Hector Berlioz

        Of all of the major composers of the nineteenth century, Hector Berlioz is perhaps the most personally interesting. What a vivacious, unique individual he was, both in his life and in his music. And, perhaps most refreshing–for one who lived such an intense and varied existence–on the whole he suffered from few pathologies in his behavior and...

            Of all of the major composers of the nineteenth century, Hector Berlioz is perhaps the most personally interesting.  What a vivacious, unique individual he was, both in his life and in his music. He was intense and impassioned in his pursuit of the composition of music that reflected his literary interests, his interaction...

        Of all of the major composers of the nineteenth century, Hector Berlioz is perhaps the most personally interesting. What a vivacious, unique individual he was, both in his life and in his music. And, perhaps most refreshing–for one who lived such an intense and varied existence–on the whole he suffered from few pathologies in his behavior and...

        Of all of the major composers of the nineteenth century, Hector Berlioz is perhaps the most personally interesting. What a vivacious, unique individual he was, both in his life and in his music. And, perhaps most refreshing–for one who lived such an intense and varied existence—he was a relatively normal individual. He was single minded of purpose...

        Today, despite our society’s flirtation with “multiculturalism,” audiences generally reflect little about cultural differences between the arts in the various countries of Western Europe. But, during the nineteenth century Romanticism in the various arts produced some very different national results. Perhaps the most interesting one was the difference...