HECTOR BERLIOZ

A French Romantic composer

and conductor
 Louis-Hector Berlioz
(11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869)

Louis-Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer and

conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the 
Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including
the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas 
Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict, and
works of hybrid genres such as the "dramatic symphony" Roméo
et Juliette and the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust.
 Louis-Hector Berlioz
At his young age, he learned to play guitar and flute but never became skilled in a
specific musical instrument. His father was a physician who sent Hector to medical school
but he ended up pursuing a career in music.
One of his famous musical compositions is a five movement symphony called
“Symphonie Fantastique.” In this composition which is also known as “Fantastic
Symphony,” Berlioz showcased the important features in his composition in creating tone
color. He assembled hundreds of musicians to produce a powerful sound. In most of his
compositions, he made tone color as the basic part of his musical language
 Hector Berlioz Famous Compositions

Béatrice Et Bénédict Grande Messe Des

Harold In Italy
Morts
Berlioz’s comic opera Béatrice Et Harold In Italy, based on a Berlioz’s monumental
Bénédict, composed between 1860 poem by Lord Byron, is a Requiem Grande Messe Des
and 1862, was Berlioz’s last major symphony in four movements Morts was composed in 1837
for solo viola and an orchestra.  for the French soldiers killed in
work. 
the war.

Roméo Et Les Nuits D’Éte Les Troyens

Juliette
Roméo Et Juliette, one of the best
For Les Nuits D’Éte, Berlioz Berlioz’s five-act opera Les Troyens,
Berlioz works, is based on selected six poems from the composed between 1856 and 1858, was his
Shakespeare’s play Romeo and collection La Comédie De La Mort most ambitious work and is considered by
many to be his masterpiece. 
Juliet and was composed in 1839. by his close friend Théophile
Symphonie Fantastique
Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste … en
cinq parties (Fantastical Symphony: Episode in the Life of
an Artist … in Five Sections) Op. 14, is a program symphony
 written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830. It is
an important piece of the early Romantic period. The first
performance was at the Paris Conservatoire on 5 December
1830. Franz Liszt made a piano transcription of the
symphony in 1833 

https://youtu.be/VST81xHX2gs
FACTS ABOUT HECTOR BERLIOZ
1. He was greatly inspired
by Shakespeare
2. He followed his passion for
music despite lack of support

3. He was greatly misunderstood

4. He was a well-known critic

5. He was a famed composer

 “Time is a great teacher, but
unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”

—Hector Berlioz
 Group Members

01 Argel Evangelista 02 Datch Buscato

03 Kathlyn Mae Atencio

04 Edelito Pasturan

05 John Paul Lising

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