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    edX First Nights - Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

    Overview Six years after the premiere of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony, composer Hector Berlioz sought to make use of the symphonic genre, but on his own terms. Indeed, he wrote not only a five-movement symphony, but also a narrative program to accompany and explain the symphony. This...
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