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Hector Berlioz

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born

December 11, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André, France

died

March 08, 1869

genre

Arts & Photography

influences

Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Shakespeare,...more

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Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer, conductor, music critic and author, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation (1844). He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a conductor, he performed several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians. He also composed around 50 songs.

Between 1830 and 1840, Berlioz wrote many of his most popular and enduring works. The foremost of these are the Symphonie fantastique (1830), Harold en Italie (1834), the Grande messe des morts (Requiem) (1837) and Roméo et Juliette (1839). Later operatic works...more

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Books by Hector Berlioz

Average rating: 4.22 · 114 ratings · 13 reviews · 64 distinct works

	The Memoirs by Hector Berlioz, David Cairns 4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1966 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Evenings With the Orchestra by Hector Berlioz, Jacques Barzun (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1956 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Fantastic Symphony 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Treatise Upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration by Hector Berlioz, Mary Cowden Clarke (Translator) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1902 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Critical Study of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies by Hector Berlioz, Edwin Evans (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score by Hector Berlioz, Music Scores 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	Selected Letters 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	La Damnation de Faust: Dramatic Legend in Full Score 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Eufonia o la città musicale 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Les Troyens Carthage, Op Ra En Cinq Actes Avec Un Prologue; Deuxi Me Partie Des Troyens. Paroles Et Musique de Hector Berlioz 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating: