Berlioz

[ ber-lee-ohz; French ber-lyawz ]

/ ˈbɛr liˌoʊz; French bɛrˈlyɔz /

noun

Louis Hec·tor

[lwee-ek-tawr] /lwi ɛkˈtɔr/, 1803–69, French composer.

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Examples from the Web for berlioz

After Berlioz, a small fry, indeed, yet not without interest.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
For Berlioz he kept the excited enthusiasm of a child, childish memory doing the trick.
The Life of Francis Thompson|Everard Meynell
So Berlioz started for Italy, smarting with rage and pain, as if the Furies were lashing him with their scorpion whips.
Great Musical Composers|George T. Ferris
With Beethoven the dramatic idea is the controlling one, and so it is with Berlioz.
How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.|Henry Edward Krehbiel

Berlioz was now sixty years old, a lonely man, frail in body, embittered in soul by the terrible sense of failure.
Great Musical Composers|George T. Ferris

British Dictionary definitions for berlioz

Berlioz

/ (ˈbɛəlɪˌəʊz, French bɛrljoz) /

noun

Hector (Louis) (ɛktɔr). 1803–69, French composer, regarded as a pioneer of modern orchestration. His works include the cantata La Damnation de Faust (1846), the operas Les Troyens (1856–59) and Béatrice et Bénédict (1860–62), the Symphonie fantastique (1830), and the oratorio L'Enfance du Christ (1854)

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