Berlioz and His Century: An Introduction to the Age of Romanticism (Phoenix)
University of Chicago Press, August 1982. Paper Back. In this abridgment of his monumental study, "Berlioz and the Romantic Century," Jacques Barzun recounts the events and extraordinary achievements of the great composer's life against the background of the romantic era. As the author eloquently demonstrates, Berloiz was an archetype whose..... More