FRENCH COMPOSERS: A good selection of A.Ls.S., by various French Composers, including LÉO DELIBES (1836-1891) ...

FRENCH COMPOSERS: A good selection of A.Ls.S., by various French Composers, including LÉO DELIBES (1836-1891) A.L.S., Léo Del, three pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., Thursday, to Baron de Watteville, in French. Leo asks his correspondent to forgive him for not fulfilling his word the day before and missing the the meeting and performance at the Opera-Comique, and states `I started working on the translated text of Coppée for the Hungarian album, and I did not realize the time it was…´ further referring to a competition for violin-solo; VINCENT D´INDY (1851-1931) A.L.S., V. D´Indy, one page, to a postcard, Brussels, 2nd December 1896, to Mr. E. Baudoux, in French. D´Indy explains that his work Mosaïque sur Fervaal for military band (1897) is taking all his time, and that he has no help to make copies, and states `Fervaal is progressing very well and much easier than I could expect, we start rehearsals from Monday on.´; Victor Massé (1822-1884) A.L.S., Victor Massé, one page, 8vo, Paris, 2nd July 1864, on the Imperial Theatre of the Opera, to Mr. Thomas, in French. Massé asks his correspondent to accept an audition for Madame Cavailles, stating `..an interesting artist, member of the Opera choir, student at the Conservatory, who wishes a little audition, make me the pleasure of accepting…you know her, she is your protégée and for this reason she was accepted to the singing lessons..´. With blank integral leaf; Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) A.L.S., Nadia Boulanger, two pages, oblong 8vo, mourning paper, Paris, n.d., to Henri Béraud, in French. On the occasion of a honorific performance given for the disappeared, Boulanger states `I obviously only request from you that you explain that these works, so great and so scarcely performed, are this time performed to help to all these distressed people. No one intends to be mentioned..´. VG, 4 £100-150 François Coppée (1842-1908) French Poet and Novelist. Henri Béraud (1885-1958) French Novelist & Journalist. Sentenced to death, later commuted, for collaboration with the Nazis during WWII.