THE LIFE OF BERLIOZ _All rights reserved._ [Illustration: _Hector Berlioz._] THE LIFE OF HECTOR BERLIOZ AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN HIS LETTERS AND MEMOIRS [Illustration] TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATHARINE F BOULT [Illustration] LONDON J. M. DENT & CO. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. 1903 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. LA CÔTE SAINT-ANDRÉ 1 II. ESTELLE 5 III. MUSIC AND ANATOMY 10 IV. PARIS 16 V. CHERUBINI 22 VI. MY FATHER’S DECISION 27 VII. PRIVATION 31 VIII. FAILURE 37 IX. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 42 X. WEBER 46 XI. HENRIETTE 50 XII. MY FIRST CONCERT 56 XIII. AN ACADEMY EXAMINATION 64 XIV. FAUST--CLEOPATRA 71 XV. A NEW LOVE 80 XVI. LISZT 91 XVII. A WILD INTERLUDE 96 XVIII. ITALIAN MUSIC 108 XIX. IN THE MOUNTAINS 113 XX. NAPLES--HOME 120 XXI. MARRIAGE 128 XXII. NEWSPAPER BONDAGE 135 XXIII. THE REQUIEM 143 XXIV. FRIENDS IN NEED 152 XXV. BRUSSELS--PARIS OPERA CONCERT 159 XXVI. HECHINGEN--WEIMAR 167 XXVII. MENDELSSOHN--WAGNER 177 XXVIII. A COLOSSAL CONCERT 187