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SKU: A0.802591
Composed by Louis-Hector Berlioz. Arranged by Peet du Toit. Contemporary. Score and parts. 1 pages. Peet du Toit #5828393. Published by Peet du Toit (A0.802591).Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastical Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections) Op. 14,
is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830. It is an important piece of the
early Romantic period. The first performance was at the Paris Conservatoire on 5 December 1830. Franz Liszt
made a piano transcription of the symphony in 1833 (S. 470).
Leonard Bernstein described the symphony as the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its
hallucinatory and dream-like nature, and because history suggests Berlioz composed at least a portion under the influence of opium.
According to Bernstein, "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral."
Symphonie Fantastique is a piece of program music that tells the story of an artist gifted with a lively imagination
who has poisoned himself with opium in the depths of despair because of hopeless, unrequited love.
The original way in which Berlioz fused all the ingredients and elements into his music with great emotional
intensity and musical brilliance makes this symphony such a masterpiece. It was truly revolutionary in that
nothing like it had ever been heard before.
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