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Hector Berlioz
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Hector Berlioz was a French composer and conductor who lived from 1803 to 1869 and played a significant role in shaping Romantic-era classical music. His innovative approaches to orchestration and dramatic musical storytelling left a lasting impact on how composers created and performed music in the nineteenth century and beyond.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1803
- Died
- 1869
- Works
- 519
Top works
- Les soirées de l'orchestre
- רקוויאם, אופ' 5
- The orchestral conductor
- מות קליאופטרה
- Memoirs, from 1803 to 1865, comprising his travels in Italy, Germany, Russia and England
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1803-12-11
- Active to
- 1869-03-08
Discography
- Overtures: “Le Corsaire” / “Benvenuto Cellini” / “Béatrice et Bénedict” / “Les Francs Juges”1952
- The Damnation of Faust1954
- Debussy: The Blessed Damozel / Berlioz: Summer Nights1955
- Symphonie fantastique1955
- Toccata en fa majeur / Concerto pour 2 trompettes en ut / Sonate en fa dièse, op. 78, « À Thérèse » / Symphonie n° 26 en mi bémol (K. 184) / Fantaisie‐impromptu, op. 66 / Carnaval romain, Ouverture1955
- Symphonie fantastique, op. 141957
- Harold in Italy1958
- L'Enfance du Christ1960
- Symphonie fantastique1961
- Symphonie fantastique1961
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Louis Hector Berlioz (born 11 December 1803; died 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Requiem - Grande messe des morts - of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. Berlioz was born in France at La Côte-Saint-André in the département of Isère, between Lyon and Grenoble. His father was a physician, and young Hector was sent to Paris to study medicine at the age of eighteen. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hector+Berlioz">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “C'est la vraie voix féminine de l'orchestre, voix passionnée et chaste en même temps, déchirante et douce, qui pleure et crie et se lamente, ou chante et prie et rêve, ou éclate en accents joyeux, comme nulle autre pourrait le faire.”
- “L'auteur de ce Prophète a non seulement le bonheur d'avoir du talent, mais aussi le talent d'avoir du bonheur.”
- “Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on; le malheur est qu'il soit un maître inhumain qui tue ses élèves.”
- “Pauvres diables!... D'où sortent ces malheureux êtres ?... À quel Montfaucon vont-ils mourir ?... Que leur octroie la munificence municipale pour nettoyer (ou salir) ainsi le pavé de Paris ?... À quel âge les envoie-t-on à l'équarrissage ?... Que fait-on de leurs os ? (leur peau n'est bonne à rien.)”
- “Cette face de l’instrumentation est exactement, en musique, ce que le coloris est en peinture.”
- “Je ne puis m'empêcher de rendre grâces au hasard qui m'a mis dans la nécessité de parvenir à composer silencieusement et librement, en me garantissant ainsi de la tyrannie des habitudes des doigts, si dangereuses pour la pensée.”
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Hector Berlioz, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
La Damnation de Faust.. N. 19,, Sérénade de Méphistophélès avec choeur de follets = Ständchen des Méphistophélès und Chor der Irrlichter [Música notada]
Harold in Italy [Música notada]: symphony for orchestra with main viola
Marche hongroise de La Damnation de Faust de Berlioz [Música notada]
Sérénade de Méphistophélès de La Damnation de Faust de Berlioz [Música notada]
La Damnation de Faust [Música notada] : légende dramatique en quatre parties, op. 24
Beatrice and Benédict [Música notada]:] opera in two imitated acts of Shakespeare
Symphonie fantastique [Música notada] : en cinq parties, op. 14
Ouverture du Corsaire [Música notada]= Ouverture "Der Corsar" = Ouverture "The Corsair" : op. 21
Le carnaval romain [Música notada] : ouverture caractéristique à grand orchestre : op. 9
Extraits de La Damnation de Faust [Música notada]
Episode de la vie d'un artiste [Música notada] : symphonie fantastique en 5 parties : op. 14
Songe de Faust [Música notada] : choeur de gnomes et de sylphes de La Damnation de Faust de Berlioz
Le roi de Thulé [Música notada] : chanson gothique de la Damnation de Faust de Berlioz
Romance de Marguerite de La Damnation de Faust de Berlioz [Música notada]
Le repos de la Sainte Famille de L'Enfance de Christ de Berlioz [Música notada]
L'etable de Bethléem [Música notada] : duo tiré de L'Enfance du Christ de Berlioz
Trio et choeur [Música notada] : troisième partie de la triologie sacrée de L'Enfance du Christ de Berlioz
Act IV: D “amour l” ardente flamme (Romance of Marguerite) (further template title)
La damnation de Faust: Air de Marguerite/(Hector Berlioz)
Une puce gentille chez un prince logeait: chanson de la Puce; “La damnation de Faust”/(Berlioz)
La damnation de Faust: 3e partie; Scéne XII. Sérénade de Méphisto/(Hector Berlioz)
Dannazione di Faus: Su queste rose/(Berlioz)
La damnation de Faust: 3e partie; Scéne XIII duo (1re partie)/(Hector Berlioz)
La damnation de Faust: Air du roi de Thulé; (1re partie)/(Berlioz)
Nature immense: “La damnation de Faust”/(Berlioz)
![La damnation de Faust: Air de Faust/[H. Berlioz]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F009287%2Ffon_snp_a_009287_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
La damnation de Faust: Air de Faust/[H. Berlioz]
Voici des roses: “La damnation de Faust”/Berlioz
Nature immense (Mysterious nature): act 4 (“La damnation de Faust”)/(Berlioz)
La damnation de Faust: 2e partie; Scene V. Chant de la Fête de Pâques (1re partie)/(Hector Berlioz)
Devant la maison: Sérénade de Méphistofélès; “La damnation de Faust”/(Berlioz)
La course a l 'abime (The ride to the abyss): act 4 (“La damnation de Faust”)/(Berlioz)
La damnation de Faust: “Il était un roi de Thulé”/(Hector Berlioz)
Roman Carnival: Overture. 2 (2 pages)/Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust - 2e partie: Air de Méphistophéles: “Voici des roses”/(Berlioz)
Les Troyens a Carthage: acte III. “Inutiles regrets”; (1re partie)/(Livret et musique de Berlioz)
Les Troyens à Carthage: Adieu, fière cité; (act 5, scene 2)/(Berlioz)
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Encyclopedic overview
Berlioz by August Prinzhofer, 1845 Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, conductor and critic. 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 genres such as the "dramatic symphony" Roméo et Juliette and the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust.
The elder son of a provincial physician, Berlioz was expected to follow his father into medicine, and he attended a Parisian medical college before defying his family by taking up music as a profession. His independence of mind and refusal to follow traditional rules and formulas put him at odds with the conservative musical establishment of Paris. He briefly moderated his style sufficiently to win France's premier music prize – the Prix de Rome – in 1830, but he learned little from the academics of the Paris Conservatoire. Opinion was divided for many years between those who thought him an original genius and those who viewed his music as lacking in form and coherence.
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