Berlioz, Hector

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French Romantic composer and conductor, best known for his "Symphonie Fantastique" and his Requiem, a setting of the traditional Latin Requiem Mass.

Born 1803, died 1869.

  • The Hector Berlioz Website  - A comprehensive library of resources covering the composer's life and work; includes biographical material, scores (in Scorch format) and articles, a collection of his literary writings, reviews, and guides to his predecessors and contemporaries.
  • The Berlioz Society  - A UK organization of people with an interest in and love of the music of Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Offers a nationwide listing of performances, concert reviews, and background material on the composer and his work.
  • The Berlioz Song Site  - Provides the words and scores for 25 of Berlioz's songs.
  • The Complete Berlioz  - Offers a catalog of Berlioz's compositions, listed alphabetically, by category, and by opus number.
  • Hector Berlioz  - Matthew Tepper provides a review of recordings of Berlioz's Requiem ("Grande Messe des morts"), and an online copy of his Master's thesis on historically informed performance of the piece.
  • La Marseillaise - Berlioz  - Notes about Berlioz's setting of the Marseillaise, with audio samples and excerpts from his memoirs.
 
 
 
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