Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The Reboul-Berlioz collection David Cairns; 2. Berlioz and the metronome Hugh MacDonald; 3. Romeo and Juliet and Roméo et Juliette Ian Kemp; 4. In the shadows of Les Nuits d'été Peter Bloom; 5. Les Nuits d'ete: cycle or collection? Julian Rushton; 6. 'Ritter Berlioz' in Germany David B. Levy; 7. The Damnation of Faust: the perils of heroism in Music Katherine Reeve; 8. Berlioz's version of Gluck's Orphée Joël-Marie Fauquet; 9. Overheard at Glimmerglass ('famous last words') Jacques Barzun; Index.

This book contains essays by leading Berlioz scholars on various aspects of the great musician's life and work.