Null Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S,
[London] Friday evening [1853], to the
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Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S, [London] Friday evening [1853], to the Irish composer and harpist Boleyne REEVES; 1 page in-8, envelope. Being engaged the next day, it will be "impossible to have the pleasure of hearing you again. Please be good enough to tell Mr. Holmes [music critic Edward Holmes] that if I have not yet sent him the score of Harold, it is because I have not been able to get the Philharmonic Society to return my music to me.

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Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S, [London] Friday evening [1853], to the Irish composer and harpist Boleyne REEVES; 1 page in-8, envelope. Being engaged the next day, it will be "impossible to have the pleasure of hearing you again. Please be good enough to tell Mr. Holmes [music critic Edward Holmes] that if I have not yet sent him the score of Harold, it is because I have not been able to get the Philharmonic Society to return my music to me.

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Poem "dedicated to the French Maestro Hector Berlioz by German sympathies". Written in Frankfurt on August 24, 1853, "after hearing Harald, Le Repos de la Sainte Famille and La Damnation de Faust". 3p (including 2 for the poem) in-8. Berlioz gave two concerts in Frankfurt in August 1853. They were a great success. According to the pencil note by Claude Seignolle (who had acquired some of the correspondence received from Berlioz), this document comes from the Berlioz archives. Unfortunately, it remains anonymous, and we do not know who is behind these German sympathies.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

[Autograph, Music] Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), violin virtuoso, composer. L.A.S. in Italian, December 27, 1838, 1p in-4 (approximate dimensions: 25*18cm). Unpublished letter to Julie Mangin (1791-ap.1855), mother of the famous scientific popularizer. He talks about his health, which was poor on his return from London and his stay in Calais. He thanks her for the translation of a brochure by Harys (?) and is proud to own a translation by Mme Mangin. He saw his son, Amédée, who honors his parents. He will spend the winter in Marseille and go to London in the spring, when he hopes to see the progress of his daughter, Clara Mangin, on the piano. Paganini's secretary was Georges Harrys (or Harris), son of a Hanover rabbi. Julie Mangin was of German origin. The letter, weakened by the original folds (closed mail with address on the back), has been lined with Japanese paper.

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