Debussy claude

Pages inédites sur la femme et la guerre

1916 · 022588 — Paris: Devambez. Rare First Printing of Claude Debussys Elegie for Piano L. 146 138 Wrappers. First and Limited Edition: No. 11 of only 25 copies on Imperial Japanese Paper and signed by Mary Mellor. Large 4to. 211 pp. printed text and facsimiles of manuscripts. This book was composed to honor the contributions of women during World War I. Debussy was one of 92 men and 30 women who participated in the project offering a range of artistic contributions from France England the United States Canada and Russia. Among contributors in addition to Debussy were Auguste Rodin Rudyard Kipling Robert Baden-Powell Anatole France Lord Kitchner Pierre Loti Marcel Prevost Jerome K. Jerome and Gertrude Atherton. The book is dedicated to Queen Alexandra of Denmark Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India. The portrait of Queen Alexandra is bordered with hand-colored stenciled roses. Debussy wrote his Elegie in December 1915 when he was still experiencing the devastating events of the First World War. Shortly before he had undergone a cancer operation from which he never quite recovered. The Elegie was the only piano piece he wrote during that year and it was to be his last piano work. Due to his deteriorating health he wrote very little afterwards. The spine has been superbly restored. Edge roughness on a blank that is not Japanese Imperial Paper mostly unopened. Very Good. Rare collectable. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1916. Devambez paperback