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[[File:Interior view of the Salle Herz - Yon 2000pla4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|<div style="text-align: center;">Interior view of the Salle Herz in 1843</div>]]
The '''Salle des Concerts Herz''', usually referred to simply as the '''Salle Herz''', was a former concert hall in Paris, located at 48, [[rue de la Victoire]]. It was built in 1838 by the French pianist-composer [[Henri Herz]].<ref name=berlioz>[http://www.hberlioz.com/Paris/BPHerz.html Hector Berlioz Website, accessed 23 February 2011]</ref>
The hall was used for public performances. [[Hector Berlioz]] conducted the premières of two of his compositions there – the overture ''[[Overtures by Hector Berlioz#Le carnaval romain|Le Carnaval romain]]'' on 3 February 1844 and ''[[L'enfance du Christ]]'' on 10 December 1854.<ref name=berlioz/> [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]'s 'tableau villageois' ''Le trésor à Mathurin'' was performed there 'in concert' on 7 May 1853, and Offenbach himself performed there as a cellist.
The first public performance of the [[saxophone]] took place there on 3 February 1844.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=salle+herz&btnG=Search+Books Horwood, Wally (1983): ''Adolphe Sax, 1814-1894: his life and legacy'' ]</ref>
Non-musical events were also held in the hall. An anti-slavery conference was held there on 27 August 1867 by the [[Anti-Slavery International|British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cqE9AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Salle+Herz%22 Special report of the Anti-slavery Conference, accessed 23 February 2011]</ref>
The Salle Herz was still being used to mount concerts by [[Jules Danbé]] in 1874 but was subsequently demolished.
== References ==
{{Reflist}} Laure Schnapper, ''Henri Herz, magnat du piano'', Paris, EHESS, 2011.
== External links ==
* [http://www.hberlioz.com/Paris/BPHerz.html Hector Berlioz Website Salle Herz pages, accessed 23 February 2011]
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