The Music of Berlioz - Softcover

Rushton, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198167385 ISBN 13: 9780198167389

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This is the first full-length musical study of Berlioz to take into account the rediscovered Messe solennelle. Julian Rushton discusses all aspects of his work, without undue emphasis on a few more popular pieces. The first section consists of a comprehensive biography of Berlioz's musical works, tracing shifting patterns of productivity, approaches to genre, and the contrast between works which are aesthetically progressive or retrospective. The author then considers aspects of Berlioz's musical style, building upon earlier studies by the author and other recent scholarship. The final section offers a more substantial analysis of selected passages and an overall critical assessment.

About this title

About the Author:

Julian Rushton is at University of Leeds.

Review:

... carefully researched, often provocative ... interesting new views. Music and Letters Julian Rushton is well known and highly regarded as a leading Berlioz scholar ... whose detailed knowledge of Berlioz's oeuvre is astonishing. Music and Letters ... carefully written Musical Times Rushton's generous humanity and emotional maturity constantly shine through the constant stream of marvellous insights. Musical Times A most distinguished and penetrating study. Musical Times Fascinating ... Rushton has superbly perceptive pages on works he particularly admires. BBC Music Magazine Rushton shows his true vocation as pedagogue, for the musical detail contained within these sections forms a fine analytical study of Berlioz's major works which every university library should have on its shelves. Nineteenth Century Music Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0198167385
• ISBN 13: 9780198167389
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380