Music Fueled By Desire Hector Berlioz Symphony Fantastique

Play the annotated interactive score, find the idée fixeThe Score
See and hear the instruments as Berlioz used them.The Orchestration
Read the program Berlioz wrote to introduce the Symphonie fantastique.The Programme
Read Berlioz’s own words describing his thoughts and feelings.The Mémoires
Read the reaction from Berlioz’s contemporariesImpressions
Find out how this fantastic story ended.Epilogue

The Orchestration

AN INNOVATIVE ORCHESTRATOR, Berlioz assigned each instrument its own emotional attributes. Identifying the instruments Berlioz chose to play the idée fixe gives us another way to examine his feelings toward Harriet.


What's Your Impression?

How do the instruments Berlioz uses affect the character of the idée fixe?
Hector Berlioz (not verified)
January 13, 2012

I personally think it has been done to great effect.

Anonymous
April 20, 2010
I like the music. It is old but still pretty
Anonymous
April 20, 2010
it is good
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