Hector Berlioz

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composer conductor human music critic

Hector Berlioz was a pioneering 19th-century French composer and conductor known for his innovative orchestration and dramatic programmatic works such as the Symphonie fantastique.

Observed surface forms (2)

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Louis-Hector Berlioz 0 1

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instanceOf composer →
conductor →
human →
music critic →
awardReceived Prix de Rome →
surface form: Prix de Rome for composition
burialPlace Cimetière de Montmartre →
citizenship France →
countryOfBirth France →
countryOfDeath France →
dateOfBirth 1803-12-11 →
dateOfDeath 1869-03-08 →
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris →
employer Journal des débats →
era 19th century →
familyName Hector Berlioz self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Berlioz
fieldOfWork music criticism →
orchestration →
fullName Hector Berlioz self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Louis-Hector Berlioz
genre choral music →
opera →
oratorio →
song cycle →
symphony →
givenName Louis-Hector →
influenced Franz Liszt →
Gustav Mahler →
Richard Wagner →
influencedBy Christoph Willibald Gluck →
Ludwig van Beethoven →
knownFor innovative orchestration →
programmatic music →
language French →
movement Romantic music →
nationality French →
notableWork Benvenuto Cellini →
Grande messe des morts →
Harold en Italie →
Berlioz La damnation de Faust →
surface form: La Damnation de Faust

Les Nuits d’été →
Les Troyens →
L’Enfance du Christ →
Romeo and Juliet →
surface form: Roméo et Juliette

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique →
surface form: Symphonie fantastique
occupation composer →
music critic →
orchestral conductor →
placeOfBirth La Côte-Saint-André →
placeOfDeath Paris →
spouse Harriet Smithson →
Marie Recio →
wrote Traité d’instrumentation et d’orchestration modernes →
yearAwarded 1830 →

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Te Deum → hasNotableSettingBy → Hector Berlioz →
Christoph Willibald Gluck → influenced → Hector Berlioz →
Ludwig van Beethoven → influenced → Hector Berlioz →
Prix de Rome → notable winner → Hector Berlioz →
Cimetière de Montmartre → notableBurial → Hector Berlioz →