The Hector Berlioz Website

Memorabilia collection

Coins and banknotes

French coins

Louis Philippe I – 1835

Berlioz composed his Le Cinq Mai cantata in 1835, setting to music a poem by Béranger on Napoleon’s death; it was performed twice in that year.

Liberté Egalité Fraternité – 1848

Berlioz began the writing of his Memoirs during the stay in London in 1848, the year revolutions swept over Europe. 
His father, Dr Berlioz, died in that year.

Napoléon III – 1868

Berlioz was on his second and last visit to Russia in the early months of 1868.

Napoléon III – 1869

Berlioz died on 8 March 1869 at his Paris home, No. 4 rue de Calais. The funeral service was held at the Église de la Trinité three days later.

50-cent euro coin – 2002

One euro coin – 2003

Berlioz bicentenary commemorative coin

This coin in laiton was issued by La Côte Saint André traders and merchants on 18 July 2003. The engraving on the face of coin represents the Halle Market in the town.

French banknotes

10 franc note 1978 – Front

10 franc note 1978 – Back

This note, issued on 2 March 1978, was in the last series of Berlioz commemorative notes issued by the Bank de France throughout much of the 1970s.

British coins

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