SATIE, Erik.

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Autograph letter signed, to Wieland Mayr; The composer writes in French to the editorial secretary of the avant-garde literary periodical Les Feuilles libres. He asks for feedback on an enclosed "chronicle", no longer present, and enquires when "our dear Director" - Marcel Raval, the editor-in-chief of the journal - is scheduled to return. This letter is apparently unpublished.Les Feuilles libres was published between 1918 and 1928. It was significant to the 1920s avant-garde movement in Paris, contributors including Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. Satie's contributions appeared between 1922 and 1924. The work he refers to in the letter is likely "The Expired", which appeared in the "Musical Chronicle" section of the accompanying March/April 1923 issue of the journal.Satie was a closer correspondent of Raval (1900-1956). In another letter, dated 21 October 1924, he addresses him as "Mon cher Directeur & Ami", refers to "how kind you have always been to me", and describes Les Feuilles libres as "delightful" (Volta, pp. 196-7). He ends the present letter with a wish "that he come back quickly!"The letter is signed with Satie's distinctive monogram. "His signature was often replaced by a kind of logo: his initials harmoniously intertwined in the manner of the seals employed by the fin-de-siècle painters influenced by Japanese art" (Volta, p. 12).

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