JULES MASSENET - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 35651
Price: $750.00
JULES E. MASSENET
The composer pens a letter asking a colleague to meet up and discuss an eventful Sunday
Autograph letter signed: "J. Massenet", in black ink, 4½x7. To “My dear director”. In French,
translated in full: “I would like to fill you in on my Sunday - Could you host me in your office?/
at what time, today? Yours”. On left side: “I have two interesting communications to let you in
on”. French composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912) made his name with the comic opera
Don César de Bazan (1872). Other operas followed, including Manon (1884), considered
by many to be his masterpiece, Le Cid (1885) and Werther (1892). In addition to his
ambitious operas and orchestral works, Massenet wrote over 200 popular songs, many of
them based on published poems. Massenet composed several tunes put to the words of poet
Camille Distel, including “Bonne Nuit”. Lightly toned. Corners slightly worn. Lightly soiled
on outer margins. Fine condition.
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