{"product_id":"autobiography-of-hector-berlioz-volume-1-member-of-the-institute-of-france-from-1803-to-1869-comprising-his-travels-in-italy-germany-russia-and-england-paperback-9781108031929","title":"Autobiography of Hector Berlioz: Volume 1; Member of the Institute of France, from 1803 to 1869; Comprising his Travels in Italy, Germany, Russia, and England (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108031929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAutobiography of Hector Berlioz: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMember of the Institute of France, from 1803 to 1869; Comprising his Travels in Italy, Germany, Russia, and England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerlioz compiled his colourful and engaging Mémoires between 1848 and 1865. This reissue is of the 1884 first English translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHector Berlioz (Author), Rachel Holmes (Translated by), Eleanor Holmes (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108031929, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHector Berlioz (1803–69) was one of the most original and colourful composers of his generation whose music was in many ways ahead of its time. He was also a respected journalist and critic. Begun in 1848, his celebrated Mémoires were completed by 1865 but published posthumously in 1870. They are the best-known of his writings and reflect the man - passionate, imaginative, idealistic, opinionated and witty - and give a fascinating, first-hand, insight into his life. He shares his uncompromising thoughts on his contemporaries and the musical establishment in France, writes candidly about his love affairs and engagingly on his music and travels. This first English translation from the original French, published in 1884, will appeal to the music lover and the general reader. Volume 1 (1803–41) includes his childhood in the Isère, studies in Paris, struggles to establish himself and travels in Italy during 1831–2.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. La Côte St. André\u003cbr\u003e 2. My father\u003cbr\u003e 3. Meylan\u003cbr\u003e 4. First music lessons from my father\u003cbr\u003e 5. A year of medical studies\u003cbr\u003e 6. I become one of Lesueur's pupils\u003cbr\u003e 7. A first opera\u003cbr\u003e 8. Augustin de Pons\u003cbr\u003e 9. First interview with Cherubini\u003cbr\u003e 10. My father withdraws my allowance\u003cbr\u003e 11. I return to Paris\u003cbr\u003e 12. I compete for a place as chorus singer, and get it\u003cbr\u003e 13. First composition for the orchestra\u003cbr\u003e 14. Competition at the Conservatoire\u003cbr\u003e 15. Evenings at the Opéra\u003cbr\u003e 16. Weber at the Odéon\u003cbr\u003e 17. Prejudice against operas with Italian words\u003cbr\u003e 18. Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e 19. A futile concert\u003cbr\u003e 20. Beethoven at the Conservatoire\u003cbr\u003e 21. Fatality\u003cbr\u003e 22. The competition for musical composition\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Academy porter\u003cbr\u003e 24. Miss Smithson again\u003cbr\u003e 25. My third trial at the Conservatoire\u003cbr\u003e 26. I read Goethe's Faust for the first time\u003cbr\u003e 27. Fantasia on The Tempest\u003cbr\u003e 28. A violent distraction\u003cbr\u003e 29. Fourth competition at the Conservatoire\u003cbr\u003e 30. Distribution of prizes at the Conservatoire\u003cbr\u003e 31. My second concert\u003cbr\u003e 32. Marseilles to Leghorn\u003cbr\u003e 33. The scholars of the Academy\u003cbr\u003e 34. Drama\u003cbr\u003e 35. The theatres at Genoa and Florence\u003cbr\u003e 36. Life at the Academy\u003cbr\u003e 37. Sport in the mountains\u003cbr\u003e 38. Subiaco\u003cbr\u003e 39. Life of a musician in Rome\u003cbr\u003e 40. The spleen\u003cbr\u003e 41. Naples\u003cbr\u003e 42. Influenza in Rome\u003cbr\u003e 43. Florence\u003cbr\u003e 44. The Censorship\u003cbr\u003e 45. Benefit and concert at the Théâtre Italien\u003cbr\u003e 46. An order for a requiem\u003cbr\u003e 47. Performance of my Lacrymosa at Lille\u003cbr\u003e 48. Mdlle. Bertin's Esmeralda\u003cbr\u003e 49. Concert of December 16, 1838\u003cbr\u003e 50. Order from M. de Rémusat to write the Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale\u003cbr\u003e 51. 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