See E Csicsery Ronay Hector Berlioz

Excerpt from A Critical Study of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies, With a Few Words on His Trios and Sonatas: A Criticism of Fidelio, and an Introductory Essay on Music ...

Excerpt from Gluck His Operas: With an Account of Their Relation to Musical Art ...

Excerpt from A Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: To Which Is Appended the Chef D'orchestre ...

Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance) was composed in 1819 and dedicated to Weber's wife of only a few months. This is the first waltz to be written as a concert piece and to depict people dancing. The introduction is a man asking a women to dance and their conversation, they dance, and then depart with his thanks. Berlioz was asked to add a ballet to Weber's opera Der Freischütz, a...