{"product_id":"23212-berlioz-hector-signed-ticket-from-an-1848-london-performance","title":"Berlioz, Hector. (1803–1869) Signed Ticket from an 1848 London Performance","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRare signed ticket to \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"M. Hector Berlioz's Grand Morning Concert,\" \u003c\/span\u003eLondon, 29 June, 1848 at the Queen's Concert Rooms in Hanover Square, London. The ticket numbered \"158\" by hand and signed in ink \"H. Berlioz\" by the French composer. 3 x 4 1\/2 inches (7 x 11 cm); framed with a portrait to 10.25 x 15.5 inches (26 x 39.5 cm). \u003cem\u003eVertical fold, else fine, not examined out of frame. \u003c\/em\u003eSuch signed ephemera is scarce, this being only one of two Berlioz signed tickets we have traced on the market in over 50 years of records. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHector Berlioz toured much of Europe in the mid-1840s. The present ticket dates from the tail end of his seven-month first tour of London (of an eventual five) from November 1847 to July 1848. The concert, which included selections from \u003ci\u003eFaust,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarold\u003c\/i\u003e and other works, was held at 2 pm and the \u003ci\u003eIllustrated London News \u003c\/i\u003ereview reported that \"the famed composer was received with several rounds of applause on entering the orchestra to conduct his overture, 'Carnival de Rome.' The band assembled on this occasion proved the estimation in which Berlioz is held by the English profession.  The leading members of the orchestras of the Royal Italian Opera and Her Majesty's Theatre 'fraternized.' Sainton, Tolbeque, Ella, Nadaud...Piatti aided M. Berlioz in his undertaking\" and Sabatier, Viardiot, Mendi and Bouché also performed vocal works. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093838844063,"sku":"23212","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Berlioz_signed_ticket_23212.jpg?v=1722190717","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23212-berlioz-hector-signed-ticket-from-an-1848-london-performance","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}