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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION, FRANCE, 18TH-20TH CENTURY. A series of approximately 24 autograph letters and documents with signatures of composers based in France, comprising:
Gasparo SPONTINI. Autograph letter signed to Alexandre Dumas (père), n.p. [Paris], n.d. ('ce samedi matin'), inviting him to come to visit that afternoon, 'Je desire infiniment causer un peu avec vous!', one page, 8vo, autograph address leaf;
Gabriel FAURÉ. Autograph letter signed to 'Mon cher directeur', n.p., 10 December 1888, asking about the fate of his rights, 'vous m'avez dit que mon sort dépendait du richissime Mr Alex. Dumas, ce qui me met à l'aise, n'est-ce pas, pour renouveller mes réclamations!!', he is now working with great pleasure on the 'morceaux chantés de Schylock', one page, 8vo;
and letters of Giacomo MEYERBEER (n.d., in German, offering assistance to a relative who is ill), Luigi CHERUBINI (9 February 1838, referring to the effects of the cold weather on his health), Jules MASSENET (1895), Gustave CHARPENTIER (n.d.), Vincent d'Indy, Claude Terrasse, Jules Pasdeloup, Louis Reyer, Gabriel Pierne, Giovanni Pacini, Charles Lecocq ('I am an incorrigible old man, and I shall never dye my moustache black in order to appear young'), Benjamin Godard (3), Theodore Dubois, Victor Masse, Edouard Colonne, Oscar Comettant, and Alfred Bruneau (3). (24)
Gasparo SPONTINI. Autograph letter signed to Alexandre Dumas (père), n.p. [Paris], n.d. ('ce samedi matin'), inviting him to come to visit that afternoon, 'Je desire infiniment causer un peu avec vous!', one page, 8vo, autograph address leaf;
Gabriel FAURÉ. Autograph letter signed to 'Mon cher directeur', n.p., 10 December 1888, asking about the fate of his rights, 'vous m'avez dit que mon sort dépendait du richissime M
and letters of Giacomo MEYERBEER (n.d., in German, offering assistance to a relative who is ill), Luigi CHERUBINI (9 February 1838, referring to the effects of the cold weather on his health), Jules MASSENET (1895), Gustave CHARPENTIER (n.d.), Vincent d'Indy, Claude Terrasse, Jules Pasdeloup, Louis Reyer, Gabriel Pierne, Giovanni Pacini, Charles Lecocq ('I am an incorrigible old man, and I shall never dye my moustache black in order to appear young'), Benjamin Godard (3), Theodore Dubois, Victor Masse, Edouard Colonne, Oscar Comettant, and Alfred Bruneau (3). (24)
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