Print version: Bloom, Peter Berlioz in Time Rochester : University of Rochester Press,c2022
Intro -- Berlioz in Time -- Eastman Studies in Music -- Berlioz in Time -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Chapter One: Berlioz in the Year of the Symphonie fantastique -- Chapter Two: Berlioz and the Translators -- Chapter Three: Berlioz and Liszt in the Locker Room -- Chapter Four: Berlioz’s Directorship of the Theatre-Italien -- Chapter Five: The Local Politics of Berlioz’s Symphonie militaire -- Chapter Six: In the Shadows of Les Nuits d’ete -- Chapter Seven: Berlioz, Delacroix, and La Mort d’Ophelie -- Chapter Eight: Berlioz’s "Mission" to Germany -- Chapter Nine: Berlioz and Wagner -- Chapter Ten: Imperialism and the Ending of Les Troyens -- Chapter Eleven: Berlioz’s "To be or not to be" -- Chapter Twelve: Berlioz, Beatrice, and Much Ado About Nothing -- Chapter Thirteen: Berlioz Writing the Life of Berlioz -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography.
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)..