Form, Program, and Metaphor in the Music of Berlioz

Klappentext This book examines how Berlioz used musical forms to represent a narrative, and to depict emotions such as madness or love. Zusammenfassung Berlioz was a pioneer in the genre of 'program music' - music that draws its inspiration from the world of literature! theatre! and other arts. This book explores how Berlioz's music is related to the stories it conveys! demonstrating how he manipulated musical forms to depict emotions such as madness or love. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminary examples and recent theories; 3. Form as metaphor; 4. Mixing genres, mixing forms: sonata and song in Le Carnaval romain; 5. The vague des passions, monomania, and the first movement of the Symphonie fantastique; 6. Love's emergence and fulfillment: the Scène d'amour from Roméo et Juliette; 7. Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Rodgers, Stephen (Assistant Professor of Music The Rodgers, Rodgers Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107404687
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40468-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous