Musicology Annotation << Back Word and Music in the Melologue «L&#233;lio» by Hector Berlioz Yaroslava A. Kabalevskaya The paper describes Hector Berlioz’s musical-theatrical work — melologue «Lélio, or Returning to life», being continuation and end of his «Fantastic symphony». The author reveals the history of creation of the composition, analyzes features of dramatic art, word and music interaction, notices that «Lélio» was an important stage in Berlioz’s creative evolution, prepared that merge of lines drama, opera and symphonic genres, which was carried out in «a drama symphony» «Romeo and Juliette», in «a drama legend» «Faust’s Condemnation» and other products of the composer. Keywords: Shakespeare, Berlioz, «The Tempest», melologue «Lélio». E-mail: yaroslava@mosconsv.ru. Pp. 42-48