Rêveries – Passions

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"Rêveries – Passions" is the first movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, depicting the artist’s dreamy infatuation and emotional turmoil through highly expressive Romantic orchestral writing.

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Label Occurrences
Rêveries – Passions canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work movement ⓘ
symphonic movement ⓘ
associatedConcept idée fixe ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire standard symphonic repertoire ⓘ
characteristic dramatic dynamic changes ⓘ
highly expressive orchestral writing ⓘ
lyrical melodic lines ⓘ
rich Romantic harmony ⓘ
strong contrasts of mood ⓘ
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts artist’s dreamy infatuation ⓘ
emotional turmoil ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ
emotionalCharacter dreamy ⓘ
passionate ⓘ
volatile ⓘ
features idée fixe theme representing the beloved ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork Symphonie fantastique premiere 1830 in Paris ⓘ
genre Romantic orchestral music ⓘ
program music ⓘ
hasKeyWork C minor–C major tonal focus (within Symphonie fantastique context) ⓘ
influencedByMovement early Romanticism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
movementNumber 1 ⓘ
narrativeFunction introduces the artist’s emotional world ⓘ
presents the beloved’s musical theme ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
partOf Symphonie fantastique ⓘ
partOfNarrative love story of the artist and his beloved ⓘ
positionInWork first movement ⓘ
relatedWork Marche au supplice ⓘ
Scène aux champs ⓘ
Songe d’une nuit du sabbat ⓘ
Un bal ⓘ
stylePeriod Romantic ⓘ
tempoStructure contrasting slow and agitated sections ⓘ
titleTranslationEnglish Daydreams – Passions ⓘ
usesTechnique orchestral color for psychological depiction ⓘ
thematic transformation of the idée fixe ⓘ
workDate 1830 ⓘ
workNumberWithinComposerOutput first movement of Berlioz’s Op. 14 ⓘ
workStructureContext opening movement of a five-movement symphony ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Symphonie fantastique → movement → Rêveries – Passions ⓘ
subject linked to: Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Épisode de la vie d’un artiste → movement1Title → Rêveries – Passions ⓘ
Scène aux champs → relatedWork → Rêveries – Passions ⓘ