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Berlioz

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Ber·li·oz  (brl-z, -s), (Louis) Hector 1803-1869.
French composer and leading representative of romanticism in French music. His works include Symphonie fantastique (1830), Romeo and Juliet (1839), and the opera The Trojans (1855-1858).

Berlioz [ˈbɛəlɪˌəʊz (French) bɛrljoz]
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(Biographies / Berlioz, Hector (Louis) (1803-1869) M, French, MUSIC: composer) Hector (Louis) (ɛktɔr). 1803-69, French composer, regarded as a pioneer of modern orchestration. His works include the cantata
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Noun1.Berlioz - French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)Berlioz - French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)


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REVIEW: William Marshall The Berlioz - as its title suggests - is one of the most extraordinary, not to say bizarre works in the orchestral canon.
THE TROJANS HECTOR BERLIOZ Testament: SBT4 1443 (MONO) Testament is a small British label specializing in the reissue of outstanding archival recordings, and this historic performance of Berlioz's The Trojans (sung in English), conducted by Rafael Kubelikand recorded live at Covent Garden on June 20, 1957, is one of its more intriguing recent releases.
XX, Fine arts ML403 Saloman (music, Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York)has revised a number of her essays on musicology in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and added a previously unpublished work for this look at the reception of classical music in Paris, London and Boston, particularly that of Hector Berlioz and the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven.
 
 
 
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