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BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869). Three autograph letters signed:
to 'Monsieur Tariot jeune', 12 rue St Denis, Montmartre [Paris], 4 December n.y., asking him to be one of the harpists AT A PERFORMANCE OF THE SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE with Larivière 'at my concert on Sunday 13 December ... We shall rehearse once the evening before', one page, 8vo, integral address leaf;
to [Sebastian] Erard, n.p., 2 December n.y., asking him to send an article of Berlioz's, of which he has not retained a copy, favourably reviewing Erard's pianos, one page, 8vo;
to [Frederick] Gye, 17 Old Cavendish Street [London], n.d. ('Jeudi soir'), asking him to include some notes [not present] 'when you design the poster for my opera ... They are useful at least, if not necessary. I place myself in your hands for some tickets (as many as you can manage) for the first performance', one page, 8vo.
Sebastian Erard (1752-1831) was a maker of musical instruments, inventor of the two-movement harp and the modern piano. Frederick Gye (1809-1878) obtained the lease of the opera house at Covent Garden in 1849 and continued to run the opera house until 1877. (3)
to 'Monsieur Tariot jeune', 12 rue St Denis, Montmartre [Paris], 4 December n.y., asking him to be one of the harpists AT A PERFORMANCE OF THE SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE with Larivière 'at my concert on Sunday 13 December ... We shall rehearse once the evening before', one page, 8vo, integral address leaf;
to [Sebastian] Erard, n.p., 2 December n.y., asking him to send an article of Berlioz's, of which he has not retained a copy, favourably reviewing Erard's pianos, one page, 8vo;
to [Frederick] Gye, 17 Old Cavendish Street [London], n.d. ('Jeudi soir'), asking him to include some notes [not present] 'when you design the poster for my opera ... They are useful at least, if not necessary. I place myself in your hands for some tickets (as many as you can manage) for the first performance', one page, 8vo.
Sebastian Erard (1752-1831) was a maker of musical instruments, inventor of the two-movement harp and the modern piano. Frederick Gye (1809-1878) obtained the lease of the opera house at Covent Garden in 1849 and continued to run the opera house until 1877. (3)
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