Date Year Event
11 12 1803 birth of Hector Berlioz at La Côte
14 12 1803 Berlioz is baptised in the chapel of the church of St André
17 2 1806 birth of Anne-Marguerite-Louise, known as Nanci, Hector's sister
29 11 1807 birth of Louise-Julie-Virginie, Hector's sister
spring 1810 Berlioz takes his first communion
16 4 1814 death of Louise-Julie-Virginie
9 5 1814 birth of Adèle-Eugénie, Hector's sister
1816 Berlioz’s earliest attempts at composition
15 12 1816 birth of Louis-Jules-Félix, Hector's brother
1817 Imbert becomes Berlioz’s music teacher
26 1 1819 Berlioz's father buys a flute for Berlioz
16 3 1819 Berlioz's father buys a guitar for Berlioz who begins his lessons on the instrument with his new teacher Dorant
late 3 1819 to early April: Berlioz offers his first compositions to publishers
29 5 1819 death of Louis-Jules-Félix, Hector's brother
26 6 1820 birth of Prosper, Hector's brother
22 3 1821 Berlioz is made bachelier ès lettres at Grenoble
end 10 1821 Berlioz departs for Paris
autum 1822 Visit to La Côte
mid 3 1823 visit to La Côte
11 5 1823 leaves for Paris
early 6 1824 visit to La Côte
25 7 1824 leaves for Paris
16 8 1825 to 7 November: visit to La Côte
30 8 1828 Leaves for La Côte
27 9 1828 returns to Paris where arrives
30 12 1830 leaves Paris for La Côte on his way to Italy
3 1 1831 arrives at La Côte
15 1 1831 to 23 January: stays in Grenoble
9 2 1831 leaves for Lyon
16 1 1832 Nanci Berlioz (the elder of Hector's two surviving sisters) marries Camille Pal, a lawyer in Grenoble
early 6 1832 arrives at La Côte on his return from Italy
end 10 1832 leaves La Côte for Paris
7 11 1832 arrives in Paris
18 2 1838 death of Berlioz’s mother
15 1 1839 death of Prosper Berlioz, youngest brother of Hector
2 4 1839 Adèle Berlioz marries Marc Suat
end 8 1844 to mid October: Berlioz makes a trip to Nice (but does not visit La Côte)
6 1845 trip to Marseille where he gives two concerts (19 and 25 June)
4 7 1845 visit to Lyon
9 7 1845 Berlioz visits his father at La Côte
20 7 1845 and 24 July: concerts in Lyon
28 7 1845 Berlioz returns to Paris
8 9 1847 to 20 September: Berlioz with his son Louis visits his father at La Côte
3 1848 Berlioz begins the writing of his Memoirs during a stay in London
28 7 1848 death at La Côte of Dr Louis Berlioz, Hector’s father
21 8 1848 Berlioz departs for La Côte
c 15 9 1848 Berlioz returns to Paris
4 5 1850 death of Nanci, eldest sister of Berlioz
2 3 1860 death of Adèle, youngest sister of Berlioz
30 8 1864 Berlioz visits Adèle’s family in Vienne
c 18 9 1864 Berlioz stays with Camille Pal (Nanci’s husband) in Grenoble
22 9 1864 Berlioz goes to Meylan
23 9 1864 Berlioz meets Estelle Fornier in Lyon
18 8 1865 to 25 August: visit to Estelle Fornier in Geneva
c 25 8 1865 to 29 August: visit to Camille Pal in Grenoble
29 8 1865 to 9 September: stays with Adèle’s family in Vienne
15 9 1866 to 19 September: visit to Estelle Fornier in Geneva
5 6 1867 death of Louis, Berlioz's son, at Havana
c 11 8 1867 visit to Adèle’s family in Vienne
9 9 1867 last visit to Estelle Fornier at St Symphorien
c 1 3 1868 to 11 March: last trip to Nice, where Berlioz suffers two falls
c 14 8 1868 to 17 August: last visit to Grenoble
8 3 1869 death of Berlioz in Paris
21 6 1885 a memorial plaque is installed on the main wall of Berlioz's family house at La Côte
1888 Restorations started on the Berlioz family home
28 9 1890 inauguration of the statue of Berlioz by Lenoir in the Esplanade
1935 Madame Dumien donates the Berlioz family home to the Association of the Friends of Berlioz
7 7 1942 inauguration of the Berlioz Museum at La Côte
2002 The Berlioz Museum closes for renovation and developments; it will reopen in the spring of 2003
Ref Op Title Date
70 Pleure pauvre Colette 1818
71 Canon libre à la quinte 1818
72 Le Maure jaloux 1818
73 Amitié reprends ton empire 1818
141 Pot pourri concertant sur des themes italiens 1818
142 Two quintets 1818
69 Le Dépit de la bergère 1819
74 Toi qui l’aimas verse des pleurs 1822
75 Le Montagnard exilé 1822
144 Cheval Arabe, Le 1822
145 Canon a trois voix 1822
143 Estelle et Nemorin 1823
146 Estelle et Nemorin 1823
147 Le passage de la mer rouge 1823
19 Resurrexit 1824
148 Beverley ou le joueur 1824
149 Messe solennelle 1824
20 La Révolution Grecque, Scène héroïque 1825
76 Nocturne à deux voix 1825
1 3.0 Les Francs Juges 1826
10 3.0 Overture Les Francs-Juges 1826
109 Fugue a quatre voix 1826
21 La Mort d’Orphée 1827
77 2.9 Élégie en prose (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1827
150 Fugues 1827
11 1.0 Overture Waverley 1828
22 2.0 Le Ballet des ombres 1828
23 1.0 Huit Scènes de Faust 1828
55 Herminie 1828
78 1.6 Le Roi de Thulé 1828
79 14.2 Le Pêcheur (Lelio) 1828
151 Marche religiuse des mages 1828
152 Variations on Mozart's La ci darem la mano 1828
153 O salutaris 1828
24 2.3 Chant guerrier (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
25 2.5 Chanson à boire (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
26 2.6 Chant sacré (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
27 2.6 Chant sacré (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
56 La Mort de Cléopâtre 1829
57 2.4 La Belle voyageuse (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
80 2.1 Le Coucher du soleil (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
81 2.2 Hélène (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
82 2.4 La Belle voyageuse (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
83 2.7 L’Origine de la harpe (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
84 2.8 Adieu Bessy (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1829
110 Fugue à trois sujets 1829
154 Chanson de pirates 1829
6 14.1 Symphonie fantastique 1830
28 La mort de Sardanapale 1830
124 Hymne des Marseillais (Rouget de Lisle) 1830
155 Fugue 1830
12 4.0 Overture Le Roi Lear 1831
13 Overture Rob Roy (Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor) 1831
29 18.1 Tristia: trois choeurs avec orchestre Méditation religieuse 1831
30 14.2 Lélio ou Le Retour à la vie 1831
85 14.2 Chant de bonheur 1831
156 Choeur d'anges pour les fetes de Noel 1831
157 Choeur de toutes les voix 1831
31 Quartetto e coro dei maggi 1832
58 12.0 La Captive 1832
86 12.0 La captive, version 1 1832
87 12.0 La captive, version 2 1832
88 12.0 La captive, version 3 1832
111 Dans l'alcove sombre 1832
59 13.4 Le Jeune pâtre breton 1833
89 13.4 Le Jeune pâtre breton (with solo horn) 1833
125 Sur les Alpes, quel délice! (Huber) 1833
158 Romance de Marie Tudor 1833
2 Benvenuto Cellini 1834
7 16.0 Harold en Italie 1834
14 Overture Benvenuto Cellini 1834
32 13.5 Le Chant des Bretons 1834
33 11.0 Sara la baigneuse 1834
90 19.2 Les Champs 1834
91 Je crois en vous 1834
92 13.5 Le Chant des Bretons 1834
34 6.0 Le Cinq Mai 1835
93 Chansonette 1835
159 Fete musicale funebre a la memoire des hommes illustres de la France 1835
112 Erigone 1836
35 5.0 Grande messe des morts (Requiem) 1837
8 17.0 Roméo et Juliette 1839
60 Aubade 1839
94 Aubade 1839
9 15.0 Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale 1840
61 7.1 Les Nuits d’été: Villanelle 1840
62 7.2 Les Nuits d’été: Le Spectre de la rose 1840
63 7.3 Les Nuits d’été: Sur les lagunes 1840
64 7.4 Les Nuits d’été: Absence 1840
65 7.5 Les Nuits d’été: Au cimetière 1840
66 7.6 Les Nuits d’été: L’Île inconnue 1840
95 7.1 Les Nuits d’été: Villanelle 1840
96 7.2 Les Nuits d’été: Le Spectre de la rose 1840
97 7.3 Les Nuits d’été: Sur les lagunes 1840
98 7.4 Les Nuits d’été: Absence 1840
99 7.5 Les Nuits d’été: Au cimetière 1840
100 7.6 Les Nuits d’été: L’Île inconnue 1840
3 La Nonne Sanglante 1841
15 8.0 Rêverie et Caprice 1841
113 8.0 Reverie et caprice 1841
126 Recitatives for Le Freischütz (Weber) 1841
127 Invitation à la valse (Weber) 1841
114 Andante in B 1842
36 Choeur de 402 voix en langue celtique inconnue 1843
101 19.5 La belle Isabeau 1843
115 Chasse a la grosse bete 1843
160 Plain-chants de l'eglise greque 1843
16 9.0 Overture Le Carnaval Romain 1844
17 21.0 Overture Le Corsaire 1844
37 20.2 Vox populi: Deux grands choeurs Hymne à la France 1844
38 2.2 Hélène (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1844
116 Feuillet d'album 1844
117 Morceaux pour l’orgue mélodium d’Alexandre: Sérénade agreste à la madone 1844
118 Morceaux pour l’orgue mélodium d’Alexandre: Toccata 1844
119 Morceaux pour l’orgue mélodium d’Alexandre: Hymne pour l’élévation 1844
161 Hymne 1844
39 24.0 La Damnation de Faust 1845
67 19.6 Le Chasseur danois 1845
68 19.1 Zaïde 1845
102 19.6 Le Chasseur danois 1845
103 19.1 Zaïde 1845
120 Le vent gemit 1845
128 Marche marocaine (Meyer) 1845
162 Marche d'Isly (Leopold Mozart) 1845
40 19.3 Le Chant des chemins de fer 1846
129 Marche de Rakoczi 1846
163 Ouverture des ciseleurs 1846
42 18.2 Tristia: trois choeurs avec orchestre La Mort d’Ophélie 1847
104 Nessun maggior piacere 1847
105 18.2 Tristia: trois choeurs avec piano La Mort d’Ophélie 1847
41 20.1 Vox populi: Deux grands choeurs La Menace des Francs 1848
43 18.3 Tristia: trois choeurs avec orchestre Marche Funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet 1848
44 19.4 Prière du matin 1848
45 15.0 L’Apothéose (from Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale) 1848
46 22.0 Te Deum 1849
106 13.1 Le Matin 1849
107 13.2 Petit oiseau 1849
108 13.3 Le Trébuchet 1849
47 25.0 L’Enfance du Christ 1850
130 Adoremus (Bortniansky) 1850
131 Pater noster (Bortniansky) 1850
48 2.4 La Belle voyageuse (Irlande: 9 mélodies) 1851
49 26.0 L'Impériale 1855
121 Valse chantee par le vent dans les cheminees d'un de mes chateaux en Espagne 1855
4 Les Troyens 1856
50 Hymne pour la consécration du nouveau tabernacle 1859
132 Plaisir d’amour (Martini) 1859
5 Béatrice et Bénédict 1860
133 Erlkönig (Schubert) 1860
51 28.0 Le Temple universel 1861
18 Marche Troyenne 1864
52 28.0 Le Temple universel, version II 1867
53 Veni creator
54 Tantum ergo
122 Au bord d'une riviere
123 Salut matinal (en langue kanaque)
134 Invitation à louer Dieu (Couperin)
135 Alceste (Gluck)
136 Orphée (Gluck)
137 Chant du neuf Thermidor (Rouget de Lisle)
138 Fleuve du Tage (Pollet)
139 Le Roi des aulnes (Schubert)
140 Recueil de romances avec accompagnement de guitare
To Type
1822 Vocal Vocal with piano
1822 Choral Vocal with piano
1822 Vocal Vocal with piano
1822 Vocal Vocal with piano
Chamber Chamber lost
Chamber Flute and String Quartet lost
Vocal Vocal with piano
1823 Vocal Vocal with piano
1823 Vocal Vocal with piano
1823 Vocal Vocal with orchestra lost
1823 Vocal Vocal unaccompanied lost
Vocal Vocal with piano lost
Opera Opera lost
Orchestra Orchestra lost
Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra lost
Choral Choral with orchestra
1826 Choral Choral with orchestra
1830 Vocal Vocal with piano
1833 Opera Opera incomplete
Orchestra Orchestra
Organ Organ
Choral Choral with orchestra
1829 Vocal Vocal with piano
1828 Organ Organ lost
Orchestra Orchestra
Choral Choral with piano
1829 Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Orchestra Orchestra lost
Chamber Guitar lost
1829 Vocal Vocal with organ lost
Choral Choral with piano
Choral Choral with piano
Choral Choral with piano
1843 Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1842 Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Organ Organ
Vocal Vocal with orchestra lost
Symphony Orchestra
Choral Choral with orchestra mostly lost
Choral Arrangement
Organ Organ lost
Orchestra Orchestra
Orchestra Orchestra
Choral Choral with orchestra
1832 Choral Choral with orchestra
1832 Vocal Vocal with piano
Choral lost
Choral lost
Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1848 Vocal Vocal with piano
1848 Vocal Vocal with piano
1848 Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano sketch
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1835 Vocal Vocal with piano
Choral Arrangement
Vocal Vocal with orchestra lost
1837 Opera Opera
Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Orchestra
Choral Choral with piano
Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
1850 Vocal Vocal with piano
Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Choral Choral with orchestra lost
1841 Choral Choral with orchestra fragments
Choral Choral with orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Symphony Orchestra
1841 Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1841 Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1841 Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1841 Vocal Vocal with orchestra
1841 Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
1841 Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
1841 Vocal Vocal with piano
1841 Vocal Vocal with piano
1847 Opera Opera incomplete
Orchestra Orchestra
Chamber Violin and piano
Choral Arrangement
Orchestra Arrangement
Chamber Piano duet
Choral Choral unaccompanied
Vocal Vocal with piano
Chamber Oboe & bassoon
Choral Choral unaccompanied lost
Orchestra Orchestra
Orchestra Orchestra
Choral Choral with orchestra
Choral Choral with orchestra
Chamber Piano
Organ Organ
Organ Organ
Organ Organ
Chamber Six Sax instruments lost
1846 Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal unaccompanied
Orchestra Arrangement
Orchestra Arrangement lost
Choral Choral with orchestra
Orchestra Arrangement
Orchestra Orchestra lost
Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Choral Choral with orchestra
Choral Choral with orchestra
Choral Choral with piano
Choral Choral with piano
Choral Choral with orchestra
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal with piano
1854 Choral Choral with orchestra
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement
Choral Choral with orchestra
Choral Choral with orchestra
Chamber Piano
1858 Opera Opera
Choral Choral with piano
Vocal Arrangement
1862 Opera Opera
Vocal Arrangement
Choral Choral with organ
Orchestra Orchestra
Choral Choral unaccompanied
Choral Choral with organ
Choral Choral with organ
Vocal Vocal with piano
Vocal Vocal unaccompanied
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement
Choral Arrangement