Quiz 1: Berlioz Flashcards
Who was Berlioz?
French composer and conductor
Berlioz graduated from ________
Medical School
Berlioz struggled to be a ________ but excelled as a ___________.
Performer, conductor.
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony is called ___________
Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony is subtitled ___________
Episode in the life of an artist
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony has ___ movements.
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Berlioz’ most famous Symphony was inspired by ___________
Thomas de Quincy’s ‘Confessions of an English opium eater’
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony’s 4th movement modeled ___________
the structure of Beethoven’s 6th symphony
Berlioz used _____ ______ on his most famous symphony
Idee Fixe
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony was about his love for ___________
Harriet Smithson
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony was influenced by ___________
Beethoven’s 5th, 6th and 9th symphonies.
Berlioz’ most famous Symphony replaced the _______ for the _______.
Minuet for the Waltz.
Berlioz’ second Symphony was subtitled ___________
Harold in Italy
Berlioz’ second Symphony was based loosely on ___________
a poem by Child Harold
Berlioz’ second Symphony was commissioned by ___________ for solo _______.
Paganini, Viola
Berlioz’ third Symphony was subtitled ___________
Romeo et Juliet
Berlioz’ third Symphony had ___ movements
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Berlioz’ third Symphony was influenced by ___________ by having ______, _______, and ______.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9: Orchestra, soloists and chorus
Berlioz’ best known sacred composition
Requiem Mass - Grande Messe des morts
Berlioz wrote a textbook in 1843 called
Treatise on Instrumentation and Orchestration
