To search the press groups , associations, sponsor, businessmen for the site” News-art-culture.com”. Art’s nobility and the music are seductive; Berlioz enters in music ’s romanticism with the fantasy and refinement. For to enter in his opera we need to feel the infinity and deep melodic line prefigured of music’s idea in color’s sense into modern orchestration. Hector Louis Berlioz  is birth to Côte- Saint André the 11 December  1803 and is died to Paris the 8 Mars 1869, is been a French composer. 

STARTING IN MUSIC , HIS PASSION 

The pleasure, music’ listen is been for first  one in family , the father Louis Hector Berlioz , a famous doctor  being among the first experimenters  of acupuncture  from Europe that leave him the passion for music. Music’s sound starts for Berlioz with the flout  and guitar  in same way he becomes an autodidact  studying the harmony  from the books without to receive  the lessons and to learn to play to pianoforte. Entering  in harmony , he become seductive  and determine him  to studying  the music to age 12 years writing  so arrangements modest and compositions. The first compositions  are romances and chamber works. After secondary school studies  he is invited of his father to Paris for to studying the medicine. Paris , the arts’ capital  transmits him the difficult moments  to leave at his passion had from childhood. In same way he starts his adventure  in art leaving  at Medicine Faculty  in music’s favour  subscribes to music’s Conservatory. Arts’  muse , seduce him ! It’s his passion !

Irritated of his decision, father misses  him of the sources by existence received for now , for to pass of conflict, Berlioz works as chanter to theatre at Dramatic School.  With November month 1829 his compositions are been presented for a concert” Concert des Sylphes”. For to continue the ambitions and promote the talent with the year 1826 he enters to Royal School Conservatory of music having as Lesueur professor  with that he studying the free style. In same time he has need of a protector for to subscribe and win the composition concurs” Prix of Rome”, Lesueur is been the approachable  instead Cherubini is been upset, most he demonstrating an antipathy  for his music. The examen to present difficile , after five tentatives associated  with the study and perseverance in the year 1830 win the prize for composition with a sing “ Sardanopolo”. Friendly, musical personality of Berlioz …. He is unappreciated ? He is loved ? 

His musical travel start with Italy , a country less loved by Berlioz , continue with London where in the year 1855 he meets Wagner with that the friendly and cordiality to transform in cold and animosity , instead Russia  host him triumphal after know the big musicians ( Liszt, Chopin, Camille, Saint-Saens, Johann Strauss) they assisted personal at concerts meditating  and affirming ( in music you are a genie or a crazy).

MUSICAL STYLE

His fantasy is relevant in modern orchestration conception associating  the refinement and deep melodic line of where he finds the origins. Celebrity stays in symphonic genius, in theatre, in the moments by a infinitive poesy. Berlioz assimilates and enters direct in music’ s ideal “ describing a history into composition”, his music don’t is a  purity form as is the classic music, the romanticism  to translate into conception( drama, history, sons…) . He puts  at point and improve the argument in time of XX century theorising  modern orchestration for the distribution  spacial bases of musicians in ideal acoustic. He studies  the compositions with the work of Beethoven , starts to write as musical critic making him a great reputation. His ideas are original  in composition forms , in time he concludes a collaborate with musical Gazette from Paris and Journal des débats.  The articles publicised are: Musical travel in Allemand  and Italie , Les Soirées des orchestres, Grotesque de la musique and Traite of strumentale and modern orchestration. Most important composition of Berlioz remains “ Symphony fantastique”with that he becomes known and famous. His live is crossed of two events dramatics ; dead of son and of the second wife, a huge pain that follow him all life. For his important personality he inspires roman, stories and theatre work . He dies to Paris the 8 mars 1869. 

BERLIOZ’S COMPOSITIONS

Waverley, le Roi Lear, Rob Roy, Symphonie fantastique, Harold en Italie, Rêverie et caprice, Romeo et Juliette, Le Carnaval romain…

Théâtral work:  Leș francs- juges, Lelio ou la retour à la vie, La damnation de Faust, Les Troyens ( La prise de Troy, Les Troyens)…

Sacred vocal music; La mort d’ Orphée, Méditation religieuse , Le cinq mai, L’impérial , Hermine, la temple universel, Le chant des Bretons, Chanson à boire, Hélène, Adieu Bessy…

Without fantasy his music don’t can be express , in all to observe  his originality. Berlioz composes in poetic fantasy , the idea of sense of  orchestral color starts  with his origins; harmonious , refined  relive the modern orchestration conception passing from the classic opera at romanticism. The compositions express a storie , a revenge, a history, a dramme, the transitions are perfects  to put the listener in his fantasy. The harmony enters in his romantic ambient where the poesy  take up the principal place. And the end we remain nostalgics and romantics in Berlioz’s fantasy.