Autograph letter signed "C.Sns," quite possibly to his librettist
by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Syosset, New York, United States
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About This Item
3 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo (ca. 159 x 101 mm). Dated "Sunday." On black-bordered ivory mourning stationery. In French (with translation).
Saint-Saëns writes that his correspondent "has done well to be insistent" about the ending of an unidentified work, and has implemented the necessary corrections.
"This ending was necessary. 'L'ombre abrite' is impossible. I put 'dans l'ombre, près del la fenêtre', and I substituted 'doux enfant' for 'jeune enfant'. That is obvious, I know, but it is a platitude. Never, neither in prose nor in verse, should one put a useless adjective. By finishing short and simple, my piece gains a lot from this addition."
Small annotation to blank final page.
Slightly worn and soiled; creased at folds. "Like Mozart, to whom he was often compared, [Saint-Saëns] was a brilliant craftsman, versatile and prolific, who contributed to every genre of French music. He was one of the leaders of the French musical renaissance of the 1870s." Sabina Teller Ratner et al. in Grove Music Online.
Saint-Saëns writes that his correspondent "has done well to be insistent" about the ending of an unidentified work, and has implemented the necessary corrections.
"This ending was necessary. 'L'ombre abrite' is impossible. I put 'dans l'ombre, près del la fenêtre', and I substituted 'doux enfant' for 'jeune enfant'. That is obvious, I know, but it is a platitude. Never, neither in prose nor in verse, should one put a useless adjective. By finishing short and simple, my piece gains a lot from this addition."
Small annotation to blank final page.
Slightly worn and soiled; creased at folds. "Like Mozart, to whom he was often compared, [Saint-Saëns] was a brilliant craftsman, versatile and prolific, who contributed to every genre of French music. He was one of the leaders of the French musical renaissance of the 1870s." Sabina Teller Ratner et al. in Grove Music Online.
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- Seller
- J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 27115
- Title
- Autograph letter signed "C.Sns," quite possibly to his librettist
- Author
- SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- autograph letters signed, composers' signatures, composers' autographs, 19th-century French composers, 19th-century French music, 19th-century French opera, 19th-century French librettists
- Product_type
- Autograph
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
All items may be returned within 7 days of receipt, packed, shipped and insured as received.
About the Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Syosset, New York
About J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...