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Berlioz by August Prinzhofer, 1845. Louis-Hector Berlioz [n 1] (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict, and works of hybrid ...
The idée fixe theme, which recurs in various guises in each of the five movements. The Symphonie fantastique is a piece of programme music that tells the story of a gifted artist who, in the depths of hopelessness and despair because of his unrequited love for a woman, has poisoned himself with opium.
Paganini died shortly after, and did not read or hear the piece. Berlioz used the money primarily to repay his debts, and afterwards was still left with "a handsome sum of money", which he used to allow himself to put his full focus towards working on "a really important work", unobstructed by his usual time-consuming obligations as a critic. [7]
Hector Berlioz photographed by Pierre Petit (1863).. The Mémoires de Hector Berlioz are an autobiography by French composer Hector Berlioz.First serialised in several contemporary journals including Journal des Débats and Le Monde Illustré, [1] their compilation into one book was completed on New Year's Day, 1865 [2] and after much proof-reading, an initial printing of 1200 was carried out ...
Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 ...
Callas died at home in her Paris apartment on Sept. 16, 1977, at age 53. Her official cause of death was a heart attack, although there has been widespread speculation in decades since that she ...
Harriet Constance Smithson (18 March 1800 – 3 March 1854), who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, [1] Harriet Smithson Berlioz, [2] and Miss H.C. Smithson, [3] was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz.
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