{"product_id":"2026200009760-secondhand-evenings-in-the-orchestra","title":"Evenings In The Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in the history of classical music burned with such fierce, restless brilliance as Hector Berlioz, and Evenings in the Orchestra captures that fire in its most intimate and irreverent form. Cast as a series of conversations among bored orchestral musicians who tell stories and trade opinions during dull operatic performances, the work presents a dazzling hybrid of fiction, music criticism, and autobiography — a portrait of nineteenth-century musical life from the inside out. Berlioz chronicles the frustrations and passions of the professional musician with wit and acidity, skewering mediocrity while championing the transcendent power of great art.\n\nWhat emerges is not merely a collection of anecdotes but a sustained argument for artistic integrity, rendered in prose as vivid and dramatic as Berlioz's own symphonic compositions. The work stands as a landmark of music literature, revealing a composer of towering intellect and savage humour who was as formidable with a pen as he was with a baton. Translated and introduced for a new generation of readers in this Peregrine edition, it leaves one wondering: in an age of comfortable mediocrity, would Berlioz find the orchestra any less insufferable today?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130588963035,"sku":"2026200009760-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4aa887ca-ab4e-4e82-b75b-2c571360310b.png?v=1786587020","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009760-secondhand-evenings-in-the-orchestra","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}