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Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz (died 1854)

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Harriet Smithson

Anglo-Irish actress

Harriet Constance Smithson, who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Miss H.C. Smithson, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz.
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Hector Berlioz

French Romantic composer and conductor (1803–1869)

Louis-Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and…
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