The Life of Berlioz
The tremendous 19th century French composer, Hector Berlioz holds a very unique place in history. He was far ahead of his time, clearly one of the most innovative and original composers of the Romantic era. Berlioz did not only excel in composition, but he was a writer and critic, some say his literary achievement was just as important or even more important relative to his musical output. (Final sentence)
Berlioz often ridiculed Wagner and the German people for taking birthdays so seriously, he always tried to minimize the importance of his own. As a child, the official place and date of his birth was La Cote-Saint-Andre, II December 1803 (Dec. 2, 1803), but his "celebrated" birthday was actually Eau, 19 Frimaire An XII (December 19 1703). A decade earlier during the great Revolution, the authorities had abolished royalty and institute a calendar intended to celebrate the advent of a new age of reason, not a basis in religious values. In the time period......
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