The Memoirs of Hector BerliozAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 19 March 2002
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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 Berliozs intimate and detailed self-revelation, there emerges a profoundly sympathetic and attractive man, driven, finally, by his overwhelming creative urges to a position of lonely eminence.
For this new Everymans edition of The Memoirs, the translator--the composers most admired biographer--has completely revised the text and the extensive notes to take into account the latest research.
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