| Description |
xxvi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1973. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
During 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. This edition of the author's translation of this work contains a new foreword by Berlioz scholar Peter Bloom. |
| Subject |
Music -- France -- Paris -- History and criticism.
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Music -- History and criticism.
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| Added Title |
Soirées de l'orchestre. English
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| ISBN |
0226043746 alkaline paper |
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