Hector Berlioz is a French Romantic composer, who gained the world-wide recognition after creating his masterpiece “Symphonie Fantastique”. This groundbreaking piece of music reflects his tragic love story with a young actress. The composition consists of five parts, where step by step different emotional stages, which the lover experiences, being under the influence of opium are described.
The name of Hector Berlioz is strongly associated with a piece of revolutionary music “Symphonie Fantastique”. Though composed in 1830 it hardly preserved its original structure. Berlioz changed his masterpiece several times, adding or on the contrary, removing some parts. His work was influenced greatly ...