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  1. May 28, 2013 · Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral...

  2. The first concert of Berlioz's music took place in May 1828, when his friend Nathan Bloc conducted the premieres of the overtures Les Francs-juges and Waverley and other works. The hall was far from full, and Berlioz lost money.

  3. 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).

  4. Mar 8, 2019 · Fans of Hector Berlioz — and record companies, it appears — need no excuse to celebrate the music of the pioneering French composer and quick-witted music critic. The sesquicentennial of ...

  5. Hector Berlioz: biography, music, writings, career in Paris, travels, articles by Berliozians, catalogue, bibliography, discography, concerts, reviews, news and more.

  6. Berlioz’s liturgical music, most notably the Grande Messe Des Morts (Requiem) and Te Deum, is no less flamboyant. The former requires eight pairs of rumbling timpani and four additional brass ensembles, the latter a children’s chorus of 600 symbolising “the mass of the people participating from time to time in a vast sacred concert.”

  7. Hector Berlioz - Composer, Orchestrator, Innovator | Britannica. Contents. Home Literature Nonfiction Nonfiction Authors A-K. Legacy of Hector Berlioz. 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.

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