SKU: BA.BVK01677
Composed by Gunther
Braam. Edited by John
Warrack and Richard
Maccnutt. This edition:
Complete edition. Linen.
New Berlioz Edition.
Volume 26. Complete
edition, Book.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BVK01677_00. Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BVK01677).
ISBN
9783761816776. 27.5 x
19.8 cm inches.
Translation: John
Warrack.
The volume
contains 122 portraits of
Hector Berlioz, including
paintings, medals, busts,
woodcuts, drawings,
lithographs, photographs
and caricatures. It also
presents several doubtful
or spurious
portraits.
Each
reproduction is
accompanied by
information on its date,
artist and present
location. This collection
of all known Berlioz
portraits sheds entirely
new light on the life and
surroundings of the great
French composer.
The Portraits of
Hector Berliozis the
first collection of all
the portraits made of
Berlioz during his
lifetime. It ranges from
photographs, formal
paintings and drawings by
way of woodcuts and
lithographs to the many
caricatures which his
striking appearance
attracted. Each picture
is accompanied by a full
description and thorough
documentation of its
location and history,
details of the artist's
career and relationship
with Berlioz, an
explanation of the
circumstances of the
picture's creation, and
much else in the way of
relevant comment. This
documentation also sheds
light on the development
of photography and its
position in the society
of the Second Empire , as
well as on the emphasis
on caricature in the
often satirical
journalism of the day.
Where they contribute to
the appreciation of the
picture, the articles
which the caricatures
illustrate, or extracts
from them, are also
included in an Appendix.
Some of the pictures are
published for the first
time and many for the
first time in colour.
As well as being
fascinating and often
entertaining, the
collection adds to our
understanding of
Berlioz's life, times and
the circumstances in
which his music was
composed and
performed.
