Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.

Hector Berlioz

About Hector Berlioz

Portrait of Hector Berlioz

Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict,...