Hector Berlioz
1803 CE–1869 CE · Composer · La Côte-Saint-André
Hector Berlioz was a French composer, conductor, and critic of the Romantic era. Born in La Côte-Saint-André in 1803, the son of a physician, he was sent to Paris to study medicine but abandoned it for music, entering the Conservatoire. He won the Prix de Rome in 1830, the year of his Symphonie fantastique, and spent time in Italy. His works include the dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette, the Grande messe des morts (Requiem), the opera Les Troyens, and the treatise on orchestration. He also worked extensively as a music critic and conductor across Europe. He died in Paris in 1869.
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