Epigraphs: Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: On the Usefulness of Archival Sound Recordings
in Performance Practice Study
Chapter 1: Hector Berlioz' Grande Messe des morts --
Historical Background; Features of the Berlioz Style
Chapter 2: Berlioz and His Interpreters --
An Historical Perspective
Chapter 3: The Grande Messe des morts:
Early and Notable Performance History
Chapter 4: Parameters for the Study of Twenty Archival
Sound Recordings
Chapter 5: Twenty Archival Sound Recordings:
Statistical Timing Analysis
Chapter 6: Twenty Archival Sound Recordings:
Specific Performance Choices; the Tenor Solo
Chapter 7: Twenty Archival Sound Recordings:
Subjective Aesthetic Comparison
Chapter 8: Indications for Further Study; Conclusions
Appendix A: Notes on Editions
Appendix B: Charts and Tables
Appendix C: Notes on Performers
Appendix D: "Berlioz," Broadcast Lecture by
Sir Hamilton Harty, 2 March 1936, BBC
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Copyright © 1983, 1995 by Matthew B. Tepper