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He devoured the musi- cal scores of the free library of the Conservatoire, con- trived to get himself a harmony-teacher, and put some early and puerile compositions before the public. He 126 BERLIOZ.
THE LURE OF MUSIC had boundless energy and a will that was indomitable. He tried three times to gain the Prix de Rome. A fourth effort, "Sardanapale, " composed while the guns of the July Revolution were reverberating through the streets of Paris, won him the coveted reward. Char- acteristically, h...e did not like Rome very much when he got there at least, he did not like the rather aca- demic atmosphere of the Institute. But who could re- sist Italy! Above all, how could so romantic and im- pressionable a youth as Berlioz withstand her charm?
Italy was the cause of one of the gayest and most brilliant of all orchestral overtures, the "Carnaval Romain" ("Roman Carnival"). This is a musical pict- ure of Rome in carnival time. Only Berlioz could have written of this scene with such mad vigor, such electri- cal esprit.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He devoured the musi- cal scores of the free library of the Conservatoire, con- trived to get himself a harmony-teacher, and put some early and puerile compositions before the public. He 126 BERLIOZ.
THE LURE OF MUSIC had boundless energy and a will that was indomitable. He tried three times to gain the Prix de Rome. A fourth effort, "Sardanapale, " composed while the guns of the July Revolution were reverberating through the streets of Paris, won him the coveted reward. Char- acteristically, h...e did not like Rome very much when he got there at least, he did not like the rather aca- demic atmosphere of the Institute. But who could re- sist Italy! Above all, how could so romantic and im- pressionable a youth as Berlioz withstand her charm?
Italy was the cause of one of the gayest and most brilliant of all orchestral overtures, the "Carnaval Romain" ("Roman Carnival"). This is a musical pict- ure of Rome in carnival time. Only Berlioz could have written of this scene with such mad vigor, such electri- cal esprit.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Olin Downes to read onlineMoreLess
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