In many ways Hector Berlioz was unique among the 19th century classical composers. He was not a child prodigy and only began his musical st...

The political climate in the second decade of the 19th century in France was precarious at best. Napoleon had been exiled to Elba in 1814 af...

After a performance 1833 of his Symphonie Fantastique  and other works, Hector Berlioz was approached by Nicolo Paganini with a request t...

Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)  began to compose Symphonie Fantastique, An Episode in The Life Of An Artist, In Five Parts  in 1827 after he...

The works of Hector Berlioz that are most well known are works that display his flair for orchestral color such as the   Symphonie Fantast...

The earliest composition for orchestra by Hector Berlioz that is still in the repertoire is the overture to his opera Les Francs-Juges .  ...