Berlioz in Grenoble

The centenary of Berlioz’s birth – postcards

The Centenary Committee Official Edition

The postcards on this page were published in 1903 under the auspices of the Centenary Committee, presided over by M. de Beylié, as part of the centenary celebrations. The first seven images of the cards are reproductions of engravings published in Adolphe Jullien’s great biography of Berlioz, Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses œuvres (Paris, 1888).

These cards are in our collection. © All rights of reproduction reserved.

Berlioz in 1831

Berlioz in 1839

Berlioz around 1856

Berlioz in 1862

Berlioz in 1867

An 1883 cartoon

The captions in the two sections read:
H. Berlioz — Past
H. Berlioz — Today

Statue of Berlioz in Square Vintimille, Paris
and in La Côte-Saint-André

“Statue of Berlioz which will be inaugurated
in Grenoble, in August 1903”

“La Côte-Saint-André. — The birthplace of Hector Berlioz”

“General view of Grenoble, taken from Rabot Fort”

The reverse side of all the above postcards

An 1863 cartoon by Carjat

The reverse side of the above postcard

A commercial edition

The following commemorative postcard, published in 1903, was posted in Grenoble to Voiron, a nearby town in the Isère Department.

The Hector Berlioz Website was created by Monir Tayeb and Michel Austin on 18 July 1997;
Berlioz in Grenoble page created on 11 December 2008; this page created 11 December 2012; enlarged on 15 January 2013. Revised on 1 July 2023.

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