Life and Letters of Sir Charles Hallé CHAPTER III - LIFE AND LABOURS IN MANCHESTER AND LONDON: 1848–1866
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
Summary
WITH my arrival in March 1848 begins a new epoch in my life, by far the most important and active one, which in many respects has been full of surprises to me. Very far indeed was I then from anticipating that I should one day feel thoroughly at home in England, be proud to become one of her citizens, and play a humble but not altogether unimportant part in the development of her musical taste. My first call was upon my friend Berlioz, who was in trouble through the bankruptcy of Monsieur Jullien, by whom he had been engaged to conduct the opera at Drury Lane. I did not meet him, but returning home from a long round of calls I found the following characteristic note:
Mon cher Hallé, -Je suis bien fâché d'avoir le plaisir de vous voir, je vous remercie néanmoins d'être venu â la maison aussitôt après votre naufrage sur les côtes d'Angleterre. Si vous y êtes ce soir, nous nous désolerons ensemble en fumant. Je reviendrai chez vous vers les dix heures. Tout à vous,
HECTOR BERLIOZ.- Type
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- Life and Letters of Sir Charles HalléBeing an Autobiography (1819–1860) with Correspondence and Diaries, pp. 101 - 140Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1896