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The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz: Introduced by David Cairns

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Hector Berlioz' (1803-69) autobiography is both an account of his important place in the rise of the Romantic movement and a personal testament. He tells the story of his liaison with Harriet Smithson, and his even more passionate affairs of the mind with Shakespeare, Scott, and Byron. Familiar with all the great figures of the age, Berlioz paints brilliant portraits of Liszt, Wagner, Balzac, Weber, and Rossini, among others. And through Berlioz's intimate and detailed self-revelation, there emerges a profoundly sympathetic ...

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The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz: Introduced by David Cairns 2002, Everyman's Library, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780375413919

Hardcover