Pauvres diables!... D'où sortent ces malheureux êtres ?... À quel Montfaucon vont-ils mourir ?... Que leur octroie la munificence municipale pour net… - Hector Berlioz

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Pauvres diables!... D'où sortent ces malheureux êtres ?... À quel Montfaucon vont-ils mourir ?... Que leur octroie la munificence municipale pour nettoyer (ou salir) ainsi le pavé de Paris ?... À quel âge les envoie-t-on à l'équarrissage ?... Que fait-on de leurs os ? (leur peau n'est bonne à rien.)

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About Hector Berlioz

Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11 1803 – March 8 1869) was a French composer, conductor and music critic, widely seen as the greatest representative in music of the French Romantic school.

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Alternative Names: Louis-Hector Berlioz • Louis Hector Berlioz • Hektors Berliozs • Luī Ektors Berliozs • Ludovicus Hector Berlioz • Ettore Berlioz • Hector Louis Berlioz • Ludoviko Hektoro Berlioz • Гектор Берлиоз • Берлиоз, Гектор Луи • Гектор Луи Берлиоз • Berlioz • ベルリオーズ • ルイ・エクトル・ベルリオーズ • Hektor Berlioz
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