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Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette

Julian Rushton c1994 © Cambridge University Press
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Series
  • Cambridge Music Handbooks
ISBN(s)
  • 9780521373975 (hardcover)
  • 9781139085823 (ebook)
  • 9780521377676 (paper)
Subject
  • Music & Musicology
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • List of abbreviations and acknowledgements (page ix)
  • 1 Introduction (page 1)
  • 2 The genesis of Roméo et Juliette (page 7)
  • 3 Berlioz, Shakespeare, and Garrick (page 15)
  • 4 Exordium: Introduction and Prologue; Roméo seul (page 21)
  • 5 The heart of the matter: Scène d'amour; La reine Mab (page 35)
  • 6 Tragedy and reconciliation: Convoi funèbre; Roméo au tombeau; Finale (page 47)
  • 7 A view from 1839 by Stephen Heller (page 60)
  • 8 Performance and reception: 1839 and beyond (page 70)
  • 9 Afterword: Roméo et Juliette as covert opera (page 80)
  • Appendix 1
    • (a) Berlioz's Preface (page 87)
    • (b) Berlioz's note on Roméo au tombeau des Capulets (page 88)
    • (c) Berlioz's observations on performance (page 88)
    • (d) Berlioz on the 'genre instrumental expressif' (page 90)
  • Appendix 2 Texts of:
    • (a) Prologue (page 91)
    • (b) Finale (page 95)
    • (c) The discarded Second Prologue (page 100)
  • Notes (page 102)
  • Select bibliography (page 115)
  • Index (page 118)
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MT 136.1825 (Mar. 1995): 155 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1004009
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