Autobiography of Hector Berlioz: Member of the Institute of France, from 1803 to 1869; Comprising his Travels in Italy, Germany, Russia, and England

Hector Berlioz; Rachel Holmes; Eleanor Holmes

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139057882

Hector Berlioz (1803–69) was one of the most original and colourful composers of his generation whose music was in many ways ahead of its time. He was also a respected journalist and critic. Begun in 1848, his celebrated Mémoires were completed by 1865 but published posthumously in 1870. They are the best-known of his writings and reflect the man - passionate, imaginative, idealistic, opinionated and witty - and give a fascinating, first-hand, insight into his life. He shares his uncompromising thoughts on his contemporaries and the musical establishment in France, writes candidly about his love affairs and engagingly on his music and travels. This first English translation from the original French, published in 1884, will appeal to the music lover and the general reader. Volume 1 (1803–41) includes his childhood in the Isère, studies in Paris, struggles to establish himself and travels in Italy during 1831–2.

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Frontmatter
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AUTHOR'S PREFACE
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Contents
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CHAPTER I - La Côte St.André—First Communion—First musical experience
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CHAPTER II - My Father–Literary Education–Passion for Travelling–Virgil–First poetical impressions
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CHAPTER III - Meylan–My Uncle–The Pink Shoes–The Hamadryad of Saint Eynard–Love at twelve years of age
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CHAPTER IV - First Music Lessons from my Father–First attempts at Composition–Anatomical Studies–Antipathy to Medicine–Departure for Paris
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CHAPTER V - A Year of Medical Studies–Professor Amusat–A Performance at the Opéra–The Conservatoire Library–Irresistible attraction towards Music–My Father refuses to let me adopt it as a Profession–Family discussions
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CHAPTER VI - I become one of Lesueur's Pupils–His Kindness–The Chapel Royal
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CHAPTER VII - A first Opera–M.Andrieux–A first Mass–M.de Chateaubriand
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CHAPTER VIII - Augustin de Pons;lends me Twelve Hundred Francs–My Mass performed for the first time at Saint Roch–Second Performance at St.Eustache–I burn it
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CHAPTER IX - First Interview with Cherubini–He turns me out of the Conservatoire Library
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CHAPTER X - My Father withdraws my Allowance–I return to the Côte–Despair–My Father's Alarm–He allows me to return to Paris–My Mother's Fanaticism–Her Curse
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CHAPTER XI - I return to Paris–Give Lessons–Enter Reicha's Class at the Conservatoire–Dinners on the Pont Neuf–My Father again stops my Allowance–Relentless Opposition–Humbert Ferrand–Rodolphe Kreutzer
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CHAPTER XII - I compete for a place as Chorus Singer,and get it–A.Charbonnel–Our Bachelor Establishment
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CHAPTER XIII - First Composition for the Orchestra–Studies at the Opéra–Lesueur and Reicha
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CHAPTER XIV - Competition at the Conservatoire–My Cantata declared unplayable–Adoration for Gluck and Spontini–Arrival of Rossini–TheDilettanti–Fury–M.Ingres
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CHAPTER XV - Evenings at the Opéra–Proselytism–Scandals–A Scene of Enthusiasm–A Sensitive Mathematician
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CHAPTER XVI - Weber at the Odéon–Castilblaze–Mozart–Lachnith–“Adapters”–“Despair and die”
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CHAPTER XVII - Prejudice against Operas with Italian Words–The Influence produced by this Feeling on my Appreciation of some of Mozart's Works
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CHAPTER XVIII - Shakespeare–Miss Smithson–Fatal Love–Moral Lethargy–My first Concert–Cherubini's droll Opposition–His Defeat–His first Dose
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CHAPTER XIX - A futile Concert–A Conductor who cannot conduct–A Chorus which cannot sing
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CHAPTER XX - Beethoven at the Conservatoire–Vindictive reserve of the French Musicians–Impressions produced on Lesueur by the Symphony in C minor–His persistent Adherence to his former Conclusions
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CHAPTER XXI - Fatality–I become a Critic
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CHAPTER XXII - The Competition for Musical Composition–The Constitution of the Académie des Beaux Arts–I gain the second Prize
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CHAPTER XXIII - The Academy Porter–His Revelations
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CHAPTER XXIV - Miss Smithson again–A Benefit–Cruel Fate
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CHAPTER XXV - My third Trial at the Conservatoire–No first Prize awarded–A curious Conversation with Boïeldieu–Soothing Music
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CHAPTER XXVI - I read Goethe'sFaustfor the first time–Symphonie Fantastique–Fruitless Endeavours to get it performed
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CHAPTER XVII - Fantasia onThe Tempest–Its performance at the Opéra
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