This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz s place in nineteenth-century French cultural life on his principal compositions (symphonies overtures operas sacred works songs) on his major writings (a delightful volume of memories a number of short stories large quantities of music criticism an orchestration treatise) on his direct and indirect encounters with other famous musicians (Gluck Mozart Beethoven Wagner) and on his legacy in France. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of his life and a usefully annotated bibliography.