Search results
Jul 10, 2024 · Louis-Hector Berlioz [n 1] (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer and conductor.
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.
Dec 11, 2023 · French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz wrote some of the defining Romantic works of the 19th century, including Symphonie Fantastique, his most famous work. He was a composer of startling...
Nov 21, 2023 · The French composer Hector Berlioz, one of the first practitioners of Romanticism in 19th-century music, abandoned medical studies in favor of his passion for music.
Feb 18, 2024 · One of classical music's most mesmerizing masterpieces - Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. Led by conductor Louis Langrée, dive into a delirious dream...
Feb 17, 2024 · Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) is celebrated for expanding the orchestra, revolutionizing musical form, and giving a new exalted role to program music—that is, instrumental music that tells a story or evokes extra-musical images.
Mar 25, 2024 · Based on Virgil’s epic poem the Aeneid, Hector Berlioz composed his four-hour Les Troyens in the style of French Grand Opera.
Jan 26, 2024 · Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), a great artist and innovator, left his indelible mark on the world of music with his magnum opus, ‘Symphonie Fantastique.’. Bianca Quddus, Staff Reporter • January 26, 2024.
Aug 15, 2023 · About this Artist. Born: 1803, La Côte-Saint-André, France. Died: 1869, Paris, France. “The prevailing characteristics of my music are passionate expression, rhythmic animation, and unexpected turns.” Berlioz went to Paris to study medicine but soon found his way to the Opéra, where he listened, enraptured, to Gluck and Spontini.
Apr 24, 2024 · In the chilling heart of October, Hector Berlioz stands as a titan of musical daring and a master of the macabre.
