may 25, 1803 - Berlioz Born
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Wrote about 50 songsHis early songs were in the style of the romance, strophic and simple
He was the first to use the term mélodie to describe his 9 Irish Melodies written for Harriet Smithson, texts translated into French
His song cycle Les nuits d’été (1841) was the first great song cycle in the French mélodie
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Date:
may 25, 1803
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~ 222 years ago