Berlioz, Flaubert and the Orient.
The Passage| N° d'inventaire | 26191 |
| Format | 19.5 x 25 |
| Détails | 256 p., numerous color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782847424904 |
"There's a man! And a true artist!" wrote Flaubert upon reading Berlioz's unpublished correspondence, adding: "If only I had known him better, I would have adored him!" Berlioz and Flaubert did not have time to establish a long friendship. They only met in 1863: the musician, enthusiastic about Salammbô , devoted a dithyrambic passage to it in his Revue musicale of December 1862. While the writer wanted to adapt his novel for opera, the composer was busy preparing Les Troyens . But he called on the novelist because he needed "some advice for the Phoenician and Carthaginian costumes." Posthumous friends in a way, Flaubert and Berlioz gave the Orient a similar place in their works and aspirations. Contemporaries of Romantic Orientalism, the fashion for fairy tales and the great orientalist productions, they in turn contributed to a renewal of its forms and themes. Under the direction of Cécile Reynaud and Gisèle Séginger, Berlioz, Flaubert and the Orient , a richly illustrated work, brings together a collection of contributions from the best specialists on the subject.
"There's a man! And a true artist!" wrote Flaubert upon reading Berlioz's unpublished correspondence, adding: "If only I had known him better, I would have adored him!" Berlioz and Flaubert did not have time to establish a long friendship. They only met in 1863: the musician, enthusiastic about Salammbô , devoted a dithyrambic passage to it in his Revue musicale of December 1862. While the writer wanted to adapt his novel for opera, the composer was busy preparing Les Troyens . But he called on the novelist because he needed "some advice for the Phoenician and Carthaginian costumes." Posthumous friends in a way, Flaubert and Berlioz gave the Orient a similar place in their works and aspirations. Contemporaries of Romantic Orientalism, the fashion for fairy tales and the great orientalist productions, they in turn contributed to a renewal of its forms and themes. Under the direction of Cécile Reynaud and Gisèle Séginger, Berlioz, Flaubert and the Orient , a richly illustrated work, brings together a collection of contributions from the best specialists on the subject.