Map
and Cutaway of the Salle des Concerts in 1821
SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. III.
SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. III.
Plan
for the Salle des Concerts, 1807 (Delannoy)
Site
map of the Conservatoire after 1853
Salle
des Concerts, Interior, 1821
SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. II.
SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. II.
Prize
Distribution at the Conservatoire, 1820s
A
Concert at the Conservatoire, 1843
A
Concert at the Conservatoire, 1861
Wood engraving by Bourcier after Édouard Riou, from an unknown newspaper. The female soloist is usually held to be Madame Viardot. If so, the image represents the concert of 10 March 1861, where she appeared with Cazaux in excerpts from Gluck's Alceste. SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. VI.
Wood engraving by Bourcier after Édouard Riou, from an unknown newspaper. The female soloist is usually held to be Madame Viardot. If so, the image represents the concert of 10 March 1861, where she appeared with Cazaux in excerpts from Gluck's Alceste. SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. VI.
A
Concert at the Conservatoire in 1866, after the remodeling. SOURCE:
Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris,
1941), pl. VIII
The
Conservatoire, exterior
The
Conservatoire, exterior, in a photograph of 1906
Salle
des Concerts, seating plan, orchestra
SOURCE: Elwart
SOURCE: Elwart
Salle
des Concerts, seating plan, audience
SOURCE: Elwart
SOURCE: Elwart
Gaubert
and the Orchestra, Salle des Concerts, 1937
SOURCE: collection of the author
SOURCE: collection of the author
Münch
and the Orchestra, Salle des Concerts, May 1941
SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. XI.
SOURCE: Jean Cordey, La Société des Concerts, etc. (Paris, 1941), pl. XI.
Münch
and the Orchestra in concert, Salle des Concerts, c. 1940
SOURCE: Private collection, copy presented to the author.
SOURCE: Private collection, copy presented to the author.
The
Salle des Concerts today
SOURCE: unknown
SOURCE: unknown
The
Salle des Concerts today
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Salle des Concerts: amphitheatre and skylight
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Salle des Concerts: proscenium
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Salle des Concerts: detail of balcony and décor
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Salle des Concerts: detail of balcony and décor
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Salle des Concerts: detail of décor
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Salle des Concerts: detail of décor
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
SOURCE: digital photograph by the author, March 2002
The
Trocadéro Palace seen from the base of the Eiffel Tower
The
Trocadéro Palace
Théatre
des Champs-Élysées, artist rendering, c. 1913
SOURCE: Collection of the author.
SOURCE: Collection of the author.