Hector Berlioz Sheet Music — Page 11

Berlioz was a key French musician, composer, and litterateur of the Romantic period, and the author of some 4,000 often revealing letters. He flourished during the Second Empire, and though he was a critic of the tumultuous politics that had brought about the reign of Napoleon III, he also wrote: "The life of violent twists and turns suits me so well that I could not endure any other. All I need is time and health...."

Berlioz is known, among much else, as a composer of operas. He has to his name four complete operas: Béatrice et Bénédict; Benvenuto Cellini; Les Troyens; and La Damnation de Faust. He composed parts of a fifth, Les francs-juges. (Although he eventually abandoned that project and destroyed much of the music, a notable overture survives.)

Berlioz died at home, in Paris, surrounded by friends. He was buried, by his own choice, in Montmartre Cemetery. His two wives lie beside him there.

Hector Berlioz

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Appendix 1: Translations of Berlioz's Avant-propos and Observations. Appendix 2: Garrick's denouement. Appendix 3: Readings abandoned in 1839. Appendix 4: Readings abandoned in 1846. Appendix 5: Readings revised in 1848-54. Appendix 6: Readings revised in

1. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: March to the Scaffold

4. La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Hungarian March