BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803-1869) French Composer.

BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803-1869) French Composer.
A.L.S., Hector Berlioz, one page, 8vo, Paris, 12th October 1867, to Camille, in French. Berlioz informs his correspondent 'I have just received via you from my buyer Du Jacques the sum of two thousand francs that he only owed me on the 1st November next, that he kindly advanced me due to my trip to Russia' and further remarks 'When you see him, thank him on my behalf. A thousand greetings'. In a postscript Berlioz confirms that he will leave on the 12th November. Some ink blotting to certain words of text (but not the signature) evidently caused by the letter being folded while the ink was still wet. Some light creasing and a few small pinholes to the upper left corner and with a neat split to the central fold (partially repaired to the verso) only very slightly affecting a few words of text, GThe present letter is written by Berlioz ahead of his second tour of Russia. The tours proved so successful that they secured the composer's finances despite the large amounts of money he was losing in writing unsuccessful compositions. Indeed, having been persuaded by Mikhail Glinka to undertake the tours, Berlioz amusingly quipped 'If the Emperor of Russia wants me, then I am up for sale'.The French Romantic composer Berlioz is best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). His influence was critical for the further development of Romanticism, especially in composers like Richard Wagner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler.