At its premiere, its composer handed out a program describing this work's recurring id?
The middle section of this work draws briefly from the composer's once-thought-to-be-destroyed Messe solennelle, and uses an oboe and an English horn to represent a franz des vaches. One section of this work was adapted from a march in the composer's earlier Les Francs Juges, and concludes with funeral bells tolling a parody of the Dies Irae. In its fourth movement, plucked strings represent a severed head skipping to the ground after the falling of a guillotine. At its premiere, its composer handed out a program describing this work's recurring id? fixe. Containing sections like "Reveries-Passions," "A Ball," and "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath," for 10 points, name this symphony by Hector Berlioz.
The middle section of this work draws briefly from the composer's once-thought-to-be-destroyed Messe solennelle, and uses an oboe and an English horn to represent a franz des vaches.
Symphonie Fantastique [or Fantasy Symphony; or An Episode in the Life of the Artist]