Music Of The Great Composers --

Hector Berlioz-Part 8 Berlioz' Critics The daring innovator aroused also the wrath of the conservative musicians like Boieldieu (the author of the opera La Dame Blanche ) and Halevy (the composer of La Juive ). In his third attempt to win the Prix de Rome Berlioz had composed a cantata, Cleopatra Boieldieu, who was one of the judges, said to Berlioz: But, my dear boy, how could I possibly approve it? I who like nice, gentle music..