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- catalog abstract "During the performances of fashionable operas in an unidentified but "civilized" town in northern Europe, the musicians (with the exception of the conscientious bass drummer) tell tales, read stories, and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. In this delightful and now classic narrative written by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, we are privy to twenty-five highly entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers.".
- catalog alternative "Soirées de l'orchestre. English".
- catalog contributor b1448546.
- catalog contributor b1448547.
- catalog created "1956.".
- catalog date "1956".
- catalog date "1956.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1956.".
- catalog description "During the performances of fashionable operas in an unidentified but "civilized" town in northern Europe, the musicians (with the exception of the conscientious bass drummer) tell tales, read stories, and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. In this delightful and now classic narrative written by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, we are privy to twenty-five highly entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers.".
- catalog description "Prologue -- First evening. The first opera ; Vincenza ; The vexations of Kleiner the Elder -- Second evening. The strolling harpist ; The performance of an oratorio ; The sleep of the just -- Third evening (Der Freischütz) -- Fourth evening. A debut in Freischütz ; Marescot -- Fifth evening. The S in Robert le diable -- Sixth evening. How a tenor revolves around the public ; The vexations of Kleiner the Younger -- Seventh evening. Historical and philosophical studies : De viris illustribus urbis Romæ ; A Roman woman ; Vocabulary of the Roman language -- Eighth evening. Romans of the New World ; Mr. Barnum ; Jenny Lind's trip to America -- Ninth evening. The Paris Opéra and London's opera houses.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 376 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Evenings with the orchestra.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Evenings with the orchestra.".
- catalog issued "1956".
- catalog issued "1956.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfre".
- catalog publisher "New York, Knopf,".
- catalog relation "Evenings with the orchestra.".
- catalog spatial "France Paris".
- catalog spatial "France Paris.".
- catalog subject "ML410.B5 A245 1956".
- catalog subject "Music France Paris History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Music France Paris.".
- catalog subject "Music History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Music.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue -- First evening. The first opera ; Vincenza ; The vexations of Kleiner the Elder -- Second evening. The strolling harpist ; The performance of an oratorio ; The sleep of the just -- Third evening (Der Freischütz) -- Fourth evening. A debut in Freischütz ; Marescot -- Fifth evening. The S in Robert le diable -- Sixth evening. How a tenor revolves around the public ; The vexations of Kleiner the Younger -- Seventh evening. Historical and philosophical studies : De viris illustribus urbis Romæ ; A Roman woman ; Vocabulary of the Roman language -- Eighth evening. Romans of the New World ; Mr. Barnum ; Jenny Lind's trip to America -- Ninth evening. The Paris Opéra and London's opera houses.".
- catalog title "Evenings with the orchestra. Translated and edited with an introd. and notes by Jacques Barzun at the request of the Berlioz Society.".
- catalog title "Soirées de l'orchestre. English".
- catalog type "text".