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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1was accompanied by the following printed program:—
3"Mephistopheles, to excite in Faust's soul the love of pleasure, convokes the spirits of the air, and bids them sing; after preluding on their magic instruments, they describe an enchanted land, whose happy inhabitants are intoxicated with ever-renewed voluptuous delights; little by little the charm takes effect, the voices of the sylphs die away, and Faust falls asleep to dream delicious dreams."
5In 1826 he had re-entered the Cons., and in 1830 gained the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata Sardanapale. After spending 18 months in Rome and Naples, he returned to Paris with an overture to King Lear, and a continuation of his Symphonie Fantastique, "Lélio, ou le retour à la vie." He now added journalism to composition, and by his brilliant, incisive—and generally controversial—writings, became widely known; while the active friendship of Liszt extended his reputation throughout Europe. A successful concert tour in Germany, 1843, was followed by others through Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, and Russia. In 1853 he conducted his Benvenuto Cellini at Covent Garden, and Béatrice et Bénédict at Baden-Baden, 1862. He also visited St. Petersburg to bring out his Damnation de Faust. This peculiar but very popular oratorio marks, perhaps, the culminating point in Berlioz's artistic career. A distinguishing feature of all his works is his extremely original and masterly orchestration.
7His works—in addition to those mentioned above—include a symphony, Harold en Italie, 1834; a grand messe des morts, 1837; dramatic symphony, Roméo et Juliette, 1839; Carnaval romain; opera, Les Troyens à Carthage, 1863; sacred trilogy, l'Enfance du Christ; Te Deum for 3 choirs, orchestra, and organ; Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale; overture, Le Corsaire; songs, &c.
9His treatise on Instrumentation (English trans. Novello), is a fine work; but it is now practically superseded by Gevaert's, Richard Strauss' and Weingartner's more modern and complete treatises.
11Berloque (F.). The military drum-call to Breloque (F.). meals.
13BERLYN. (See Berlijn.)
15BERMUDO, Juan. Spanish writer. Published one vol. of a work on Musical Instruments, 1545.
17BERNABEI, G. E. Papal Maestro, 1672. Court Capellmeister, Munich, 1674; Wrote 3 operas, 2 books of madrigals, motets, psalms, &c.
19BERNABEI, G. A. Son of the preceding; b. Rome, 1659; d. 1732. Succeeded his father as Capellmeister, Munich, 1688. Wrote 15 operas; also masses, motets, &c.
21BERNACCHI, Antonio. Celebrated male soprano; b. Bologna, abt. 1690; d. 1756. Engaged by Handel, 1729, for the Italian Opera, London. He was then regarded as the finest living dramatic singer. He founded a singing school, Bologna, 1736.
23BERNARD, Emery. B. Orleans. Wrote a capital "Method of Singing" (16th cent.).
25BERNARD, Émile. B. Marseilles, 1845. Org. Notre-Dame-les-Champs, Paris. D. 1902. Works: Violin concerto; concertstück, pf. and orchestra; suites, overtures, chamber music, cantatas, &c.
27BERNARD, Moritz. B. 1794; d. St. Petersburg, 1871. Pupil of Field. Music teacher, St. Petersburg, 1822. Wrote an opera, Olga, 1845.
29BERNARD, Paul. Pianist, composer, and writer. B. Poitiers, 1827; d. 1879.
31BERNARD, St., of Clairvaux; 1091-1153. Preached the 2nd Crusade. Author of some celebrated Latin hymns. Jesu, dulcis Memoria (Eng. trans. by E. Caswall—"Jesu, the very thought of Thee") is one of the finest hymns in existence.
33BERNARD, St., of Cluny. 12th cent. Born at Morlaix. Wrote Latin hymns and poems. Dr. Neale trans. the two most famous—"Brief life is here our portion," and "Jerusalem, the golden," from a longer work.
35BERNARDI, Enrico. Milan, 1838-1900. Composed light popular dance music.
37BERNARDI, Francesco. (See Senesino.)
39BERNARDI, Steffano. Canon at Salzburg. Published motets, madrigals, &c., and a work on counterpoint (1634).
41BERNARDINI, Marcello (Marcello di Capua.) B. Capua, abt. 1762. Wrote words and music of over 20 successful stage pieces.
43BERNASCO'NI, A. B. Marseilles, 1712; d. 1784. Court Capellmeister, Munich, 1755. Wrote sacred music and operas.
45BERNASCO'NI, P. Built the organs in Como Cathedral, San Lorenzo Church (Milan), &c. D. 1895.
47BERNELINUS. Wrote on "The Division of the Monochord" (Paris, 1000, A.D.).
49BERNHARD, Christoph. Son of a poor sailor. B. Danzig, 1612; d. 1692. Succeeded Schütz, his teacher, as Capellmeister at Dresden. He was a very remarkable contrapuntist.
50Works: hymns in triple counterpoint, &c.; and treatises on Harmony, Counterpoint, and Composition.
52BERNHARD der Deutsche. Organist of St. Mark's, Venice, 1445-59. He is said to have invented organ pedals.
54BER'NO (called Augien'sis). Abbot, Reichenau Monastery, 1008-1048. Wrote some learned treatises on music.
56BERNOUILLI, Johann (Basel, 1667-1747), and Daniel, his son (1700-1782), wrote valuable works on acoustics.
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