{"product_id":"discovering-berlioz-essays-reviews-talks","title":"Discovering Berlioz: Essays, Reviews, Talks","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Cairns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the past half-century and more David Cairns has been one of the world's pre-eminent Berlioz scholars, translating Berlioz's freewheeling memoirs and writing a monumental biography of the composer that earned a procession of awards. But many of Cairns' writings on Berlioz were intended for particular audiences - the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlioz Society Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, articles in books and journals, contributions to newspapers (he was a critic for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for 25 years) and lectures - and have never been collected between a single set of covers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscovering Berlioz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents nearly 40 essays from the past five decades that even now throw unexpected light on this most quixotic and profound of composers - firebrand and philosopher almost in the same breath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese articles follow the chronology of Berlioz's life, examining the influences of his provincial childhood on his music, the revelations of Virgil, Gluck, Shakespeare and Beethoven, the tribulations of his professional life in Paris, when the pressure to earn a living as a reviewer and writer robbed him of the time he should have spent on composition, and finally focusing on the masterpiece that crowned Berlioz's difficult life, the operatic epic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Troyens. Discovering Berlioz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also charts the history of Berlioz reception: the composer who in the mid-twentieth century was regarded as an eccentric outsider is now seen as one of the most vital figures in the history of western music - a re-assessment for which David Cairns himself deserves much of the credit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNovember 22, 2019 by Toccata Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Very Good \/ Hardcover \/ David Cairns","offer_id":51283274432810,"sku":"9780907689584","price":37.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/48931508.jpg?v=1774211828","url":"https:\/\/evasusedbooks.co\/products\/discovering-berlioz-essays-reviews-talks","provider":"Eva's Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}