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Hector BERLIOZ

11 December 1803 - 8 March 1869 (age 65)

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French 19th century composer, writer, music critic and conductor. He changed the sound of modern orchestras.


Family

Born: December 11, 1813. La Côte-St-André, Isère, France
Father:
Louis Berlioz, doctor, scholar, atheist
Mother: Marie-Antoinette-Josephine, Catholic
Siblings: Five, three of which died very young, his sisters Nanci and Adele remained close to him.
Partners:
1st wife: Harriet Smithson, Irish Shakespearian actress
2nd wife: singer Marie-Geneviève Martin, alias Marie Recio (1814-1862)
Children: Son (by Harriet), Louis-Thomas Berlioz, died 1867
Died:
March 8, 1869. Paris, France
Grave: Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, France

2009 Calendar


This calendar has 12 of my portraits, all of opera composers, including Hector.

Jan - Dec 2009.
US Holidays.

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Works

Operas/choral works:
  • Benvenuto Cellini
  • Le Troyens
  • Beatrice and Benedict
  • Les Francs-juges
  • Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)
  • La Damnation de Faust
  • Te Deum
  • L'Enfance du Christ

Orchestral
  • Symphonie Fantastique
  • Harold en Italie
  • Romeo et Juliette
  • The Corsair
  • King Lear
  • Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale.

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