Marche au supplice

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Marche au supplice is the dramatic fourth movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, depicting the protagonist’s opium-induced vision of his own march to the guillotine.

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Marche au supplice canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral movement ⓘ
program music ⓘ
associatedCharacter the Artist (protagonist of Symphonie fantastique) ⓘ
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts execution of the artist-protagonist ⓘ
march to the guillotine ⓘ
opium-induced vision ⓘ
endingFeature final chord suggesting the fall of the blade ⓘ
orchestral depiction of the guillotine stroke ⓘ
genre symphonic program music ⓘ
hasCataloguedWork Symphonie fantastique, H 48 ⓘ
idéeFixeFunction represents the beloved before the execution ⓘ
includes brief appearance of the idée fixe ⓘ
literaryInfluence Romantic fascination with death and the grotesque ⓘ
mood dramatic ⓘ
foreboding ⓘ
macabre ⓘ
movementNumber 4 ⓘ
narrativeRole precedes the Witches’ Sabbath finale ⓘ
notableRecording recordings by the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan ⓘ
recordings by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
recordings by the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique under John Eliot Gardiner ⓘ
opusNumberOfWork Op. 14 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature bassoons ⓘ
large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
low strings ⓘ
prominent brass ⓘ
prominent percussion ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
partOf Symphonie fantastique ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
positionInWork between the Scène aux champs and the Songe d’une nuit du sabbat ⓘ
premiereDate 1830-12-05 ⓘ
premierePlace Paris ⓘ
premiereWork Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 ⓘ
relatedWork Scène aux champs ⓘ
Songe d’une nuit du sabbat ⓘ
tempoCharacter march-like ⓘ
theme march rhythm ⓘ
ominous procession ⓘ
sudden dynamic contrasts ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
translatedTitle March to the Scaffold ⓘ
linked to: The Execution
workKey C minor ⓘ

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

Symphonie fantastique → movement → Marche au supplice ⓘ
subject linked to: Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Rêveries – Passions → relatedWork → Marche au supplice ⓘ
Scène aux champs → relatedWork → Marche au supplice ⓘ