Music Fueled By Desire Hector Berlioz Symphony Fantastique

Play the annotated interactive score, find the idée fixeThe Score
See and hear the instruments as Berlioz used them.The Orchestration
Read the program Berlioz wrote to introduce the Symphonie fantastique.The Programme
Read Berlioz’s own words describing his thoughts and feelings.The Mémoires
Read the reaction from Berlioz’s contemporariesImpressions
Find out how this fantastic story ended.Epilogue

The Score

THE SCORE REVEALS the different techniques Berlioz used to paint an ever-changing portrait of his muse as the Symphony progresses.


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