BERLIOZ, (LOUIS– ) HECTOR

(11 December 1803, La Côte–St-André, Isère, France – 8 March 1869, Paris)

Composer whose few sacred works, including themassfragment "Resurrexit" (1824), a hugeRequiem(1837), aTe Deum(1849), and theoratorioL’Enfance{}du Christ("The Infancy of Christ," 1850–1854), occupy a singular place in the modern choral concert repertory owing to Berlioz’ personal and inimitable Romanticism heard throughout the music.