Question

select the correct answer.
which of the following is true about hector berlioz?
a. his music was strongly influenced by bohemian culture.

b. he founded the leipzig conservatory of music, a public university.

c. he wrote symphonie fantastique to express his love for harriet smith.

d. he was strictly only a music composer.

e. he was one of the early viennese composers.

Explanation:

• Option A: Berlioz's music was not tied to Bohemian culture; he was a French Romantic composer.
• Option B: The Leipzig Conservatory was founded by Felix Mendelssohn, not Berlioz.
• Option C: Symphonie Fantastique was composed by Berlioz as a musical expression of his obsessive love for Harriet Smithson (spelled Smithson here), which is factually correct.
• Option D: Berlioz also worked as a music critic and writer, not just a composer.
• Option E: Berlioz was French, not part of the early Viennese composers (who included figures like Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven).

Answer:

C. He wrote Symphonie Fantastique to express his love for Harriet Smith.