MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Program Music
6 Mar 2017
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Dropped out of medical school to study guitar at the national conservatory of music in. Wrote a treatise on orchestration ( a textbook ) ( 1843) Remains a landmark in the field and in the history of the symphony. He is still regarded as the 1st great orchestrator, known for creating unusual timbres, particularly with brass and percussion. Orchestration - art of arrangement or scoring of music for instruments of the orchestra. Anglo-irish actress that berlioz admired in a performance of shakespeare"s hamlet. Berlioz"s muse and wife, married in 1833. Smithson inspired a number of his works, including symphonie fantastique. Hector may have only loved her image in shakespeare"s plays rather than her actual personality. Berlioz wrote his personal life into his music . Symphonie fantastique - his infatuation with the actress. The return to life - his marriage to harriet. Harold in italy - his two year stint in italy.
