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Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score - (Dover Music Scores) by Hector Berlioz (Paperback)

 Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score - (Dover Music Scores) by  Hector Berlioz (Paperback)
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<p>Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), considered the father of modern orchestration, possessed an intuitive musical genius all the more remarkable for his limited formal musical education. A brilliant colorist, a master of the unexpected rhythmic break, he brought a new symphonic richness to Romantic music.<br>Both damned and venerated by his contemporaries -- Mendelssohn considered him devoid of talent, Paganini declared him the one true heir to the spirit of Beethoven -- Berlioz seems to have sought in music a way to soothe and give voice to the turbulent psychological instabilities and contradictions of what has come to be called "program music" -- i.e., instrumental music with an extramusical significance. He strove to communicate musically the experiences, psychological themes, scenic description, and literary allusions more commonly associated with the confessional writings of Romantic poets.<br>This Dover edition presents two of the greatest of these "program" pieces: the <i>Symphonie Fantastique</i> (1830) and <i>Harold in Italy</i> (1834). Here are the full scores of both major symphonic works -- painstakingly reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, available for the first time in one convenient volume -- plus Berlioz's "program" for the <i>Symphonie Fantastique</i>.<br>Musicians and music lovers everywhere will value this high-quality, inexpensive edition -- ideal for study and performance.</p>

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