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Hector Berlioz: biography, music, writings, career in Paris, travels, articles by Berliozians, catalogue, bibliography, discography, concerts, reviews, news and more ... The great 19th century French composer Hector Berlioz holds a unique place in musical history. Far ahead of his time, he was one of the most original...
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Hector Berlioz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande Messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made signifi...
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Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Early experience ... Hector Berlioz was born in the French province of Isere in 1803. His father, a provincial doctor, was an atheist, while his mother was a staunch Catholic. He showed an early liking for music, and at age 13 he began learning the flute, flageolet, and guitar, but not the piano.
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Hector Berlioz was born in 1803 to a doctor father and a staunch Catholic mother. Age 13, he started his musical education, taking lessons in guitar, flute, and singing. He never studied the piano as a child.
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www.8notes.com/school/history/berlioz.asp
www.8notes.com/school/history/berlioz.asp
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Louis-Hector Berlioz ... Also, many more Berlioz scores in Scorch format are available, courtesy of the Hector Berlioz Website: ... M. Hector Berlioz appears to be one of these. The smell of sulphur that Mephistopheles gives off seems to attract him, for he sends the whole orchestra into fits of snorting and sneezing.
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www.carringbush.net/~pml/music/berlioz/
www.carringbush.net/~pml/music/berlioz/
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No street in Paris bears the name of Hector Berlioz. France cannot forgive his refusal to recognise the innate superiority of its culture. Berlioz turned abroad for his inspiration - to Shakespeare for Romeo et Juliette, Byron for Harold en Italie, Goethe for Faust, Beethoven for orchestral bombast.
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www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/031210-NL-Berlioz.html
www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/031210-NL-Berlioz.html
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Hector Berlioz was a notable exception to this rule. In fact, he never studied piano. Berlioz was born to a well-to-do family and as a child learned flute and guitar and managed to teach himself the rudiments of harmony from his reading of textbooks.
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www.wwnorton.com/enjoy/shorter/composers/berlioz.htm
www.wwnorton.com/enjoy/shorter/composers/berlioz.htm
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