CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 84781
Price: $1,200.00
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
The renowned French composer pens a letter regarding a musical score
Autograph Letter signed: "C. St S," 3p, 4½x7, front and verso. No place, no date. In French,
translated in full: "Is it intentional, that on p. 4, 2nd line, last bar, the fa [musical notes penned
here] is not flat as it was the 1sttime? (I don't think so, but after all one can't tell) is it intentional
that on page 5, 5th line 1st bar, the do [staff and a note] for the little finger of the left hand is not
joined by a tie to that of the next bar, like the other notes that elegantly adorn the staff? R.S.V.P.
All this is the same poisoned fragrance I like, the same chord marked unknown before you came
along. Well, I'll try to make it known as much as I can! The Violin is not too difficult, I can
manage it. But as for the melodies, I'm afraid I can't sing anymore!". Possibly the last three pages
of a longer letter, but complete in itself. Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) was a French
composer, organist, pianist and conductor who began to learn the piano at age two. His
most famous works include the symphonic poem Danse Macabre (1873) and the comic
symphony Carnival of the Animals(1886). He also was known for the opera Samson and
Delilah (1877), and the Second Cello Concerto (1902). Fine condition.
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