Stone engraving of the French operetta composer, arranger, and conductor

by Théodore Maurisset fl. 1834-1859 after a design by Jean-Pierre Dantan 1800-1869 by Philippe Musard

$550 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

117 x 73 + wide margins, sheet size 260 x 168 mm. Printed on wove paper. A fine impression. Based on a bust by Dantan executed in 1838 depicting Musard conducting a quadrille at a Bal de l'Opéra. Sorel 199. Dantan 124. After the July Revolution Musard returned to France and conducted at masked balls at the Théâtre des Variétés. He then became artistic director of a series of popular open-air

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