Description: Fourteen revealing essays by a prominent Berlioz authority on some of the composer's acclaimed compositions (the Symphonie fantastique, Les Nuits d'été, Les Troyens) and writings (the celebrated Mémoires).
Brief description: PETER BLOOM is the Grace Jarcho Ross Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Smith College.
Review Quotes: [This] product of four decades of scholarly work... provides useful and interesting enrichments to present-day Berlioz research; and it caps, in sure-handed fashion, the academic career of one of that field's great specialists. Always interestingly and in a closely argued manner, Bloom does not shy from offering speculation. One of this book's strong points is the sense that one gets of Bloom's deep knowledge of sources.--Matthieu Cailliez "Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal"