Word: berlioz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration." (Music...
...considered Romantic music, but don't expect the opium-filled fun of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The musical elements are too literal to invite creative interpretation and at times it seemed repetitive in its use of musical devices. An overly-dramatic orchestra might have felt compelled to dilute parts of the Symphonia Domestica into a pre-Stravinsky and Debussy prototype. Many arpeggios sound very much like those of Debussy. And it is true that some percussion lines sound so much like The Rite of Spring that a timpani-player might have to hold himself back in order to play...
SCARFED UP: Can watching scarfs being jerked around underwater for 50 minutes be fun? Puppeteer Basil Twist makes it so in his New York City show with a Fantasia-like dance to Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. It's classical music's answer to rock's laser shows...
During the last week of 1999, much of the rejoicing in this vibrant metropolis will be expressed musically. Beethoven, Strauss (Richard and both Johanns) and Berlioz will be featured on classical programs around the city. At the tall Funkturm, the city's radio tower, swing, pop and disco musicians will entertain an expected 2,250 revelers. (The price tag, per person, is around...
...Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration." (Music...