Autograph letter signed C.Sns, quite possibly to his librettist
$600 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians
3 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo ca. 159 x 101 mm . Dated Sunday. On black-bordered ivory mourning stationery. In French with translation . Saint-Saëns writes that his correspondent has done well to be insistent about the ending of an unidentified work, and has implemented the necessary corrections. This ending was necessary. 'L'ombre abrite' is impossible. I put 'dans l'ombre, près del la fenêtre', and I substituted 'doux enfant' for 'jeune
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