Jules Massenet (1842-1912), compositeur.Livre Rare Book
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017126Jules Massenet (1842-1912), compositeur. L.A.S., Fontainebleau, mardi 20 août 1878, 4p in-12. A sa femme Ninon. « Ma chère bonne Ninon, je reçois à l'instant ta lettre du samedi 17 dans laquelle tu me reproches 4 courriers sans lettres ! Je n'ai pas manqué un seul jour de t'écrire - quelquefois comme aujourd'hui je t'ai écrit 2 fois. Il y a un mauvais service de la poste ou lettres perdues. Eugénie te dira que chaque matin à 7h1/2 elle va porter ta lettre - elle la connait bien & elle le certifiera au besoin. Je n'ai pas manqué un jour - si cela recommençait ne m'accuse pas. Moi j'ai reçu très régulièrement les tiennes - un retard me tourmenterait abominablement - songez-y. Hayem !! Ah ! Quel crampon !!!! Avec soin déchire ma lettre je t'en prie. Mais la conversation ne m'étonne pas - quel type - pas bête mais . collant. Je comptais t'écrire le 22 ou le 23 afin que tu reçoives le 25 mon baiser de fête - je ne suis pas assez sûr d'arriver à jour fixe avec votre poste ! - oui, chère Ninon, je t'envoie seulement mon baiser de fête - hier je t'ai accusé réception des oeillets - je t'en ai dit assez long sur le [mot illisible] extrême qu'il me faut encore - aujourd'hui je m'occupe de toi & je te souhaite un séjour long, agréable, salutaire. A juliette aussi - pauvre petite, elle s'amuse et j'en suis si heureux. La plus continue. c'est lugubre ! - ce matin j'ai été déjeuné chez Mlle de Lagatinerie - ils ont été bien aimables - elle m'a donné (tu la connais) un porte-monnaie japonais ravissant - je te le réserve - ce sera ton cadeau de fête au retour (c'est bon marché d'agit ainsi) - il y a l'intention d'être agréable toujours. Baiser tendres ô Louise. [formule illisible] à Juliette. JMass ». Feuillets détachés (lettre déchirée au pli). Belle lettre. [379]
18970055721897 Paris, Magnier, Collection des Dix, 1897. Très grand in-8 (289 X 204 mm) demi-maroquin poli rouge à coins, dos lisse cloisonné orné en long de fers dorés, titre doré, tête dorée, couverture conservée d’un seul tenant (Durvand).
190281038Heugel et Cie | Paris 1902 | 19.50 x 28.50 cm | relié
233253 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Égreville Seine. et Marne France August 19 1902. In French with translation. <br/><br/>Raoul Gunsbourg director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo has told Massenet that his correspondent most probably the tenor Francesco Tamagno will participate in a production of Hérodiade the following March. Massenet hopes the star-studded cast which includes Emma Calvé Blanche Deschampes-Jéhin and Maurice Renaud will sing in French; he coaxes Tamagno to do the same.<br/><br/>"It is my dream that our friends Mlle. Calvé Mme. Deschamps-Jéhin Mr. Renaud sing in French -- thus I beg you as a personal service to sing in French as well . You can absolutely do it and it will be so interesting so successful!"<br/><br/>Slightly soiled; creased at folds; green pencilled lines around the sender's address to upper right portion of first page. Tamagno 1850-1905 was the foremost heroic tenor of his time. After his first appearance at La Scala in 1877 he created the title roles in Verdi's Don Carlos 1878 and Othello 1887 among other operas. Although Tamagno usually sang French grand operas in Italian he did indeed make an exception for the 1903 Monte Carlo production of Hérodiade. <br/><br/>Premiered at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels on December 19 1881 Hérodiade is generally regarded as the best of Massenet's three attempts at traditional grand opera. The work's strength lies in "familiar Massenet territory: erotic obsession" particularly in the musical characterization of Herod. Until the turn of the century the opera was staged frequently on both sides of the Atlantic. In part because its five leading roles are rewarding to star singers it has never fallen out of the repertory. Rodney Milnes in Grove Music Online. unknown books
191184438Paris 1911. Fine. Paris 6 Mars 1911 11.50 x 9 cm une carte postale une enveloppe Autograph letter signed by Jules Massenet addressed to André Dupuis and written in black ink. Envelope included. ""I am still very unwell. For days! . bedridden! . the flu! . fever! ."" André Dupuis having asked him for seats for his next performance Jules Massenet assures him he will do everything to satisfy him: ""At the theater they promise me to seat my friends as soon as the first boxes are reserved. Thus I would like to think of you."" unknown
190976083Paris 1909. Fine. Paris 1909 14 x 9 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Jules Massenet addressed to André Dupuis and written in black ink on the verso of a black and white photographic view of Egreville. With envelope. ""Your excellent letter arrives to me on the morning of September 16th - & I was unaware that Thaïs had been performed this week."" Thaïs is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet libretto by Louis Gallet after the eponymous novel by Anatole France. unknown
12349Used; Like New/Used; Like New. AMQS on an off-white page measuring 9 x 6.5 cm. The composer has penned a short quotation of three notes marked "Lento" and with the text "Les Larmes" from Acte 3 of "Werther" signing "Massenet / Paris / 95." Significant block of toning but otherwise fine.<br><br><br />Massenet's Werther is thrilling tuneful and one of the saddest operas ever composed â it ends with a suicide on Christmas Eve. It was first performed in Vienna on February 16Â 1892. unknown books
11865Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A boldly penned AMQS from the great French composer four measures titled "La Vierge" with text from his oratorio composed in summer 1878 and first performed in 1880 the piece which the composer desired to be played at his own funeral. Inscribed below his printed name "je vous écoute mais je ne crois pas encore !" and "Affectueux souvenir à vous deux" the inscription addressed to Miss Brunet-Lafleur and Mr Lamoureux in March 1879 formerly with a disintigrating envelope giving this information signed by Massenet with his monogram.<br><br><br />The soprano Miss Brunet-Lafleur was married to the French conductor and violinist Charles Lamoureux 1834 - 1899 founder of the Concerts Lamoureux which he directed from 1881 until 1897 and which contributed greatly to the popularizing of Wagner's music in Paris. Sold together with a postcard photograph of the composer. unknown books
1903303411903. 1 page. Octavo. Dated Paris December 8 1887. In French with translation. Laid down to dark green mat framed and glazed. Overall size ca. 10.25" x 8".<br/><br/>Relative to rehearsals of Marie-Magdeleine etc.<br/><br/>"It would be too late now the night before to tell you that on Friday I will be rehearsing "Marie-Magdeleine" all evening from 8 o'clock on so. how annoying!" Massenet goes on to tell his correspondent that it is a rehearsal "in case of colds. and it's the prudent thing to do" asking him to keep that just between themselves.<br/><br/>From the collection of Marilyn Horne b. 1934. "Massenet was the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th." Annegret Fauser Patrick Gillis and Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>His Marie-Magdeleine was first performed as a 3-act drame sacré to a libretto by L. Gallet in Nice on February 9 1903 with Lina Pacary as Méryem Mlle. Hendrickx as Marthe Verdier as Jésus and Lequien as Judas. Irvine pp. 247-248. It was originally performed as an oratorio at the Odéon in Paris on April 11 1873. Loewenberg col. 1246.<br/><br/>A distinguished American mezzo-soprano "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
191184438Paris 6 Mars 1911 | 11.50 x 9 cm | une carte postale + une enveloppe
190976083Paris 1909 | 14 x 9 cm | une carte postale
017125Jules Massenet (1842-1912), compositeur. L.A.S., Fontainebleau, Samedi soir 8 heures, 3 août [1878], 2p in-8. A sa femme Ninon. « La maison est close - Eugénie est remontée après son : Eh ! Ben ! Bonsoir Mosieur ! J'ai reçu à trois heures ta petite lettre datée du restaurant Schaeffer en face la gare de Strasbourg et ce matin ton télégramme de Basel gare m'est parvenu. Ainsi, tout est pour le [mot illisible] - à cette heure, vous êtes probablement dans vos draps à Steinbock. Rien de nouveau ici - si ce n'est que je suis très sérieusement au travail. Ce matin, me sentant presque bien portant, je suis allé à la société générale - les 12 obligations de la ville (1875) étaient prêtes - seulement elles ont coûté 216 francs de plus que les 6000 frs, chacune étant de 514f. Mais comme il y a le coupon d'avril à toucher, je rentrerai un peu dans le surplus - (elles donnent 240f par an et le coupon d'avril est de 120f) - je n'avais pas l'argent sur moi - il faut que j'y retourne mardi puisque lundi je vais à Paris - et que demain c'est dimanche ! - ne t'inquiète pas, tout est pour le mieux. Mme Mazeret va bien - elle a reçu la visite et l'ambassade de Jacquard qui est pour 2 jours en villégiature chez M Moisson dont la fille est élève de Mme Jacquard. Bourjat est venu ce matin s'informer de toi - il allait à Paris - (toujours en partie de [mot illisible] - je suis très seul et ma consolation est de fourrer mon nez dans les armoires où je retrouve tes robes et celles de Juliette - cela vous rappelle !! - je t'ai écrit ce matin lettre n°I à l'hôtel [nom illisible]. Je te disais : bonne recette. 38ème mercredi. Bonsoir chérie, je vais essayer de reposer - dormez bien. J.M. [la suite à la verticale] Je suis allé par la forêt monter tes dépêches et lettres à Madame Mazeret. Le temps est froid et douteux. Eugénie a arrosé ton jardin. La vilaine tigresse a mangé le fromage ce matin - aussi se cache-t-elle !!! - le troubadour m'a fait une miaullade très comique parce que je ne lui donnais que des miettes de pain - il n'a plus reparu après cette scène de fureur. Marochetti m'avait invité à aller chez [nom illisible]. J'ai refusé jusqu'à nouvel ordre. ». Belle lettre. [379]
1891293608Paris 1891. unbound. very good. A.L.S. 8vo a gatefold page with writing on all quartos Paris June 10th 1891 in French to "Dear Teacher & Friend" in full translated: "You have always shown such deep feeling for me that I come to you to ask for a favor. that of interceding on behalf of Madam Feugeres - Dean of Studies. I assure you that Madame Feugeres merits all your concern. Since 1873 her students have achieved diplomas both on the elementary and highest levels. I am petitioning you to obtain the insignia of an officer of the Academy for Mrs. Feugeres. You know that I would not attempt this if I was not sure of her great ability - one of the most esteemed and recommended Deans of studies. The application was sent to the ministry 15 months ago - together with all the necessary documents. You would do me the greatest pleasure by combining your efforts and mine. I have the utmost confidence in you. I send my most sincere regards to Madam - and as always - I remain. J. Massenet". Set into a red matte with two openings with pages 1 and 4 displayed on the front while pages 2 and 3 are visible from the back; the second opening contains a picture of the composer from the 1890's. These are placed in a gold stained wood frame to 13.5" x 21.5". This item was professionally framed and sold by B. Altman's Department Store in 1966 and is being reintroduced to the autographic market 53 years later. Overall: fine condition.<br/><br/> French composer of the Romantic era best remembered for his operas of which he composed thirty.<br/><br/> unknown books
23328Octavo. 3 pp. of a bifolium. Dated Paris April 21 1895 In French with translation. <br /> <br /> Massenet is worried that his messages have not reached Pauline Viardot: the post office has returned one of his letters. He does not want Viardot to think him unreliable and asks his correspondent to reassure him. <br /> <br /> "I immediately answered Madame Viardot's excellent letter - I have since telegraphed and written her. The post office returned one of my letters. wrong address . I am sorry to appear so 'inexact' in Madame Viardot's eyes. Excuse me - Reassure me." <br /> <br /> Slightly browned; creased at folds; initials "B.D." embossed to upper portion of leaves. Massenet was "the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th. His place in the history of French music is secure for although he is not to be bracketed with Berlioz or Debussy or even Bizet he generously satisfied the tastes of the 'belle époque' and retained his standing as a master of the lyric stage for well over a generation." Hugh MacDonald in Grove Music Online.<br /> <br /> Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 a highly distinguished French singer teacher and composer of Spanish origin "came from a family of singers: her father was the elder Manuel García her mother María Joaquina Sitches her brother the younger Manuel García and her sister Maria Malibran. Viardot not only inspired composers such as Chopin Berlioz Meyerbeer Gounod Saint-Saëns Liszt Wagner and Schumann with her dramatic gifts but also collaborated on the composition of roles created especially for her." Beatrix Borchard in Grove Music Online. unknown
5971...Je reois linstant un mot de trs aimable de Monsieur Gastinel qui mannonce que mon petit chSur : Villannelle a t choisi pour tre impos au concours dorphon (Exposition Univlle dconomie domestique Paris). Cette distinction trs inattendue ma caus un certain plaisir et je tiens vous remercier personnellement, mon cher Matre, puisque le Jury avait lhonneur dtre prsid par vous.Ne me grondez pas de travailler ainsi en cachette. Ce petit morceau est si peu de chose...En p.-s. : ...Je travaille avec grand soin Don Csar : Je creuse, je taille, et je choisis !!...Massenet entra 9 ans au Conservatoire de Paris, Grand prix de Rome en 1863, il envoya dItalie une Messe de Requiem 8 voix, parcourut lAllemagne, la Hongrie, et rapporta de ces voyages les Scnes de bal et les Scnes hongroises. De retour Paris, il publia ses premires mlodies et ses pomes : Pome davril et Pome du souvenir, son recueil de Chants intimes, etc. La direction de l'Opra-Comique lui demanda alors d'crire en trois semaines la musique de Don Csar de Bazan. L'Suvre fut froidement accueillie en 1872.
23328Octavo. 3 pp. of a bifolium. Dated Paris April 21 1895 In French with translation. <br/><br/>Massenet is worried that his messages have not reached Pauline Viardot: the post office has returned one of his letters. He does not want Viardot to think him unreliable and asks his correspondent to reassure him. <br/><br/>"I immediately answered Madame Viardot's excellent letter - I have since telegraphed and written her. The post office returned one of my letters. wrong address . I am sorry to appear so 'inexact' in Madame Viardot's eyes. Excuse me - Reassure me." <br/><br/>Slightly browned; creased at folds; initials "B.D." embossed to upper portion of leaves. Massenet was "the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th. His place in the history of French music is secure for although he is not to be bracketed with Berlioz or Debussy or even Bizet he generously satisfied the tastes of the 'belle époque' and retained his standing as a master of the lyric stage for well over a generation." Hugh MacDonald in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 a highly distinguished French singer teacher and composer of Spanish origin "came from a family of singers: her father was the elder Manuel GarcÃa her mother MarÃa Joaquina Sitches her brother the younger Manuel GarcÃa and her sister Maria Malibran. Viardot not only inspired composers such as Chopin Berlioz Meyerbeer Gounod Saint-Saëns Liszt Wagner and Schumann with her dramatic gifts but also collaborated on the composition of roles created especially for her." Beatrix Borchard in Grove Music Online. unknown books
22364Octavo. 1 page of a bifolium. To an unidentified male correspondent. Dated Paris 28 Mai after November 1903. <br/><br/>Massenet looks forward to his correspondent's visit. <br/><br/>"After too much travelling I am now in Paris and would be honored by your visit to 48 rue de Vaugirard on Tuesday May 31 at 1 o'clock." <br/><br/>Slightly browned; creased at folds; one marking in red and one in blue crayon. "Massenet was the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th." Hugh Macdonald et al. in Grove Music Online. He moved to the rue de Vaugirard apartment overlooking the Jardin de Luxembourg in November of 1903 and lived there until his death in 1912; it was here that he worked on his last operas including Chérubin and Don Quichotte. unknown books
29534Paris: Au Ménestrel Heugel et Cie. PNs H. & Cie. 24506 254212 254245 254267 2542910. Folio. Quarter black calf with marbled boards Rouart-Lerolle subscription label to upper. 1f. recto half title verso blank 1f. recto title in red and black verso copyright statement i notes on first performance and named cast lists ii contents i blank 238 pp. <br/><br/>Named cast for Monte-Carlo performance includes Kousnezoff Lucy Arbell Julia Guiraudon Éliane Peltier Doussot Muratore J.-F. Delmas Clauzure and Noté and for Paris performance Kousnezoff Lucy Arbell Campredon Le Senne Courbières Muratore J.-F. Delmas Journet Noté Carrié and Rey. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn scuffed and rubbed; corners slightly cracked; head and tail of spine frayed; front hinge split. Occasional light foxing and soiling; small handstamp "2" to upper corner of free front endpapers and two additional leaves; subscription handstamp to first five leaves; small circular publisher's handstamp to lower margin of third leaf. First performed in Monte-Carlo at the Opéra in February of 1912 under the direction of Raoul Gunsbourg and in Paris at l'Académie Nationale de Musique in April of 1912 under the direction of Messager and Broussan. <br/><br/>"Roma has scenes of great nobility and solemn breadth." <br/><br/>"Massenet was the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th." Annegret Fauser Patrick Gillis and Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online. Au Ménestrel, Heugel et Cie. [PNs H. & Cie. 24506, 25421(2), 25424(5), 25426(7), 25429(10)] unknown books
1970143973London : OSA 1286 1970. LP Record. Very Good/Box : Fair. 0x0x0. Both the libretto and the inside of the box are signed by Joan Sutherland in large flamboyant hand--two collectible signatures; both discs in clean sleeves are without visible wear; includes catalog; box has breaks at corners London : OSA 1286 unknown
017123Jules Massenet (1842-1912), compositeur. L.A.S., Genève, 12 décembre 1899, 4p in-12. A sa femme Ninon. « Je pense que tout va bien à la maison ? Ici je travail avec profit & nous passerons vendredi soir. -Le froid est un peu moindre. -Le soleil se montre. Il est 9h du matin, j'attends le courrier. 10h pas de lettre de Paris - de personne ? Je m'habille & vais déjeuner, nous répétons tout l'après-midi. Mon thermomètre marque à l'extérieur 7 au dessous - mais l'air est pur et le ciel clair. Quel bonheur pour toi de retrouver bientôt la mer bleue & le bon sol ! "Gogontoussa" va bien - il est prétentieux. Je t'embrasse tant. JM La famille Bécherat, père, mère, filles, gendre, tous sont plus que charmants pour moi & pour toi. Ce sont de très braves & aimables gens ». Sympathique lettre donnant ses nouvelles quotidiennes au moment des répétitions de son opéra Cendrillon dont la première à Genève fut le 15 décembre. Beau document. [379]
017124Jules Massenet (1842-1912), compositeur. L.A.S., Genève, 13 décembre 1899, 4p in-8. A sa femme Ninon. « J'ai bien reçu ta bonne lettre hier après le départ de la mienne. J'ai toutes les lettres renvoyées avec exactitude par Jean - ainsi que la dépêche sous enveloppe - cette dépêche était de Pougogno [?] : Tout prêt on vous attend Milan jeudi. Ah ! Cela n'est pas dans nos conventions. la pièce est avancée de 15 jours !. Je viens de lui répondre que je ne serais à Milan que jeudi en huit. - donc nous partons toujours lundi matin, tous les deux, de Paris. Ce soir mercredi 13 déc. rép. Générale de Cendrillon & vendredi première. Je partirai de Genève samedi à 10h du matin & j'arriverai à la maison samedi vers onze heures du soir. - dehors, cette nuit, il a fait 12 degrés au dessous ! C'est un grand hiver. Mais dans ma chambre, j'ai si chaud, la nuit aussi - le calorifère à l'eau bouillante - & des doubles fenêtres qui permettent de changer l'air. Je t'embrasse. JM ». Sympathique lettre donnant ses nouvelles quotidiennes au moment des répétitions de son opéra Cendrillon dont la première à Genève fut le 15 décembre. La pièce fut créée aussi à Milan en décembre. Beau document. [379]
RO50012522G. Hartmann & Cie.. fin XIXème. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Tâchée, Dos à nerfs, Intérieur frais. 306 pages. Nom doré sur la couverture. Titre, auteur, filets et décorations dorés sur le dos. Tranche dorée. Quelques gravures couleur de E. Grasset hors texte dont une en page titre. Quelques pages avec ornements couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 780.26-Partitions
1903303411903. 1 page. Octavo. Dated Paris December 8 1887. In French with translation. <br /> <br /> Relative to rehearsals of Marie-Magdeleine etc.<br /> <br /> "It would be too late now the night before to tell you that on Friday I will be rehearsing "Marie-Magdeleine" all evening from 8 o'clock on so. how annoying!" Massenet goes on to tell his correspondent that it is a rehearsal "in case of colds. and it's the prudent thing to do" asking him to keep that just between themselves.<br /> <br /> From the collection of Marilyn Horne b. 1934. "Massenet was the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th." Annegret Fauser Patrick Gillis and Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online.<br /> His Marie-Magdeleine was first performed as a 3-act drame sacré to a libretto by L. Gallet in Nice on February 9 1903 with Lina Pacary as Méryem Mlle. Hendrickx as Marthe Verdier as Jésus and Lequien as Judas. Irvine pp. 247-248. It was originally performed as an oratorio at the Odéon in Paris on April 11 1873. Loewenberg col. 1246.<br /> <br /> A distinguished American mezzo-soprano "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown
233222 pp. Octavo. In French with translation. <br/><br/>Massenet thanks his correspondent lavishly for a gift and fondly remembers the latter's 1879 performance of Il Re di Lahore at La Scala.<br/><br/>"It is to the admirable celebrated artist. that I address this lovely recompense! Your gift has been a joy for me who has kept the memory of Il Re di Lahore at Milan!"<br/><br/>Very slightly soiled; creased at folds. Massenet was "the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th. His place in the history of French music is secure for although he is not to be bracketed with Berlioz or Debussy or even Bizet he generously satisfied the tastes of the 'belle époque' and retained his standing as a master of the lyric stage for well over a generation." Hugh MacDonald in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>Tamagno 1850-1905 was the foremost heroic tenor of his time. After his first appearance at La Scala in 1877 he created the title roles in Verdi's Don Carlos 1878 and Otello 1887 among other operas. He sang Alim in the first La Scala production of Massenet's opera Il re di Lahore Le Roi de Lahore in 1879 to which this letter most likely refers first performed at the Palais Garnier in Paris on April 27 1877. unknown books
4313Paris, G. Hartmann & Cie, Éditeurs, sans date (vers 1891). In-quarto 27,5 cm) (4) feuillets, 275, (1) pages. Couverture originale conservée, illustré de chromolithos de E. Lopvy aux faux-titre, titre et aux 4 feuillets préliminaires. Reliure demi-chagrin marron, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons et filets dorés, plats et gardes marbrés, tranches jaspées. Reliure légèrement frottée aux coins et coupes. Très bel état général. [ G. H. & Cie 2121 ].
