WEBER, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]: Printed entrance ticket: "Concert von Hermstedt" on a color printed ticket with engraving by Müller, numbered by hand "157.", on the backside with Weber's autograph signature "CMvWbr" No place [around 1820] 6,3 x 9,5 cm. Slightly stained.

Beschreibung

Rare document. - Ticket with imprint "Concert von Hermstedt", on the back with Weber's autograph abbreviated name "CMvWbr". Card with handwritten numbering "157", as well as a printed decoration: clarinet, lyre, music book, laurel branch and braided flower wreath. - Johann Simon Hermstedt (1778-1846) was the leader of the harmony music in Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen and one of the most important clarinet virtuosos of his time. In 1812 he met C. M. v. Weber for the first time during a concert in Gotha. Further joint concerts took place between 1812-1824. The last meeting of the two was in 1824 in Quedlinburg on the occasion of a Klopstock festival. There Helmstedt played under Weber's direction in the theater. - The clarinet concerto commissioned by Hermstedt from Weber in 1812 was never completed by Weber.