Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 16 November 1777, to [Baroness Anne von Fries], 1777 Nov. 16.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 16 November 1777, to [Baroness Anne von Fries], 1777 Nov. 16.

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Sending [not present] arrangements for harp of two songs, discussing at some length the "hotly-disputed battle" over his opera Armide: "The cabals against Iphigénie, Orphée and Alceste were by comparison mere petty encounters with minor forces;" mentioning Piccinni, Marmontel, La Harpe, the Abbé Arnaud, Suard, Gontard, the Journal de Paris, etc.

1 item (2 p., docketed) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Piccinni, Niccolò, 1728-1800

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Arnaud, F. (François), 1721-1784

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Gontard, Jacob 1739-1819

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Fries, Anne, baroness von, 1737-1807,

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Suard, J. B. A. (Jean Baptiste Antoine), 1734-1817

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