Project Gutenberg 2010-06-24 Public domain in the USA. 223 Saint-Saëns, Camille 1835 1921 Saint-Saens, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille 06019975 Portraits et souvenirs Portraits: Hector Berlioz. Franz Liszt. Charles Gounod. Victor Massé. Antoine Rubinstein -- Souvenirs: Une traversée en Bretagne. Un engagement d'artiste. Georges Bizet. Louis Gallet. Docteur à Cambridge. "Orphée." Don Giovanni -- Variétés: La défense de l'opéra-comique. Drame lyrique et drame musical. Le théâtre au concert. L'illusion wagnérienne. Le mouvement musical. Lettre des Las Palmas. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net) "Portraits et souvenirs" by Camille Saint-Saëns is a collection of reminiscences and musical critiques written in the late 19th century. The work provides insights into the lives and works of notable musicians and composers from Saint-Saëns's perspective, exploring their legacies and contributions to music. Through anecdotes, he reflects on figures like Berlioz and Liszt, blending personal narratives with broader commentary on artistic trends of his time. The opening of "Portraits et souvenirs" introduces the reader to Saint-Saëns's views on the changing landscape of music appreciation, contrasting his earlier work, "Harmonie et Mélodie," with current tastes for complexity over melody. He begins with a preface that outlines his intention to share diverse anecdotes and memories about esteemed musicians he has known, while downplaying the notion of writing a memoir. The first sections provide a detailed look at Hector Berlioz's distinctive style and revolutionary influence, praising his orchestration while critiquing contemporary misunderstandings of his works. This segment sets the stage for Saint-Saëns's reflective and analytical approach to the rich tapestry of musical figures he intends to explore throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Music Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869 Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894 ML Text FR Musique Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Music 369840 2025-08-13T10:50:05.744251 text/html 361427 2010-06-24T08:20:38 text/html 228085 2025-08-13T10:50:13.481185 application/epub+zip 232516 2025-08-13T10:50:08.811281 application/epub+zip 208821 2025-08-13T10:50:07.593287 application/epub+zip 454096 2025-08-13T10:50:17.116213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427897 2025-08-13T10:50:12.720199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349074 2022-09-15T07:11:31.611013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343317 2025-08-13T10:50:05.135304 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 343165 2010-06-24T08:20:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334087 2010-06-24T08:20:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22525 2025-08-13T10:50:17.258203 application/rdf+xml 14598 2025-08-13T10:50:08.097244 image/jpeg 3927 2025-08-13T10:50:07.843269 image/jpeg 134595 2010-06-24T08:22:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 133187 2010-06-24T08:22:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 153720 2010-06-24T08:22:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 225461 2025-08-13T10:50:05.785214 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia