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| Hector Berlioz
(1803 - 1869)
| Timeline |
| 1803 |
Born 11 December, in France, near Grenoble |
| 1821 |
Sent to Paris by his father, a doctor, to study medicine |
| 1824 |
Chooses music as a career |
| 1826 |
Enters the Paris Conservatoire de Musique |
| 1827 |
Falls in love with an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson |
| 1830 |
Congratulated by Liszt after the premiere of Symphonie fantastique; wins the Prix de Rome and travels to Italy |
| 1833 |
Marries Harriet Smithson; Paganini commissions symphony Harold in Italy |
| 1842 |
Embarks on first of several long concert tours abroad |
| 1843 |
Writes famous treatise on orchestration |
| 1854 |
Wife Harriet, from whom he has been separated for many years, dies; marries the singer Marie Recio |
| 1865 |
Completes his Memoirs, to be published after his death |
| 1869 |
Dies 8 March, in Paris |
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