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Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., La Membrolle 29 May 1892, to Auguste Hirsch; 2 1/2 pages in-8. Beautiful letter to his painter friend [Auguste Hirsch (1835-1912) is notably the author of the ceiling of the Célestins theater in Lyon]. "Dear friend, old comrade, It is the moment to begin to shout firmly in Lyon, in the districts and the authorized ears, that Gwendoline should be represented there. It was agreed in Nice, one rainy evening, that you would shake yourself like a poplar shaken by the winter winds. Do it finely, like your look, like your painting, like your face, with tact and elegance. You see, I consider you to be well connected, and you need to find influential men, not in the mollusc movement, a bit of a councilman, which is good everywhere and useful for that. Anyway, while you're at it, find the magpie in the nest. I work here, at my own clavichord easel; we both make circles, you to combine a tone, I to write the note; moreover the brush is held as a penholder is held. There is thus q.q. analogy in these two arts: a score of orch. or better to say an orchestra is not other thing than a palette. - And what one can do with all this is inestimable...
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Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., La Membrolle 29 May 1892, to Auguste Hirsch; 2 1/2 pages in-8. Beautiful letter to his painter friend [Auguste Hirsch (1835-1912) is notably the author of the ceiling of the Célestins theater in Lyon]. "Dear friend, old comrade, It is the moment to begin to shout firmly in Lyon, in the districts and the authorized ears, that Gwendoline should be represented there. It was agreed in Nice, one rainy evening, that you would shake yourself like a poplar shaken by the winter winds. Do it finely, like your look, like your painting, like your face, with tact and elegance. You see, I consider you to be well connected, and you need to find influential men, not in the mollusc movement, a bit of a councilman, which is good everywhere and useful for that. Anyway, while you're at it, find the magpie in the nest. I work here, at my own clavichord easel; we both make circles, you to combine a tone, I to write the note; moreover the brush is held as a penholder is held. There is thus q.q. analogy in these two arts: a score of orch. or better to say an orchestra is not other thing than a palette. - And what one can do with all this is inestimable...
