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Hector Berlioz

Tristia (Berlioz)

Tristia, Op. 18, is a musical work consisting of three short pieces for chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. Apart from its title, it has nothing to do with the collection of

Details of the work#

The three movements are:

References#

  • David Cairns: Berlioz: Servitude and Greatness (the second volume of his biography of the composer) (Viking, 1999)
  • Hugh Macdonald: Berlioz (“The Master Musicians”, J.M.Dent, 1982)
  • Berlioz: Memoirs (Dover, 1960)
  • Information on the Funeral March
  • Legouvé’s French text for La mort d’Ophélie.
Composer
Hector Berlioz