BERLIOZ, HECTOR

(1803-69), Fr. musical composer; b. Cote-Saint-André; ps of physic tan: pioneer of the Romantic movement in music; influenced as all the Fr. Rom antiques were, by "ngland. His compositions include an opera, BenRomeo et Juliette, Be at rice ef Benedict, which are the glories of Fr. music; Autobiography (trans., 1905).