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Berlioz: The Making of an Artist 1803-1832
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David Cairns
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
March 1, 2000
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520221994
ISBN-10
0520221990
Dimensions
2 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2.90 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$85.00
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university press
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Summary
Covers the life of the French composer, including his struggle to establish himself in Paris and how his work was created.
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Hardcover
Illustrate edition from Viking Uk (March 1, 2000)
9780713993851 | details & prices | List price $40.00
About: This first volume of David Cairns's biography of Berlioz, first published a decade ago (when it won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Music Awards, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year and the British Academy's Derek Allen Prize) and now reissued in a revised and corrected second edition, transform our view of the composer of the "Fantastic Symphony" and has established itself as one of the outstanding biographies of any musician in English: "it is already clear", wrote one critic, "that Cairns is doing for Berlioz what Ernest Newman did for Wagner".
About: This first volume of David Cairns's biography of Berlioz, first published a decade ago (when it won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Music Awards, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year and the British Academy's Derek Allen Prize) and now reissued in a revised and corrected second edition, transform our view of the composer of the "Fantastic Symphony" and has established itself as one of the outstanding biographies of any musician in English: "it is already clear", wrote one critic, "that Cairns is doing for Berlioz what Ernest Newman did for Wagner".
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from Univ of California Pr (March 1, 2000); titled "Berlioz: The Making of an Artist 1803-1832"
9780520221994 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 2.00 in. | 2.90 lbs | List price $85.00
About: Covers the life of the French composer, including his struggle to establish himself in Paris and how his work was created.
About: Covers the life of the French composer, including his struggle to establish himself in Paris and how his work was created.
Paperback
from Univ of California Pr (September 1, 2003); titled "Berlioz: The Making of an Artist 1803-1832"
9780520240568 | details & prices | 672 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.75 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $31.95
About: This biography of composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) describes with unprecedented intimacy, affection, and respect the life of one of France's greatest artists.
About: This biography of composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) describes with unprecedented intimacy, affection, and respect the life of one of France's greatest artists.
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