David Cairns

Berlioz

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ISBN: 9780141990651
Author : David Cairns
Published: 2019
Publisher: Penguin
Number of pages: 672
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 198×129
Description
No artist's achievement connects more directly with early experience than that of Berlioz. David Cairns draws on a wealth of family papers to recreate in authentic and intimate detail the provincial milieu of Berlioz's boyhood, showing how the son of a village doctor was already transforming himself into the composer of the Fantastic Symphony. Berlioz's desperate attempts to win his father's approval for his vocation, his struggles to establish himself on the Parisian musical scene, and his passionate pursuit of love are all brought vividly to life in this first volume of David Cairn's award-winning biography.

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