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050 00 $aML410.B5$bA245 1956
100 1 $aBerlioz, Hector,$d1803-1869.
240 10 $aSoirées de l'orchestre.$lEnglish
245 10 $aEvenings with the orchestra.$cTranslated and edited with an introd. and notes by Jacques Barzun at the request of the Berlioz Society.
250 $a[1st ed.]
260 0 $aNew York,$bKnopf,$c1956.
300 $axviii, 376 p.$billus., ports.$c24 cm.
505 0 $aPrologue -- First evening. The first opera ; Vincenza ; The vexations of Kleiner the Elder -- Second evening. The strolling harpist ; The performance of an oratorio ; The sleep of the just -- Third evening (Der Freischütz) -- Fourth evening. A debut in Freischütz ; Marescot -- Fifth evening. The S in Robert le diable -- Sixth evening. How a tenor revolves around the public ; The vexations of Kleiner the Younger -- Seventh evening. Historical and philosophical studies : De viris illustribus urbis Romæ ; A Roman woman ; Vocabulary of the Roman language -- Eighth evening. Romans of the New World ; Mr. Barnum ; Jenny Lind's trip to America -- Ninth evening. The Paris Opéra and London's opera houses.
520 $aDuring the performances of fashionable operas in an unidentified but "civilized" town in northern Europe, the musicians (with the exception of the conscientious bass drummer) tell tales, read stories, and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. In this delightful and now classic narrative written by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, we are privy to twenty-five highly entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers.
650 0 $aMusic$zFrance$zParis$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMusic$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMusic$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aMusic.
700 1 $aBarzun, Jacques,$d1907-2012$4trl
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.$sSoirées de l'orchestre. English.$tEvenings with the orchestra.$b[1st ed.].$dNew York, Knopf, 1956$w(OCoLC)639365948
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