{"product_id":"berlioz-symphonie-fantastique-and-harold-in-italy-full-score","title":"Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy - Full Score","description":"\u003cp\u003eHector Berlioz (1803–1869), 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth damned and venerated by his contemporaries — Mendelssohn considered him devoid of talent, Paganini declared him the one true heir to the spirit of Beethoven — Berlioz seems to have sought in music a way to soothe and give voice to the turbulent psychological instabilities and contradictions of what has come to be called \"program music\" — i.e., instrumental music with an extramusical significance. He strove to communicate musically the experiences, psychological themes, scenic description, and literary allusions more commonly associated with the confessional writings of Romantic poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Dover edition presents two of the greatest of these \"program\" pieces: the \u003cem\u003eSymphonie Fantastique\u003c\/em\u003e (1830) and \u003cem\u003eHarold in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e (1834). Here are the full scores of both major symphonic works — painstakingly reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf \u0026amp; Härtel edition, available for the first time in one convenient volume — plus Berlioz's \"program\" for the \u003cem\u003eSymphonie Fantastique\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians and music lovers everywhere will value this high-quality, inexpensive edition — ideal for study and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReprint of Nos. 1 and 3 of Serie I, \u003cem\u003eSymphonien \u003c\/em\u003e(1900), of \u003cem\u003eWerke \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003evon Hector Berlioz, \u003c\/em\u003eBreitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig, 1900–1910. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":38281595969,"sku":"210000041820","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1319\/7643\/products\/c7a4338d1dfda9b9762dd400d31c281b.jpg?v=1577762269","url":"https:\/\/the-foundry-music-company.myshopify.com\/products\/berlioz-symphonie-fantastique-and-harold-in-italy-full-score","provider":"The Foundry Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}