Berlioz, Hector

From: A Dictionary of Shakespeare | Date: 1998| Author: STANLEY WELLS | Copyright information

Berlioz, Hector (1803–69) French composer greatly influenced by Shakespeare, especially in his fantasia for chorus and orchestra on The Tempest (1830, incorporated into Lelio, 1832); his concert overture King Lear (1831); his dramatic symphony Romeo and Juliet (1839); his choral and...

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