Marche au Supplice
by Hector Berlioz
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4

SKU: BT.DHP-0991575-010

Composed by Hector Berlioz. The Great Classics. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 1999. De Haske Publications #DHP 0991575-010. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-0991575-010).

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) once remarked: “My life is a novel that greatly interests me.” Experiences in his personal life had a great influence on his compositions. Symphonie Fantastique, written in 1830, is also autobiographical: he subtitled the work Episode in the Life of an Artist. The symphony echoes his feelings for an actress. The Marche au Supplice (march into torture) he described as: “The artist dreams he has killed his beloved, that he has been sentenced to death and is being led to the scaffold. The procession moves to the notes of a march that is now sombre and turbulent, now radiant and stately, and in which boisterous outbursts suddenly dissolve intothe heavy sound of marching feet.”

Berliosz sagte einst: 'Mein Leben ist ein Roman, der mich sehr interessiert'. Ereignisse aus seinem persönlichen Leben hinterließen einen großen Eindruck in seinen Kompositionen. Auch die Symphonie Fantastique von 1830 ist autobiographisch; das Werk trägt den Untertitel 'Episode aus dem Leben eines Künstlers'. Die Sinfonie handelt von seinen Gefühlen für eine Schauspielerin. Den Marche au Supplice fasste er in folgende Worte: "Der Künstler träumt, seine Geliebte sei gestorben und ihn, zum Tode verurteilt, führe man zum Schaffot.".