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level 9 History
Berlioz
Question | Answer |
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date and place of birth | Cote St. Andre, 1803 |
instruments he played | guitar, flute (not piano) |
Where Berlioz studied | Paris Conservatoire |
big prize he won | Prix de Rome |
the woman he admired and wrote the symphony for | Harriet Smithson, English actress |
Two books he wrote | Memoirs and instrumentation textbook |
National honour | Legion of honour, France |
year of death | 1869 |
best known career | conductor and composer |
weird fact | had a plan to kill his fiancee |
innovations | added orchestral effects and different instruments |