A life without once reading Hamlet is like a life spent in … - Hector Berlioz

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A life without once reading Hamlet is like a life spent in a coal mine.

Hector Berlioz

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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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That is, in fact, the true female voice of the orchestra – a voice at once passionate and chaste, heart-rending, yet soft, which can weep, sigh, and lament, chant, pray, and muse, or burst forth into joyous accents, as none other can do.

time is an excellent teacher - unfortunately it kills all its pupils

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A life without once reading Hamlet is like a life spent in a coal mine. - Hector Berlioz

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