Franz Liszt's fifteenth Hungarian Rhapsody is based on this theme. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this theme, which closes Part I of another work. In that work, the despondent Faust wonders why this theme's subjects are able to seek glory and fame, then almost commits suicide before hearing the Easter Song.
ANSWER: Rakoczy March [or Rakoczy Song; prompt on "Hungarian March"]
[10e] That adaptation of the Rakoczy (rah-koh-CHAY) March appears in The Damnation of Faust, a "dramatic legend" by this French composer. His obsession with Harriet Smithson was portrayed in his Symphonie Fantastique.
ANSWER: Hector Berlioz
[10m] Raoul Gunsbourg's staging of the Rakoczy March drew comparison for its similarities to the "Benediction of the Swords" from a grand opera by this composer, in which another Raoul marries Valentine before being killed by St. Bris.
ANSWER: Giacomo Meyerbeer [or Jakob Liebmann Beer]
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