This piece's commissioner sent the composer a letter telling him to request 20,000 francs from the Baron de Rothschild because, "Beethoven being dead, only [you] can make him live again.
This piece's commissioner sent the composer a letter telling him to request 20,000 francs from the Baron de Rothschild because, "Beethoven being dead, only [you] can make him live again." The composer's memoirs reveal this work features "two harp-notes doubled by the flutes, oboes, and horns" to suggest the chiming of convent bells in its second movement. It uses the piccolo and oboes to represent a rustic oboe played by wandering minstrels called the "pifferari" in its third movement, which imitates a serenade of an (*) Abruzzi mountaineer to his mistress. Its main theme was borrowed from the discarded Rob Roy Overture and it includes movements titled "March of the Pilgrims" and "Orgy of the Brigands." This work began when Paganini requested a solo work to show off his new Stradivarius viola, but developed into a series of four orchestral scenes with an extensive part for solo viola representing the titular literary traveler. For 10 points, name this worked inspired by Lord Byron, which is Berlioz's second symphony. 
This piece's commissioner sent the composer a letter telling him to request 20,000 francs from the Baron de Rothschild because, "Beethoven being dead, only [you] can make him live again.
Harold in Italy [or Harold en Italie; or Berlioz's Second Symphony before "second" is read]