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(Probably not a compliment.) Ravel called Berlioz “France’s greatest composer” — but he also had a famous putdown, or an observation, at any rate: “a musician of great genius and little ...
The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 22, No. 457, Mar. 1, 1881 The Great Composers, Sketched by Themsel... The Great Composers, Sketched by Themselves. No. X. Berlioz This is the metadata ...
He revived interest in a “problem child” in the pantheon of high romantic composers, bringing Berlioz overdue recognition as ...
John Nelson, an American conductor known for championing the work of romantic composer Hector Berlioz, including through a ...
That’s how US conductor JoAnn Falletta describes the man she characterises as one of ‘the most important French composers ... Massenet and Berlioz… though it has to be said few of ...
The Albany Symphony Orchestra has a splendid program of classical music coming up at the Palace Theatre on Saturday night. On ...
His language is diatonic, owing something to Walton and Sibelius, and the scoring is dramatically brilliant, Berlioz being his acknowledged model. A fluent, versatile composer, he wrote scores for ...
The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 22, No. 460, Jun. 1, 1881 The Great Composers, Sketched by Themsel... The Great Composers, Sketched by Themselves. No. X. Berlioz (Continued) This is ...
John Nelson, an American conductor known for championing the work of romantic composer Hector Berlioz, including through ... itself in a work that even its greatest admirers would admit has ...