Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score ready to charm a new

ready to charm a new generation of readers and imaginative hat-wearers

1980 edition

Written by three of the most prominent black writers of the nineteenth century

this book will also serve as an excellent reference for practicing chemists

with hand-written notations and fabric swatches

Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score ready to charm a newHector Berlioz (18031869), 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. Both damned and venerated by his contemporaries Mendelssohn considered him devoid of talent, Paganini declared him the one true heir to the spirit of