CHERUBINI LUIGI: (1760-1842)

CHERUBINI LUIGI: (1760-1842) Italian Composer. A.L.S., L. Cherubini, two pages, 4to, Paris, 1st April 1825, to Monsieur Auger, member of the Royal Academy of music, in French. Cherubini refers to the meetings held by the Jury of the Royal Academy of Music, and states in part ` Mon cher Confrère, je ne puis pas vous dire combien de fois j´ai assisté aux réunions du jury, n´ayant pas tenu particulièrement un compte exact des séances qui ont eu lieu jusqu´à présent...Tout ce que je puis vous dire c´est que je n´ai manqué qu´à une seule séance de celles qui ont eu lieu `l´Hotel du département des beaux arts, et j´ai manqué aussi les dernieres qu´on a tenues au palais de l´Institut... Je crois, pour que dorénavant il n´y ait plus de doutes sur la présence, ou l´absence des membres du jury, qu´il serait bien vu d´ouvrir une feuille de présence à chaque séance...´ (Translation: " My dear colleague, I cannot tell you how many times I have attended the jury meetings, not having particularly kept an exact account of the sessions which have taken place until now... All I can tell you to say is that I only missed one session of those which took place at the Hotel of the department of fine arts, and I also missed the last ones which were held at the palace of the Institute... I believe, so that from now on there are no more doubts about the presence, or absence of the members of the jury, that it would be a good idea to open an attendance sheet at each session...") With blank address leaf. G to VG