the fashion world—The poet and the cook
  69. Orange groves—The acorn and the pumpkin
  70. “Duckings”
  71. Sensitivity and concision—A funeral oration in three syllables
  72. Travels in France—Academic Correspondence:
  73. First letter—Marseilles
  74. Second letter—Lyons
  75. A day later
  76. Third letter—Lille; Arras
  77. All’s well that ends merrily
  78. NOTES
  79. SOURCES
  80. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  81. INDEX

People also search for The Musical Madhouse An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques de la musique 21 An English Translation of Berlioz s Les Grotesques De La Musique Eastman Studies in Music 1st :

a madhouse meaning
    
madhouse song meaning
    
madhouse lesson
    
the madhouse trailer
    
the madhouse song

Tags:

Hector Berlioz,Alastair Bruce,Hugh Macdonald,Musical Madhouse