• The great 19th century French composer Hector Berlioz holds a unique place in musical history.
  • Hector Berlioz (1803–69) was known for multiple things: being a grandly ambitious composer of operas and orchestral works, as well as a noted conductor...
  • "H" numbers for works are cited from: D. Kern Holoman, Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz (New Berlioz Edition, vol.25) (Kassel, 1987).
  • Hector Berlioz artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music.
  • We do not know if it was his annoyance over this that caused Berlioz to refuse the portrait once it was finished. ... Etienne Dennery (préf.), Hector Berlioz, cat. exp.
  • Nothing about Hector Berlioz’s music is remotely conventional. He went his own way, carving out each successive score with a bracing spontaneity and freedom...
  • Find top songs and albums by Hector Berlioz, including Strophes ("Premiers transports que nul n'oublie"), Absence and more.
  • Berlioz's dramatic legend, La damnation de Faust, has also been staged as an opera in recent years.
  • Louis-Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold...