Who's Hector Berlioz? What did you do?

Hector Berlioz (1803~ 1869) is a French musician with legendary experience and unique qualities. Berlioz has become a case in the history of music, and people have different opinions on his music creation. The Frenchman Debussy once called him "a musical monster, an exception" ... a musician who doesn't know much about music. Berlioz is really strange. He is a musician with poor musical skills, and his life experience is as interesting as his creation. His neurotic abnormal temperament makes people think that he is a complete madman, but we may say that it is this abnormal condition relative to ordinary people that makes this musical genius.

Berlioz was born in the beautiful town of Cod Saint-Andre in the south of France. Berlioz grew up differently from most musicians. He has never received formal music training. His father is a famous local doctor and his mother is a devout Christian. His family has no superior conditions for learning music. Berlioz could only play guitar and flute when he was young, and both of them were amateurs.

Berlioz's parents sincerely hope that his son can follow in his father's footsteps. 182 1 In June, Berlioz followed his father's orders to study medicine in Paris. However, studying medicine is not Berlioz's wish. He was not born to study medicine. When he walked into the autopsy room for the first time and saw that his limbs and internal organs were still dripping blood, he immediately jumped out of the window crazily, disgusting and vomiting! Medical school is like a prison for him. Every day he studies in medical school, he suffers like a prisoner. He was born with a pair of ears and a heart suitable for music. When he enters the Paris Opera House and listens to the wonderful performances of the masters, his beating heart will be completely tamed, serene and peaceful. By contrast, when he came to the Opera House from medical school, it was as if he had entered the spring and the sun was shining. So although he studied medicine in name, he devoted himself to music study. He stayed in the library of Paris Conservatory of Music all day, eagerly reading the works of great musicians. He deeply understands that he will never be a famous doctor in the future, but he will pursue his passion-music. Therefore, when Berlioz got his bachelor's degree in medicine in 1824+ 10, he refused to go into medicine and stubbornly continued to study music despite his parents' opposition. This eventually led him to break with his family and lose his financial resources. He firmly embarked on the journey of learning music.

However, his artistic career is so difficult and tortuous. In order to make a living, he had to be a singer in the choir and recruited several guitar students to make a living. Later, Berlioz's enthusiasm touched the manager of the opera house, and he made an exception and allowed the young man to sit in the orchestra pit under the stage for free to listen to music and watch performances. This is a rare opportunity for Berlioz to carefully observe the playing methods of various musical instruments, listen to their timbres and ponder their acoustic effects. It was from here that he later became a "master of music". After Berlioz made amazing achievements in the French public at first, his situation went from bad to worse, and no decent results appeared. His music received a cold reception in the domestic market, which was undoubtedly a great blow to Berlioz. Harold of Italy (1834) and Requiem (1837) have achieved some superficial success only because of the enthusiastic help of some friends. Venuto Cerini (1838) was booed. Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet (1839) created public opinion before the performance, and achieved only a reluctant artificial success. As for the Funeral and Triumphal Symphony (1840) written for the inauguration ceremony of the July Monument, people turned a deaf ear to it. The fall of Faust (1846) did not even arouse people's discussion. Finally, he was heavily in debt for the concert, and it was no use selling all his possessions. He went bankrupt and had to flee abroad. Berlioz has achieved unprecedented success abroad, especially in Russia and Britain, where he has achieved fame and fortune. However, this can't fill the indifference brought by his motherland, and he feels more and more lonely and lonely. It was unfortunate that Berlioz was born in France at that time. At that time, the model figures in the French music circle were Meyer Bell and Ober of the decadent school, and Berlioz totally ran counter to them, which led to Berlioz's loneliness before his death.

In the whole history of music, especially in the history of French music, Berlioz is such a rare person. He has never been seen before, and has abandoned himself outside the tradition. He is grumpy and reserved, sometimes mediocre and sometimes outstanding. He is simply a monster. As some critics have said, "The best things in Berlioz's creation are amazing, and the worst things are frightening-the two are inextricably mixed in different degrees."

Berlioz's love experience is as bleak as his artistic career. 1In September, 827, the Bohr Theatre Company of charles kane, England came to Paris to perform Shakespeare's masterpieces. Berlioz must come to every performance. He was deeply attracted by the wonderful performance and was almost fascinated. In his mind, Juliet, filia and Desdemona in Shakespeare's plays are undoubtedly Miss Smithsonian in real life. He turned her into the most beautiful angel in his mind and imagined her as his lifelong companion. He wrote letters to his angel enthusiastically, one by one, passionately and fiercely, and pursued Miss Smithsonian crazily. Indifference to Miss Smithsonian, he rushed backstage in despair, knelt in front of Miss Smithsonian in public and courted her! Miss Smithsonian was of course indifferent, and the members of the troupe smiled and invited Berlioz off the stage. Later, the musician listened to the despicable slander of others and was in great pain. This inspired his creative inspiration, and he created his first large-scale masterpiece, symphonie fantastique. In this music, he expressed his resentment by describing Miss Smithsonian as an ugly image.

This heavy blow made Berlioz unable to live a normal life. He decided to find any girl and get married quickly. So he chose the lover of one of his "good friends"-Miss Mock, a young female pianist. Despite the existence of Miss Mock's boyfriend, he pursued Miss Mock fiercely with extraordinary courage and finally won her heart. On the other hand, Miss Mock's mother is very cunning. First, she readily agreed to the marriage, and then put it off again and again, taking the opportunity to let Berlioz go abroad and promise him his engagement to Miss Mock. So Berlioz embarked on a journey to Rome. In Rome, Berlioz unexpectedly received a letter from Mock's mother, which said that Mock had married another rich and satisfied man. Berlioz was furious and killed him. He quickly bought a pistol, poison, dagger and a gorgeous women's dress (he was going to dress up as a man, making it easier to move), and then embarked on a journey back to China. He wanted to kill Mock's family and her husband. Genius madman didn't get what he wanted. This time, he was arrested by the police as a "charcoal burning party" spy and taken back to Rome. When he took the second action, all his luggage was stolen by thieves on the way. But he didn't give up, but returned to Rome without saying a word, packed his things again and set off again. This time he came to Nice, a port city at the southeast end of France. The beautiful scenery here made him create his masterpiece King Lear, and the holy water of art washed his revenge heart.

When he returned to Paris, he was lucky to meet Miss Smithsonian again. They officially got married on June 3rd, 1833+65438, and the wedding was held at the British Embassy in France. Their lucky meeting also caused their misfortune after marriage. When Berlioz met Miss Smithson in Paris, she was old, haggard and heavily in debt. After marriage, Berlioz found that he was nothing like Miss Smithsonian in his fantasy, and he didn't know himself at all. Nine years later, he had to leave the Smithsonian. This romantic history ended in pain.

1854 Berlioz married for the second time. He married Maria Riccio, a poor Spanish singer. She forced Berlioz to drum up business for her and arrange roles for her, so he made many jokes, but he loved her very much. Their lives are not happy, and Riccio's infirmity makes the artists who are already in financial difficulties worse, and they are heavily in debt. 1862 Riccio died and Berlioz was in great pain. 1867 In February, a bigger blow came to him-Lu Su, a 33-year-old son who had been sailing at sea for many years, died of illness in the United States.

Berlioz completely collapsed mentally and physically. 1on March 8, 869, Berlioz left this world alone. Loneliness before death, loneliness after death.