Georgiana's travels from England and across Europe
Lyon with the Saône River and Fourvière Hill, an 18thC. painting by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand
An Invitation to a gala!
invitation
Château au Plessis-Rhone in Lyon, France, the residence of the de Valdays
The de Valday salon, where the story begins
Château Plessis-Rhone on hilltop of grapevines
vineyards on a misty winter day
Zoë de Valday
Yvette de Valday
Frédéric de Valday
Vicomte de Valday
Vicomtesse Inés de Valday
Earl of Matlock
Countess of Matlock
Dancing with joy at the prospect of a ball!
Château la Rochebelin in Lyon, home of the de Marcovs
Château la Rochebelin entrance foyer
Mr. Sebastian Butler, Viscount Nell, the future Earl of Essenton
Marchioness of Warrow
Marquis Adrien de Marcov
Lady Vivienne Butler
Château eau la Rochebelin ballroom
waltzing
The master composers of Classical music:
Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer, 1770-1827
Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, 1685-1750
Carl Czerny, Austrian composer, 1791-1857
Czerny
Mauro Guiliani, Italian composer & guitarist, 1781-1829
Johann Hummel, Austrian composer, 1778-1837
Hummel
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer, 1791-1864
Ignaz Moscheles, Bohemian composer, 1794-1870
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, 1756-1791
Mozart
Franz Schubert, Austrian composer, 1797-1828
Oxford University in England where Butler & de Marcov met
Oxford
Château la Rochebelin salon
Earl & Countess of Essenton
Essenton
Whitlenell Hall in Staffordshire, the Essenton estate
Lyon landscape
Fourvière Hill in Lyon, an 1780 painting
atop Fourvière Hill
hilltop
Georgiana & Mr. Butler racing on the hilltop
The de Valday music room at Château Plessis-Rhone in Lyon
Georgiana & Mr. Butler
Kundu opera
Issoire church and musical museum, the "musée de la musique"
Samples from the museum: an 1730 harpsichord, a 1793 pianoforte . . .
two square-style Broadwood pianos . . .
a variety of pre-1800 instruments . . .
and several old church hymnals
Charles & John Wesley, ministers and founders of Methodist Movement
Assorted petits-fours yummy enough to eat!
Onto Paris! This painting of Paris streets dated 1893
Map of ÃŽle Saint-Louis island
Quai d'Orléans (R) with townhouse mansions, and Notre Dame with the Seine & Pont de la Tournelle spanning to Île Saint-Louis island
Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam
Lady Simone, Marchioness of Fotherby
Harry & Hugh Pomeroy, Lady Simone Fotherby's sons
ÃŽle Saint-Louis townhouse in Paris, home of the de Valdays
townhouse foyer
townhouse music room
Saint Louis-en-l`ÃŽle church
Eglise
Georgiana's bedchamber while dwelling with the de Valdays in Paris
Mrs. Amanda Annesley
Ann Radcliffe, novelist of "The Romance of the Forest" among others
"A General History of Music" by Charles Burney
Emperor Louis XVIII, King of France
Grande Galerie du Louvre, an 1796 by Hubert Robert
Louvre, 1845 drawing
Louvre1845
Luxembourg Gardens
Champ Ellys
ChampEllys
Paris street scene by Jean Béraud (1849-1935)
Georgiana & Sebastian, two talented composers collaborating
collaboration
Conservatoire Nationale du Musique in Paris, c1900 drawing
Conservatoire1906
Concert at the Conservatoire of Music, Paris
Cherubini, Conservatoire Director, and the diploma awarded upon program completion
Professor Florange playing Sebastian & Georgiana's composition
Baron Caxton, Professor of the Violin
The Paris Opera underwent numerous transitions after the French Revolution
Théâtre de l'Odéon, designed by Jean Chalgrin (architect of the Arc de Triomphe)
Opéra-Comique in Paris, ca 1820, design by Courvoisier
Opéra-Comique, one of the four primary theatres in Paris
Théâtre National, also Théâtre des Arts (1794-1820)
Salle Le Peletier, also Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, in Paris (1821-1873)
Salle Opéra Le Peletier interior, the primary Paris opera house in 1821
Charles Ferdinand d’Artois, Duc de Berri, was mortally stabbed as he departed Paris opera house on 2/13/1820
"The Barber of Seville" gala honoring Duc de Berri
Palais Garnier Paris Opera House, c. 1890
main staircase in foyer of the Palais Garnier
Palais Garnier interior with orchestra pit, stage, & boxes
dancing at the gala
A gift from Mr. Butler: worship hymn compositions
Sebastian & friends travel to Reims for a Machaut symposium
Guillaume de Machaut, French composer, c. 1300-1377
Georgiana delighted when the de Valdays arrive in Paris
Arc du Triomphe du Carrousel, an 1890 drawing
Tuileries Palace & Louvre complex, early 19th century
Georgiana's riding suit
Baron Caxton with Georgiana and friends horseback riding in hills above Paris
a Château on the bluffs
At a pub in Reims, Gaston confronts Sebastian
Georgiana alone and missing Mr. Butler
Mr. Butler's signed compositions
Psalm 63, a Psalm of love
Psalm63
La Palu Gentlemen's Club in Paris, a place for card games and deception
A gift from a friend
Georgiana's ball gown
de Valday townhouse entrance foyer and grand staircase
upper staircase landing
Georgiana, ill and in turmoil
Mr. Butler's portfolio & compositions
Georgiana surprised with a passionate kiss!
Gesellschaftder Musikfreunde, an Austrian music organization founded in 1812 by Joseph Sonnleithner
a very crowded Paris street
Paris bridge
St. Giles in the Fields church in London
St. Giles in the Fields nave, aisle, and stunning pipe organ
Viscount and Viscountess Nell
Kenwood House in London
Perfect, romantic location for a special couple's wedding night
Sitting room with piano, attached to bedchamber
a grand piano to play beautiful music together
