Gros & Delettrez
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MODERN LITERATURE AND MUSIC. Autograph notes under glass.
See original version (French)
28
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MODERN LITERATURE AND MUSIC. Autograph notes under glass.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
MODERN LITERATURE AND MUSIC.
Autograph notes under glass.
-CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS.
Autograph note signed in blue pencil, undated. CDV format, in sheet under glass.
"I am leaving for / Weimar / it is impossible".
In May 1870, C.ST-S. attended the performance of his cantata Les Noces de
in Weimar at the Tonkünstler Versammlung festival, presided over by Liszt
the centenary of Beethoven's birth. Before returning
it was before returning to France that Saint-Saëns spoke to the Hungarian composer about his project for a biblical opera, Samson et Dalila, which he had presented at unsuccessful musical evenings in Paris.
without success. Liszt offered to finish the opera and have it performed in Weimar.
Weimar even though he had not heard a note of the composition...
-ANDRÉ BRETON. 1 ff. Bruni. "Wednesday, 9 o'clock" (no place or date). CP format. Short note of 16 lines obviously left quickly to "Mon bien cher Ami". It refers to the payment of a money order. And the desire to see each other soon about literature. He mentions the direction of the "Revue".
See original version (French)
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