Music Of The Great Composers --

Hector Louis Berlioz Berlioz was born near Grenoble, France, December 11, 1803, and died in Paris, March 9, 1869. He was sent to Paris to study medicine, but his love of music caused him to throw up his medical studies, and with them went his allowance. He earned a bare living by singing in the chorus of the Gynmase Dramatique. His unusual genius, accompanied by his own eccentricities early brought him into conflict with authority. He soon left Reicha at the Conserv..