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[AUTOGRAPHES] [MUSIQUE] Vincent d'INDY - Le chant de la cloc…
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[AUTOGRAPHES] [MUSIQUE] Vincent d'INDY - Le chant de la cloc…
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Lot no. 358
[AUTOGRAPHES] [MUSIQUE] Vincent d'INDY - Le chant de la cloche, légende dramatique et un prologue et sept tableaux
Concours musical de la ville de Paris 1885-1886 - First edition of the text alone, without the score which was sold separately, Le Chant de la cloche made the young composer famous and won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1885. It premiered in Paris on 28 January 1886, conducted by Charles Lamoureux, and the vocal score was published the same year by Hamelle. The text, inspired by Schiller, was written by d'Indy himself.
EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE bound in period red half-maroquin, 5-ribbed spine and gilt head, binding by Victor Champs, with 25 pieces, mostly autograph letters signed by the author and numerous personalities of the musical world of the time, the original covers have been preserved and each piece has been carefully mounted on tabs or partially pasted on pages added and placed between the different leaves of the text, including :
- A signed telegram card and two L.A.S. of 2pp. and 4pp. with their sealed envelopes dated 1888 and 1891 from Vincent d'Indy to Alfred Bovet.
- A 1pp. L.A.S. from an unidentified author to Vincent D'Indy congratulating him on the success of his singing of the bell at the town competition.
- A visiting card from Eugène Poubelle, Prefect of the Seine.
- An autograph card signed by the composer and conductor Georges Marty to Vincent d'Indy congratulating him on his success in the competition.
- A L.A.S. from the art critic Louis de Fourcaud, dated 1885, congratulating Vincent d'Indy from the outset on his success in the competition. This music critic and poet had collaborated with César Franck in 1888 on the composition of his final symphonic poem Psyché, dedicated to Vincent D'Indy.
- A very fine 4pp. L.A.S. from Henri Duparc; it was this great composer who introduced Vincent d'Indy to César Franck, who was to become his teacher.
- A L.A.S. of 2pp. Charles Lefebvre, an important composer of his time.
- A 1pp. L.A.S. from A. Ganouz ? (not deciphered)
- A 1pp. L.A.S. from P. Orville with a nice stamp with an excerpt from the engraved score of Wagner's Parsifal.
- A 2pp. L.A.S. from Camille Benoît, composer and fellow pupil of César Franck as well as d'Indy, who recalls a 12-year friendship in this letter.
- A 1pp. L.A.S. with an undeciphered signature (C. Blan...?)
- Two L.A.S. including a 1pp. congratulatory letter signed AHU ? and attributed to Emile Lemoine in old pen-and-ink handwriting (probably Vincent d'Indy) and a fine 2pp. on laid paper signed by Emile Lemoine and again attributed to Emile Lemoine, founder of "La Trompette", a small amusing remark, Emile Lemoine pokes fun at a few expressions in "sms" language before their time "Je suis 13 ordinairement chez moi le matin" or "qqc" for "something...".
- A 1pp. L.A.S. from the seascape painter Auguste Flameng monogrammed paper top right.
- A 3pp. L.A.S. from an unidentified author
- A 1pp. L.A.S. from Francis Magnard of Le Figaro (with headed paper of the famous newspaper) congratulating the composer.
- A 2pp. L.A.S. from the poet and salonnière Emma Herwegh
- A 2pp. L.A.S. dated 25 February 1886 from Edouard Dujardin, Director of the Wagnerian review, in which he requests two tickets to attend a performance of Le chant de la cloche, for two distinguished guests: Stéphane Mallarmé and Théodore de Wyzewa.
- A 1pp. L.A.S. from the cellist Fischer congratulating him.
- A visiting card in the name of Rolle (unidentified), addressed to D'Indy, the author seeming very annoyed at not being able to obtain free tickets for a vernissage...
- A L.A.S. of 2pp. Dated 13 April 1877, from Jules Massenet, praising Vincent d'Indy and his friend Henri Duparc.
- Two important L.A.S. from music critic Camille Bellaigue to Vincent d'Indy, one of 4pp. And the other 6pp. With an amusing note at the end of the letter: "Ne seriez-vous pas d'avis de publier nos deux lettres sous nos portraits comme un monument étonnant de courtoisie et de loyauté !!!!" The two men clearly did not seem to share the same ideas but liked each other all the same: "Aimons ou haïssons les mêmes choses en sens inverse sans nous haïr pour cela.
The Song of the Bell represents a high point in the composer's first period of Wagnerian inspiration. The influence of the German master is apparent both in the style and in the technical procedure of the leitmotiv, which, in the cantata, clearly owes a debt to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg.
A very fresh copy (minor but not serious rubbing).
Large in-8, 32pp.
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