Berlioz Introduction? What are the anecdotes about Berlioz s life?

Louis Hector Berlioz (1803 -1869) was a prominent French composer. Born in a small town in the south of France, he loved ** since he was a child, but his family wanted him to become a doctor, and finally chose ** at the cost of disconnecting from his family, and later graduated from the ** college in Paris.

As a young man, he was a romantic composer with a petty-bourgeois revolutionary spirit, and wrote the chorus of the Greek Revolution. During the July Revolution in France, he took to the streets of Paris and sang the "La Marseillaise", which was later adapted for a large orchestra and duet. In the same year, the creation of the Symphony of Fantasia made him famous.

He also wrote Romeo and Juliet (solo, chorus and orchestra), Harold in Italy (viola and orchestra), Carnival of Rome (orchestra overture), Requiem (orchestra and chorus), Bevennuto Cellini (opera), The Fall of Faust (legendary play) and many other works. But he spent his life in poverty, hunger, and cold, and in his old age, he lost his wife and children, and finally died tragically in Paris.

Berlioz strives to innovate when composing, in addition to the use of "fixed musical ideas" means, but also with novel, clear orchestration effects and dramatic processing to enrich the expressiveness of the symphony, is a famous romantic master, the book "orchestration method" has become one of the most classic documents of technical theory. Berlioz's name is on a par with the French Romantic literary master Hugo and the romantic painter Delacroix, and can be called the three masters of French Romanticism.

Roman Carnival Overture.

Romeo and Juliet.

Rakocchi March.

French composer Berlioz (1803 was born in Lacott-Saint-André, a small town in the south of France. Father is a doctor. When he was a teenager, he did not receive a formal ** education.

At the age of 18, he was instructed by his father to study at the medical school in Paris. During his studies, he liked to listen to opera staged in Paris (opera art was a fashion in France at that time), and immersed himself in the library of the ** Academy in Paris, and was deeply influenced by Gluck. Later, despite the opposition of his parents, he learned from his teacher.

It was not until 1826 that he received permission from his father to study composition at the ** Academy in Paris. During his studies, he became fascinated by Shakespeare's plays and read literature, philosophy and other works. In 1830 he composed the famous Symphony Fantastique and in the same year won the Grand Prix de Rome for his oratorio Sardanapa and went to Rome for further study the following year.

During his time in Italy, he became acquainted with Mendelssohn, Glinka and others.

Berlioz (1803-1869).

Berlioz's parents sincerely wanted his son to follow in his father's footsteps. In October 1821, Berlioz followed his father's orders to study medicine in Paris. However, studying medicine was not something Berlioz wanted, and he was not born to study medicine.

When he first walked into the dissection room and saw that the dusty limbs and internal organs were still dripping blood, he immediately jumped out of the window frantically, nausea and vomiting! Medical school was like a prison to him, and every day he spent in medical school had to be tormented like a prisoner. He was born with a pair of ears and a heart that suits the world, and when he walks into the Paris Opera House and listens to the colorful performances of the masters, his beating heart will be completely tamed, peaceful and peaceful.

In contrast, when he came to the opera house from medical school, it was as if he had stepped into spring, and the sun was shining. So although he is nominally a medical student, he devotes himself to his studies. He spent all day in the library of the ** Academy in Paris, hungry and hungry to read the works of ** masters.

He deeply understands that he will never become a famous doctor in the future, but on the contrary, he should pursue the career he loves - **. Therefore, in January 1824, when Berlioz received a bachelor's degree in medicine, despite the opposition of his parents, he resolutely refused to accompany his brother in medicine, and stubbornly continued his studies**. This eventually led to a break with his family and the loss of his finances.

He firmly embarked on the journey of learning.