Print version: Bloom, Peter Berlioz in Time Rochester : University of Rochester Press,c2022
Berlioz in Time -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Berlioz in the Year of the Symphonie fantastique -- Berlioz and the Translators -- Berlioz and Liszt in the Locker Room -- Berlioz’s Directorship of the Theatre-Italien -- The Local Politics of Berlioz’s Symphonie militaire -- In the Shadows of Les Nuits d’ete -- Berlioz, Delacroix, and La Mort d’Ophelie -- Berlioz’s "Mission" to Germany -- Berlioz and Wagner -- Imperialism and the Ending of Les Troyens -- Berlioz’s "To be or not to be" -- Berlioz, Beatrice, and Much Ado About Nothing -- Berlioz Writing the Life of Berlioz -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Selected Works -- Index of Berlioz’s Works.
Fourteen revealing essays by a prominent Berlioz authority on some of the composer’s acclaimed compositions (the Symphonie fantastique, Les Nuits d’ete, Les Troyens) and writings (the celebrated Memoires)..