Berlioz Worksheet

Name:____________________
Hector Berlioz
Name the year of Berlioz birth and the year of his death _________
1803 - _________
1869
Country of birth _________________
France
Identify the significant of each of following in his musical career.
Harriet Smithson ____________________________________________________________
He fell deeply in love with her and "Symphonie fantastique" was dedicated to
expressing his love for her.
Idée xe __________________________________________________________________
He developed "Idee fixe" and it is his term for a recurring theme of which symbolizes
the principal subject
Shakespeare __________________________________________________________________
He had symphonies based on Shakespeare's works and when he first saw Harriet
Smithson while watching a Shakespeare play
Orchestration ____________________________________________________________
His Treatise on Orchestration is a study of orchestral technique and instrumentation. As well, his orchestras in
his works were often larger and he is known as the creator of the mordern orchestra.
Symphonies __________________________________________________________________
Berloiz was interested in larger-scaled works such as symphonies.
Name 4 genres he cultivated and give 1 example of each
____________________
Symphony ________________________________________________
Symphonie fantastique
____________________
Mass ________________________________________________
Requim Mass
____________________
Oratorio ________________________________________________
L'enfance du Christ
____________________
Concert Overtures ________________________________________________
Waverley
Identify 4 specific style traits of the composer
1. __________________________________________________________________________
Had larger orchestration
2. __________________________________________________________________________
Had idee fixe
Many of his works were influenced by writers.

3. __________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________ 
His music had many novel effects.
1
fi
Name:____________________
Symphonie fantastique
Title of work __________________________________ Composer H. Berloiz
__________________
Symphony
Genre ______________________ How many movements contain this theme _________
Performing force ____________________________________________________________
Symphony orchestra (expanded)
Final movement title ___________________________________________________________
Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Instrument plays this theme ________________
Clarinet
Theme is distorted through the use of ___________________
Trills and grace notes
The theme below can be described as ___________________________
Idee fixe
Which two themes are played together near the end of this work?
______________________________________________________________________________
Dies irae and Witches' Dance in polyphonic texture
The instruments that play this theme are:
Bassoons and Ophicleide Trumpets and Violins Flutes and Clarinets
Identify 2 innovative musical features of this work
The dancing of skeletons at the end is created by "col legno" on violons

1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________ 
There is idee fixe
2
Name:____________________
Show how the work reflects the style period during which it was created by
identifying 4 specific musical features
1. __________________________________________________________________________
It is a program symphony of which is a symphony based on a literary/pictorial association.
2. __________________________________________________________________________
There is idee fixe, a recurring theme to represent the beloved.
There is "expression of emotions", in this case love, etc.

3. __________________________________________________________________________
There is dies irae which is a chant melody.

4. __________________________________________________________________________

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Name:____________________

Country of birth _________________

Identify the significant of each of following in his musical career.

Harriet Smithson ____________________________________________________________

Berloiz was interested in larger-scaled works such as symphonies.

Name 4 genres he cultivated and give 1 example of each

Identify 4 specific style traits of the composer

Had larger orchestration

Had idee fixe

Many of his works were influenced by writers.

Performing force ____________________________________________________________

Symphony orchestra (expanded)

Final movement title ___________________________________________________________

Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

Instrument plays this theme ________________

Theme is distorted through the use of ___________________

Trills and grace notes

The theme below can be described as ___________________________

Dies irae and Witches' Dance in polyphonic texture

The instruments that play this theme are:

Bassoons and Ophicleide Trumpets and Violins Flutes and Clarinets

Identify 2 innovative musical features of this work

The dancing of skeletons at the end is created by "col legno" on violons

It is a program symphony of which is a symphony based on a literary/pictorial association.

There is idee fixe, a recurring theme to represent the beloved.

There is "expression of emotions", in this case love, etc.

There is dies irae which is a chant melody.

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