Fantastic Symphony

Edited by Edward T. Cone

An original concept: in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work.
- A score embodying the best available musical text
- Historical background - what is know of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material
- A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-know scholar
- Other significant analytic essays and citical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music

Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English.

CONTENIDO:

Preface

The historical background
- The composer and the symphony
- The Symphony and the program
- Hector Berlioz - On imitation in music

The score of the symphony
- 1st movement Rêveries. Passions
- 2nd movement Un bal
- 3rd movement Scène aux champs
- 4th movement Marche au supplice
- 5th movement Songe d'une nuit du sabbat
Textual note

Analysis
Two contemporary critiques
- François-Joseph Fétis . Critical analysis
- Robert Schumann - A symphony by Berlioz
Edward T. Cone - Schumann Amplified: An analysis

Views and comments by composers
- Felix Mendelssohn - (A letter from Rome)
- Franz Liszt - A Berlioz concert
- Richard Wagner - (On Berlioz and the fantastic symphony)
- Charles Gounod - (Berlioz)
- Hugo Wolf - (On Berlioz and the fantastic symphony)
- Camille Saint-Saëns - (The fantastic symphony)
- Virgil Thompson - The Berlioz case
- Aaron Copland - Berlioz today
And in brief
Bibliography