{"product_id":"14600-weber-carl-maria-von-ticket-to-weber-s-last-concert-signed-and-numbered-by-the-composer","title":"Weber, Carl Maria von. (1786-1826) Ticket to Weber's Last Concert, Signed and Numbered by the Composer","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOriginal printed ticket to Carl Maria von Weber's final concert appearance, numbered and signed by the composer. The concert, given at the Argyll Rooms, Regent St., London on May 26, 1826, included the overture to his final opera, \u003ci\u003eOberon\u003c\/i\u003e, a song written for the occasion called \"From Chindara's warbling fount I come,\" sung by soprano Catherine Stephens, and his \u003ci\u003eJubel-Cantate\u003c\/i\u003e in an English version\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e After one other public appearance on May 30, Weber died on June 4, 1826. The ticket has been numbered 85 at the lower left and signed by Weber at the lower right. Some staining to the ticket which is laid down to a rigid card together with an albumen photograph of a portrait of the composer (photograph torn in several places).  Clipped signatures of contemporary singers and conductors (including Charles Halle, John Sims Reeves, Charles Santley, Erminia Rudersdorf etc.) are affixed to the verso of the sheet. The ticket measuring 10.8 x 7.5 cm; sheet overall 22.5 x 16.5 cm. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eWeber traveled to England in February 1826 for the premiere of \u003ci\u003eOberon\u003c\/i\u003e and several other engagements, not knowing that it would be there that he would die (at the age of only 39). \"With the \u003cem\u003eOberon\u003c\/em\u003e performances behind him, \u003cspan class=\"hit highlight\"\u003eWeber\u003c\/span\u003e conducted once more at the Oratorio Concerts, participated in three more benefit concerts and made preparations for his own concert at the Argyll Rooms on 26 May, for which he wrote his last composition, a song for the soprano Catherine Stephens (\u003cspan class=\"sc\"\u003ej\u003c\/span\u003e308). The concert, which also presented the \u003cem\u003eJubel-Cantate\u003c\/em\u003e in an English version entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Festival of Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, netted only £96 11s. 0d. In May plans were broached to mount \u003cem\u003eDer Freischütz\u003c\/em\u003e at Covent Garden on 5 June as a benefit for \u003cspan class=\"hit highlight\"\u003eWeber\u003c\/span\u003e, but the composer’s health ultimately did not permit this. Following his last public appearance at a concert given by Mary Anne Paton on 30 May, he decided to forgo the \u003cem\u003eFreischütz\u003c\/em\u003e production in order to leave London on 6 June. But he did not live to see his homeland again, as he died alone and quietly in his room at Smart’s during the night of 4–5 June, succumbing at last to tuberculosis.\" (Michael C. Tusa, Grove Online.)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093555892383,"sku":"14600","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Weber_Signed_Ticket_14600.jpg?v=1722188814","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14600-weber-carl-maria-von-ticket-to-weber-s-last-concert-signed-and-numbered-by-the-composer","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}