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​Hector Berlioz

• born December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André, France

• ​died March 8, 1869, Paris, France

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• eighteen, his father sent him to Paris to study medicine.

• received a degree in science.

• he attended concerts, studied musical scores at the Conservatory of music.

• As a boy, Hector Berlioz sang in a choir at his church.

• Learned guitar and piano,

• read books on music theory.

• wrote his first piece of music at age sixteen and sent it to a publisher, but it was rejected.

Hector Berlioz Growing up

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• Hector enrolled at the Paris Conservatory.

• His father, stopped sending him any money, and Hector took a job as a choir director.

• ​Berlioz became more interested in composition.

• In 1825 he put together a huge orchestra of 150 members.

• His “dream orchestra,” Berlioz said, would consist of 467 instrumentalists and 360 singers.

• Berlioz’s first famous work, Symphonie Fantastique, was written in 1830. He wrote it to attract a young woman he loved.

• was one of the first examples of what is called “program music”—music that tells a story.​

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Discuss!!

​Dream Orchestra!

Since Hector Berlioz had a ridiculous dream orchestra! What instruments would be in your orchestra and how many of each!

• His “dream orchestra,” Berlioz said, would consist of 467 instrumentalists and 360 singers.

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​Berlioz's Musical Career

• Berlioz won the Prix de Rome, a scholarship for creative artists and musicians to study in Rome.

• returned to Paris in 1832

• Niccolo Paganini, a famous violinist, commissioned Berlioz to write a virtuoso work for viola.

• It was completed in 1834, but Paganini did not play it until 1838.

• this work allowed Berlioz to write Roméo et Juliette, which he called a “dramatic symphony” for orchestra and chorus. He continued to compose operas and orchestral music  throughout the 1830s.​

​His later years in life

• I840s, Berlioz toured frequently throughout Europe,

• conducted his own pieces most of the time

• In 1853 he became a music critic for a French magazine.

• he was called the greatest music critic of his era.

• Berlioz was unhappy in his later life; his second marriage turned out as bad as his first, and he suffered from health problems. He was hot-tempered, desperate for love, a braggart, and could be rude.

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​Famous Works

Symphonie Fantastique — for orchestra

Le damnation de Faust — for orchestra

Roméo et Juliette — for orchestra and chorus

Te Deum — for orchestra and chorus

Requiem — for orchestra and chorus

• With headphones Listen to one of these pieces fully while you work on your exit ticket.

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“At least I have the modesty

to admit that lack of modesty

is one of my failings.”​

- Hector Berlioz​