Hector Berlioz (Hector Berlioz), French composer, conductor, critic, and Romantic composer, was born on December 11, 1803 in La Cote-Saint-André, a small town in southern France. Lie, died in Paris, France on March 8, 1869, at the age of 66.

In nineteenth-century France, no musician had a more tragic fate than Berlioz! The cannibalistic capitalist system cruelly destroyed Berlioz and his artistic creation. He had to engage in an arduous struggle for survival. He had to personally plan his own concerts and conduct business negotiations. He had to write essays and commentaries for newspaper supplements to supplement his meager and irregular income. He had to endure pressure. The worst kind of money pain. Berlioz said: "One night, I heard a symphony in my dream... When I woke up the next morning, I still remembered its first theme... I really wanted to record it, but I One thought: If I write about this theme, it will make me excited to finish the entire symphony, then I will have no time to write any supplementary essays, and my income will decrease...and after finishing it , I will have to find someone to copy the score of this symphony, so I will be in debt of 1,200 francs... I will also hold a concert performance, and its income will not be half of the cost... Then, I will lose I had no means of arranging the necessary things for my poor sick wife, for the food of my son, and for my own personal necessities. So I overcame its temptation, and I repeatedly forced myself to forget it... The next morning, Let the memory of this symphony disappear forever. "In this self-confession, we can feel Berlioz's pain; but we are also very painful. A symphony that may become a classic is just for a few reasons. A boring supplement article disappeared without a trace. This is really the most helpless thing in the human economic system.

Born in Grenoble in 1803, Lac?te-Saint-André learned flute and recorder in his early years, and later guitar, but never piano;

In 1821, he followed his father's orders and went to Paris to enter medical school;

In 1822, he applied to study music and began to compose operas;

In 1823, he became Lesuure After becoming a private student, he created another oratorio;

In 1826, he entered the Paris Conservatoire and studied under Reha and Lesuure;

In 1827, he performed at the Odeon Theater Watch "Hamlet" performed by the British Kemble Theater Company; and then burst out with a passionate love for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson who played Ophelia in the play;

"Fantasy Symphony" created in 1830 "Music" is the most representative work. It embodies the ideal of combining music and literature, music and drama. It is subtitled "An Interlude in the Career of an Artist", which autobiographically describes his love for Miss Smithson. Love, this symphony was performed on December 5 of the same year; what is unique about this symphony is that it follows the five movements of the title. The form is used throughout every movement of the symphony.

In December 1832, he finally met Miss Smithson and married her 10 months later. In the following years, he composed some of his greatest works, including "Harold in Italy" (a symphony conceived and composed by Berlioz while studying in Italy, which also uses "fixed ideas"). techniques), "Funeral and Triumph", the dramatic symphony "Romeo and Juliet" and "High Mass in Memory of the Dead", etc.;

After his marriage broke up in 1841, he married the singer Mary Lacy Living together.

In the following years, he traveled frequently and visited Russia, England, and Italy;

In 1856, he began writing the opera "Trojans", which was the most important work in his later period;

In 1858, he completed the opera "Trojans". This opera was Berlioz's masterpiece. Due to its large scale, various efforts to stage it in the theater failed to materialize;

Completed his last opera from 1860 to 1862. He did not write again after his first opera "Beatrice and Benedick";

Berlioz died in Paris in 1869.