Tristia (Berlioz) Explained

Tristia
Type:Choral-symphonic music
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Opus:18
Text:poetry by Thomas Moore and Ernest Legouvé
Published:1852
Movements:three

Tristia, Op. 18, is a musical work consisting of three short pieces for chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. Apart from its title, it has nothing to do with the collection of Latin poems by Ovid (the word tristia in Latin means 'sad things'). The individual works were composed at different times and published together in 1852. Berlioz associated them in his mind with Shakespeare's Hamlet, one of his favourite plays. They were never performed during the composer's lifetime.

Details of the work

The three movements are:

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