This far-reaching collection of heretofore unpublished studies ushers in the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). The contributors include leading music historians and two prominent historians of culture, Peter Gay and Jacques Barzun. The essays discuss Berlioz's views of the music of the -past,- Berlioz's interactions with music and musicians of his -present,- and views of Berlioz during the several generations after his death (the -future-). A long-awaited piece by Richard Macnutt meticulously inventories and investigates more than two hundred letters and...