
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