4 autograph letters signed.

Hahn, Reynaldo, French composer (1874 1947).

Published by Paris and Bordeaux, 1903–1928.

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12mo. Together 4 pp. With autograph addresses (2 letters). Correspondence with different female friends, including the English-French actress Meg Villars. The earliest letter, dated February 1903, was to call the recipient's attention to a charity concert of works of Augusta Holmès that Hahn had organized together with Édouard Colonne in order to collect money for the funeral of an impoverished friend in Versailles: "Peut-être êtes-vous au courant d un concert que j organise avec Colonne [.] composé des uvres d Augusta Holmès et dans le but de réunir une somme suffisante pour transporter à Versailles le corps de notre pauvre amie et de l y ensevelir." - In November 1914, Hahn forwarded a letter by the young Carle Dreyfus (1875-1952), son of the powerful entrepreneur Joseph Dreyfus, asking the recipient to facilitate his journey as a volunteer in the beginning World War: "Le malheureux garçon compte que vous pourrez lui faciliter un voyage dont le but est, hélas, bien douloureux!" - In 1919, Hahn wrote to a Mme Satias-Corrard in Biarritz, who had apparently asked for a photograph of his. He complains about a bad portrait that was circulating despite his interdiction and promises to look for something better to send her: "Je connais depuis longtemps cette élucubration photographique dont j ai interdit la vente (sans succès, hélas !) Je vais tâcher de trouver un portrait un peu meilleur pour vous l envoyer, mais tout est en désordre chez moi car je vais déménager […]." - Finally, the letter to Meg Villars can be dated with some certainty to 1928 as Hahn announces, in English, his departure for Egypt.

Seller Inventory # 60208

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 4 autograph letters signed.
• Publisher: Paris and Bordeaux, 1903 1928.
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  • Autographen: Musik