Hector Berlioz died 140 years ago

Hector Berlioz was born as Louis Hector Berlioz on December 11, 1803 near Lyon, France. He composed the Symphonie fantastique. Mr. Berlioz died on March 8, 1869 in Paris, France.

Hector Berlioz died today – 139 years ago

Composer (think: “Symphonie fantastique” (1830) and “Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5 (or Requiem)” (1837)) Louis Hector Berlioz was born on December 11, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André, France. He said, “Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down." [So always carry a little book and pencil hanging on a cord around your neck, like Lily Tomlin did in “Murphy Brown”.]... Mr. Berlioz died on March 8, 1869 in Paris, France.