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The Musical Madhouse

The Musical Madhouse

Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz Alastair Bruce. A. model. critic. One of my reviewer colleagues had a theory that a critic anxious to preserve his impartiality should never see the pieces which he has to review, in order, he said, to avoid being influenced by the  ...
Evenings with the Orchestra

Evenings with the Orchestra

Hector Berlioz

In this delightful and now classic narrative, written by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, readers are made privy to 25 highly entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers.
The Art of Music and Other Essays

The Art of Music and Other Essays

Hector Berlioz

" --Music and Letters Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was equally prominent as composer and music critic. A Travers Chants is the collection of writings he himself selected from his thirty-odd years of musical journalism.
A Treatise upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration

A Treatise upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration

Hector Berlioz

This is a translation of the second (1858) edition of Berlioz's landmark treatise by Mary Cowden Clarke, daughter of music publisher Vincent Novello.
Treatise on Instrumentation

Treatise on Instrumentation

Hector Berlioz

The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind and percussion instruments.
Hector Berlioz, Les Troyens: Edited by Ian Kemp

Hector Berlioz, Les Troyens: Edited by Ian Kemp

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This is a series of studies of individual operas written for the opera-goer or record-collector as well as the student or scholar. Each volume has three main concerns: historical, analytical and interpretative.
The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz: Travels with the Orchestra

The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz: Travels with the Orchestra

Inge van Rij

96 Jonathan Kregor, 'Collaboration and Content in the Symphonie fantastique Transcription', 27. 97 Lydia Goehr, The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 163; Dolan, The ...
Isaac Albeniz: A Guide to Research

Isaac Albeniz: A Guide to Research

Walter Aaron Clark

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1989) by Jeffrey A. Langford and Jane Denker Graves 23. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1989) by K. Gary Adams and Dyke Kiel 24. C ARL M ARIA V ON W EBER (1990) by Donald G. Henderson and Alice H. Henderson 25.
Baccara (Dodo Press)

Baccara (Dodo Press)

Hector Malot

Hector-Henri Malot dit Hector Malot (1830-1907), est un romancier francais.
Gabriel Faure: A Guide to Research

Gabriel Faure: A Guide to Research

Edward R. Phillips

... Mary Ann Parker-Hale Jean-Philippe Rameau (1989) by Donald Foster Ralph Vaughan Williams (1990) by Neil Butterworth Hector Berlioz (1989) by Jeffrey A. Langford and Jane Denker Graves Claudio Monte Verdi (1989) by K.Gary Adams  ...
Fair Ophelia: A Life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz

Fair Ophelia: A Life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz

Peter Raby

The remarkable life and career of Harriet Smithson Berlioz, a talented actress who became a symbol of the Romantic spirit.
Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

Donald MacKay

This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector.
Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

Donald MacKay

This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector.
Myth, Legend, Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy

Myth, Legend, Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy

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Character Notes First appearance or mention (page) Dirty showman Doctor Don Evaristo Madero Don Hector Rocha (Don Hector Rocha y Villareal) Don Hector Rocha's wife Don Rafael Dr. Brinkley Driver (Cuatro Cienagas) Driver (Texas) ...
The Misadventures of Hector Macleod

The Misadventures of Hector Macleod

Hugh Cowan

Hector MacLeod might have said the best but one, and that one himself, and he would have spoken truth. Why did Captain Mackenzie fail in that gift in which he was most efficient? The answer came from the mother of his young wife, who still  ...
Conscience (Complete)

Conscience (Complete)

Hector Malot

Hector Malot. "I have gone, never to return. My despair and disgust of life are such, that without my mother and the poor being who is so far away, I should kill myself; but in spite of the horror of my position I was obliged to reflect, and I do not ...
I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the ...

I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the ...

Ellen Schoeck

... Greek and Latin Doc Alik taught would soon be on the decline, with research in physics, agriculture and engineering ascendant. Engineer Hector MacLeod and Helen Montgomery finally tied the knot in 1920 when Hector returned from war.
Kenya Gazette

Kenya Gazette

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... ADMINISTRATION Supreme Court Cause No 80 of 1937 In the Matter of William Hector Macleod, deceased To all whom it may concern TAKE NOTICE that the account of the estate of the above-named William Hector MacLeod, deceased, ...
The Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports

The Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports

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HECTOR MACLEOD. Sir William Brandford Griffith writes : — Mr. Hector Macleod , late Sheriff-Substitute of Midlothian and Haddington, died recently at Bournemouth at the age of seventy-two. Before being Sheriff-Substitute he had a short ...
Bibliotheca hispana vetus et nova (-1500)

Bibliotheca hispana vetus et nova (-1500)

Nicolás Antonio

'Gaspar Sanchez. MS. Hieron mus Osorius. Para ra c. ' Hieronzmus de Prado. MSF/l ... Gaspar de S. joanne. Super Tara-nos. Gaspar Sanchez. .... Hector Pintus . ... Gaspar de Zamora. Hector Pintus. Hieronymus de Prado. Ïn príara a6. capita.
The musical voyager: Berlioz in Europe

The musical voyager: Berlioz in Europe

David Charlton

This collection of essays has been written by thirteen scholars, from five countries.
Environmental Tax Reform (ETR): A Policy for Green Growth

Environmental Tax Reform (ETR): A Policy for Green Growth

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Models for Projecting the Impacts of ETR Terry Barker, Christian Lutz, Bernd Meyer, and Hector Pollitt 9. Modelling an ETR for Europe Terry Barker, Christian Lutz, Bernd Meyer, Hector Pollitt, and Stefan Speck 10. Implications of ETR in Europe ...

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