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Apr 17, 2024 · Hector Berlioz was a French composer, critic, and conductor of the Romantic period, known largely for his Symphonie fantastique (1830), the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette (1839), and the dramatic piece La Damnation de Faust (1846). His last years were marked by fame abroad and hostility at home.
Apr 3, 2014 · (1803-1869) Who Was Hector Berlioz? Hector Berlioz turned his back on a career in medicine to follow his passion for music, and went on to compose works that showcased the innovativeness...
Nov 10, 2023 · Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was the leading French composer of Romantic music, best known for his innovative Symphonie fantastique and use of large-scale orchestras and choruses in works like The Trojans opera.
Hector Berlioz: biography, music, writings, career in Paris, travels, articles by Berliozians, catalogue, bibliography, discography, concerts, reviews, news and more.
Hector Berlioz - Composer, Orchestrator, Innovator: The outstanding characteristics of Berlioz’s music—its dramatic expressiveness and variety—account for the feeling of attraction or repulsion that it produces in the listener. Its variety also means that devotees of one work may dislike others, as one finds lovers of Shakespeare who ...
The Story Of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Why is it human nature to want what we can’t have? In 1827, the 23-year-old Hector Berlioz attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Odéon Theatre in Paris; Harriet Smithson, a charismatic Irish actress, was playing Ophelia.
If by the time of her death Smithson was a largely forgotten figure, Berlioz had established a reputation as a renegade genius among his composing peers, including the two most prominent members of the “new music’”group, Liszt and Wagner, and the fast emerging Russian Nationalist school.
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