![]() ![]() And through Berlioz's 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.įor this new Everyman's edition of The Memoirs, the translator-the composer's most admired biographer-has completely revised the text and the extensive notes to take into account the latest research. ![]() Familiar with all the great figures of the age, Berlioz paints brilliant portraits of Liszt, Wagner, Balzac, Weber, and Rossini, among others. He tells the story of his liaison with Harriet Smithson, and his even more passionate affairs of the mind with Shakespeare, Scott, and Byron. His book is both an account of his important place in the rise of the Romantic movement and a personal testament. Like his massive compositions, Berlioz (1803-69) was colorful, eloquent, larger than life. The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz has long been considered to be among the best of musical autobiographies. ![]()
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