Description - Berlioz by David Cairns
'David Cairns has a wonderful story to tell and he tells it superbly well . rich in detail and imbued with imaginative insights that stem from love. It is also written with an enviable blend of grace and energy.' Observer Berlioz. David Cairns draws on a wealth of family papers to recreate in authentic and intimate detail the provincial milieu of Berlioz's boyhood, showing how the son of a village doctor was already transforming himself into the composer of the Fantastic Symphony. Berlioz's desperate attempts to win his father's approval for his vocation, his struggles to establish himself on the Parisian musical scene, and his passionate pursuit of love are all brought vividly to life in this first volume of David Cairns's acclaimed biography, winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Music Award and the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year. or redundant page in the whole book. Cairns has lived, breathed and dreamt Berlioz for more than twenty years. He has visited the places Berlioz visited and read the books Berlioz read . You would no more want to read a slimmed-down version of this book than you would an abridged version of David Copperfield.' Romanticism.' Guardian
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