The author recounts the events and extraordinary achievements of the great composer's life against the background of the romantic era. As the author eloquently

In this abridgment of his monumental study, Berlioz and the Romantic Century, Jacques Barzun recounts the events and extraordinary achievements of the great com

Accompanied by a sound disc (digital; 4 3/4 in.) by the same name which is available in Multimedia : CD 6.