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Hector Berlioz — Composer, critic and conductor, 1803–1869
The son of an Isère doctor sent to Paris to study medicine, he abandoned dissection for the Conservatoire against his family’s wishes. A critic as much as a composer, he treated the orchestra as an instrument in its own right; Théophile Gautier placed him with Hugo and Delacroix in a trinity of romantic art. Famous abroad, he remained contested at home. (Editorial synthesis)
Hector Berlioz was born on 11 December 1803. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis and Encyclopædia Britannica)
Hector Berlioz was born in La Côte-Saint-André. (source: Larousse)
Hector Berlioz died on 8 March 1869. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopædia Universalis)
Hector Berlioz died in Paris. (source: Larousse)
Recorded work of Hector Berlioz: the Symphonie fantastique. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopædia Universalis)
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