Delibes Léo

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Que l'heure est donc brève. Autograph working musical manuscript of a song for tenor or soprano and piano. Signed "Léo D"

rif. 416833 pp. Folio. Notated on 20-stave music paper on five 3-stave systems per page on rectos only. In G minor. With a number of erasures and corrections; original titles to head of first page of music crossed out. With text by noted French poet Armand Silvestre 1837-1901: Que l'heure est donc brève Qu'on passe en aimant! C'est moins qu'un moment Un peu plus qu'un rêve. Le temps nous enlève Notre enchantement. Que l'heure est donc brève Qu'on passe en aimant! Sous le flot dormant Soupirait la grève; M'aimais-tu vraiment Fût-ce seulement Un peu plus qu'un rève Que l'heure est donc brève Qu'on passe en aimant! Somewhat worn and browned; slightly creased; a few small edges tears to blank margins; the three leaves tied together with string threaded through small hole to blank upper inner margin. Number 2 of the Quinze mélodies et deux choeurs pour voix de femmes published by G. Hartmann in 1885. "Delibes' masterpiece is Lakmé which offers more than just a fine vehicle for a star soprano; the two principal male characters Nilakantha and Gérald are firmly drawn and the music is melodic picturesque and theatrically strong. . The vocal writing is of the highest quality . Outside the theatre for which Delibes wrote nearly all his music his most notable work was as a composer of choruses now undeservedly neglected. His output of songs was relatively small and that of instrumental and church music almost negligible. . His workmanship was of the highest order; he had a natural gift for harmonic dexterity and a sure sense of orchestral colour . " Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online A number of Silvestre's poems were set to music by noted French composers including Gabriel Fauré André Messager and Jeanne Rivet. A desirable working manuscript affording insight into the creative process of one of the 19th century's most important composers for the stage. unknown books

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DELIBES, Leo 1836-1891ABAA

Autograph letter signed to Monsieur Miral

rif. 233364 pp. of a bifolium. Small octavo. Dated Monday evening December 5 between 1883 and 1891. On ivory paper with black borders. In French with translation. Having returned to Paris Delibes is anxious for news of the second run of his opera Lakmé. Because his correspondent's letter was delivered to the wrong address he has had to seek information elsewhere. Unfortunately another audience member has told him that the tenor and "basse chantante" have weak voices. Delibes suggests they replace the latter with a certain "Monsieur Schmidt" in order to increase ticket sales. In January he and his correspondent will discuss his opera Le Roi l'a dit which premiered at the Opéra-Comique on May 24 1873. "Unfortunately a more recent letter.tells me that our tenor is always weak as well as the 'basse chantante' i.e. high lyric bass and that the whole weight of the performance rests on Madame Alice Verheyden who alone has some success in the work. I add that these reports do not come from her husband!" Slightly soiled and foxed; creased at folds. "Delibes's workmanship was of the highest order; he had a natural gift for harmonic dexterity and a sure sense of orchestral colour and nothing in his music is out of place. He was a disciplined composer and it is tempting to see in the exquisite pastiche dances that he composed in 1882 for Hugo's Le roi s'amuse not just a sharp ear for style but a genuine feeling for the world of 17th-century French classicism later to be espoused with such ardour by Saint-Saëns d'Indy and Debussy." Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online. Lakmé is considered the composer's masterpiece. It offers more than just a fine vehicle for a star soprano; the two principal male characters Nilakantha and Gérald are firmly drawn and the music is melodic picturesque and theatrically strong. The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique Salle Favart in Paris on April 14 1883. Delibes's correspondent Miral was perhaps the director of the Théâtre Municipal de Nancy. If this is the case it is quite likely that the production mentioned in this letter took place there. unknown books

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