Mémoires d’Hector Berlioz de 1803 à 1865 et ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre écrits par lui-même, edited by Peter Bloom

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Book Review| April 01 2021 Mémoires d’Hector Berlioz de 1803 à 1865 et ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre écrits par lui-même, edited by Peter Bloom Mémoires d’Hector Berlioz de 1803 à 1865 et ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre écrits par lui-même, edited by Peter Bloom. MusicologieS. Paris: Vrin, 2019. 909 pp. Ralph P. Locke Ralph P. Locke RALPH P. LOCKE is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music. He is the author of Music, Musicians, and the Saint-Simonians (University of Chicago Press, 1986), Musical Exoticism: Images and Reflections (Cambridge University Press, 2009), and Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart (Cambridge University Press, 2015), and coeditor of Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists since 1860 (University of California Press, 1997). He won the H. Colin Slim Award in 2006. He edits the series Eastman Studies in Music (University of Rochester Press). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the American Musicological Society (2021) 74 (1): 161–165. https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2021.74.1.161 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ralph P. Locke; Mémoires d’Hector Berlioz de 1803 à 1865 et ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre écrits par lui-même, edited by Peter Bloom. Journal of the American Musicological Society 1 April 2021; 74 (1): 161–165. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2021.74.1.161 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentJournal of the American Musicological Society Search Berlioz’s book of memoirs focuses not on his personal life but primarily on his musical career as composer, conductor, and—to pay the bills—music critic. It includes lengthy, anecdote-filled accounts of the concert tours that he made across Europe conducting his own music and that of others. The volume was printed during his last years, but, by his own stipulation, the copies were kept under lock and key until after his death. (He did give copies in advance to a few dozen trusted individuals.) This hefty tome—the original edition was 509 pages long—remains one of the most important books by any composer. Numerous editions have appeared in the original French, and the work has been translated into at least eleven languages. Many of these publications have been enriched with hundreds of explanatory notes. Until now, the most renowned version has been the English translation by David Cairns, whose extensive commentary remains... You do not currently have access to this content.