Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-293) and index.
Contents
Berlioz on the eve of the bicentenary / Peter Bloom -- Berlioz as man and thinker / Jacques Barzun -- Musical environment in France / Janet Johnson -- Genre in Berlioz / Julian Rushton -- Symphonies / Jeffrey Langford -- Concert overtures / Diana Bickley -- Operas and the dramatic legend / James Haar -- Religious works / Ralph P. Locke -- Songs / Annegret Fauser -- Memoires / Pierre Citron -- Short stories / Katherine Kolb -- Criticism / Katharine Ellis -- Grand Traite d'instrumentation / Joel-Marie Fauquet -- Performing Berlioz / D. Kern Holoman -- Berlioz and Gluck / Joel-Marie Fauquet -- Berlioz and Mozart / Hugh Macdonald -- Berlioz and Beethoven / David Cairns -- Berlioz and Wagner : episodes de la vie des artistes / Peter Bloom -- Berlioz's impact in France / Lesley Wright.