Imatge de l'autor

Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)

Autor/a de The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz 1803-1865

744+ obres 2,357 Membres 45 Ressenyes 4 preferits

Sobre l'autor

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'n més 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'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: n.d. (ca. 1855); after [1] taken between summer 1864 and July 1865 by Franck

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Obres de Hector Berlioz

Evenings with the Orchestra (1852) 99 exemplars
Treatise on Instrumentation (1948) 97 exemplars
Requiem [audio recording] (1985) 50 exemplars
Norton Critical Scores : Berlioz : Fantastic symphony [score + analysis] (1971) — Redactor/compositor — 45 exemplars
Les Troyens [audio recording] (1994) 33 exemplars
Beethoven (1970) 22 exemplars
La Damnation De Faust (1985) 22 exemplars
Les Troyens 20 exemplars
Mijn leven. Dl. 1: 1803-1834 (1987) 19 exemplars
Requiem (1880) 17 exemplars
Mijn leven. Dl. 2: 1834-1865 (1987) 14 exemplars
Benvenuto Cellini (2003) 12 exemplars
Selected Letters of Berlioz (1997) 11 exemplars
Les Grotesques de la musique (2005) 11 exemplars
A travers chants (1862) 11 exemplars
Beatrice et Benedict (1985) 10 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [full score and vocal score] (1834) — Redactor/compositor — 10 exemplars
Messe solennelle (1994) 9 exemplars
Sinfonía fantástica (2004) 6 exemplars
Requiem · 5 pièces sacrées [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 6 exemplars
L'enfance du Christ (1932) 6 exemplars
Overtures (1994) 6 exemplars
The Life of Hector Berlioz (1923) 6 exemplars
The Damnation of Faust (1985) 5 exemplars
Harold in Italy (1992) 5 exemplars
L'Enfance Du Christ 5 exemplars
Romeo et Juliette [score] (1981) — Redactor/compositor — 5 exemplars
Early Romantic Overtures — Redactor/compositor — 5 exemplars
Benvenuto Cellini (1991) 5 exemplars
Requiem [vocal score] (1985) 5 exemplars
Memorias (1985) 5 exemplars
Euphonia ou la ville musicale (1992) 4 exemplars
Legend (2008) — composer — 4 exemplars
Romeo and Juliet, Op.17, H.79 + Summer nights, Op.7 [sound recording] (2003) — Redactor/compositor — 4 exemplars
Les Troyens [vocal score] (1863) 4 exemplars
Requiem [full score] (2006) 4 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [low voice score] (1969) — Redactor/compositor — 3 exemplars
Beethoven. (1979) 3 exemplars
Te Deum Op.22 3 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [sound recording] (1990) — Redactor/compositor — 3 exemplars
The Berlioz Experience (2003) 3 exemplars
Selected Letters of Berlioz (1995) 3 exemplars
Lux Aeterna 3 exemplars
Te Deum (1985) 3 exemplars
Groteske Musikantengeschichten (1985) 3 exemplars
Beecham: Berlioz (2001) 3 exemplars
The Shepherds' Farewell [vocal score SATB] — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette (1986) 2 exemplars
Les Nuits d'été / Harold en Italie [sound recording] (2011) — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
Berlioz : Les Troyens [libretto] (1973) — Librettist, Composer — 2 exemplars
L'Art du chef d'orchestre (1988) 2 exemplars
OUVERTÜREN 2 exemplars
[No title] 2 exemplars
La Damnation de Faust [sound recording] (1998) — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
Te Deum, op. 22 2 exemplars
Symphonie Fastastique (1990) 2 exemplars
Messe Solennelle (2003) 2 exemplars
Romeo et Juliette / Les nuits d'Été [sound recording] (1990) — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
Berlioz : Requiem; Symphonie funèbre et triomphale — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
De l'instrumentation (1994) 2 exemplars
L'Enfance du Christ 1 exemplars
Requiem / Te Deum 1 exemplars
Lettres intimes; (2016) 1 exemplars
Symphonie fantastique / Herminie [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Four Overtures 1 exemplars
Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz: L'Enfance Du Christ (1995) 1 exemplars
Munch Conducts Berlioz (2004) 1 exemplars
Roméo et Juliette / Symphonie funèbre et triomphale [sound recording] (1986) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Symphonie Fantastique / Lélio / Tristia [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
L'enfance Du Christ 1 exemplars
Grande Messe Des Morts (2011) 1 exemplars
L'Enfance Du Christ — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Lettere a Orfeo (2005) 1 exemplars
LES SOIREES DE L ORCHESTRE. (1980) 1 exemplars
Romeo & Juliette 1 exemplars
Beethoven, su vida y sus obras — Autor — 1 exemplars
Orchestral Works and Overtures [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Great Conductors: Mengelberg (2006) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz, Wagner and Liszt: Romantic Songs [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Romantic Classics (1996) 1 exemplars
Berlioz: Lenfance Du Christ (2008) 1 exemplars
Symphony Phants (1995) 1 exemplars
Compositores 1 exemplars
Chants Pour Choeur 1 exemplars
Messe solenelle 1 exemplars
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 32 : An Alpine Symphony [sound recording] (2019) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
L'Enfance Du Christ 1 exemplars
Romeo et Juliette 1 exemplars
Cantatas 1 exemplars
Romeo And Juliette 1 exemplars
Les Nuits d'etes 1 exemplars
Beatrice & Benedict 1 exemplars
Berlioz: Harold en Italie (2013) 1 exemplars
L'enfance Du Christ 1 exemplars
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 37 : The Childhood of Christ [sound recording] (2019) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Spectacular classics: Set 1: 10 CD box set [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Symphonies 3 1 exemplars
Romeo and Juliet [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Symphonie Fantastique/Ouvert. — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz Overtures 1 exemplars
Symphonie fantastique & Le Carnaval romain [sound recording] (1999) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
berlioz: te deum LP — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Memorias. 2 tomos (R) (2000) 1 exemplars
Memorias v.II 1 exemplars
Berlioz & Massenet 1 exemplars
Römischer Karneval 1 exemplars
Requiem Vol:2 1 exemplars
Requiem Vol:1 1 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 + Symphonie Fantastique [video recording] (2004) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz overtures 1 exemplars
Esej o muzici 1 exemplars
Mémoires tome 1 (1969) 1 exemplars
La mort d'Ophelie 1 exemplars
Mélodies 1 exemplars
Mélodies. 2 CD 1 exemplars
Memorias. 2 tomos (R) (1972) 1 exemplars
Harold In Italy / Rob Roy / Le Corsaire [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz: Harold in Italy — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
March to the Scaffold (1995) 1 exemplars
Les Troyens [score] 1 exemplars
Harold en Italie 1 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 + Te Deum Op.22 [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Symphony for Band 1 exemplars
Le Matin 1 exemplars
Le Captive 1 exemplars
Queen Mab Scherzo 1 exemplars
Panorama: Berlioz (2000) 1 exemplars
nuits d'ete 1 exemplars
Les Nuits d'ete 1 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [score : low voice and piano ] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [piano vocal score] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Romeo Et Juiette (1995) 1 exemplars
Concert Overtures [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm, Invitatio — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Les Nuits d't, op 7 1 exemplars
The Complete Berlioz Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [10 CD] (2019) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Te Deum 1 exemplars
Requiem, Op 5 1 exemplars
Berlioz [sound recording] (2003) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust (2019) 1 exemplars
Requiems 1 exemplars
Les nuits d'été 1 exemplars
Benvenuto Cellini 1 exemplars
Charles Munch Conducts Berlioz (2018) 1 exemplars
Berlioz: Melodies 1 exemplars
Symphonie Fantastique / La Marseillaise [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Symphonie Fantasique (2010) 1 exemplars
EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA. (1969) 1 exemplars
Les Troyens [( booklet)] (2002) 1 exemplars
REQUIEM OP5 STUDY SCORE (1986) 1 exemplars
Benvenuto Cellini 1 exemplars
Harold En Italie 1 exemplars
Arrangements 1 exemplars
Complete Works 1 exemplars
Requiem 1 exemplars
Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini (2009) 1 exemplars
Berlioz: Les Troyens (2014) 1 exemplars
Nuits d'ete 1 exemplars
Romeo and Juliet 1 exemplars
Trojans (libr. ex) 1 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [miniature score] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Summer nights, Op.7 [orchestra score] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Te Deum Op. 22 1 exemplars
Benvenuto Cellini 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Jabberwocky [1977 film] (1977) — Redactor/compositor — 97 exemplars
The Vocal Library: The Oratorio Anthology: Baritone/Bass (1994) — Redactor/compositor — 20 exemplars
Springs of Music (1978) — Redactor/compositor — 12 exemplars
Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale (1996) — Redactor/compositor, algunes edicions7 exemplars
The Sound of The Academy — Redactor/compositor — 7 exemplars
Tragédiennes 2: From Rameau to Berlioz [sound recording] (2009) — Redactor/compositor — 4 exemplars
Sweet Power of Song [sound recording] (2005) — Redactor/compositor — 4 exemplars
French Arias [sound recording] (2003) — Redactor/compositor — 3 exemplars
Philharmonia Promenade Concert [1958-60] — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
Maria Callas in Paris 2 (2004) — Redactor/compositor — 2 exemplars
Famous French Overtures (1990) 2 exemplars
Bolero!: Orchestral Fireworks (2000) 2 exemplars
Overtures 1 exemplars
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Historic Telecasts [video recording] (2003) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Abbado & Chicago Symphony Orchestra [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Musik - Handliche Bibliothek der Romantik (2021) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Tragédiennes 3: Les Héroïnes Romantiques [sound recording] (2011) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Duets & Arias [sound recording] — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars
Music to Remember [sound recording] (2003) — Redactor/compositor — 1 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Nom normalitzat
Berlioz, Hector
Nom oficial
Berlioz, Louis Hector
Data de naixement
1803-12-11
Data de defunció
1869-03-08
Lloc d'enterrament
Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
France
Lloc de naixement
La Côte-Saint-André, Isère, France
Lloc de defunció
Paris, France
Llocs de residència
Paris, France
Educació
Paris Conservatoire
Professions
composer
music critic
conductor
writer
Premis i honors
Officier de la Légion d’honneur (1864)

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As an opera, it is a perilously overstuffed work, and some of Berlioz's musical tastes can be a bit mathematical. YET, ultimately this is a fascinating, relentless, ambitious work. Worth seeing at least once, and perhaps - like me - you'll find yourself poring over it for ages to come.
 
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therebelprince | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Apr 21, 2024 |
Vista la quantità imbarazzante di refusi ed errori è evidente che il libro non è mai stato graziato dell'intervento di un revisore o di un correttore di bozze. Una raccolta di corrispondenze di interesse perlopiù minimo, tranne due o tre eccezioni, con una introduzione che nel voler parlare di tutto finisce per non dire nulla.
 
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winckelmann | Aug 2, 2023 |
Sinfonia Fantastica, op. 14
1 Ensueños Y Pasiones
2 Un Baile
3 Escena En El Campo
4 Marcha Al Suplicio
5 El Sueño De Una Noche De Sabbat
Obertura El Corsario, Op. 21
6 Obertura El Corsario, Op. 21
 
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elisa2020 | Feb 21, 2021 |

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Obres
744
També de
22
Membres
2,357
Popularitat
#10,883
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
45
ISBN
197
Llengües
10
Preferit
4

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