People from Is Re - Hector Berlioz, M Lanie Calvat, Laurent Clerc, Ren Arnoux, Edward Stachura, Robert Leli Vre, Maximin Giraud (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Hector Berlioz, Melanie Calvat, Laurent Clerc, Rene Arnoux, Edward Stachura, Robert Lelievre, Maximin Giraud, Hugh of Lincoln, Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Raphael Poiree, Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Justin Bonaventure Morard de Galles, Elie Cartan, Jean Achard, Abel Servien, Paul Barril, Louis Mandrin, Antoine Francois Brenier de Montmorand, Carole Montillet, Henri Jules Bataille, Rose Valland, Adolphe Pegoud, Louis Moyroud, Jean Djorkaeff, Jean du Teil, Camille Alphonse Faure, Joseph Vinoy, Antoine Francais de Nantes, Emmanuel Hostache, Victor Francois de Montchenu, Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'Argout, Jean-Claude Guiguet, Jean-Pierre du Teil, Seraphin Buisset, Anatole Novak, Jacques Gay, Andy Flickinger, Jean-Francois Joseph Debelle, Steeve Estatof, Rene Revol, Maurice Garrel, Cesar Alexandre Debelle. Excerpt: Hector Berlioz (pronounced: December 11, 1803 - March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a conductor, he performed several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians. He also composed around 50 songs. His influence was critical for the further development of Romanticism, especially in composers like Richard Wagner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and many others. Hector Berlioz was born in France at La Cote-Saint-Andre in the departement of Isere, near Grenoble. His father, a respected provincial physician and scholar, was responsible for much of the young Berlioz's education. His father was an atheist, with a liberal outlook; his mother was an orthodox Roman Catholic. He had five siblings in...