Hector Berlioz’s Death – Cause and Date
The composer Hector Berlioz died at the age of 65. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
French composer of the Romantic era best remembered for compositions like Symphonie Fantastique and for his influential Treatise on Instrumentation.
His father, Louis-Joseph, was a respected physician.
Quotes
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
"The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.
"Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.
"Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.