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Symphonie Fantastique

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[san-faw-nee fahn-tas-teek] / sɛ̃ fɔ ni fɑ̃ tasˈtik /

noun

  1. a programmatic symphony (1830–31) in five movements by Hector Berlioz.


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The "Symphonie Fantastique" was brisk, effusive, exquisitely colored, graciously phrased — and irresistible joyous.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2014

The program ended with Bringuier's electrifying, all but gravity-defying performance of Berlioz's psychedelic "Symphonie Fantastique."

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2014

The next night, he performs a Liszt-heavy program, including a Liszt transcription of Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," as part of the UW President's Piano Series.

From Seattle Times Jan. 28, 2013

The Seventh Symphony has been described by those who have already heard it as a modern Russian version of Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "Harold" music was now finished and Berlioz advertised both this and the Symphonie Fantastique for a concert at the Conservatoire, December 16, 1838.

From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower

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