Camille Saint-Saëns letters to various correspondents, 1879-1921, n.d.

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Camille Saint-Saëns letters to various correspondents, 1879-1921, n.d.

Consists of letters from Camille Saint-Saëns to various correspondents. Includes one telegram. Also includes several envelopes whose contents are missing. A great many of the letters are to Prince A. Bibesco. Other addressees include Edouard Dern, Marianne Eissler, Richard Pohl, a Monsieur F. Hueffer, a Monsieur Alboige[?], Dandelot and Sardou. Many of the addressees cannot be identified. One letter is written on the same sheet as an undated letter in German from an unidentified correspondent to "Lieber Freund," possibly Saint-Saëns. Also includes an undated postcard with a portrait photograph of Saint-Saëns.

53 items (55 leaves).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7009651

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

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Composer. From the description of Camille Saint-Saëns autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1913 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 476902751 Saint-Saëns was known to have been composing the opera between 1881-1882. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Draft of the libretto of Henry VIII : manuscript, undated [between 1880 and 1883]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232649239 French composer, pianist, organist, and writer. ...

Alboige.

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Dandelot.

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Bibesco, Antoine, 1878-1951

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Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889

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German music critic of The Times. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 72 Elsham Road, Kensington, W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1883 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125500 Francis Hueffer was an author and music critic. Born in Germany, he was educated throughout Europe, and settled in England just before the Franco-Prussian War. He wrote for and edited several publications, becoming increasingly influential. Hueffer was inspired by Schopenhauer...

Pohl, Richard‏ (1826-1896).‏

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German critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Baden-Baden, 18 August 1878, to Felix Mottl in Hietzing bei Wien, 1878 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675075 ...

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908

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Louis Verneuil (1893-1952), French playwright, actor, director, and dramatist, was the author of such works as "La vie merveilleuse de Sarah Bernhardt" and "Affairs of state." From the description of Théâtre complet : [tome] 2, Patrie!, L'espionne, Théodora : prompt book / Victorien Sardou. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68944675 French dramatist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Nenniam, 1890 Sept. 2...

Eissler, Marianne

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Epithet: violinist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0000cd ...

Dern, Edouard.

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