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What happens at the scaffold in Berlioz's March to the Scaffold (fourth movement from Symphonie Fantastique)?

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The end of the fourth movement, March to the Scaffold, paints the gruesome scene of the hero’s execution. We hear the decapitated head bounce to the ground in the pizzicatos and then the cheering crowd. But Symphonie fantastique is more than a musical representation of a story.

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