Hector Berlioz & Fantastic Symphony

Hector Berlioz and Fantastic Symphony
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Hector Berlioz and Fantastic Symphony
The Dream of a Witches' Sabbath is a program symphony composed by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the symphony during the romantic period. The music tells the story of a producers' self-destructive desire for a beautiful woman. The piece is a program symphony because Berlioz provides a storyline about the young artist's life who was desperate for love. The artist began using Opium after the failed love. The song thus depicts the hero's funeral, which was a hallucination due to the abuse of Opium. The composer's turbulent relationship with actress Harriet Smithson inspired the song.
Idee fixe means the object of fixation like a repeated theme. Berlioz used the words to explain the obsession the artist had towards his beloved. It then became a musical idea that showed obsession and became the principal theme re...