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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was equally prominent as composer and author. According to Harold Schonberg, he was the "foremost music critic of his time, possibly of all time." A Travers Chants is the collection of writings he himself selected from his thirty-odd years of musical journalism. These essays cover a wide spectrum of intellectual inquiry: Beethoven's nine symphonies and his opera, Fidelio; Wagner and the partisans of the "Music of the Future"; Berlioz's idols - Gluck, Weber, and Mozart. There is an eloquent plea to stop the constant rise in concert pitch (an issue still discussed…
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9 editions- Hardcover · English · 2001Mozart, Weber and WagnerLibrary Reprints · 9780722252277
- Paperback · English · 2000A Critical Study of Beethoven's Nine SymphoniesUniversity of Illinois Press · 165 pages · 9780252069420
- Hardcover · English · 1976Mozart, Weber and WagnerScholarly Pr · 9780403089635
- Hardcover · English · 1968Gregg International · 342 pages · 9780576284226
- Other · English · 1994The art of music and other essays =Indiana University Press · 274 pages · 9780253311641
- Other · English · 1990A critical study of Beethoven's nine symphoniesNative American Book Publishers · 9781878592132
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