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Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)

Autore di The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz 1803-1865

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French composer Hector Berlioz was one of the most influential composers of the romantic period in music. The son of a French physician, Berlioz showed an aptitude for music at an early age and taught himself to perform and compose. For a time, his father indulged his son's pastime, but in 1821 he mostra altro sent the young Berlioz to Paris to study medicine. Although he attended lectures at the medical school there, Berlioz gave most of his attention to music, studying with a private music teacher and composing his own pieces. Finally, in 1826 Berlioz abandoned his medical studies and enrolled at the Paris Conservatory. To support himself, he gave music lessons and wrote articles on music. While at the Paris Conservatory, Berlioz applied for the Prix de Rome. He entered the contest four times before finally winning the prize in 1830. In that same year, Berlioz completed the Symphonie Fantastique, his most ambitious and well-known work. Based on Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, the symphony is an example of program music, that is, music that represents a story or sequence of ideas. Berlioz developed the genre of program music into a highly regarded art, drawing themes from the works of William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lord Byron, and Theophile Gautier. Because the unusual nature of his compositions failed to win him much recognition, Berlioz was forced to earn a living as a music critic and music librarian. By the time he was 34 years old, he had established a pattern in his career: Each new musical composition was greeted by a mixture of wild enthusiasm from younger composers and hostility from the entrenched musical establishment. Although he did achieve some measure of fame in later life, Berlioz's genius went largely unrecognized. Despondent in later years because of a broken marriage and financial problems, Berlioz composed the dramatic symphony Romeo and Juliet. His last years were lived in bitterness and loneliness after the death of his second wife and his son. Berlioz has been called the greatest composer of melody since Mozart. He is also recognized as a master of the orchestra, having greatly expanded its expressive range through his profound understanding of individual instruments. Finally, his experimentation with new musical structures and meters freed younger composers from the strict requirements of classical musical forms and opened the way to other musical approaches. Berlioz died in Paris in 1869 after a long illness. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: n.d. (ca. 1855); after [1] taken between summer 1864 and July 1865 by Franck

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Opere di Hector Berlioz

Evenings with the Orchestra (1852) 102 copie
Requiem [audio recording] (1985) 50 copie
Harold in Italy [sound recording] (1996) — Compositore — 31 copie
La Damnation De Faust (1985) 22 copie
Beethoven (1970) 22 copie
Les Troyens 20 copie
Requiem (1880) 17 copie
Te Deum [sound recording] (2001) — Compositore — 12 copie
Benvenuto Cellini (2003) 12 copie
A travers chants (1862) 11 copie
I grotteschi della musica (2005) 11 copie
Summer nights, Op.7 [full score and vocal score] (1834) — Compositore — 10 copie
Beatrice et Benedict (1985) 10 copie
Messe solennelle (1994) 9 copie
Overtures (1994) 6 copie
Sinfonía fantástica (2004) 6 copie
L'enfance du Christ (1932) 6 copie
Romeo et Juliette [score] (1981) — Compositore — 5 copie
Early Romantic Overtures — Compositore — 5 copie
Memorias (1985) 5 copie
Requiem [vocal score] (1985) 5 copie
Benvenuto Cellini (1991) 5 copie
The Damnation of Faust (1985) 5 copie
Legend (2008) — composer — 4 copie
Requiem [full score] (2006) 4 copie
Summer nights, Op.7 [low voice score] (1969) — Compositore — 3 copie
The Berlioz Experience (2003) 3 copie
Lux Aeterna 3 copie
Summer nights, Op.7 [sound recording] (1990) — Compositore — 3 copie
Te Deum (1985) 3 copie
Beecham: Berlioz (2001) 3 copie
Te Deum Op.22 3 copie
Beethoven. (1979) 3 copie
[No title] 2 copie
Berlioz : Les Troyens [libretto] (1973) — Librettist, Composer — 2 copie
The Shepherds' Farewell [vocal score SATB] — Compositore — 2 copie
Les Nuits d'été / Harold en Italie [sound recording] (2011) — Compositore — 2 copie
OUVERTÜREN 2 copie
Symphonie Fastastique (1990) 2 copie
La Damnation de Faust [sound recording] (1998) — Compositore — 2 copie
Messe Solennelle (2003) 2 copie
De l'instrumentation (1994) 2 copie
Grande Messe Des Morts (2011) 1 copia
L'Enfance Du Christ — Compositore — 1 copia
Lettere a Orfeo (2005) 1 copia
Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] — Compositore — 1 copia
Lettres intimes; (2016) 1 copia
Beethoven, su vida y sus obras — Autore — 1 copia
Great Conductors: Mengelberg (2006) — Compositore — 1 copia
Romantic Classics (1996) 1 copia
Symphony Phants (1995) 1 copia
Compositores 1 copia
Cantatas 1 copia
Symphonies 3 1 copia
Munch Conducts Berlioz (2004) 1 copia
Symphonie Fantastique/Ouvert. — Compositore — 1 copia
Romeo and Juliet [sound recording] — Compositore — 1 copia
Esej o muzici 1 copia
Memorias. 2 tomos (R) (2000) 1 copia
Requiem Vol:2 1 copia
Memorias v.II 1 copia
Requiem Vol:1 1 copia
Mémoires tome 1 (1969) 1 copia
Mélodies 1 copia
Memorias. 2 tomos (R) (1972) 1 copia
March to the Scaffold (1995) 1 copia
Le Matin 1 copia
Le Captive 1 copia
Summer nights, Op.7 [piano vocal score] — Compositore — 1 copia
nuits d'ete 1 copia
Romeo Et Juiette (1995) 1 copia
Concert Overtures [sound recording] — Compositore — 1 copia
Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm, Invitatio — Compositore — 1 copia
Requiem, Op 5 1 copia
Berlioz [sound recording] (2003) — Compositore — 1 copia
Requiems 1 copia
Panorama: Berlioz (2000) 1 copia
Symphonie Fantasique (2010) 1 copia
Requiem 1 copia
Les Troyens [( booklet)] (2002) 1 copia
REQUIEM OP5 STUDY SCORE (1986) 1 copia
Arrangements 1 copia
Berlioz: Les Troyens (2014) 1 copia
Nuits d'ete 1 copia
Summer nights, Op.7 [miniature score] — Compositore — 1 copia
Summer nights, Op.7 [orchestra score] — Compositore — 1 copia

Opere correlate

Jabberwocky [1977 film] (1977) — Compositore — 97 copie
Springs of Music (1978) — Compositore — 12 copie
Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale (1996) — Compositore, alcune edizioni7 copie
The Sound of The Academy — Compositore — 7 copie
Sweet Power of Song [sound recording] (2005) — Compositore — 4 copie
French Arias [sound recording] (2003) — Compositore — 3 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Berlioz, Hector
Nome legale
Berlioz, Louis Hector
Data di nascita
1803-12-11
Data di morte
1869-03-08
Luogo di sepoltura
Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
France
Luogo di nascita
La Côte-Saint-André, Isère, France
Luogo di morte
Paris, France
Luogo di residenza
Paris, France
Istruzione
Paris Conservatoire
Attività lavorative
composer
music critic
conductor
writer
Premi e riconoscimenti
Officier de la Légion d’honneur (1864)

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Blas Matamoro Introduction
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Opere
728
Opere correlate
23
Utenti
2,367
Popolarità
#10,845
Voto
4.0
Recensioni
45
ISBN
197
Lingue
10
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