7 autograph letters signed.

Hahn, Reynaldo, French composer (1874 1947).

Verlag: N. p., 1898–1905 and 1939.

Beschreibung

8vo. Together 12 pp. With 2 autograph envelopes. Interesting collection of letters to various correspondents, including the famous physician Vincent Griffon, the composer and organist Henri Büsser, and the music critic Arthur Pougin. - In the earliest datable letter to Griffon from 1898, Hahn reminds his friend of his promise to give him the opportunity to attend the process against the Italian-French murderer Saviero-Angelo Carrara (1863 1898), who would be condemned to death and guillotined on 25 June 1898. Vincent Griffon (1872 1911) was a colleague of Marcel Proust's brother Robert, which is probably the connection to Marcel Proust's lover and close friend Reynaldo Hahn, and chief physician at the La Santé prison in Paris. - The letter to Henri Büsser, then organist at Saint-Cloud in Paris, was to decline an invitation to a morning concert due to other commitments: "Mais il faut que j aille à Paris et cela dérange mes plans. J en suis inconsolable." - In thanking Arhur Pougin for some of his criticisms, Hahn lauds his love for the "beautiful music of the past" and describes himself as someone, who wants to "revive it": "Si tout le monde avait comme vous l amour de la belle musique d autrefois, la tâche serait moins ingrate pour ceux qui tentent de la ressusciter. […] Vos articles m ont fait grand plaisir et je suis très heureux de votre approbation […]". - Addressing an unnamed friend who was probably also a publisher, Hahn announces to visit him in his shop and find a solution as soon as he will have recovered from an illness: " Nous trouverons certainement un moyen de nous arranger […]." - In a letter dated 4 November 1905, Hahn informs a member of the Dumont-Saint-Priest-family about the availability and publisher of his "Variations chantantes sur un air ancien pour violoncelle et piano" from 1905: "Mes Variations ont paru chez Heugel et vous les obtiendrez le plus facilement du monde. Je me serais fait un plaisir de vous les envoyer, mais je suis à la campagne […]". - The first of the two much later letters concerns an application to the singing class of Armand Narçon at the Paris Conservatory. The final letter in the collection dated 20 May 1939 is addressed to Marcel Proust's childhood friend, the physician Abel Desjardins, son of the like-named historian. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 60204

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 7 autograph letters signed.

Verlag: N. p., 1898 1905 and 1939.