Evenings with the Orchestra
Contributors: Jacques Barzun (Translator)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: May 15, 1999
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780226043746
First sentence: A VERY DULL modern French opera is being given.
Description: "In this narrative by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, we are privy to twenty-five highly entertaining evenings with musicians who tell tales, read stories, and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the mediocre music they are paid to perform. Jacques Barzun's pitch-perfect translation brings out the graceful satire of Berlioz's Evenings, while a new Foreword by Peter Bloom testifies to the enduring pleasure found in this witty and amusing book."--BOOK JACKET.