Voice and piano sheet music booklet for "La Captive: Reverie," published by S. Richault of Paris in 1849, four pages (inner sheet missing), 10.25 x 13.75, signed and inscribed on the top of the first page in black ink to his younger sister, "Pour Nanci, son frere, Hector Berlioz." In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and handling wear, and a small repair to the lower left corner. First performed on October 29, 1848, La Captive was inspired by the ninth of Victor Hugo's 1829 Orientales, a collection of poems based around the Greek War of Independence. One of two sisters who survived infancy, Nanci Berlioz (1806-1850) grew very close to her famous brother during her lifetime. She died on May 4, 1850, making this sheet music perhaps one of the final presents Berlioz would give to his sister.
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