Question

What does Berlioz utilize through musical imagery to portray the main

Answer 1

Answer:

B)String pizzicato

Explanation:

Symphonie Fantastique Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties (Fantastical Symphony: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts) is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830.

The symphony used over 90 instrumentalists, which happened to be a record number for symphonies at that time.

He talked about an artist that falls in love with a woman but he is convinced that his love is unappreciated so he poisons himself with opium.

While the opium doesn't kill him, he is plunged into a deep sleep where he sees strange things. He sees in the dream that he has killed his beloved and is condemned to die by the guillotine.

As the fatal blow of the guillotine blade lands on his neck, there is a series of pizzicato notes that represents the head rolling on the floor.