His Corsair Overture was inspired by James Fennimore Cooper's The Red Rover.
His Corsair Overture was inspired by James Fennimore Cooper's The Red Rover. Other literary musical works include the Shakespeare-inspired Béatrice et Bénédict, the Sir Walter Scott-inspired Waverly Overture, the Byron- inspired Harold en Italie, and an opera based on part of the Aeneid, Les Troyens. For ten points, name this composer of the choral symphony Romeo et Juliette and the dramatic work The Damnation of Faust whose "March to the Scaffold" is the fourth movement of his Harriet Smithson-inspired Symphonie Fantastique.
His Corsair Overture was inspired by James Fennimore Cooper's The Red Rover.
(Louis-) Hector {Berlioz}