Hector Berlioz

Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803–March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Grande Messe des morts Requiem of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs.

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Berlioz was born in France at La C?te-Saint-Andr?, between Lyon and Grenoble. His father was a physician and young Hector was sent to Paris to study medicine at the age of eighteen. Berlioz was horrified by the process of dissection and, despite his father's disapproval, he abandoned his career path in medicine to study music a year later. He then attended the Paris Conservatoire studying opera and composition. (Kamien 241)

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