305 - BERLIOZ (Hector), 1803–1869.

BERLIOZ (Hector), 1803–1869. Letter from the author, “H. Berlioz,” Hanover, April 1, 1854, addressed to Pierre-Aimable Rocquemont, his regular music copyist and head of the orchestra’s equipment, with a handwritten note reading “Sent the same day to Liszt,” 3 pp. and 1/4 in-12: “ […] Upon receipt of this note, would you be so kind as to go home and fetch the full score of *Cellini* […] Pack it carefully and send it without delay to this address: Mr. F. Liszt, Kapellmeister to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke in Weimar […] I may yet have to ask you […] for another package containing the handwritten parts for the German choruses from *Faust* along with the vocal scores […] Upon learning of my arrival, the King of Hanover had the singers and other performers who were to appear at the Philharmonic Society’s last concert recalled. He wanted the program to be rewritten to contain nothing but my music. The Queen asked me to include at least two pieces from *Romeo*: the Adagio and the Fairy Mab […] So tonight we are performing the overture to *King Lear*, *Absence*, the *Scherzo* and the *Adagio* from *Romeo*, *The Breton Shepherd*, the violin romance divinely played by Joachim, and the *Symphonie Fantastique*! You cannot, my dear Roquemont, imagine such a performance achieved in just two rehearsals. It is marvelous. […] "" Small tear with a missing section (related to the original overture) with no loss of text. Trace of a tab (from the collection). Includes its original cultural property export certificate from the Ministry of Culture.