Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Poitiers May 22 1888, and Paris, [1888], to [Aristide] Guéry, 1888.

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Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Poitiers May 22 1888, and Paris, [1888], to [Aristide] Guéry, 1888.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270667239

Complaining of ill health, saying that there is nothing for the artist but constant suffering, discussing the difficulty in achieving his artistic goals, his ideas of love, mentioning Lecocq, Audran, Auber "et autres crapules," Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, Massenet, Mendelssohn, Franck, Donizetti, Gounod, [Lalo's] Roi d'Ys, his prelude to Phèdre, Schopenhauer, and other philosophers, M. Renau, Séailles, etc, etc.

2 items (14 p.) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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