There are at least two artists sharing the name Berlioz:
1) Louis He… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists sharing the name Berlioz:
1) Louis Hector Berlioz (11th December 1803–8th 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. Berlioz was horrified by the process of dissection, and, despite his father's disapproval, he abandoned his career path in medicine to study music a year later. He then attended the Paris Conservatoire studying opera and composition.
He became identified early on with the French romantic movement. Among his friends were writers such as Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, and Honoré de Balzac. Later, Théophile Gautier wrote, "Hector Berlioz seems to me to form with Hugo and Delacroix, the Trinity of Romantic Art."
Berlioz is said to have been innately romantic, experiencing emotions deeply from early childhood. This manifested itself in his weeping at passages of Virgil as a child, and later in a series of love affairs. At the age of 23, his unrequited (at first) love for the Irish Shakespearean actress Harriet Constance Smithson was the inspiration for his Symphonie fantastique. In 1830, the same year as the symphony's premiere, Berlioz won the Prix de Rome.
Berlioz's letters were considered so overly passionate by Smithson that she initially refused his advances. The symphony which these emotions are said to inspire was received as startling and vivid. The autobiographic nature of this piece of program music was also considered sensational at the time. After his return to Paris from his two years study in Rome, he finally married Smithson when she had finally attended a performance of the Symphonie Fantastique. She quickly realized that it was his depiction of his passionate letters to her. However, after only a few years, the relationship quickly fell apart. (Kamien 242)
During his lifetime, Berlioz was more famous as a conductor than a composer. He regularly toured Germany and England where he conducted operas and symphonic music, both his own and music composed by others. He met virtuoso violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini a few times and, according to Berlioz's memoirs, Paganini offered him 20,000 francs after he saw Harold in Italy performed live as the money was intended as a reward for writing a viola piece for the violin virtuoso to perform as his own.
Hector Berlioz is buried in the Cimetiere de Montmartre with his two wives, Harriet Smithson (died 1854) and Marie Recio (died 1862).
1) Berlioz is an up-and-coming jazztronica/ jazz house/ nu-jazz/ smooth jazz artist. With a contemporary approach to blending jazz, electronic, and house music elements, Berlioz brings an unique sound to the music scene. Known for their infectious beats, grooves, and improvisations, Berlioz is gaining recognition for their captivating live performances and innovative studio productions. They have released several singles and EPs, showcasing their evolving style and musical versatility.
1) Louis He… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists sharing the name Berlioz:
1) Louis Hector Berlioz (11th December 1803–8th 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. Berlioz was horrified by the process of dissection, and, despite his father's disapproval, he abandoned his career path in medicine to study music a year later. He then attended the Paris Conservatoire studying opera and composition.
He became identified early on with the French romantic movement. Among his friends were writers such as Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, and Honoré de Balzac. Later, Théophile Gautier wrote, "Hector Berlioz seems to me to form with Hugo and Delacroix, the Trinity of Romantic Art."
Berlioz is said to have been innately romantic, experiencing emotions deeply from early childhood. This manifested itself in his weeping at passages of Virgil as a child, and later in a series of love affairs. At the age of 23, his unrequited (at first) love for the Irish Shakespearean actress Harriet Constance Smithson was the inspiration for his Symphonie fantastique. In 1830, the same year as the symphony's premiere, Berlioz won the Prix de Rome.
Berlioz's letters were considered so overly passionate by Smithson that she initially refused his advances. The symphony which these emotions are said to inspire was received as startling and vivid. The autobiographic nature of this piece of program music was also considered sensational at the time. After his return to Paris from his two years study in Rome, he finally married Smithson when she had finally attended a performance of the Symphonie Fantastique. She quickly realized that it was his depiction of his passionate letters to her. However, after only a few years, the relationship quickly fell apart. (Kamien 242)
During his lifetime, Berlioz was more famous as a conductor than a composer. He regularly toured Germany and England where he conducted operas and symphonic music, both his own and music composed by others. He met virtuoso violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini a few times and, according to Berlioz's memoirs, Paganini offered him 20,000 francs after he saw Harold in Italy performed live as the money was intended as a reward for writing a viola piece for the violin virtuoso to perform as his own.
Hector Berlioz is buried in the Cimetiere de Montmartre with his two wives, Harriet Smithson (died 1854) and Marie Recio (died 1862).
1) Berlioz is an up-and-coming jazztronica/ jazz house/ nu-jazz/ smooth jazz artist. With a contemporary approach to blending jazz, electronic, and house music elements, Berlioz brings an unique sound to the music scene. Known for their infectious beats, grooves, and improvisations, Berlioz is gaining recognition for their captivating live performances and innovative studio productions. They have released several singles and EPs, showcasing their evolving style and musical versatility.
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@markdanielandres8549
Once upon a time there was a romantic composer named Hector Berlioz, Hector berlioz was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output include orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and harold in Italy, and works of hybrid genres such as the "dramatic symphony" Romeo and Juliet" and the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust.
@IndiaHeathIRL
Having to listen to this repeatedly in class for Leaving Cert. Music has actually made me enjoy listening to it. It's like trying a new food, it takes a few goes of it to get a taste for it.
I wonder if I'll enjoy other classical music like this without having studied it?
@rmcshakes9934
+India Heath true its a good piece, the same can't be said for sea changes tho....
@harpirishdance
Try pictures at an exhibition by Mussorgsky. Another dramatic work like the symphonie fantastique. Enjoy!
@katiefarrell5332
Definitely, listen to Debussy it’ll change your life
@DCM8828
I read that Berlioz was a composer for whom the orchestra was the instrument. Unlike other composers, such as Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven,Paganini, he was not a virtuoso instrumentalist. This brilliant, beautiful music, and his other amazing compositions came out of his imagination, right from the mind onto the paper, without use of an instrument as a composition tool. I also read somewhere that the composer Burt Bacharach did not use a piano to compose his songs and that the slightly unusual tone and cadences that are the trademark of his and Hal David's songs is due to this.
@MisterMalleable
He did revitalize and reinvent the orchestra as an early Romantic composer. His imagination was palpable in the orchestra, and of this work (Symphony of the Imagination) where an artist in love with a woman who doesn’t return love back, and is heartbroken. This leads him to trip out on opium. Where he witnesses his own funeral in movement 5. I bring this up because it is hinted at that this artist is an allegory for Hector himself. If this creative a mind could use the orchestra as their primary instrument, it was him.
@spiderlime
the most perfect musical description of loneliness. life as a ball into which one either cannot enter or is lost once having entered it.
@billchambers1456
I hear you!! I LOVE this movement of the symphony, but for a lot of reasons, it is the hardest piece of music for me to listen to. It is like the feeling of loneliness overrides the joy of the ball.
@Figglebotham
Ok boomer