MUS 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Avail, Ranz Des Vaches, Thomas De Quincey
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Episodes of the life of an artist, fantastic symphony in five parts, by hector berlioz, performed for hte first time december 5, 1830 at the conservatory of music of paris . Goethe"s faust (gretchen is executed after killing her infant child) Confessions of an opium eater" - thomas de quincey. The main character is obsessively in love. A parallel to berliioz"s obsession with shakespearean actress, harriet smithson. Music of a narrative or descriptive kind; the term is often extended to all music that attempts to represent extra-musical concepts without resorting to sung words". Was a time when composers were tending to also be highly literate, well-versed in fiction and philosophy, and writers themselves, both of music criticism adn memoir. Berlioz on programme music: the composer"s intention has been to develop, insofar as they contain musical possibilities, various situations in the life of an artist. Berlioz was likely ingesting opium throughout 1829-1830. 1828/29 berlioz suffered from a severe nervous condition.
