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H. Berlioz - Coggle Diagram
H. Berlioz
About composer
French composer 🇫🇷
Impact on music
Known as the 'Father of Orchestration'
Crucial figure in development of
Romantic music
Used large scale orchestras - unconventional for the time
More variety of instruments & performance techniques
Lack of piano training helped save him "from the tyranny of keyboard habits"
Was therefore more experimental and didn't often stick to "conventional harmonies"
Other key works include:
'Harold in Italy':
A symphony for viola and orchestra
'Grand Messe des Morts':
Large-scale chordal work
'Benvenuto Cellini'
and
'Les Troyens':
Operas
Education
Mostly self-taught
Learnt guitar & flute but did NOT formerly learn piano
Left medical studies and pursued career in composition -
Paris Conservatoire
Inspired by Beethoven's compositions
Had a passion for literature
Symphonie Fantastique (1830)
Example of
programme music:
Instrumental music that aims to depict a specific narrative, idea or emotion
SF tells the story of a tortured artist poisoning himself because of hopeless love
Use of
idée fixe:
A recurring theme that acts as the structural foundation of the piece
SF is
5
movements long instead of the usual 4
The piece is
autobiographical
Represents his unreciprocated love with actress Harriet Smithson