French Composer Conductor (53 results)

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chestnut brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 4to. 10'' x 7½''. Contains 144 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price c…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original sun faded grey livery stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 37 pp score. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. From the private library of Brian Culverhouse (22nd October 1927 - 23rd August 2021) who was a leading and much admired classical music pro…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original classic banana yellow and black livery stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 66 pp score. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. From the private library of Brian Culverhouse (22nd October 1927 - 23rd August 2021) who was a leading and much admired c…

Small-8vo. 3½ pp. on bifolium. To thank a journalist for favorable reviews of concerts in Marseille and a pleasant encounter there: "Monsieur Tollon m'a écrit dernièrement une tas de choses flatteuses que vous avez dits, parait-il, sur le compte de ma musique. Je tiens à bien vous remercier d'abord de l'accueil sympathique que j…

12mo. 1 p. Interesting letter to the editor of the music journal Gazette du Midi, probably Charles Vincens, thanking him for favorable comments on Ropartz's "work of artistic decentralization" in Nancy and announcing to send him programs of the past concert-seasons: "On me communique un numéro de la Gazette du Midi" où vous voul…

8vo and 12mo. Together 2 pp. With autograph address and 1 autograph envelope. The lettercard from 1907 to a singer named Roguet-Linder, scheduling a meeting between Büsser's rehearsals. - The letter with a postmark from 25 July 1925 to the Argentinian music critic Michel Raux Deledicque with information concerning the repetition…

8vo and visiting card format. Together 5 pp. Professional correspondence, mostly from Rabaud's time as director of the Paris Conservatory. The earliest letter from 6 July 1919 is to inform a friend as to when he will be home for a meeting. - On 29 July 1929 he writes to the Courrier Musical, informing the recipient that he has r…

Small 4to. 1 p. on bifolium. To an unnamed middleman explaining that, while he was spending the holidays in Versailles, he was informed that there has still been an old debt due to the legacy a Mr Villeneuve, possibly de composer Alexandre de Villeneuve who died some time after 1756. Although Berton is somewhat incredulous and w…

Oblong 4to. 19 pp. Original wrappers. First edition, inscribed "pour Madame René Auberjonois, en grande sympathie, Igor Strawinsky, Morges 17-IX-17". - The present volume constitutes an impressive document of Stravinsky's life during the October Revolution. A composition for his children, this work was penned in 1914/15, shortly…

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Rare - Album page signed in person in 1987 in Paris. + Photo 20x20 cm (recent print). Size : 21x14 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : impressive collection of a Parisian autograph hunter called Thierry (or Terry). Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteu…

Small-8vo. 3 pp. on bifolium. Charming letter to a journalist, thanking him enthusiastically for his very favorable criticism of a performance of a piece entitled Rêverie, possibly Hector Berlioz's Rêverie et caprice for violin and orchestra, and expressing some thoughts on the piece: "Comment vous remercier assez de toutes les…

Visiting card format. 1 page. To the publisher Wilhelm Enoch (1840-1913) asking him to supply his orchestral and choir works, including marches, dances and genre works, his "Czarine" and his "Marche Russe" to his friend, the cellist and conductor Achille Kerrion (1868-1939), who conducts concerts at the "Palais de l'Industrie":…

8vo. 3 pp. on bifolium. To the composer and conductor Maurice Galerne, concerning a performance of d'Harcourt's Symphonie Néo-classique in Marseille, probably led by Galerne, and choral works by Galerne. D'Harcourt thanks Galerne for the well-received performance and praises Galerne's piece "Patrie", also suggesting a minor chan…

4vo. 2pp. On the letterhead of the Cabinet du Général de Gaulle, Le Directeur du Cabinet, with addr. envelope. Letter by Gaston Palewski (1901-1984), French politician and close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. The letter is dated October 11, 1945. "Sonia Galperine m'a transmis hier, avec votre charm…

8vo. 1 page on bifolium. To a friend about a funeral taking place the following day, which will prevent him from attending a breakfast at the Parisian Café de la Paix: "Il faut que je sois demain, à 1h, à un enterrement à Villejuif. Il m'est donc impossible d'assister au déjeuner du Café de la Paix. Veuillez croire à tous mes re…

Porträtfotopostkarte (mit Violine) mit rs. eigenhändiger Widmung,Empfehlung,Jahr, Unterschrift 1947 Herzlichst an meiner Alte Bekannte und Freund Herrn Willy Weingartz. 1947 (dito : Odeon-Porträtpostkarte (Fot. Kellner, Bln.) mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Jahr 1941, Unterschrift in grüner Tinte bildseitig signiert Euro…

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 p. 8 to, gedruckter Briefkopf als Directeur des Conservatoire National de Musique) mit Ort,Datum, Unterschrift signiert - an einen Freund; Nancy, 20.7.1933 (Autograph Letter signed by french composer, 1 p. 8 to, fine) (dito : Persönliche Visitenkarte als Directeur du Conservatoire de Nancy, in Tinte mit Da…

8vo. 1 page. With autograph address verso. To the cellist and conductor Achille Kerrion (1868-1939) in Paris, whom he assumes to be as busy as he himself is, with thanks for his good wishes, accepting a request to assist with the text for a classic work, but refusing to conduct or remain attached to the "établissement": "Je pens…

8vo. 3 pp. on bifolium. To the cellist and conductor Achille Kerrion (1868-1939) with the offer of a position as a cellist at the Lyon Grand Théâtre, as well as as a professor at the conservatory, and suggesting he take both positions, giving the expected income and engagements, including performances at the Bellecour concerts,…

8vo. 1 page. With autograph address on verso. To the cellist and conductor Achille Kerrion (1868-1939) in Paris, who had offered to perform some of Ropartz's compositions, announcing an adagio for cello and orchestra to be sent to Paris shortly, and discussing the role of the tuba in some of his works, suggesting his serenade fo…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Saint-Saens, Camille (French composer, organist and conductor). AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER (in French) signed by Camille Saint-Saëns to Baroness Caccamisi. London, 1898. 8 inches high,3 pages (a bifolium, last page blank), undated but with the original stamped addressed envelope postmarked London, 2 July 18…

Oblong 8vo (100 x 160 mm). 1 page. 3 bars on two staves of the solo piano part from the third movement of his "Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments", written in 1923/24 and revised in 1950. The concerto was to prove one of Stravinsky's most important works of the 1920s, by virtue of the fact that he played it almost everywher…