4 Berlioz and the Mezzo-Soprano

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note to the Reader ix
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction: Berlioz in the Aftermath of the Bicentenary 1
7. Part One: Aesthetic Issues
8. 1 The Music in the Music of Berlioz 11
9. 2 “Artistic Religiosity”: Berlioz Between the Te Deum and L’Enfance du Christ 26
10. Part Two: In Fiction and Fact
11. 3 Euphonia and the Utopia of the Orchestra as Society 47
12. 4 Berlioz and the Mezzo-Soprano 64
13. Part Three: Criticizing and Criticized
14. 5 Berlioz as Composer-Critic 89
15. 6 “A Certain Hector Berlioz”: News in Germany about Berlioz in France 101
16. Part Four: The “Dramatic Symphony”
17. 7 Berlioz’s Lost Roméo et Juliette 125
18. 8 Beethoven, Shakespeare, and Berlioz’s Scène d’amour 138
19. Part Five: In Foreign Lands
20. 9 Germany at First 163
21. 10 England and Berlioz 174
22. Part Six: An Artist’s Life
23. 11 Berlioz Writing the Life of Berlioz 201
24. 12 Berlioz: Autobiography, Biography 221
25. Contributors 235
26. Index 239