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Berlioz Photo Album : Friends and acquaintances in Marseille and Lyon
Unless otherwise stated all pictures on this page have been scanned from engravings, postcards and other publications in our own collection, including the issue of Musica of February 1907 which was devoted entirely to Ernest Reyer. All rights of reproduction reserved.
See also elsewhere on this site Berlioz and Lyon, Berlioz and Marseille and Berlioz and Marseille: friends and acquaintances
Auguste Morel (1809-1881)
Morel
was a musician, composer and writer, and a life-long friend of Berlioz.
He was director of the Conservatoire of Marseille from 1852 to 1873.
Berlioz gave the autograph score of Harold
en Italie to him.
The above lithograph was made by Bornemann
and printed by Lemercier & C.ie (Paris); it is reproduced here courtesy
of the Bibliothèque nationale de
France.
Ernest Reyer (1823-1909)
Reyer was a writer and composer, and an ardent champion of Berlioz and his music during Berlioz’s lifetime and for many decades afterwards. He first met Berlioz in Paris in 1854. The above picture shows Reyer as a young man in 1852.
Reyer at the age of 40
Reyer in 1891
Reyer in 1907
Joseph Méry (1789-1866)
Méry was a writer and poet whose wit Berlioz appreciated. He wrote the libretto of two of Reyer’s operas, Maître Wolfram and Érostrate.
Théodore Bennet, known as Théodore Ritter (1841-1886)
Ritter was a child prodigy gifted with exceptional musical talents whom Berlioz became extremely fond of. He transcribed the orchestral movements of Roméo et Juliette for the piano.
Théodore Bennet, known as Théodore Ritter (1841-1886)
The original copies of Ritter’s pictures above are in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Adolphe-Joseph-Louis Alizard (1814-1850)
Alizard
was a singer (bass) whose talents Berlioz admired very much; he sang the
part of Friar Lawrence in the first performances
of Roméo et Juliette in November and December
1839.
The above cartoon appeared in the satirical journal Charivari
in 1847. It depicts Alizard in the role of Roger in Jérusalem at the
Paris Opéra. The image reproduced here is courtesy of
the Bibliothèque
nationale de France.
François George Hainl (1807-1873)
Hainl
was a cellist by training and was conductor at the Grand-Théâtre in
Lyon
from 1840 to 1863. Berlioz probably met Hainl in Paris before his
appointment in Lyon.
An original copy of the above engraving, published in 1850,
is in the Bibliothèque
nationale de France.
Hainl in advanced age
The above engraving, published in the 1873, is reproduced here courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de
France.
Hainl in advanced age
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