Hector Berlioz Masterpieces
French Romantic composer
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- guitar, flageolet, flute
- opera, symphony, Western classical music, Romantic music
- France
- composer, journalist, conductor, writer, autobiographer, music critic, librettist, virtuoso, librarian, author
Essential works
Creative activity
based on dated works only
Duration of the works
(average or estimed)
Number of works
1819
46 years
1864
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Work for choir (31)
Song, lied (34)
Opera (7)
Work for soloist (3)
Work for orchestra (12)
Other renowned works
1844 - The Corsair
1840 - Les Nuits d'été
1839 - Roméo et Juliette
1836 - Benvenuto Cellini
1834 - Harold en Italie
This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.
The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).
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