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BERLIOZ Hector (1803-1869)

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MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autograph signed "H. Berlioz ", [Roméo et Juliette, circa 1839 ?]; oblong half page in-fol. (19 x 43 cm). Beautiful album page with a famous extract from Romeo and Juliet. Berlioz composed his symphony with choirs Roméo et Juliette in 1839. On this album page, he wrote, as he notes, the "Love Scene Sentence from Roméo et Juliette Symphony with choirs", on a system of 3 staves: "Flutes and Clarinets", "Violins", "V[iolonc]elli C[ontre]Basses". The phrase, marked Adagio, at 6/8, counts 7 bars.