Harold en italie de hector berlioz biography


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Harold in Italy
by Hector Berlioz

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Harold in Italy (the original title is Harold en Italie) by Hector Berlioz is another favourite work of mine, I discovered it in this way.

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    • Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, by William Turner, Italy, 1832

    I first heard only one movement of it, from a music encyclopedia with recordings that we had at home, and was immediately impressed by it.

    Then I asked for it as a birthday present (I was 17) and having received my gift it I spent a lot of time listening to it over and over again for days and days...

    The background

    In 1830 Berlioz had written his most famous composition, the Symphonie
    Fantastique.

    Then, after winning the Prix de Rome, a composition award given by the Paris Conservatoire, he spent fifteen months in Italy, between 1831 and 1832. And this stay had a long lasting influence on Berlioz, especially evident in Harold in Italy.

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