Hector Berlioz’s Fantastical Symphony tells the story of a musician who:Group of answer choiceshas hallucinations and accidentally kills himself by falling in a wellloses his love and then exacts revenge upon her killerbecomes obsessed with a woman and overdoses on opiumrescues his wife from hell after she is bitten by a poisonous snake

What name did Berlioz give to the melody that represents his protagonist’s love interest?Group of answer choicesThe “obsession”The “reverie”The “adoration”The “beloved”

Berlioz’ Fantastical Symphony was based upon his desire for relationship with Harriet Smithson.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Berlioz wrote detailed narratives of all of his works, but did not utilize a program at the premiere of his Fantastical Symphony.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

How do contemporary listeners know what Berlioz’s Fantastical Symphony is about?Group of answer choicesHe wrote a detailed program to accompany performanceHe told his closest friend, who published posthumouslyHe wrote about it in his diaryHe made an announcement at the premiere

The five movements of Berlioz’s Fantastical Symphony include which of the following?Group of answer choicesReveries, A Ball, Scenes by the Sea, March to Paris, And Dream of a Witches’ SabbathReveries-Passions, A Ball, Scenes in the Fields, March to the Scaffold, Dream of a Witches’ SabbathReveries-Passions, A Ball, Scenes of Love, March to Paris, And Dream of a Witches’ SabbathReveries, A Ball, Scenes of Love, March D’Avignon, Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath