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Holoman, Dallas Kern was born on September 8, 1947 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Kern and Katherine Herring (Highsmith) Holoman.
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For three decades, beginning with the Symphonie fantastique composed in 1830, Berlioz and his music embodied the élan and exuberance of the Romantic era. This captivating and sumptuously illustrated biography is not only a complete account of Berlioz's life, but an acute analysis of his compositions and description of his work as conductor and critic, as well as a vivid picture of his musical world. D. Kern Holoman paints a full-length portrait of Berlioz: his personal and family life, his intellectual development and pursuits, his methods of composing (Berlioz at his work table, so to speak), the aim and style of his music criticism and travel writing, his innovations in staging and conducting performances, and his interaction with other composers, including Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann, Glinka, Brahms, Verdi, Saint-Saëns, Gounod. In discussing Berlioz's music, Holoman talks about specific techniques, takes note of influences and borrowings, and analyzes the concept of programmatic music developed in Symphonie fantastique, Harold in Italy, Romeo and Juliet, and The Damnation of Faust. While following Berlioz's career, we get a rich sense of the world in which he moved. We see the requirements and excitements of foreign concert tours, the music publishing and instrument-making businesses, the development of the modern concept of orchestral conducting, the use of newspapers for publicity, the composer's working relations with impresarios and soloists.
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Going to concerts is becoming, for large numbers of Americans, an increasingly frequent pleasure. For those who encounter unfamiliar traditions and terms in the concert hall, here is information and advice which tells all listeners what they need to know to be comfortable at an orchestral concert. This companion to the orchestral concert includes background, biographies, and discussions of 200 masterpieces.
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How do you spell Rachmaninov? Where do you place the hyphen in Hofmannsthal if it breaks across two lines? Is it premiere or première? The answers and much more can be found in a new, essential resource for authors, students, editors, concert producers—anyone who deals with music in print. An expanded version of the style sheet for the well-known journal 19th-Century Music, this small volume covers some of the thorniest issues of musical discourse: how to go about describing musical works and procedures in prose, the rules for citations in notes and bibliography, and proper preparation of such materials as musical examples, tables, and illustrations. One section discusses program notes, another explains the requirements of submitting manuscripts written on a word processor. An appendix lists common problem words.
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Holoman, Dallas Kern was born on September 8, 1947 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Kern and Katherine Herring (Highsmith) Holoman.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Duke U., 1969; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1974.
Professor music, University of California, Davis, since 1980; department chairman, University of California, Davis, 1980-1989; conductor Symphony Orchestra, University of California, Davis, since 1979; founding director Early Music Ensemble, University of California, Davis, 1973-1979; conductor operas and musicals with departments dramatic art and music, University of California, Davis, since 1974; musical director, Davis Comic Opera Company, since 1977.
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Member American Musicological Society.
Married Elizabeth Ann Rock, May 27, 1970. Children: Kate Elizabeth, Michael Kern.